Why does my helicopter disappear?

[Utopian]

Why is my helicopter on the roof of Vercetti Estate sometimes there and sometimes not? It makes it annoying that I can't rely on it being there.

[cold fusion 33]

Sometimes it just doesnt spawn, you gotta live with it

[Justin]

If it's not there, relocate yourself to a different zone - such that a new area name e.g. Ocean Beach will appear on your screen - then return. This is a pretty good technique for ensuring one will spawn there.

 

Also approach the spawn point slowly, zooming in at top speed in a Hunter, for example, reduces the chance of it spawning there.

[Spuds725]

It mainly won't be there when you load your game there... the game has to load several vehicles at once and to save resources, skips some.

[Ring_of_Fire]

Try reloading your save file for "X" amount of times. If that doesn't work, then exit out of Vice City completely (reboot system) and try again. This method clears the game's memory.

 

The "Draw Distance" plays another role guys if a gamer is playing on PC.

Edited September 25, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire

[VCHolmes]

Go to some other part of the map, like Little Havana, and then return after a while. The vehcile should spawn now.

 

@Fuzzy Juzzy Justin : How does the speed make a difference? Doesn't the vehicle spawn when that particular part of the map is loaded?

[Spuds725]

The vehicles don't load until you approach, when the map loaded but not everything is displayed (example trees, peds, random vehicles, and some other stuff has to be drawn as you approach- approaching slowly allows time for everything (including fixed spawn vehicles) to be drawn. Most buildings are drawn and visible over longer distances.

 

A good example of something not spawning is the Ocean beach hunter-- if you zip down there fast in a car or bike it is rarely there, but approaching slowly on foot it is always there.

 

[Utopian]

Cheers for that. Some helpful and knowledgeable people here

 

Do you know if such spawning issues are the case in some of the later-made GTA games (I've played some of them, but not in enough detail yet to be aware of this.)