Somec vs Bots Training

A Tribes 1 client demo — the server’s own packet stream as one player recorded it. The match record below was decoded out of that stream. Anything read off the filename instead is in its own box, and says so.

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Preserved by Tribes 1 JunkYard (twdemos) · listing. Also in the file catalog as Somec vs Bots Training.

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This plays the recording with the actual Tribes engine, compiled to WebAssembly — the same playDemo() path the game itself uses. The engine is about 7 MB; it then streams just the game data this recording touches from the archive, as it touches it. Every piece is cached and shared across the site, so a second demo on the same map costs almost nothing. Nothing is fetched until you press play.

`KT - 1 - Welcome.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 1,227 server packets, 970 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 1 (Welcome) (1_Welcome)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 0m 31s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 6 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 1

Somec

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

-Completed:

Mission Information:

-Mission Name: Introduction to TRIBES

<j1>Mission Objectives:

-Total Mission Time: 0 Minutes 23 Seconds

`KT - 2 - Weapons.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 11,551 server packets, 10,282 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 2 (Weapons) (2_Weapons)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 5m 30s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 29 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 7

Cornboy!
GotM*lk?
Nailz
Skeet
Slacker
Somec
SymLink

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

-Firing range: Weapons training in progress

Mission Information:

-Mission Name: Introduction to Weapons

<j1>Mission Summary:

-Total Mission Time: 4 Minutes 18 Seconds

-Total kills: 5 out of 6

-Completed:

-Total Mission Time: 5 Minutes 22 Seconds

`KT - 3 - Vehicle.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 5,708 server packets, 4,786 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 3 (Vehicle) (3_Vehicle)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 2m 34s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 20 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 1

Somec

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

-Travel to all vehicle stations that are assigned

Mission Information:

-Mission Name: Introduction to vehicles

<j1>Mission Objectives:

-Current station waypoint: 3

-Completed:

<j1>Mission Summary:

-Total Mission Time: 2 Minutes 26 Seconds

`KT - 4 - Commander.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 3,398 server packets, 3,186 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 4 (Commander_TargetLaser) (4_Commander_TargetLaser)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 1m 42s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 11 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 3

Jett
Somec
SymLink

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

-Completed:

Mission Information:

-Mission Name: Commander and Target laser Training

<j1>Mission Summary:

-Total Mission Time: 1 Minutes 34 Seconds

-Total enemy kills: 0

`KT - 5 - CTF.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 7,111 server packets, 5,840 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 5 (CTF) (5_CTF)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 3m 08s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 18 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 5

DiamondBack
Skeet
Ski to Die
Slacker
Somec

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

<t> -Completed:

Mission Information:

<t> -Mission Name: Capture the Flag Training

<j1>Mission Summary:

<t> -Enemy Kills: 4 out of 4

<t> -Total Mission Time: 2 Minutes 52 Seconds

`KT - 6 - C&H.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 4,845 server packets, 3,979 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 6 (Towers) (6_Towers)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 2m 08s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 11 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 4

GotM*lk?
Slacker
Somec
SymLink

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

-Completed:

Mission Information:

-Mission Name: Capture and Hold Training

<j1>Mission Summary:

-Enemy Kills: 3 out of 3

-Total Mission Time: 1 Minutes 52 Seconds

`KT - 7 - F&R.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 7,888 server packets, 6,757 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 7 (Retrieval) (7_Retrieval)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 3m 37s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 21 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 4

Cornboy!
DiamondBack
Missing
Somec

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

<t> -Completed:

Mission Information:

<t> -Mission Name: Find and Retrieve Training

<j1>Mission Summary:

<t> -Enemy Kills: 3 out of 3

<t> -Total Mission Time: 3 Minutes 21 Seconds

`KT - 8 - D&D.rec`

Verified Tribes 1 demo. The engine's own bitstream reader walked all 3,238 server packets, 3,263 recorded inputs to the stream terminator — 100% of the file decoded, no desync.

Map: 8 (Destroy) (8_Destroy)
Server: TRIBES Server
Mods loaded: none — stock base only
Recording length: 1m 45s
Datablocks pushed: 395
Said during the match: 14 lines (chat and the server’s own event feed — counted, not republished; they play back inside the recording)
Recorded by: client id 2049 (the player whose machine made this recording)

Server info

Default TRIBES server setup
Admin: Unknown
Email: Unknown

Unassigned 4

Jett
Ski to Die
Somec
SymLink

Mission summary (the server’s own scoreboard text)

Mission Completion:

<t> -Completed:

Mission Information:

<t> -Mission Name: Defend and Destroy Training

<j1>Mission Summary:

<t> -Enemy Kills: 4 out of 4

<t> -Total Mission Time: 1 Minutes 29 Seconds

Readme — Readme - Kill Tutorial.txt (from the archive itself)

Hi! I'm Somec. My network connection sucks (too much packetloss... damn you
university connection!), so I have a whoooole lot of time on my hands. I
would still like to play Tribes, though, so I do the training missions - 
a lot. In fact, I did them so much I got bored of them. I never found
any good routes, or any good ways to beat the missions or anything, I just...
beat them.

Anyway, I got so bored that I just decided to kill myself. Over and over.
But... there's a catch. I had to kill myself between the time I finished
the mission to the time Tribes kicked me off the map and back into the
training screen. These demos represent my first attempts at doing this....
It's actually pretty fun, and kind of exciting to try to time the suicides.

Oh, if you do manage to watch this... You'll get an added bonus of seeing me
fight in third person. Muhahahahahahahahahhahahahaha. That's something I
rarely do... but... I thought it would be fun.

By the way, in case you're going to delete this right now... remember: don't
get mad, it only took you a few minutes (or less) to download it anyway :).

Oh, if you want to yell at me, or praise me, or anything... I can be found in
#scripters on Dynamix IRC. Sometimes.

Somec
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Contents — 9 files (inside the archive)

KT - 1 - Welcome.rec 149,964 B
KT - 2 - Weapons.rec 1,234,851 B
KT - 3 - Vehicle.rec 678,613 B
KT - 4 - Commander.rec 515,587 B
KT - 5 - CTF.rec 786,901 B
KT - 6 - C&H.rec 597,860 B
KT - 7 - F&R.rec 804,121 B
KT - 8 - D&D.rec 530,670 B
Readme - Kill Tutorial.txt 2,032 B