You need to have the skins installed.
So drop the .vl2 files in the base directory, or the various skin .png files into the base/skins directory.
If you do have them installed, make sure you have the "Custom Skins" toggle enabled in the game settings.

The "gamespy installer" is the Tribes2_gsi.exe that you can find in the downloads section.

The unhandled exception for win7 is probably because the VM doesn't have direct access to the GPU, so it likely didn't load a proper driver with support for OpenGL/D3D.

Try running your wine based install via the terminal, and see what it cries about there...

Code:

$ cd /path/to/Tribes2/GameData/
$ wine ./Tribes2.exe -online

[Clock]

Heavy with Clock pack!

They don't have a watch?

Direct your concerns with the Goon Haven server to their forums at http://goonhaven.org/forums/

Where else are you needing it advertised?

The Moon?
Or maybe a Tribes2/TribesNext signal we should flash in the sky of every major city!

Please direct your issues with the Goon Haven server to their forums at http://goonhaven.org/forums/

If you are running a dedicated server (server is a separate window) then entering addbots() in your game/client console will give you the "<input> (0): Unable to find function addbots" error.  You will need to run the command from the server console (the black window with all the crazy text).

If you are running a listen server (hosting in-game) then you should not have any issue running the addbots() command in your console.

FAQs?

That's because Goon Haven has implemented a leveling system.
The more you play and the more kills you get, the more powerful your weapons become.
So if you play long enough, you'll eventually get a one-shot-kill blaster!
 

Duplicate of http://www.tribesnext.com/forum/index.php?topic=2564.0, locked.

Clan tags are not readily available at current.
Those users in Goon Haven with clan tags participated in the Tribes 2 Anniversary Tournament and were given a tag for the occasion.

Have you tried the FAQs?

There is a project underway to provide an automated resource transfer...

That would likely depend upon how well they are at using a console controller versus the keyboard.

Gentoo Linux on my server, dual boot Windows 7 and Gentoo Linux on my desktop and notebook.
And I have an Windows XP virtual machine somewhere.