erorr404

that just gave me an idea.. i think it would be awesome if someone came up with a mod in which you could totally custimize your character... select the player model, skin, and weapons. other games have this type of stuff, where you get to choose your character, the way his face looks, etc.

this is what ive been saying from page 1

even if there are only a few AI? or just one?

so in a client-side game, the only way the server can know what is happening to a player (his position, if he gets killed, etc), is for that player to send the server that information, which he cannot do if he's paused and doesnt get that data? if that is the case, why cant other players see that he is dead, and give the information to the server? im confused about how this works . yes... option 4 is what i suggested on page one, but sloth says its not possible? if you are paused, the players see you in your last known position, and you are vulnerable to getting killed, just as if you were standing there unpaused. it is like this in other games.

who was that in response to?

LMAO, thanks for that.

it would indeed be cool if that was implemented. but drivebys with one person would be fine too. i just hope that the uzi doesnt 'auto-aim' for targets as it does in single player, but rather just shoots at a 90 degree angle.

i think that the best solution would be to make it like in Americas Army: you pause or minimize, and the game doesnt render for you. you see the menu screen, or whatever else when you're minimized. the game doesnt take up any extra resources because nothing is loading/rendering/updating. other players, on the other hand, see you in your last known position, and have the ability to kill you. so to sum it up it should be the exact same way as it is now, only players can kill you while you're paused just as if you were standing there doing nothing while unpaused. is this possible or not? i would really hate the idea of not being able to minimize.

the proper question would be - how could ANYONE be any worse than Bush? Let me point out a few things. Kerry never released his war record because he was too ashamed of it. Kerry blamed bush for Christopher Reed's death (or however you spell it, and bush had no control whether he died or not) Kerry blamed bush for the flu vaccine shortage. (bush had nothing to do with it) Kerry is a liar and a traitor to the country. As far as my family is concerned, Kerry should be tried for treason because of his acts in Nam. Kerry made an accusation that bush is going to secretly re-enact the draft, when bush says he will not and many experts gave MANY reasons on why Kerry's accusations are false. Now, do I need to go any farther? no, i dont know all of these worthless little facts.. who balmed who for what, etc... but what i do know is that Bush has failed as president. can it get much worse than this? i mean come on... invading a country that posed NO threat to us, had NO wmd's, did NOT support terrorism, and had NO connection to 9/11? as a result, 1000 american soldiers and COUNTLESS numbers of innocent Iraqis died (both from US friendly fire and from the terrorists we have attracted to that country like flies on shit). and after all of this, the world is actually LESS safe than it was before we invaded Iraq... and about the vietnam thing, i do not want it to get personal, but many brutal attrocities DID occur in Vietnam. there was this one special forces group that invaded villiages filled with women and children, lined them up, and mowed them all down with machine guns for fun. i havent heard Kerry's anti-Vietnam statements, but this is probably an example of what he was speaking out against. i know that the vast majority of US sodliers in Vietnam fought honorably, and i dont think he was speaking out against the majority. but then again i dont know since i havent heard his statements. PS: isnt it a little hypocritical to point out Kerry's war record when Bush never had one because HE DODGED THE DRAFT?

the proper question would be - how could ANYONE be any worse than Bush?

A: Depends. Q: Who is the 2nd best dodo pilot in the world (after me)?

yeah, i always noticed that bus, packer, and heli were better for spins than most vehicles. is there any way to see which part of the vehicle is the best, without experimenting?

thanks xenex too bad erorr404 was taken

as always, great job ramon and barney. quick question - is the bus the best conductor of spins, or is every vehicle the same? cuase ive noticed everyone is using those ap jumps with a bus behind it to get those crazy spins.

there is a smilie so this means yes

does anyone still have any left? i would like one - [email protected] thanks in advance

yes, thats what it is, a mod for BLUE , unless BLUE is released with this type of thing (which it hopefully is).

BY FAR the best video i have ever seen made for GTA . Torn takes second place now on my list . and.. oh man, this makes my upcoming vid look pathetic. i have nothing more to say... how long did it take you to make it? EDIT: i just watched it 3 more times, and all i can say is WOW. brilliant editing, awesome theme (digging up the corpse, along with the music), and most importantly, the best stunts ive ever seen. i just dont see how anyone can give it under 9.5/10 . it gets a 10/10 from me. PS: how many attempts does it take you to pull off one of those mad spins? isnt it true that all there is to it, is making a wheelie when you hit the vehicle? if so, i imagine it must take many tries, because i never got a spin over 3000 degrees, and i played around with it a lot. PS2: how many tries does it take to do a jump-land.on.rail-grind stunt? does it happen just by luck? because it just seems impossible to me.

that is exactly what i was thinking of posting about the other day. imo, the devs should do this with BLUE, and should have done this with previous versions (instead of making fake gangs with wierd characters - just doesnt make sense to me). this should be the character selection screen for all regular game modes like deathmatch and team deathmatch. it can also open up some new game modes where all of the different gangs are against eachother, and you work together with your gangmates to kill everyone else, or maybe defend your gangs territory (think turf wars), or reach other objectives depending on the game mode. here are some changes i would make: VERCETTI FAMILY these should have some sort of melee weapon because the other teams do, or maybe just brass knuckles (if that type of fighting is allowed ) COLOMBIANS why spawn in Apartment 3C? where is their gang territory in single player? CUBANS this is good, everything seems even so far. HAITIANS that looks good too. STREET PUNKS this is good. BIKERS good.. stubby makes up for their lack of weapons as for their vehicles, they should also have some kind of car, instead of just crappy bikes. or an alternative would be to put the PCJ in the glass shop window, so that they can use that. POLICE police armory looks good, but there should be two types of police - regular police with FBI, and military along with SWAT. there should actually be 4: SWAT, FBI, police, and military, but i think that would be pushing it. i think that the devs should be including this into BLUE, as it seems to obvious that it is a better idea to use real gangs...

well.. there will be a first release of BLUE for VC, and a first release of BLUE for GTA3, the VC will probably come first, yes.

you mean the next release by "this first release"? if so, VC wont be using it either..

ya, that idea is a good one

camhack does works in any MTA:VC server, but it i get a lot of bugs with it. it makes the game crash very often, and often times the free roaming view does not work for me - it moves extremely slow and i cannot change the angle. i think it would be good in the feature was actually PART OF the game. besides, there is no camhack for GTA3, so this would be a great addition to it.

this is a free-roaming view that lets you observe the game without actually being there. many games have this (such as americas army and red faction). you use the mouse along with the regular movement keys to move the camera through the map. there should be the regular speed setting as well as a fast setting that lets you fly from one end of an island to the other in several seconds. it would be pretty cool observing the action in a server, being able to fly from one fight to another, or aides you in recording cool clips. i think it would be a nice feature to add, accompanying spectator mode. it would probably be ideal for this feature to be selectable when you die, along with spectator mode and the career choices. or maybe the user should go into view when he dies, if the game mode does not allow you to respawn, so he can observe the action.

i agree with what the dev team is doing. i think that they should make the game identical to single player in every way (getting rid of all of the exploits, and not adding any features like speedometer). if you want to drive your whole gang somewhere, why not take a bus? it can fit lots of people in single player, will it allow passengers in MP? that would sure be cool if it did... imagine an entire server of 25 sitting in one vehivle .