Corrected Tribes Source Code

October 8th, 2004

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Tribes: Vengeance - Beta Dev Kit - version 1.0.0.1

These instructions are laid out in the following order:

System Requirements
Installation
Known Issues
End-User License Agreement


NOTICE:

* This Tribes: Vengeance - Beta Dev Kit application is provided "as-is" and is not officially supported by Irrational Games or Sierra Entertainment, Inc.

* Beta Dev Kit application requires a Full copy of Tribes: Vengeance in order for the Mods to  run.

* Tribes: Vengeance - Beta Dev Kit application is only recommended for advanced computer users.


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Minimum Specification
 
1. ATI® Radeon™ or equivalent DirectX® 9.0c-compliant 32 MB 3D video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
2. Microsoft® Windows® 98/2000/XP operating system
3. 1.0 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ processor or equivalent
4. 256 MB RAM
5. 5 GB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files - An additional 10Mb hard disk space for the Beta Dev Kit application.
6. DirectX® 9.0c (included with Full game)
7. DirectX®-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
8. 4X CD-ROM drive
9. Microsoft® compatible mouse and keyboard

 
Recommended Specification: Windows® XP
 
The recommended specification is exactly the same as the minimum specification with the following changes:
 
1. Windows® XP 
2. ATI® Radeon™ 9600 or equivalent DirectX® 9.0c-compliant 128 MB 3D video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support  
3. 2.5 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ or faster processor
4. 512 MB RAM or more
5. 24X or faster CD-ROM drive
6. Broadband/LAN, DSL or faster Internet connection for online play 


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Installation:

1) install Tribes: Vengeance Full game.

2) patch Tribes: Vengeance, by clicking on multi-player and then Join. If you are not prompted to update then you can always click on "Check for update".

3) Run the self extracting archive for the Beta Dev Kit. Files will be installed to the program files/vugames/tribes vengeance/source/ folder.

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Known Issues:

* Dev Kit will not work on Windows® 98.

* Map Editor will not work on Windows® 98.

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End-User License Agreement

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YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PROMPTLY DELETE ANY OF THE FILES THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED RELATED TO THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

This software program (the “Program”), any printed materials, any on-line or electronic documentation, and any and all copies, derivative works of such software program and materials created with the Program, are the copyrighted work of Sierra Entertainment, Inc. and/or its licensors. All use of the Program is governed by the terms of the End User License Agreement which is provided below ("License Agreement"). The Program is solely for use by end users according to the terms of the License Agreement. Any use, reproduction or redistribution of the Program not in accordance with the terms of the License Agreement is expressly prohibited.
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

1. Limited Use License. Sierra (“Sierra”) hereby grants, and by downloading and/or installing the Program you thereby accept, a limited, non-exclusive license and right to download and install and use one (1) copy of the Program for your use on either a home or portable computer. The Program contains software which  will operate in conjunction with Sierra’s Tribes: Vengeance product (the "Editor") to allow you to create custom levels or other materials for your personal use in connection with the Program ("New Materials"). All use of the New Materials is subject to this License Agreement. In addition, the Program can be utilized with the Editor to create New Materials that can be utilized in conjunction with Tribes: Vengeance to play on-line utilizing the on-line capability of Tribes: Vengeance.  Note that in the event of a conflict in terms between the Tribes: Vengeance End User License Agreement and this License Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Tribes: Vengeance End User License Agreement shall prevail.
	
2. Ownership. All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Program and any and all copies thereof, and any New Materials (including but not limited to any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, concepts, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, moral rights, any related documentation, and “applets” incorporated into the Program) are owned by Sierra or its licensors. The Program is protected by the copyright laws of the United States, international copyright treaties and conventions and other laws. All rights are reserved. The Program contains certain licensed materials and Sierra’s licensors may protect their rights in the event of any violation of this Agreement.
	
3. 	
Responsibilities of End User. 
		
A. Subject to the Grant of License hereinabove, you may not, in whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile, create derivative works based on, or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Program without the prior consent, in writing, of Sierra.
		
B. The Program is licensed to you as a single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one computer. 
		
C. You are entitled to use the Program for your own use, but you are not entitled to:

(i) 	sell, grant a security interest in or transfer reproductions of the Program, or any New Materials, to other parties in any way, nor to rent, lease or license the Program or any New Materials to others without the prior written consent of Sierra;

(ii)	exploit the Program, any of its parts, or any New Materials for any commercial purpose including, but not limited to, use at a cyber café, computer gaming center or any other location-based site (Sierra may offer a separate Site License Agreement to permit you to make the Program available for commercial use; contact Sierra for details);

(iii)	use or allow third parties to use the Program, Editor and/or the New Materials created thereby for commercial purposes including, but not limited to, distribution of New Materials on a stand-alone basis or packaged with other software or hardware through any and all distribution channels, including, but not limited to, retail sales and on-line electronic distribution, without the express written consent of Sierra; 

	
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6.  Export Controls. The Program may not be re-exported, downloaded or otherwise exported into (or to a national or resident of) any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Denial Orders. By installing the Program, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are representing and warranting that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
	
7.  Disclaimer of Any Limited Warranty. Sierra expressly disclaims any warranty for the Program and Manual(s). The Program and Manual(s) are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the Program and Manual(s) remains with you, the User. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you.

	
8.  Limitation of Liability. NEITHER SIERRA, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PROGRAM, OR THE EDITOR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES. ANY WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT THAT MAY BE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2-312(3) OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND/OR IN ANY OTHER COMPARABLE STATE STATUTE IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply.

	
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(1) such new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in your utilization of the Program in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement and for NO OTHER PURPOSE; or 
(2) such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes ONLY and all archival copies are destroyed in the event of your Transfer of the Program, the Termination of this Agreement or other circumstances under which your continued use of the Program ceases to be rightful. 
 
	
11.  Miscellaneous. This License Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and executed in the State of California, and any dispute arising hereunder shall be resolved in accordance with the law of California. You agree that any claim asserted in any legal proceeding by one of the parties against the other shall be commenced and maintained in any state or federal court located in the State of California, County of Los Angeles, having subject matter jurisdiction with respect to the dispute between the parties. This License Agreement may be amended, altered or modified only by an instrument in writing, specifying such amendment, alteration or modification, executed by both parties. In the event that any provision of this License Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining portions of this License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This License Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements.
I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the foregoing License Agreement and agree that the action of installing the Program is an acknowledgment of my agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of the License Agreement contained herein.



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(C) 2004 Irrational Games. All rights reserved. Tribes Vengeance, Irrational Games and the Irrational Games logo are registered trademarks of Irrational Games in the U.S. and/or other countries.  Published by Vivendi Universal Games International.  Sierra and the Sierra logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sierra Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries, Inc. (C) 1999-2004 GameSpy Industries, Inc.  All rights reserved.  All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Thanks to all contributors at www.TribalWar.com, and the testers at VU Games, QA Dept, for help with these instructions.