The Official GTA Vice City PC Thread

[atpcz]

i use the master trainer to just spawn a copter in the middle of the road :). but if you don't want to use that, theres one on the roof of diaz's house

[atpcz]

there`s one in the big diaz mansion ;)... on top of the building, take the stairs

dam beat me to it by 10 seconds :laugh:

[Ayepecks]

Scheduled for release in Australia, May 14th. Looking forward to it (Y)

Moved to PC Gamer

I thought Australia banned it. lol

[Elite Guard]

Chopper locations-

A Sparrow on a roof in Little Haiti

A VCN Maverick on top of the VCN News building (near bridge to Prawn Island)

A Police Chopper on top of the Police Station in Downtown.

A Maverick on top of Diaz's mansion.

An Apache in teh Military Base (only after getting 100 packages or beating all of the main missions)

A Sea Sparrow in Diaz's back yard once you get 80 packages.

there are other locations i just dont remember them! :)

How did you get the boat that high..

I first used the "Solid Granite Car" cheat, which sunk my boat, then my boat shot out of the water and went way into the sky.

[Spyder Veteran]

....nevermind you edited your post. apache goodness!

[colordeficiency]

If I spawn a police car, my ratings drop alot! To the - range, what can be done to up it again?

[Keldyn]

Scheduled for release in Australia, May 14th. Looking forward to it (Y)

Moved to PC Gamer

I thought Australia banned it. lol

No... not that I know of, although unfortunately it's release date has been pushed back to 6th of June.

[TruBD]

i know australia banned gta3 or atleast rem something like that happening somewhere, im not sure bout vice city tho

[Ironman273]

When we bought Vice City, did we also buy the rights to the songs included? I mean, can we legally download those songs the same way that one can legally download a song that they previously purchased on a CD?

[FudgeMonkey]

can some where please tell me where i can get the helicopter just to fly around i download this completedt game but i dunno where to get da copters from?

there's a building that you can buy that is near the stadium, it's to the north of the west island, it has 3 garages and a roof top entrance. there is a helicopter on top of this building, although (and i think this applies to the mansion as well) sometimes the helicopter is not there, all you have to do is take a trip around a block or two and come back and it should appear.

When we bought Vice City, did we also buy the rights to the songs included? I mean, can we legally download those songs the same way that one can legally download a song that they previously purchased on a CD?

I don't think so. If that was the case it'd be the same with movies and their sound tracks.

[Adster01]

Guys I need some help.

Do any of you have a problem with objects not appearing quickly? I have my draw distance set at max, but sometimes I'll be driving along and get stuck, then the game engine catches up and I'll be stuck on a piece of scenery.

This is on a pretty decent machine too.

P4 2.4GHz

GF4 Ti 4600

640MB Ram

???

[FudgeMonkey]

Guys I need some help.

Do any of you have a problem with objects not appearing quickly? I have my draw distance set at max, but sometimes I'll be driving along and get stuck, then the game engine catches up and I'll be stuck on a piece of scenery.

sorry, never had this problem. Did you install the full version or the cut down version?? don't know if that'd make a difference as i thought the full version was just the music.

does playing around with the settings help or make no difference???

maybe it's the CD drive, or the CD may be iffy.

[Schmoove]

Guys I need some help.

Do any of you have a problem with objects not appearing quickly? I have my draw distance set at max, but sometimes I'll be driving along and get stuck, then the game engine catches up and I'll be stuck on a piece of scenery.

This is on a pretty decent machine too.

P4 2.4GHz

GF4 Ti 4600

640MB Ram

???

Yes I had this too, it is fairly easy to fix though.

1) Enable the frame limiter. This fixes 9 out of 10 problems with graphics. There is one con... you only get 30fps, which is not much. That is why I use solution 2 :D

2) Run the game in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode. Wiiiieehiiieee, now it works fine and it is also has high framerates :)

In this mode you can get minor graphic corruptions, for example if you look at the sky, the textures might shift a little. Though this is really minor and not really annoying. If you really want to fix this you should choose option 1.

3) There is a patch... I have no idea what it does, but it's worth a try.

[Adster01]

Guys I need some help.

Do any of you have a problem with objects not appearing quickly? I have my draw distance set at max, but sometimes I'll be driving along and get stuck, then the game engine catches up and I'll be stuck on a piece of scenery.

This is on a pretty decent machine too.

P4 2.4GHz

GF4 Ti 4600

640MB Ram

???

Yes I had this too, it is fairly easy to fix though.

1) Enable the frame limiter. This fixes 9 out of 10 problems with graphics. There is one con... you only get 30fps, which is not much. That is why I use solution 2 :D

2) Run the game in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode. Wiiiieehiiieee, now it works fine and it is also has high framerates :)

In this mode you can get minor graphic corruptions, for example if you look at the sky, the textures might shift a little. Though this is really minor and not really annoying. If you really want to fix this you should choose option 1.

3) There is a patch... I have no idea what it does, but it's worth a try.

Thanks Schmoove! I'll give that a try, sounds like you've had the exact same problem.

@ Fudgemonkey - yep full install.

I'll let you know how it goes...

[Adster01]

Yep, both options work, I went for compatibility mode as I didn't want the frame limiter on.

Works a treat!

[Schmoove]

good to hear it worked for you (Y)

[FudgeMonkey]

nice 1, GJ Schmoove ya great big game pimp u ;)

[Ironman273]

I don't think so. If that was the case it'd be the same with movies and their sound tracks.

You are absolutely right. I didn't think about that aspect...

[-=||MIKE||=-]

MAN I LOVE THIS GAME ! :woot:

[!smar]

Yeah I love it t :yes: :yes:

[-=||MIKE||=-]

:D

[vespaman]

hey mike, is that a new property? tell me please how to get there...tbanks :)

[Impulfusion]

Yeah, nice pool you got there buddy! :p

[loki102]

hey mike, is that a new property? tell me please how to get there...tbanks :)

its across from your mansion on that small island, but you can't buy it

[sssqqq]

Hehe, finally got my hands on the Delorean, you have to do the garage lists in Sunshine Autos to get hold of it... pretty neat. :)