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Both Absolute Power and Special Steam Edition come as broken when first downloaded. The fix to this is to verify the integrity of both games files. After that both work great.
THIS GAME IS BROKEN ON STEAM AND CAN BE FIXED. There are NO compatibility issues with this game on Linux, it's just that it is altogether broken on Steam, meaning it doesn't work on Windows since the 2023 patch, either. There are two versions of this game on Steam, the version you get if you don't own the DLC, and the two versions you get if you do own the DLC. In order for the game to launch, do this in order: (1)Install both. (2)Go to properties of "Special Steam Edition" and verify integrity of game files, it will fail and download about 400MB of files. (3)Do the same for "Absolute Power". FYI you need to do this on Windows, too, the game is just broken if you own the DLC barring these steps. There is no issue playing the game once the game is properly installed.
Game does not runs anymore
Both the standard edition and the DLC crashes before getting to the main menu
The problem is Kalypso itself. Absolute Power used to be a standalone DLC and can be played without installing Tropico 3. Now they changed it after many years and it's now a mindless DLC (even though it still has a different ID number) so that's why it doesn't even start. In order to play it, you should also install Tropico 3.
Game doesn't run
I tried different versions of Proton and Proton GE. Game doesn't boot even to start menu.
It was working fine on my previous system but it just doesn't even start anymore on a freshly installed system.
Proton versions don't matter, not even GE.
The game would not launch after installation.
I tried using all available proton version, including G.E., with no success.
If you run the game with Proton 4.11 it runs perfect.
Water does not render on Proton 5.0.
It was working fine until Proton 5 and now water does not render. To prevent this, simply force the game to run with Proton 4.11 and it will be fine again.
UnknownInstalls and starts without problems. During play, the arrow keys don't work. So movement is only possible using the mouse. Some display settings (e.g. antialiasing) lead to crash.
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