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General information
- Kalypso Community Discussions
- Kalypso Support Page
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game launcher, requiring either logging or registering to Kalypso account.
- Requires a free Kalypso account to play the game on Steam while online. This can be bypassed by playing the game in Steam's offline mode or by blocking the game's executable in the firewall.[citation needed]
Version differences
- The Steam Special Edition includes Isla Nublar island and Luchador avatar skin.
- The Collector's Bundle includes Steam Special Edition and all 11 released DLC packs.
- The Gold Edition includes the base game and Modern Times DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Modern Times |
Expansion |
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Apocalypse |
DLC |
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The Academy |
DLC |
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Propaganda! |
DLC |
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Voodoo |
DLC |
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Vigilante |
DLC |
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Megalopolis |
DLC |
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Pirate Heaven |
DLC |
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Quick-dry Cement |
DLC |
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Plantador |
DLC |
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Junta Military |
DLC |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) |
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Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57690/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%APPDATA%\Tropico 4\users\ |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Tropico 4/AppData/users/ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57690/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound Effect, Voice and Music Volume Sliders |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Spanish |
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Other information
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Game can crash and lose all progress
- Periodic backups may be the only workaround.[3]
Issues fixed
Game fails to launch from the Kalypso launcher
Block connection to deprecated server[4]
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- Open the following file with a text editor with administrator privileges:
%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts .
- At the bottom of the file, add the line:
127.0.0.1 launcher01.kalypsomedia.com
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3 |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Dual Core 2.0 GHz
| Quad Core 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 6600 AMD Radeon X1600-Series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 AMD Radeon HD4000-Series 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum[5] |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.7.5 |
10.8.4 |
Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz
| 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM
| 512 MB of VRAM |
- The following cards require 8 GB RAM: Intel HD Graphics 3000/4000, Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT and GeForce GT 320M.
- The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI Radeon X1xxx/HD 2xxx series, Intel GMA series, Nvidia GeForce 7xxx/8xxx series.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/57690/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (57690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References