New Tribes 2 Patch
September 26th, 2002 by JudeccaSierra is re-releasing Tribes 2 next week for Win32 at a slashed price, and with more out of the box gameplay. They have released a patch to bring the rest of us up to speed. It has been ported by Sam Lantinga and Mike Phillips, former Loki employees, so everyone send them flowers.
This is the Tribes 2 Linux 25026 update.This update features content from the Tribes 2 Re-Release Update,adding two original game types, new maps, and updates to addressnumerous performance issues.
The first new game type, Team Rabbit 2, focuses on acrobatic maneuversand sports-style action. For more information on Team Rabbit 2, takea look at Inside_Team_Rabbit_2.txt
The second new game type, Tribes 2 Classic, adds increased speed andintensity to the classic Tribes gametypes. For more information onTribes 2 Classic, take a look at classic/classic_readme.txt
Release Notes: ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/updates/tribes2/tribes2-25026-x86.run.txt
Incremental Patch: ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/updates/tribes2/tribes2-25026-x86.run
Install from CD Patch: ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/updates/tribes2/tribes2-25026-cdrom-x86.run
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
It has to be applied to either a fresh install or a 24824 install — it will [b]not[/b] update a beta patch (including the 25026 beta).[br][br]Oh, and Mike was involved in the release process, not the porting process :-)
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Does this release work OK under WINEX? Has anyone tried this?
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
hail sam and mike.. :P
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
My Alpha Computer and Earthlink DSL internet connection will be on standby…
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Will this patch the CD version completely up to the most current? There are so many previous patches available (takes forever to update a new Tribes 2 install), Id like to have an all in one patch to backup to a CD.
–Dweebs
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Woooo-Hoooo! <-Substitute in-game audio files here.
Yeah Baby Yeah!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Where can I find Loki ports such as Tribes 2 at reasonable prices? I mean, if the windows version is being practically given away, I expect to be able to find the Linux version at less than $30. Amazon, for instance, ran out of Q3A for Linux copies at $10 in June; TuxGames still wants $45 for it.
BTW, why don’t those who ended up with the Loki IP publish collections (say, 3-packs) of Loki games (probably for $20 or so)? It seems that there’s some profit to be made in republishing, and most of the Loki ports have gone through at least one republishing on the Windows side of things if not more.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I don’t think the Loki Updater all in one patch works. At least for non Voodoo users. It errors out (AFTER downloading 94 megs!) with an error about a missing voodoo5.cs file or some crap. I’ve tried it numerous times.
I finally got it installed by updating to an earlier verson, then up to 24834, then patched it from there. Now it seg faults….. *sigh*
As for cheap Linux games. You have to remember, T2 is either the top or one of the top 2 or 3 games for Linux. For Windows, it’s got 50 competitors, all feeding money back to the same publishers. So they can sell it cheap. On Linux it’s much more of a high dollar item, though people who straddle both worlds see the inequity. I deal with it by just not paying attention to Window games any more. Though I admit I was tempted to pick up 4 copies of T2 at $10 yesterday for my family. But I didn’t because I want to buy it for Linux. It’ll just take me awhile. Note: if there were binaries for the windows version, I would have bought them. :-)
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Twas my birthday this past week and I received a brand spankin new Tribes 2 game. But its for Windoze. I don’t have that anymore. Is there an installer that I can download and run against this like I did with UT years ago and get it into my Linux?!?