To get your tribes pinging the new master servers please read and follow the steps in this thread.


From Annihilation.info
Some of you that still actually play Tribes may have noticed a new kind of Tribes hack, this will fix it.

A malicious server operator can inject code on anyone refreshing or viewing the server list. Dude was sending people to meatspin.com last week.
A detailed description of what this fix does is here: View topic - Fixing Tribes

This is a scary one. Some of us have known about it for years, but no one's been asshole enough to exploit it.

Originally Posted by NoFiX

It works, and if you still play the game I would recommend using this, or Plasmatic's other script-fix.

If not, just know that when refreshing the server list - you may restart Tribes to deleted configuration files, a forced web-site launch, banishment from LastHope servers, or anything else you could think of.

1. Highlight all the code in the box below.

%t=newObject(x,FearGuiFormattedText);if($badwords != "")addExportText("$badwords = \""@$badwords@"\";");addExportText("File::delete(\"config\\GameServerList.cs\");deleteObject(nameToID(\"x\"));");exportObjectToScript(x,"config\\badwords.cs");deleteObject(%t);$Server::CurrentMaster = "0";$Server::MasterAddressN0 = "t1m1.tribes0.com:28000 t1m1.masters.tribesmasterserver.com:28000 t1m1.pu.net:28000 skbmaster.ath.cx:28000 kigen.ath.cx:28000 t1m1.masters.dynamix.com:28000";

2. Hold the Ctrl button and tap the C button to copy the code into your clipboard.

3. Start Tribes, and hit the ` key to open the console. The key is right below the Esc key in the upper left of your keyboard. It should look like this.


4.Hold the Ctrl key and tap V to paste the code into Tribes. Hit Enter.


5. Hit the Quit button in the upper right of Tribes and you're done.

This will add code to prevent a malicious user from hacking your Tribes. This will also add all 5 community Tribes master servers, along with the official master that has been off line for some time now.

So... you need to add that one File::delete() command to the end of your badwords.cs?

I'd love to hear more about this exploit and how this fixes it.

The exploit modifies the gameServerList.cs file in such a way that code can be executed when gameServerList.cs file is executed on launch.

This removes that possibility because it deletes the gameServerList.cs file before it can be executed. The down-side is you lose the gameServerList.cs file - your favorites, no-ping lists, etc. The up-side is you won't restart Tribes to deleted configuration files, a forced web-site launch, banishment from LastHope servers, or anything else you could think of.

So this will not restart Tribes to deleted configuration files, a forced web-site launch, banishment from LastHope servers, or anything else you could think of.

Thanks Plas, NoFix.

I'm not sure I understand fully. Deleting gameServerList.cs ensures that code isn't executed when Tribes starts, but aren't you still exposed to the exploit every time you refresh-all on the server list? Or is that only if you use unvetted master servers or something?

The problem is with information saved to gameServerList.cs. When you restart Tribes and go to the server list, this file is executed along with any garbage that is in there. If you delete this file when restarting Tribes, you eliminate the possibility of running any code there.

I had that happen to me then I had to reinstall windows because of the programs the page installed on my computer. It actually worked out all right though cause I was planning on cleaning up my pc anyways. Still it pisses me off and I would like to know if anything is being done about whoever did this. Has this person been caught? If so what's he/it going to get and is there anyway I can rub it in?

i had my favorites dissapear a couple of times and didnt know why, i had never seen that since i started playing tribes in 8 or 9 years ago

Which asshole was exploiting this? Only a few of us knew about it, and it wasn't me, you, or nofix... who does that leave?

basement bob from annihilation

hahaha nofix gave bawb the code

fucking fun

ty nofix for all these fixes and shit

this most certainly did not add the masters for me

Use this method instead:
tribesmasterserver.com » Starsiege Tribes Master Server Home page

thank you sir

you must a did it wrong

this is not working for me

if you want masters to work, go to my bloody site and download the update..

Thank you it worked

None of them work for me.
Damn it, I guess this game is dead.