Tropico.exe Error

[Tobyjo]

When I try to launch the Tropico it says "Tropico has caused an error in Tropico.exe."  I have HP 1GhZ 300+ram and a GeForce Mx-400 64MB graphics card.  Help!!!  I've never played the game!!!  Won't start in safe mode either

[Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel]

When I try to launch the Tropico it says "Tropico has caused an error in Tropico.exe."  I have HP 1GhZ 300+ram and a GeForce Mx-400 64MB graphics card.  Help!!!  I've never played the game!!!  Won't start in safe mode either

Hi Tobyjo,

Did you download and install the v1.04 upgrade patch for the game? If not, you can find it at http://talonsoft.com/patches/godgames/tropico.html .

Also, is the label on the CD that you bought gray or blue?

I've found several PCs that suffered from this problem, and the patch has helped quite a few. As far as the CD label, the blue labeled CD seems to suffer less from this problem. I don't know what the differences are between the gray and blue label CDs, as they seem to have the same set of files on them (more or less). Could be the method that the originals were burnt.


Rich Nagel

[Angelic_Tyrant]

  Hi,
  I have been able to play tropico until I got my PSI geforce 2, mx 400 card. I started a post in the troubleshooting room called geforce 2 probs  where ppl have put in helpful tips....but have yet to help me
  I was wondering....do you guys have an Elsa Gladiac card, perhaps it's becausa of that?
  I know full well how frustrating it is when it just doesn't launch!

[Terminus Est]

The new 1.05 upgrade is supposed to solve Nvidia problems, it might help you... check for download link on the CafeTropico main page.

[Tobyjo]

I have the blue label CD.  When I try to apply the patch it ask me to to overwrite files like normal and I overwrite them.  But when I right click tropico.exe and look at its properties it still says v.1. I've also tried the lastest 1.05 patch.  I still get the same error!!

[Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel]

I have the blue label CD.  When I try to apply the patch it ask me to to overwrite files like normal and I overwrite them.  But when I right click tropico.exe and look at its properties it still says v.1. I've also tried the lastest 1.05 patch.  I still get the same error!!

If you right-click and check the properties of the Tropico.exe file, it will still reflect "1.0" (even after applying the upgrade patch). The only place that you'll see the actual true version number is at the lower left hand corner of the main menu within the game (at "El Presidente's" desk).

You may want to contact Talonsoft for tech support. Their email address is techsupport@talonsoft.com and their phone number in the US is (410) 933-9191 (sorry, I don't know their international numbers).


Hope this helps,

Rich Nagel

[Angelic_Tyrant]

Hi,

  I thought I might have got further in the geforce 2 mystery by typing in find tropico.exe
Three different tropico icons came up each having different warning signs when I tried to launch:
1.     "cannot load libary mss32.dll "  
In this one I actually the sun of tropico launching sign, but the warning I just said appeared.

2. "A required .DLL file, BINKW32.DLL", was not found.
This came up as soon as I tried launching.

3. Going on about my program performing an illegal operation, like the first post I sent warning

  If this rings a bell to anyone then please say:)

[Tobyjo]

This came out of my fault log does anybody know what it means or how I can fix it?

Date 11/11/2001 Time 17:43
TROPICO caused an invalid page fault in
module TROPICO.EXE at 017f:0051b1ef.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=0051b1ef EFLGS=00210246
EBX=00000000 SS=0187 ESP=0084fb88 EBP=00000000
ECX=00000000 DS=0187 ESI=00000000 FS=45d7
EDX=00000002 ES=0187 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
66 0f b6 34 06 e9 9c 00 00 00 8b 5c 24 10 8b 7c
Stack dump:
005eb4c9 00000010 00000640 00000029 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000008 00000000 0000000c 00000001 00888000  

[MadamPresident]

well, I'm a programmer and to me that basically means it crashed. Unless they are coding in assemble that register dump is unlikely to help them.

Contact Talonsoft for help.

-$0.02

[Angelic_Tyrant]

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has got in touch with the talonsoft help about this prob or a similar one, and they came with a reply that helped in making tropico work....because It's still not working   Luckily Civ 3 is helping my craving for tropico for some reason

[Ned_Flanders]

Hi from Russia!
I have a similar problem, like Tobyjo.
My computer is : Celeron 800, 256 RAM, Matrox G450 32Mb DDR Dual Head.
I try to launch the Tropico it says "Tropico has caused an error in Tropico.exe."  
Why?
How I can play Tropico?
Please, help me!

P.S. Sorry for my English