simkas Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Today, I start my game, load my saved game, walk into the street in the game and what is the first car I see? A taxi car with no taxi lights or writings. I think it's a pretty cool glitch and I didn't really see it mentioned anywhere before. Picture: Anyone ever bumped into this before? And does anyone knows what causes it and how it might be repeated? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 (edited) I doubt that's a taxi car (must have been another car that looks similar to a taxi car but with a yellow-looking color). I am pretty sure no mods were installed, right? Actually, that's an Admiral you are looking at in a yellow color. Edited May 2, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 I doubt that's a taxi car (must have been another car that looks similar to a taxi car but with a yellow-looking color). I am pretty sure no mods were installed, right? Actually, that's an Admiral you are looking at in a yellow color. First, I don't have any mods installed (except the Vic Vance player model that you can see in the picture) Second, it was a taxi. A taxi driver was in it and it said "Taxi" when I got into it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 (edited) That guy in the "taxi" doesn't seem to look like a taxi driver. Do you mean to tell me that the guy with the blue shirt hijacked his car? Fine, I'll try looking all over the place for this suspected taxi car. (except the Vic Vance player model that you can see in the picture) Why all of a sudden, this Vic Vance model shows up in a car? That model must have messed up the game's taxi-spawning capabilities. Do you see other taxi drivers with their normal faces? How often do you see that taxi vehicle you're talking about anyway? If it's occasionally or frequently, then some modifications is messing up the game! Edited May 2, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edscoble Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 It is a taxi, I drove one before, it's not impossible to find but quite hard to, it just didn't have the light. (and taxi mission work as well) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteaVor Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Why all of a sudden, this Vic Vance model shows up in a car? Because simkas replaced the Vercetti player model with this one! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 (edited) Oh, I was going to say that. He just tooked a picture of himself inside of the car! Yeah, think you're right. I remember seeing something like that, but always thought it was an Admiral. Sometimes the game spawn a taxi symbol and others don't. Even in real-life, you don't necessarily have to see the taxi symbol on top or the writings. I say that taxi driver was a "robot" taxi. Next time post a screenshot of an actual taxi driver, and the actual "Taxi Driver" mission showing up - although there's a trick to do it for any vehicle! Just kidding, think it only works for PS2/PC or it might just be a total lie. Edited May 2, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 This is a known glitch. I'm unsure how to force it to appear, though. Also, if you're posting in the GTA Series forums, you really should get rid of all evidence of modding - even an unrelated thing (i.e. the Vic Vance skin/model) will cause confusion as it has done so here. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4217708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuds725 Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 It is a rare glitch but I've experienced it one time too... outside on the street near hynman condo-- I played the game nearly 500 hours before I experienced it... I'd heard of it before... have yet to experience the flying car glitch on VC... did have it happen on LCS though... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4218218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 (edited) You should try see what happens if you put this "taxi" vehicle into a garage safehouse, blow it up, and let the garage close and reopen it. I did the glitch to drive in a blown-up car and I went inside Pay 'n' Spray, only to find that it was the same rusty color and even the car's textures were all fixed (I could have pressed F1 as well to see all of my wheels fixed). So I then put the car into my own garage, and it was back to the usual color. If there's a vehicle stored in the garage that the game doesn't recognize, it should bring it back to the correct type (color/textures). But if the "taxi" vehicle came out to be of the same kind after loading back your save file and checking the garage, this means that the game knows about this specific vehicle being in Vice City. Although I may be wrong because of modders storing modded vehicles supposedly in their garage. Edited May 3, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4218704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 That picture is definitely NOT an Admiral. An Admiral is more rounded. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4218811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_root Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 when your cd is too scratched game models can get stupid sometimes. thats not a glitch.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4220531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 when your cd is too scratched game models can get stupid sometimes. thats not a glitch.. That explains it. There's a HUUUUGE crack on my cd (I don't mean the warez type of crack, the type of crack when it's kinda broken). Although the game works. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4220568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 when your cd is too scratched game models can get stupid sometimes. thats not a glitch.. I'm not necessarily disputing it, but I've never heard that before and it seems an unrelated source of the 'glitch'. Especially since I've encountered it once or twice and my discs are in good condition. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4221133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_root Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 when your cd is too scratched game models can get stupid sometimes. thats not a glitch.. That explains it. There's a HUUUUGE crack on my cd (I don't mean the warez type of crack, the type of crack when it's kinda broken). Although the game works. mine is like that too. for example when i wear the soirre outfit its white Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4221237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liesofsilence Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 That picture is definitely NOT an Admiral. An Admiral is more rounded. This is an Admiral and this the generic 1980s VC cab. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4222462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heihachi_73 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Never had the lightless Taxi glitch on any GTA, even with my heavily scratched GTA3 PS2 disc. It shouldn't happen on the PC unless you've got a dying hard drive. GTA3.IMG isn't on the PC's play disc, only audio like radio stations. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4255776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Seriously, there are many different kinds of Taxis: there are ones that are slim and ones that are fat. There's also the Zebra taxi. And also, some taxis have their taxi symbol "hats" positioned in many different ways: one facing left to right, and one facing top to bottom. And what's new? -> there's one that doesn't have a hat at all: the lightless taxi. It's either an LOD, a spawn error, or a model error. Maybe the taxi you're seeing in this thread could actually be part of the game. It just has a low probability of spawning. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4256098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heihachi_73 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 There's four different types of taxis in Vice City; only three in GTA3. Taxi (pictured), Cabbie, Kaufman Cab, Zebra Cab. All of them have different specs in handling.cfg, including GTA3's Borgnine, which is strangely 4 wheel drive. What I gather it's a glitch caused by slow or buggy loading of the model on the roof of the taxi. I've only seen screenshots of GTA3 with this, I never thought Vice City would have the same bug. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4257469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 GTA3's Borgnine, which is strangely 4 wheel drive. I just learned something. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4257521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaifalM3n Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 actually' the taxi signs are attached EXTRA to the model so the 3d model could be loaded without the signs Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4258639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heihachi_73 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 I've noticed in GTA3 with the Cabbie (and variants) that the LoD view has the sign at all times. Anyone know if a lightless police car (same vehicle as taxi) is possible? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4267287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder. Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Don't think so, the Lightbar for the policecar is attatched to the chassis in the dff, as opposed to the Taxi's lightbar being an extra (Not attatched to the chassis) May be wrong though. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4267311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heihachi_73 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Ah, OK - thought they might have been the same model copied over, like the Pony, Panlantic and TOYZ vans in GTA3. For Vice City's sake I'll say Top Fun, Spand Express or the Sentinel XS as 'clone' cars. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4267325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 From an old screenshot thread: this guy experienced it too. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=1650384 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4267516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerox Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Well, When you edited the player Models It may have srewed something up and got rid of that, which either gave out A plain Taxi or It made a Yellow Admiral! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4274167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillzyyyGTA Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 @Ring_of_Fire: Mate? It does happen, it is a taxi, just a very rare glitch. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4274259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I already know that... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4274281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillzyyyGTA Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Oh, Ok...sorry. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4274287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CTD]LaBan Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 it's known game glitch... it appears when there are generated too much taxis Search for 'Lightless Taxi' for information Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/276937-not-taxi-taxi/#findComment-4303721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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