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Tribes 1 And Tribes 2 Free Downloads Available
James Cho writes "Starsiege: TRIBES (typically known as "Tribes 1") and Tribes 2 for the PC have been released for free download via FilePlanet by Vivendi Universal Games [also try the Tribes 2 BitTorrent link]. The two games stand as pioneers of the outdoor combat sub-genre of first person shooters and of all multiplayer games, influencing Halo and UT2004 among other games. Tribes 1 was the first multiplayer-only shooter, whereas Tribes 2 extended the core unique elements of its predecessor to a greater scale and depth. With this [previously mentioned on Slashdot] free release, VUG is stirring up anticipation for the release of the third Tribes game, Tribes: Vengeance." You'll need to enter a form to get a CD key to play Tribes 2 online.
You know it might not be cutting edge graphics or anything but these two games are good. I remember playing Tribes a long time ago and it was such a unique style of play that drew me in. I haven't found a game quite like it yet and I still don't mind playing the original Tribes every now and then.
Tribes 2 of course had some problems at the beginning, but it's pretty solid now. The game is still fun, supports up to 64 players on a server, and if you like using a lot of vehicles this game is pretty awsome.
I would definetely suggest downloading either or both of these games and try it out, very fun.
For tribes2, I recommend getting some updated scripts to help things out. Panama Jack has some good scripts for T1/T2. I use Writers also.
Also not sure if they removed the cd check, but I used the no-cd patch tfc_t2v24834. I would figure they would, but I actually bought 2 copies of tribes2 for lan parties back in the day. Bot play is still fun, and on 2ghz+ machines, large bot matches with AA/AF turned on is smooth.
See you on a server soon!
*IIRC*, I think the program itself didn't need the key. The key was used to create an online account with your name, a password, email addy, stats, etc.
chances are good that it will. i have both the windows and the linux version and i only ever used the account created with the windows version to playing in linux.
the cd key is just a one time thing to create an account anyway, after that, you just log into the account.
i dont even think the account or authentication server know whether you're using windows or linux. i vaguely remember loki having a user poll asking them to implement some code to figure out whether someone is using the linux version or not, and if i remember correctly, people objected for whatever reason, so they didn't really know how big their userbase was, or, for instance, whether someone just downloaded the linux version somewhere and used their windows account (copies sold vs. copies used to play online).
For you new Tribes2 players out there that are just coming online. A great resource for information is at http://www.houstonvehicles.com/modules.php?op=modl oad&name=phpBB_14&file=index&action=viewforum&foru m=15 . Please bookmark this page as it contains many many excellent strategies for playing on Houston of Miami Vehicles.
Not so much a dupe, since the release hadn't actually happened at the time of that previous story. I'll update this story to reference the old one and then everyone will be happy bunnies, hm?
Boy! I sure am glad I shelled out $50 for this 3 years ago!
Tribes2 is the game that actually burned me enough (Thanks Sierra), I never buy games on release date anymore. I pre-ordered 2 copies for a lan party release date, only to find out it wouldnt run on most of my computers. About 6 months later, I was finally able to play, also had to drop my voodoo5 for a geforce3.
Yes, its nice that Sierra released the game, but they screwed the pooch on this release. Basically it came down to money, they released knowing it was crippled, and had bugs. They fired developers, they really treated employees and gamers like shit. If it wasnt for the developers working on their own time, and working on weekends to fix this, it would of been even worse.
Sierra killed the Tribes market, a 3rd party developer had to show an almost finished product to get Sierra to release a new game.
So yes, people can be a little pissed about the whole Sierra Tribes experience.
For some odd reason you have to use a seperate link to actually get your Tribes 2 CD Key.
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The link for generating the key is http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/tribes2_cgw/
And yes, you do have to veryify your email address on your Fileplanet account BEFORE you go to that page.
Tribes 2's only serial number authorization system is online in their servers. Therefore, any CD key that works on the Windows version will work on the Linux version.
This is Vivendi Universal here. The same people that shutdown OSS projects like bnetd by using bogus DMCA lawsuits. I won't touch any of their shit, even if they give it away. They are without honor.
Darn, it seems the mac version and 'nix versions aren't available to us. Either that or I am really wrong. Some one correct me please.
I'd say more, but my guild is raiding.
I filled in the form on fileplanet, but didn't get an email within half an hour, so I don't know if they are emailing me one or if it will require the FP installer. /. pride aside and launch IE and visit this page again.
umm, it seems to be an IE only style page. I tried 3 times in the ol' firefox to no avail. Put your
Sorry to AC, but've I modded this one a lot and don't want it to go to waste.
I played a lot of Tribes 2. It's unique as far as FPS games go and it's somewhat an aquired taste. Most FPS games, at this point, I can pick up and be successful in. They are either run fast and shoot accurately, or move carefully shoot accurately. Tribes, is about thinking tactically and moving fast by moving precisely - that's some weirdness introduced by everybody wearing a jet pack.
Unless you're sniping, accurate shooting is less about putting the cursor on the other guy and pulling the trigger and more about watching the other guy's jet pack influenced trajectory and aiming at where he's going to land while at the same time realizing that your projectile will aquire your momentum and compensating for that. Learning to shoot in this game is a painfully slow experience.
That said, you can be extremely effective for your team without ever shooting a shot. That's what makes this game great. Teams need people to lay down defensive turret, and sometimes sensor grids to detect and combat enemies closing in on your flag (capture the flag is alomst the only thing played in Tribes 2).
You team's energy generators, repair stations and fixed turrets will likely come under attack and your team will need somebody to go fix those things.
The vehicles offer another dimension. Some people learn to be great fighter pilots, others use jets and hover bikes as personal transport for stealing flags or hunting down flag carriers. Others like to pilot bombers or be bombadeers. In the category of things a new person can do, a bomber can have a third person who is responsible for tossing flares to divert incoming missles as well as attempt to shoot down enemy fighters. There are tanks too. I used vehicles as personal transport mostly.
The biggest difference is that more often than not, when I'm playing something like Unreal, I'm jazzed up and focusing hard all the time. Tribes can offer a less frantic pace with more thought involved. That said, flying into an enemy base and having many turrets focus on you while you carefully time your jet back boosts for a targetted and safe landing is tense as hell. Then you need to run the hell away with the flag.
For me, games like Unreal peak with a dozen players. Tribes is great with 32 as you can take very specific roles. On some maps 12-16 is still good as it offers more wide open game play.
The only time I've had a large player base experience that was better was in Planetside. But so much of the time Planetside was sub-par. Only occassionaly did I see how good that could be. Meanwhile, Tribes occupied a lot of my college years.
Tribes is something you should give a shot. If the learning curve is too tough, I gather that the upcoming game will be a bit gentler, although I fear that will take away from the game somewhat. We'll see.
There is no way to install Tribes 2 on Linux with the Windows CD (like you can with Quake 3, UT, RTCW). You need the actual Tribes 2 Linux CD, which unfortunately the publisher has no plans on selling any more so you are out of luck.
The only way to get Tribes 2 running in Linux if you don't have it already is to download the ISO off your favourite P2P network. It may not be legal, but depriving people access to your work after you've finished raking in the cash is against the original spirit of copyright, and personally I see no reason to respect the copyright laws in this instance.
http://www.filerush.com/torrents/tribes_gsi.exe.to rrent
The server used to be at ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/ and a Linux T2 newsgroup is at news://news.lokigames.com/loki.games.tribes2.