[.Lycosa]

I'm sure this has been discused before, however:

In the initial introduction of III the news reporter says 'a convoy left police headquarters early this morning, for a routine transfer of felons, to the Liberty City penitentiary' - There is no penitentiary in Portland? The obvious argument for this is 'they will be moved somewhere else, but how exactly would they be moved?

The Porter Tunnel was still under construction at the time, and the only place they could load convicts onto a boat would be the docks area, which seems quite unlikely as the only boats there are large shipping vessels. They could try the beach, however I doubt the police would use a beach when they are transferring 3 felons.

The logical solution would be to drive to SSV and use the airport for either transporting via plane or police boat as there is already one there, as well as the docks near Asuka's in Staunton.

So why did they drive to Portland?

[PrometheusX]

There was, in the beta version. It was removed so, yeah, that made less sense.

[.Lycosa]

Eh, is there any proof of this in beta shots? Google only resulted in mods.

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (.Lycosa @ Saturday, May 12 2012, 19:25)

Eh, is there any proof of this in beta shots? Google only resulted in mods.

I read it somewhere, but I can't really remember exactly where.

[.Lycosa]

"No details have been released about the prisoners being transferred in the convoy, and no proof has claimed responsibility. Some of the convicts are thought to have perished, in the explosion that followed the initial attack."

No details have been released/some of the convicts implies the police didn't want the general public to know who was being transferred, however:



'He faces a journey to Liberty City penitentiary today' how would the newspaper know this, but not allow the news show to report who was being transferred?

'a convoy left police headquarters early this morning' - when you first spawn into the game it's around 4AM, and newspapers definitely aren't out at 4AM.

[fireguy109]

That's a radio news segment, probably a live update at that, not a reading of a newspaper. The paper was probably from the day before.

[.Lycosa]

If the paper was from the day before, why would it say they were being transferred today when the game starts at 4AM..

[Frank.s]

R* didn't concern them selves with continuity much while making III, so stuff like this pops up regularly.

Here is an early beta map by R*, i've highlighted what people believe is the penitentiary.

[thecommander]

They were saying something about the police records being hacked, so who knows what they hacked. My question is why did the cartel blow up the bridge? It doesn't seem like they gained anything from that. The breakout went fine without the bomb going off.

[radioman]

QUOTE

and newspapers definitely aren't out at 4AM.

Actually, in real-life yes they are out at 4am, as that is when they start delivering the papers at the news racks and convenience stores, as well as start delivering for Home delivery(at least in this area anyway)-lol So, that is possible...
But, remember, that there ARE Police stations in Portland, Stauntan, and Shoreside, so they could have been held there until they were ready to transfer them to State prison...That's how it is usually done-as a Law Enforcement officer myself, I know that when someone is arrested, they are taken to the local police station(whether it is County, City, or State Trooper that made the arrest) for booking, then they go to County jail until after trial and if they are sentenced to prison, they get transferred from the County jail, as the state prison in this area for example is over 140 miles away just past the state capital...Just a heads up.

[Butters 2011]

QUOTE (thecommander @ Monday, May 14 2012, 03:16)

They were saying something about the police records being hacked, so who knows what they hacked. My question is why did the cartel blow up the bridge? It doesn't seem like they gained anything from that. The breakout went fine without the bomb going off.

Just throwing stuff out there, but maybe it was done to cause more distruption for the Emergency crews, or to cover it up as some type of terrorist attack?

[IvoryX]

I hope this won't be such a big problem when I bump this topic up but I found a video while ago about some GTAIII Ultimate Mod which includes Liberty Penitentiary and Ghost Town place called Mainland in another video. The Mainland looks better IMO and you can see there are some building reused from Vice City. Enjoy!

[Filip454]

There is jail in final version in hq building...

[_____]

^Yeah, but it still says penitentiary in the intro, which there is none in Liberty City.

[KFarrell33]

It would be interesting to play the beta version.

[MyDog]

QUOTE (thecommander @ Monday, May 14 2012, 03:16)

They were saying something about the police records being hacked, so who knows what they hacked. My question is why did the cartel blow up the bridge? It doesn't seem like they gained anything from that. The breakout went fine without the bomb going off.

R* needed an excuse to stop the player from going to Staunton too early.

[ccrogers15]

UGH what i would not do to get the beta... i would do ANYTHING... Anything...


The beta map should of been the map we got instead. Looks SO much better.

[universetwisters]

Doesn't the police station in Portland double as a prison?

[lzw3]

QUOTE (universetwisters @ Sunday, Aug 19 2012, 08:11)

Doesn't the police station in Portland double as a prison?

Two prisons on the one island!

[Filip454]

"Two prisons on the one island! nervous.gif"

JAILCEPTION!