How I screwed up my GTA3 game

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On the first island I didn't realise there was phone missions! - So if I go back to the phone in diablo land I DIE! - I wanna start again but I really wanna get to the third island!

Theres lots of other wierd things but I can't be bothered telling you them.
 
Just go do them. Save at your hideout then pull a car up next to the phone and hop out, right into the mission trigger. They might not pester you if you're in a mission... If you've pissed off the Mafia however, you're on your own.
 
Yip Mafia hate me! - If I start a new game while tehg litch happen where those purple people won't show up where I ned them for a mission on the 3rd Island?
 
Don't bother. The diablo missions suck. Although, can get a Bullet Proof Cheetah off of his first mission (Turismo). Turismo is a street race mission where you race a few Cheetahs. The Banshee will kick their arses no problem.

Here's how to get a BP Cheetah out of El Burro's first mission:
Info from here: http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/grand_theft_auto_3_bulletproof.txt

To get the Cheetah, you'll need two tanks. Use the tank cheat
to get them, since the tanks you get with the cheat do not vanish,
unlike a normal tank. Park the two tanks along the road outside your
hideout, on the far side of the entrance from the intersection just
down the street. Now start the Turismo mission. Go down to the staring
line and tap one of the Cheetahs with your car, starting the race
instantly, then drive back to your hideout as fast as you can. When you
get there, set your view to the top-down view, since it's easier to
keep a Cheetah in your sights in the top-down mode. Get into one of the
tanks and wait.

At around 100 seconds into the race, the three Cheetahs will come
roaring down the road, going the wrong way. They'll plow straight into
the tanks, and at least one will get knocked into your hideout - if
you're lucky, it'll fall onto its back. Once all three have hit the
tanks, drive into your hideout and hit the Cheetah there, causing it to
explode. This is where it gets tricky - using the tank, you have to
push the blown-up Cheetah into your garage. If you have trouble
controlling the tank, you can park a smaller car inside the hideout and
use it as well. Remember this, though: If you have any major part of
the Cheetah inside your garage, DO NOT get out of your vehicle or pull
away. The door will close on the Cheetah, causing it to vanish. You
also cannot let the Cheetah out of your sights or it will vanish.
Either way, once you've gotten the Cheetah in your garage, you'll
probably get a message saying 'You cannot fit more than one car into
this garage' (if you're still in your car when the door closes with the
Cheetah inside). Get out of your car and check in the garage, and
there's your shiny, new Cheetah. The Cheetah is also impervious to fire
and explosions, and after completing all of El Burro's missions, you
can redo Turismo to get more BP Cheetahs. Enjoy!
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I did the exact same thing you did, only I actually did do the Diablo missions later in the game. I don't think the Mafia(or any gang) will shoot at you during the phone missions. Or rather, they didnt shoot at me. I pretty much avoided going in Portland though, because it was suicide to do so. In VC, the only gang that really shoots at you are the haitans, and they are a bunch of big chickens. You should be able to pass El Diablo's missions without being harrased though(I think). good luck.
 
I can't do the one where you have to pick up the mags in a certain time. I almost had it but some d!ckhead taxi driver got in my road and caused my to loose about 6-8 seconds. :mad:
 
I am up to that magazine one and as soon as I enter Diablo land they wanna piece of me! - I unleash fury and kill myself in the process and crack up laughing! - So once your at the phone they don't eat you?
 
You don't need two tanks. :lol: You just need one to shoot them all up. And then you can just go straight instead of turning right and cut them off. If that doesn't work then just head back to the hideout and wait for them. :)
 
Originally posted by DODGE the VIPER
You don't need two tanks. :lol: You just need one to shoot them all up. And then you can just go straight instead of turning right and cut them off. If that doesn't work then just head back to the hideout and wait for them. :)
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I tried it with 2 tanks. The damn cheetahs just ducked around me. You obviously haven't tried this. I have actually done it - modifing the method they used a bit - and received a dark grey/green BP Cheetah - you can get it resprayed but I like this colour. It owns much arse (the BP Cheetah). I gave it 10 shotgun shells, 25 M16 rounds, 10 rockets and 5 bursts of flame from the flamethrower and it didn't even but a dint or singe mark on it at all! :eek:
 
Place 3 tanks on the south entrance to your hideout, effectively blocking off the road and grassy area beside it. Take the 4th tank, start the Turismo mission for El Burro and enter the tank in the race. When the race starts, take your tank back to your hideout. Reverse it into the south-east corner of your base. Don't park on the ramp where your weapons get delivered though, just next to it will do. Stay in this tank. At around 100 seconds, the Cheetahs will come roaring up the street and smash into your tank roadblock. They won't be able to go around either. They will drive into your hideout and try and somehow get throught the corner of your hideout where the tank is parked. When a cheetah comes in front of you (you should still be in the tank parked in your hideout), simple touch it and it will explode. Now, this is the hard part. Push the shell of the destroyed Cheetah into your garage. This is hard as if you damage the shell too much it will disappear, and the garage door closing on the shell while your pushing it in will help damage it. Your garage doors should be opening and closing if the tank is at them - make sure they are. If they aren't drive the tank closer to the garage door. Get out of the tank and the door should stay up now. Keep looking at the shell so it won't dissappear - it may disappear if you stop looking at it. When you fail the mission (the other Cheethas somehow magically get through the wall), your hideout doors will open. Go in and save. If you done it right, you should have a brand spanking new, bulletproof Cheetah with the doors unlocked. It is bulletproof, fireproof, explosionproof, etc. The only thing that will damage it is smashing into other cars and walls, etc. Pretty stupid how it's impervious to explosions but it isn't smashproof.
 
You know you don't ahve to pick up allll of the magazines, right? So if you miss one, don't go around, you'll waste more time than you get back
 
Oh Eddy, i thought you were talking about beating the mission...and yes i have tried this method out myself:

Get a coach, and drive it up to the start line, once the race starts just drive back to your hideout and park so that it is like this

_____________--C O A C H---|---------|
HIDEOUT ROAD --------------|Median|
_____________---------------|---------|


The cheetah's will come from the south of the picture and at leat will hit the coach, and go into the road of the hideout, when you can just put the coach blocking it off. Once the race ends the dude will get out of the Cheetah. Now, push it into your garage and you now are the owner of the BP/EP/FP cheetah. :)
 
Originally posted by DODGE the VIPER
Oh Eddy, i thought you were talking about beating the mission...and yes i have tried this method out myself:

Get a coach, and drive it up to the start line, once the race starts just drive back to your hideout and park so that it is like this

_____________--C O A C H---|---------|
HIDEOUT ROAD --------------|Median|
_____________---------------|---------|


The cheetah's will come from the south of the picture and at leat will hit the coach, and go into the road of the hideout, when you can just put the coach blocking it off. Once the race ends the dude will get out of the Cheetah. Now, push it into your garage and you now are the owner of the BP/EP/FP cheetah. :)
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If you were listening, I said that the Cheetahs will try and get through the south-east corner of your hideout and somehow they do and continue the race. There is only one way this method will work. If the Cheetah hits you coach and flips over on to it's roof, keep looking at it and it won't unflip. Then the dude will get out and you can push it into your garage. But, I had 3 tanks there and they never flipped over. Almost did once though, one did a whole backflip.
 
They don't have to flip. Once they ricochete off the coach they will automatically go in hideout where you can corner it. Usually they flip, but with the coach you can do it and not use any cheats...and you won't blow anything up.

I beat them with the tank with a time of 400 secs...
 
I used a Banshee to spin one of the Cheetahs into the raised median section right in front of the hideout. He miraculously flipped over and I pushed him into the garage on foot. That was a complete fluke though, there are more reliable ways to do it.
 
With a Banshee! That would be pretty cool :)
 
Banshees are cool in the first city. Once you discover the Cheetah and Infernus in the 2nd city though, it seems slow. I reckon out of all the top cars, it reigns supreme in acceleration though.
 
Ah, who cares. I got a BP Cheetah my way and you got a BP Cheetah your way. And Mo got a BP Cheetah his way.

Yay! Just completed Portland Import/Export garage. Bus was the hardest. Sercuricar was the second hardest. I came across those two while driving around smashing cars in the firetruck. Securicar I found near the construction site in Fort Staunton during the day and the bus I found in Rockford (near the road leading to the Army Surplace) during the day.

Stuck on Asuka's 'Espresso-2-go' and Donald Love's 'Escort Service' missions now. And I can't do D-Ice's missions - they are hard.
 
Originally posted by gigo
I am up to that magazine one and as soon as I enter Diablo land they wanna piece of me! - I unleash fury and kill myself in the process and crack up laughing! - So once your at the phone they don't eat you?
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It doesn't matter. The Diablos had me and I was doing one of their mission and they were still trying to pull me out of the car and bash the **** out of me their bats.
 
Escort Service. Just drive to the Pink Marker and no-one will attack the Securicar.
 
Hmmm - how many FAQs do you read DtV?

I almost got that mission except the damn piggers (police) got in my road and I couldn't move my firetruck around (ignorant bastards). So, I couldn't hammer the Cartel Cruiser and Cartel gangster that were gangin up on the Securicar.
 
How many FAQs do i read? What does that mean?

This is all from experience, remember, many people have the had the game for about 8 months longer than you.

I have finished the game, thus have re-done it about two times, with strategies i have figured out, after getting frustrated at the simple facts. I tried a tank for it, but then the Securicar went too slow in the tunnel, and i consequently hit it.
 
I know that. But i was just asking why you were asking that to me :rolleyes:. :lol:
 
Because you always help me out with missions (not that that is a bad thing) and you always come up with strategies I would never think of. 👍
 

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