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

Tribes 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Tribes series.

The game was re-released for free by Hi-Rez Studios in 2015.

General information

Tribes subreddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD key was needed for multiplayer
Developer website		Requires an account for multiplayer.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 25034, available from Patches-Scrolls.

TribesNext

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Linux

Video

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	Capped at 333 FPS.^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\gamedata\base\prefs` Edit `ClientPrefs.cs`. Set `$pref::Player::defaultFov = 90` to the desired FOV. Save the changes and close the file.

Input

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

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume sliders for Master, GUI, Effects, Voice, and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 may require Creative Alchemy or similar DirectSound3D restoration software.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		The official WON service has been shut down in 2008; see TribesNext.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

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

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	World Opponent Network

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	300 MHz	500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM

References

↑ Verified by User:Robot Enthusiast on 2023-11-01
Can confirm, I was getting no more than 333 FPS with an RTX 3050 + i5 12400F on both 1080p and 4K using MSI Afterburner.
↑ Tribes 2 | WSGF

[1] Verified by User:Robot Enthusiast on 2023-11-01
Can confirm, I was getting no more than 333 FPS with an RTX 3050 + i5 12400F on both 1080p and 4K using MSI Afterburner.

[2] Tribes 2 | WSGF

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|April 19, 2001}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | Freeware }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Third-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-fi }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Tribes }}
 |steam appid  =
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 |hltb         = 10644
 |strategywiki = Tribes 2
-|mobygames    = tribes-2
+|mobygames    = 3566
 |wikipedia    = Tribes 2
 |winehq       = 206
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 }}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{++}} Completely free.
+|introduction      =
-{{--}} Official servers were shut down in 2008
-{{++}} TribesNext is a multiplayer replacement
+|release history   = The game was re-released for free by [[Company:Hi-Rez Studios|Hi-Rez Studios]] in 2015.
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 46: / Line 49: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc, key | CD key was needed for multiplayer | | Windows, Linux }}
-{{Availability/row| Developer | https://web.archive.org/web/20190104025223/https://www.tribesuniverse.com | DRM-free | Requires an account for multiplayer. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Developer | https://www.tribesuniverse.com | DRM-free | Requires an account for multiplayer. | | Windows }}
 }}
 ==Essential improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} The latest official patch is 25034, available from [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4519/7/54093/download Patches-Scrolls].
 ===TribesNext===
-[http://www.tribesnext.com TribesNext] is a project to restore multiplayer mode after the official servers were shut down. Requires [https://www.tribesnext.com/download/0B_nHyoAf-wZ9YThmNUFrd3ZGTkE this] patch if playing on a retail copy.
+{{ii}} [https://www.tribesnext.com TribesNext] is a project to restore multiplayer mode after the official servers were shut down. Requires [https://www.tribesnext.com/download/0B_nHyoAf-wZ9YThmNUFrd3ZGTkE this] patch if playing on a retail copy.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 92: / Line 98: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
-|60 fps notes               = No in-engine frame rate cap
+|60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = No in-engine frame rate cap
+|120 fps notes              = Capped at 333 FPS.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Robot Enthusiast|date=2023-11-01|comment=Can confirm, I was getting no more than 333 FPS with an RTX 3050 + i5 12400F on both 1080p and 4K using MSI Afterburner.}}</ref>
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 106: / Line 115: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Set FOV|ref=<ref>[https://www.wsgf.org/dr/tribes-2 Tribes 2 | WSGF]</ref>|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\gamedata\base\prefs\</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\gamedata\base\prefs}}
-# Edit <code>ClientPrefs.cs</code>.
+# Edit {{file|ClientPrefs.cs}}.
-# Set <code>$pref::Player::defaultFov = 90</code> to the FOV you want.
+# Set <code>$pref::Player::defaultFov = 90</code> to the desired FOV.
-# Save your changes and close the file.
+# Save the changes and close the file.
 }}
@@ Line 117: / Line 126: @@
 |key remap notes           = For movement, ESDF is default instead of WASD.
 |acceleration option       = unknown
-|acceleration option notes = can use direct(raw) input
+|acceleration option notes = Can use direct(raw) input
 |mouse sensitivity         = true
 |mouse sensitivity notes   = Can adjust X/Y axes independently
@@ Line 127: / Line 136: @@
 |touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = unknown
-|controller support notes  = can enable and calibrate joystick{{cn|reason=Can the game actually be played with a controller or not?|date=October 2018}}
+|controller support notes  = Can enable and calibrate joystick{{cn|reason=Can the game actually be played with a controller or not?|date=October 2018}}
 |full controller           = false
 |full controller notes     =
@@ Line 181: / Line 190: @@
 |separate volume notes    = Volume sliders for Master, GUI, Effects, Voice, and Music
 |surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     = May require sound driver to be put in the Gasmedata folder
+|surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = unknown
-|subtitles notes          = Has a text box
+|subtitles notes          =
 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
@@ Line 189: / Line 198: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 may require creative alchemy or similar [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound3D restoration software]].
+|eax support notes         = EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 may require Creative Alchemy or similar [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound3D restoration software]].
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 213: / Line 224: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = hackable
 |online play players  =
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    = Will require use on RC2A patch found at tribesnext.com
+|online play notes    = The official WON service has been shut down in 2008; see [[#TribesNext|TribesNext]].
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 304: / Line 315: @@
 |shader model notes     =
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 317: / Line 331: @@
 {{Middleware
 |multiplayer      = WON (World Opponent Network)
-|multiplayer notes= Shut down in 2008
+|multiplayer notes=
 }}

Developers

	Dynamix
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Hi-Rez Studios
Engines
	Torque Game Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 30, 2001
Linux	April 19, 2001
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