Starsiege: Tribes

Starsiege: Tribes

Developers
	Dynamix
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Hi-Rez Studios
Engines
	Darkstar
Release dates
Windows	December 23, 1998
Taxonomy
Series	Tribes

Tribes
Subseries of Metaltech
Starsiege: Tribes	1998
Tribes 2	2001
Tribes: Vengeance	2004
Tribes: Ascend	2012
Tribes 3: Rivals	2024

Key points

Re-released in 2004 for free to promote Tribes: Vengeance.

General information

Tribalwar

Subreddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Patch to v1.11 (see Patches).
Official website		Needs the v1.8 to v1.11 Patch.
Developer website		Features updated community versions.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official version is v1.11; use the official patch matching your current version to patch your game to v1.11.

To play on modern operating systems you will need the Vista / Windows 7 patch.

HD Texture pack

Tribes HD 2014 is a collection of community made textures that gave the game a more modern feel.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\ClientPrefs.cs

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Starsiege: Tribes video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			No native GUI scaling text and HUD will be small
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter; always on top when in windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Set PlayerFov in ClientPrefs.cs[citation needed]
Go to the config folder where the game is installed. Edit ClientPrefs.cs. Change $pref::PlayerFov to the FOV you want. Save your changes.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Set waitforvsync in ClientPrefs.cs[citation needed]
Go to the config folder where the game is installed. Edit ClientPrefs.cs. Change $pref::waitforvsync to the setting you want. Save your changes.

Input

Starsiege: Tribes mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Starsiege: Tribes audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Settings for 2D and 3D sound, as well as music volume and in-game voices.
Surround sound		Can be added via mod[citation needed]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 1.0
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		128
Online play		128

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Use -dedicated command line argument.
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Press (~) to open the console, and copy / paste: Connect("192.168.1.1:28001");. Replace the IP address with the one you're trying to connect to.

Issues fixed

No mouse cursor / Can't click menu items

Use T1 patch
Use the T1 Vista / Win7 Patch.

Can't connect to master server

The original Tribes master server is no longer running and needs to be changed.

Insert new server
Copy the following to the clipboard: $Server::MasterAddressN0 = "t1m1.masters.tribesmasterserver.com:28000 t1m1.pu.net:28000 t1m1.tribes0.com:28000 skbmaster.ath.cx:28000 kigen.ath.cx:28000 t1m1.masters.dynamix.com:28000"; Run the game. Open the console (~). Press Ctrl+V to paste the line. Press ↵ Enter and restart the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB