Things you didn't know about GTAO until now

[MaddenedGhost]

14 hours ago, Super Grunt 281 said:

Unless I'm smoking, the Minigun can be aimed higher in first person than in third person.

 

The Widowmaker doesn't get that luxury in first person since the camera will go lower if it is above but in third person it can be aimed slightly higher than the Minigun (the latter in 3rd) .

 

The SMG Mk II will use animations for a one handed weapon when in cover mode but it's still not considered to be that kind of weapon inside cars and co.

 

Bikes and boats are the only exception as far as I know so it's an interesting upgrade.

The reason for the minigun thing is because the aiming is related to your point of view and not where weapon is pointed at.

 

Hence why you can sometimes shoot things through obstacles.

 

I remember making a little picture to explain this for my friends a few years back but I am on my phone and can't grab it at the moment.

Edited Wednesday at 08:37 AM by MaddenedGhost

[Gridl0k]

16 hours ago, Super Grunt 281 said:

The SMG Mk II will use animations for a one handed weapon when in cover mode but it's still not considered to be that kind of weapon inside cars and co.

 

Bikes and boats are the only exception as far as I know so it's an interesting upgrade.

 

There's a few weird vehicles that let you use bike weapons, like golf buggies and buses iirc. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:00 AM by Gridl0k

[SebKle78]

The Asterope has a nice and nearly evened out weight distribution and tends to behave like a cat. It likes to land on it's tires. Similar but not as extreme as the BR8 and i assume the other open wheelers. No real need to correct it in the air. Styling wise i have already liked it but that was the heart opener for me

 

When you steal one of the gang vehicles - f.ex. the Lost Slamvan - during Dax' mission Working Remotely the remote bomb in the GoPostal van will make the stolen vehicle explode too despite being already miles away from the scene.

Edited Wednesday at 01:35 PM by SebKle78

[Jehannum]

1 hour ago, SebKle78 said:

When you steal one of the gang vehicles - f.ex. the Lost Slamvan - during Dax' mission Working Remotely the remote bomb in the GoPostal van will make the stolen vehicle explode too despite being already miles away from the scene.

Quantum entanglement comes to GTA Online!

[Super Grunt 281]

9 hours ago, MaddenedGhost said:

The reason for the minigun thing is because the aiming is related to your point of view and not where weapon is pointed at.

 

Hence why you can sometimes shoot things through obstacles.

 

I remember making a little picture to explain this for my friends a few years back but I am on my phone and can't grab it at the moment.

But not always and I would like to know the full story :

Spoiler

Standard corner shooting manuever, the top is the first shot (notice the particles) and the bottom is the second shot (notice the bullet hole and the lack of particles) , I only did few steps backwards.

 

Not everything happen on the same frame apparently because the bottom picture is a killing shot, you can see the bullet trail, muzzle flash but no hit marker, screen flash (I have it enabled) or the magazine counter being right.

The above doesn't apply when using cover mode to corner shoot and none of that work in GTA IV.

[MaddenedGhost]

2 minutes ago, Super Grunt 281 said:

But not always and I would like to know the full story :

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Standard corner shooting manuever, the top is the first shot (notice the particles) and the bottom is the second shot (notice the bullet hole and the lack of particles) , I only did few steps backwards.

 

Not everything happen on the same frame apparently because the bottom picture is a killing shot, you can see the bullet trail, muzzle flash but no hit marker, screen flash (I have it enabled) or the magazine counter being right.

The above doesn't apply when using cover mode to corner shoot and none of that work in GTA IV.

I should have been more clear, the aiming I mentioned was for the minigun, not other guns.

[Super Grunt 281]

Just now, MaddenedGhost said:

I should have been more clear, the aiming I mentioned was for the minigun, not other guns.

In any case I remember getting an identical explanation on Youtube but in general, the Minigun is actually used as an example but the bullets won't go through if you are too close to the obstacle (which I don't remember being a thing in the video) .

 

Corner shooting is corner shooting, it doesn't matter if it's horizontal or vertical.

 

EDIT : that one

Spoiler

Edited Wednesday at 07:25 PM by Super Grunt 281

[Luke_90]

Few days ago I heard and saw a npc who sneezed 

Edited Wednesday at 07:46 PM by Luke_90

[krotex]

20 hours ago, Luke_90 said:

Few days ago I heard and saw a npc who sneezed 

There are sick people working in my bunker who are always coughing. Where's my medical mask, Rockstar?  

[BillsyLiamGTA]

You can only do the hop thing on a BMX.

[Insoluble Fiber]

powersurge can emit radio clearly by enabling it in remote functions, unlike other bikes that i tested (like og bikes)

btw is there a flag for such a thing, like - 'can play radio remotely'? lol

Edited Thursday at 07:37 PM by Insoluble Fiber

[Arrows to Athens]

8 hours ago, krotex said:

There are sick people working in my bunker who are always coughing. Where's my medical mask, Rockstar?  

They just need some Lemsip. 

[xNemecsis]

On 5/26/2014 at 5:05 AM, malcolmfunktion said:

I've just discovered this morning that you can buy shoes at Ammunation...most of you probably know this and even more probably don't care...I don't even care apart from the fact that I never knew this until just now.

 

I've also recently discovered that you can view the whole map when inside your apartment rather than just seeing that useless interior map.

 

Also a couple of weeks back someone mentioned in a thread that they hate having to go into the pause menu to take off a gps that they were not using...until I told them that you can select "none" in the quick menu.

 

Has anyone else recently discovered something that may be of some use to me or anyone else that doesn't know about?

10 years after release, I only JUST realized a couple days ago that if you hit your golf ball into the water, the ball will spray a fountain of water until you start your next swing. 

[Jehannum]

When your wanted level is close to ending, the stars flash more slowly.

[SamKylian]

On 3/23/2023 at 5:16 PM, BillsyLiamGTA said:

You can only do the hop thing on a BMX.

That's right, you can also jump on the back of a pick-up truck with a bmx and drive a pick-up track around the city.  At any time, you can get out of the car and get back on the bike with no problems.

[Dissipative Structure]

On 3/23/2023 at 6:16 PM, BillsyLiamGTA said:

You can only do the hop thing on a BMX.

Wait! When they removed it from Scorcher?
 

 

On 3/21/2023 at 1:40 PM, Jehannum said:

The Payphone Hit radar icon is a telephone handset, not a letter J as I had been thinking all this time.

Something that is really bothering me about payphone hits is they are starts at phone booth. The Contract DLC was released in 2021. In that case phone booths are not even retro, it is pure form of necromancy.