Starsiege
Tribes is a game unlike no other. In Tribes you can buy
then place equipment like laser turrets to boost your
teams base defence, take control of gun
placements, and fly vehicles. Tribes maps are huge hilly
areas where your jet pack will come in very handy as you
glide through the area looking for the enemy.
Modes of
play There are six playing modes in Tribes:
Deathmatch (DM): this mode pits you, a
player against up to 15 others in a battle to gain the
most frags after the timelimit is hit.
Capture The Flag (CTF): Two teams. One red,
the other black, each with the goal of capturing the
other teams flag. This is done by taking the other
teams flag and returning it back to your base where
upon touching it with yours, points are rewarded. Of
course the other team is trying to do exactly the
same! CTF games can be fast and furious with each team
desperately trying to hold on to their own flag.
Defend and Destroy (D&D): The aim is to destroy the enemy
objectives and to defend yours. First team to have all
their objectives destroyed loses.
Capture and
Hold (C&H): Grab an
objective by touching the switch, and try to keep it
under your team's control. Points are awarded for
holding onto objectives for a set amount of time. Any
defences associated with an captured objective also
come under the team's control.
Find and
Retrieve (F&R): A number
of objects or flags are spread out around the mission
map. The aim is to get every item/flag to your base.
Of course the enemy are trying to do the same, so
you'll have to retrieve items/flags from the enemy
base, but they will want to do the same.
Multiple Teams: Up
to four teams can play at once. Not played much
online.
Patches You'll need to
have bought Starsiege Tribes and installed it together
with the latest Tribes patch to play online:
Other
Files You can find other Tribes files on the
FTP as well as other files you may need, like new maps
here: ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/tribes
Downloading
Some downloads are quite big and can take
a while to download. Use reget which is a handy
program to ensure you'll not have to worry about losing
your net connection mid download. Click HERE
on how to use reget.
A MOD (Modification) changes the basic
game of Tribes giving the player new ways of playing the
game. Tribes has a vast range of MODs to choose from.
Below is a selection of Tribes Mods run by BarrysWorld:
Server
lists A full list of the BarrysWorld public
Tribes servers can be found HERE.
Master
server tribesmaster.barrysworld.com:28000 This
servers holds the address's for a large number of game
servers. It saves players time by giving them a large
upto date server list, and saves searching around for
individual servers which would take ages.
Private
Servers If your team needs a private server to
practice or organise friendlies on, then you can book a
servers, or even lease a Tribes server monthly. This
will go live soon. For More details keep an eye on the
bookables
page.
Connecting to servers via
gamespy
Most gamers use
Gamespy, a server browser utility which helps them find
fast servers quick and easy. By using the BarrysWorld
master server finding the BarrysWorld servers, as well
as a large number of other UK servers could not be
easier.
If you are
playing on any BarrysWorld Server, our own dialup http://www.barrysworld.com/info/barrydial.asp
provides a low, stable ping for both ISDN and modems and
will enhance the quality of your game.
