HPK file extension is used by Tropico. Tropico is a game which has its data stored in archive files with HPK extension.
This is a container file extension which contains the data which is accessed by the game during gameplay. The user cannot directly access the data in such files. The files in HPK archive are compressed to reduce the size of the files. HPK file contain have necessary game data in them which is mandatory for functioning of the game. The data which is saved in HPK file format mostly includes map data, music tracks and terrain information of the area.
In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .HPK file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:
A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .HPK file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .HPK file, so download the update and check again.
If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:
It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.
There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .HPK extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .HPK file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.