[outdated] 100% guide

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AscWW6qzLaWIdDEyUkQzTzZaY1JKRy11Z1Q1SWVYTWc#gid=0

[outdated] any% guide

[outdated] GTA III Any% Tutorial

[center][Work in Progress][/center][section=GTA III Any% Tutorial Links][big][big][Spreadsheet for the tutorial](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=0)[/big][/big]
[big][big][Google Drive folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6LoDceaKlZ6QVNoLWdVU19EeFU)[/big][/big]
[big][big][GTA Marathon YouTube account](https://www.youtube.com/user/gtamarathon)[/big][/big]
[big][big][Discord link](https://discord.gg/7gCbWuq)[/big][/big][section=The Goal of the Tutorial]The goal of the tutorial is to provide...
* a comprehensive guide to running the category, both in text and in video form, for new and even currently active runners
* documentation for all non-deprecated routes and strats
* a knowledge base that can easily be updated with new strats and information
* a place to store all resources for the game/category (the Google Drive folder)
* a way for everyone to share their game knowledge
If all goes well, when this tutorial is complete, everything we know about speedrunning this category is going to be documented, for everyone to easily access and understand.[section=The Structure of the Tutorial]The tutorial will be available in both text and video form. The written tutorial is in the [Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=0), the videos are uploaded to the [GTA Marathon YouTube account](https://www.youtube.com/user/gtamarathon) (no videos are ready yet).

The tutorial is divided into segments. Each segment has its own Sheet in the spreadsheet. You can see them at the bottom of the page. In the segments, there one or more missions. The route varieties are documented as well, if there are any. The point of the segmentation is that the tutorial can be easily expanded/modified this way.

You can find links to resources in the Spreadsheet.[section=How to contribute to the Tutorial]The point of this tutorial is that it is a community effort, with everyone's knowledge included. For this reason, everyone is encouraged to contribute to the tutorial.

You can get editor access for the Google stuff by either...
* sending me a Twitter DM (everyone can) / Twitch pm / Discord message with your email
* posting a comment in the Spreadsheet (http://i.imgur.com/fGedf4T.png)
With the editor rights, you will be able to upload files to the Drive and edit the Spreadsheet. I will add you as soon as I can.

There are [STANDARDS](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=666966895) for contributing to the tutorial, please follow those. I have also made a Segment Sample sheet, and I finished the current route for Segment1, you can use that as an example.

You don't have to sign up for doing the text tutorial, but you need to for the video tutorial so that we avoid multiple people doing the same work.[section=The plan for the Tutorial / ToDo list]
* ~~Finish planning~~
* ~~Create a basic framework for the tutorial~~
* ~~Create folders in drive~~
* ~~Add resources to Drive~~
* Fill up the text part of the tutorial (starting with current strats, preferrably)
* Get people to sign up for some segments for recording
* Finish recording videos for current strats/route
* Edit and commentate videos, then upload to youtube
* Create youtube playlist for the tutorial (current strats)
* Finish everything for old strats as well
[section=Table of Contents][Planning](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=0)
* Segment overview
* Ideas
* Planning
* Request edit rights here
[Standards](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=666966895)
* Production standards for all aspects of the tutorial
[Resources](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1801196221)
* Useful resources for contributing to the tutorial / running the game
[Introduction](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1719964554)
* General advice for people starting to learn the game
* Basic contorls
* Useful movement strats
* Basic and advanced game knowledge (it is only explained in this segment)
[Segment 1](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1912801440)
* Routes: Instapass route (current), Old Duping route, Non-Duping route
* Missions: Give Me Liberty, Luigi's Girls, Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up, Drive Misty For Me, Mike Lips Last Lunch
[Segment 2](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1916269325)
* Routes: Instapass route (current), Old Duping route, Non-Duping route
* Missions: Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong, Van Heist, Cipriani's Chauffeur, Taking Out The Laundry
[Segment 3](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1080234963)
* Routes: Instapass route (current), Old Duping route, Non-Duping route
* Missions: The Pick-Up, Salvatore's Called A Meeting, Chaperone
[Segment 4](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1099768282)
* Routes: Instapass route (current), Old Duping route, Non-Duping route
* Missions: Triads and Tribulations, Cutting The Grass, Blow Fish
[Segment 5](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1098842681)
* Routes: Instapass route (current), Old Duping route, Non-Duping route
* Missions: Bomb Da Base: Act I, Bomb Da Base: Act II, Last Requests
[Segment 6](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1593786709)
* Routes: Dupe route (current), dupeless route
* Missions: Sayonara Salvatore, Under Surveillance, Paparazzi Purge
[Segment 7](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1301731640)
* Missions: Payday For Ray
[Segment 8](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=667785874)
* Missions: Silence The Sneak
[Segment 9](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=481530110)
* Missions: Arms Shortage
[Segment 10](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=517274059)
* Missions: Evidence Dash
[Segment 11](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=748530062)
* Missions: Liberator
[Segment 12](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=428825387)
* Missions: Waka-Gashira Wipeout
[Segment 13](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1592584868)
* Routes: Normal ADITO, New ADITO
* Missions: A Drop In The Ocean
[Segment 14](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1101630324)
* Missions: Grand Theft Aero
[Segment 15](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=334508213)
* Routes: Dodo Bait, car Bait
* Missions: Bait
[Segment 16](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1590277004)
* Routes: Dodo E2G, Car E2G
* Missions: Espresso-2-Go!
[Segment 17](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=299825645)
* Routes: Dam shot S.A.M., Airport S.A.M.
* Missions: S.A.M.
[Segment 18](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1199350377)
* Routes: New Exchange, Old Dodo Exchange, Dodo-less Exchange
* Missions: Ransom, The Exchange
[Extras](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRxfKbHYHQBi1032FvR2fU-6pOdfqSunU9S3ZtWU6HI/edit#gid=1271956517)
* Advanced Dodo tutorial

Thank you for anyone who contributes to this tutorial, and good luck with the game if you use it to learn.

[outdated] GTA3 100% route rewritten if you don't like reading google sheets

I recommend watching WR as this closely follows that run. However, it's good to know where a difference is:
WR doesn't save before:
Diablo Destruction and just goes for the mandupe.
Mandupes A ride in the Park, in my run, I do the safe set up, check my run if you want to see that.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxaJWJGBSUMslVCZZYsNNMNTnOa8ssuyJYha_pCbZxY/edit?usp=sharing

[outdated] Portland timing explained

PORTLAND TIMING IN GTA III EXPLAINED
_

Doc by oasiz, contact info at the bottom. 
Some additions by Lighnat0r.


You need to do portland as fast as possible but there is one catch!
The first mission you do in Staunton (2nd island) where you kill Salvatore is timer based.

Let's break it down:
- Salvatore's exit happens only every xx:30¤ based on the ingame timer.
- A good first target would be 15:30 portland as you can still do a couple of mistakes and not have the best RNG and still get it.
  Once you think that you are tough enough then go for a 14:30.
  13:30 is possible but requires an insane amount of dedication and practice to achieve, not to mention luck.
- When you trigger the mission the game does the following:
	¤ Rounds up to the next minute by adding each remaining second, let's say that you trigger at 12:40 -> 20 seconds
	¤ Adds 2 minutes and 30 seconds to the above value, which is 20 seconds in this case.
		-=> Salvatore leaves at 15:30 and you have 2:50 to waste.

Bottom line: The more time you have left to the closest ingame minute (faster) the more you will wait for salvatore.



How does this translate to portland performance ?

You start the game at 4:00~ ingame time roughly where the first 0:10 is spent on Eight ball talking about stuff

According to the math, you need to finish portland before 13:00 on the next day to get a 15:30 salvatore !
This translates to roughly 32:50 of gameplay in portland (ingame clock).


Yes, this means that no matter how perfect your portland is, you absolutely must fit 'salvatore exit' in the time slots (see below).


== THE MASTER TABLE OF TIMES (with cool advice!) ==

TIME  |   DIFFICULTY   |       WHAT DO THE STREETS TELL YOU						|		  NEEDS
_
19++  - CASUAL		| Just keep playing a bit more! Soon you will be getting 18:30 times		| More Soy sauce	
18:30 - BEGINNER	| Starts to be optimized, requires some skill already					| Basic route, OK RNG and gameplay
17:30 - EASY		| Mostly good runs with no major mistakes, goody !					| Doable even with OK RNG and skill
16:30 - NORMAL		| Getting pretty good here with this, already enough for 1:25 final times		| Decent skill needed if bad RNG
15:30 - CHALLENGING	| Prepare to restart a lot, you are already a veteran Portlander with a solid route	| Really good skill and OK RNG
14:30 - REALLY HARD	| This should only be attempted if your current best time is below 1:21:30'ish		| Lots of skill but even more RNG
13:30 - INSANE		| Nothing left to master in portland. If you manage to finish that run, bravo!	        | Godlike RNG and execution. RARE.
12:30 - IMPOSSIBLE	| Nice TAS you just did.								| Execution like no one can do.


A typical 14:30 portland can have up to almost a minute to waste with a really good run so small mistakes can add up really easily and aren't tolerated because of that. Even with a otherwise well executed "on track for 13:30" run, RNG plays a big role.


This all is a blessing and a curse at the same.
+ You can do 5-10 seconds worth of mistakes and they don't mean a thing.
+ RNG isn't super dependant all the time.
- You MUST improve by up to a minute to get to lower minute for salvatore to come out faster.


There have been numerous changes on the "good time" over the years. At one point 15:30 was pretty hard to achieve and 14:30 was barely realistic.
Few critical strategy changes shifted the timer down by almost a minute, making 14:30 possible and 13:30 about the same what 14:30 used to be.
While 12:30 is possible in theory, it will require so much "once in a lifetime" luck to get it. 
If you combined the best mission from every run done by a good runner (who gets 13:30), you would probably end up with 12:30 portland time.


There is, in fact, a way to manipulate the ingame timer, allowing you to get an earlier salvatore exit at the expense of some time. Internally, the game keeps track of "ingame seconds", so that 60 of those add up to one ingame minute or one second IRL. Every time you start a replay (PC only), the ingame seconds are set to 0. This means that by timing correctly, you can keep the ingame timer from progressing altogether by starting and ending a replay every second. As you can imagine, doing this constantly just wastes a bunch of time. But if you would normally miss 13:30 by 5 seconds (which would have you waste 55 seconds since you'd get a 14:30), you can use this glitch a couple of times to get the 13:30 (costing a couple of seconds, but saving those 55 so overall it's faster). While a 13:30 with this glitch is evidently slower than a 13:30 without it, it is faster than getting a 14:30 without the glitch would've been.



¤ One ingame minute in the clock equals one second IRL. So time passing from 1:30 to 2:44 would mean 1 minute and 14 seconds.

- - - - rev. 3

	"I don't understand anything you said, and you are a shithead!" 
	Did you know that you can say it straight to my face? Catch 'oasiz' on IRCnet/Quakenet/Freenode.
	I'll gladly help you if you have any questions about this route.
	And I stream TekWar from time to time at http://twitch.tv/oasiz
	On Speed demos archive I am known as 'oasiz', also known as the one who did the GTA3 run at AGDQ2013

GTA III 100% route

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f8J7E_KhOUeHAR_kByaf6roBdz6D-bFOp16BkBoDe6o/edit#gid=1239004149

GTA III All Missions route

This route contains most of known instapass and dupes. Details are in links below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GLVvPeMF_vXZFizK62mUxfA6p4jPL8qXscbPKR5F8JE/edit#gid=1136707500

Things you must know how to do:
- megajumps;
- glitching cars;
- Kenji snipe;
- holding capslock and submissions out of car;
- learn rampage locations;
- mandupe;
- 30k ammo;
- I scream, You scream without crashing the game.

Special thanks to karl_k, PWeasil, domasbak and blacklev for trying route/testing strats.


All Missions dupeless routes by Kamiks0320: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R9tdKJtWKP9loLo8z8E-P0FcVGy_hev9KoQPKvs9FDg/edit#gid=0
The routes can be mixed together. Some route might need higher skillcap or no major mistakes to start missions that can only be started in particular time windows.

Things you must know how to do:
-all above except the last one

GTA III Any% Video Guide by English_Ben + doc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90n6rWZLiDU

Timestamps:
Setup/Keybinds 0:00
How Duping Works 15:06
How to Megajump: 26:06 (More Details: https://pastebin.com/r541pviN )
How to Skip Weather 56:04 (More Details: https://www.speedrun.com/gtaiii/thread/nzhw2 )
How to Fly the Dodo 2:09:46
Portland Beginner Route (Blowfish Instapass) 10:00
Portland Intermediate Route (SCAM Instapass / No Mandupes) 1:14:06
Portland World Record Route (SCAM Instapass / With Mandupes) 1:29:00
Staunton 1:36:07
Shoreside 2:07:32

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14znu1nyib2XjgSZojUyB731LDwJ_lI3bGnhEtk46xWg/edit?usp=sharing by Kamiks0320

GTA III Setup and Settings Guide + Glitches explained

Info - Frame limiter explained

WHY DISABLING THE FRAME LIMITER IN GTA GAMES IS A BAD THING


Doc by oasiz, contact info at the bottom.

GTA is coded like shit, kinda like stuff on old systems.
Instead of saying "Apply friction 30 times in a second" and monitoring the time
it actually does things like "Apply friction every time code loops"
Since GTA runs at 30fps we can skip the time check and things run faster, right?
Problem is that framerate is very variable in games nowadays and without the limiter
it can run (or apply friction) many faster than they ever imagined.

Let's observe this in a way that is familiar to most: PAL vs. NTSC speeds in games
The reason why PAL games ran slower than NTSC is as the code loop
gets done 50 times a second instead of 60. Reason why it was coded like this
is because every system was identical and it cost less CPU to ignore timing.

Values get adjusted until they fit, say, speed gets increased from 0 by
2 increments every "frame".
What will the speed value be after one second?
Yup, Speed would be 60 if the game ran at 60fps (Typical NTSC rate).
But the speed would only be actually 50 with PAL!

Usually this isn't a problem, developers simply slowed down the game so that
the ten extra frames from NTSC would "leak" in to the next second.
This means that everything after 50fps would be put in to the next second.

But hey! Mario 3 runs at the same speed as the NTSC !
Not exactly.. if you compare the physics, they actually just adjusted values by "eye" to get it
as fast as the NTSC version. Physics for acceleration and jumping are different!
Say.. instead of increasing speed by 2units  every frame they alternated 2u and 3u to keep it "close".
They simply changed the game logic to be close to NTSC but you can not get really accurate values without some more complex math that was would slow down games too much back in the day.

So how does this all relate to GTA Physics?
In GTA they actually tied a lot of the game logic to time but for some of the things they "hardcoded"
values that are tied to the game loops.
This means that they adjusted values like friction under 30fps and they just settled with that.
What they didn't try out is to actually change the FPS to say... 80fps and see how things change.
Back when GTA3 was made, PS2 was the target platform. Turning the limiter off was a novelty feature
when it came to PC gaming, it worked well with the 800MHz systems of the time, instead of 30fps
you got something like 45-60fps. Nowadays it's a bigger problem. Instead of rates around 60fps you can
get something closer to 130-200fps without the computer needing to do much lifting.
This means that most of the stuff run like they normally would under 30fps but some things can
potentially run 5-7 times faster. Imagine stuff like friction when reversing or loads of oversights
when one thing completes 7 times faster than the other. It is something they did not test for.

In short,
Turning off the frame limiter in GTA is BAD!
Side effects may include:
- Too much friction 
	Reversing broken, impossible dodo takeoff, etc..
- Softlocks
	Game code freezing and not progressing, usually happens after you die or take a mission
+-Fucked up slopes/stairs
	You can literally fly away 100-200 meters away, and I mean launch from slopes/ledges 
	when running. Sometimes even dropping from a sidewalk to the road can take 50% of your health.
- Boats are fucked up
	This goes back to too much friction.
- Handbrake is fucked up
	Friction
- Missions take forever to progress
	Related to softlocks
- Audio is glitched
	Audio / Ped lines / etc.. get called after a specific amount of frames, too high fps
	and the sounds will play over each other and non-stop almost. 
	Imagine speeding up NPC horn-honking frequency and such by say.. 5 times.
- Crazy flicker
	Things that go on/off say.. 2 times in a second (like wanted stars) will flicker like mad
	as they go on/off many times faster than usual.
+ Pushing cars
	You can literally flip cars over by running in to them as they don't get proper friction.
	For some reason they will be really light with a high framerate.
- Broken AI / scripts
	Stuff like AI driven sections for small cut scenes can be totally off due to changed physics
	and coded "drive this path" scripts can be totally borken due to wrong frame/time references.
+ Helicopter takeoff
	A big plus is that helicopter takeoffs are nearly instant as the acceleration is tied to fps.

These are just some of the things that get changed, there are more side effects.
Therefore the GTA community has decided to ditch runs that run without the limiter.
GTA3 / VC run at 30fps and SA runs at 25fps.





	"I don't understand anything you said, and you are a shithead!" 
	Did you know that you can say it straight to my face? Catch 'oasiz' on IRCnet/Quakenet/Freenode.
	I'll gladly help you if you have any questions about this route.
	And I stream from time to time at http://twitch.tv/oasiz
	on Speed demos archive I am known as 'oasiz' and yeah, I was the one who did the GTA3 run at AGDQ2013

Info - GTA III World Record Progression

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ht2URi86GwBnQXzewcF5wtMJKNq8EKPbtFVp4QcNqZY/edit#gid=358326221

Tutorial - Fixing On-Stream Noise When Pausing

I made a distilled version based on a Discord conversation [that I was not involved in, thanks go to mostly Anti, RoK, EBen] :

Symptoms: 
Pausing the GTA3, an annoying "pop sound" "pollutes" the local recording and stream (you do not hear it as the streamer).
E: Holy shit, this is *cancer* ! Here it is: https://youtu.be/01ynFwSN0Qs

Fix:
"Official" [guide](https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-enable-coreaudio-aac-encoder-windows.220/)
Short version:
Download both (!) and:
[6:53 PM] Anti: and im not sure if the order matters but just in case, install them in this order.
"AppleApplicationSupport.msi" -> "AppleApplicationSupport64.msi"
https://www.mediafire.com/file/mestnoin34lkwoa/apple-aac-stuff.zip/file


[6:54 PM] Anti: then verify it worked by doing this:
After both are installed you can start OBS again
Click on Help (at the top) -> Log Files -> View current log
In the new window scroll through a bit or use the search function (it should open in Notepad by default) to find a line that says "[CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder"





Note: You can grab the files from an official source by downloading directly from Apple and extracting AppleApplicationSupport64.msi and AppleApplicationSupport.msi yourself (open the file in 7 zip):
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/itunes12/001-11171-20200729-C90BA68A-D1E1-11EA-9F72-FBF01D14DEAA/iTunes64Setup.exe

Name	Author
[outdated] 100% guide	Lighnat0r 7 years ago
[outdated] any% guide	Lighnat0r 7 years ago
[outdated] GTA III Any% Tutorial	blacklev 5 years ago
[outdated] GTA3 100% route rewritten if you don't like reading google sheets	Odyssic 4 years ago
[outdated] Portland timing explained	Lighnat0r 7 years ago
GTA III 100% route	Caster 7 years ago
GTA III All Missions route	Caster 4 years ago
GTA III Any% Video Guide by English_Ben + doc	EBen 4 years ago
GTA III Setup and Settings Guide + Glitches explained	Kamiks0320 3 years ago
Info - Frame limiter explained	Lighnat0r 3 years ago
Info - GTA III World Record Progression	39daph 3 years ago
Tutorial - Fixing On-Stream Noise When Pausing	Patrick_ 2 years ago
Tutorial - How to uncensor the game by Fatzke	Kamiks0320 3 years ago
Tutorial - Using AHK to Automate Resets	EBen 3 years ago