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Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I don't know how accurate this is, but even if the scale is slightly off it would seem the map isn't nearly as big as Rockstar claimed:


It's still loving huge and very pretty though.

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Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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sirbeefalot posted:

Holy poo poo, I was loving around near the train yard as Trevor, and saw a lone rail worker standing around. "What the hell," I says, and go to deck him. Motherfucker ducks my first punch, shouts "hell yeah, I NEED this" and starts boxing me. I gave him a fair fight just for being a rad dude.

Proper fist fights are actually quite fun. I've had full on brawls break out everywhere from tram stations to hospitals to the middle of the highway. As far as I know if you taunt somebody and they start the fight, the police won't show up either. (Until someone pulls a gun)

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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SorcerousHam posted:

I think that's :thejoke:

Because (later mission spoilers I guess?)when Michael reunites with his family they rattle off a long, long, long, long, long, long list of hired help that Amanda has hosed, but then his daughter and wife poo poo on Michael for cheating and being disrespectful to women for using prostitutes (even though in my game I never did)

I think the game counts having to walk through the strip club to get some late game missions towards that condition.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I love that the Epsilon stuff seems to be playing off the fact that there was minimal stuff about it in San Andreas and people latched onto the tiniest details and desperately tried to find "the answers". The thing about finding a truck with a dent on the right fender was a pretty big thing people were convinced existed somewhere.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I'm trying to collect the sub parts and am on maybe the 6th one.
It seems to be inside the nose section of a cargo plane and I can see it at the top of a ladder, but I can't swim up into the space at all, since the hole at the top of the ladder doesn't seem to actually be a hole. How am I supposed to reach the part?

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I was out at sea diving for sub parts when a shark shows up and murders me before I can get a got stab at it. Respawn at the hospital, call a taxi back to the dock and immediately upon stepping out of the taxi I'm mauled by a mountain lion.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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thehustler posted:

I honestly don't remember seeing a ? for this and I've completed the main story and quite a bit of the side missions already (I'm at 80.75%)

Edit: so it must be website only

You have to have completed the questionnaire on the Epsilon Program website for it to show up. At the bottom of the results page it tells you where to go (And there will be a new ? there)

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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ruddiger posted:

I didn't feel so bad through the torture scene as I did when I had to bust those joyriding illegal mariachis in the desert. Those dudes were just trying to have a good time! I loved that the passenger was sitting on the sit and pumping his hands in the air as his buddy hit those sand dunes. Then I tried to save the car they were in with the the sombrero and two guitars, bit I arbitrarily got two stars and the cops wrecked my car and killed me before I could save it. poo poo!

I've seen that same car (With Mariachi band members hanging around nearby) parked outside one of the roadside restaurants out in the countryside before. I'm not sure if it's a location specific thing, but the one in the mission wasn't the only one you'll ever see.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I don't think I've ever been pursued by a normal police cruiser. They seem to break out the high speed pursuit cars the moment you hit 2 stars, even if you're driving the shittiest vehicle imaginable. Maybe they did the same in IV but the patrol and pursuit cars just looked a lot more alike?

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Bold Robot posted:

Do cops ever deploy spike strips in this game? They were a staple back in the day but I don't think I've come across one yet, except that spike strips were mentioned in the prep for one of the heists.

I've only ever encountered them on highways, although they may be used on other roads too. They're usually marked with a police van and cover a couple of lanes.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Intel&Sebastian posted:

Leveling up lovely heist crew members is still useful because their cut never changes.

it isn't that useful though since you only really use a couple of roles two or three times at most and get paid maybe once.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Crappy Jack posted:

Huh. Neat. During your first meet with Lester at the garment factory, near the end you start discussing potential team members, and just before driving off, Lester mentions how he's been working with someone, but they're a bit too unpredictable. I'm pretty sure he's talking about your multiplayer character, since from the trailer it's obvious that you do jobs for him.

I suppose this is probably where the "Welcome to paradise!" line from that one trailer comes up since I didn't notice it at any point during the main missions.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Another Person posted:

Is there an actual purpose to the swan dive that you do by attacking in mid air, or is it just for shits and giggles? I mean, it does that amazingly well, but outside that, it seems like a kind of odd feature.

I'd imagine it's just because it was such a popular mod/trainer feature in the PC version that they decided to include it in the base game.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Huh. I was standing beside two guys chatting to each other and pressed the button to hail a passing taxi, when Franklin smacks the two guys in the face in one smooth motion, flooring them both. What?

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I got it Just before the final mission, after the heist.
I chased him down but didn't kill him (Although he almost died running into traffic on the freeway) but that just counted the same as letting him leave peacefully unfortunately.
Does his TV/radio show actually exist after that? I've only watched TV once and it was an episode of whatshisface gangs program before he'd been introduced as an antagonist, and Impotent Rage

Cerebulon fucked around with this message at 07:49 on Sep 27, 2013

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Well then.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Away all Goats posted:

That's my favorite station to listen to as Trevor. For some reason I can really see him jamming out to some Fergie and Amerie

Also I just finished the last heist and that was easy as hell. Maybe it's because I picked the 'subtle' option but one shooting section and one driving section that were both really easy made it feel like just another mission rather than The Biggest Heist Ever

When I was playing it the first time (Before I had to revert to a previous save) it was really tense doing the 'stealthy' bit inside the depository and not knowing what would happen. But when it comes down to it, yeah, it wasn't really much at all. The bank heist in Vice City and the Casino in San Andreas honestly felt like a bigger deal than that ended up being. It was a really nice setup though, even if it was mostly just the 2003 Italian Job but with muscle cars.


^ Sometimes collectables seem to bug out in placement, like they have vertical 'physics' which acts before the surroundings load in or something. I had a sub part appear to be inside some wreckage which wasn't accessible even though it looked like it should be so I was convinced I had to get in somehow. The glowing model was inside, it turned out, but the actual position for picking it up was on the seabed below quite a bit. Just going away far enough that it resets the area should be enough rather than restarting your console.

Cerebulon fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Sep 27, 2013

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Irish Taxi Driver posted:

Why would anyone choose A or B? I kinda wished they just rolled all of it into option C, made it that much better, then let you choose if they live or die in some horrible situation. "Press (X) to save Trevor from the burning car."

(ending) I chose to kill Trevor initially because he's an awful person and I thought C was Franklin death, but reverted a save because Trevor still had side missions.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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23 minutes into the Coyote Cross Country Triathlon, I take a corner too wide and hit a photographer. "Race forfeit, crime committed".
:negative:

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Jesus loving christ it happened again. 20 minutes into the Coyote Triathlon I hit right on the d-pad to turn off my light since it was getting light.
Instantly ends the event and I'm left in my casual clothes on the bike as if nothing had ever happened.
gently caress this race.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I thought honking at somebody always yielded the same response (Them getting out of the way/fleeing), but I just honked at a pickup on the highway and the guy turned around in the cab and gave me the finger shouting "Hey gently caress you!" and continued as he was. Then I passed him and he chased me down, ramming me given any opportunity.

So many details.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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I just walked into ammunation and bought a parachute. The guy walks off the side of the screen as if he's grabbing it off the wall... And never comes back. I'm completely stuck now.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Obsurveyor posted:

Aiming assist is way different than "click button and cursor is dead on guy and continues to point you in his direction until he gets too far away".

It may also point you at some random pedestrian instead of the guy right in front of you about to blow your brains out with a shotgun.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Alright so that's pretty awesome.
I was shooting at a VW Camper lookalike and hit the gas tank instead of the back tyre and it started leaking fuel all over the place, leaving a trial if it was moved. After a while the tank stopped draining and I got in, but Micheal didn't even attempt to start it. Then I went off and shot a trail it'd left, expecting it to explode, but the trail burnt up and then the puddle underneath the van burnt for a while and popped the tyres. But there was no explosion, presumably because there was no fuel to ignite.
I assume this is possible for all vehicles but a lot easier on things with the gas tanks visible underneath from the side?

Edit: Couldn't get back into the van once I'd got in once and been unable to start it, so now it counts as destroyed I suppose.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

It's no Beyond Insemination but it's pretty good. Blaine County Radio rules.

It's a shame it seems to be exactly three shows on a loop. Bless Your Heart, Beyond Insemination and Ron's show.
The city talk radio doesn't seem all that substantial either unless it's just repeatedly resetting to the start. It seems like every time I switch to it, it's the meditation guy or the Irish Brother Somethingorother being interviewed. Oh, or Fernando Martinez's show.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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McDowell posted:

Do they have working bus lines in the new one or have they still not tried that?

I imagine a GTA game with one or more female protagonists would be like Dee from "It's Always Sunny' with a mix of Bridesmaids and the witch season of AHS.

I'm 90% certain buses haven't actually stopped and picked up/dropped people off since Vice City. That was a nice little detail/'hidden' side mission which I'm actually kind of surprised they didn't do again considering how many weird little details are in 5.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Oh wow, I had only heard the bare minimum about Director Mode until now. It seems like it incorporates pretty much all of the best machinima making junk from the Simple Trainer for IV without being spectacularly janky.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Top Hats Monthly posted:

I don't get why they modeled snow driving in North Yankton so realistically if only two missions take place there.

You only actually drive one or two cars there ever and there's only 5-6 that even appear in the area and all of them are unique/unique variants so they probably all just have poo poo traction values or something.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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You don't drop banked money when you die.
I think you only drop like $500 at a time now, but at initial release it was something ridiculous like 5k per death and just made money horrible to get.
Oh, and it can't be stolen by muggers. Who can take a hell of a lot of money on the orders of another player.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Chompers posted:

My online mission list is tiny, when do I get more missions? (level 17)



I'm pretty sure they only show up there once you've played them once already. So call phone contacts for missions to get them initially and hope you get a new one.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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It's kind of incredible how many of those banned words come up in the game in an intentionally offensive context anyway in the form of stuff on signs/company names/slogans (As opposed to just said by batshit people on the radio who are supposed to be intensely dislikable anyway). Rockstar making tasteless jokes in their own game is different I guess.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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The Iron Rose posted:

I just wanna take a moment to complain about the default PC plane controls because god they're awful. I loathe not being able to use the mouse. Anyone got suggestions?

Hold down left click and you can control it with the mouse. This applies to all vehicles if you're insane.

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Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

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Hopper posted:

poo poo, I apparently accidentally skipped the online tutorial somehow. I am lol 5 and have no personal vehicle it seems. Is there any way to fix this other than making a new chat? I never did the Lamar Race or whatever it seems.

Just steal a car and buy the tracker stuff for it at the mod shop? That's all you do in that part of the tutorial IIRC.

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