GTA: San Andreas for PC; Need help

[Daliman]

#1 Is it just me, or is shooting at people in this WAY harder than any FPS game?
#2 How the F do you get the timing down in the lowrider challaenge. When I wait until the arrow is directly inside the box, or even JUST entering the box, I always get a "too late", if i do it a bit before, it almost seems to randomly tell me bad or good, but either way, I can't beat this. In a VERY similar minigame in the Leisure Suit Larry game, I do great, and that one is MUCH faster. ANy ideas?

[AngryCola]

I'm playing this on Xbox, and have had no problems with what you are describing. The latest PC Gamer has a review which gave the PC version a very high score. It didn't mention any real control issues.

I'm guessing you just need to time it a bit better in the lowrider challenges. Do you also struggle with the dance challenges?

As for aiming, there should be a way to lock-on to enemies. I would be very surprised if this feature isn't in the PC version. So, locking on is obviously easy.
Crouch for better aiming while not locked on.

[Daliman]

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I'm playing this on Xbox, and have had no problems with what you are describing. The latest PC Gamer has a review which gave the PC version a very high score. It didn't mention any real control issues.

I'm guessing you just need to time it a bit better in the lowrider challenges. Do you also struggle with the dance challenges?

As for aiming, there should be a way to lock-on to enemies. I would be very surprised if this feature isn't in the PC version. So, locking on is obviously easy.
Crouch for better aiming while not locked on.

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FOr shooting, maybe I'm Missing something then. When I first got a gun, it said I could scroll targets with a certain key, but that never worked. This may have something to do with me changing some of the keys' functions, where there is overlap; I'll look into that.

As far as the dancing, I haven't gotten there yet. I got the Prima GTA:SA guide and it's not much help. I am trying to finish the Cesar Vilapondo mission.

Saw the PCG article, which is why i got the game, my first ever GTA.

[Aytumious]

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FOr shooting, maybe I'm Missing something then. When I first got a gun, it said I could scroll targets with a certain key, but that never worked.

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Unfortunately, if you are using the mouse and keyboard you lose the ability to lock onto your targets. It makes the game much more difficult in the sections where you are facing a lot of enemies. If you want to lock on you have to buy a gamepad which is very annoying, IMO.

[Daliman]

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FOr shooting, maybe I'm Missing something then. When I first got a gun, it said I could scroll targets with a certain key, but that never worked.

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Unfortunately, if you are using the mouse and keyboard you lose the ability to lock onto your targets. It makes the game much more difficult in the sections where you are facing a lot of enemies. If you want to lock on you have to buy a gamepad which is very annoying, IMO.

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Wow, would this suck if true. My laptop doesn't have a slot for a gamepad... DO any gamepads come USB?

[fryKing]

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My laptop doesn't have a slot for a gamepad... DO any gamepads come USB?

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Yes, they're actually all USB these days.

I would also like to know if anyone has tried the both the XBOX and PS2 versions, I never finished it and was thinking of getting the new version if it was better.

[vulturesrow]

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#1 Is it just me, or is shooting at people in this WAY harder than any FPS game?


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AUto-target is your friend. You mentioned you might have remapped, check to make sure you didnt.

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#2 How the F do you get the timing down in the lowrider challaenge. When I wait until the arrow is directly inside the box, or even JUST entering the box, I always get a "too late", if i do it a bit before, it almost seems to randomly tell me bad or good, but either way, I can't beat this. In a VERY similar minigame in the Leisure Suit Larry game, I do great, and that one is MUCH faster. ANy ideas?

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The trick really is to listen to the beat of the music and use that as your timing for hitting the buttons. Ive done pretty well on this mini-game using this method. I know thats sort of vague but I am pretty sure you will see what I am talking about. I really dont try to time the button in the circle precisely.

[oreogod]

Anybody who played the PS2 version notice a big jump graphically with the Xbox version?

Need to see if I should pick up a copy, just dont want to waste my time if its a "port"

[raisethatmofo]

[Daliman]

Yeah, I'm using keyboard/mouse, as it is on my laptop,(My only comp, currently.) Kinda cumbersome.