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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: aknimitz on September 16, 2002, 10:26:00 PM
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Ok, I recently purchased Grand Theft Auto 3, installed it - and ready to go! But wait! - when I run the game, my guy just runs around in damn circles. I've heard there is a patch, but I cannot find one. Anyone else experienced a problem like this?
Nim
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You know you can actually chase ambulances in that game.
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Aw man - I was all excited ecause I thought someone was actually going to help me - and I get here for this! hmpf
Nim
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Ran it at the office fine, did you double check the controls? Maybe you need to reassign them?
It could possibly be using one of your other game control axis... like rudder pedals or something that's not "centered"...
I'd start there.
-SW
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Yep, good call Swulfe. I finally found something on the web that said it might be another axis or something, so I just unplugged my peadls, voila.
Do you recommend that I buy a gamepad of some sort for this? Do you have any recommendations for one?
Nim
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If you have a PS2 you can buy a PS2 to USB converter to use your gamepad on your pc
friend of mine got it and it works pretty well for him
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Yeah here's a tip. There's a ramp over the entrance to the subway in china town, take a fast car and jump it at a slight angle to the right and you'll land on the elevated train tracks. Drive down em for about 1/2 a mile and a building next to the track has a flamethrower on the roof.
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You don't need a gamepad for GTA3 - physics are relaxed enough that the keyboard works fine.
If you start playing Mafia, you can just use your joystick to steer if you want.
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Don't forget you can take the tanks!!
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I used keyboard Nim
Game gets boring after a few hours I found.
I hear Mafia maybe a more entertaining option along the same lines
SKurj
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Boring???
BORING????
I get body armor, every weapon I can find, steal a cop car and go on my own rampage. It ain't boring when you have 5 stars dodging the FBI, police cars and armored police wagons... with helicopters too! Then you steal the plane, and go fly around the map doing fly-bys on people on the ground...
that's not boring, it's the ultimate form of anger management!
-SW
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Mafia is more of a shooter with driving, whereas GTA3 is a driver with shooting.
Oddly, Mafia's driving is much more realistic. You just can't go 150mph, because you have a 60hp 1930s car. :)
Mafia is my pick for game of the year - get it!
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You definately need to pick up the patch, it's 1.1 and makes sure that the game doesn't crash upon reloading saved games, a.o. Unless you've got 1.1 out of the store of course, there is also an audio improvement patch out. Pick up both here:
patches (http://www.take2.de/downloads/patches.php)
It's a nice game for winding down, lots of fun...
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SWulfe - shoot me an email, I need help getting started. How the fek do you steal cars - they all have people in em! I want to make out with strippers! I want to run over cops! HELP! :D
Nim
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If a car is stopped, or if it is moving slowly enough, run up to the driver's side door and 'use' the car.
You will open the door, grab the hapless citizen, and unceremoniously dump them on the pavement.
Careful though, some are armed, and will pull you back out of the car if you don't drive off fast enough and bust a cap in ya.
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Good grief nim.
Is this acceptable behaviour for a lawyer?
Ok, to steal a car, walk up to either side and press [ENTER]. If the door is unlocked you'll get in (parked car). For a car with someone driving, if you get in the passenger side then the driver will get straight out. If you get in the driver side then your character will pull the driver out and throw him onto the road. Sometimes the driver will get straight up and do the same to you, then a fight starts......or sometimes they just run away screaming.
To pull a prozzie, get any car (note: NOT a van or a cop car....but does work with FBI cars) and pull up next to one on the street. Sometimes they just ignore you (when on a mission?) but if you're in the right place she'll come up to the car and bend over to discuss prices, then after a few seconds she'll get in. It helps if you've pulled up next to her with her on the passenger side, sometimes the pathfinding goes screwy if she's gotta walk around the car to get in. Then just drive somewhere quiet and wait....pretty soon the springs will start bouncing.
However, there dont seem to be many places that the prozzies will like........in the alley at your hideout on the 1st island is a safe bet, also inside the spray paint shop in the Red Light district (apparently spray painting turns em on?).
And ya wanna run over cops? Er....ok, go on then. It's just like running over any other pedestrian.
And..... :D ......you guys heard about the next installment? GTA: Crime online. Man that'll be fun!
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Haven't heard about the online, but there is a new version of it coming out on PS2, and then presumably on PC called 'Vice City'. It's set in the mid 1980s in a town bearing a striking resemblance to Miami... So grow that 2 day stubble, break out your white blazer and your pink t-shirt...
I'll be Crockett. Animal can be Tubbs.
It's bellybutton whuppin' time!
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type: gunsgunsguns and guess what cha get!?!
Tronsky
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To take the tank you will need either 6 stars (this will involved some planning cause with 6 stars some seriously bad stuff is coming at you) or a mission involving a tank
run up to the side of the tank, preferably when it's wedged in somewhere that it can't squash you.
attempt to steal it and the army men with guns will come out, as soon as you are free to, RUN LIKE HELL
the army men will not climb back into the tank..
at your earliest convenience get yer now empty tank.
Now almost nothing can kill ya, but yerself.
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This sounds like a blast. I might have to give it a try.
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Swoop - I hadn't tried the hooker toejam, so for kicks I tried at lunch today. They get in my car, I drive somewhere quiet, and sit, and either:
A. They sit there.
B. They get out, walk over to a wall, and act like they are tired or puking (or spitting?)
Hmmm...
I think I've invested enough time in trying that any more would start to be disturbing and disgusting, but I couldn't get it to work...
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Kratzer, there's a couple of places on some maps I would classify as "parks"... they really aren't but there's a bunch of trees around and what-not, so long as you get far, far away from a lot of people, they should hump ya.
Watch your money go down on every pump too. :)
Then, when they get out of your car, throw it in reverse, and run them down.
Get your cash back. :)
Nim, you still need help? Looks like I'm not the only person who just goes on insane rampages...
-SW
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Yo Nim, here's a tip, get a PS2 you cheap bastard! oh, and HOOK'EM!
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I drove my hooker into the woods out on a partially destroyed wooden bridge.
she'd do her thing step out the door and fall off the bridge..You loose your money but it's mildly entertaining. :D
also if you shoot them after they get out, you can get your money back.
so the woods work as well, it seems to have to be well away from onlookers..
oh also honk your horn to attract them. (won't work in a tank they wig)
oh another tip, the tank turret fires
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BTW, I know where there's an UZI, Pistol, AK-47, and Body Armor in the vicinity of the police station... well, it's a drive, but it's fairly easy to get to. They are all close together too.
I can draw it on a map, if you find one for me.
Oh yeah, if you hijack one of the Paddy Wagons that come out at 4 stars, hop in and drive away, you get body armor, and can run through anything (except tanks)..
-SW
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Kratzer, like I said it's hard to find a spot. Try the alley that your hideout and garage are in on the 1st island.
OK, here's the cheat codes:
gunsgunsguns gets you all the weapons
turtoise gives you body armour.
But....dont cheat, the game gets sucky fast if you aint gotta worry about money.
The gun shop on the 1st island (Portland) sells only pistols and uzi's. The gun shop on the second island (Staunton?) sells uzi's, grenades, body armour, sniper rifles and AK47s. If you complete some missions for Ray in the Park (2nd island) you'll get a link to another dude on the north shore of the island who sells shotguns, M16s and rocket launchers.
The only place I've found molotov cocktails is in a tunnel near the entrance to the L train near the hospital on the 1st island. Only place I've found flamethrowers is on top of a building next to the L train track on the 1st island.
Have fun.
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You try Mafia yet Swoop?
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What are islands? How long do you stay on the "first" island? I presume that is the first one that you have ...
Swoop - I took my hooker to wher eyou get your change of clothes and stuff - nothing, waited a minute or so - I must be ugly :(
NATE!! I cannot afford a PS2 - will you send me yours? Oh, and btw ...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRR
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN NNEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Nim
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You have to play the missions to get to the other parts of the map....
On the first map, there's a bridge that's blocked off, but cars still come down it... if you go up there, you'll see it's broken in half..
On the last map, there's an airport, and it's got a plane (Dodo) that you can fly... you'll find out real fast why they call it the Dodo...
I got real good at flying it, flew it around the island about 20 times... but it was boring, but then I realised I had an UZI... and started doing flybys on people...
So you see, even without playing the missions, there's all kinds of things you can do!
-SW
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Liberty City (where you do your business) is broken into three islands. Portland, where you start, is the industrial district. Here is where you can find many good vehicles, such as the Diablo Stallion (the flame car with a blower) and the Mafia Sentinel (the gray cars with the spoilers). Your first jobs are with the Leone family, and eventually you'll do work for the big boss, Salvatore Leone. 8-Ball, your friend from the police van, will help you in several places.
After you complete the final mission on Portland, you'll recieve word from the news team that the Callahan Bridge has been repaired (this is the bridge blown up in the intro if you watch it fully) and you can move onto Staunton Island, the commercial district. Here is where you'll get to see such cars at the Infernus, the Banshee, and the Cheetah, the fastest car in the game. This area is where the Love Media building is, as well as Kenji's Casino and the Colombian hideout. It's also much more tightly woven than Portland, and easy to get lost in.
Once you begin the mission "Grand Theft Aero", you'll recieve another announcement, saying the Shoreside Lift Bridge is repaired, and you'll have access to the final island in Liberty, Shoreside Vale. Shoreside is the residential district, and home to the Francis International Airport, and the Liberty City Dam. This island is not as tight as Staunton, and a little easier to get around in. The Cartel are rampent here, as this is where the "leader" hangs out.
A few secrets about the game. Hookers do have sex with you, but there are a few rules you must follow. First off, never try to have sex in Staunton, as it's too tight to have any privacy. The best places are your hideout in Portland, near the observatory on Shoreside, the beach below Salvatore Leone's house, opposite Joey's Garage in Portland. Hookers also favor limos and sports cars, but ignore police cars, SWAT vans, semi trucks, Barracks OL's, the tank, and any delivery truck. If you're in a convertibletry to have sex, your health automatically goes to full and the hooker simply gets out. (quick screw, huh? )
It is entirely possible to blow off limbs of other people, especially with the shotgun. The sniper rifle works best, though. Chatterbox 99.1 will sometime have people talking about you, or even Toni will make an appearance. Another fun thing is it you're using the PC version, you can add your own MP3s to play with driving.
Stealing a cop car nets you 5 shotgun shells plus the gun. Stealing a SWAT van nets you the shells and armor. Stealing an ambulance nets you 100 health. If you press the TAB or CAPS key in an ambulance, fire truck, taxi, or police vehicle, you'll begin mission where you do things for money, like catch bad guys or take fares around in cabs. I made $500,000 doing this once.
There are certain jumps around the city that net you money for "Unique Stunt Bonuses". One example is clearing the hangers at Francis.
If you want more info...let me know. I got all there is to know about GTA3...
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dood, there are cocktails and flame throwers behind the police station on the third island.
near the dam, go behind the police station and down the ramp to the set of garages and they are open, I think there is health down in there as well.
it's near the paintshop.
Originally posted by Swoop
Kratzer, like I said it's hard to find a spot. Try the alley that your hideout and garage are in on the 1st island.
OK, here's the cheat codes:
gunsgunsguns gets you all the weapons
turtoise gives you body armour.
But....dont cheat, the game gets sucky fast if you aint gotta worry about money.
The gun shop on the 1st island (Portland) sells only pistols and uzi's. The gun shop on the second island (Staunton?) sells uzi's, grenades, body armour, sniper rifles and AK47s. If you complete some missions for Ray in the Park (2nd island) you'll get a link to another dude on the north shore of the island who sells shotguns, M16s and rocket launchers.
The only place I've found molotov cocktails is in a tunnel near the entrance to the L train near the hospital on the 1st island. Only place I've found flamethrowers is on top of a building next to the L train track on the 1st island.
Have fun.
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sounds interesting, I goto get this game.