I know that the last post was in November, 2015. I figured since there was no exact solution listed... I might as well list a solution myself, as well as to provide locations where downloads/patches/etc can be found.
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I hope that all of these customer support people realize that this game was originally developed and released by Dynamix in 1998, which has been a dead company since August of 2001. The publisher, Sierra Online was killed off in 2008 after it's parent, Vivendi, merged with Activision in 2006. They also ceased all support for the game around 2006-2008, probably due to the merger. Of course, the only 'support' provided by that point was maintenance of the Master Server list, effectively killing the game.
Microsoft, there has been no one to contact for over eight years, and even then the people who Patrick would REALLY need to speak to have been gone for fifteen years. Activision has only recently rebooted Sierra within the past two years, and I can guarantee that no one there will be able to help. Sierra/Activision no longer owns the rights to Earthsiege, Starsiege, Tribes, or anything involving the Earthsiege/Starsiege universe anyway. Hi-Rez studios has owned the rights for some time now, and I seriously doubt that they will sell it back to Sierra or Activision. Whether or not that would be a good thing if it was sold back to Activison, I don't know. (I also doubt that they will help with any support issues either.) I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but it only takes 5 seconds to find an article on Wikipedia to figure that out, support personnel.
Now, the game wasn't really killed as a few people set up Master Server lists of their own, and there is still a dedicated community playing to this day, much like with Quake. The community has been updating parts of the game as much as they can, including attempts at circumventing the lack of true and thorough backwards compatibility that Microsoft products are well known for, even though they are still based off of the original OS. I even had problems getting Tribes to install on a 2003 E-machines XP.
Now to answer the OP's question, there is a fix for your problem. The problems that you are stating that you have, have existed since Vista. There is already a patch for them and I know that it works on Vista and Win7. I assume that it should also work with Win8 and Win10 and I do recall seeing somewhere where someone reported it working on 8, though it has been a while. There is no guarantee that it will work for you, but it should at least fix the cursor issue and it will optimistically fix the screen size issue. If it does not fix the screen size, I suggest following MrBenMcLean's advice to 'Disable display scaling on high DPI settings' under the compatibility tab of the program properties. I would also recommend that you force it to 'Run as Administrator' and possibly run it in compatibility mode. I also found a link to the tribesone.com forum with someone who had a similar problem on Win10, here. He fixed it by changing his default screen resolution, I assume by that he meant that he right clicked on the desktop and selected either 'properties' or 'screen resolution' or whatever it is on a Windows 10 PC.
You can find the original games distributed by Hi-Rez at https://www.tribesuniverse.com/
You can find full versions + fixes included (and some include HD retextures or have mods installed) at http://www.gamefront.com/games/tribes. It has been a while so I am not sure which download to direct you to as I am sure that there has been a few new versions by now.
Finally, I go to TheExiled's forums to download what I need to play, but it has also been a long time since I have been there either, and I am not sure as to how regularly it's download page is updated. http://theexiled.pwnageservers.com/. Certain servers may have mods, and you may only be able to find those mods on theexiled's website. http://tribesone.com/ has a good download page as well to, and you might be able to find certain things there that you cant on theexiled's either. Also, yet another site which I know is updated often, http://tribesrpg.org/. Phantom, the site administrator, has a download link for the full game that he has labeled as 'having all the filed needed for every Tribes mod', as well as Tribes RPG, and I assume that he does.
Even if this thread is old, I hope that this post may help someone who is searching to relive old memories or for new players interested in a classic, and at one time, famous game known for it's massive maps, large server sizes, seamless transitions, as well as being the first to feature ride-able vehicles. Makes me want to dust off my floppies or even go out and buy an old Win98 or rig a dual boot setup so I can actually have something that will play old games and DOS games easily.
General discussion(101 posts)(101 posts)I can only assume VRAM amount is detected incorrectly. Is there a key to force that? I would start by disabling every antialiasing/filtering in OpenGL...
I can only assume VRAM amount is detected incorrectly. Is there a key to force that? I would start by disabling every antialiasing/filtering in OpenGL...
Tried disabling forced AA/AF, etc. first thing, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
I also tried a variety of different compatibility modes using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit, but didn't find any that affected the graphical appearance of the game.
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I tried running the game in Glide mode (using nGlide) and got an improved result:
Glide (1024x768 resolution selected in-game, 1440x1080 selected in nGlide Configurator - resized down for easy comparison with earlier shots)
Has two downsides compared to OpenGL:
UI scaling issues (if a resolution over 1024x768 is used) - pixelated appearance, lines around various elements.
Reduced terrain geometry LOD - not sure if this is caused directly by using Glide, or if the game just uses reduced distant detail because it 'thinks' it's running at 1024x768.
Interesting that OpenGL seems to use such a different set of textures for terrain.
Now, time for some cybrid hunting!
(starsiege1.proboards.com/) Board will not let me add link but this is the addy
They run their own master server as there probably isn't one up for multiplayer servers. They can show you how to mod some simple files in the game so you will see the multiplayer severs that are community run. Keep in mind these are veterans and will probably stomp on you but with a little practice and advice you will get the hang of it. They can also introduce you to much of the old player maps and mod stuff that still exists. Keep in mind this is an old game but if you can put away the pretty stuff and just play the game for what it is I am sure you will find enjoyment in it. I am thinking of trying to run it again on windows ten and try and drop in for some old time fun. I have visited their boards and there seems to be some problems with newer OS but if it can run or will run , the people who will know the fixes will exist here. If the game had an influx of some players with the free release, perhaps there could be some multiplayer life left in it for awhile.
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Anyway, I remember playing both Tribes 2 and Vengeance; the former having a great multiplayer system. One of them (maybe both) should have a decent campaign too.
I never really bothered with Tribes Ascend as I couldn't really learn to use the jet pack efficiently for multiplayer and it seems way too fast for my taste but has anyone played it? I'm curious if there are slower game modes.
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I earlier used the free version of Alcohol, but it seemed at some point it started installing some adware or somesuch without giving me the option to reject, so off it goes.