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HostingBuddy: Basic Commands to Host a Match

By DM

Explaining some elementary commands to help you host your own game on WormNet using the built-in HostingBuddy bot.

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Category: Game Modes, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

☢ Ready to Host Your Own Online Game?

☢ Starting Out

☢ Customizing the Game Settings

☢ More Commands

☢ Wrapping Up

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☢ Ready to Host Your Own Online Game?

Feel free to click on the video for a visual step-by-step guide.

Hey everyone, DM here to show you some basic commands in Worms Armageddon to enable a bot called "HostingBuddy." This bot allows you to host your own online match without port forwarding and other hassle.

☢ Starting Out

1. Enter the WormNet server in the multiplayer menu.
2. Go to the #AnythingGoes channel.
3. In the chatbox, type in !host intermediate
(For a list of available schemes, click here[anotepad.com])
4. Refresh the list of games in the channel and access the game you just created.

☢ Customizing the Game Settings

The cons of using HostingBuddy as opposed to port-forwarding is that you have slightly less freedom in terms of customizing your game, however you have some commands to get you started. Here are the basic ones worth looking at. (Note: replace the italicized properties with actual values.)

Command

Description

!kick username

remove a player from your game (usually applies to strangers that you don't want participating)

!close

not letting any more players to join

!worms team# count

specify # of worms per each team

!colour team# color

set team color to distinguish between one another (may choose R, G, B, Y, M, or C)

!remove team#

remove the team you don't wish to play as (usually applies when someone accidentally selects the wrong team)

!map

generates a random terrain to play on

!type type

type of terrain - open or enclosed (may type cavern, island, or auto)

!turntime seconds

choose how much time is allotted for a worm to act

!roundtime minutes

how long a game lasts before sudden death

!rounds number

number of rounds in order to win the entire match (matches can consist of multiple rounds or just a single game)

!wormselect switch

manually pick available worm every turn (can switch on or off)

!energy amount

amount of health every worm starts with (max 255)

!teleport switch

random VS manual worm positioning (can switch on (random) or off (manual)

!showtime switch

see the time left until sudden death (can switch on or off)

!suddendeath type

how the game will end (can select nuke, end, classic, or none)

!blood switch

do you wanna get messy? (can switch on or off)

☢ More Commands

The commands presented here are just enough to get you started, but CLICK HERE[worms2d.info] for a neat list of even more that will allow for greater customization.

☢ Wrapping Up

This was my first guide and I hope it cleared up some confusion on the HostingBuddy. If I made you even more confused, please write a comment and I will respond with some assistance ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Thank you very much, and good luck!

17 Comments

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IDRAGI 13 May, 2023 @ 5:53am

played yesterday with friends, there is a 'host' button in the right top corner after going into #AnythingGoes channel and then are options button on the right to set those things like ammo/damager/map ect. so you don't have to use manual commands

Waidurr 9 May, 2023 @ 4:19pm

I might be stupid but is there a way to load custom maps in online multiplayer games?

Echo`sEcho 25 Jan, 2023 @ 5:21am

Круто! Спасибо

Elmanos.D 7 Dec, 2022 @ 7:19am

worked for me thanks

MдRG 22 Mar, 2022 @ 8:53am

thanks

clownface 1 Jan, 2020 @ 6:37pm

I hate typing ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
but thats just a me problem

DM [author] 30 Nov, 2019 @ 9:46am

@Corvus Он уже встроен в игру по умолчанию

BednbIiBelbIi 17 Nov, 2019 @ 11:57am

как его поставить?

DM [author] 10 Sep, 2018 @ 11:14pm

@wahab.jesse Unfortunately, I believe that is not possible man :/

wahab.jesse 10 Sep, 2018 @ 3:16pm

Is there a way I can input multiple commands at once?

I can't use port forwarding, so I have to use hosting buddy, but I can't use custom schemes on hosting buddy, I want to type out a list of commands in say word pad, and then copy and paste it into the command line on WA and configure the whole thing in one shot, rather than doing one option at a time. Thanks!

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