Starsiege: Tribes
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Developers | |
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Dynamix | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Hi-Rez Studios |
Engines | |
Darkstar | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 23, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Tribes |
Tribes | |
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Subseries of Metaltech | |
Starsiege: Tribes | 1998 |
Tribes 2 | 2001 |
Tribes: Vengeance | 2004 |
Tribes: Ascend | 2012 |
Key points
- Re-released in 2004 for free to promote Tribes: Vengeance.[1]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Patch to v1.11 (see Patches). | |||
Official website | Needs the v1.8 to v1.11 Patch. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official version is v1.11, available from SierraHelp.
Unofficial patch
- To play on modern operating systems, install the T1 patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config\ClientPrefs.cs[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Set waitforvsync in ClientPrefs.cs[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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[2] | |
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 128 | |||
Online play | 128 | The official multiplayer service was shut down; see Community master server. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use -dedicated command line argument.[3] |
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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. |
Community master server
- The original Tribes master server is no longer running and needs to be changed.
Insert new server[4] |
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Issues fixed
Use T1 patch[5] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | WON (World Opponent Network) |
HD Texture pack
- Tribes HD 2014 is a collection of community made textures that gave the game a more modern feel.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).