Tropico 3
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Developers | |
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Haemimont Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Windows | Kalypso Media |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 20, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | January 27, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Comedy, Cold War |
Series | Tropico |
Tropico | |
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Tropico | 2001 |
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove | 2003 |
Tropico 3 | 2009 |
Tropico 4 | 2011 |
Tropico 5 | 2014 |
Tropico 6 | 2019 |
General information
- Official forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. | |||
Developer website | Gold Edition. Five machines limit. | |||
GamersGate | Steam Special Edition. Gold Edition also available. | |||
Steam Special Edition. Gold Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Gold Edition. Includes bonuses of the Steam Special Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam | Steam Special Edition. Gold Edition also available. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | Gold Edition[1] | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | Gold Edition. |
- Download mirrors for the (Windows-only) demo is available at the official site.
Version differences
- The Steam Special Edition has two exclusive maps and two additional avatar costumes. Its contents are included in the GOG.com release, however.
- The Gold Edition includes the base game and the Absolute Power expansion.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion pack includes a new campaign, buildings, writs, faction disasters, street types, character attributes and more. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Absolute Power | Expansion |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.lua[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/23490/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Tropico 3\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/23490/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See also Windows Vista/Windows 7 multi-monitor crash. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Menus and map screens are Vert-.[2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 120Hz option available.[3] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Download Decompress Config[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput controllers only; see Controller support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See Controller support. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
Download Decompress Config[citation needed] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | SFX, Voice and Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Local retail version only. The "Absolute Power" Expansion is not translated, but the translation of the base game is available to download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Windows Vista/7 multi-monitor crash
- There are 3 ways to fix this crash.[4]
Disable Aero, 2nd monitor or enable windowed[citation needed] |
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- It is possible that your game configuration got corrupted by a system-crash.
Delete settings folder[5] |
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Please delete the Notes
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"You need a supported DX9-compatible video card"
Delete Userconfig2.lua[6] |
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Notes
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Run the game in Windowed mode[7] |
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If the previous fix didn't work, run Tropico 3 in Windowed mode. Notes
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. Note:Game is quite unstable on some systems. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 512 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | 10.7.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (23490) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Tropico 3 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube
- ↑ 120Hz.net - New 120Hz Games Report
- ↑ [FIX Win7/Vista] Tropico 3 crash on launch with two displays enabled. - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Kalypso forums - Technical FAQ
- ↑ GOG.com forums - Will not start, claims I do not have the required chipset
- ↑ Reddit - Tropico 3 critical error