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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 182.3 hrs on record
Posted: Mar 27, 2016 @ 12:22pm
Updated: Nov 22, 2018 @ 10:46am

I really love Tropico games and would not doubt if the entire team is tripping on LSD as they code it. The graphics are solid this time around. They have a much more polished feel over the others. The musics always solid and you can import your own into the game without much effort.

With that being said I'll go into a few negatives. With this one you really do want all of the DLC as too much was withheld from the base game. Once you have everything it's a beauty.This time around you can't zoom out as far as previous versions. There is a script available to undo this but it doesn't work in multiplayer. So now they have multiplayer but it desyncs often which ruins the match. It's definitely playable but there aren't many people online. It helps to know someone with the game if you want all of the achievements because several are tied to multiplayer. I've been trying for a long time to get the final 3 I have left. At least they have it which is a step in the right direction. Then they removed some of El Presidente's previous features. Now you can't follow him around or engage in a shootout. Instead it's all about dynasty members which would be fine... if they let me follow them around, give my speeches, and shoot up the enemy. They must undo this in the next one as it removes part of the charm. I'll also argue that they made it way too difficult to be a ruthless dictator. You'll make money hand over fist being a swell guy, but if you so much as look in the other direction you're going to have a military mutiny. It doesn't matter how well prepared you are for your own troops toppling you. Sure, you deserved it but I invite you to try running a North Korean style of government on this game. You might even find yourself in awe of what that dictatorship has accomplished. It probably is more realistic in that regard but it's also almost impossible since most of the features that could make it a reality aren't available until much later in the game.

There is so much to this game that I am overwhelmed by attempting to describe the positives. Teamsters and construction workers are no longer an achilles heal. The army doesn't wander off during a crucial battle. Traffic jams are no longer an issue whatsoever. Parking garages and metros have been nerfed to the point that there doesn't seem to be a penalty for not having them at all. I'd argue that they went too far but micro managing roads was annoying. The military additions, the espionage, industries, trade, and so on are all well done. You have people flying rocket powered gliders all over the place, blimps, airlines, and so on. It's no longer just micro managing a banana republic and more like you're running a western power. I'm really interested to see what they will do with Tropico 6. I hope they add more wildlife as they removed a bit too much this time, give us back control over El Presidente, and work on the different forms of government.

I will place the script to edit music into the game as well as the camera zoom into the comments section.
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ezwip Mar 27, 2016 @ 12:26pm 
These are not my scripts I just collected them in case they disappear.

Camera Zoom

Go to your tropico5 installation folder, in there create a new folder "CommonLua" in that folder create a new file "whatever.lua". So you end up with ..\Tropico5\CommonLua\whatever.lua

In the whatever.lua you could try: (adjust the settings you want)

OnMsg.ClassesPreprocess = function()
const.DefaultCameraRTS = {MinHeight = 12, MaxHeight = 40, HeightInertia = 4, MoveSpeedNormal = 40, MoveSpeedFast = 60, RotateSpeed = 6, LookatDist = 40, LowRotationRadius = 40, HighRotationRadius = 40, CameraYawRestore = 0, UpDownSpeed = 230, MinZoom = 800, MaxZoom = 8000, BBox = box(point(0, 0, 0), point(0, 0, 0))}
end
ezwip Mar 27, 2016 @ 12:26pm 
http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=24021

Adding your own music to Tropico that plays with the announcer turning the volume up and down for you as they are talking is very simple. You just download taudioconverter, create a folder in the Tropico directory called Music, run the program and put the output directory on the folder.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/taudioconverter/

Geforcer

Hello Community,

Here i will explain u how to Play your favorite Music inside Tropico 5.

1. Create a folder called "Music" in the Tropico 5 Main directory.

2. Convert your Music into. opus Format. With this program
http://sourceforge.net/projects/taudioconverter/

3. Put ur convertet Music into the Music folder.

When u want change Titlemelody then rename one File to Motika.opus

when u want Deactivate the complete Tracks of Tropico 5 then renmane Music.hpk in the Packs folder

ATTENTION: No points in the dataname except .opus