

DO NOT change the 3D rendering setting to "Hardware." I had to reinstall after doing that, but reinstalling did let me narrow my troubleshooting steps down to the above, which have been reliable since then. Maxing out the resolution with in-game settings caused me no problems, and is remarkably sharp on a giant 4K display. Once you're in a game, though, you're golden. Yes, I have to repeat steps 5-7 almost every time I launch the game. exe, and what value you set under SoftwareDevice doesn't matter, only that you changed it. In my experience, Safe Mode got no better results than the main. Repeat steps 5-7 until you make it into a game. Change the value for DDraw: SoftwareDevice. If you get 3 crashes in a row, edit Tropico2.iniĦ.
TROPICO 2 CRASHES WIN XP WINDOWS
Hit Next and tell Windows that the settings worked.ĥ. Let it set the compatibility - it will go with WinXP SP3ģ.

Right-click Tropico2.exe and choose Troubleshoot CompatibilityĢ. If you hunt them down (a lot of these guys change company names/websites/email addresses in order to continue to perpetrate fresh game insults) they won't respond.Since this thread is still the top result when googling T2 crashes, here's what worked for me:ġ. They refer you to the developer - and in every case where I've had a problem with a game, the developer links on Steam are dead. If you have trouble with a game there they won't help you, period paragraph. Steam sells craptons of abandonware that they won't refund even if you can never get it to work. Hence I only buy on GOG now, and I buy on GOG even if I have it on Steam because Steam are thieving liar pants who might steal all your games at any second for no reason at all and then you have NO RECOURSE whatsoever. I was threatened with having my STEAM account blocked for what turned out to be a $3 refund (instead of $12 if they had actually refunded all the games they were supposed to). They only refunded ONE, and that with great reluctance, a lot of trouble, and threats. Configuration file (s) location Save game data location Save game cloud syncing Video In-game general video settings. Only once have I ever wangled a refund out of them and then they didn't refund all the games they said they would. Unlike Steam, where I have stuff that has never run on any computer and where they are super duper stingy with refunding. But they have always worked without much trouble.
TROPICO 2 CRASHES WIN XP PATCH
some other things for you to try if my solution doens't work for you: - compatibility mode for Windows XP - running the safe mode file - finding patch 1.2, and also downloading a CD crack - modifying the. Yes, I sometimes end up in the troubleshooting section or googling for a solution to a problem. I DIDN'T have to use compatibility mode for Windows XP at all. Personally I have yet to have a single GOG game fail to work for me. Unless, of course, you are too busy whining and complaining.

If it really won't work, they WILL refund your money. Instead of whinging on about whether or not it "works" for you you should have applied for a refund. Jdsiege: Not sure which tweak guide you've been using so you may or may not have tried this. Not sure which tweak guide you've been using so you may or may not have tried this. Think at this point I need to stop hoping to relive the past because no "Good Old Games" will work for me, and leave it where it lies in a scratched, unplayable cdrom in my closet. Tropico 2 is just the lastest on a list of games that you have to search around for the slightest chance you'll find a solution to make an old game run on current systems. I don't know why GoG keeps putting these things up when they just. Stolf: Yet another game from my nastalgia that refuses to work. And one option someone said to use slowed the menue, the friggen MENUE to a crawl But doesn't matter because it crashes when you load a level. Won't run in a window with alt enter so you know. This happens with or without the ADDED PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO GET IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MENUE SCREEN NOT LOOK LIKE ASS. Click the Compatibility tab and then tick the box labelled 'Run this. Right-click on Tropico 4.exe (by default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Tropico 4) and select properties.
TROPICO 2 CRASHES WIN XP WINDOWS 7
Yet another game from my nastalgia that refuses to work. Windows 7 (or any other provided, like Windows XP) compatibility mode.
