SA Vigilante

"G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1.DeleteThis@ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
> I just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used up,
> and I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.

There are other ways to clear wanted level.
If you've progressed far enough for barbers / tattoo shops to be open you
can get a new haircut/tattoo pretty quickly to clear all stars, - just don't
park the bike too close to the door marker or it might vanish.
A little more time consuming is a change of clothes (a new hat will do), -
also there's always a car parked at the pizza place in Idlewood which you
can quickly run through a Pay'n Spray.
Doing Vigilante in the countryside N off LS might be a good idea, - there's
quite a few bribes lying around once you locate all of them.
I'd recommend to keep wanted level down to 2*'s and try to keep collateral
damage down to a minimum.
Also apart from the Hunter and Rhino the HPV bike is by far the best vehicle
for the job (4 wheeled is far too vulnerable).
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"GTA_Phreak" <x DeleteThis @y.z> wrote in message
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> "G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1 DeleteThis @ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
> news:grPdi.1324$aJ3.389@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
>> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
>> I just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used
>> up, and I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.
>
> There are other ways to clear wanted level.
> If you've progressed far enough for barbers / tattoo shops to be open you
> can get a new haircut/tattoo pretty quickly to clear all stars, - just
> don't park the bike too close to the door marker or it might vanish.
> A little more time consuming is a change of clothes (a new hat will do), -
> also there's always a car parked at the pizza place in Idlewood which you
> can quickly run through a Pay'n Spray.
> Doing Vigilante in the countryside N off LS might be a good idea, -
> there's quite a few bribes lying around once you locate all of them.
> I'd recommend to keep wanted level down to 2*'s and try to keep collateral
> damage down to a minimum.
> Also apart from the Hunter and Rhino the HPV bike is by far the best
> vehicle for the job (4 wheeled is far too vulnerable).

Thanks, gents.

I had a couple of near misses (the bike started burning but never exploded).
I did the pizza car trick whenever I got to two stars, and (when available)
used the Glenn Park bribe, but I got there first try with your help.

So now I've got my starting save that I can use for future games:
In the beginning, Big Smoke & Ryder (although I only think of these as one
mission)

Plus "Tagging Up Turf", "Cleaning The Hood", "Drive-Thru" and "Nines and
AK's"



That got me to "Drive by" so I could do the boring stuff:

All unique jumps, tags, photos, oysters, horseshows,

burglary, firefighter, paramedic, pimping, taxi and (now) vigilante.



Plus the LS set of side missions & challenges - robina's courier; BMX
challenge, 8 track, gym



The only thing I can add to this save is to get the car and flying skill up
to maximum...
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"G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1 RemoveThis @ntlwrold.com> wrote:

> The only thing I can add to this save is to get the car and flying skill up
> to maximum...

Wha? No NRG challenge? I've got a mini-walkthrough of things you can do
before the majority of the missions if you want it.

Requires a lot of skill with the Dodo to get the girlfriends though.


Cheers,
Rob
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"G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1 RemoveThis @ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
> I just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used up,
> and I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.
>
> I want to avoid damage-proof cars if I can. SF and LV still aren't
> unlocked, so I think the meatiest police vehicle I can get is the SWAT
> van - will that help?

I recommend the Hunter. Do it in LV where there are lots of
copter-accessible bribes and food stands.

For the first 10 or 12 levels, it's hard to avoid getting a lot of stars.
(Try using only the guns.) After that, blast away. It's much harder to
build them up.

For my guide to Hunter vigilante-ing search Google/Groups for my post
entitled "Billionaire CJ" (and be sure to expand the "quoted text", too).

--cleve
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"Cleve" <clevens.TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> "G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1.TakeThisOut@ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
> news:grPdi.1324$aJ3.389@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
>> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
>> I just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used
>> up,
>> and I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.
>>
>> I want to avoid damage-proof cars if I can. SF and LV still aren't
>> unlocked, so I think the meatiest police vehicle I can get is the SWAT
>> van - will that help?
>
> I recommend the Hunter. Do it in LV where there are lots of
> copter-accessible bribes and food stands.
>
> For the first 10 or 12 levels, it's hard to avoid getting a lot of stars.
> (Try using only the guns.) After that, blast away. It's much harder to
> build them up.
>
> For my guide to Hunter vigilante-ing search Google/Groups for my post
> entitled "Billionaire CJ" (and be sure to expand the "quoted text", too).

Sorry - I didn't make it clear what I was trying to do. I want to get rid of
all the dross (tags, oysters, emergency service missions etc) and create an
early-save that I can use for subsequent runs.

I got vigilante now, thanks to Anssi and phreak, and I'm debating whether to
do the NRG challenge - As I need to visit that area a couple of dozen times
anyway (to deliver cars to the ship) I may just try the challenge each time.
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"G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1.RemoveThis@ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
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>
> Sorry - I didn't make it clear what I was trying to do. I want to get rid
> of
> all the dross (tags, oysters, emergency service missions etc) and create
> an
> early-save that I can use for subsequent runs.
>
> I got vigilante now, thanks to Anssi and phreak, and I'm debating whether
> to
> do the NRG challenge - As I need to visit that area a couple of dozen
> times anyway (to deliver cars to the ship) I may just try the challenge
> each time.
>

Oh. Sorry. I probably read your original message too fast. Early in the
game, huh? I don't know much about that. So, um, never mind.

--cleve
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