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Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009)
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Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony Forum  /  Teleporting via mission replay and Armando's gun van

Kamiks0320Kamiks0320

Poland

  Kamiks0320Kamiks0320
7 Feb 2021, 11:12 (edited: 14 Feb 2022, 09:35)

@H0rHeH0rHe recently discovered that you can teleport across map by spawning Armando's van, triggering a mission via mission replay text and interacting with the van: To warp to Armando, cancel the menu.

This is the map of all Armando's possible spawns: https://i.imgur.com/ZX4RkkS.png
This is a missing spot that's not present on the map:
https://i.imgur.com/Qsszrw5.png

These are conditions that must be fulfilled to spawn Armando:
First it creates a list of the 5 closest spots in your map area (island)
from those, it picks the closest that isn't blocked by a mission entity and isn't within 150 units of the player.
If after the last step it still hasn't chosen a spot, it picks the closest one, regardless of blocking or distance from player.

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Kamiks0320Kamiks0320

Poland

  Kamiks0320Kamiks0320
7 Feb 2021, 11:20 (edited: 2 May 2022, 11:56)

@good___rongood___ron also discorvered that yoou can cancel Armando's or Henrique's ability calls by immedietaly entering a car or taxi, they will still trigger. Sometimes it might not work if Luis exits the car too soon.

Here are some comparisons he already made for Any% speedrun:

These clips are only worth it if you get optimal cab, otherwise they seem to be on par with casual strats.
Requires optimal cab + optimal marker (?) and you can also time the warp right somehow so you stay in the car and skip the weapon menu.

WR spun out a little but it was compensated with below average execution. Current markers are random, there should be a good one somewhere to stop cab but not too fast so you can call A fast.

Changed VD behind the scenes. I got stuck after warp so it should be faster. CBA doing good comparison, you'll have to figure out how to turn car in blue hell. Important part is to skip Tony cutscene soon after you see Gun Van animation. You can keep the menu and buy weapons during autoscroller but you have to select stickies in buy menu to be able to throw them. If you have Arrow Down as a default for explosion, it will fuck with the menu selection.
This meme happens if you drive further than gun van back, I can't see how it can be any consistent but maybe someone will figure out very zoomy way to get to the docks marker that way. Press E to get rid of it. To reproduce it, you have to turn Stretch E a bit before warping. So, if you don't turn Stretch E before warping, you'll clip underground and end up in some backyard. If you turn, you'll get stuck with Armando Gun Van and then you can either exit menu or try and clip to the marker, like in video above.

This Ain't Checkers doesn't work because car clips underground and I "abandon" Mori. If you find consistent trick to stay in the car (and skip gun van cutscene) it might work.

Couldn't manage Going Deep to be faster. - See post below.

 

Kamiks0320Kamiks0320

Poland

  Kamiks0320Kamiks0320
16 Apr 2021, 21:39 (edited: 16 Apr 2021, 21:40)

For the Man who Has Everything (~+10s), a bit of sloppy gameplay, but not enough to not render this slower.

 

good___rongood___ron

  good___rongood___ron
14 Feb 2022, 01:06

Going Deep (15s faster with a decent cab compared to slow toll booth?)


Gameplay in top left corner is as fast as IL WR from 1 year ago. WR also slows down on toll booth and hits 1 car on last turn. Gun van still looks solid considering all of that.
Tricky part is to enter cab back without hailing it, make sure Luis is facing the cab. Pausing/unpausing makes Ray call to come immediately, then you can cancel it.
Either buy something while car is out of bounds or get closer to the Landstalker while it's landing instead.
VD was set to 100 after Boulevard Baby. View Distance is set to 100 as a placebo to avoid wanted level after blowout.

 

good___rongood___ron

  good___rongood___ron
15 Mar 2022, 14:05

Blog This... (like 10s worth loadless and a lot of cancer involved)

call Armando during This Aint Checkers while in orange zone (the alternative zone is slower because of extra taxi fare)
zones are approximate but more or less accurate
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/271678192874422272/950471759717613588/blog.png

pause/unpause to force fail call, then push it away or hang up
after restarting mission, lock fps and hold movement keys without sprint to walk away and avoid getting crushed
keep fps locked in case car will remain on the side, in this case you can push it with punches

 

good___rongood___ron

  good___rongood___ron
15 Mar 2022, 14:09 (edited: 15 Mar 2022, 14:12)

Additions for No.3 and Going Deep:
For Going Deep warp, you can call Armando during Not So Fast while in the light blue zone (doable while you take off in a heli).
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/271678192874422272/950473324725690469/deep.png
Also, you can hold W+A+Shift while in menu to move closer to Landstalker.
If you're fast enough during Going Deep, Bulgarin doesn't give you Advanced MG. You can either buy it there or during No.3 warp and use Explosive Shotgun for In the Crosshairs, or pick up M4 from the last NOOSE guy (has enough range for ItH compared to AK)

For No. 3 warp, you can call Armando after last Yusuf mission (after vidwarp, before entering taxi).

 

H0rHeH0rHe

  H0rHeH0rHe
2 Jan 2023, 14:03 (edited: 5 Jan 2023, 11:22)

This Ain't Checkers (~12s faster but could save more if executed properly)

The "You already have a weapon in this slot" pop-up in Armando's menu prevents you from warping to him until you either confirm or cancel, this makes it possible to warp with Mori without failing. To set this up, call A right after starting "Bang Bang".

For The Man Who Has Everything (~14s faster, maybe putting a marker to taxi closer to A would save more)

To set this up, call A during "Caught With Your Pants Down" while in the grey area of the "Light Blue Zone" to spawn him in the next closest spot.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1055639212554190899/1059469706274295828/CWYPDAW.png

 
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