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Tribes 2

The Homestead:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

In Siege and CTF missions, your base is the key position, if you have
a good base defense you can have every one on your team attack without worry.

-Turrets
The main problem with turrets is that you can´t place them to close to one
another, thus turrets supporting turrets is hard to get.

-Land Spike
The basic turret, you can have four and they shoot hard, if the base only
has one real eantrance then thats the plase to put them, make sure the
turrets can se each other so they can support them, two or three hits from
these turrets should knock ´em.

-Spider Klamp
Ther spider klamp can be put on walls and roofs, place them high to get
the plus in killing, just trust me!

What Role to Play:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

Tribes 2 is a game where you are supposed to work as a team and with the
help of your teammates, win the game. But during the fast and furious gaming
on the net its hard to get orginized. But Tribes 2 is still a team game.
A team game doesn't mean you must attack all at once with syncronized plans
and advanced tactics. A team game is "helping out" and "doing what you think
is best for the team" knowing what you are good at is the only thing you need
to know, do that thing and give it your best. If you can pilot do just that,
is you are a good sniper, be one or bomber. Or maybe you're good at defending
a post then do that, just remember to help out if someone needs help.

Turbo Grav Cover:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

If you are running a bot game you will find it difficult to get any cover fire
from your friend bots when piloting a bomber or transport. But if you get near
to one and press "v" to bring up the speech box you can say "Cover me".
Now just get into a Turbo Grav and they will automatically become a tailgunner.

Flag Carriers:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

Be carefull when carrying a flag when on stealth mode. The enemys can't see
you but they will shoot at the flag.

Shielded Flag Carrier:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

When making a break for the enemy flag do not underestimate the shields of
the Mobile Base. You can drive right in, get the flag and drive out again
without the shields even faltering.

Be An Editor..No Really!:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

The way into the editor that is stated in the instruction book is WRONG!
The correct way can be found at the sierra webpage or: Push ~ and type
open.editor(); and press enter. This is the Official way, off the sierra
troubleshooting website.

Perfect Tailgunner:
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Submitted by: Dj Simo

Want to help out a friendly bomber! Jump into the tailgunner seat with
Juggernaut armour and an repair pack. Make sure you have a rocket launcher,
ELF gun, Shocklance and flare grenades. When the pilot starts his bombing
run you will probably hear a loud tone indicating that some one shot a missile
at you. Use the flares to distract the missiles, and if you do get hit, use the
repair pack to repair the bomber your in (in midair!!). Also, if a Shrike tries
to shoot you down you can use the ELF to slow him down, the rockets to blow him
up or the Shocklance to shock him (do this right and you will sent the Shrike
spinning out of control).


All Weapons and Ammo (Host only):
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Submitted by: rickHH

While playing a game, press ~ to display the
debug menu, then type "$testcheats=1;". Then,
open the debug menu again and type "giveall();"
to get all weapons with 999 ammunition.

Lots of points:
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Destroy an ennemi generator, then repair it
only a bit and destroy it again...

Invincibility:
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Press the ~ button to bring up the console.
Then type "nogutsnoglory" without any spaces.

999 Ammo:
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Press ~ to display the debug menu, type $testcheats=1; Then,
open the debug menu again and type giveall(); to get all
weapons with 999 ammo

Cheat mode (for host only):
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Press ~ to display the debug menu, then type
$testcheats=1;
Then, open the debug menu again and type giveall();
to get all weapons with 999 ammunition.

Easy points:
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Partially repair an enemy generator, attack it,
then repeat.

Lots of Points:
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It's more of a hint instead of a cheat but if you
want to get alot of points in the game go and repair
the enemy generator (but not all the way) and then
blow it up and keep doing that, have fun

Easy Kills:
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There are easy ways to kill people with a Spider
Clamp Turret and there are good hiding places for
them and I will tell you the hiding places for them
on Tombstone.

Behind your flag in the flag room so you can't see it.
above the main doorway for your main base, and cameras
in the hall for the doorway.
And behind the brick supports for your main base.

Standard Weapon:
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The blaster may not be the strongest weapon or the
best to hit with, but it will never run out of ammo
and while indoors, it almost always hits something
(sometimes that's something is you).

Classes:
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Scout armour: When in scout armour you can pilot all
tanks and planes, therefore you should take the role
of a pilot, take a blaster and spinfusor and a energy
pack so if you get shot down you will be able to get
back to the base for another plane or tank. Suggestion:
Mine laying is also a good idea, as is sniper or stealth
operative (ala the cloak pak.)

Assault Armour:
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Is the best, you can pilot almost everything and carry
almost any weapon and you have medium speed. Suggestion:
Use the Blaster, Plasma rifle, Granade launcher and machine
gun.

Juggernaught Armour:
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The turret armour, only use it if you plan to defend or
have a buddy to trasport you, its best to be with two or
more other units. Suggestion: Always have fusion mortar as
it is one of the best weapons in the game.

Wildcat/Shrike Charge:
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This is a suicide move that isn't for the faint of heart.
Equip yourself with scout armor and energy pack, plasma
rilfe, chaingun, whiteout granades & mines then take a
Shrike or wildcat depending on what you want and how good
you are and the terrain. when you are really close to the
base, make sure you have some turbo, aim beside the entrance
and then charge as if satan was chasing you. Jump off before
you hit the wall and the defense turrets sould go for the
Wildcat/shrike. Grab the flag and when you hit the entrance
again turn round and run backwards, lay the mines, and finaly
throw the granades, now use the jetpack to get back to the base.

Use the Mobile Base:
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Spawn the moblie base building and drive it to a key
lockation. Example: If the flag is away from the base you
place the mobile base as close to the flag as you can. If
there is only a thin road or canyon that leads to the flag
put the base there and make sure there is at least one unit
that is at the base, with a repair pack as it is gonna take
a lot of punisment.

Sniper Team:
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As a little dose of real life, snipers always work better
in teams of 2's. This holds true in Tribes 2, as the scout
is the only one that can use the sniper rifle but isn't that
good in close quarters, it would be good to have someone to
back him up. Example: One scout armour with energy pack, mines
whiteout granade, laser rifle, blaster and spinfusor. And one
assault armour with ammo pack, mines standard grenades,
plasmagun, chaingun, blaster and missile launcher. Get to a
distant point so you can avoid cross-fire. Make sure you are
well elavated, then lay all the mines you have in front of you.
Now have the scout start sniping, and sometimes use the laser
designator so the assault armour can use his missle launcher.
If the enemy gets to close you should try to hold your ground,
but after five or seven sniper kills you should change position
so they dont find you.

Chat in color:
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The game's chat is IRC-based, so it is possible to talk in color. Press ~ to
open the console window, and type ircclient::send2("\c5[message text]");
you can replace "5" with other numbers for different colors.


Hint:
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Submitted by: vaibhav
games played in classic and new version are different.in katabatic(ctf) you can
drive wildcat at 300km/hr.so try a roadkill in that In any game in classic load
yourself an assault armor and throw the pack and redress yourself a scout one even
now throw the pack and pickup the pack of assault hey you can move faster now


Personal message box:
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You can also pop up a message box to yourself. This does not do anything special,
and no one else can see it. Press ~ to open the console window, then type
messageboxok("[subject text]","[message text]");

Easy points:
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Partially repair an enemy generator, attack it, then repeat.

Defense self-building:
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Get a tank, go to the base and try to go up it. Then, go out and go to the other
seat to shoot. Make sure you are not on the edge on the roof (press [Tab] to see).
This works best on Kasbtic.

More than two people on vehicles:
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First, get the maximum people on the vehicle. After that, other people can jump
on but will not go inside. Note: This will not work with turbo-grav vehicles.