SA: food outlet trick in vigilanteism

"Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Rob White wrote:
> The only time I have been good at doing these manually, so to speak,
> is in Vice City, with that ferrari or the four door FBI car or tank,
> or in San andreas with the tank, I think because by the time I got
> round to doing them i could get the tank anyway.
>

Yep. Tank in SA. (In VC, the Hunter, for sure.)

It's an annoyance when you NEED to do it to get your 100% -- but, once you
HAVE 100% (and thus the extra vehicle hardiness), it's one of the most
entertaining things you can do. Swipe a cop bike (so you can shoot forward)
and rock. The visuals are great; some truly amazing things can happen.
It's addicting. (You'll probably never get to level 12, but who cares.
You'll have a blast. Probably even without 100%.)

I love it when a gang of Burger Ladies gets out of a car and they start
blasting on you. (Careful. They'll kill you while you're laughing.)

--cleve
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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The only time I have been good at doing these manually, so to speak,
> is in Vice City, with that ferrari or the four door FBI car or tank,
> or in San andreas with the tank, I think because by the time I got
> round to doing them i could get the tank anyway.

In Vice City, I normally jump the bridge and get 100 packages - this
gives you access to the Hunter which can be flown back to the east
island and used for Vigilante.

In SA, I usually wait until I've unlocked the Hunter after an all-gold
pilot school session. I love using the HPV and police cars, but it's
too time consuming when you want to get the miscellaneous stuff out the
way quickly.

> It's the fact that you can't repaint a cop car or bike. Surely a
> crooked spray shop would love to take on that job, rather than balking
> every time you rolled in.

I would have liked some sort of "undercover" car, like the Crockett and
Tubbs Cheetah in VC. Btw, that can be resprayed.


Cheers,
Rob
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"Cleve" <clevens.TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote:

> Yep. Tank in SA. (In VC, the Hunter, for sure.)

As much as I love the new M1 Abrams-styled Rhino, the dual use of the
right analogue stick to move the turret and the camera becomes a bit of
a hindrance, especially with a wanted level.

It's very good in the desert though, the Rhino can climb almost as well
as a Patriot.

> It's an annoyance when you NEED to do it to get your 100% -- but, once you
> HAVE 100% (and thus the extra vehicle hardiness), it's one of the most
> entertaining things you can do. Swipe a cop bike (so you can shoot forward)
> and rock. The visuals are great; some truly amazing things can happen.
> It's addicting. (You'll probably never get to level 12, but who cares.
> You'll have a blast. Probably even without 100%.)

Here's a neat trick: In the mission "Small Town Bank" with Catalina,
play through the mission as normal until you and Catalina make for an
escape out the back door.

Head down the alleyway, capping anyone who dares to point a gun at you,
and trigger the cutscene of two motorbike cops (the 'CHiPs' lads).

Before firing at them, kill Catalina to fail the mission and then take
care of any cops in the vicinity. Jack an HPV-1000 and voila! You're
very own everything-proof cop bike!

One other thing I've noticed: The Ammu-Nation infinite ammo glitch only
seems to work when the weapon you want maxed out is available for
purchase. As a result, get infinite Tec-9 or Micro SMG and you're
pretty much invinible when it comes to the Vigilante missions.

Good that, innit?

This seems to work with the AK47 and M4 too, even though they don't
become available until the desert stage of the game.

> I love it when a gang of Burger Ladies gets out of a car and they start
> blasting on you. (Careful. They'll kill you while you're laughing.)

The "Funhouse" cheatcode is a great laugh, as is the "Life's A Beach"
cheatcode. Occasionally they both stay activated and you get a nice mix
of weirdos wandering the street.

Especially funny if you stick the "Peds Riot" code in too. There's
something about a bunch of homicidal clowns that reminds me of Twisted
Metal and Manhunt (No idea why!).

I'm off to get pissed, have a good evening chaps and chappettes.


Cheers,
Rob
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"Rob White" <mflt35 RemoveThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>
> Here's a neat trick: In the mission "Small Town Bank" with Catalina,
> play through the mission as normal until you and Catalina make for an
> escape out the back door.
>
> Head down the alleyway, capping anyone who dares to point a gun at you,
> and trigger the cutscene of two motorbike cops (the 'CHiPs' lads).
>
> Before firing at them, kill Catalina to fail the mission and then take
> care of any cops in the vicinity. Jack an HPV-1000 and voila! You're
> very own everything-proof cop bike!
>


Nice one. I didn't know.

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DAWN GRIFFITHS wrote:
> works on th ps2

but not on the PC? i should have mentioned i'm on the PC... thanks
anyhow.

bob
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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> A) I NEVER managed that Jump, ever, not once, but could get 100
> packages.

It's easy when you know how, it all depends on the positioning of the
Packer.

> B) I NEVER complete anything with the hunter. :O(

It's kind of strange; the Hunter is one of the only vehicles that
hasn't changed between VC and SA. The same also goes for
Liberty City Stories. Edisoncarter's hack to spawn a Hunter takes
advantage of the unused code that for some reason was left in the game.
God only knows why R* didn't implement it, although the smart money
would be: It saved them a lot of work. A lot of the buildings in
Staunton island *still* don't have collision detection on their upper
floors.

> Once again, I have not completed gold on flight school and one of the
> hardest parts of the school are the hunter parts. Some folks can do
> these things and some can't. I'm a can't ... or at least I think
> that's what they used to call me at school :O)

I'm a "Can-do". I had more trouble with the driving school. "Burn And
Lap" took me an obscene amount of attempts just to get bronze!

> Yeah, that's the one I meant. a real car you can just repaint. The FBI
> black 4x4 is repaint able (I think) but quite hard to get hold of,
> specially early in the game.

I don't think you can get an FBI Rancher until you either open Starfish
Island (One of Cortez' missions) or open the west island (Diaz?).


Cheers,
Rob
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Paul Heslop wrote:
> Rob White wrote:
> > In message <4425A607.3088C995 RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk>
> > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > A) I NEVER managed that Jump, ever, not once, but could get 100
> > > packages.
> >
> > It's easy when you know how, it all depends on the positioning of the
> > Packer.
>
> I just used the gate jump on the docks, then a helicopter for the rest
> :O)

Eh. Why complicate matters? I just buy El Swanko and save there, then
keep trying to jump off the Prawn Island bridge into a passing yacht. Takes
5 or 6 reloads, usually, but isn't too hard.

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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Yeah, it is late in all games, i think. I'm sure you can steal the
> tank by the time you can get the rancher in SA

I'm pretty sure the Rhinos start to spawn after "Black Project" or
"Green Goo". I'll be able to check in a few days, I'm concentrating on
getting Bullet/Fire/Explosion/Everything - proof vehicles at the
moment.

Next up is Woozie's BP/FP/EP Elegy from "Farewell, My Love".


Cheers,
Rob
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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> If it doesn't work try it once more at a different outlet. Watch
> where you park your vehicle, I have had a couple of occasions when
> I've come out and the thing is gone!

You probably parked it too close to the yellow entry arrow.

This happens all the way through the game by the way. On my hunt for
bullet-proof cars this has annoyed the hell out of me. The game keeps
on nicking my souped-up Banshees and Cheetahs that I've had specially
fitted with off-road wheels (


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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Yeha, specially when you're just nipping in to a shop or safe house
> for a couple of seconds and come out to find whatever you just spent
> half an hour building and driving carefully to the spot, gone.

The game is also quite clever when it comes to the mission races ("Wu
Zi Mu" and "Farewell, My Love".

The start location for Wu Zi Mu takes ages to get to from the nearest
safehouse and you end up with a severey damaged car before you even
start the race.

I can't think of even one time I've finished a race without the car
pouring thick grey smoke.


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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Rob White wrote:
> The start location for Wu Zi Mu takes ages to get to from the nearest
> safehouse and you end up with a severey damaged car before you even
> start the race.

Eh. Catalina's place on Fern Ridge to Montgomery's not *that* far, and
her Buffalo's a rather nice car to use. Getting there with a good car
(undamaged) from Palamino Creek's not too hard, either.

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"Joseph William Dixon" <aa343.TakeThisOut@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Rob White wrote:
>> The start location for Wu Zi Mu takes ages to get to from the nearest
>> safehouse and you end up with a severey damaged car before you even
>> start the race.
>
> Eh. Catalina's place on Fern Ridge to Montgomery's not *that* far, and
> her Buffalo's a rather nice car to use. Getting there with a good car
> (undamaged) from Palamino Creek's not too hard, either.

Yeah, the Buffalo with offroad tires is *choice*!
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"Rob White" <mflt35.TakeThisOut@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> I can't be certain, but my theory on what causes this glitch is thus:
>
> As (Most of) the interiors in GTA are situated way above the cities and
> countryside in "heaven", the game spawns the criminals and then decides
> that they're not needed for the task it's just loaded (Entering a fast
> food outlet) and deletes them, killing them in the process and adding
> to your score.

I think they also need to spawn on a road, and it tries to spawn them within
a certain range of the player. This is why they always appear at a certain
point in VC when you're at Escobar airport; and (at the higher levels) one
of the crims appears at the extreme limit of the spawn, which also happens
to be in the sea.

In SA - they often spawn on a highway, and they are often stopped in the
middle of the carriageway. You can unleash rocket death on them from quite a
distance.
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