implemented

It's a known issue and the only workaround right now is to disable windowed mode.

HostingBuddy version 3.8.1 which was previously in use on the Community Server, is now live on Team17's WormNET.

• HostingBuddy is now multi-process. This means that should a crash happen, it will no longer drop all games, and any performance issues with one game do not affect other games. The crash at 2020-12-23 23:58:22 +0000 is the last crash of such kind. In the future if you see a similar mass outage it is most likely server outage rather than a HB crash. In addition, a crash in a game process is less likely than a WormNET server crash.
• You can now host the Kaos scheme. Scheme settings currently used by HB: https://wsdb.fullwormage.com/12570
• You can now use all of the 3.8 features. Users of versions older than 3.8 will no longer be able to use HB.
• The list of features is as follows:
• !nocrates <percentage> - sets chance of no crate falling, or 255 to use the default. (aliases: nocrate, nc)
• !constantwind [on|off] - toggles constant wind. (aliases: cwind, cw)
• !wind <number> - sets percentage wind. (aliases: wi)
• !windbias <number> - sets bias for right worms getting left wind (and v/v). (aliases: windb, wb)
• !gravity <number> - sets acceleration due to gravity. (aliases: grav, gr)
• !terrainfriction <number> - sets proportion of velocity retained during collisions with terrain. (aliases: friction, tf, fr)
• !ropeknocking <number> - sets strength of rope knocking in %, or 255 for channel value. (aliases: knocking, knock, rk)
• !phasedwormsallied [off|worms|worms+weapons|worms+weapons+damage] - sets the things that allied worms aren't affected by. (aliases: phasedallied, pwa, pa)
• !phasedwormsenemy [off|worms|worms+weapons|worms+weapons+damage] - sets the things that enemy worms aren't affected by. (aliases: phasedenemy, pwe, pe)
• !explosionspushallobjects [on|off|default] - sets whether explosions will push all objects or not. (aliases: explosionspushobjects, objectspushedbyexplosions, epao, ope)
• !pneumaticdrillimpartsvelocity [on|off|default] - sets whether hitting a worm with a pneumatic drill causes it to more proportionally to the drilling worm's velocity. (aliases: drillimpartsvelocity, pdiv, div)
• !petrolturndecay <number> - sets the rate per turn at which petrol bomb flames shrink. (aliases: pturndecay, pd)
• !petroltouchdecay <number> - sets the rate at which petrol bomb flames shrink when touched by worms. (aliases: ptouchdecay, ptd)
• !maximumflameletcount <number> - sets the maximum number of flamelets on the map. (aliases: maxflameletcount, maximumflamelets, maxflamelets, flames, mfc)
• !maximumprojectilespeed <number> - sets the maximum velocity at which a projectile can move. (aliases: maxprojectilespeed, maxprojspeed, projectilespeed, projspeed, mps)
• !maximumropespeed <number> - sets the maximum speed at which roping worms can move. (aliases: maxropespeed, ropespeed, speed, mrs)
• !maximumjetpackspeed <number> - sets the maximum speed at which a jetpacking worm can move. (aliases: maxjetpackspeed, maxjpspeed, jetpackspeed, jpspeed, mjps, mjs)
• !unrestrictrope [on|off] - removes some rope restrictions to make it more similar to the rope found in Worms 2. (aliases: improvedrope, rope+, ur, ir)
• !maximumcratecountonmapatonce <number> - sets the maximum number of crates on the map at once. (aliases: maximumcratecountonmap, maxcratecountonmap, maximumcratecount, maxcratecount, maximumcrates, cratelimit, maxcrates, mccomao, mccom, mc)
• !suddendeathdisableswormselect [on|off] - toggles whether sudden death enables worm select. (aliases: sddisablesws, sddws)
• !suddendeathwormdamageperturn <number> - sets the health each worm loses per turn if Sudden Death is set to nuke. (aliases: sdwormdamageperturn, suddendeathdamageperturn, sddamageperturn, suddendeathdamage, sddamage, sdwdpt, sddpt, sdd)
• !battyrope [on|off] - toggles whether worms stay on ropes/jet pack at the end of their turns. (aliases: battyropes, batty, br)
• !roperolldrops [disabled|ropeonly|ropeorjump] - sets which weapons, if any, can be used during a rope roll. (aliases: ropedrops, rrd)
• !ximpactlossofcontrol [on|off] - toggles whether a high velocity horizontal collision causes loss of control. (aliases: ximpactloss, xiloc, xil)
• !keepcontrolafterbumpinghead [on|off] - toggles whether a worm keeps control after an upwards vertical collision on the rope. (aliases: kcabh)
• !keepcontrolafterskimming [losecontrol|keepcontrol|keepcontrolandrope] - sets what happens to the control and roping state after a worm skims. (aliases: kcas)
• !falldamageistriggeredbyexplosions [on|off] - toggles whether a worm incurs fall damage immediately after being pushed by an explosion. (aliases: falldamagetriggeredbyexplosions, explosionstriggerfalldamage, fdistriggeredbyexplosions, fdtriggeredbyexplosions, explosionstriggerfd, fditbe, fdtbe, etfd)
• !undeterminedcrates [on|off|default] - sets whether the contents of weapon/utility crates are determined on collection rather than on drop. (aliases: undetcrates, udc)
• !undeterminedfuses [on|off|default] - sets whether mine fuses are determined on trigger rather than on creation. (aliases: undetfuses, udf)
• !pausetimerwhilefiring [on|off] - sets whether the turn timer is paused whilst a worm is firing its weapon. (aliases: firingpausestimer, pause, ptwf, fpt)
• !lossofcontroldoesntendturn [on|off] - sets whether events that cause loss of control will cause the turn to end. (aliases: lossdoesntendturn, stoicworm, locdet, lcdet, ldet)
• !weaponusedoesntendturn [on|off] - allows multiple weapons to be used in a single turn. (aliases: weaponsdontendturn, shotdoesntendturn, multishot, wudet, wdet, sdet)
• !wudetdoesntblockanyweapons [on|off] - prevents "Weapon use doesn't end turn" from blocking Earth Quake, Armageddon, and Indian Nuclear Test. (aliases: wudetdoesntblockanyweapons, wudetdoesntblockweapons, wdetdoesntblockanyweapons, wdetdoesntblockweapons, sdetdoesntblockanyweapons, sdetdoesntblockweapons, unlockwudetweapons, unlockwdetweapons, unlocksdetweapons, etaodbaw, wdbaw, sdbaw, uww, usw)
• !gameenginespeed <number> - changes the speed at which physics and sound effects occur. (aliases: enginespeed, gamespeed, ges)
• !fractionalroundtimer [on|off] - sets whether the round timer will count down fractions of a second rather than just whole seconds. (aliases: fracroundtimer, fractionaltimer, fractimer, frt)
• !automaticendofturnretreat [on|off] - sets whether retreat time is triggered when turn time expires. (aliases: autoendofturnretreat, autoendturnretreat, automaticretreat, autoretreat, aeotr)
• !healthcratescurepoison [dontcure|collectingworm|allwormsinteam|allalliedworms] - sets which poisoned worms health crates cure upon collection. (aliases: healthcurespoison, hccp)
• !sheepheavensgate [explode|fuse|odds|explode+fuse|explode+odds|fuse+odds|explode+fuse+odds] - sets which options the "Sheep Heaven" option enables. (aliases: shg)
• !conserveinstantutilities [on|off] - causes instant utilities to be consumed one at a time rather than all at once. (aliases: conserveutilities, conserveutils, ciu)
• !expediteinstantutilities [on|off] - causes instant utilities to be consumed immediately in situations when they would normally be saved. (aliases: expediteutilities, expediteutils, eiu)
• !doubletimestacklimit <number> - the number of times a double turn time utility can be activated in a given turn. (aliases: doubleturntimestacklimit, dtstacklimit, dtsl)
• !indianropeglitch [on|off|default] - allows the rope to be fired straight down if selected while the worm is moving. (aliases: indianropetrick, indianrope, irg)
• !herddoublingglitch [on|off|default] - allows jumping at the right moment to release more Mad Cows than usual. (aliases: herddoubling, hdg)
• !jetpackbungeeglitch [on|off] - allows activating the Bungee from a Jet Pack. (aliases: jpbungeeglitch, jpbg)
• !anglecheatglitch [on|off] - allows the Longbow and Baseball Bat to be fired at unusual angles by selecting them while moving. (aliases: anglecheat, acg)
• !glideglitch [on|off] - toggles the glide glitch, where some collisions can cause a worm to continue moving rather than landing. (aliases: glide, glg)
• !skipwalking [disabled|possible|facilitated] - whether skipwalking is disallowed, allowed, or made possible during retreat time respectively. (aliases: skw)
• !blockroofing [allow|above|everywhere] - whether roofing is allowed, or how it is blocked. (aliases: roofing, roof)
• !floatingweaponglitch [on|off] - whether it's possible to drop detonation-on-impact weapons in a way that causes them to float and not detonate immediately. (aliases: floatingweapons, floatingweapon, fwg)
• !terrainoverlapphasingglitch [on|off] - whether objects will move freely if they intersect with land. (aliases: terrainoverlapphasing, topg)
• !autoplacewormsbyally [on|off] - sets whether automatic worm placement attempts to group worms by allied colour. (aliases: placewormsbyally, autoplacebyally, apwba)
• !circularaim [on|off] - sets whether holding up and down doesn't cause aiming to stop at the top and bottom. (aliases: circaim, cira, ca)
• !antilockaim [on|off] - sets whether aim is reset to a random value between turns to prevent easy repeat shots. (aliases: reaim, ala)
• !antilockpower [on|off] - sets whether holding space does not fire the weapon at full power, but instead power starts decreasing. (aliases: alp)
• !wormselectiondoesntendhotseat [on|off] - sets whether worm selection allows hotseat time to continue. (aliases: wormselectdoesntendhotseat, wsdoesntendhs, wsdehs)
• !wormselectionisnevercancelled [on|off] - sets whether worm selection is allowed throughout the turn, even after moving. (aliases: wormselectisnevercancelled, wsisnevercancelled, selectwormanytime, wsinc, swat)
• !girderradiusassist [on|off] - sets whether the game prevents you moving your mouse too far away to place girders. (aliases: gra)
• !bloodlevel <number> - sets the amount of blood in %, or 255 to use the channel default. (aliases: bll)
• !rubberwormbounciness <number> - sets the coefficient of restitution of worm bounciness. (aliases: rwbounciness, rubber, rwb)
• !rubberwormairviscosity <number> - sets the air resistance for objects such as projectiles. (aliases: rwairviscosity, rwviscosity, visc, rwav)
• !rubberwormairviscosityappliestoworms [on|off] - sets whether air viscosity applies to worms too. (aliases: rwairviscosityappliestoworms, rwviscosityappliestoworms, viscappliestoworms, rwavatw)
• !rubberwormwind <number> - sets the level of influence the wind has over objects that aren't normally pushed by wind. (aliases: rwwindinfluence, rwwind, rwwi, rww)
• !rubberwormwindinfluenceappliestoworms [on|off] - sets whether wind influence applies to worms too. (aliases: rwwindinfluenceappliestoworms, rwwindappliestoworms, rwwiatw, rwwatw)
• !rubberwormgravitytype [unmodified|standard|blackholeconstant|blackholelinear] - sets the RubberWorm gravity type. (aliases: rwgravitytype, rwgravtype, rwgt)
• !rubberwormgravitystrength <number> - sets the extent to which objects will be affected by RubberWorm gravity. (aliases: rwgravitystrength, rwgravstrength, rwgs)
• !rubberwormcraterate <number> - sets the number of crates which appear at once. (aliases: rwcraterate, rwcr, craterate)
• !rubberwormcrateshower [on|off] - toggles constant crate shower. (aliases: rwcrateshower, rwcs, crateshower)
• !rubberwormantisink [on|off] - toggles anti-sink (puts worms back on land if they touch water). (aliases: rwantisink, rwas, antisink)
• !rubberwormrememberweapons [on|off] - causes all weapons to continue to be equipped by a worm after firing. (aliases: rwrememberweapons, rwrw, weaponsdontchangeautomatically, wdca)
• !rubberwormextendedfusesherds [on|off] - allows fuses/herds from 1-10 seconds. (aliases: rwextendedfusesherds, rwextendedfuses, rwefh, rwef, fuseex)
• !rubberwormantilockaim [on|off] - resets the aim angle to 0 degrees after each shot. (aliases: rwantilockaim, rwala)
• !rubberwormkaosmod <number> - sets utility crate probabilities identified by the selected Kaos Mod number. (aliases: rwkaosmod, kaosmod, rwkm, kaos)

Note that there is currently a known issue where WebSnoop does not show more than one game, this is being looked into.

I appreciate everything people have done for WA, but it's really bad to just take the usual service down without even telling us about planned maintenance, that's actually a really sh*t thing to do.

I'm not sure who you are blaming here?
As already said, we don't know why Team17's server went down. They themselves probably don't know either since it must've been an accident. We also do not control it and we can't bring it back up. In any case, we will not know before Monday.

Because of this, the Community Server was launched ahead of time to let people play. This is NOT in any way linked to the planned eventual replacement of the Team17 server.

So the official server is down for good?

No it is not. I don't know where you even get such ideas. I'm sure when Team17 gets back to office on Monday, they can figure out and fix it, but until then this is all we have.
We cannot assume it is "down for good" unless we get an official confirmation, anything else is wild speculation, nothing more.
Also this is not the first time that a Friday breakage of this kind happens.

It just took me some time to realize that I have to do something about my connection (e.g. switch to the community server, which is usually empty), because it was just forever "connecting, please wait"

This is incorrect. The game actually throws a "Switch to community server list? Yes/No" dialog box when connection fails. The vast majority of people did not have to go into settings, the server list just gets enabled when you click "Yes" on connection failure.

If you did not get such a dialog box, that means you did not wait long enough, or there is something wrong with your network setup that causes it to never fail (I can't imagine there being a reason for it).

That is normal roping speed.
What you're probably referring to is not slow motion but smooth motion. Before 3.8, the game would render at 50 FPS, which made everything jerky / jumpy. With 3.8, the game will render movements at 60, 120 FPS and more, depending on your monitor's refresh rate. It is much more pleasant to the eye. The effect is purely visual, the actual speed is the same.

released

Hi everyone, I got 3.8 update and after I set graphics to OpenGL 4.0 (shader) it gave me the following window:[attachment=1]
When I switch it back to Direct3D 9 it works fine.
My laptop is Dell Latitude E5410 with Intel HD Graphics.

Your graphics card is very weak and does not support OpenGL 4.0 with fragment shader. You cannot use OpenGL Shader.
You can use this utility to check what versions of OpenGL are supported: http://www.realtech-vr.com/support/deeplink.php?SKU=15&target=UrlWin32