Grand Theft Auto III Unique Vehicle Guide

[Lethal Vaccine]

Nah...fnxrak said it doesn't count as a Vehicle. He has 6 inside SSV as well, but you just don't see the other Vehicle on the left hand side (when looking into the Garage). You can store this inside SSV with 6 already inside there, since it's not a Vehicle to the game, but saves in the Garage nevertheless. So 14 total Special Vehicles can be saved in III now.

 

He probably has the EP/EC Securicar on the other side of his Photo in which you can't see...

Edited October 8, 2015 by Militia

[thehambone]

Nah...fnxrak said it doesn't count as a Vehicle. He has 6 inside SSV as well, but you just don't see the other Vehicle on the left hand side (when looking into the Garage). You can store this inside SSV with 6 already inside there, since it's not a Vehicle to the game, but saves in the Garage nevertheless. So 14 total Special Vehicles can be saved in III now.

 

He probably has the EP/EC Securicar on the other side of his Photo in which you can't see...

Hmm... interesting.

 

fnxrak, can you send me your save?

[Lethal Vaccine]

It's interesting, indeed. I am thinking about it now to do III over for PS2 But not until I get finished with the remaining SA Mobile Save I am working on now and the 3 VCS Saves I will do after that. At that time, MAYBE I will do III again for this Unique RC Bandit, but it's a big maybe. It bothers me that it's in Ghost form and can't be used once in the Garage and the game is saved. You CAN use it once you fail the Mission, but once in the Garage then you can't.

 

EDIT: I got an idea. Instead of doing a Save with 14 Special Vehicles. I will probably just do a second Save. But this time NOT getting the same 13 I have and this time going for the EP/EC Securicar, EC FBI Car, and this Unique RC Bandit

Edited October 8, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Nah I'm not going back to get this one at least this run, I already did the video getting it but it will be in alternative save, by the way here is my save if someone is interested

http://gtasnp.com/l0g8jk

Anyway I still have a question for someone skilled enough in coding to answer me, I wanted to know how the Barracks OL becomes bullet proof in the mission "Arms Shortage" is it the vehicle itself that becomes BP or it has some kind of position trigger that makes it BP?

[WildBrick142]

Nah I'm not going back to get this one at least this run, I already did the video getting it but it will be in alternative save, by the way here is my save if someone is interested

http://gtasnp.com/l0g8jk

Anyway I still have a question for someone skilled enough in coding to answer me, I wanted to know how the Barracks OL becomes bullet proof in the mission "Arms Shortage" is it the vehicle itself that becomes BP or it has some kind of position trigger that makes it BP?

Barracks OL (and Rhino) is spawned as a BP vehicle when you start the mission.

else_jump @RAY2_1659 00A5: $ARMS_SHORTAGE_RHINO = create_car #RHINO at 132.0 173.875 11.5625 0175: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_RHINO z_angle_to 0.0 00A9: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_RHINO to_normal_driver 02AC: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_RHINO immunities 1 0 0 0 0 020A: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_RHINO door_status_to 2 00A5: $ARMS_SHORTAGE_BARRACKSOL = create_car #BARRACKS at 133.5 208.75 11.875 0175: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_BARRACKSOL z_angle_to 180.0 00A9: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_BARRACKSOL to_normal_driver 02AC: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_BARRACKSOL immunities 1 0 0 0 0 020A: set_car $ARMS_SHORTAGE_BARRACKSOL door_status_to 2 $3022 = 1 // integer values 

[Lethal Vaccine]

So technically, you don't even have to get shot at during Arms Shortage. Just start the Mission, get in the Barracks OL and do a "drive-by" on them Lol, it's easy enough to do it standing out in the open, though. I kinda figured it was BP once the Mission started since the Colombians have M-16's and Shotguns. That would explode almost instantly if it wasn't BP. The Barracks OL is actually my favorite Special Vehicle in III. When it's BP/DP, it basically acts like a Heavy Vehicle and smashes everything out of the way. It's my go-to Special Vehicle when I load up III on PS2. Unfortunately, I don't think it can even be converted on Mobile. Claude is always too slow to get back in the Barracks OL cuz the passenger will get out and get back in, which wastes a couple seconds and since the Barracks OL is so tall, the Crusher's magnet lifts it up before you can even get back in. At times, too, Claude will fall on the ground with the passenger gets out. It's really annoying on Mobile that this stuff doesn't work properly...

 

@thehambone; if you look at fnxrak's Save, let us know how the RC Bandit doesn't count as a Vehicle. That is so strange that it saves as a Ghost, meanwhile when you make a Ghost with the Crusher, it converts to DP and removes the Ghost. Furthermore, if 6 Vehicles is the absolute capacity, how on earth can this be saved as it is an object inside the Garage and the game IS acknowledging it. It's very strange and brings up more clues about III.

Edited October 8, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Ahhh thanks Wildbrick142 I thought there might be a spwan trigger there that maybe could make a random car BP but since the coding goes directly to the Barracks, well will have to keep looking for more new stuff

[Lethal Vaccine]

I should be onto 3 VCS Saves in 10 days or so, but once those are done, I am seriously considering to do III again on PS2 and get 14 Special Vehicles with this new Unique RC Bandit.

[fnxrak]

Hum! I've just thought on something for the mobile version maybe it's possible to make the crusher glitch without a mission but it will require some work, my idea is to lure one of the car robbers into the crusher area leave the car at the right time and maybe that way we can take the car back and make it ghost, I'll have to try this and will post if it works.

Edited October 8, 2015 by fnxrak

[Lethal Vaccine]

If you can make that work, PLEASE let me know. I have 4 Special Vehicles I have yet to convert in Mobile (EC Cheetah, EC Stinger, EC Infernus, and BP Barracks OL). I straight up don't think the BP Barracks OL can even be converted as the passenger gets out, which wastes time, thus you can't get back in the Vehicle in time. But the Cheetah/Stinger/Infernus will work. I simply just didn't have enough Missions with passengers to pull it off. So if you find a way how to do it in free roam, I can convert those 3 at least. Then only missing 1 Vehicle which isn't converted to DP (Barracks OL).

 

@fnxrak, by the way, what buttons would I have to do on PS2/3 to make the Unique RC Bandit drive to the Garage with Claude on foot and not in a Vehicle? Hell, I don't even know if it's possible on PS2 yet! I wouldn't want to re-do the entire III and then not be able to get this But if I can get it, it would be very cool and I'd be the first person to get all 14 Special Vehicles on PS2 to date!

Edited October 8, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Well it's the sprint button to go to the front and the jump to go to the back. I don't know if it's possible either but I can give it a try I guess. But first I'll try this theory I have on the mobile version LOLOLOL anothe rthing to delay the videos LOLOLOLOL if I'm not carefull I'll have to restart all over.

[thehambone]

So it turns out that the RC Bandit isn't being stored in the garage at all. In fact, it's located in an entirely different part of the save file.

Have you ever spawned a Rhino in the game using the cheat, left it somewhere, saved the game, forgot about it, then was surprised to see it again in the same spot you left it days later?
There's one section of the save file, called "Vehicles," that's empty 90% of the time. However, when a Rhino is spawned using the cheat, the game handles it differently than other vehicles and, for whatever reason, writes it's data to this "Vehicles" section when the game is saved. Vehicles that are stored in this section of the save file can be saved anywhere on the map.

Interestingly, the data for the RC Bandit is stored in that "Vehicles" section in fnxrak's save file. Why is it stored there? I don't know, that's something that requires some research. So, despite the vehicle being parked in the garage, it is not actually saved in the garage. Theoretically, you could pull the RC Bandit outside the garage, save the game, reload the game, and the car would still be there. I guarantee that if you were to peek in the garage before it opens, the only vehicle you'll see is the RC Bandit. Any vehicle that's actually saved in the garage disappears once the garage is closed and reappears just before the garage opens.

 

EDIT: Not sure if this is related to the RC Bandit or another issue, but if I try to fire any weapon on fnxrak's save, the game freezes.

Edited October 8, 2015 by thehambone

[fnxrak]

Ah ok it's most certainly related as the fire button is the same to destroy the RC bandit that's what makes it crash the game so rather than a small glitch it's actually a large glitch so something to keep in mind is not save the car in a playthrough as it crashes thanks thehambone I didn't try firing weapons with the save so keep in mind that this is really something not save LOLOLOL I keep finding this along the way I found the black vincent earlier in San Andreas and it glitches the game and now this one too LOLOL

 

Edit:

 

And no the trick doesn't work yet for mobile, but found out that the if the robber is inside the car and the crusher picks it up when he drives away the car also becomes ghost I followed it and saw it going down into the ground falling in blue hell. the reason it doesn't work is that once it becomes ghost you can't enter the car so there is either a very small window between getting picked up by the crusher and entering the vehicle or it just doesn't work at all.

 

Another Edit:

 

Now to try this thing I started a new game then all of the sudden I started thinking on something what if during the "Give me Liberty" mission the car gets stolen what will it happen then?????

Edited October 8, 2015 by fnxrak

[Lethal Vaccine]

@thehambone; thank you very much for finding this out. Now I know I won't need to do III over cuz this Vehicle is NOT something you want to save on a "main" Save that you want to use. This is a Vehicle that will essentially break the game and you won't be able to use weapons. Oh well, I didn't feel like doing it over, anyways. But it's still cool that you can temporarily obtain this and even use it for a bit, etc...

 

Anyways, very good find and thanks for the info as where it's stored. Very interesting stuff, though...

 

@fnxrak, thanks a bunch, as well about the Crusher on Mobile. Perhaps it could work, though. So if you are up for it, keep trying. Btw, what do you mean Car Thieves?

 

As for the Kuruma, I doubt it can be stolen. For instance, when you are using a Mission Scripted Vehicle, I never saw Car Jackers try to steal them. In LCS, it's VERY BAD with Car Thieves that you can get your car stolen every 20 seconds, practically, but these guys never jack my Vehicles when I am on a Mission, for instance. It's the same 2 Ped Models who jack the Vehicle, too. So you can easily tell who they are and when they are interested in walking up to your Vehicle and jacking it off of you, but it never happens during a Mission. I would be amazed if it COULD actually happen in III. Check it out, if you want.

 

Anyways, the Unique RC Bandit kinda reminds me of the "Ghost Missing." If you store it in the Garage, the game is broken or something and will glitch it. Every time you try and open the Garage, the game will freeze/crash. So I guess this RC Bandit is similar.

Edited October 9, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Yeah I mean the car thieves as the peds that try to steal the car from you usually at night and no I guess it doesn't work during missions LOLOLOL it would be pretty cool though having to chase the robber to recover the car LOLOLOL

about the crusher glitch I really doubt it will work this way, but it's a start maybe this will give someone else an idea.

[Lethal Vaccine]

No worries, man. In my eyes, I have the 3 "best" Special Vehicles on Mobile in terms of properties. I was able to convert a bunch to DP and most importantly the Bobcat and Cheetah. So I have the 3 AP Vehicles in III on Mobile. Like I said, I converted all 13 that are allowed to be converted (NOT the Corpse Manana cuz I don't want it DP) except 4. But it's ok, cuz I got the SAME 13 on PS2, where they are ALL converted (Not the Manana, though, of course). So it's not like I am missing anything or anything like that. But the BP/DP Barracks OL is my favorite Vehicle to drive around after 100% on police chases and I'd seriously play my iOS Version of III a lot more if I had that BP/DP, but since it's only BP, I barely play III on Mobile. I tried driving around my AP Cheetah and such, but the Police ram you so bad and tip you upside down, hence why I like the BP/DP Barracks OL as they can't knock you around. YOU knock THEM around. They go FLYING, literally. I love just driving it around and ramming everything on PS2. It seriously acts like a Heavy Vehicle and can smash EVERYTHING out of the way. It's not Heavy by definition, but it's weight is heavier compared to all the road cars in traffic and the Police Cars and FBI Cars, etc...

[Melancholia]

Aw damn. That's a shame about the RC Bandit. It would be cool to have, like the RC Goblin on SA, or the RC Baron on the PC version of VC. But, it's ultimately not the end of the world.

 

But controlling the Bandit while controlling Claude is similar to obtaining the RC Baron on VC. That was interesting, to say the least. Maybe I'll try obtaining this, just for the novelty on a different save. We'll see, though.

[fnxrak]

Ahh well it's possible to revert the game after getting the RC bandit the problem is you will loose the RC bandit LOLOL after getting the RC bandit and saving and reloading the game will crash whenever we either press the weapons button or whenever a car crashes against the RC bandit so to fix this just enter one of the RC vans and start an RC missions once the mission is failed or complete the game will return to normal but no more RC bandit saved LOLOLOL

[Lethal Vaccine]

Lol, it's almost a relief. I would of easily done III over and got this RC Bandit, but I am seriously getting burned out of going to 100% with all the Special Vehicles in the Games. I've done it so many times and the only reason I am doing some of them over now a days was to perfect my Stats better than a previous Save or getting a better Total Playing Time Stat or more Special Vehicles. In the case of III, my most recent Save was done over simply for the DP/EC Cheetah instead of the EC Securicar and also to pass Turismo with the Cheetah instead of failing the Mission like I used to do in previous Saves. I did VC over, again, just for a faster Total Playing Time and also 1 less Mission Failure since I passed for the Gold Stretch instead of failing for it like I did on my previous Save and with SA it was similar. I got 10 more Special Vehicles than the previous Save, I had a faster Total Playing Time Stat, less Mission Attempts, and 1 less Death. Then I re-did my 6 LCS Saves basically for better Mission Attempts Stats as well as PP'ing more Vehicles in which I didn't do previously. Now I am currently finishing up SA Mobile mainly for the newly discovered DP/EP/FP/MP BF-400 and then onto 3 VCS Saves over again. I am seriously burned out...LOL

 

But after all of this, I can swear to you guys, I am done! I won't do III, VC, SA, LCS, or VCS for PS2 anymore and I won't do III, VC, or SA on Mobile over, either. Maybe CW Mobile in the far future I will re-do and maybe even IV and TLaD (Not TBoGT or V), but I am not sure. Probably not. I can't be bothered to do anything after all this, lol...

Edited October 9, 2015 by Militia

[lol232]

or the RC Baron on the PC version of VC

Did I miss something?

[Lethal Vaccine]

Yes. You can obtain the BP/EP/FP Sanchez, EC Black Stretch, Unique RC Baron, and EP/FP Hotring Racer (EASY WAY) on PC using Mission Replays... ----> Here (It's been known for a good year now, maybe a bit less or a bit more, but around a year...)

 

Too much GTAO for you and not enough of the C.L.A.S.S.I.C.S.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Militia

[lol232]

Too much GTAO for you and not enough of the C.L.A.S.S.I.C.S.

Nothing wrong with that. Edited October 12, 2015 by lol232

[Lethal Vaccine]

If you're having fun, that's all that matters but I never played IV Multiplayer or GTAO in my life and I am NOT about to start, either. I rather continue playing the 3D Era and learning everything there is to know about it all and make my Saves the best possible with all the Special Vehicles. As for III, I got them all and can't make the Save better, unless a way to PASS 5 of the Missions I fail for Special Vehicles, but I don't see that happening, so III is probably forever done with. I got all 13 on PS2 and all 13 on iOS and converted them all to DP that were allowed except 4 of them on iOS since the Crusher doesn't work the same way and can't be done in free roam and only can be used with passengers from Missions. Once the game is done with, there is no more, obviously. But I converted all the mandatory Special Vehicles as least like the BP/EP/FP Cheetah, BP/EP/FP Bobcat, BP Patriot, EC Kuruma, EC Rumpo. Just not the EC Cheetah/Stinger/Infernus and BP Barracks OL. I wish the BP Barracks OL was converted, but oh well. All of these are converted and obtained on PS2

[Voit Turyv]

^

You do have some OCD.

[lol232]

You don't need to show off every time we come to this, you know?

Whatever floats your boat I guess.

 

Edited October 12, 2015 by lol232

[Lethal Vaccine]

You do have some OCD.

 

Good for me! No hard feelings if you can't do it, though But in all seriousness, it's just a different playstyle than casual gamers who more or less just like to do the Story and don't care if they get busted, die, or use Cheats and fail Missions time and time again. I am only interested in the hardest tasks of GTA Gaming or it's not fun for me. So this means going to 100%, having 0 for all the important Stats, and a Special Vehicle collection utilizing all the storage space possible and in the case if III, you can fit 13 since 6 fit in SI and SSV and 1 in Portland. I remember your comment from some months ago in this very Topic about not being able to get the Vehicles out if you pack the Garages. But you are very wrong...You can get them all out easily...

Edited October 12, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Ok so I though I had this trick pretty much figured out, but it seems I was wrong

I've been messing with the use any vehicle as taxi exploit for the purpose of a video and just stumbled upon this, I though for the trick to work the button to look behind on foot and to trigger the submission in the car had to be the same but it actually doesn't here is my setup:

Although there's a common button the num1 I always use the Capslock to do the trick and it works for some reason the game accepts the Capslock to trigger the mission only when I get out of the car

I've used a non coincidental set of buttons and it still works flawlessly the look behind button triggers the mission.

Now the best things is this setup is actually even better than having them coincidental as for example I was having weird glitches while using emergency vehicles as taxi, example it would disable the taxi missions while in taxi or trigger multiple passengers and all sorts of weird events, and in the case of police vehicles it would rather trigger the vigilante instead of the taxi mission and now it only triggers the taxi missions making possible to make DP police vehicles.

[Lethal Vaccine]

Interesting, but doesn't help me on Console!

 

However, like you stated, when I tried to make a DP Police Car it wouldn't work and Taxi AS WELL AS Vigilante would get activated simultaneously and the game became glitchy. But the thing is, there is no special Police Vehicles in III other than a worthless EC FBI Car which you can obtain anytime from 5 star wanted level. I hardly even consider it special, tbh...

 

As for Police Vehicles in general being DP to help with Vigilante, it's pointless. Cuz even on PS2 if you hit pause when you see the blue arrow about the Vehicle the Vigilante is driving, the guy always gets out on foot and you just run him over, lol...

Edited October 14, 2015 by Militia

[fnxrak]

Yeah true but nevertheless being DP can really help on that specially in SSV I use lots of the jumps to get to one side to the other and since I like making all in a row it could be helpfull

[Lethal Vaccine]

Not if you jump the body of water and land on your back and have to bail out! This has happened so many times that I don't even care to do them in a row, especially the Fire Truck. I just spam R3 until they are in Pike Creek and get it done. My goal is to always go as fast as possible. Money is useless, so I don't care for the money bonus. Granted, it's still pretty easy doing Vigilante in a row in SSV. Fire Truck is pretty bad, though, and at best I did 10-12 in a row.

 

Anyways, you should check your PM...

Edited October 14, 2015 by Militia