Meth'd Up - ok that's pretty weird

[Crunch McThornbody]

I've been playing missions solo with the intent to complete them, but find out what is and isn't possible and what weirdness awaits those who dare to go 'off the script'.

So I was doing Handle With Care mission solo and just before going back for the 2nd boat I noticed I couldn't shoot the guys at the beach waiting for the boats. It gave me an idea - how much can you mess with those characters without killing them and trashing the mission. I knew Meth'd Up had some guys waiting for the RV and it's a much easier mission than Handle With Care so I've been playing with that.


Turns out the two guys waiting for RV are programmed very weirdly, if you get out of the RV just before going into the yellow circle and walk towards them, they'll start waking towards the RV and get in it, but not drive away. You can get in the back too, but not do anything. To deliver it you have to kick the driver out first.

Then I tried a different tactic with that mission, after killing some bad guys on a nearby hill I left the RV and went to the destination in the dead bad guys Rebel, got out at the destination and watched as one guy got in the Rebel and the other got in the Baller then drove off. I tried getting in one of the cars after they got in but the game apparently wouldn't let me.

 

That wasn't the weird part.

 

I called for my PV and drove to the RV to discover one of the guys had already got there and was sitting in the drivers seat, then moments later the other guy turned up and got in the passenger seat! Yet still they didn't drive anywhere. I then threw the passenger and driver out of the RV and started to drive it to the destination, about a minute later I discover I'm being followed by them in the Baller and Rebel!


TL;DR - NPCs waiting for vehicle/package deliveries in missions behave weirdly when you do things other than deliver what you're supposed to.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Crunch McThornbody

[LehPhatGer-bear]

Mission's not that great anyway. Lol.

[Soran Is On]

hah awesome. They're programmed to get in the vehicle even if it means driving all the way across sandy shores to get it... I wonder if they'd fight the rednecks guarding the rv if they were set off.

 

I'm just glad using the cargobob in missions doesn't f*ck everything up. Meth'd up doesn't get any easier than using the 'bob.

 

 

It's goofy assholes like us that make a mission creator impossible. sh*t breaks down when you diverge from the given path.

Edited October 8, 2014 by stonedpimpso

[Crunch McThornbody]

I managed to get in one of the cars at the same time they got in the drivers seat, so I was a passenger taken to the RV where they expected me to drive it back

 

You can also get them to get in the RV while you drive it around. I tried to see if they'd help shoot the bad guys, at the start I killed all the bad guys around the RV then got in and out to make the friendlies spawn, then went over to the destination to 'activate' them and get them to drive to the RV. During the drive back with them in the passenger seats they didn't shoot at all when the bad guys rolled up and started shooting but were quite vocal at the situation.

 

 

Can anyone remember what other missions end where you deliver something to friendlies?

Edited October 8, 2014 by Crunch McThornbody

[Crunch McThornbody]

Minor update, I wasn't paying close enough attention the first time round when I drove the RV to the destination point with the friendly NPCs in the passenger seats and got ambushed by the bad guys - the friendlies do fire on the bad guys!

[Relative007]

Will try this now.

 

I have tried doing this before to the Crew Leader on Trash Talk. He only circles around on the Dirt Tracks in the general area so I got the Liberator and "nudged" him onto the nearest Main Road...All he did after that was continually attempt to drive up the same Hill (not heading back to the Tracks but away in a North West direction), continually fail and roll back down under the act of gravity and repeat!

[Crunch McThornbody]

I just tried with A Boat In The Bay, killed all the bad guys, flew to the destination point and found an NPC that wanted to get in the Rebel that was parked on the beach, but it was locked so I destroyed it and stole another NPC car.

 

They got in that car and I got in too, oddly you can only get in the back seat when they're driving, they drove right round the map and down to the beach near where I'd left the boat, then they decided to drive into the water to get to the boat, but they didn't get out of the car and killed themselves which failed the mission!

 

 

It appears all those friendlies are programmed to get to the vehicle-to-be-delivered if you don't deliver it.

[soundism]

Meth'd Up weirdness:

 

I was delivering the RV, my friend was close behind in his 6x6... He drove into the guys waiting for the RV, killing them just as I arrived at the final corona.

 

Result: He failed the mission and I passed the mission. wtf fo sho