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| Friday
- October 29, 1999 <8:30 PM CST> |
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Playstation
GTA2 Cheats
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Mugwum tracked down the cheats for the Playstation version of GTA2.
You can find them in yesterday's update over at Nice-One.
As soon as I add GTA2 to the cheats section I'll add them there.
GTA2
- Saved Game Editor Util
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Ishani (ishani.com)
has created a utility that will let you edit your GTA2 save game files.
So if you happen to be low on guns, ammo, cash, health, armor, lives,
multiplier or powerups when you saved your game, you can now add them
with this handy utility (26k).
More
On The GTA2 Debug Screens
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Zog is working on enabling the GTA2 debug screens and he seems to be making
progress. Here is the message he sent in:
I noticed
that a couple of debug screens were found the the GTA2 manager, so I
took a look for myself. I found them, and started messing around
with a few things. After a while I actually got somewhere. I
managed to make the screens appear in the manager menus. You can
load car files and edit all the data etc., change all the values and
a whole load of stuff that I don't understand yet. After
messing with the stuff, I loaded the game. OK, it definitely does
something, the game acted all weird and advanced frame by frame, something
was really up with the cars. I kinda trashed the manager a bit,
so I'll do a bit more work and fix the probs and see what comes out
of it.
GTA2
In Australia
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Just a few reports in from Australia... Tristan Beard found GTA2
at Harvey Norman in Ballarat, Victoria and SeNorLoCO found GTA2 at Toys
r Us in Sydney.
Back
To The Crushers
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Since GTA2 came no one has sent in an updated list of car crushing rewards.
James sent in this update that will hopefully inspire the creation of
a full list sometime soon:
I' ve done
some playing around with GTA2 on Map 2 : Residential area and I've got
a list of stuff you get off the conveyer belt when you crush a car (only
tried the scientists crusher.)
Arachinio
: 30 shotgun
B -Type : invisibility
Big Bug : armour
Bug : 30 machine gun
Eddy : 30 machine gun
Futore GT : fast reload
Hachura : 15 rocket launcher
Maurice : 30 machine gun
Meteor : invulnerability
Morton : get out of jail free card
Panto : 15 grenades
Secret agent car : RESPECT
Spritzer : 15 molotov cocktails
Squad car : Police bribe
Taxi : double damage
Trance Am : 60 flame thrower
T-Rex : 60 electro gun
Today's
GTA2 Nuggets of Joy!
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
- Questionable,
But Not Out Of The Question:
I'm not sure about this one, but anyway, egg claims that you can get
5 grand from from crate jumping:
In
the 2nd level, somewhere in north east dominatrix, there's a crate
with a little slope. From that crate to can jump to another, and
from that one you can jump to yet another crate, and so on.
When you've done all your jumping, you get to a building with a
chicken wire roof and a car in it, with something that looks like
a keyhole on top of it. Step in the car and you get teleported,
without car, to a used cars shop (uncle wangs I think it's called),
hear a 'yippee' sound, and receive $5000... after that, the car's
gone.
- Down
With SCIENCE!
Robbman doesn't like Scientists:
I don't
know if this really a tip, but in the second city, go to the Scientists
compound and run over all the scientists you can see, most of them
have good weapons, and the cops don't care if you kill gang members
(they do care if you kill civilians, so be careful).
Site
Updates
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Finally.. I'm almost well and I now have the power of PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
to help me. Thanks to everyone who sent in the get well messages
:). Hopefully I'll have this thing kicked by Monday.
|
| Thursday
- October 28, 1999 <11:30 PM CST> |
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More
On The Rockstar Pager
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
I found a few articles on the Rockstar pager offer. The article on
IGN even
shows a pic of the pager. You can also find an article on this at
Gamecenter.
Gameboy
GTA Release Date
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
Pocket.IGN.com just updated their release
date listing. Gameboy GTA currently shows a November release
date. Many online retailers are also showing the same date so hopefully
the date is accurate.
Gamespot
PC Review
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
I think I mentioned the PSX review at Gamespot, but not the PC review.
You can check it out HERE.
GTA2
Unofficial Screensaver
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
Tony Sutton has created a GTA2 Screensaver, here is the update he sent
in:
I've just
finished making my Unofficial GTA2 Screensaver, featuring some of the
greatest screen shots of GTA2 in action. With this screensaver, you
can change the effects like split, stretch, diamond, random lines and
many more.
You can
download it from my GTA2 web site at www.hypertony.co.uk/gta2
under the Files section.
Editing
GTA2
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
Zog sent in this message on changing the cities around so you can play
them in any order without having to complete any missions:
I found
a way (dunno if it has been discovered) to change the order in which
you play the cities in GTA2, go into the data folder, open the file
"test1" in wordpad or the like, and you will see the first section
is like so:
MainOrBonus
= MAIN
GMPFile = wil.gmp ((this is the map))
STYFile = wil.sty ((this is where all textures, cars, etc.
are))
SCRFile = wil.scr ((this contains the missions))
Description = City 1 Map
The third
city, as you can see in the test1 file looks like this:
MainOrBonus
= MAIN
GMPFile = bil.gmp
STYFile = bil.sty
SCRFile = bil.scr
Description = City 3 Map
So to change
from starting in the normal city simply change all the wil. to bil.
and so on for other cities.
Today's GTA2 Nugget of Joy
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
Kryptic Kiwi sent in this tip on creating your very own cop train:
This is
a little trick that I figured out in GTA2. This makes it worth more
to you if you get the SWAT Team after you. But before you start, make
sure you have a good gang on your side! Also, it helps to be somewhere
near the gang's main hideout.
Start shooting
to get the cops' attention. The SWAT Team will probably show up... but
as soon as they do, start running BACKWARDS in the opposite direction,
just holding the PUNCH button down (the shoot button, but not armed).
And just run BACKWARDS anywhere you want.
The SWAT
Team will eventually go away, and you'll have a train of cops running
after you! They can't open fire in a public place, so they won't shoot.
And if you keep the punch button down, they can TRY to get near you,
but you'll just knock them back to the end of the line. It's hilarious.
Then just lead them to your favorite gang's hideout and watch them be
murdered!
GTA2
In New Zealand & Australia
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
I've gotten a couple of emails from people who cant find GTA2 in Australia
or New Zealand. If you live in either one of these countries and
you've found GTA2, please email me
with a message saying what city and what store you found GTA2 at so I
can spread the word.
Announcements
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
- GTA
City will hopefully be opening on Friday after Aonghus Ó
hAirt gets the technical difficulties ironed out.
- The
GTA Store has been updated with a new design, lots of additions
to the download section, and some background sounds.
Project
News
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
- Criminal
Valley Help Needed
RobertB sent in the following
on Criminal Valley:
When
I started with Criminal Valley I was very enthusiastic, but now
I just think it's boring. GTA1 is history now. Well as you may have
noticed by the beta, CV will add a bit GTA2 feeling to GTA1. I only
need one thing first: someone that can finish the map for me. It
must be in good quality, if more than one guy is interested I'll
make a competition. If noone is interested, CV may be released unfinished,
which would be a real tragedy after all work I've done to it.
Thank you peeps!
Community
News
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
New
GTA Sites
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
The
GTA London Underground
The
GTA2 Head Quarters
Site Updates
<11:30
PM CST - schu>
- Sorry
for the late update, but I'm still sick and I didn't really feel well
enough to type until now. You wouldn't believe how hard it is
to type when your head is spinning. Just a tip on being sick...
Never watch the Pokémon cartoon if you are sick. I fell asleep
shortly after that and my brain created some fu*ked up dream.
Its pretty hard to sleep with that stuff running through your head.
- Does anyone
know for sure if GTA2 requires a 3D card? I used to think
that it did, but I get all kinds of mail that makes me unsure.
If anyone out there is running GTA2 without a 3D card, please send
me an email.
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| Wednesday
- October 27, 1999 <7:00 PM CST> |
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Mugwum's
GTA2 Review
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
Mugwum has posted his GTA2 review, get over to Nice-One
to read all about it.
Rockstar
Pager
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
Jeh has posted an update over on Xtreme Getaway about a Motorola/Rockstar
deal for a free pager, check it out the full story at www.gtaxtreme.net
Mundeep's
GTA2 Configuration
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
Mundeep is offering his help to anyone who wants to run GTA2 on a slower
computer. Simply send an email to mverdee@hotmail.com
and he will see what he can do.
GTA2
T-shirts
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
GTA Fire Burner is checking with Take2/Rockstar to see if it would be
possible for him to make his own GTA2 t-shirts. If the plan goes
through GTA Fire Burner is considering doing a contest where fans could
submit t-shirt designs for both GTA and GTA2. I'm not really sure
what decision Take2/Rockstar will make on this, but most companies are
pretty defensive when it comes to stuff like this. Keep checking
the GTA Fire Burners
site for details.
More
On GOURANGA!
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
Aonghus Ó hAirt (GTA
City) sent the following message in about the meaning of GOURANGA!:
My brother
[who studies Theology] tells me that a Krishna that used to go around
a forest chanting was called GOURANGA and started the whole Krishna's
Chanting thing. I'm not sure how accurate that is but he did look it
up in some big book so I suppose it probably is.
Site
Updates
<7:00
PM CST - schu>
Grr... I'm sick... One of my roommates brought in the cold/flu equivalent
of the ebola virus when he came back from Chicago and now I've got it.
Luckily I was able to crawl the five feet from my bed to my computer so
I could do the update. I tried to respond to most of the email but
most of my energy went into the update, this is very much a cut and paste
day. Wouldn't you know the day GTA2 arrives in this sad excuse for
a town I'm sick. Oh well, hopefully loads of drugs will fix the
problem. If no update appears tomorrow its because I overdosed on
vitamin C. I think I need some GOURANGA! Potatoes :).
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| Tuesday
- October 26, 1999 <9:00 PM CST> |
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Email
Address Change
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
I thought I should mention one more time that the schu@tranquility.net email
address will be dead at the end of October. Please use the gouranga@ameritech.net
address from now on. All the email links here on G! have been changed
to the new address.
GTA2
Cheat Correction
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
Yesterday
I posted a GTA2 cheat, however I fu*ked it up! It should have been
"muchcash" NOT "muchmoney". I've made the correction
to yesterday's update. Sorry about that
and thanks to KAISER SOSE for notifying me of the error.
GTA2 Replay
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
David is working on getting the replay files to work. If he is successful
you will be able to record and playback your best GTA2 action sequences.
You can check on David's progress at Section
487.
GTA2
Reviews
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
Jeh has posted three new GTA2 reviews over at Xtreme Getaway. Get
over to www.gtaxtreme.net
for the latest. Speaking of GTA2 reviews, Mugwum just informed me
that he has finished his review and it should be up on Gamespy.com
in roughly six hours time, keep an eye out for it.
GTA
Palette Hacking, Car Crushing & Tanks
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
JH4C sent in this update on his new site along with some information in
finding the car crushers in the GTA2 demo and the tanks in the 1st level
of GTA2:
"I
now have my own site (website.lineone.net/~jh4c
or i.am/jh4c)with tutorials
on how to hack stripes, numbers, etc. onto GTA cars, and as soon as
a car editor is out for GTA2 I'll see if it works in that too.
Also, seeing
about crushers and tanks, I've found 3 different crushers in GTA2 Demo
and first level full game, and 2 tanks on the first level of the full
game too.
Each crusher
seems to be gang-operated, and the gang's cars themselves seem to give
the best rewards, the Z-Type for example giving the silenced Uzi.
Tanks I
found were the 2 you appear to have news on already, I wrote down the
game areas. Top-left tank is in is Funabashi, right at the edge of the
map - as you drive along you'll see a turning to take you ever-so-slightly
further west, go in and south and it's there, you have to kill 35 cars
in 60 seconds.....
Second
is in the bottom-right corner in the Flotsam "Docks". Go into the crusher
yard, south to the bottom wall, then follow all the way to the left
and it's parked there - kill 60 peds in 60 seconds.
While in
KF mode, the tanks have unlimited ammo, then after the frenzy you have
a standard ammo counter appear under the "cannon" logo.
Best way
to use the tanks seems to be aim behind you and drive over everything
- they're MUCH tougher than the regular GTA tanks..... However, if you're
going up a slope and something gets in your way the added angle of climbing
a car/van AND a hill stops the tank dead "in it's tracks" as it were."
GTA2
Saved Games
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
The GTA Directory has opened a GTA2 saved games section where you can
download other people GTA2 saved games. You can find The GTA Directory
at www.olliesplace.com.
GTA2
On A P133
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
Smarties
wrote in to say that he is running GTA2 on a P133, 80MB, a Voodoo1 card,
under Win95 and GTA2 runs fine. I think the key is the Voodoo1 card.
Despite its age an old Voodoo card can make all the difference.
I was able to pick up a Voodoo2 card, brand new, for $60 after rebate
awhile back so I'd imagine a used Voodoo1 wouldn't cost much.
Another email
came in from Mundeep who said he noticed GTA2 ran faster using Win95 on
his machine than it did running Win98. I can't confirm this, but
I have heard that older computers tend to run a little faster using Win95
(without IE4/IE5/Active BS installed) than with Win98. Personally
I wouldn't go installing Win95 to up your framerate.
Hungry
for GOURANGA!?
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
I was registering
G! with a few different search engines when I came across two rather interesting
references to the word, GOURANGA!. The first is a Krishna recipe
for GOURANGA!
Potatoes and the second is an explanation
of the word GOURANGA!. The explanation pretty much mirrors the quote
that DMA's Brian Baird gave me a long while back. You can find
that quote in the about section. Wooo! How
many other sites have their own recipe for potatoes? I'd wager absolutely
none! I just hope they taste good...
Announcements
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
- K@in has
opened up a German GTA2 site at www.gta-2.de.
The site is in German but he plans on creating an English mirror when
he finds time. Regardless of whether you speak German or not the
site look very nice and is definitely worth a look.
- Lingster's
Automobiles is going to be moving to a new address soon. Its currently
at home.rochester.rr.com/lingster/gta,
but it will be moving to more spacious accommodations at website.lineone.net/~lingster.
- GTA2 Burnout
has started a GTA2 Cheatmail service. If you join the service
you will receive the GTA2 cheats as soon as they are known. You
can sign up at users2.50megs.com/tobe
- David's
Section
487 went under the knife and now has a new appearance.
- The Tuckman
has made some modifications to his site, Grand
Tuckman Association that should make is a little easier to navigate.
Project
News
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
- GTA2
Add-On
KT is looking for help on a
new GTA2 mod:
I am
looking for help on a new modification for GTA 2 , work will begin
the day gta2 editors begin to be released. The setting will
be Y2K Salt Lake City, Utah. Your name: Michael Myers , for those
of you wondering, who the hell is that ? Michael Myers is from
the long running series of Halloween Movies. You will
be out on a killing spree , the date is October 31. Halloween
2000, all of the Halloween movies take place on ,yep you guessed
it, Halloween. Your mission, kill as many people as possible,
you will have few missions except running from the cops. In
this Modification of gta2 there will be many different ways
to kill. Since Michael Myers doesn't know how to use guns you
do not either. You will have to kill with weird, psychotic, planned
out deaths, traps, etc. No modifications to the cars,
or buildings but pretty much everything else. Also, no more gangs. The
meters will represent, Publics Fear, Public Awareness, and
killings. Visit www.gtaplus.net
for more info.
- Millennium
Studios Returns
They where around for awhile, and then the disappeared, and now they
are back with the following update:
I am
not really sure if you remember us, but we were working on GTA Revenge.
Well, just before summer our company was sold to someone else.
Now we have a new management. Those guys decided to cancel
old projects and start new ones. Well, what can we do! So,
now we are working on a new project GTA Extreme Gamer. It
will include information, printable maps, car info, and all other
stuff about GTA. Soon it will be released. So... here is a
little update of what we are doing! And you can post this update
(LOOK BELOW) on your web site! Millennium Studios is back.
Now our developers are trying hard to bring you GTA Extreme Gamer.
It will include all information about GTA, printable maps, car info,
cheats, hints and tips, and mission walkthroughs. It is coming out
soon. Keep visiting www.grandtheftauto.com and gouranga.com
for more information! Millennium Studios web site coming REALLY
SOON!
Community
News
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
- GTA2
Mainframe / Vice
City Docks
The GTA2 Mainframe has been slow for the last few days but now its back
again with lots of news. Finally the release of GTA2 has
come and you can all run down to the shops to get your copy. I
have been sent hundreds of options on GTA2 already most of which are
saying that the game is excellent and then some say that the graphics
aren't that much different and the game hasn't changed. I did notice
that on the back cover the images do seem to be very blur???
Anyway get down to the mainframe www.gta-2.freeserve.co.uk
And send any new to me at jordan@fenetre.co.uk
The vice city docks after many long and hard months has closed down.
I had to close because too much work on with different sites and setting
up a company wasn't easy. The site is still attracting visitors and
I don't know whether to hand it over or not. Already 20 people have
asked for it.
- Unparalleled
GTA
This is Calisto. I've just awakened from my GTA vacation with a totally
new GTA home. Come to Unparalleled GTA for TCs, Mods, Cars, and more.
Submit your cars and mods to get awards monthly. We need some TCs and
cars for people. If you have a favorite, or one of your own, send it
in. The new address is www.geocities.com/troy_meyer
New
GTA Sites
<9:00
PM CST - schu>
GTA-2.de
GTA2
4 U
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| Monday
- October 25, 1999 <8:30 PM CST> |
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GTA2
Availability Update
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Once again, if you live in or around the UK GTA2 should be available all
over. So far I've heard from people all over England, Scotland and
Ireland who have found it. Europe seems to be pretty well stocked
as well.
In the US
and Canada it looks like we are waiting another day or so. My local
EB is saying that it will be in tomorrow sometime, and I've heard similar
stories from people all over the US and Canada. By Wednesday at
the latest you should be able to find GTA2 just about anywhere, except
Walmart because they don't have the balls to put it on the shelf.
You might want to check tonight but I'm guessing most cities will have
it by tomorrow, October 26th.
Australia
and New Zealand look to be in the same boat as North America. GTA2
should be available there tomorrow hopefully and at the latest on Wednesday.
This isn't a guarantee but it seems to be the consensus of all the emails
I've been getting.
Off
the rails... <Part 2>
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Klamy is at it again and has added part
two to his "Off the rails" project. You may, or may
not, recall that "Off the rails" is Klamy's story version of
the GTA2 developer chat that took place about a month ago, check out part
one if you haven't already. While you're over that way visiting
Spray Shop / GTA, make sure you take a look at the Updates
section to see what else Klamy has been up to, namely, the Bubby Mosaic
that is made up of various Spray Shop Game entries.
Nice-One
Updates
<8:30
PM CST - schu>
Mugwum has a whole bevy of great updates over at Nice-One,
including a file that enables blood in the German version of GTA2, loads
of screen shots, and scans of the GTA2 maps.
GTA2
Files |