Please help me solve the problem. My game crashes when I put a fast mode (speed play). In what may be the problem?

What are your computer's specifications?

AMD A8-3500M 1.5ГГц, RAM-8Gb, Video Radeon HD 6740G2 1ГБ. Windows 7 ultim x 64.

Your CPU may be causing the issue when it tries to throttle -- its base state doesn't meet the requirements (it's 1.5 scaling up to 2.4).

EDIT: Do you have a crash log? Look in %APPDATA%\Tropico 4
Then look either logs or crashes to find the latest, and paste it between [code] and [/code]

AMD A8-3500M 1.5ГГц, CPU Quad, a powerful processor!

It starts at 1.5GHz, base, and then scales up. It's like an i3 that "bursts" to 2.0 or more, and it may have problems because there's a base need.

When the speed increases the demand increases, and if it can't scale immediately you'll hit a wall.

I'll try to find the error log when I come home from work.

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(11-10-2011 10:45 AM)Swixel Wrote:  It starts at 1.5GHz, base, and then scales up. It's like an i3 that "bursts" to 2.0 or more, and it may have problems because there's a base need.

When the speed increases the demand increases, and if it can't scale immediately you'll hit a wall.

Swixel, You will log errors to show the last lines? What should I do?

*** executable info
Name: D:\Games\Tropico 4\Tropico4.exe
Timestamp: 4e6f4475
Date: Tue Sep 13 15:54:29 201


*** hardware info
CPU AMD A8-3500M APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics
CPU count 4
Phys. Memory 0 MBytes
Memory In Use 22%
Disk Free 2087 MBytes


*** OS info
Windows 7 or later
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
MyDocs folder: C:\Users\Jekis\Documents
AppData folder: C:\Users\Jekis\AppData\Roaming


*** Debug::Init()
Time 32705828 milliseconds




*** Build version: 1.03.301


Creating a DirectX interface...

*** RenderDevice::Init: started...

1366 x 768, 0 Hz, vsync: OFF, pure device: ON
video hardware: 1002,9641 (AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G )
approx video memory: 1024MB
approx texture memory: 963MB
depth format: D3DFMT_INTZ

*** RenderDevice::Init: done.

ERROR: can not create shader pack file: Path Not Found
[Console Error] signin: Tracking signin changes: no
[Console Error] signin: false false
Whoa, Lua realocates its string table and it's quite big.
DLC enum: Waiting wakeup

PlayLogo, MainMenuWizard
BinkOpen Movies\gfi.bik failed with error: Error opening file.
BinkOpen Movies\russobit.bik failed with error: Error opening file.
signin: PushSigninPredicate
signin: Tracking signin changes: yes
signin: .../Tropico4/Tools/Build/__game/HGE/xbox/xboxSignin.lua(142) .../Tropico4/Tools/Build/__game/HGE/xbox/xboxSignin.lua(142)
All DLCs mounted, loading Lua
...loaded
Available DLCs: { = true, SpecialEdition = true, Steam = true, false = true }
signin: PopSigninPredicate
signin: Tracking signin changes: no
signin: false false
signin: signin 0
request DLC enumeration on signin
signin: Check predicate
signin: PushSigninPredicate
signin: Tracking signin changes: yes
signin: .../Tropico4/Tools/Build/__game/HGE/xbox/xboxSignin.lua(142) .../Tropico4/Tools/Build/__game/HGE/xbox/xboxSignin.lua(142)
[ * ] Terminal events disabled
Reloading assets from folder <root>
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadMeshes: 2032.30995 ms
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadAnimations: 1205.10997 ms
[DTM] DTM starting in 300 mb
[DTM] DTM Reset slots:
[DTM] 2048 - 36
[DTM] 1024 - 141
[DTM] 512 - 141
[DTM] 256 - 260
[DTM] dxt1 slots created: 377
[DTM] dxt5 slots created: 201
Loading AppData/users/user1/ExSaves/123.sav
Allocated sync: 0 (out of 999), Allocated async 0 (out of 500000)
Set map loaded on load: Maps/DoroDoro
Game loaded on map Maps/DoroDoro/
[ * ] Terminal events enabled
signin: PopSigninPredicate
signin: Tracking signin changes: no
signin: false false
signin: Check predicate
WaitLoadGame result 0 No error
[ * ] Terminal events disabled
Saving AppData/users/user1/ExSaves/autosave.sav

*************** Map Usage ***************
Total GameObject : 11647
Top 5:
CivPalm_03: 976
FicusTree_01: 705
FicusBush_01: 2840
CivPalm_01: 974
PineApplePalm_01: 1529

Total GameObjectEx : 928
Top 5:
RoadSpline: 27
IndustrialPropsGreenBarrels_05: 33
ParSystem: 42
Garbage_02: 35
Albatross: 65


Waiting for GC:
Total GameObject : 13
Top 5:
ParSystem: 1
ArrowUnits: 6
UnitAttach: 6
: 548239536
: 264321888

Total GameObjectEx : 13
Top 5:
ParSystem: 1
ArrowUnits: 6
UnitAttach: 6
: 1279070128
: 264321888


Chunks created: 3970(x7 Objects supported: 27790), Wasted Objects: 16233, Used: 41
Chunk usage --> Avg : 24, Min: 0, Max: 100
Histogram of chunks, by object count in each chunk:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1418| 567| 251| 205| 153| 135| 101| 1140|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Histogram of slots, by chunk count in each slot:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 93| 1367| 540| 120| 67| 28| 34| 15| 16| 5| 9| 4| 2| 3| 2| 0|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
ChunkAllocator: ChunkAllocator: 3982/31429 (max 4023)
****************************************************
After compacting during persist
*************** Map Usage ***************
Total GameObject : 11647
Top 5:
CivPalm_03: 976
FicusTree_01: 705
FicusBush_01: 2840
CivPalm_01: 974
PineApplePalm_01: 1529

Total GameObjectEx : 928
Top 5:
RoadSpline: 27
IndustrialPropsGreenBarrels_05: 33
ParSystem: 42
Garbage_02: 35
Albatross: 65


Waiting for GC:
Total GameObject : 13
Top 5:
ParSystem: 1
ArrowUnits: 6
UnitAttach: 6
: 548239536
: 264321888

Total GameObjectEx : 13
Top 5:
ParSystem: 1
ArrowUnits: 6
UnitAttach: 6
: 1279070128
: 264321888


Chunks created: 3970(x7 Objects supported: 27790), Wasted Objects: 16233, Used: 41%
Chunk usage --> Avg : 24%, Min: 0%, Max: 100%
Histogram of chunks, by object count in each chunk:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1418| 567| 251| 205| 153| 135| 101| 1140|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Histogram of slots, by chunk count in each slot:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 93| 1367| 540| 120| 67| 28| 34| 15| 16| 5| 9| 4| 2| 3| 2| 0|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
ChunkAllocator: ChunkAllocator: 3982/31429 (max 4023)
****************************************************
Save game succeeded, stream size is 16777216
Save result: 0 No error
[ * ] Terminal events enabled
No grid description for overlay Employment
No grid description for overlay Employment
No grid description for overlay Employment
No grid description for overlay Employment
No grid description for overlay Employment
[ * ] Terminal events disabled
Saving AppData/users/user1/ExSaves/autosave.sav

*************** Map Usage ***************
Total GameObject : 12527
Top 5:
CivPalm_03: 967
FicusTree_01: 705
PineApplePalm_01: 1439
FicusBush_01: 2717
CivPalm_01: 964

Total GameObjectEx : 1304
Top 5:
RoadSpline: 52
Garbage_02: 40
ParSystem: 55
CivPalm_01: 41
Albatross: 81


Waiting for GC:
Total GameObject : 0
Top 5:

Total GameObjectEx : 0
Top 5:


Chunks created: 4922(x7 Objects supported: 34454), Wasted Objects: 22020, Used: 36
Chunk usage --> Avg : 19, Min: 0, Max: 97
Histogram of chunks, by object count in each chunk:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2247| 570| 243| 201| 160| 134| 104| 1263|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Histogram of slots, by chunk count in each slot:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 3| 857| 1062| 156| 87| 41| 37| 13| 20| 9| 7| 7| 4| 1| 1| 0|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
ChunkAllocator: ChunkAllocator: 4928/31429 (max 5018)
****************************************************
After compacting during persist
*************** Map Usage ***************
Total GameObject : 12527
Top 5:
CivPalm_03: 967
FicusTree_01: 705
PineApplePalm_01: 1439
FicusBush_01: 2717
CivPalm_01: 964

Total GameObjectEx : 1304
Top 5:
RoadSpline: 52
Garbage_02: 40
ParSystem: 55
CivPalm_01: 41
Albatross: 81


Waiting for GC:
Total GameObject : 0
Top 5:

Total GameObjectEx : 0
Top 5:


Chunks created: 4922(x7 Objects supported: 34454), Wasted Objects: 22020, Used: 36%
Chunk usage --> Avg : 19%, Min: 0%, Max: 97%
Histogram of chunks, by object count in each chunk:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2247| 570| 243| 201| 160| 134| 104| 1263|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Histogram of slots, by chunk count in each slot:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 3| 857| 1062| 156| 87| 41| 37| 13| 20| 9| 7| 7| 4| 1| 1| 0|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
ChunkAllocator: ChunkAllocator: 4928/31429 (max 5018)
****************************************************
Save game succeeded, stream size is 17825792
Save result: 0 No error
[ * ] Terminal events enabled
-- PrintErrorInfo() start --
Writing minidump (if there's no 'Minidump Done' below, it crashed)
Minidump Done
Parsing map file (if there's no 'ParseMap Done' below, it crashed)
ParseMap Done
--------------------------------------------------------------
-- Exception Information
--

Module: Tropico4.exe
Address: 0023:005e04b2
Function: COULDN'T FIND OR PARSE MAP FILE
Error: Access violation
Remarks:
Read from location 00000018

CS:EIP:
3b 5c 24 18 0f 85 34 ff ff ff 8b 4c 24 18 8b 44
24 5c 8b 50 04 8b 18 8b 40 08 89 44 24 48 89 54

Registers:
EAX=00000212 CS=0023 EIP=005e04b2 EFLAGS=00010217
EBX=00000211 SS=002b ESP=22f3f238 EBP=00028d52
ECX=0000022d DS=002b ESI=008b40fc FS=0053
EDX=95555554 ES=002b EDI=0000012c GS=002b

Stack:
22f3f238: 14 02 00 00 05 70 02 00 79 65 02 00 0a 02 00 00 .....p..ye......
22f3f248: d4 fe ff ff ff ff ff ff 0a 02 00 00 55 55 55 15 Фюяяяяяя....UUU.
22f3f258: d4 fe ff ff 3e fe ff ff 00 10 00 00 18 6d 02 00 Фюяя>юяя.....m..
22f3f268: 54 55 55 95 f8 f8 ff ff 74 f5 ff ff ff ff ff 7f TUU•шшяяtхяяяяя
22f3f278: 1a 8e 02 00 44 6e 02 00 ff ff ff 7f 1a 8e 02 00 .Ћ..Dn..яяя.Ћ..
22f3f288: da 6e 02 00 ff ff ff 7f 6a 26 5e 00 08 41 8b 00 Ъn..яяяj&^..A‹.
22f3f298: e8 cb 3e 4c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 иЛ>L............
22f3f2a8: 0a 02 00 00 96 00 00 00 96 00 00 00 ff ff ff 7f ....–...–...яяя
22f3f2b8: 7e 8e 02 00 4e 64 02 00 ff ff ff 7f a9 0a 00 00 ~Ћ..Nd..яяя©...
22f3f2c8: 94 68 fe ff 2c 2c fd ff 00 00 00 00 dd 29 5e 00 ”hюя,,эя....Э)^.
22f3f2d8: a0 82 47 20 14 02 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ‚G ............
22f3f2e8: e8 cb 3e 4c a0 82 47 20 70 39 14 17 f9 84 00 00 иЛ>L ‚G p9..щ„..
22f3f2f8: 06 00 00 00 9a 3a 74 00 a0 82 47 20 02 00 00 00 ....љ:t. ‚G ....
22f3f308: b8 b7 8b 00 00 00 00 00 18 f4 f3 22 00 2b e9 20 ё·‹......фу".+й
22f3f318: 00 00 00 00 40 7e 37 4c e8 f3 f3 22 02 00 00 04 ....@~7Lиуу"....
22f3f328: f3 8a 02 00 f5 6a 02 00 a9 0a 00 00 e0 86 02 00 уЉ..хj..©...а†..
22f3f338: b8 63 02 00 a9 0a 00 00 e8 8d 02 00 44 6e 02 00 ёc..©...иЌ..Dn..
22f3f348: c0 0a 00 00 2c f4 f3 22 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 А...,фу"........
22f3f358: 1a c2 6e 00 04 00 00 00 85 28 41 00 d8 41 b3 0f .Вn.....…(A.ШAі.
22f3f368: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 ................
22f3f378: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ................
22f3f388: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
22f3f398: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ................
22f3f3a8: 58 f4 f3 22 dc b5 47 00 70 39 14 17 f9 84 00 00 Xфу"ЬµG.p9..щ„..
22f3f3b8: d8 41 b3 0f 58 f4 f3 22 fd 84 00 00 0f a9 5e 00 ШAі.Xфу"э„...©^.
22f3f3c8: 00 00 00 00 18 a9 5e 00 00 00 00 00 1c 42 b3 0f .....©^......Bі.
22f3f3d8: d8 41 b3 0f bf 33 00 00 bf 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 ШAі.ї3..ї3......
22f3f3e8: 06 7c 02 00 7d 36 02 00 00 0a 00 00 50 8c 02 00 .|..}6......PЊ..
22f3f3f8: c7 46 02 00 ba 0a 00 00 47 48 02 00 be 02 02 00 ЗF..є...GH..ѕ...
22f3f408: 00 0a 00 00 0f c0 02 00 86 7a 02 00 ba 0a 00 00 .....А..†z..є...
22f3f418: f4 43 7f 00 f9 84 00 00 ef 42 02 00 10 7d 37 4c фC.щ„..пB...}7L
22f3f428: 01 00 00 00 1a 42 55 00 b0 28 84 4c b4 28 84 4c .....BU.°(„Lґ(„L
22f3f438: b4 28 84 4c 00 00 00 80 06 7c 02 00 7d 36 02 00 ґ(„L...Ђ.|..}6..
22f3f448: 00 0a 00 00 50 8c 02 00 c7 46 02 00 ba 0a 00 00 ....PЊ..ЗF..є...
22f3f458: 9c f8 f3 22 45 e7 75 00 d8 41 b3 0f c8 80 00 00 њшу"Eзu.ШAі.ИЂ..
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22f3f478: 88 0c 04 18 88 0c 04 18 86 43 de 25 00 00 00 00 €...€...†CЮ...
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22f3f4b8: a0 3d 33 03 a0 3d 33 03 1e 00 d8 01 21 4f 58 3e  =3. =3...Ш.!OX>
22f3f4c8: 2c ff f3 22 cd 1e 9b 77 e8 3b 33 03 fe ff ff ff ,яу"Н.›wи;3.юяяя
22f3f4d8: 20 00 00 00 d2 e0 96 77 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...Та–w........
22f3f4e8: 00 00 42 03 e8 95 7a 4c 90 93 7a 4c a0 3d 33 03 ..B.и•zLђ“zL =3.
22f3f4f8: 1c 00 d8 01 24 4f 58 3e 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..Ш.$OX>........
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22f3f518: 30 f5 f3 22 03 e0 96 77 e8 95 7a 4c 10 00 00 00 0ху".а–wи•zL....
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22f3f538: 5c f5 f3 22 fb 65 50 00 e5 03 00 00 3c f8 f3 22 \ху"ыeP.е...<шу"
22f3f548: 90 f5 f3 22 08 66 50 00 5f 73 50 00 df f7 f3 22 ђху".fP._sP.Ячу"
22f3f558: ff ff ff ff ec f7 f3 22 6b 7e 50 00 00 00 00 00 яяяямчу"k~P.....
22f3f568: 40 bf 99 19 38 bf 99 19 f7 7e 50 00 2c ff f3 22 @ї™.8ї™.ч~P.,яу"
22f3f578: 50 71 50 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 95 aa 4f 00 PqP.........•ЄO.
22f3f588: 0a c2 6e 00 00 00 00 00 f0 e1 c3 0f 58 18 42 03 .Вn.....рбГ.X.B.
22f3f598: 88 b9 cb 16 01 44 86 18 0c f8 f3 22 00 00 00 00 €№Л..D†..шу"....
22f3f5a8: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8e ed 80 00 00 00 00 00 ........ЋнЂ.....
22f3f5b8: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c f6 f3 22 01 00 00 00 ........њцу"....
22f3f5c8: 40 f8 f3 22 01 00 00 00 df f7 f3 22 ff ff ff ff @шу"....Ячу"яяяя
22f3f5d8: 40 48 47 00 40 00 00 00 d8 58 ae 20 10 01 00 00 @HG.@...ШX® ....
22f3f5e8: 00 00 42 03 00 08 00 00 f0 43 47 4c e4 f6 f3 22 ..B.....рCGLдцу"
22f3f5f8: 9e 38 97 77 38 01 42 03 7a 38 97 77 42 25 a5 54 ћ8—w8.B.z8—wBҐT
22f3f608: 00 00 00 00 00 00 42 03 f8 43 47 4c 00 00 00 00 ......B.шCGL....
22f3f618: cc 00 00 00 a0 a3 7a 4c 34 f6 f3 22 6c e3 96 77 М... ЈzL4цу"lг–w
22f3f628: 0a 25 a5 54 a0 28 51 4c d0 2f 42 03 f0 ab 6f 4c .ҐT (QLР/B.р«oL


Calls:
COULDN'T FIND OR PARSE MAP FILE

Modules:
D:\Games\Tropico 4\Tropico4.exe, loaded at 0x400000, size 4890520 bytes
D:\Games\Tropico 4\ehucewok.dll, loaded at 0xa50000, size 1665960 bytes
D:\Games\Tropico 4\fmodex.dll, loaded at 0x10000000, size 804680 bytes
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bonjour\mdnsNSP.dll, loaded at 0x16080000, size 94208 bytes
D:\Games\Tropico 4\binkw32.dll, loaded at 0x18000000, size 176968 bytes
D:\Games\Tropico 4\granny2.dll, loaded at 0x50000000, size 658248 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFramework\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Pre​sentationFramework.dll, loaded at 0x58140000, size 5279744 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll, loaded at 0x58650000, size 3190784 bytes
C:\Windows\system32\PresentationNative_v0300.dll, loaded at 0x59900000, size 778096 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationUI\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Presentati​onUI.dll, loaded at 0x599c0000, size 864256 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Dra​wing.dll, loaded at 0x59aa0000, size 626688 bytes
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\WPF\wpfgfx_v0300.dll, loaded at 0x59b40000, size 1736536 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\PresentationCore\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Presentati​onCore.dll, loaded at 0x59cf0000, size 4218880 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll, loaded at 0x5a100000, size 5251072 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\System\3da7c6c1a0f26ae91883fd8b03​ec192d\System.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5a610000, size 7963648 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationUI.resources\3.0.0.0_ru_31bf3856ad364e3​5\PresentationUI.resources.dll, loaded at 0x5adb0000, size 380928 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll​, loaded at 0x5ae10000, size 2048000 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\System.Xml\16d2854bf69d59d94e64a9​18365705f1\System.Xml.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5b010000, size 5453312 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\UIAutomationTypes\8b3b6ed74cb3d94​695b0eaf94a362d42\UIAutomationTypes.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5d440000, size 185344 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\mscorlib\16b68fcaff063835ae0ee348​a1201f2a\mscorlib.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5d480000, size 11490304 bytes
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll, loaded at 0x5df80000, size 5924176 bytes
C:\Windows\System32\msxml6.dll, loaded at 0x5e530000, size 1390080 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\PresentationFramewo#\7f94f6b13f92​f1e093716d3e15bf86d1\PresentationFramework.Aero.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5e6c0000, size 368128 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Management\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.​Management.dll, loaded at 0x5e720000, size 385024 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\System.Configuration\36d0ed3f2a65​b9d67933ed46dfcd2ccb\System.Configuration.ni.dll, loaded at 0x5e790000, size 971264 bytes
C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_41.dll, loaded at 0x5e890000, size 4178264 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Syst​em.Configuration.dll, loaded at 0x5f9c0000, size 425984 bytes
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WindowsBase\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\WindowsBase.d​ll, loaded at 0x5fa30000, size 1253376 bytes
D:\Games\Tropico 4\AppData.dll, loaded at 0x5fb70000, size 327496 bytes
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Last lua lines:

-- PrintErrorInfo() end --
Allocated sync: 0 (out of 999), Allocated async 11828 (out of 500000)


*** Debug::Done()
Time (ms) 4271770399

I had some time to look around at what the 6740G2 is and found it's actually part of the APU+GPU configuration AMD are pushing. Interesting tech, but it highlights you're on a laptop, and this is particularly relevant to your "card":

Quote:The performance of the Radeon HD 6740G2 depends greatly on the driver support for the used games. In some games the performance may even degrade by 10-15% compared to using only the APU graphics card. Currently (June 2011) only DirectX 10 and 11 graphics modes are supported and therefore lower settings and older games are not accelerated. Due to the micro stuttering and performance problems, Dual Graphics may impose more problems than bring performance gains.

Tropico, as far as I know, isn't DirectX 10. Even if it is running at that level for whatever reason:

Quote:Creating a DirectX interface...

*** RenderDevice::Init: started...

1366 x 768, 0 Hz, vsync: OFF, pure device: ON
video hardware: 1002,9641 (AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G )
approx video memory: 1024MB
approx texture memory: 963MB
depth format: D3DFMT_INTZ

Your APU is running the game, not the more powerful of the "Hybrid" cards in setup.

I'm still stuck with the notion that even if your graphics card is holding up (which I doubt due to the DirectX 11 support of the card, and the current lack of backwards compatibility), your CPU is not powerful, though it performs reasonably for its price.

What I would do at this point is:

• Edit the post above and put [code] tags around it, it's huge and [code] allows us to scroll it!
• Check your configuration to make sure that "Hybrid" is working, as the crossfire mode may by the issue;
• Start a new game and see if the fastest speed crashes it at the beginning.
  

What I suspect you'll find is that the fastest mode will crash it at the beginning as either:

• the leap up from the 1.5GHz stock that your laptop runs at to the 2GHz required to run it will likely cause some sort of CPU issue (my guess would be a thread deadlock) OR
• the GPU's underperformance is causing issues in the render loop causing the main thread issues.
  

Now, while I could be wrong about those things, comparing part of your log to others:

Quote:// Your log (1.5-2.4GHz quad core)
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadMeshes: 2032.30995 ms
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadAnimations: 1205.10997 ms

// My log (Q9550 -- 2.83GHz quad core)
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadMeshes: 509.82999 ms
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadAnimations: 223.14000 ms

// Turtleshroom's from the Mod thread (AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ -- 2.6GHz or 2.7GHz dual core)
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadMeshes: 1085.10998 ms
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadAnimations: 508.37999 ms

// Keynotworking's from the sandbox mode crash (Q8200 -- 2.33GHz Quad core)
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadMeshes: 1143.16997 ms
GrannyBinaryPack :: LoadAnimations: 668.19999 ms

You're getting some pretty serious load times there for a powerful CPU -- I don't think you're running at full power.

--- BEGIN EDIT ---
To clarify (if it matters), the GrannyBinaryPack is loaded in the C++ part of the engine, not in the Lua, so it's not some potential bug-point for Lua performing badly on certain archs if anyone was thinking that (which, by the by, it shouldn't).
--- END EDIT ---

You could also check that Windows is running at "High Performance" mode, though I'm not sure of what difference that will make -- you should be beating Keynotworking in those load times if you're running at a reasonable level of power. (Note: you need to load a map for it to log the load of the Granny binary packages.)

I think this ultimately comes down to this particular notebook not being suited for gaming needs with its weird and seemingly not very powerful on-chip graphics solution which may cause issues with the game as we can typically guarantee full compatibility with dedicated GPUs only, as stated in the minimum hardware requirements for Tropico 4. Sometimes compatibility issues like these can be fixed with a driver update, so your best bet would be to see if there's a newer driver for your chipset available from the notebook's manufacturer.

Additionally, you may want to send a DxDiag report (see customer support section of your game manual) to support@kalypsomedia.com for further investigation.

I disabled off crossfire while no problems and see what's next.