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Game Forum / Action Games / Grand Theft Auto / October 2006Parachute Failure...
Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe altitude, I bailed out over the mission symbol and pulled the chute... Imagine my surprise when the chute deployed but I continued to accelerate until smucking myself on the ground several seconds later... Needless to say I was presented with the much hated "Wasted"... What the hell?  SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > IBA# 11465 > http://imagesdesavions.com Nope - NEVER on the PS2 version. Maybe CJ's just gotten too fat! ;) Shoulda tried aiming for some water, as you'd have likely survived. Seems strange though - are you playing the Xbox version? > > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Seems strange though - are you playing the Xbox version? It HAS happened to me on the ps2 version lots of times SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > > > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > > > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Seems strange though - are you playing the Xbox version? > It HAS happened to me on the ps2 version lots of times Really? I feel all left out now... =| > > > > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > > > > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Really? I feel all left out now... =| :O) Seriously, it really has done it more than once. In fact it did it once and when CJ rematerialised he dropped down dead immediately. Don't know what the cause of that was though! SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > :O) Seriously, it really has done it more than once. In fact it did > it once and when CJ rematerialised he dropped down dead immediately. > Don't know what the cause of that was though! I need to double check this, but I saw a friend spawn a jetpack whilst floating with a parachute once, and after pressing the "eject" button (Or key, mighta been the PC version) the jetpack was left floating in the air whilst CJ, naturally, became pavement pizza. Funny thing was that when he respawned he still had the jetpack and the parachute on. As mentioned before, this could have been on the PC and thus mod-related. I might still see if I can replicate it though. Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. > > :O) Seriously, it really has done it more than once. In fact it did > > it once and when CJ rematerialised he dropped down dead immediately. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. oh do, and see if you can get a grab! :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > Nope - NEVER on the PS2 version. Maybe CJ's just gotten too fat! ;) > Shoulda tried aiming for some water, as you'd have likely survived. I was over the Grove and had little to no steering control available... > Seems strange though - are you playing the Xbox version? Nope... P.C. SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > IBA# 11465 > http://imagesdesavions.com happened to me a few times, one just the other day. Sometimes it happened if I hit the button too soons after exiting a plane and other times it seemed to be if I left it too late, which I guess is real life. He looks like he as a chute but you can't control the speed etc SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:45387165.8BD18581 @blueyonder.co.uk: > happened to me a few times, one just the other day. Sometimes it > happened if I hit the button too soons after exiting a plane I don't think that was it... I steered and "dove" for a bit before opening it... > He looks like he as a chute but you can't control the speed etc EXACTLY! SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:45387165.8BD18581 > @blueyonder.co.uk: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > IBA# 11465 > http://imagesdesavions.com yep, well now you know it isn;t exclusive to PC :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > What the hell? It's happened to me quite a few times. The nearest I can figure out is that I freefalled and pulled the cord too late, then CJ's velocity means that he doesn't slow down enough for the parachute to have an effect. By the way, has anyone else noticed that if you hold back on the directional stick (Or the equivalent for XBox and PC) CJ runs a little whilst landing? It's quicker than the usual landing. Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. > > What the hell? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. yeah, it's probably the equivalent of bending your knees etc but I always land that way nowadays. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > The nearest I can figure out is that I freefalled and pulled the cord > too late, <snipped> Sorry to quote myself but I just had a thought: Maybe it's *because* I was freefalling whilst I pulled the parachute cord. I'm going to have a play later (Cleve's trains experiments are keeping me occupied) so I'll check it. I doubt if it's altitude related. Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. > Sorry to quote myself but I just had a thought: Maybe it's *because* I > was freefalling whilst I pulled the parachute cord. *THAT* might be it... I was at terminal velocity when I pulled the cord... SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com >> Sorry to quote myself but I just had a thought: Maybe it's *because* >> I was freefalling whilst I pulled the parachute cord. > > *THAT* might be it... I was at terminal velocity when I pulled the > cord... I don't think so. I've pulled the cord lots of times after a long free-fall, and it always worked. The only time a parachute fails me is if I deploy it too close to the ground. This is on the PC, BTW. I haven't played the PS2 version in so long that I can't remember if it does things differently... I've also noticed that if I have 100% health and no parachute, I have a good chance of surviving the fall with just a sliver of health left. If I do have a parachute and fail to deploy it, it's splat city every time... -- Bob > It's happened to me quite a few times. The nearest I can figure out is > that I freefalled and pulled the cord too late, then CJ's velocity > means that he doesn't slow down enough for the parachute to have an > effect. Pretty sure that wasn't it... I've done free dives from a lot higher for a lot further (Flight school, the cargo plane mission, etc) and it worked just fine... SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com Parachute failures happen in "real life" so I suppose it's more of a simulation than a game. ;o) I think that the most annoying thing about the parachute is that if you bail at altitude, you'd have a chance of surviving if you were allowed to skydive rather than just flailing around like a dickhead. You could at least try to get to water (which, unrealistically, doesn't even harm you if you hit it after a 30,000 feet drop). > Parachute failures happen in "real life" so I suppose it's more of a > simulation than a game. ;o) <off-topic> I heard a while ago about one of the chaps nominated for a Darwin award: This guy was a trained and experienced skydiver and one day decided to strap a camera to his hat to film the way down. He rigged up the hat, checked the camera was functioning properly, got in the air and then bailed out....only to realise he was so preoccupied with the camera that he forgot to pack his parachute. Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. > checked the camera was functioning properly, got in the air and then > bailed out....only to realise he was so preoccupied with the camera > that he forgot to pack his parachute. That would suck... Haven't ever felt compelled to jump from a perfectly good aircraft but I would think skydivers would have a checklist like us pilots... SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com > Parachute failures happen in "real life" so I suppose it's more of a > simulation than a game. ;o) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > get to water (which, unrealistically, doesn't even harm you if you hit it > after a 30,000 feet drop). He usually mentions having sex with someone's mum at some stage of the drop. :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >> Parachute failures happen in "real life" so I suppose it's more of a >> simulation than a game. ;o) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > He usually mentions having sex with someone's mum at some stage of the > drop. :O) And informs us that he hates gravity as well. :) -- Bob > >> Parachute failures happen in "real life" so I suppose it's more of a > >> simulation than a game. ;o) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > -- Bob heh heh, funny though. I think my favourite moments are CJ's falling comments SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > Ever have a parachure failure? Leaving Verdant Meadows in my Rustler I > turned south for my next mission in Red County. Climbing to a safe [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What the hell? I haven't had it deploy and THEN fail him (unless I then use the "get out of vehicle" command (triangle on PS2)). I used to have a lot of trouble GETTING the chute to deploy. The trick is, you have to let him achieve "soaring" mode first. It often won't deploy until he's "soaring". --cleve > I haven't had it deploy and THEN fail him (unless I then use the "get > out of vehicle" command (triangle on PS2)). That's what happened... I exited, fell for a few seconds in "speed" mode, then opened the chute. It opened, he went vertical, put his arms up as if to take hold of the toggles, and continued to accelerate for the next few seconds without any directional control (even had time to try to "pull up" to slow down... no effect) until *SPLAT* > I used to have a lot of trouble GETTING the chute to deploy. The > trick is, you have to let him achieve "soaring" mode first. It often > won't deploy until he's "soaring". Oh... He was most sertainly soaring... :) SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com > > I haven't had it deploy and THEN fail him (unless I then use the "get > > out of vehicle" command (triangle on PS2)). [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > IBA# 11465 > http://imagesdesavions.com I just had an absolute bitch of a run through flight school, including the first time in a while I've had to retake more than one of the exercises, for which I blame the xbox controls and a very sensitive Joytech pad. Then on the first mission from there I go and fly so low my damned plane sinks! About the only thing that worked was the parachuting :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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