Complete Guide to Weapons

[ybakker]

 

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The Complete Guide to Weapons

 

Welcome to the Complete Guide to Weapons by me. Here you will find images of the HUD icons, images of the weapon carried by Victor, and a description.

 

 

Update 2: A new map has been updated. I added a health/armor map.

 

Update: I have added a few weapons/armor maps on the 4th post.

Big thanks to Sousanator for his All Weapons cheat for CheatDevice, and of course edisoncarter for the CheatDevice itself!

 

Note: the “Damage” indication is in reference to the other weapons of that category of weapons. Not in reference to weapons as a whole. For that reason, I have only given a score for the Melee weapons and Fists.

 

Note: for the Firearms, I have tested to see how many rounds it takes to make a Securicar catch fire. This I eventually converted into the Damage indication. The amount of rounds needed is also included in the description.

 

 

Type 1: Fists/Hands

	Fists Score: 2 These are your first weapons, obviously. You can do combo moves when targeting. Press O for a light attack, X for a heavy attack, [ ] for a block, and /\ for grab.
	Brass Knuckles Score: 3 Just adds some more power to your punches.

Type 2: Melee Weapons

	Knife Score: 4 This basic weapon is okay. Powerful enough to knock your opponent down so that you can ram your knife into him/her from above your head.
	Baseball Bat Score: 4 Another basic melee weapon, you can easily knock your target off their feet and finish them off on the ground.
	Axe Score: 4 Quite similar to the knife, although perhaps a bit stronger.
	Gaff Hook Score: 4 A gaff hook. Similar to the baseball bat. I don’t see any difference in power.
	Machete Score: 5 An awesome looking blade, this is similar to the knife but stronger.
	Katana Score: 7 Probably the strongest melee weapon in VCS, you can strike an opponent once to kill him/her.

Chainsaw

Score: 6

Always knocks down the opponent, but

it's kinda glitchy. Doesn’t create those

sparks we all love.

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[ybakker]

 

.	Butterfly Knife Score: 4 Basically the same as the normal knife.
.	Golf Club Score: 5 A pretty strong weapon, similar to the bat. But this one is a bit stronger.
.	Nightstick Score: 4 The weapon carried by police officers. This is almost the same as the cane.

Type 3: Explosives/Thrown

.	Molotovs Score: 6 Aka Molotov Cocktails. A totally new weapon compared to the previous GTAs. Now the Molotov has an explosion damage, along with the fire damage. It’s pretty effective with vehicles, only if you aim right.
.	Grenade Score: 6 A standard grenade. You can blow up vehicles instantly, but only if your accuracy is good. Normally, your throw will make it catch fire.
.	<!--SA--><a name=#2>Remote Grenade</a><!--EA--> Score: 7 An awesome addition to the grenade, you can blow it up when you want to. To make it explode you use the <!--SJ--><a href=#1>detonator</a><!--EJ-->. It’s pretty awesome to blow a car up into the sky.
.	Landmine Score: 6 A cool new weapon in GTA. This landmine will destroy anything that walks/drives on it. The only drawback is that you can’t control it like the remote grenade. Only available with CheatDevice.
.	Teargas Score: 4 A pretty useless weapon, since the gas causes your vision to deteriorate as well. Warning: this causes a huge framerate drop! It’s also weird that the hud icon is orange. Only available with CheatDevice.

Type 4: Handguns

.	Pistol Damage: Low/Medium Rate of Fire: Medium The average (probably 9mm) pistol. You can run with this weapon. It takes 31 rounds to blow up a Securicar.
.	Equalizer Damage: High Rate of Fire: Low A very strong weapon, except you can’t run with it while firing. This takes 6 rounds to blow up a Securicar.

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Type 5: Shotguns

.	Chrome Shotgun Damage: Low Rate of Fire: Medium This is a standard shotgun. Isn’t very strong, but it reloads at a reasonable speed. It takes 4 rounds to blow up a Securicar.
.	Stubby Shotgun Damage: High Rate of Fire: Low The strongest shotgun of all VCS, but it has a price: slow reloading. It only takes 2 rounds to blow up a Securicar.
.	Spaz 12 Damage: Medium Rate of Fire: High This is probably the most advanced shotgun, since it has the fastest firing rate. This compensates the medium damage it does. It takes 3 rounds to blow up a Securicar.

Type 6: Submachine guns

.	Mac-10 Damage: Very Low Rate of Fire: Medium The weakest firearm in VCS, it takes 51 rounds to blow up a Securicar!! That’s just stupid. Don’t get this weapon.
.	Scorpion Damage: Medium Rate of Fire: Low Based on the Skorpion vz61, this submachine gun is pretty reasonable. It has its advantages: you can run while firing. And it has its disadvantages: slower rate of fire. It takes 38 rounds to blow up a Securicar.
.	MicroSMG Damage: Medium Rate of Fire: Medium A pretty decent smg based on the Uzi. Like the Scorpion, it takes 38 rounds to blow up a Securicar. And it’s firing rate is better. But the major drawback is that you can’t run while firing.
.	SMG Damage: High Rate of Fire: High The best SMG (even though you can’t run while firing) based on the MP5. This is the strongest smg, as it only takes 22 rounds to blow up the Securicar, the same as the AK.

Type 7: Assault Rifles

.	AK Damage: Medium Rate of Fire: Medium-High Based on the AK-47, it’s a pretty standard and cheap weapon. A bit faster than the M4 and the same strength as the SMG, it takes 22 rounds to blow up a Securicar.
.	Assault Rifle Damage: High Rate of Fire: Medium A stupid name if you ask me, but that’s what Ammunation calls it… It’s obviously based on the M4 or M16. Stronger than the AK, it takes 19 rounds to blow up a Securicar.

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Type 8: Heavy Weapons

.	Rocket Launcher Score: 8 This weapon is pretty sweet. You can hold O so that you repeatedly fire a rocket. You don’t have to keep hitting O every time. It destroys cars in no-time.
.	Flame-Thrower Score: 6 Pretty useless against cars, because the fires on them go out soon after you start them. But against people on foot, this is a pretty good weapon to keep them busy, while you switch to your smg to finish em.
.	M249 Damage: Very High Rate of Fire: Medium The strongest bullet firearm in VCS. It blows up a Securicar in 6 rounds. You can sprint while carrying this weapon. It spawn at your safehouse after you pop 99 balloons.
.	Minigun Damage: High Rate of Fire: Very High The fastest firing firearm in VCS. It takes less time for things to blow up than with the M249. Therefore, it’s damage has been reduced. It takes 8 rounds to blow up a Securicar.

Type 9: Sniper Rifles

.	Sniper Damage: High Rate of Fire: Low A very slow weapon compared to the laser sniper. But still it’s very strong. There’s not a great need to get the Laser Sniper instead of this one.
.	Laser Sniper Damage: High Rate of Fire: High You can shoot pretty fast if you repeatedly hit O. The damage is exactly the same as the regular sniper. It takes 7 rounds to blow up a Securicar.

Type 10: Items/Accessories

.	Binoculars A pretty nifty accessory that’s new to VCS. You can look through them with the R trigger, and zoom in pretty far. If you press/hold O, Vic will punch really fast, with no effect. Probably another bug added to the endless list.
.	Camera Another cool accessory. You look through the viewfinder with R trigger and take a picture with O. You can’t save the pictures though.
.	<!--SA--><a name=#1>Detonator</a><!--EA--> Necessary to detonate the <!--SJ--><a href=#2>Remote Grenade</a><!--EJ-->. Once you throw the grenade, you are automatically forced to use it as your only weapon. Hit O to detonate it.

<!--SA--><a name=#maps>Weapons/Armor/Health Maps</a><!--EA-->

Here is a map with the Weapons and Armor pickups in VCS. This should be all of them.     Note: The Sniper Rifle and Rocket Launcher spawn locations on Starfish Island are unlocked once you finish the story mission “From Zero to Hero” (after unlocking Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Vice Point, and Leaf Links).   .   Update: a new Health/Armor Map with only Health and armor pickups.   Here are a few other maps with only weapons or only armor:   Weapons Map Armor Map (Use the health/armor map mentioned above.)

Thanks to

• The Eclectic Elk – for the blank VCS map
• Sousanator – for his All Weapons cheat
• edisoncarter – for the CheatDevice so I can use it
• saintdave
• mageezer
• Long
• d00d
• r9tgokunks
• WikiGTA
• RCisPIMP
• jman12343
• Long
• MuteMinion
• Bildo818

That’s it!

 

Thanks for reading this guide.

Any corrections/suggestions, notify me.

Edited June 15, 2008 by ybakker

[cjgta490]

where is the land mines and m249 located ???

[d00d]

Excellent guide, ybakker! I didn't even know some of those weapons existed.

 

That said, I think adding the locations of the weapons would be the cherry on top to complete this guide. I'd really like to know where I can get the landmines and the mp5/SMG from. Cheers =]

[DEED]

Topic rated good!

 

Why is this topic under 50%? And why is this not pinned!? We want answers people!

[Parksey]

Brilliant work

 

Gotta find that laser sniper and landmines!.....

 

watching cars drive over them and blow would be cool

 

agree with "d00d" a locations map would be excellent!

 

 

[jarjar]

Nice work as always ybakker, well done and keep up the brilliant work .

 

/rated good

[Blackadder.]

If you don't have cheatdevice, you can't find landmines, ybakker you should note that List looks cool, does it really only take 6 shots to blow up securicar with Equalizer?

[Nick Papagiorgio]

Great job, ybakker.

 

Is the M249 only available after rampages are passed?

[mageezer]

You get the M249 from shooting 99 balloons. The laser sniper rifle is on the roof of the Washington Beach Police Station. I'm not sure you can get the teargas or the landmines without a cheatdevice, but does anyone know if you can get the binoculars or the camera outside of missions?

[beast^-^]

Wtf, cant get landmines without CD?! Lol that SUCKS A**!!!

[ybakker]

Minor update. Fixed a few typos, changed a score of a melee weapon. And mentioned that the Landmine and Teargas cannot be obtained without Cheatdevice.

 

Thanks to Blackadder18 and Mageezer for bossing me around suggesting that I should make a few notes.

 

I haven't found any spawns for the Camera or Binoculars yet. Anyone else have?

 

I'd like to make a map with weapon locations. Who'd like to help me out? Just post the locations and I'll make a Thanks to list.

[Rashon.]

I've been wanting to know all the weapons in VCS and we've finally got it. Excellent job, ybakker.

[d00d]

I could help pinpoint a few weapons - I know the locations of some already.

 

Thats weird, weapons being CD only. That must mean r* left the textures and animations in the game for the weapons, right? Since we can't input any models or anything into the game...

 

Does anyone know where the SMG is? Looking damn fine =]

[xFinch713x]

if anyone wants me to, il upload a savegame (100%) with landmines, or i can start the game over, and put landmines on?

[>PAUL<]

Thanks for an insite into the weapons in VCS

i recomeneded the crowbar for GTA4 and they

put it in VCS so i get it sooner lol

 

i cant belive edison has alreddi got a cheat device!

[ybakker]

I could help pinpoint a few weapons - I know the locations of some already.

 

Thats weird, weapons being CD only. That must mean r* left the textures and animations in the game for the weapons, right? Since we can't input any models or anything into the game...

 

Does anyone know where the SMG is? Looking damn fine =]

Please do.

 

I think they were directly ported from SA. Because the smoke effects of the teargas isn't perfected at all. The framerate just dives and the game is totally nonplayable... They couldn't of just made it from scratch. Otherwise it wouldve been better...

 

I'm getting a weapon location map ready, (with only 2 weapons on it, ) so that anyone can add to it. (perhaps even download, edit, upload, and post here as well).

 

So if anyone knows any other locations, please post em.

[Seddo]

Wow excellent work Ybakker as usual

[Pat]

Reminds me of my weapons topic I had back in the day. Oh well, it's much more organized and such. Good work I guess.

 

I'll never forget mine, with it's two gold stars. Oh well, out with the old, in with the new. Gives me more time to focus on "Say Cheese".

 

Topic rated good.

[saintdave]

Very good guide ybakker

 

Reading through some of the most recent posts I have the answers to some of the spawning questions for various weapons and tools.

 

 

I haven't found any spawns for the Camera or Binoculars yet. Anyone else have?

 

I remember finding the camera behind a building on Ocean Beach, it was one that had a pool and also had a rampage icon nearby. As for the binoculars go to the docked ship at by the docks, it’s tricky to get so use of a helicopter is recommended. On the top antenna situated on the highest cabin of the ship.

 

 

Does anyone know where the SMG is?

 

The SMG is at the end of Pier 2 at Ocean Beach.

[Long]

anyone know where the katana and the brass knuckles are?

[cruisx]

how can i get land mines with the cd?

[ybakker]

Here's a map:

 

 

EDIT: Forgot to credit The Eclectic Elk for his great map!! Thanks a bunch!!

 

Thanks to saintdave and mageezer for various weapon locations on the map. Once we have at least one location for each weapon (except the landmine, teargas, etc.), I'll put the map on the first post.

 

@Saintdave, I dunno where the camera location you mentioned is. Can you explain a bit more?

 

Please add to the list.

 

@cruisx, search for "All Weapons (36) (v2)" on the Vice City Stories "CheatSync" database.

Edited November 15, 2006 by ybakker

[Long]

theres a heavy weapon that spawns at the film studio inside one of the building thingies

[d00d]

This is just with a few additions (mine are done in the crappy style, made them bold to stand out). Feel free to edit them in your own style ybakker, to keep all the design consistent and stuff =].

 

[Pat]

@d00d: You shouldn't have used such a basic watermark, Neil will be on this in seconds.

 

@Yb: Good work as always.

[Greene]

Great topic. Its really well put together

Topic Rated Good

[TenaciousD.]

Well done mate, great job on this, we're owning the guides here!

/rates good.