Tribes 2 56 · Powers Mod
An affinity-class RPG layer bolted onto four stock gametypes at once — “Powers Mod 2.2, Affinity Uprising.”
| Ships as | Three archives: a git export (Powers-master.zip), a LAN-only build, and an online build with precomputed lightmaps |
| Lineage | Custom overrides of BountyGame.cs, CTFGame.cs, DnDGame.cs, HuntersGame.cs — a server-side leveling/class mod, not client-only |
| Distinctive feature | A prestige tier — “second affinity classes” unlocked at character level 70+ |
What “Affinity Uprising” adds
The readme is written as an ongoing dev log rather than a fixed feature list, and its 2.2 entry documents
a full prestige-class expansion [community]: six named second-affinity classes, each promoted from an
existing base class at level 70 — Gladiator (from Guardian), Star Sighter (from Star Lighter),
Prospector (from Enforcer), Annihilator (from Devastator), Deep Freezer (from Cryonium), and
Phantom Lord (from Overseer). Every second-affinity class carries named powers on cooldowns, drawing
from a dedicated “Affinity Energy” resource distinct from the stock energy pool. The same entry sketches a
roadmap beyond 2.2: per-class defensive traits, a power-selection and capping system, and a clan system —
some of which surface directly in the shipped scripts (Core/Clan.cs).
Structure
The git export reveals the mod’s real architecture: scripts/Powers/Classes/ClassSelection.cs and
PowerStore.cs drive the class/power system, Core/Leveling.cs handles experience and promotion, and
Core/Clan.cs implements the clan system the readme’s roadmap promised. Rather than building one custom
gametype, Powers Mod overrides four stock ones directly — BountyGame.cs, CTFGame.cs, DnDGame.cs,
HuntersGame.cs — layering its class and leveling system onto each so the RPG progression works no matter
which base ruleset a server runs. The separate online-build archive additionally ships lighting/*.ml
precomputed lightmaps and its own prefs/, consistent with a mod distributed ready-to-host rather than as
a source drop.
Related
- 57 · IronSphere RPG — a far larger RPG total conversion, for scale comparison
- 25 · Bounty, 22 · Capture the Flag — two of the four stock gametypes this mod overrides rather than replaces
- 54 · Masters mod — another custom-class combat mod in this section