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rolandr88

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Registered: 2025-01-12

Posts: 5

Tropico 4 running in English even though everything is set to German

Dear folks,
I have set up a fresh install of Arch, installed Steam and all the necessary addons, like Protontricks.
The game is running very well, but the language remains in English.
I have no idea how to fix that. There are no config files in the steam folder or usr folder.
ChatGPT also doesn't help me, nor does Google.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

mackin_cheese

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Registered: 2025-01-07

Posts: 459

Re: Tropico 4 running in English even though everything is set to German

Have you searched the game's properties in steam and see if you can change the language in the general section?

rolandr88

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Registered: 2025-01-12

Posts: 5

Re: Tropico 4 running in English even though everything is set to German

Yes, language is set to german, but the game is running in english. Also when looking at the files, there is only the german hpk file.
https://i.imgur.com/zCKgHRS.png

Solution:
Thanks, so I went into Protontricks, launched Regedit and added a String with “German” under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Haemimont Games\Tropico 4
After that the game no longer launched. So I’ve decided to delete the whole prefix/vessel and install protontricks 57690 d3dx9 d3dx10 d3dx11 again via Terminal.
Afer that I went back into Protontricks, and checked Regedit - the string was gone. So I created it once again and now the game launches in german!
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … ngId=72564

btw. for anyone maybe looking for this in the future, the same fix also works for Tropico 3, the regkey is just in a different place:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Haemimont Games\Tropico3

Last edited by rolandr88 (2025-01-14 21:30:02)