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E-MAIL: rarusk[gnat]netzero[snot]com
FACEBOOK: Robert Allen Rusk (San Antonio, TX, USA)
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-allen-rusk/15/539/59b
BLOG: http://rarusk.livejournal.com
XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG: RARusk
**NOTE: The [gnat] replaces the "@" symbol in the e-mail address. It is
to thwart spambots looking for email addresses to send spam to.
Simply replace [gnat] with "@" when responding. I chose [gnat]
because it rhymes with "at" and is easy to remember. Same goes
for "." - [snot].
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| General Notices \
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**NOTICE: This guide may only be distributed and/or posted in its
original format (and, most importantly, UNALTERED in any way).
If you wish to post or use excerpts from this guide then please ask for
my permission first before doing so (especially if you work for a
magazine or website). A lot of time and effort was spent putting this
thing together and that should be taken into consideration.
And remember.....
"Respect is everything."
Besides, contacting me will also give me an opportunity to hook up and
talk shop with fellow San Andreas "thuggers".....
I truly want to thank those who have written to me about this guide even if
you haven't received a response. I tend to read my e-mail late at night and
sometimes I'm too tired to respond right away. Mainly because I'm either a)
updating my other FAQs and documents, b) hacking up a console or doing more
RGB experiments or c) I've had a rough night at work (I work retail you
know....).
I've received a lot of nice e-mail about this guide from people around the
world saying how good the guide is and offering suggestions (many of which
made it into the previous revisions). I intend to continue updating and
polishing this document for as long as possible.
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is Copyright 2004-2005 by Rockstar Games, a
subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" Official Strategy Guide - Written by Tim
Bogenn. Copyright 2004-2005 by BradyGames, an imprint of Pearson Education,
Inc.
The Official Strategy Guide was used as reference during initial construction
of this text based guide for the following:
>>Graffiti Tag Map
>>Photo-Op Map
>>Horseshoe Map
>>Oyster Map
>>Weapon and Item Location Map
>>100% Completion List
All other trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by
their respective trademark and copyright holders.
For this revision there is no new gameplay information. However, I further
refined the look of this document to put it more in line with what I have
done recently to all of my other GTA related documents.
In addition, I continued to clean up minor grammer mistakes and spelling
errors from previous revisions.
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|                   Additional Sources                   |
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--"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" Local Business Advertiser's Guide (Game
Manual)
--GameFAQs San Andreas Message Board
--The Chadness ("Reuniting The Families" Exploit)
--TheLegendaryOne (Chiliad Challenge Exploit)
--Malcrasternus (Thermal Goggles Hint)
--GTAForums.com Message Board
--pdescobar, srg and Mxyzptlk ("No Wanted Level" Mission Exploits)
--Vehicle Location Map by GamerLady
--Vending Machine and Food Cart Map (www.gtasanandreas.net/sam)
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|                Additional Contributions                |
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--Glen T. Winstein                      --Angela
--glenJammin                            --Steven Eng
--Allan Curtis (aka "evilrage")         --David Sears
--Andy Kim                              --Andrew Petrie
--Jason Vercellone                      --Phil Carter
--Anders Paulson                        --Craig Kostelecky
--Odhita Kamayana                       --Mxyzptlk
--Andrew Mogridge                       --Randy Russell
--CNDW (aka "Evil Bastardo")            --Dr. Simon Chan
--Monkey Man                            --rav0
--Nick Markovich                        --Duke
--Vaibhav Naruka                        --Tom Fang
--powerslaves                           --Joshua Frech
--SkippPOP (Skipp Kennedy)              --Carl Johnson
--rav0                                  --Stefan Cvetkovic
--Apearsall20                           --Anurag Sinha
--Philip Carstens                       --Sean McCafferty
--Slim                                  --Jay Versluis
--quest78                               --Haenlomal
--Stuart Thomson                        --Tom Vanpool
--Victor Anni                           --Sarah Jane Marley
--Guillermo Caceres                     --Ben Riemer
--GTA_Phreak                            --Alky Alky2
--Eugene De Guzman                      --The Illusionist
--Kevin Brown                           --Rebecca Kyte
--Shee Soon Theng                       --Tim Stam
--Ron Schock                            --Siddharth Sharma
--Bragon the Bat                        --Brandon Rowan
--Brian Stell                           --Dienske
--Jordan Knupp                          --Krispykreme2546
--Mario Izquierdo                       --Naveen Akshar
--Richard Julian                        --Tim Mccollum
--Dan Stephen                           --Bob Smith
--Diego Mendez                          --Jarred Buttle
--Willum Hardy
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|         Other Guides and FAQs I Have Authored          |
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| Strategy Guides \
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>>"Grand Theft Auto III" (PS2, Xbox, PC)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" (PS2)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" (PS2, Xbox, PC)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" (PS2)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"Bully" (PS2)
>>"Bully: Scholarship Edition" (Xbox 360)
>>"Stubbs The Zombie" (Xbox)
>>"The Darkness" (Xbox 360)
>>"Watchmen: The End is Nigh (Parts 1 and 2)" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" (Xbox 360, PS3)
>>"The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay" (Xbox)
One of the earlier versions of my "TCoR: EFBB" guide can be found in the book
"GameFAQs Presents.....The Ultimate Xbox Strategy Guide" published (in 2004)
by Future Network USA.
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>>Differences Between The Three Versions Of "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
for PlayStation 2
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" Suggested Music List FAQ (for Xbox and PC
versions)
>>"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" Hidden Text FAQ
>>"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" Hidden Text FAQ
>>"Rumble Roses XX" Character Story FAQ (Xbox 360)
Although my guides and FAQs can be found at many sites around the internet,
the latest versions of my work can always be found first at GameFAQs since
that is my primary contribution site.
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This guide uses a Quick Search Feature which takes advantage of the Find
feature used by many web browsers. This feature will allow you to go to any
chapter or section in this guide quickly.
On the left side of many of the chapters, as well as the right side of each
of the major section headers, in the Table of Contents is a four character
code. To access any of those chapters or sections do CTRL-F (PC) or Clover-F
(Mac) to activate the Find feature in the web browser. Then enter the code in
BRACKETS (or at least the left bracket) like this:
[xxxx] or [xxxx
You will notice that the chapters for the Main Story Missions do not have a
four character code. They are accessed a little differently. To access any of
the Main Story Mission chapters you activate the Find feature and enter the >
character followed by the chapter number like this:
>KR6 or >ZD12
This feature also works backwards. You will notice that the Table of Contents
has its own four character code. Should you want to quickly go back to the
top of this document input the four letter code for the Table and you will
instantly be back at the top of the guide.
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1. Who Am I?
(MSTP) 2. My Setup
(FRAU) 3. From the Author
(ABGD) 4. About The Guide
(SBMS) 5. Submissions
(GTAS) 6. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
(MJBG) 7. Major Bugs
A. "Supply Lines" (PS2 Adults Only Version)
B. Off-Map Glitch (Xbox Adults Only Version)
(HCFE) 8. "Hot Coffee"
(SDFR) 9. Second Edition Differences
A. Xbox Version
B. PlayStation 2 Version
(TCDT) 10. Technical Data
A. PlayStation 2
B. PlayStation 3
C. Original Xbox
D. Xbox 360
(STTS) 11. Stats
(CTVH) 12. Controls and Vehicles
A. On Foot
B. First Person Shooting
C. Swimming
D. Bicycles
E. In Cars, Motorcycles and Boats
F. In Planes (and Skydiving)
G. In Helicopters
H. In the Hunter
I. With the Jetpack
J. In The Hydra (Military Jet)
K. In the Rhino
(MNSC) 13. The Main Screen
(GMNU) 14. Game Menus
(ETFD) 15. Eating and Food
(RSPT) 16. Respect
A. Fat, Muscle Stats and Gyms
B. Clothes and Clothes Stores
C. Haircuts and Tattoos
D. Sex Appeal
E. Girlfriends
(LWFM) 17. Law Enforcement
(PVVM) 18. Police Vehicles and Vigilante Missions
(USPS) 19. Using a Pay 'N' Spray
(BSTD) 20. Busted
(WSTD) 21. Wasted
(EXUA) 22. Exploration and Unwelcome Areas
(ERXP) 23. Early Exploration Exploits
(ADTI) 24. Advanced Tips And Information
(CPLT) 25. 100% Completion List
A. Los Santos and Red County Tasks
B. Badlands and San Fierro Tasks
C. Desert and Las Venturas Tasks
D. Global Tasks
E. Returning to Los Santos Tasks
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(HULR) 1. Los Santos / Red County Safehouse List
A. Los Santos
B. Red County
(PNLR) 2. Los Santos / Red County Points of Interest List
A. Los Santos
B. Red County
(WBAH) 3. Weapons, Special Items, Body Armor and Police Bribes
A. Weapon Skill and Easy Upgrading
B. Weapons and Special Items
C. Body Armor and Police Bribe Icons
D. Food and Drinks
(WPLS) 4. Los Santos / Red County Weapon, Item and Food Locations
A. Los Santos
B. Red County
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(NTBG) 1. In The Beginning.....
(BRGN) 2. Burglar Side-Mission
(ITBM) 3. Inside Track Betting and Easy Money
(KPEO) 4. Keeping An Eye Open For Certain Cars
(OSLS) 5. Oysters (Los Santos and Red County)
(LSGT) 6. Los Santos Graffiti Tags
(CMCA) 7. The Commerce 24-7 Courier Asset Side-Mission
(BMCL) 8. BMX Challenge
(VGLC) 9. Vigilante Side-Mission (Motorcycle)
(TRSN) 10. "8-Track" (Los Santos Forum)
(PMPN) 11. Pimping Side-Mission
(AMBM) 12. Ambulance Side-Mission
(FTKM) 13. Firetruck Side-Mission
(XMSN) 14. Taxi Side-Mission
(TKST) 15. Taking Stock
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(CRJN) 1. Carl Johnson
CJ1. "Big Smoke" (Carl Johnson)
CJ2. "Sweet and Kendl" (Carl Johnson)
CJ3. "Ryder" (Carl Johnson)
(SWTJ) 2. Sweet Johnson
SJ1. "Tagging Up Turf" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ2. "Cleaning The Hood" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ3. "Drive Thru" (Sweet Johnson)
(USGM) 3. Using Gyms
SJ4. "Nines and AK's" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ5. "Drive-By" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ6. "Sweet's Girl" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ7. "Cesar Vialpando" (Sweet Johnson)
(CSVL) 4. Cesar Vialpando
CV1. "High Stakes, Low Rider" (Cesar Vialpando)
(BGSK) 5. Big Smoke
BS1. "OG Loc" (Big Smoke)
(OGLC) 6. OG Loc
OL1. "Life's A Beach" (OG Loc)
OL2. "Madd Dogg's Rhymes" (OG Loc)
(CRSH) 7. C.R.A.S.H.
CH1. "Burning Desire" (C.R.A.S.H.)
SJ8. "Doberman" (Sweet Johnson)
(DFTR) 8. Defending Territories
SJ9. "Los Sepulcros" (Sweet Johnson)
CH2. "Gray Imports" (C.R.A.S.H.)
OL3. "Management Issues" (OG Loc)
OL4. "House Party" (OG Loc)
BS2. "Running Dog" (Big Smoke)
BS3. "Wrong Side Of The Tracks..." (Big Smoke)
BS4. "Just Business" (Big Smoke)
(RYDR) 9. Ryder
R1. "Home Invasion" (Ryder)
R2. "Catalyst" (Ryder)
R3. "Robbing Uncle Sam" (Ryder)
SJ10. "Reuniting The Families" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ11. "The Green Sabre" (Sweet Johnson)
(AFMH) 10. The Aftermath
(ORTN) 11. Orientation
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(HUBF) 1. Badlands / San Fierro Safehouse List
A. Badlands
B. San Fierro
(PNBF) 2. Badlands / San Fierro Points of Interest List
A. Whetstone
B. San Fierro
(BFWT) 3. Badlands / San Fierro Weapon, Item and Food Locations
A. Whetstone
B. Flint County
C. San Fierro
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(OSBD) 1. Oysters (Badlands)
(MCCN) 2. Mount Chiliad Challenge
(OSSF) 3. Oysters (San Fierro)
(SFPO) 4. San Fierro Photo-Ops
C.I.4.A. Multiple Photo-Op Acquisitions
(HPCM) 5. Hippy Shopper Courier Asset Side-Mission
(NRCH) 6. NRG-500 Challenge
(BDCS) 7. "Blood Bowl" (Corvin Stadium)
(CMTA) 8. Cobra Martial Arts (San Fierro Gym)
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CH3. "Badlands" (C.R.A.S.H.)
??1. "First Date"
$$$1. "Tanker Commander" (Catalina)
(THTR) 1. The Truth
TH1. "Body Harvest" (The Truth)
CV2. "King In Exile" (Cesar Vialpando)
(CATL) 2. Catalina
CA1. "First Base" (Catalina)
$$$2. "Small Town Bank" (Catalina)
CA2. "Gone Courting" (Catalina)
$$$3. "Local Liquor Store" (Catalina)
CA3. "Made In Heaven" (Catalina)
$$$4. "Against All Odds" (Catalina)
CV3. "Wu Zi Mu" (Cesar Vialpando)
CV4. "Farewell, My Love..." (Cesar Vialpando)
TH2. "Are You Going To San Fierro?" (The Truth)
CJ4. "Wear Flowers In Your Hair" (Carl Johnson)
(ZRRC) 3. Zero RC Asset
ZRA1. "Air Raid" (Zero RC Asset)
ZRA2. "Supply Lines..." (Zero RC Asset)
ZRA3. "New Model Army" (Zero RC Asset)
CJ5. "555 We Tip" (Carl Johnson)
(VHHF) 4. Vank Hoff Hotel Valet Parking Asset Side-Mission
CJ6. "Deconstruction" (Carl Johnson)
(TTDS) 5. "Back To School" (Turning Tricks Driving School)
(LSYD) 6. Loco Syndicate
LS1. "Photo Opportunity" (Loco Syndicate)
LS2. "Jizzy" (Loco Syndicate)
LS3. "T-Bone Mendez" (Loco Syndicate)
LS4. "Mike Toreno" (Loco Syndicate)
LS5. "Outrider" (Loco Syndicate)
CH4. "Snail Trail" (C.R.A.S.H.)
LS6. "Ice Cold Killa" (Loco Syndicate)
LS7. "Pier 69" (Loco Syndicate)
LS8. "Toreno's Last Flight" (Loco Syndicate)
(WZMU) 7. Wu Zi Mu
W1. "Mountain Cloud Boys" (Wu Zi Mu)
W2. "Ran Fa Li" (Wu Zi Mu)
W3. "Lure" (Wu Zi Mu)
W4. "Amphibious Assault" (Wu Zi Mu)
W5. "The Da Nang Thang" (Wu Zi Mu)
LS9. "Yay Ka-Boom-Boom" (Loco Syndicate)
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(HUDV) 1. Desert / Las Venturas Safehouse List
A. Tierra Robada
B. Bone County
C. Las Venturas
(PNDV) 2. Desert / Las Venturas Points of Interest List
A. Tierra Robada
B. Bone County
C. Las Venturas
(DVWT) 3. Desert / Las Venturas Weapon, Item and Food Locations
A. Tierra Robada
B. Bone County
C. Las Venturas
D. Red County
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(OSDT) 1. Oysters (Desert)
(BMBS) 2. Bayside Marina Boat School
(RSHT) 3. RS Haul Trucking Asset Side-Mission
(OSLV) 4. Oysters (Las Venturas)
(LVHS) 5. Las Venturas Horseshoes
(LVBK) 6. Las Venturas Bike School
(BSCM) 7. Burger Shot Courier Asset Side-Mission
(KDBS) 8. "Kick Start" and "Dirt Track" (Blackfield Stadium)
(FRMS) 9. The Freight Side-Mission
(ANCH) 10. The Ammu-Nation Challenge
(LVGY) 11. Las Venturas Gym
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1. Wang's Auto Asset
CV5. "Zeroing In" (Cesar Vialpando)
CV6. "Test Drive" (Cesar Vialpando)
CV7. "Customs Fast Track" (Cesar Vialpando)
(VEIM) 2. Vehicle Exports And Imports
A. List One
B. List Two
C. List Three
CV8. "Puncture Wounds" (Cesar Vialpando)
??2. "Monster" (?)
??3. "Highjack" (?)
(MKTR) 3. Mike Toreno
T1. "Interdiction" (Mike Toreno)
T2. "Verdant Meadows" (Mike Toreno)
(LRFL) 4. "Learning To Fly" (Verdant Meadows Flight School)
(RCTU) 5. Race Tournaments
A. Los Santos Race Tournaments
B. San Fierro Race Tournaments
C. Las Venturas Race Tournaments (Cars)
D. Las Venturas Race Tournaments (Aircraft)
(VGMH) 6. Vigilante Side-Mission (Hunter)
(VGRO) 7. Vigilante Side-Mission (Rhino)
(VMAG) 8. Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard Asset
VMAGA1. "N.O.E." (Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard Asset)
VMAGA2. "Stowaway" (Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard Asset)
VMAGA3. "Black Project" (Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard Asset)
VMAGA4. "Green Goo" (Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard Asset)
(FDCS) 9. The Four Dragons Casino
FDC1. "Fender Ketchup" (The Four Dragons Casino)
FDC2. "Explosive Situation" (The Four Dragons Casino)
(HQST) 10. Hunter Quarry Asset
FDC3. "You've Had Your Chips" (The Four Dragons Casino)
FDC4. "Don Peyote" (The Four Dragons Casino)
(THST) 11. The Heist
H$T1. "Architectural Espionage" (The Heist)
H$T2. "Key To Her Heart" (The Heist)
H$T3. "Dam And Blast" (The Heist)
H$T4. "Cop Wheels" (The Heist)
H$T5. "Up, Up And Away!" (The Heist)
(CLPL) 12. Caligula's Palace
CP1. "Intensive Care" (Caligula's Palace)
CP2. "The Meat Business" (Caligula's Palace)
FDC5. "Fish In A Barrel" (The Four Dragons Casino)
CP3. "Freefall" (Caligula's Palace)
(MDGG) 13. Madd Dogg
CH5. "Misappropriation" (C.R.A.S.H.)
CH6. "High Noon" (C.R.A.S.H.)
CP4. "Saint Mark's Bistro" (Caligula's Palace)
H$T6. "Breaking The Bank At Caligula's" (The Heist)
FDC6. "A Home In The Hills" (The Four Dragons Casino)
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CJ7. "Vertical Bird" (Carl Johnson)
CJ8. "Home Coming" (Carl Johnson)
(TRAQ) 1. Territory Acquisition
A. Weapon of Choice
B. Tips and Strategies
C. Small Territories
D. Defending Territories
CJ9. "Cut Throat Business" (Carl Johnson)
SJ12. "Beat Down On B Dup" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ13. "Grove 4 Life" (Sweet Johnson)
CJ10. "Riot" (Carl Johnson)
SJ14. "Los Desperados" (Sweet Johnson)
SJ15. "End of the Line" (Sweet Johnson)
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| H. Conclusion \
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My name is Robert Allen Rusk and I am a hardcore gamer with about 30+ years
of gaming experience. I am an ex-gametester (Broderbund Software, LucasArts
Games, Point Of View Computing) and an ex-arcade attendant (Namco
Cyberstation - Pier 39, San Francisco, CA).
I also own multiple systems such as the Sega Dreamcast, Super Nintendo,
Nintendo 64, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation 1 and 2, Xbox and Xbox 360.
I currently work at JCPenneys at one of the malls here in San Antonio, TX.
Retail isn't the best job in the world but JCPenneys has given me the job
stability I did not have much of prior to employment there. This also led to
personal stability that allows me to write and maintain the guides I have
built.
I started writing guides in 2003 because I felt it was something I could do
utilizing my writing skills gained in college and gametesting along with my
passion for vidgames.
Over time I have honed my overall writing and organization skills plus my
creative thinking skills. Additionally, I have extended the play value of the
games I have written guides and FAQs for many times over plus I have received
many letters from all over the world.
I am also what one may call an RGB Analog Video enthusiast. I hack most of my
game consoles to try to get the best possible video from them and that
usually involves tapping into the RGB Analog video signals and using them on
the right monitors to achieve my desires.
To this end I became a member of the GamesX.com mod forum and I post on their
"RGB + Video Discussions" forum area from time to time.
In addition, I am a member of the X-Otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
(www.xcssa.org), a group who specializes in Linux, Mac, and other systems. We
are also a group of hackers and electronics enthusiasts.
I am also a regular forum poster at GameFAQs, an occasional poster at
AtariAge, Digital Press, GTA Forums and Video Game Saga. I am also a member
of The MoFaT (a members only message board set up by "Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City" players who met on the Vice City message boards at GameFAQs).
Outside of gaming, my interests include "Godzilla" (I have been a G-Fan since
the age of ten) and "Red Dwarf" (I own all eight series plus the "Back to
Earth" mini-series on DVD). I am also a long time soundtrack collector with
many titles in my possession.
As far as favorite sports teams go, my teams are the San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
[the local team], the Denver Broncos (NFL) [although I live in Texas, I am
originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado] and the Air Force Falcons (NCAA
Football).
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This guide was constructed using BBEdit Lite 6.1 and a Power Mac Workgroup
Server 8550/200 (with a G3 card running at 330 MHz). It is now being
maintained using TextWrangler on a 1.5Ghz Single Core Intel Mac Mini.
I view my work in Safari to help in seeing how it would look on the web and
correct format errors.
I also play "GTA: San Andreas" on my NEC MultiSync 3D RGB monitor using a
homebrew RGB box that contains a EL1883 (MacroVision compatible) sync
separation chip to acquire video sync, for RGB use, from Composite Video.
When I do my writing and guide revisions, I run my Mac (on one monitor)
alongside the Xbox or PS2 (on my MultiSync 3D monitor). This way I can
simultaneously play and make changes to the guide at the same time.
The sound is hooked up to an old stereo box I got from Radio Shack when I
acquired my first Amiga 500 in 1990 and it has served me well considering its
age.
For my guide work I have more than twenty memory cards for my PlayStation 2.
Many of the memory cards are dedicated to "Grand Theft Auto III", "Grand
Theft Auto: Vice City" (Original Version (1.40)), "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty
City Stories", "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" and "Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas". One of those is dedicated to the Second Edition of San Andreas.
These memory cards allow me to quickly go and try out new ideas (and modify
old ones) when they occur to me or suggested by others.
I have done 100% Completion once on the PS2 (Original Version), Xbox
(Original Version), PS2 (Second Edition Version) and Xbox (Second Edition
Version).
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| A.3. From The Author                                               [FRAU] |
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Welcome to my "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" guide! If this is the first
time you have visited then you will find a lot of useful information in a
highly organized format that you can use to beat all of the missions here in
San Andreas.
Quotes taken from readers' e-mail are presented "as is" and may include
spelling and grammatical errors.
When I first posted my initial version of my Vice City guide in 2003, I did
not know how well it would go over and how many people would respond. I
wasn't exactly swamped with e-mail but I do get letters from time to time.
Sometimes people would ask for advice and others would say how cool the guide
is. All it takes is for one person to say how good and useful your guide is
to make it all worthwhile. And others have made suggestions that have been
incorporated into my guides.
I want to thank GameFAQs for creating a place where such documents can be
hosted for the benefit of all gamers. I also want to thank IGN.com,
NeoSeeker.com, TheVGNation.com, GameHelper.com and many other sites for
their generosity in hosting my other work on their sites.
I also want to thank everybody who has taken the time to download and
read this guide. I love this game and I wanted to share my creative ideas
with fellow San Andreas "thuggers".
And, of course, I want to give a special thanks to all those who have taken
the time to write to me and tell me what you thought, make suggestions and
ask questions.
With that said, let's get down to business shall we?.....
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| A.4. About The Guide                                               [ABGD] |
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The main emphasis of this guide is to provide creative and simple solutions
to many of the missions of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas".
I have worked hard to make sure that this guide is as complete as possible
but, at the same time, leave room for exploration. I hope that you enjoy this
guide as much as learn from it.
This guide is designed to help you achieve 100% Completion within San
Andreas. Stuff that doesn't directly contribute to it won't be covered in the
guide (the exception being the "Burglar" Mission).
This is mainly to keep things manageable. Stuff that won't be covered are
Girlfriends (although Gifts are listed in the Weapons and Other Items
sections), basketball playing and (surprisingly enough) Unique Stunt Jumps.
Because of the large size of San Andreas, each major section of the guide
(Section B, Section C and Section D) will have their own Weapon location and
Safehouse lists.
Another emphasis of this guide is ORDER. If you do the missions and tasks in
a certain order then the game will be easier and more fun for you. You don't
absolutely have to do them in the EXACT order I have them listed but, as you
read the guide, then you will see how it benefitted me.
There are a total of 250 objects that must be painted over (Los Santos
Graffiti Tags), photographed (San Fierro Photo-Ops) or collected (Las
Venturas Horseshoes, Oysters).
Each Graffiti Tag, Oyster, Photo-Op and Horseshoe has a letter designation to
make them easier to identify in this guide. In addition, there is a three
letter Neighborhood Prefix (listings below) indicating a particular
neighborhood or area where the item can be found (in these examples I use
"XXX"):
>>Graffiti Tags (Los Santos) will be identified with an "T".
--Examples: Graffiti Tag [XXX-T21].
Tag [XXX-T32].
>>Oysters (San Andreas) will be identified with an "Y".
--Examples: Oyster [XXX-Y34].
>>Photo-Ops (San Fierro) will be identified with a "P".
--Examples: Photo-Op [XXX-P27].
>>Horseshoes (Las Venturas) will be identified with a "H".
--Examples: Horseshoe [XXX-H18].
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LST - Los Santos                       SMB - Santa Maria Beach
RDO - Rodeo                            VWD - Vinewood
TMP - Temple                           MRN - Marina
MKT - Market                           VBH - Verona Beach
VBF - Verdant Bluffs                   CMR - Commerce
DLS - Downtown Los Santos              MIN - Mulholland Intersection
GPK - Glen Park                        JFS - Jefferson
LCA - Las Colinas                      ELS - East Los Santos
LFS - Los Flores                       EBH - East Beach
PDS - Playa Del Seville                ODK - Ocean Docks
WFD - Willowfield                      LIA - Los Santos International Airport
ELC - El Corona                        LMX - Little Mexico
IDW - Idlewood                         GTN - Ganton
RDC - Red County
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FLC - Flint County                     WST - Whetstone
SNF - San Fierro                       GBR - Gant Bridge
SFB - San Fierro Bay                   EPN - Esplanade North
FNC - Financial                        CLH - Calton Heights
JNH - Juniper Hollow                   DTN - Downtown
GVB - Garver Bridge                    PLS - Palisades
JPH - Juniper Hill                     CHT - Chinatown
CHL - City Hall                        QNS - Queens
KNG - King's                           ESB - Easter Basin
OFL - Ocean Flats                      HSB - Hashbury
GRC - Garcia                           DHR - Doherty
CRS - Cranberry Station                AVC - Avispa Country Club
EBA - Easter Bay Airport               MHL - Missionary Hill
FSV - Foster Valley
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TIR - Tierra Robada                    SMR - Sherman Reservoir
BNT - Bone County                      LVN - Las Venturas
YBG - Yellow Bell Golf Course          PRP - Prickle Pine
KAC - K.A.C.C. Military Fuels          RSW - Redsands West
RSE - Redsands East                    EMI - The Emerald Isle
JTN - Julius Thruway North             CRK - Creek
RCE - Roca Escalante                   WHE - Whitewood Estates
LVA - Las Venturas Airport             OVS - Old Venturas Strip
TVS - The Visage                       STC - The Starfish Casino
JTE - Julius Thruway East              TCE - The Clown's Pocket
PMP - Pirates in Men's Pants           RYC - Royal Casino
CML - The Camel's Toe                  GGC - Greenglass College
LFD - LVA Freight Depot                FDC - The Four Dragons Casino
CAL - Come-A-Lot                       BFC - Blackfield Chapel
RIE - Randolph Industrial Estate       RKW - Rockshore West
RKE - Rockshore East
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| A.5. Submissions                                                   [SBMS] |
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If you have any comments, suggestions and critiques then you can e-mail me at
the following address:
++rarusk[gnat]netzero[snot]com
Things to submit.....
>>Better ideas. If you have some better way to do certain missions then I
would be glad to hear it. After I confirm it then I will include your
idea in future revisions and will credit you for it.
>>Anecdotes and observations (especially if they're funny).
>>Constructive critiques. While I have strived to make this as good a
guide as possible, I know it is not perfect. Whatever criticisms you
make of this guide please make them constructive so I can learn from it
since I may consider doing guides for other games in the future.
>>Grammatical and formatting errors.
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This is where I am doing the social networking thing and have hooked up with
old friends and made new ones:
++Robert Allen Rusk (San Antonio, TX, USA)
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I also have a page at LinkedIn where I am using it to try to make a comeback
into the gaming industry:
++http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-allen-rusk/15/539/59b
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In addition, I have a blog where I use it to post my thoughts on gaming and
other things:
++http://rarusk.livejournal.com
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And I have an Xbox Live account where I can be found on occasion:
++GAMERTAG: RARusk
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| A.6. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"                               [GTAS] |
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What can I say? Rockstar has done it again. They have completely blown my
expectations out of the water with San Andreas. San Andreas is much, much
larger than GTA3 and Vice City combined with many more things to do whether
you want to get 100% Completion or not.
There are even more vehicles to play with including earthmovers, tractors,
biplanes, jets, street sweepers and even trains.
The one major criticism I have for this game is that they seem to have given
us too much of a good thing. Of course, there are a lot of companies that
would love to have that kind of criticism.
But San Andreas is not perfect.....
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| A.7. Major Bugs                                                    [MJBG] |
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When the game was first released on the PlayStation 2 and the Original Xbox,
there were a couple of major issues that upset gamers:
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One of the characters in the game, Zero, has some Asset Missions for his
business. One of them involved flying a small remote controlled plane.
This mission is called "Supply Lines". And it has been often considered the
single worst mission in San Andreas.
But, to make matters worse, there was a flaw or bug that hindered the player.
In the mission you used up fuel no matter what you do. This included gliding
(getting in the air and letting off the gas).
However, in the Xbox and PC versions, you don't use fuel when gliding which
made the mission much easier and more manageable. Since, in the PS2 version,
you used up fuel when gliding this greatly reduced the range of your plane
and made it far more difficult to successfully complete the mission.
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This bug was originally called the "Pilot's License Glitch".
One of the common tactics to get your Flying Stat maxed out early in the game
was to go to Los Santos International Airport and get a Shamal then fly east
off the map then return with a fully maxed Flying Stat.
But, in the Xbox version, something bad happens when you do that. By flying
off the map this way then you prevent the Taxi Mission from being completed
(no fares will ever show up) and the "Mike Toreno" mission (the game won't
recognize when you are near the markers).
Because the "Mike Toreno" mission is necessary for completion of the Main
Story then you would screw yourself and you would need to restart your game
either from a point before flying off the map or completely from scratch.
Initially I felt this bug had to do with the Pilot's License but was informed
otherwise by Zoomzoom Moonchild:
"What triggers the glitch is going off of the regular map and going out
into the ocean. If you just keep going and going it does something to
the game where it can't recognize certain aspects geographically, such
as for the passengers in the Taxi Mission. You can trigger this glitch
by swimming out too far, or by traveling too far in a boat or
helicopter, however it's a lot easier to trigger the glitch it in a
fixed-wing aircraft such as a jet (because they move much faster). Once
the glitch has occurred there is no way that I know of to correct it,
you must restart from a previously saved game (before the glitch
occurred) or start a new game."
And, according to Orion_SR, there are certain zone markers that are corrupted
and, by flying through them, then you are moving certain invisible zones off
the map thus causing various problems. The worst of these markers is at the
southeast corner of the map.
Of course, if you fly due east of Los Santos International Airport to max out
your Flying Stat, then you fly through this area and seriously muck things
up.
You can actually go north of this area then fly east off the map. However,
that doesn't guarantee you won't screw yourself over. According to Orion_SR,
you can still get the Glitch by flying off the map anywhere but the fastest
way to screw yourself is through this corrupted zone marker at the southeast
corner.
And, because of this information, then it was best to rename this bug to
better reflect its actual origins.
You may have also noticed that these bugs affected what are known as the
Adults Only version of the game. And this leads to something that was far
more devastating than any bug.....
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| A.8. "Hot Coffee"                                                  [HCFE] |
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Shortly after the PC and Xbox versions were released then Rockstar was caught
up in a controversy known as "Hot Coffee". Buried within the large mountain
of computer code was a little mini-game that allowed the main character to
actively please a woman sexually.
This was supposed to happen when you got far enough in the relationship with
a Girlfriend to have sex with her. The reason for the name "Hot Coffee" is,
because when she invited you into her house, it was for "coffee".
During development Rockstar felt that maybe that this mini-game might cause
too much trouble so they decided not to use it. However, instead of removing
the code, they decided to deactivate it but leave the code within the game.
Instead, when you go in for "coffee", then you just see the outside of the
house and hear a lot of erotic noises.
When the PC version came out then the mod community went to work to modify
San Andreas to suit their desires like changing landscapes, weapons and cars.
But someone in Holland discovered the "Hot Coffee" mini-game and told the
gaming community about it. He showed them where it was and how to activate
it.
Glen T. Winstein wrote to me strongly suggesting that it was placed within
the code in such a way that it was meant to be discovered. Jay Versluis also
added that Rockstar knew it would cause controversy and would help them gain
publicity.
However, in some cases, the publicity can come at a high price as Rockstar
would soon find out.
Here in the United States our views toward sex are Puritan to say the least.
It didn't take long for certain activists to get their hooks into this
controversy. There was lawyer Jack Thompson (who I think is an attention
seeking troll) and Senator Hilary Clinton (who's no better) that made the
most noise about "Hot Coffee".
Rockstar's stance was that the modders created the mini-game and angrily
denounced it. The modders pointed out that the code was within the game and
that they simply unlocked it. Rockstar continued to point the finger at the
modders for creating the mini-game.
In the meantime, Xbox and PlayStation 2 users went to try to activate the
mini-game within their own copies. And thanks to cheat discs like ARMax they
were able to do just that.
Since the PS2 and Xbox versions were nearly impossible to mod then Rockstar's
house of cards completely collapsed.
To make matters worse, the ESRB, which rates the games here in the United
States, retroactively changed the rating for San Andreas from M to AO (Adults
Only). This was despite the fact that you had to go through a lot of stuff
just to activate "Hot Coffee".
There were two reasons, I felt, that the ESRB did this. First, this was to
punish Rockstar for some of the other stuff they did in the past. And second,
the ESRB wanted to get the message across to all the other developers that
you will not get away with intentionally circumventing the ESRB.
A lot of places here in the US will not carry any game with an AO rating so
they quickly cleared the shelves of San Andreas. Rockstar began work to put
out a "Hot Coffee" free version as soon as possible to help recoup the losses
they suffered, with one report saying that Take Two Interactive would lose as
much as $50 million, over this controversy.
These new versions would be called the Second Edition and this leads me to
the next chapter.....
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Shortly after their releases then I acquired the Second Edition versions for
both the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles.
As with the various versions of Vice City, the game saves from the AO Version
of San Andreas will *NOT* work with the Second Edition Version.
However, as it was pointed out on various forums, whenever you change the
main program even a little this will cause the game save incompatibility.
There is nothing that anyone can do about it and this is something that we
will have to live with.
Listed below are the differences between the Original and Second Edition
versions. They are categorized by platform.
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The only change in the box art is the inclusion, in small letters along the
bottom of the front of the case, of the words "Second Edition". Not very
helpful but better than nothing.
In addition, the Platinum Hits version of San Andreas is also the Second
Edition version.
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On the game disc itself there should be the words "Second Edition" just
underneath the ESRB rating.
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