Tribes: Ascend/How to Play
Tribes: Ascend can no longer be launched from the Hi-Rez launcher, and can only be played via Steam. However, Hi-Rez has delisted Tribes: Ascend, and can no longer be found in Steam by performing a search, it can only be found by searching on Google. Below are instructions on how to play Tribes: Ascend without using Steam.
- Create a Hi-Rez Studios account
- Download the standalone client
- Create a new folder for the files to be extracted to
- Extract Tribes_Ascend_Parting_Gifts.zip into the new folder
- Browse to the new folder, open the Binaries folder, open the Win32 folder
- Find TribesAscend.exe, create a shortcut of it
- Right click on the shortcut, and select Properties
- In the Target field, add -hostx=23.239.17.171 to the end of the executable path
- (Example: Tribes_Ascend_Parting_Gifts\Binaries\Win32\TribesAscend.exe -hostx=23.239.17.171)
- Click Apply.
- Run the shortcut, enter your username and password. Click Submit. Enjoy!
If you already have the game but, it's not connecting:
Follow Steps 6 to 10 above
Credits: mago4ever (original thread)[1], KarmaEntity (Guide)[2]