Tribes 2

Tribes 2 is the sequel to the original Starsiege: Tribes by developer Dynamix. It is a first-person shooter based in the Earthsiege universe, and features team-based gameplay with vehicles and jetpacks on large maps.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Hor+	.ini edit	Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+
4k UltraHD:

Rendered Cut-Scene:	N/A
FMV Cut-Scene:	N/A

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Friday, 30 March, 2001

Tested Version:

v25034, the latest (and last) official retail patch

Play styles:

Competitive

Setting:

Sci-Fi

Genre:

FPS

Developer:

Sierra, Dynamix

Links:

⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Tribes 2 supports widescreen resolutions natively, but requires .ini editing to get proper widescreen support, otherwise it's vert-.

Go to your *\tribes2\gamedata\base\prefs\ directory and find the "ClientPrefs.cs" file. Find the following line:

$pref::Player::defaultFov = 90

Change the value to your desired FoV; 100 for 16:10 and 106 for 16:9 is recommended.

The game may not be in the proper ratio before you join a game (while you're still in observer mode). Becoming a player fixes the FOV.
You may also be returned to the default 90 FOV after you respawn, but zooming (press A) fixes it. I haven't had it happen personally.

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

This game is technically all multiplayer. You can use bots to simulate a multiplayer environment in certain maps (like I did).

At widescreen resolutions, all 2D elements scale, like menus and interface. The background and images are stretched. 3D models were cropped.

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues