Tropico 5

[chris74]

I've been playing it for a few days now having only ever played the previous version.
Once the penny drops and you keep increasing your colonial mandates until you get approval it becomes a little easier and you can really get the cash quickly with mining, plantations and log farms.
Keeping approval rating high aswell as dealing with unemployment is where the real challenge has been for me thus far.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Really struggling on my next island. I have 5 docks, but the teamsters are taking everything to two, so they have lots of goods sitting around that can't fit into the ships. Annoyingly there are terrible trade options, so can't shift it that way. Constantly in the red and can't really do much at the moment.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

For anyone not liking the 2000 population cap, a mod from the official forums has increased it to 5000:

1. Just download the .rar file from http://www.gamefront.com/files/24257944/5000Pop_rar

2. Put the "CommonLua" FOLDER from the .rar in your glorious Tropico 5 main directory. NOT the file inside the folder. Your steam directory should hould be something like "C:\Program Files (x86)Steam\Steamapps\Common\Tropico5" or if you have Steam games installed to a different drive "Steam Library\Steamapps\Common". It's the folder with the Tropico5Steam.exe.

3. Start the game, load your save or start anew.

 

[Bickaxe]

Keep getting random crashes. Only 5 mins into first campaign mission. Turned off Vsync and updated to latest GeForce driver and browsed the tutorial and it seemed to be fine.
Until it wasn't.

Spec in sig

 

[Bickaxe]

Emailed Kalypso last week, still no reply.

I've installed and verified on both hard drives, tried disabling sound and gfx and run in compatibility mode.

After the 4th install to C Drive (SSD) and running every gfx setting on low, it works.
I'll increase each visual option one at a time to check stability.

Now surely my card can cope with running everything on high/ultra?
Far Cry 3, Skyrim (with mods), Assassins Creed 4 all run perfectly.

Anyone else having this problem?
Having said that, its no the first time a Kalypso game has failed to run properly.

 

[2013]

I installed the game but forgot I was using a temp gtx 285 till i get new one.

So cant play.

 

[Bickaxe]

Got a reply from Kalypso


Dear El Presidente,

please update your soundcard driver.

Also disable post processing and enable V-Sync in the ingame option.

In a few days a new patch will be released which should fix the issue which you have, If the issue still persist after the new patch, please contact us again.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Best regards,

--Kalypso Media Group GmbH Support Service


Wonder if they missed the part where I said I had updated all my drivers and turned all gfx options off or to low. Vsync was enabled and disabled too for testing.

Hope the patch works....

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Thailand military junta bans Tropico 5

You have to love the irony of it!

 

[Andr3w]

I have never played a tropico game before.

I've been playing Tropico 5 so far, only the tutorial. I'm really enjoying it but still have no idea what the end game is supposed to be

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Looks great.
But then again I bought Tropico 4 ages ago, and I've spent about 20 minutes playing it so far...

 

[Andr3w]

Sooooo i'm rubbish at defending myself when invaded.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Sooooo i'm rubbish at defending myself when invaded.

Just set up plenty of barracks and/or army bases near the docks (where the enemy spawns). Don't be tempted to spread out your defences.

 

[Andr3w]

So they only ever attack near docks? That's cool.

I've completed the first 4 levels and my town is slowly increasing in size!

Got any tips for a newbie?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

So they only ever attack near docks? That's cool.

I've completed the first 4 levels and my town is slowly increasing in size!

Got any tips for a newbie?

My biggest tip is to watch import/export prices and to keep relations up with foreign powers. That way you get better deals and can often buy goods cheap and then export them for a lot more - this applies more to high value goods like cars, oil etc. Also make sure you have plenty of docks since you will limit your economy if you don't have enough.

This thread is worth a read -
http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=23207

 

[Freddie1980]

I liked Tropico 4 my only gripe was I could never workout why my builders would just sit around on their lazy bums while I had building requests all over the island awaiting construction. I hope this has been fixed in the new game.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I liked Tropico 4 my only gripe was I could never workout why my builders would just sit around on their lazy bums while I had building requests all over the island awaiting construction. I hope this has been fixed in the new game.

It is a little better and you can always quick build (which is what I do most of the time, certainly with the cheaper buildings). They are usually sat around if their needs aren't met though.