Lounge for The Chain Game: San Andreas

[!!GC!!]

Notes on comments from 47:

 

 

Replaced the Bullet i used to Palomino Creek garage and saved in Blueberry (closest to Farewell, My Love for convenience).

By "replaced" do you mean put the same car back, or modded another Bullet for the garage? The original Palomino Bullet is intended for the Badlands Endurance Chain Game Rally. The Ballas tended to shoot the car up when this challenge is first available so bullet proofing (and 127 nitro) was added to the car.

My apologies. That is meant to be 'returned'. I definitely didn't lose the original Bullet that i got out of the garage.

You are allowed to use 'specialist' vehicles for things that you want though, aren't you? Or can you just use them for the things they are designed for?

[OrionSR]

The vehicles often have dual purposes. The Palomino Bullet was originally in that garage so I could practice the Wu Zi Mu race.

 

I think it was that save which I later turned into the custom rally save, and that's how it worked it's way into the chain game. So you were using it for an intended purpose. But that doesn't really matter. It is better that the vehicles are used, for anything. Using them for the intended purpose, and possibly keeping them afterward, is a bonus. I'd hate to think people were carelessly wasting the special vehicles, but I suppose that is up to the player's choice. I don't think any rules restrict how they are used. I'm sorry if I seemed to be criticizing in any way. I mostly wanted to bring up the subject of the rallies; this was my... segue.

 

laezy. Nice work on the unmodified SWAT Vigilante mission. Yeah, at level 40-something is generally where you start to feel invincible. You've either worked out a good system or gotten into trouble by then. Well done.

[rubregg]

Nice to see the rallies mentioned, and yeah, laezy can absolutely do his vigilante and has already achieved a gold medal for the vigilante rally a few weeks back. Nice one once again, laezy. Also, it's very good to see how much attention these proofed mission-vehicles are getting.

 

So GC, have you gone and looked elsewhere?

 

As for the LV Gym trainer, hell yes I've had my frutstration with that guy. Not too long ago it took me 4 or 5 reloads before I had finally beaten him. I've learnt to do this mission 1st thing after a save so I can easily reload - it's just too damn uncertain... Does anyone know if the Brass Knuckles have any effect when fighting the gym trainers?

 

Too bad it looks like we can't have 4star dates, but nice work with the girlfriend research all the same, OrionSR. Thanks a lot.

 

Could the wowai winners please pm their new hiding spots? Work is still rather crazy for me but I hope I can make the next save by mid-next-week-ish.

[radioman]

@Rubregg and Orion, What are the Chain Game Rallies? Just curious. Sorry, I didn't see the link in Rubregg's sig.-Thanks Game Ch33ta for pointing that out.

 

I'm hoping to try some 4-star gang wars next round, seeing how it sounds fun and i'm getting a lot better at doing 4-star stuff as i've been practicing. I haven't been as active in the Chain Game as I would like to be, and as I used to be in the earlier rounds. I will try to take more turns than usual next round.

 

Too bad we can't have 4-star dating in the Chain Game, that would be fun. I still don't know how I was able to get through the first part of the date while SF was still restricted on the PS2 version, but it auto. failed before the second part(where you drive her back to her place). I had all 50 orysters too, so I don't know if that made a difference or not.

 

Also, I got GTA IV PC to run on my new laptop: A HP PC with AMD Athlon X2 64 Dual Core processor(2.1GHZ), 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA Geforce 8200 with 1407MB VRAM, and Vista Home Premium. I get a decent fps too. So a GTA IV Chain Game might work for me.

 

So, I guess GTA IV works better with Nvidia cards then ATI cards, because I can play the game on my new laptop with the above specs, but my desktop with almost the same specs, won't run it-AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor(2.1GHZ), 3 GB Ram, ATI Radeon X1250 with 1407MB VRAM, and Vista Home Premium.? Strange huh.

Edited August 29, 2009 by radioman

[!!GC!!]

@Rubregg and Orion, What are the Chain Game Rallies? Just curious.

 

Chain Game Rallies via rubregg's sig

 

 

So GC, have you gone and looked elsewhere?

Yep, i have indeed looked elsewhere. Many different 'elsewheres', in fact. Haven't found anything, unfortunately.

[Ryan]

I've been gone away all summer, but I'm back now. I was going to try and sneak in a turn after this but I'm out of commission gaming wise for the next few days. My video card is shot in this PC so I'm stuck using the on-board. I'm going to be getting a new PC in the next few days so I should be back in business then.

[Stefan.]

I've been gone away all summer, but I'm back now. I was going to try and sneak in a turn after this but I'm out of commission gaming wise for the next few days. My video card is shot in this PC so I'm stuck using the on-board. I'm going to be getting a new PC in the next few days so I should be back in business then.

Welcome back.

 

Any idea when the next round's going to be up by? I've reorganised my schedule over the next few weeks and I've realised that I have a lot more time on my hands than I first thought, meaning that I definitely will be able to make more turns in the Chain Game, rather than just 1 or 2 per round. Especially with the addition of more players (I see that !!GameCH33TAH!! is now playing), the competition should be more exciting now as we move through the rounds quicker.

[cacarla]

Does anyone know if the Brass Knuckles have any effect when fighting the gym trainers?

 

 

It does make quite a difference in knocking out peds and i've used it only a few times on gym trainers. Looks like they are not fazed by it when we're trying to learn new moves but, after that, in a normal ring match they are knocked out quickly with the knuckles on. Any reasons for this Rubregg?

[Chewie]

So, does anyone know when the Chain Game Round 48 is going to come out? Edited September 3, 2009 by kamuran

[!!GC!!]

 

So, does anyone know when the Chain Game Round 48 is going to come out?

No need for this:

 

Work is still rather crazy for me but I hope I can make the next save by mid-next-week-ish.

Its only a few posts up.

Read things more carefully.

[Chewie]

 

Its only a few posts up.

Read things more carefully.

I really didn't notice any of that. I'm really sorry, next time I will look around more.

 

Anyways, I have one spot where we might be able to add an unique stunt jump in the Los Santos Airport. There's an area where there's about 2-3 ramps. I would always like to go off of them. The pictures below will be more specific:

 

These are the ramps that I like to go off of. You would go off of the left ramp and then fly over the ground, then land onto the right ramp.

This is a birds eye few of the ramps. It's a little bit of a challenge to get across and land clean on the ramp on the right.

Do you guys think this would be a good place to add a new unique stunt jump for Chain Game Round 48?

 

Edited September 3, 2009 by kamuran

[Stefan.]

Considering that they have already completed most of the save, and considering that the save is close to being put up, I'd say that it won't be featuring in round 48. They seem like fun jumps though; personally I've never tried them, but it will be interesting trying to attempt them. Perhaps in a few rounds they might make an appearance, 'though it's up to the Chain Game officers to decide really.

[OrionSR]

Do you guys think this would be a good place to add a new unique stunt jump for Chain Game Round 48?

Round 48? Not a chance. Jumps take a lot of time to code and test. At the rate the current rounds are finishing you'd be lucky to get a new jump in by round 50.

 

I'm not sure if these would be good jumps for the chain game or not. I'd have to try them out to see how I'd like them. You should consider creating a custom save to test out your jumps. Send me a link to the save and I'll try it out. If I like the jumps I'll put it a good word with rubregg. I have to warn you though, I'm kind of picky about new jumps.

 

Unique Stunt Jumps can be created by editing a couple of text files and starting a new game. It's a good way to experiment with save modification without getting into learning to code right away. If you are interested I can provide some more details.

 

 

[rubregg]

About starting the next round, since "mid-next-week-ish" has come and gone I thought I'd give a little status report. At the moment I'm waiting for the new jetpack location. Once this gets sent to me we're good to go. I'll be out most of Mon and Tue so it'll either be this weekend or Wednesday onwards.

[Chewie]

this weekend

This weekend would be cool but I have patience and I can wait :]

[laezy]

Jealous Girlfriends

During my last turn I took Michelle on a date and got caught two-timing by Barbara. Is it just me or are jealous girlfriends always spawning right in your way making it very hard to avoid them? Hardly any time to react... Anyway, we do have all oysters collected and up to now I thought all oysters meant no jealous girlfriends showing up anymore?

After this monster of a discovery by OrionSR, jealous girlfriends showing up on dates is a desirable event after all.

[OrionSR]

 

Jealous Girlfriends

During my last turn I took Michelle on a date and got caught two-timing by Barbara. Is it just me or are jealous girlfriends always spawning right in your way making it very hard to avoid them? Hardly any time to react... Anyway, we do have all oysters collected and up to now I thought all oysters meant no jealous girlfriends showing up anymore?

It looks like the oysters don't have any influence on Two-Timing dates. However, it's pretty easy to disable them for the rest of the game; 1) go on a date when CJ only has 1 girlfriend, 2) go on a date when CJ has more than one girlfriend but a jealous girlfriend doesn't appear 7 seconds into the trip home, or 3) evade the jealous girlfriend.

 

The key to avoiding the jealous girlfriend is the 7 second timer. When the "take the girl home" message appears quickly find someplace away from a car path or aim at a crossroad where you can go forward in two different directions. Bikes are especially difficult because throwing it into reverse isn't going to put much distance between the girlfriends. I'm not sure, but I get the impression that jealous girlfriends tend to appear in the direction CJ is facing, so it might help to use look-behind. Anyway, wait 7 seconds. If a jealous girl doesn't appear then you never need to worry about it again.

 

But as laezy hinted, some of us intend to trigger several Two-Timing dates during the next few rounds so we are hoping that CG players will avoid activities that will disable them. The jealous girl's cars are everything proof during the "caught you" cut-scene and if we arrive at the home sphere just before getting caught we can break the cut-scene in order to steal the car.

 

 

[Stefan.]

Does anyone know if the Brass Knuckles have any effect when fighting the gym trainers?

 

 

It does make quite a difference in knocking out peds and i've used it only a few times on gym trainers. Looks like they are not fazed by it when we're trying to learn new moves but, after that, in a normal ring match they are knocked out quickly with the knuckles on. Any reasons for this Rubregg?

I have no scientifically proven method of beating the trainers so I'm just going to explain what I know and what I usually do. When you're versing the Las Venturas trainer, do you use the martial arts/boxing moves or normal default moves with the mouse? I alsways found it very difficult even with brass knuckles to knock the Las Venturas trainer out when I'm using the other learnt moves, but managed to beat the living sh*t out of him quite easily (without brass knuckles) while using CJ's default fighting skills.

[DREVIL919]

Maybe I posted this in the wrong place.

 

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...st&p=1059481116

 

Another observation:

-If you are a long way from the dates home sphere she will get pissed if you take too long getting her home. She will say HOME NOW and the jealous girlfriends blip will disappear. Not to worry. Keep going and look behind to see the jealous girlfriend still following. Go to the dates home sphere and take the same actions as with a successful date. The two girls will exchange pleasantries and you can get the proofed vehicle. In this instance you may have to tow it as the jealous girlfriend may not exit her vehicle.

 

[OrionSR]

Oh good. The new round is going up. I was worried that the atmosphere had been poisoned. I am quite anxious to try out the new Two-Timing collection on something other than an isolated or hacked save.

 

 

NPC Group members are accepted at Gyms, Warps, Dillimore PD, and Smoke's Palace.

Are the NPC Group members still enabled on warps? There was a problem with that feature that stripped the passengers from the vehicles when the group flag was enabled, but I can't remember how the final settings were configured.

[rubregg]

No poisoned atmosphere with me, I just didn't have the time to get the new round started sooner. About the enex flags, I didn't change them and I'm pretty sure I've taken girlfriends through warps without problems and I do remember cops entering gyms.

 

Hmm, I just checked: all warps have enex flags of either 0x4062 or 0x4046 (no NPC group), but NPC groups are allowed at all gyms, SFPD, Crack Palace.

[NTAuthority]

CG 48 LS Jetpack WOWAI

 

The round has just started... but I'm going to start this round's WOWAI for the jetpack. On to the first two hints:

 

1. Green as in grass.

2. The closest you'll probably ever get near me is while making a work of art.

[DREVIL919]

Chain game 48 WOWAI Vehicle clues.

 

1. Under construction.

 

2. Funnyman.

[DREVIL919]

 

CG 48 LS Jetpack WOWAI

 

The round has just started... but I'm going to start this round's WOWAI for the jetpack. On to the first two hints:

 

1. Green as in grass.

2. The closest you'll probably ever get near me is while making a work of art.

Sorry for the dbl post, but I found the Jetpack.

Didn't completely understand the clues, but got the desired results.

 

[laezy]

Chain game 48 WOWAI Vehicle clues.

 

1. Under construction.

 

2. Funnyman.

Taking a wild guess here with reference to the second clue without actually searching, the vehicle is very close to;

 

Construction site in LV behind The CLOWN'S POCKET

 

 

[DREVIL919]

Good guess, the answer is yes.

[rubregg]

omg, you guys are crazy - that's got to be the quickest wowai we've had around here Congrats to the winners, and a request: could you please send me your new hiding spots for next round as soon as possible? That would help immensely in reducing the time between the end of the round and the start of the next one. Cheers

[Stefan.]

Holy sh*t. I'm glad I didn't start searching, if I had I would've been very annoyed to find out that the answer had already been found hours before. Well done guys.

 

I have one query which doesn't seem to be addressed in the game. Are out-of-Chain Game mods allowed while completing turns? I have mods for the Greenwood (Chrysler 300C), Infernus (Bugatti Veyron), Super GT (Mercedes-Benz SLK), Elegy (Nissan Skyline R34), and SF police cars (Bugatti Veyron with police markings) and I wasn't sure if these were allowed while I'm completing turns for the Chain Game.

[JAJ]

Stefan., please have a look at the first line of the Rules in the first post.

 

Rules

• Do not use any kind of cheats, trainers, mods or cleo scripts. They can seriously mess up things later in the game, so using them will not only spoil the fun for yourself, but also for the other players.

Edited September 12, 2009 by JAJ

[DREVIL919]

Has anybody else had problems this round? I see !!GameCH33TA!! and girishb had some difficulty. My first turn I had a heap of things done but the game crashed about 6 times. Always in the beginning of things, not too deep into the turn. But, the last time it crashed was just as I was done. I stepped into the save marker and got a black screen and a crash. I did Firefighter mission over and posted it as quick as I could. Then I got a PM that the save didn't work. I took my same save and uploaded it again so laezy could play. My second turn was OK.