# Grand Theft Auto : Vice City **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110 "2004-03-08T12:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/21 "2004-03-08T23:50:40Z")
> [@Optihut](#): > > Anyway, my method of stealing this was to hang out at vercetti estate and to shoot people with an automatic rifle. When I was out of armour and running low on health, I’d quickly run inside, grab the heart and run out again. Once the military shows up, they’ll leave the tank right in front of the fence to the estate. Just jump over the fence, snatch the tank and voilà (sp?), you’ve got your rhino. If you’ve unlocked the Police Uniform already, you can wear it to take the tank from the army base. The soldiers won’t shoot at you if you’re wearing it. I think completing one of the Malibu club missions unlocks it. Just go to the locker room of the police station on the east island and it should be there. BTW, I’m at 99% with no cheating. All I need to do is get to level 12 in the Ambulance missions. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/22 "2004-03-09T00:38:40Z")
I have been stuck at 98% (no cheats) for months. I got one of the walkthru - guides and started checking everything off. I am short by one jump ( and the final missions) that I know about. But by my checklist, I’ve completed all jumps - which means I made a mistake somewhere. So, how can I tell which jump I missed? If you go back and re-jump one you’ve got credit for, you get no information. Also, you get no information if you mess up a jump that you don’t have credit for , and some of the jumps are pretty hard to stick. Besides jump forever, I don’t know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/23 "2004-03-09T03:52:39Z")
If anyone is interested in breathing a little new life into the game, I recommend [this mod](http://www.sharereactor.com/release.php?id=9434) (no doubt some of you have seen it). It installs easily and has executed flawlessly for me over the past few weeks. This is from the desciption: "The map mods contain 3 Stunt parks which has new jumps and loop-de-loops, 2 dirt bike tracks to test your speed on, and many new vehicles (including the previous vehicles from the earlier mod pack) such as The Batmobile, The Delorian (from back to the future), The General Lee (from The Dukes Of Hazzard), a new (ultra fast) F1 McLaren, A driveable and really fast shopping cart and wheelchair, The ThunderDome (from Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome) a new go-cart and much, much more. " (OK, the guy needs to work on his writing skills, but the Mod is solid.) It’s free, at 144 MB (WinRAR format) it may take a while for some of you to get, but it is worth the time. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/24 "2004-03-10T20:39:54Z")
What cheat codes did you use? I got 100% while using the health, armor, and weaons codes. I also did at least a couple of the ones (spawn vehicles I think) that lower your rating, because after I beat the game I spent some time aritifically raising it. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/25 "2004-03-10T22:00:01Z")
Not sure what you are looking for **Elwood** , but there is an extensive list of codes [here](http://www.actiontrip.com/cheats/grandtheftautovicecity.phtml), along with trainers and other tips. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/26 "2004-03-10T22:10:11Z")
> [@Tremmie](#): > > Steal a tank. You can do vigilante missions on them and you are virtually unstoppable. Just be ready to deal with a full wanted meter once you are done. Yeah, a tank is a lot better than a car, but it’s so slow that you often can’t catch up to the bad guys to shoot them. The only way I’ve gotten to level 15 is with the Predator helicopter. It shows up at the military base once you’ve completed all the story missions (after killing Sonny). It’s got rockets and an autocannon, and you can just fly straight to your target. As for percent completions, I think I got to around 65%, and don’t plan on going any higher. I’ve finished all the missions, and some of the extras, but tooling around looking for hidden packages or jump spots doesn’t appeal to me. Nor does delivering pizzas, street racing, or driving taxis. I’m mostly in it for shooting stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110/27 "2004-03-11T15:55:19Z")
**Murcielago** : I was just curious to know what codes the OP used because I’ve heard varied reports of cheats/100% glitches. I’ve only used a handful of the cheats in Vice City so maybe there are indeed some goofy ones that can screw up your game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/233110.md?page=1)