Universal Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (by Rockstar)

Renderware is the name.

 

think they're gonna release a gta iii update with iphone 5 support? i can't play it letterboxed. my fingers keep sliding off the edge.

 

Where can you get that little plane with machine guns on it?

 

The 5th gen iPod needs a better draw distance,stuff spawns right in front of me all the time it gets a little annoying after a while

 

Same, here on iPhone 5
Although that's the only negative thing I have to say.

 

Im playing on a 4s and the draw distance is great, i thought the touch 5 had the same hardware?

Edit- I forgot the touch 5 has to push more pixels so thats probably why.

 

I don't remember a plane with machine guns on it, but there are a pair of helicopters. The Hunter is unlocked after collecting all 100 hidden packages and can be obtained from the Air Force base north of the airport. Be warned, you will be shot on sight in the base or even just being near the entrance unless you have a cop uniform on. The sea sparrow is unlocked after collecting 80 hidden packages and can be found behind Diaz's mansion.

 

The game doesn't work at all on 4.3.3, if anyone wanted to know. lol Doesn't even get to a loading screen.

 

Still no modding?

 

no idea why the maverick on top of diaz's mansion just spins in circles once i try to fly it. Not sure if the ipad 1 can't handle it or whats going on.

 

That's a bug with helicopters. Just tap the menu button or the map, then resume the game and the problem should be fixed. So many issues with the game I found (lagging when changing stations, helicopters spinning when taking off, music not playing) can be fixed by just by pausing the game then unpausing it.

 

How soon can i start buying houses ? Only have about $5k at the moment but whenever i go into one of those icons nothing comes up, is it at a set point later i take it ?

Only about 10% of the way through at the moment

 

You should be able to buy *houses*, there should be a $ button that appears when you walk into the icon. However, other property (businesses) only becomes available after a specific story mission.

 

Thanks yep thats what i thought, walked through a few dollar signs but nothing, not even a 'this costs 10000' type of thing. I'll try again later and see what happens, at 8000 dollars now which i thought 'may' get me a cheap house or something.

Loving the game, got used to the controls, graphics nice and sharp on the ipod touch 5.

 

Help?

Okay, any veterans here have some tips for me? I'm trying to beat the blasted mission with the gang war. I come in, kill a bunch of guys, and then the sniper comes up on the roof. I go up, kill him, and then I'm required to hop in this car with drugs and ride back to a "safehouse". Problem is, the car tires always get shot up, and it's impossibly hard to control! The police are ramming me like crazy, and the car always get destroyed and blown up before I can reach the safehouse.

So, anyone have some advice for me? Do I have to kill everyone before driving out in the car so the tires don't get shot? Or do I just have to be an absolute perfect driver?


PS - I am really enjoying the game so far, but man, sometimes the difficulty can be brutal. Those retarded RC Copter missions come to mind...

 

Worth checking on youtube how people do this mission.

I'm not that far yet in the game but from memory (10 years ago !), missions like this i used to try and kill everyone so no one is chasing me. If the police arrive i try and go to the nearest safehouse to get the car resprayed to lose all the police stars. Or sometimes worth blasting the police car and going once theres no more cops (for the moment).

Again from memory so perhaps the main safehouse for the mission is closer, but often during a few missions if i bump into a police car and they try to arrest me i just go the nearest place to get the car sprayed.

 

You can use the gta 3 modding files in vice city by renaming it. Runs awesome on my non jail broken iphone 4. No lag at all.

 

Don't PC mods work on here like GTA 3? Has anyone found a way through iExplore?

 

Anyone have the locations of all the properties? I've only found the Malibu so far and want the others...

 

On the second island the ice cream factory is right at the bridge it's called cherry popper,watch the cutscene when you buy it-it's kinda funny xD and at the top of the map in the center is an island-that's the porno studio,that is 30k and you unlock the skimmer plane buy doing the missions there (I think it's the third or 2nd one to unlock it)