For most people it will be best to accept the default, since any advice you may receive on the forums will probably refer to that location and will be easier to follow as a result.
== Launcher Options ==
I recommend you have a quick browse through the various pages of the launcher, accessed by the buttons on the right, to familiarise yourself roughly with what is there. Dont change anything yet.
*Welcome: Kinda obvious, just the HTML view of the welcome message
*News: Occasionally displays interesting info about new game features and sometimes unusual server status
*Pack Updates: Mostly just a status dislay. Most players will not want to make any changes here
*Settings: See immediately below
*EULA: The terms and conditions which you play the game under. You should read this
*Credits: Lists the various people who make Wurm work
Wurm is a bad game and run by criminals who avoid tax, if you play this game you will suffer harsh punishments by law.
=== Common Settings Changes ===
==== Game ====
*For some ATI: Older cards definitely worked better with Game Renderer set to 'LWGJL' though that seems not always an important issue any more.
*For most graphics: 'JOGL + AWT' seems to work fine and should only be changed if you find that the in game display updates very very slowly, if you have serious problems with seeing things generally or if you get serious graphical display errors like big lines on the screen or weirdly coloured objects.
==== Sound ====
*For everyone: Sound can occasionally have problems. Try setting to 'Software' or to 'None' if you seem to have problems with sound. A sound problem may occasionally be the reason for the game crashing during or shortly after the loading screens. However sound problems can also be cumulative and can take some time to cause problems.
==== Graphics & Advanced Graphics ====
If you have general gameplay speed problems or other miscellaneous graphics problems these can often be fixed or partially fixed by changing all graphics option to their minimum settings.
==== Compatibility ====
*FBO: Turning this off (Disabled) may help the game run better on some ATI cards or with some ATI driver versions.
*VBO: Turning this off (Disabled) may help the game run better on some INTEL graphics chipsets.
== Specific Graphics Cards ==