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9-30-99
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9-28-99
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9-26-99
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| Thursday
- September 30, 1999 <12:00 AM CST> |
<Top> |
GTA2
Lyrics Exclusive!
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
Dan sent me the lyrics to three of the songs that will appear in GTA2.
Just a quick warning, some of these songs contain explicit lyrics,
but what did you expect from GTA2 anyway? The songs are titled,
God
Bless All The Universe, Real
Love, and my favorite Taxi
Drivers. Small bits and pieces of these songs can be heard
in the GTA2 audio preview MP3 that was released with the demo.
Speaking of GTA2 MP3's, you should grab the new MP3 that DMA
posted on the 27th. Thanks to Dan Houser for sending me the
lyrics! Perhaps this will inspire Klamy
to do a GTA2 lyrics section to accompany his lyrics section from the
original GTA.
Happy
Birthday Tiffany!
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
Today is Tiffany's 20th birthday!!! So why don't you visit
Tiffany's
Unofficial GTA Shrine or even better, bust out that paint program
and whip up a birthday card. I'll just take a wild guess and
say that she would probably appreciate any sort of birthday greetings,
card or no card :).
Car
Crushing Update
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
I added one more entry to the car crushing
table. Nick Mariani informed me that he forgot to put
the Big Bug on the list. One more note on the list, I forgot
to credit Alfadog (Zē)
as
well, I went looking through my emails and found an extensive list
from him that I didn't notice until just now.
Even
More GTA2 Nuggets of Joy!
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
Ok, so the headline is a little old, but with tips like these, who
gives a sh*t :)
- Little
Don's GTA2 Tips
Little Don has put all his tips including the full car compactor
list into a handy text
file for offline viewing.
- GTA2
Made By Lefties?
I hope noone thinks Alfadog is a leftist after this :):
I
just found out another thing in GTA2, it's the same in Tiberian
Sun, and is quite weird. Anyway, if you look at yourself
while punching or holding a gun, you'll notice he does so
with his left hand. Maybe your just a criminal lefty.
Anywho, in Tiberian Sun all the units except for the Medic
are left handed also, it's just a little thing I found and
it's quite strange, maybe it's easier to draw men using their
left arms.
- LL-Hell's
GTA2 Tip List
LL-Hell (TDR2k)
send in the following GTA2 demo tips:
- Get
the bus, then stop at bus stations, people will get on your
bus, and even
pay you to have the worst ride of their life
- While
you're being chased by 4 cops, you get 2 $$ per minute
- Weird
bug. Just press 'forward' key, and then F6 for pause. Release
the forward
key, and press F6 again. This works with all the movement
keys, and the
'attack' key as well.
- Get
one of the gangs mad at you, and same for the cops. When the
gangsters
start shooting at u, sometimes the cops start shooting the
gangsters
and a gun fight breaks out. Usually the cops lose...
GTA2
Editing Update
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
Nick was messing around in the E.GXT file and sent me an update on
what he found, can you say GOD MODE?:
I
was using the Ms-Dos Edit to get into the E.GXT (you can use NOTEPAD)
but I saw something called MULTI-OPTIONS and following after that
was COP:ON COPS:OFF does this mean you can have cops in multiplayer
we'd all like to know and also for the people who have GTA:London
go into the gtadata folder then Uk and there is a TXT file in
there called ENGUK.TXT and there is the same thing Police activated/Deactivated
and a REAL BIG WOW there is a message saying GOD MODE ACTIVATED
so use either DOS EDIT or NOTEPAD to check the E.GXT thing (also
tells the multiplayer game modes)
I
just thought I'd add that it was mentioned in the GTA2 chat that
you will be able to play multiplayer GTA with the cops on...
New
GTA Sites
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
GTA2
Burnout
Site Updates
<12:00
AM CST - schu>
I realize that its not the 30th just yet but I'm not sure if I'll
have time to do an update tomorrow so this is my cop out way of
covering the 30th not to mention it gives you a little advanced
warning on Tiffany's birthday so you can make a card :). A
friend of mine picked up some free tickets to see the Chemical Brothers,
the only catch is that I have to drive 2 hours to see em.
This will undoubtedly take up most of tomorrow night with the day
being dominated by my college radio shift and a bs marketing meeting.
I will be back on Friday of course to post another update.
|
| Wednesday
- September 29, 1999 <7:00 PM CST> |
<Top> |
Take
2 + DMA = GTA3D
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
LiTtLeThUg sent in the press release and actually heard an unconfirmed
rumor about this whole thing a full month ago. He tried to find
out more at the GTA2 chat but the developers did not respond.
I
also spotted this update on numerous gaming sites.
There
have been rumors swirling about that Take2 had plans to acquire
DMA Design and its finally happened. This is very interesting
news in and of itself but most of the articles also make mention
of future DMA projects called "GTA3D and The Grand Theft Auto Online
Crime World." I'm not sure what it is just yet but I'll do
my best to find out ASAP. The following is an amalgamation
of press releases different sites have been posting:
DMA
Design plans to develop Grand Theft Auto 3D and Grand Theft Auto
Online Crime World after being acquired by Take-Two.
In
a move aimed at strengthening its growing internal development
organization, Take 2 Interactive announced today that it had acquired
DMA Design from Infogrames Entertainment, S.A., for $11 million
in cash. According to company officials, Take 2 will also assume
certain bank indebtedness, although there was no mention of the
actual extent of the liabilities. Furthermore, Take 2 will pay
no royalties on Grand Theft Auto products from this date forward.
DMA
Design, a ten-year-old game production studio based in Dundee
and Edinburgh, Scotland, is the creator and developer of Take-Two's
best-selling Grand Theft Auto series. The company expects Grand
Theft Auto products to account for more than $50 million in net
sales for its fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1999. Prior to the creation
of Grand Theft Auto, DMA was best known for the creation of the
Lemmings series for Sony Computer Entertainment's Psygnosis subsidiary.
The company plans to utilize the DMA Design team as a high-end
source of creatively diverse product for Sony's upcoming PlayStaton
2 platform as well as the PC and the Internet. DMA will continue
to develop Grand Theft Auto titles for publication through the
company's Rockstar Games division, including GTA3D and The Grand
Theft Auto Online Crime World.
As
a result of the transaction, Take-Two will publish all Grand Theft
Auto products, including the highly anticipated GTA2 (the sequel
to Grand Theft Auto, which will ship before the company's fiscal
year ending Oct. 31), royalty free on a go forward basis. As a
result, the company expects the acquisition to be accretive in
both fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
Sam
Houser, president of Take-Two subsidiary Rockstar said, "We are
thrilled that DMA is officially part of the Take-Two and Rockstar
Games family. In particular, the ability to align Rockstar with
a development house, such as DMA Design, that is clearly approaching
the video game development in a new and exciting manner, makes
this a perfect match."
If
you want proof, just check out DMA's
Site or the following sites:
And
as you can see the domain name GTA3D.com has already been registered
by Take2.
|
| Tuesday
- September 28, 1999 <10:30 PM CST> |
<Top> |
Car
Crushing Made Simple
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
I got lots of mail on the car crushing lists, so rather than post
the same message a bunch of times Ill just post the full list.
Thanks to Little Don, Nick Mariani, Xenic, LL-HeLL, Annihil8or, Alfadog
and James 'Popcorn' Duffy for their contributions to this list.
The actual list is from Nick since his was formatted so nicely, but
most everyone sent in identical information.
| Car
Name |
Reward |
| COP
CAR |
(Cop
Bribe) |
| Z-TYPE |
(30
Silenced Uzis) (This car is black and has a Z on top) |
| B-TYPE |
(Invincibilty
30 sec) |
| SHARK |
(15
Molotov Cocktales) |
| MINX |
(ElectroFingers
30 sec) |
| BUG |
(30
Uzi's) |
| SCHMIDT |
(Full
Health) |
| U-JERK
TRUCK |
(30
Uzi's) |
| MINRA |
(15
Rocket Launchers) (This is the blue car with the Y on top) |
| TAXI |
(Double Damage 30 sec) |
| MICHELLI
ROADSTER |
(30
Uzi's) |
| ROMERO |
(Body
Armor) |
| DEMENTIA |
(Invisibility
30 sec) (This Green car has the smilely face on top) |
| WELLARD |
(Respect) |
| ANISTON
BD4 |
(Get
Outta Jail Free Card) |
| BEAMER |
(60
Flame-throwers) |
| BIG
BUG |
(30
Uzi's) |
Just
a few explanations to clear things up a bit.
That
brings up an interesting point that this list may change for the
final version. If I had to guess Id say that perhaps some
of the Uzis will be replaced with a better reward, but I suppose
we will have to wait and see to find out for sure.
- Nick
Mariani mentioned that there are car compactors in three parts
of the city, but the easiest one to find it in the top right hand
corner of the city.
Thanks
to everyone for sending in all the great tips and their car crushing
lists.
Announcements
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
- Davehart,
web master of GTA2
HQ, is the now a columnist for GTA2 at Barry's
World. Davehart actually already has a few GTA2 updates
on his column, take a look.
- Olle
has updated GTA
Traffic Jam with cars, a new GTA2 section, and much much more.
- GTA
Fire Burners is back online at. You can find London 2001
and more at www.gtafireburner.com
- Valdemar
has updated his car site, GTAWorld.
He is still looking for cars so if you have something you'd
like to donate, just email
it to him.
Project
News
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
- More
On GTA Wave 3.0
Adrian wrote back with some more details on GTA
Wave 3.0's release:
GTA
Wave 3.0 is pretty close to completion, but won't be released
until after GTA2 comes out so as to be sure that it works
with the full version. The new GTA2 sound file format gives
GTA Wave greater control over the sounds, such as pitch modulation
range and loop start position.
Community
News
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
- Tiffany's
Unofficial Grand Theft Auto Shrine
This
week & last week, I added cars to the Car Depot, The Junction
25 map editor was sent in by Greg Cahir and added to the Files
page, and I updated my Links and GTA FAQ! Oh... and check out
my 3 GTA2 Teasers! They require Macromedia Shockwave 7, and will
only be on my site until GTA2 is released!
- Section
487: Elvis Has Left The Building
Ok heres the deal. Nobody ask for the timer crack now.
If there is one I'm sure you'll find out anyway. It's pissing
me off, everyone's asking me for one but to put it simply, a/
I cant do it without the decompiler b/ Even if I could I wouldn't
release it due to something DMA have said. c/ I get 30 mails
a day about it so I'm very pissed off with the subject.
JUST
STOP ASKING!!!!!!!
|
| Monday
- September 27, 1999 <10:30 PM CST> |
<Top> |
GTA
Wave 3.0
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
Adrian Grucza, of GTA Wave fame, made a quick mention in his last
message that he is working on GTA Wave 3.0 which will include GTA2
support. No release date has been mentioned but I'd imagine
that the GTA
Wave site will go public with the details some time soon.
Q&A
Chat Log Correction
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
DMA's Brain Baird was kind enough to clear up the guest list for
the chat. I wasn't quite sure of Gary's title and it turns
out that Brian is actually still with DMA and did not transfer to
RockStar and Gary Penn is Creative Director. I've made the
appropriate changes to the chat log.
Thanks Brian!
Tosh
Ponders The Wonders of GTA2
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
Check out Nice
One for Tosh's
thoughts on the GTA2 demo. He covers a great deal and
its well worth a read. While you're at Nice One make sure
you take a look at the 10 exclusive GTA2 screen shots that Mugwum
snagged recently. He posted five earlier this weekend and
just posted five more yesterday.
More
GTA2 Nuggets of Joy!
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
Just a few more GTA2 demo tips, hints, and moments sent in by fans.
If you have a good one send
it in and I'll post it:
- Kill
Frenzies & Specials & Trucks Oh My
Little Don has been hard at work and found five of the seven Kill
Frenzies and six GTA2 specials. Here is Little Don's message:
Frenzies
- when
you die, you get placed in AVALON, walk up to find a flame-thrower
kill frenzy
- at
the same place as above, but then walk down, across the street,
and up the building by the stairs, on the roof you can find
an MOLOTOV COCKTAIL Frenzy
- at
the back of the Z! HQ, in an alleyway behind it, there is
an rocket launcher hidden, you'll have to walk to the other
side of the buildings to find it
- In
the Yakuza area, on the east side of the town, near the river,
there is an silenced S-UZI Frenzy
- also,
there is an S-UZI near the Loony HQ, to the far right of it.
Bonuses
& Specials
- "medical
emergency" by destroying lots of Ambulances and med staff.
- "cop
killa" by destroying lots of cop cars and cops to get this
thingy.
- "Cop
puncher" by getting a lot of cops after you,then punching
em all over.
-
"Accuracy Bonus" the easiest way is getting 1 or more swat
teams after ya,then shooting at em in a straight line,without
missing,and the bonus is yours.
- "Elvis
has left the building" run over the entire jogging group.
It's gouranga, but with an different name.
- and
of course the service center thingys, getting an rigged car,
getting rigged guns, getting oil dropping cars, and a Articulated
truck in a carpark (got this tip from Ryan Mcgrath)
Thanks
to Little Don for all the details. I just wanted to make one
addition to the truck tip. If you look just West of the Loony
compound you'll see something parked near one of the buildings (sW
mentioned that it was in Sunnyside to be exact). I wasn't
quite sure what to make of it because you couldn't get get inside
of it like a car but it blew up when I shot at it enough :).
At the chat one of the developers (either Jeff or Brian I think)
explained that it is the trailer for the truck. Sure enough
if you back a truck cab up to it, it will latch on. You can
then release the trailer whenever you want by using the left alt
key.
- Car
Crushing Tips
sW
reports about making cash from trash:
In
Zarelli, there is a car crusher. It is to the right
of the place where you got to plant explosives in a Loony
mission. You go into the gates and pull up to it.
A crane will swing over and a magnet will pick up your car
and drop it in a crusher. Then another crane brings
the crushed car to a conveyor belt
and gives you money.
Nick
Mariani brings home the goods with some kick ass tips on
which cars to crush:
Try
this trick, get the car that has the Z on top (Z-TYPE) and
take it to the compactor in the top right hand corner of the
screen and you'll get 3 Silenced Uzi's, crushing
a police car will get you a COP BRIBE, and I can't remember
what car it is that gives you a 30 second invincibility just
try it with different cars and see what happens.
Note:
In the last tip, I think its the Loony car with the smiley face
on top that gives you the 30 second invincibility.
GTA2
Editing
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
- Nick's
GTA2 NYC.GCI Tips
Nick Mariani sent
the following update on his car editing quest:
"I've found a way to edit the cars stats in GTA 2. Before
you begin YOU MUST BACKUP THE FILE NYC.GCI. Then right click
on the NYC.GCI file and select "open with", then select
NOTEPAD to open this file. Now every car in the GTA2 DEMO
& FULL are now editable, also when you save it will be converted
to NYC.TXT rename the file format part to .GCI to make the cars
workable, here is an example:
| {Cop
Car} |
[Car
Name] |
| 12
{model} |
[Car
Model no.] |
| 1
{turbo} |
[if
car has turbo power 1:enable 0:disable] |
| 60
{value} |
[carjack,
destroy, compact value] |
| 0
{pad} |
[Unknown] |
| f14.500
{mass} |
[Car
Weight] |
| f1.000
{front drive bias} |
[how
the car turn by the front wheels] |
| f0.500
{front mass bias} |
[weight
in the front of the car] |
| f2.000
{brake friction} |
[how
good the brakes are] |
| f0.433
{turn in} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.400
{turn ratio} |
[how
well the car can turn] |
| f1.250
{rear end stability} |
[how
stable the back end of the car is] |
| f0.400
{handbrake slide value} |
[how
much you will slide when braking] |
| f0.150
{thrust} |
[the
amount of acceleration speed boost] |
| f0.415
{max_speed} |
[the
max speed the car can reach] |
| f1.000
{anti strength} |
[the
cars strength - set to f0.000 for car invincibility] |
| f0.115
{skid threshhold} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.550
{gear1 multiplier} |
[the
gear's speed boost] |
| f0.680
{gear2 multiplier} |
[the
gear's speed boost] |
| f1.000
{gear3 multiplier} |
[the
gear's speed boost] |
| f0.180
{gear2 speed} |
[how
much extra speed is given in this gear] |
| f0.290
{gear3 speed} |
[how
much extra speed is given in this gear] |
New GTA Sites
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
The
GTA Directory
Site Updates
<10:30
PM CST - schu>
Sorry about the late update, I got stuck in a group meeting for
my Marketing class.
|
| Sunday
- September 26, 1999 <2:30 PM CST> |
<Top> |
GTA2
Developer Chat Round Up
<2:30
PM CST - schu>
First
I'd like to thank the GTA2 chat guests and PlayNOW! for making this
thing possible. Malby @ PlayNOW! especially did a great job
of getting the chat up and running, thanks to him for a job well done. Attendance
was very good even after we found out that the timezone thing was
screwed up and it didn't start for another hour, but it was nice catching
up with everyone from the scene. If you missed the chat you
will first wanna check out the questions
and answers, I put em on a nifty page for easy reading. That
chat was composed of two sections, the actual chat and then the after
chat. In the after chat we were allowed into the room where
the developers were so we could talk to them face to face without
a moderator. Lots of thanks go out to the developers who stuck
around hours after the chat ended. I've only posted the
questions and answers from the actual chat session because its now
2pm and I still haven't slept yet :), a little later I'll sift through
the after chat thing and see what I can turn up. If you just
can't wait until then you can take a look at the logs for yourself.
They have not been edited and are a very rough read, but they
should be pretty interesting, especially with highlights like when
C1 screws with some guy looking for a GTA2 crack. This happened
well after the developers had left and we were all just hanging out,
ok maybe its not completely enthralling but if you hadn't slept in
the last 24 hours you might think differently :)
Spray
Shop GTA Returns!!!
<2:30
PM CST - schu>
If you have been over to www.klamy.co.uk you might have
noticed that Klamy's sites are all gone, including Spray Shop/GTA,
one of the most original GTA sites that ever existed. Well
after I noticed that Spray Shop was down so I offered Klamy some
space here on gouranga.com to bring it back online and as you can
see he said YES! You can find SS/GTA at www.gouranga.com/sprayshop
and I'll see what I can do about a redirect sometime soon making
it easier to find at sprayshop.gouranga.com. I'd write
more but I'm about to fall asleep, suffice to say SS/GTA has kicked
ass, kicks ass, and will kick ass for some time to come, especially
with highlights like Ram Raiding, the Benzoate Remix, the full listing
of lyrics from GTA, the transcription of the GTA/DMA articles from
EDGE Magazine, etc, etc, etc. Check it out now!!!
GTA2 Chat Time Change
<6:00
AM CST - schu>
The GTA2 chat will actually be taking place 1 hour after it was
originally suppose to start, for most people that is anyway. It
is at 9pm, AEST but in the UK that is 12pm, NOT 11am which means
all the US times are screwed up too.
Anyway here is when I think the chat will start:
- Time:
AUSTRALIA - NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania 9.00pm
AUSTRALIA - Northern Territory, South Australia 8.30pm
AUSTRALIA - Western Australia 7.00pm
EUROPE
- Western 1:00pm
EUROPE - Central 2.00pm
EUROPE - Eastern 3.00pm
New
Zealand 11.00pm
United
Kingdom 12.00pm
USA
- Eastern 7.00am
USA - Central 6.00am
USA - Mountain 5:00am
USA - Pacific 4.00am
I'm
in there now but it wont start for another hour... Oh well,
who needs sleep anyway :)
By
the way... If you want to join the chat using mIRC
or another IRC chat client you can join that way as well, here are
the details:
irc.playnow.com.au
port: 6667
#GTA2_Answers
#GTA2_Questions
You have to join both channels for it to work, obviously one is
for questions, the other for answers :)
|
| Saturday
- September 25, 1999 <12:00 AM CST> |
<Top> |
GTA2
Developer Chat Details!
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
I noticed over at Nice
One that they have expanded the guest list for the GTA2 developer
chat session this weekend, and they have posted a full time zone listing.
Here are the updated details from PlayNOW!:
- Guests:
Dan Houser, Rockstar Minister of Information - UK
Sam Houser, President of Rockstar Games (the man, the legend!)
- US
Jeff Castaneda, Rockstar Public Relations Manager - US
James Ellingford, Managing Director and Marketing Mgr of Directsoft
- AU
Colin Macdonald, Producer of DMA Design - UK
- Date:
Sunday, September 26th 1999
- Time:
AUSTRALIA - NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania 9.00pm
AUSTRALIA - Northern Territory, South Australia 8.30pm
AUSTRALIA - Western Australia 7.00pm
EUROPE
- Western 12:00pm
EUROPE - Central 1.00pm
EUROPE - Eastern 2.00pm
New
Zealand 11.00pm
United
Kingdom 11.00am
USA
- Eastern 6.00am
USA - Central 5.00am
USA - Mountain 4:00am
USA - Pacific 3.00am
- Prizes:
Before you get too excited about prizes, I just read at PlayNOW!
that the prizes are only open to residents of Australia.
If you live in Australia then its no big deal, but if you don't
then I wouldnt plan on getting yourself fitted for that GTA2 t-shirt
just yet.
The
prizes include:
- 1
Autographed copy of GTA2
- 20
GTA2 Prize Packs including a GTA2 t-shirt, GTA2 bumper sticker,
GTA2 tattoo and a GTA2 poster. The winners will be announced
at the end of the chat session so you'll have to stay for
the full hour if you want to win.
GTA2 Editing
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
- Sam
Houser On GTA2 Editing
David 'The GTA Jedi' Whitney got an email from Sam Houser on supporting
the GTA community's editing scene. Check it out at Section
487: Elvis Has Left The Building. While your there check
out the Hacking/Editing section for the latest advances in GTA2
hacking information.
- NYC.GCI
Interpretations
Nick Mariani was
poking around the NYC.GCI file in the demo's DATA folder and sent
me some of his interpretations of some of the settings.
You can open the file with notepad and as always, make sure you
backup the file before editing it:
| {Cop
Car} |
[Car
Name] |
| 12
{model} |
[Model
no.] |
| 1
{turbo} |
[if
car has turbo power 1:enable 0:disable] |
| 60
{value} |
[Destroy
Value] |
| 0
{pad} |
[Unknown] |
| f14.500
{mass} |
[Weight
of car] |
| f1.000
{front drive bias} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.500
{front mass bias} |
[weight
in the front part of the car] |
| f2.000
{brake friction} |
[how
good the brake is] |
| f0.433
{turn in} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.400
{turn ratio} |
[how
good the car can turn] |
| f1.250
{rear end stability} |
[how
stable the back of the car is] |
| f0.400
{handbrake slide value} |
[how
much you will slide] |
| f0.150
{thrust} |
[how
much thrust goes into acceleration] |
| f0.415
{max_speed} |
[the
max speed the car can reach] |
| f1.000
{anti strength} |
[the
cars strength, set to f0.000 for car invincibility] |
| f0.115
{skid threshhold} |
[how
much the car skids] |
| f0.550
{gear1 multiplier} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.680
{gear2 multiplier} |
[Unknown] |
| f1.000
{gear3 multiplier} |
[Unknown] |
| f0.180
{gear2 speed} |
[how
much speed extra is given in this gear] |
| f0.290
{gear3 speed} |
[how
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More
Nuggets of GTA2 Joy
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
- Fire
Truck Fun:
Shyam & Dennis mentioned that you can fire the water cannon
on the Fire Truck just like you could fire the tank in GTA...
Hold down the TAB key and hit the arrows to rotate the turret
and then hit fire to shoot water at any unlucky bastard who happens
to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Taxi
Cab Fares:
Jordan & Shyam wrote in about earning fares with taxi cabs.
You just steal a taxi and pick up passengers that yell out "TAXI!".
You will then get $1 per second as long as they stay in
the cab. For some reason they will leave the cab if you
hit anyone or anything, I cant imagine why :).
- New
Controls:
Jordan noticed that you can use the directional arrows on the
number pad to move the screen around while driving in the car.
Ive also noticed you can use the Left ALT key along with the arrows
to move the screen around while you are out of the car on foot.
Demo
Links
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
Jeh informed me that Xtreme
Getaway has posted the full GTA2 demo so I've added the Xtreme
Getaway link to the list of demo links
I posted yesterday.
GTA2
Tech Support
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
Yow... Lots of email on this one :) Im trying to keep up with
it all and Ive been reading every message that comes in. I
am then taking the information and combining them into separate
problem descriptions that I send to Rockstar. I can't guarantee
a fix but it will at least make them aware of the problem.
The more information you send
in on the problem and on your system configuration the better.
The most popular problem so far is keyboard incomptibility issue.
I've gotten numerous emails on this and most, but not all, of the
emails are from Nordic countries. I will also gladly accept
emails from anyone who had a problem and solved it, that way I can
repost possible solutions in the news so other people can try em.
Possible
Demo Workarounds
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
These are two possible workarounds you might want to try if you
are having troubles with the GTA2 demo. If you have a workaround
the demo please send it in.
- Demo
Won't Run:
First, if you cant get GTA2 to run by using the GTA2 Demo icon
on your start menu, try running it directly from the demo directory.
Run the GTA2.exe file rather than the GTA Manager and see if it
works. The downside to this approach is that you cant adjust
anything in the game. When you run GTA2 from the start menu
it actually runs the GTA2 manager first so you can set up the
options
- Keyboard
Problems:
This won't work for everyone but its worth a shot. If you
are getting some sort of keyboard related error you might wanna
try changing your keyboard settings to English. You should
be able to do this from the Keyboard menu in the Control Panels.
New
GTA Sites
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
Tony's
GTA Page
Site Update
<12:00 AM CST - schu>
Goku!!! Why Aren't You Here??? Sorry, I just watched
DBZ and I just couldn't resist.
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GTA2
Demo Review @ Nice One
<2:00 AM CST - schu>
Mugwum has completed his GTA2 demo review, here is the announcement:
Nice
One, 3dActionPlanet's premiere Grand Theft Auto hosted site, has
posted a huge GTA2 Demo Review, along with 34 screen shots taken
from the demo and a shed-load of information on what's included
and what fun there is to be had!
Links:
Demo
Review
Screen
shots
GTA2
Demo Tech Support
<2:00 AM CST - schu>
If you are having trouble with the GTA2 demo, feel free to send
in a description of your problem. I don't think I can solve
all the problems, or even most of the problems, but if I get a lot
of mail that indicates a similar trend I'll send it on to RockStar
and see if I can get some recommendations. The more information
on your system and the problem the better.
GTA2
Demo Feedback <2:00 AM CST
- schu>
- Ice
Cream Anyone?
Alfadog (Zē)
wrote in and mentioned that if you get the ice cream truck you
should try holding down the TAB key. Instead of a horn it
plays an ice cream truck tune. Although I've found that
not many people buy ice cream if you are running them down with
the truck... I wonder why?
Got
a nugget of GTA2 joy you want to share with the group? Send
it on in and I'll post it in the news.
GTA2
Developer Chat This Weekend
<2:00 AM CST - schu>
Just a reminder that the GTA2 developer chat @ PlayNOW! is this
weekend. PlayNOW! has also expanded the prize
list for the chat, but they don't mention if you have to be
a resident of Australia in order to win. You may recall that
they are already giving away a signed copy of GTA2 to one lucky
fan and now they have expanded the prize list to include 20 GTA2
prize packs. The prize packs include a t-shirt, poster, tattoo,
and bumper stickers. Check out the last
update for date and time details.
New
GTA2 Preview @ GamesDomain
<2:00 AM CST - schu>
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