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[Stef29a]

Hey, I'm stuck at 99% and i can't find any rampages. I go where they are suppose to be, but thyey don't spawn ...

Is there a way to make them spawn?

 

Thanks in advance.

Stef29a

[saintdave]

If your at 99% chances are you have completed all rampages or your missing 1. There is no real easy way to know which you have and haven’t done, I would suggest checking this rampage map and checking, going to each location and checking off which you have done.

[BixDugan]

What do your stats say?

 

"Total rampages complete" out of "Total Number of rampages"....?

[Demarest]

Is there a way to make them spawn?

The game makes them spawn. When you start a new game, it spawns all of them. It will only be not spawned if you pick one up. If you then fail, it respawns it.

 

There IS one exception the Molotov cocktail in the northern section of the west island. If you fail that, it will not respawn. I don't know if this is true for XBox, but it was like that for PC and therefore probably the original PS2 release as well. If you're playing on PC, send me your save and I'll check it out. I don't think I've already made one (no idea why), but if that's the case, I can take this opportunity to create a Fix for this issue. But I'd like to make sure that is what's going on. May I assume that your stats say you're missing a Rampage?

[Stef29a]

Here is my save file (for pc) : http://gtasnp.com/2660

 

I'm using a french windows xp (i'm form canada).

When I kill peds, there is no blood and no money.

Street girls won't get in my car.

And I can't find any rampages.

 

Thanks in advance.

Stef29a

[Demarest]

Thank you. You neglected to mention you had the French version. Rampages show up for me just fine. But I also noticed that for me, it said 98% complete. In other words, the French game doesn't offer Rampages, but adjusts the percent complete to account for this.

 

I then loaded up my Ancestral Recall Code Tool and it said you have yet to do the Rifle Range. With all due respect, the whole reason I made that Code Tool is so PC users could figure out for themselves what they have left to do. Also, there's a thread somewhere for helping people who are close to 100%, but not quite. If I'm not too much mistaken, Rifle Range is the #1 overlooked item.

 

If you'd still like to play the Rampages to get the full experience anyways, PM me.

[Spuds725]

I am by far a PC novice, however you might be able to get the rampages to appear in the game by changing your PC settings region to the US... then reinstall the game and then load up your save. Since Dem could see your rampages, I bet they will show up if the above enables the content (which it may not).. I honestly have no idea if that works but I read the the Aussies can work around edited content by doing that...

 

I accept no responsibility if it doesn't work though... rampages are great (other then the one kicking my butt in VCS right now)--

 

I think this is a better fit in troubleshooting... moving day...

 

 

Edited May 19, 2007 by Spuds725

[BixDugan]

Is there a way to make them spawn?

The game makes them spawn. When you start a new game, it spawns all of them. It will only be not spawned if you pick one up. If you then fail, it respawns it.

 

There IS one exception the Molotov cocktail in the northern section of the west island. If you fail that, it will not respawn. I don't know if this is true for XBox, but it was like that for PC and therefore probably the original PS2 release as well. If you're playing on PC, send me your save and I'll check it out. I don't think I've already made one (no idea why), but if that's the case, I can take this opportunity to create a Fix for this issue. But I'd like to make sure that is what's going on. May I assume that your stats say you're missing a Rampage?

Demarest,

Just so you know, I started a new PS2 VC game to check on that rampage you mentioned, the one that does not re-spawn if failed.

After jumping the gate at the marina, I got over to the west island and found the molotov Rampage.

I started, but allowed time to expire. It always came back , and I tried several times.

 

I kinda figured I would have heard about it, if it really was a problem with the original PS2 version. Like the "don't save at Cherry Poppers" problem was well known.

 

BTW- I found something new (to me) while doing this. Since I had very little money (just $ from wheelies and such) I was DENIED service at any health pick-ups located in front of Hospitals. The message was like "You don't have enough for this" or something similar.

 

Socialized Medical for All- FTW

[radioman]

 

After jumping the gate at the marina, I got over to the west island and found the molotov Rampage.

 

The rampage he (Demerest) was talking about is the one on the east island by the lighthouse. That's the one that usually doesn't re-spawn when failed. I know, I have experianced this on the PC and PS2 versions.

 

About being denied health pickups at the hospitals, you need at least $20 for them to work. Hope this helps.

[Demarest]

No, I was talking about the one in the north end of the west island, just as I said.

 

@Bix: I originally read about this a couple years ago. When I went to try it, I was able to prove it. I don't know if Craig remembers or not, but he helped me translate VC's Rampage code. We were able to identify the cause and it was something I had corrected for Timetwister VC. When I read your post, I assumed it was a PS2/PC thing. But when I tested it out just now, it came back fine (also tested the one radioman mentioned and it came back fine as well). I thought maybe it only happened after the west island was open somehow so I tried that. Again, it came back.

 

I have no explanation. But I will say that having heard about it first and verified it twice at different times, I will continue to be sure to save at Skumole before playing it just in case. If later on down the road, anybody has an issue like this and is on PC, let me know. I'll be able to fix it.

[BixDugan]

OK, I'll keep a mental note about that rampage. And $20 bucks for bandages...

[mivanc]

Hello everyone,

 

I am having the same problem as Stef29a.

 

Live in Canada as well. Installed WinXP with French(Canada) regional settings and everything.

 

No blood, no money from pedestrian kills and no stripper gets in my car.

 

NO stat showing rampages, no rampage icons anywhere.

 

I did change my language and regional settings to English US and re-installed the whole game. Same problems as above.

 

Perhaps what is needed here is a complete re-install of Windows XP in English US? It seems like changing the Regional and Language options after windows install doesn't cut it. Its possible Windows still recognizes the initial install language and goes by that.

 

Rampages sound fun, seems like I'm missing out on a lot.

 

Stef29a, did you get any luck getting things to work?

[Demarest]

Perhaps what is needed here is a complete re-install of Windows XP in English US? It seems like changing the Regional and Language options after windows install doesn't cut it.

Only because that appears to not be the answer. The answer must be in the EXE.

[Spuds725]

I wasn't sure if it would work... I'd wait for an Aussie to weigh in-- perhaps there is something else you should do-- but I suspect (as I think Dem does) the game there may be edited and not just regionally patched--

 

The fall out from "Hot Coffee" continues...

 

Perhaps you can get a used (older) version off ebay from the US.

[Demarest]

I may have misrepresented my confidence in my words. In Australia, they need only switch their regional settings because all that is inhibited is prostitutes. There is no code command to check if the game is Austrralian. Just as US users could probably just as easily set their regional settings to Australia and lose the use of prostitutes. It's likely just a check that's built into the game.

 

However, the German game cuts down some of the violence. I think it's mostly the gore. Apparently, the French game also cuts down on some of the violence. To the point of Rampages not showing up and not appearing in the stats. Now, they COULD have just written the French code to not create Rampages in the first place and set the mission points one lower to account for 100% taking this into consideration. We know this isn't the case because when I loaded a French save, the Rampages appeared quite fine and the reported percentage of completion was lower than the sharer said it would be. This too indicates that it's an EXE issue. Keep in mind too that there ARE code commands that simply check whether the game is the French EXE or the German EXE.

 

So it's not a guess. I am confident that one would need a US EXE to be able to make the Rampages appear and that the appearance would be as instantaneous as the use of such an EXE. I have zero doubts.

[Spuds725]

What he said-- (Spuds just nods)

[mivanc]

OK

 

So I tried a couple things on the week-end with suggestions that it may be the EXE.

Note that I have a legally bought copy of Vice City.(10$ Can in bargain bin!)

 

First I went to megagames.com where several no-cd EXE's for english and german versions of the game can be found. There are 2 english version for 1.0 and three german ones.

 

There are also three 1.1 versions.

 

I tried to use the english ones with no success. No blood, no money, no rampage icons.

 

I then tried the german exe's and was successfull with the SoulDrinker german version(I think it was souldrinker);

Could start rampages, had blood and money, but no way to pickup girls and my sniper rifles no longer worked in Zoom mode. I was shooting blanks.

Not very practical on particular missions and rampages.

 

So I patched to 1.1 and then tried the 1.1 German no-cd from megagames.com (gimpsRus or FTF, can't remember which one).

 

Then I lined up and shot; blood and sniper rifle worked. Rampage icons are visible. Still can't

pickup girls. Oh well ... rampages are more important to missions and 100% goal than getting some back alley action.

 

So EXE it is and for me the above testing solved it. I imagine it may vary for others with similar problem.

[Stef29a]

I Tried to do the same thign and it is the FTF version that works for me. FINALLY, Rampages and blood ...

Tahnks