[DACBONE]

I got the helicopter from calm before the storm and i tried pushing it into my portland garage but i can only get the back end in , and i can fly it all the way to staunton and anywhere else i want!!

if i can just put it in the garage and save it then everyone we will finally have the helicopter!!!!!



Let me tell you all how to get at the point were i am at, maybe if more than one of us tries it then we'll get it.

I have mastered how to get the pilot out before the helicopter leaves the building in chinatown
here are my steps

1. By now you should know how to jack the copter from "calm before the storm" well jack the helicopter.

2.remember the stairs you climbed with the motorcycle and the alley that they are in?
fly the helicopter into that alley after you jack it

3.park the helicopter in the alley at an angle and make sure the front is facing the stairs

4.wedge the front of the helicopter inbetween the beginning of the stairs and the opposite wall so that only the passenger side is exposed.

5.by doing this you are only allowing toni to exit the helicopter through the passenger side only.

6. keep exiting and entering the passenger side until tony leaves the door open

7. once toni leaves the passenger side open go to the yellow marker and activate the cutscent
8.once the cutscene is over you will be facing a ledge, jump off that ledge and go to the passenger side of the helicopter and jack it and fly it away!!! dont bother killing the triads.

This post has been edited by DACBONE on Thursday, Nov 24 2005, 08:26

[K^2]

The only idea I have is to put it into the Staunton garage, if it will fit, drive to the nearest boat, take it to Portland, and save there. Then, after you finish Portland missions, you should have a helicopter in Staunton.

Edit: How do you prevent the choper from rising after the cutscene?

[DACBONE]

^^^ i will try what you said and as far as putting it in the portland garage well thats out of the question. I tried for an hour. and the Staunton safehouse isnt even open when i flew over to it and the garage wouldnt open.

so are you say that if i leave the helicopter in staunton grab a boat, complete the "calm before the storm mission then i will still have the helicopter sitting in the same spot even after going island to island?
i doubt this will work but i will try it.

You have know idea how good it feels to fly the chopper freely in this game, it feels good.

This post has been edited by DACBONE on Thursday, Nov 24 2005, 08:23

[K^2]

No, I meant putting it into the garage in Staunton. If it doesn't open, then it will not work.

Unless you can put the helicopter into one of the garages, I do not see a way of keeping it. Still being able to fly it arround is neat.

I know that someone has managed to activate the lift bridge by traveling to Shoreside early. Maybe the same thing will activate the Shoreside safe house. Would the Shoreside garage be sufficient to stash a 'copter?

[Eichhorn]

Sounds promising I´ll give it a try.
:Nearly did it, the heli took off too fast, but I used a Faggio to block the pilot door wich worked fine.The passengerdoor stays open if you press a directionalbutton when exiting the door.I´ll keep trying!

This post has been edited by Eichhorn on Thursday, Nov 24 2005, 11:24

[The-end]

Nicew work guys

I wish i could try it but i finished the game and never made a save for that mission

[Eichhorn]

QUOTE (The-end @ Nov 24 2005, 11:25)

Nicew work guys I wish i could try it but i finished the game and never made a save for that mission

You don´t have a US-Version or do you?Because my copy is US so I could upload it.

BTW I did it, I can now fly around the city with no limits, altough I am still on that mission.
I´ll try pushing the heli in a garage, but I don´t think it will work.
Big THX´s to : Jeremie Blanc and DACBONE your method works!!!!!!!!
A few tips for everyone else:
Do what DACBONE says just don´t park the heli near the stairs, park it in the alley with th front end of the
heli pointing towards the stairs(the street is very tight don´t worry if the heli touches the walls, it never exploded for me). Now get out of the heli and walk round the corner the get the Faggio, drive it to the pilotdoor of the heli and make sure it´s real close.Get of the faggio and into the Heli(use the passengerdoor).Now get out of the heli and hold a directional button, if your Faggio is parked close enough,
you should now leave the heli trough the passenger door, and cause you hold a direction the door should stay open.If it dosen´t work don´t worry just try parking your faggio closer and repaet the process.
Now walk upstairs to the yellow marker and do not skip the cut-scene.
After the cut-scene wich is missing the heli jump down to the heli real fast and get to the passenger door.
Go in and fly off!!!!

EDIT: I don´t see a way of putting it in the Portlandgarage.Stauntongarage won´t open cause it´s not unlocked(That´s very sad cauz I think the heli would fit in.) so I guess you have to use the glitch when you want to fly the heli, wich is not as hard as it might sound. The method works fine I only needed two tries.
I think the only way to get a heli in a garage is to steal a policechoper wich is nearly impossible at the moment.But who knows what we are capable of...

This post has been edited by Eichhorn on Thursday, Nov 24 2005, 12:23

[The-end]

Great work Eichhorn ..............and no im on eu so i carnt have your save

[Eichhorn]

Ok after flying around with the heli for a while I checked a few things:
I don´t think you can go to the SSV garage cauz the heightlimit has to do with your height to the water, so
the hills in SSV are nearly at the limit. I stopped flying around there cauz tree became a problem.
The heli is not destructable at least he can take very much.Then my game crashed (for the first time in LCS) cauz I hit a tree.
So now I am trying to redo my method, looks like I had a serious amount of luck the first two times.
But I am sure it works again.Also I am trying a few other things in the method to make it more efficient.
SRY for not sgowing you pics, but I don´t have a DigiCam.

[The-end]

Im going to search through the forums for an eu save of the mission and then use your method

i have my eyetoy running on my pc so ill be able to get some low quality pics for y'all

[Eichhorn]

I retried this method for a few hours and there are many problems, I did not have the first two times when it worked.One time I was kind of to early at the heli and I managed to get in but the heli was stuck between the walls(at my first two sucessful trys the pilot started automatically so taking off was not a problem). For the last 10 tries it was impossible to stand right when pushing Triangle to enter, Toni started running around like a headless chicken and the heli took off.
So I guess I´ll keep trying another 4 hours.

[The-end]

After having a look around the forum and on gamefaqs i can only find a us save for the mission oh well

[Mxyzptlk]

Good work guys, making real progress.

Save a PCJ in the garage before the mission, then fly there, and hop out of the chopper, using the PCJ to wedge the garage door open, and fly the chopper in?

Also in other GTAs if you just held triangle the whole time when entering or exiting a vehicle the door would stay open. Don't know for LCS.

[Eichhorn]

QUOTE (Mxyzptlk @ Nov 24 2005, 16:04)

Good work guys, making real progress. Save a PCJ in the garage before the mission, then fly there, and hop out of the chopper, using the PCJ to wedge the garage door open, and fly the chopper in? Also in other GTAs if you just held triangle the whole time when entering or exiting a vehicle the door would stay open. Don't know for LCS.

ARGH I think I am freaking out after 40+ effortless tries I don´t know what might be the problem.
The first two times worked soo fine... and now, everything seems to be a problem.
When this method worked, I had to get in the choper two times before I flew off, first time the personon the passengerseat got out and I got out too, then I reentered the heli and till I sat on the pilot seat the heli was already high enough to fly, as another time I managed to get in and the heli was stuck... so what´s the deal???
So I´ll have a break now, before my brain collapses, keep up the good work guys I´ll tune in later.

@Mxyzptlk: I see no way of getting the heli in the garage, it´s way too small.
And yes the door stays open if you press Triangle often or if you press a direction on the D-pad
and triangle.

[stone cold steve austin]

QUOTE (Eichhorn @ Nov 24 2005, 16:25)

QUOTE (Mxyzptlk @ Nov 24 2005, 16:04) Good work guys, making real progress. Save a PCJ in the garage before the mission, then fly there, and hop out of the chopper, using the PCJ to wedge the garage door open, and fly the chopper in? Also in other GTAs if you just held triangle the whole time when entering or exiting a vehicle the door would stay open. Don't know for LCS. ARGH I think I am freaking out after 40+ effortless tries I don´t know what might be the problem. The first two times worked soo fine... and now, everything seems to be a problem. When this method worked, I had to get in the choper two times before I flew off, first time the personon the passengerseat got out and I got out too, then I reentered the heli and till I sat on the pilot seat the heli was already high enough to fly, as another time I managed to get in and the heli was stuck... so what´s the deal??? So I´ll have a break now, before my brain collapses, keep up the good work guys I´ll tune in later. @Mxyzptlk: I see no way of getting the heli in the garage, it´s way too small. And yes the door stays open if you press Triangle often or if you press a direction on the D-pad and triangle.

Hey i need 1 answwer from DACBONE or you. Have you flown over the Casino in staunton?How high can you go up from the highest roof of the casino?

[Eichhorn]

QUOTE (stone cold steve austin @ Nov 24 2005, 16:36)

QUOTE (Eichhorn @ Nov 24 2005, 16:25) QUOTE (Mxyzptlk @ Nov 24 2005, 16:04) Good work guys, making real progress. Save a PCJ in the garage before the mission, then fly there, and hop out of the chopper, using the PCJ to wedge the garage door open, and fly the chopper in? Also in other GTAs if you just held triangle the whole time when entering or exiting a vehicle the door would stay open. Don't know for LCS. ARGH I think I am freaking out after 40+ effortless tries I don´t know what might be the problem. The first two times worked soo fine... and now, everything seems to be a problem. When this method worked, I had to get in the choper two times before I flew off, first time the personon the passengerseat got out and I got out too, then I reentered the heli and till I sat on the pilot seat the heli was already high enough to fly, as another time I managed to get in and the heli was stuck... so what´s the deal??? So I´ll have a break now, before my brain collapses, keep up the good work guys I´ll tune in later. @Mxyzptlk: I see no way of getting the heli in the garage, it´s way too small. And yes the door stays open if you press Triangle often or if you press a direction on the D-pad and triangle. Hey i need 1 answwer from DACBONE or you. Have you flown over the Casino in staunton?How high can you go up from the highest roof of the casino?

Not too high I guess I´ve not exactly flown over the casino but the height limit is as high as the roof of
the cartelvilla in SSV and it´s related to high you are calculated from the waterline.
I think it must be 4.max 10meters above the casino, maybe a bit less. So SRY I´ll try it if i´ll get a choper again.
EDIT: IT WORKED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!YIPPIE I tried to fly over the Casino and it´s about 7meters over the roof.Hope that helps Stone Cold.

This post has been edited by Eichhorn on Thursday, Nov 24 2005, 16:54

[Blues The Squirrel]

Damn Damn Damn!

It HAS to fit in the Portland garage! There is no other way!

DAMN.

If it wont fit then we are going to have to wait until the save system is cracked, or worse, until firmware 2.0 is hacked to boot isos.

DAAAAMN

[Eichhorn]

QUOTE (Blues The Squirrel @ Nov 24 2005, 16:49)

Damn Damn Damn! It HAS to fit in the Portland garage! There is no other way! DAMN. If it wont fit then we are going to have to wait until the save system is cracked, or worse, until firmware 2.0 is hacked to boot isos. DAAAAMN

Any tips how I could MAKE it fit into the portlandgarage? I don´t really know what else to try.
As you said it damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blues The Squirrel]

If it wont fit then it wont fit. I see no way around this. Asuming all other helis in the game are locked then we indeed have no way of getting a heli until the game is modable or the saves are cracked.

You did a good job Dacbone, I think you deserve a karma star or something for your efforts. It's a shame that it all came to nothing though.

[Eichhorn]

QUOTE (Blues The Squirrel @ Nov 24 2005, 17:01)

If it wont fit then it wont fit. I see no way around this. Asuming all other helis in the game are locked then we indeed have no way of getting a heli until the game is modable or the saves are cracked. You did a good job Dacbone, I think you deserve a karma star or something for your efforts. It's a shame that it all came to nothing though.

Don´t be so melancholic, it´s more than nothing you can fly a heli without limitations, that´s something.
Just try it and besides thing wich are not easy to achieve are the ones that are the most fun!
That´s at least how I see it. No need to cry just wait a while we have some excellant hackers here...