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One thing I never got in SA was where you legally get the heat-seeking rocket-launcher. I've seen it with the codes of course, but it's the one weapons I never managed to find otherwise. Where it is?

― antexit (antexit), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Seems like there was one between a couple of buildings at San Fierro's airport, but it's been awhile.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link

that's right, in between the tanker looking structures, there's also one back at Toreno's house where you start the monster truck race. It appears there after you've completed his missions, as well as the normal rocket launcher, the gattling gun, and the flame thrower.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Really? I'll be goddamned. Imagine not noticing something like that.

― antexit (antexit), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, i remember like... immediately after i got to San Fierro i would use an nrg to jump into the airport, grab the heat-seeking rockets, zoom out and back up the mountain to jump back in, by which time it had respawned, etc. etc. not terrifically useful, but it made it a lot easier whenever i wanted to stop the game and shoot down a shitload of helicopters.

― The Legend of Tony Balls (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm marginally tempted to replay this game now, just to do the story missions again. is this what madness is like?

― The Legend of Tony Balls (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I never knew that about Toreno's house. I'll look tonight. Anyone any clue on how to get gold on the parachute thing in flight school. Went back last night to it and just can't seem to do in less than 58 seconds!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link

don't open your chute when it says, wait a little bit longer. then use the pull-down control to get closer to the target. i think, been a while.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link

or maybe use the push-forward option before your chute has opened? to get down a bit faster.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I've done both. It's all just a matter of guessing I suppose. It's the only one that I can't do properly. That and circle the fucking airfield and land grrrrr!!!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

circle and land is really annoying, takes ages to circle and then you just fuck up the landing.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Always. The plane just bounces like hell. Still, had a funny moment yesterday where I just thought I'd try and get all gold in boke school. Too easy really, don't know why I couldn't before!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

DEAR "BARNSTORMING" RACE,

I HATE YOU WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND SUNS AND IF I COULD I WOULD SHOVE A KOMODO DRAGON UP YOUR ANUS UNTIL ITS HEAD CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND THEN IT WOULD SLOWLY EAT YOU.

xoxo
(>")>

― c(''c) (Leee), Friday, 13 January 2006 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link

That's the one race I haven't completed yet.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 13 January 2006 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link

t(^o^t)

― The Legend of Tony Balls (Adrian Langston), Friday, 13 January 2006 05:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh god - there are SO many races I need to complete in SA. That one all around San Fierro's not gonna get done for a while.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 13 January 2006 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link

The long ones ain't too bad if you just take it easy, the computer cars end up trashing themselves.

The races I struggled with were the short NRG bike one on los santos, if you went too fast up the hill the bike did some crazy things and you'd fall off. And the Freeway one, again on LS, because the car is so fucking awful to drive!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 13 January 2006 09:16 (eighteen years ago) link

The bike races pissed me off b/c you can't shoot your competitors.

never did beat any of the figure 8s

― kingfish russian bigamist (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 13 January 2006 09:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Vinewood.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 13 January 2006 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually gave up on the races, I thought that the tightening of the chest and tingling in my arms wasn't a good sign!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 13 January 2006 09:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Despite failing to complete any of the games (or even come close with the last two) I love reading GTA threads. Lots of people who've mostly never met getting all nostalgic about going to the same places and reminiscing about doing the same things in slightly different ways.

My fondest memories are of GTA3 as it's the one I got most of the way through.

I remember being stuck on a race mission on GTA3 and ended up stealing a fire truck and parking it across the road in front of the other three cars before it started.

My favourite between missions carnage was going up on the roof above the nightclub (Luigi's? The first missions guy) and taking out everything that moved until I ran out of rockets for the helicopters, then jumping off the roof into a swarm of cops and trying to jack a car and make it to the paint and spray.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 13 January 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm also kinda miffed re: GTA3 because I never finished all the Mafia missions - both times I played GTA3 (once when I first bought it, once about 18 months later), I started the KILL MUTE GUY mission before I could complete the bankheist mission for Michael Rapaport.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 13 January 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

"Hey I'm bored! When yer gonna drill me?"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 13 January 2006 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

the race tournaments were the easiest part of SA! i mean, once you've mastered the 8-track there's basically no race that can confound you. in ANY of the races you can pretty much assure yourself of a win by getting an early lead and driving conservatively the rest of the way. use the PIT maneuver every now and then if necessary. and obviously always drive in first-person. and use the map often to make sure you know in advance where the next two checkpoints are gonna be.

― A BOLD CLAM (Adrian Langston), Friday, 13 January 2006 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link

First person! Fuck that! I need to see the clowns that are turning right from the leftmost lane. But, yeah, getting a lead and playing it (somewhat) safe is the key. I tried the 8-track ONCE. And died.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 13 January 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link

dude, once you go 1st person you NEVER GO BACK. i think the actual physics of the game change in that view, because you get much subtler reactions from the car when performing the same joystick movez you were using earlier. i won almost all the race tournaments in one try this way. (the bike ones were probably pretty hard though, i don't remember)

― A BOLD CLAM (Adrian Langston), Friday, 13 January 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link

ADE, did you even see my new ilx name :(

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Friday, 13 January 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

LOLOL NO, FUCK

WELL.

I'M NOT CHANGING MINE >:[

― A BOLD CLAM (Adrian Langston), Friday, 13 January 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

TAKE THAT BARNSTROMMING. AND YOU TOO VINEWOOD.

― c(''c) (Leee), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link

I use first person (SHOCK) at the start of the gate when the road's congested, but then I switch out to the regular POV because I need to see where I'll be going next.

― c(''c) (Leee), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link

There was a motorcycle race where it was necessary for me to cut between a lamppost and a corner that was best performed w/o first person.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, the motorcycles are a huge pain in the ass in first person - for one thing, all the dipping left and right is really disorienting, and even worse the camera will sometimes switch to cinematic mode, showing an outside perspective from the bottom of the bike, and usually at the moments when you most need to be in control of your shit.

― A BOLD CLAM (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Too true. Barnstorming is a fucker but I do like the stuntplane!

Does anyone else get so frustrated they just switch on cheats (and don't save obviously!) and go mental. It's replaced the rampages I miss so much from GTA2.

Not tried VC or III but never say never etc.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Saturday, 14 January 2006 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link

I bought "San Andreas". I need more memory in the ms b0x & a better video card before it'll run. I can't afford one 'till next month. Fuck.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 14 January 2006 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link

^^^ idiot.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 14 January 2006 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link

you will love it all the more for the wait, pash!

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Saturday, 14 January 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Indeed!

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 14 January 2006 18:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi, now I hate that last trucking mission.

― c(''c) (Leee), Saturday, 14 January 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link

What does it mean if I have no desire to do any missions in Los Venturas but just grab a Sanchez and just head for the hills... just gnarly jump after jump going for epic, killer airs?

Steve

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Unique Jumps will be my next band name.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link

For all you GTASA nuts:

http://www.youtube.com/w/N.W.A.---100-Miles-N-Runnin%27?v=AYzxhi4EyEc

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 20 January 2006 08:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Link above down unfortunately. Jumps are king as is first person driving! After this thread I thought I'd give it a go and yup, I'm in lurve. Shit on motorbikes and no fun if you're in shitty form and on a rampage but still, totally different level of control!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 20 January 2006 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link

"Hey I'm bored! When yer gonna drill me?"

Ha ha. I got GTA3 running good on the computer and was up 'till 3am playing it, that bit was one of the last missions I did before I went to bed.

I was contemplating trying for 100% on it, but I forgot about that side-mission where you have to drive the "patriot" 4 x 4 around the cliffs next to the beach. Fuck that, life's too short.

I picked up the little hidden package in the disused railway tunnel, weirded out by the four down-and-out guys standing around it. I noticed they were all holding molotov cocktails! WTF.

Stunt driving pleasure of the 1st island is undoubtedly getting one of the mafia cars from the don's clifftop house, driving it full-tilt down the hill, up the little grassy hillock, and seeing how far over the diablo's car park the car will fly.

The rampage where you have to shoot all the triad guys using a machine pistol you find in the back yard of that building up by the bridge that gets blown up in the opening cutscene is INCREDIBLY DIFFICVLT. It took me like 20 goes to do it!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

A little collection of great GTA3 clips, including flying the dodo and doing the "patriot playground" side mission.

Actually practicing the latter until I can do it would definitely cross the line between "fun" and "annoying". The first clip, of "claude" jumping the ruined bridge right at the very beginning is amazing! Sneaky fucker!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link

guess how busy I am at work today...

Sunken ship 1, Vice City: (the one near the docks/stilt houses)

http://www.sixdegreesnetwork.co.uk/vicecitysunkenfreighter.jpg

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link

the submarine:

http://hoodoo.isten.hu/vc/images/news/2003.5/Submarine_Medium.jpg

Fuckin' impressive, eh?

Someone must have used a mod to get this image, in the game you can see it deep below the water, but the location in the pic is sort-of correct.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Here's where someone has hax0r3d it so it's moored near the docks next to the airport.

http://vice-city.13rus.ru/mods/submarine.jpg

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

lmao @ this mod:

http://vice-city.13rus.ru/mods/beach_park.jpg

WRONG!! WRONG!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

remember the super jumps in gta3 where you would align your car on the train rails and let it hit you from behind?

http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=30FDL4UQGH4FC38RBBDCN7SB9H
http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04SLQM0PWOCHX26TK7MB2HD158

― anonymous celebrity (anonymous celebrity), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

let me try the second one again

http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04SLQM0PWOCHX26TK7MB2HD158

― anonymous celebrity (anonymous celebrity), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

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