Tribes 2

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Key points

Completely free.

General information

Tribes subreddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Now defunct, requires patch.
Developer website		Requires an account for multiplayer.

TribesNext is a project to restore multiplayer mode after the official servers were shut down. Requires this patch if playing on a retail copy.

System	Location
Windows
Linux

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System	Location
Windows
Linux

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		No GUI scaling text and HUD will be small and hard to read
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Takes time to swap to and from windowed mode
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No in-engine frame rate cap No in-engine frame rate cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Set FOV^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\gamedata\base\prefs\` Edit `ClientPrefs.cs`. Set `$pref::Player::defaultFov = 90` to the FOV you want. Save your changes and close the file.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For movement, ESDF is default instead of WASD.
Mouse acceleration		can use direct(raw) input
Mouse sensitivity		Can adjust X/Y axes independently
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		can enable and calibrate joystick^{[citation needed]}

Controller types

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume sliders for Master, GUI, Effects, Voice, and Music
Surround sound		May require sound driver to be put in the Gasmedata folder
Subtitles		Has a text box
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 may require creative alchemy or similar DirectSound3D restoration software.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Will require use on RC2A patch found at tribesnext.com

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, available at the vorpx cloud.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux