SinCity

"Blood Ring"? Damn theres so much i havent done yet!!!!

RVP

WooHoo, I finaly beat Supply Lines. I think the keys are 1. getting used to the controls of the plane. 2. Geting lined up right before opening fire and nailing the 3 guys in the south half before traveling Downtown to get the last 2.

The mission after was very cool, some funny dialog from CJ too.

sdcrym

Yeah, it's this demolition derby type thing in a stadium in san fiero. the icon on the map is a silver trophy.

wmansir

I finally got 100%, with around 70 hours of play time and even that included using guides to find the hidden items (tags, snapshots, oysters, horse shoes), but not on missions. I became completely obsessed with this game. Of course, the rewards you get are totally not worth it, but it was a goal. I even did the stuff that wasn't required for 100% like the triathalons and getting 100% with each girlfriend.

The game was great overall, though I did have a major graphical issue where people would sometimes become invisible. Unfortunately this happened most in Los Santos during the turf wars. A tweek of the settings made it so they flashed, semi-transparent like, which made it playable.

Speaking of the turf wars, am I the only one who found recruiting a gang a complete waste of time. They got in the way much more often than they helped. Could the programers have at least put in them enough brains to stay behind me. Instead it seemed they always wanted to stand in front of me and talk, even when I was firing at the enemy. Overall, the friendly IA was horrible. The enemy IA was about as bad however. Their path finding was abyssmal.

xVladx

Yeah, gang members are ok for drawing a little fire, but not much else.

My biggest beef with them was how when you had gang members with you, it seemed like it was next to impossible to find any enemy gang members to kill to start a war with. I wandered around turf for quite some time, yet none would spawn as pedestrians, or in cars. Or if I was really lucky, there would be one in a car and that would be it.

wmansir

Starting turf wars can be a real bitch. I read a couple of FAQs and they were not all consistent on this point, but I'm pretty sure YOU have to be in the zone when you make the kills but the gang member does not. Having the sniper rifle helps a lot in that case. For example there is one zone that covers just the Jefferson hotel. It's very difficult to start a turf war on the street level, but if you get on the roof and use the sniper rifle it is easy. The actual fight is easy too since the stupid enemy ai never comes up on the roof.

Also, I found that it doesn't matter what type of gang member you kill. For instance I killed three latin gang members in Ballas territory and it started a turf war with the Ballas.

xVladx

There's two territories that are even worse than that to start fights in, IMO.

One is literally like the sidewalk in front of two buildings. You have to stand there and just hope that a group of pedestrian Ballas will spawn nearby, or hope to drag a few out of passing cars.

The other:

gorgo99

I found my gang members helpful once in a while. Particularly:
1. In a car... fill up a limo and watch the bullets fly. Very effective for drive-bys.
2. Trying to start gang wars: They'll usually spot an enemy who's in a car before I do. They run over, pull the dude out, beat him up, and basically start the gang war for me.

Nesbit

The only place I used gang members for was the most north east territory held by the latins. That area was crazy. They were armed to the teeth.

SinCity

i only got into about 3-4 turfwars before i had to make my way to san fierro....what i still dont get is why the hell dont you see ANY grove gangsters around LS anymore, but with each carrier mission the cars you have to knock up and rob are always full of GS dudes....where the hell are they when not hard to work pushing dope for smoke?

dick_grayson

Is there any way I can unlock the entire map w/o completing all the quests? I'm bored with the quest stuff and want to explore. Anyway, I checked a few places online but didn't find anything.

sdcrym

Which version of the game? For the PC, you should be able to find a game save to download. For the XBOX version, the same thing, but you'll need an action replay to do it. I don't think there are any cheat codes that unlock different areas.

dick_grayson

xbox (and I don't have xbox live). I guess I can just enter in cheats for all the weapons and health and so on, so that it's really easy to beat, but I didn't want to skip to the end. Mainly wanted to go to the casino and motorcycle around.

SinCity

man this sux ive ben stuck at the plane school for 2 weks i just cant seem to drive the damn thing the right way! [/rant]

sdcrym

SinCity

....or you can just hijack a plane from the LS airport.....yeh.....

dick_grayson

well, I can lock the wanted level using the cheat and go from there, but none of the casinos or points of interest are open, so it's kind of pointless. I guess I can just keep trying the missions that have been giving me trouble. I even have the cheat book and am god awful.

nickdawgy

Yeah, it loads right up.

Brian Shannon

Is there any code that turns on the storyline?

nickdawgy

Spiderbite

I actually remembered this post from way back & just started the RC missions. Jeez, the "Supply Lines" mission is tough. I played it at least a dozen times or more tonight & still couldn't get past it.

I figured out the proper order to kill the couriers but the last courier is such a dead eye dick, he smokes me even when I am a mile above him no matter how many bullets I spray his way. Thought I was going to throw my controller thru my screen tonight for the first time in a while.

I love this game but the RC controls suck! Any tips?

xVladx

If you've got a good order down, then you're halfway there. The next big thing to keep in mind is that the couriers won't start shooting at you until you hit them. Since your shots spread out, it's best in the cases of the last two couriers to more or less park right behind them before you open fire. It's possible to land right behind them, open fire and have them already flaming by the time they try and pull away. This also helps on the van that shoots back because it can't aim directly behind itself.

The only time you really don't want to do that is on the bike near the starting point. When you're going after that one, it's best to open fire from further away, as the guy will always get off the bike after you hit him. This makes him an even easier target, as it takes only a couple more hits to take him out.