WeaponApe 31 Posted December 10, 2015 You know the type. Like you can steal a cop car, you can steal one of the road-block tanks, and a little red-and-green-dressed fella drops out. He's not fussed about the bazookas flying around him, instead he will calmly walk to the pavement and start beating on cops who are naughty to you. It's like he's on your side from the moment you force him out of the tank! On the negative side, he often does not live long, since he is usually shot to death by military police when he tries to punch them. I find him to be the most interesting NPC in GTA2. What's up with his behaviour? Why is he dressed in those strange clothes? Why isn't he armed? Also, his body seems to remain permanently at wherever he was killed, even if everything around him is cleaned up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sektor 101 Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Semi technical theory: the clothes are because they're index 0, "default clothes" his behaviour is all because that's the index 0 in the enum for whatever piece of behaviour he's all default that's probably his threat level they never expected anyone to successfully pull him out (you have to not be blown by his tanks' rockets at all to succeed) Real theory: His mother was a car thief and his father was a mugger, so he likes to wear a combination of their colours. He joined the army after his parents were murdered. When he got back to civilian life, he couldn't function properly and resorted to stealing cars and mugging peds. His strange behavior is due to psychological problems and PTSD. Eventually he managed to get a job with the National Guard. It's hot inside tanks, so he doesn't like to wear his National Guard uniform. This is the true story of ROAD_BLOCK_TANK_MAN aka RBTM! Edited December 11, 2015 by Sektor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeaponApe 31 Posted December 11, 2015 Hahaha, amazing. I like that theory a lot! Is there a wiki entry on him or something? Or was that quote you pulled from this forum? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sektor 101 Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) The original source of the quotes was destroyed but that's no reason not to have faith in RBTM's origin story. GTA2 modders have talked about him before because originally RBTM made multiplayer go out of sync while in his tank since he shot at the local player instead of shooting at the same player on all computers. Wanted level never went over SWAT in the official multiplayer scripts, so this was only noticed in user made scripts. vike modified gta2.exe to make RBTM aim the tank turret at the nearest player instead of shooting at the local player. Some more weird behavior, RBTM tank shoots at players even when they are extremely far away and there's no way the tank driver could even see them or hit them. Edited June 27, 2018 by Sektor fix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeaponApe 31 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Interesting! Also, I'm sure I read something like "he's neither dead or alive", and I was gonna do a clever answer about how it's almost like he's a virus. Edited December 13, 2015 by Giradox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sektor 101 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) I hinted that his body doesn't vanish because he's a robot but I scrapped that idea since robots don't normally have parents. Edited December 13, 2015 by Sektor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBBean 49 Posted December 27, 2015 What is the trick to hijack a roadblock tank? I know you can sometimes jack a cop car if you try many times, but I've not had success with the road blocking tanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sektor 101 Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) It's just about timing and trying multiple times. Not too fast, not too slow. This doesn't just apply to stealing tanks. Edited December 29, 2015 by Sektor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBBean 49 Posted December 30, 2015 Hm thanks, actually it worked. I didn't know that being too fast can also fail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBBean 49 Posted June 20, 2018 I found the red/green guy elsewhere. 😛 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sektor 101 Posted June 20, 2018 Weird, never had that happen before. I thought the only way out of RC was to destroy the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBBean 49 Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Some more fun with the RC Taxi driver 😛 Edited June 26, 2018 by BBBean Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeansowaty 4,393 Posted June 27, 2018 LOL! Awesome! Who woulda expect that. This guy is basically the Male01 ped of GTA2. (Male01 is the default ped in 3D Universe games). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyTheMan 41 Posted July 2, 2018 Thought I know everything of GTA 2 but I've never seen this guy since I've never dared to jack a tank from a roadblock... What's next? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
