Questions for Podcast 3

[mycoldman]

Heads up, it's that time again.

Podcast 3 will be focusing on Rico's signature grapple. So get your thinking caps on and post any questions you might have for the JC2 Team here.

Of course, the usual we can't answer every question blah blah blah applies. :)

[Ja Of Pie]

After liberating settlement will you be able to say to the children of the settlement,"Kids, stay in school, don't do drugs." and walk away all B.A. like?

[texkid4]

Can u melee attack someone with the knife sorta thing at the top of the grapple.? Answer please

[awesome_man]

yo man thats my question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u stole it from the last thread......so what are the extents of the melee....like are there different moves for each weapon...and maybe the sharp ends on the grappelling hook??? and is there a specific butoon for it..not like in the first game??

this is from my post in the other thread what kind of melee moves are there....kick, gun bash, etc.

[Dedimes]

Most funny thing that has ever happened with the grappling hook.
If you attach two objects together, can you attach another two objects together?
If you shoot it at a moving target, does it bend to hit it?

[bcdownloads]

Hmm first post, better make this question count ;)

We know the grappling hook can attach to objects from a distance from either the ground or air. In several cases it looks like its range is quite long. My question is....How far can the grappling hook actually shoot?

[Poor Bison]

Is the grapple difficult to get the hang of? Particularly using it with the parachute and the slingshot maneuver etc, how long would it take a new player to get used to the grapple mechanics?

And if you aim it at a distant vehicle, is any auto-aim applied to make it easier to connect? Is it easy to hit vehicles in general?

[brauny]

can we grapple ppl by their body parts, like can i attach a guy to a car by his legs?
can we dual hook vehicles to things from any point on the vehicle or is there just one point in the center where the hook goes every time?
can we use the grapple while sky diving?
if we attach a car to a building far away will the length of the hook shorten and pull the car within a couple feet of the building or will the hook remain the length it was when it was shot?
if its shaped like a scorpion can it be taken off the wrist and used as a deployable drone that spies on ppl like the military drones?
i kno the last one is ridiculous im jus kinda hopin u read it to em andthey'll be like wow thats a great idea brauny is amazing lets give him a job with a million dollar salary cuz that idea is genius lol

[texkid4]

wow, whole lot a questions

[brauny]

yea i ususally put at leat 5 in one post and mycoldman usually picks one so i like to give him options lol

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

1. What happens if you are freefalling and then you shoot the grapple to a wall or to the ground but you don't do anything? And if you slingshoot?
2. Is there ANY way of using the hook while in the stunt position of a chopper? I mean, attach something without leaving the position?
(This would automatically answer much about the hook's behaviour)
Quote myself from the other thread. I didn't notice this one was updated

[Colonel Earnel]

I'm gonna quote myself too, just to make sure it's not being overlooked;)

What will happen if you grapple to a moving vehicle and stay in the same spot until the max legth of the grappling hook is reached?
Will it be like in JC1 where the Parachute opened automatically at this point?
Or will you be able to do something new, like sliding behind the vehicle or something like that? :D

And heres my second question:
Let's say you pull yourself up a building by using the grappling hook. What happens if you let go in midair? I mean will you fly a bit further or will you just stay in air for a moment and fall straight down?
Or do you even have the ability to let go while pulling yourself towards anything without opening the parachute?

Oh, and another one that just came to my mind:
Can you strain a rope between two buildings with the grappling hook and do anything with it, like using it to stop a car?

Thats it from me for now, hope you can answer some of them :rolleyes:

[texkid4]

i'm gonna quote myself too, just to make sure it's not being overlooked;)

please answer that last question!!!!

[paliden]

oh i thought that this wasn't going to be updated, and i quote myself too


I was wondering if their will be some kind of hit list so we could hunt down key figures and get cause chaos/maybe even get more money

[brauny]

quoting urself jus makes u look like an egocentric ****, i would kno cuz i am one lol

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

:D I invented self-quoting!

[Colonel Earnel]

Yes and you should be very proud of it...

I have another question which is similar to my last but less specific and therefore easier to answer ...i hope:)

Is the rope/wire from the grappling hook only a visualization of a connection between two things or you and a thing like in JC1 where everything would go through it when strained?
Or will it be affected by the enviroment or the other way around this time?

I hope this wasn't too late...

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

Yes and you should be very proud of it...

I have another question which is similar to my last but less specific and therefore easier to answer ...i hope:)

Is the rope/wire from the grappling hook only a visualization of a connection between two things or you and a thing like in JC1 where everything would go through it when strained?
Or will it be affected by the enviroment or the other way around this time?

I hope this wasn't too late...

Good one, I guess it can be resumed in: does the wire have phisycs? I fear it doesn't but who knows

[Colonel Earnel]

Good one, I guess it can be resumed in: does the wire have phisycs? I fear it doesn't but who knows
Yup, thats what i meant :D i just didn't know if i can write it like that

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

Yup, thats what i meant :D i just didn't know if i can write it like that

Tho, I didn't even spell it correctly, damn me. I meant physics. Anyway, there's the question

[DomH]

Does the grapple, improve as the game goes on??
If so, how is it improved?
And what do you have to do to improve it??

Does the grapple's rope thing, have a determined time before it releases or disappears?? Say you grapple two objects together.

[brauny]

well ppl will untie themselves if there just left there for a couple seconds but the grapple stays there until another grapple is fired. i dont think the grapple ca be upgraded

[The Doogle Boy]

Will planes fly close enough to grapple them together in mid-air? This would make for some epic crashes.

Think of two planes flying parallel while in stunt position on one of them and grappling them together.

[Rico-Rodriguez]

I know that someone already asked this in another thread, but:

Is it possible to use the grappling hook under water?

I'm interested in it somehow, lol.

[CDR Mikhail]

I know it's not about the grapple hook, but surely you can throw in a few other questions?:

1) How does HEAT work in Just Cause 2? If you drive/walk normally past the military with 0 (zero) HEAT level, will they still (annoyingly) chase you because of notoriety (Stupid Far Cry 2 guard posts) or ignore you?
- It's a real pain when you're just trying to get from one place to another, and you have to go through unwanted chases.

2) Can you save weapons and vehicles in safehouses?

MOST IMPORTANTLY: 3) Can you listen to YOUR OWN music in-game (such as GTA San Andreas' User Track Player radio station or the in-game iPod in... was it Gears of War or Metal Gear Solid? Whatever.
- Ingame music gets old after a while, and it makes the game so much more entertaining being able to change the music every few weeks.

Some very important basic gameplay facts :)

[Dedimes]

Self quote ftw
I = awesome

[Toreador]

My question ( if I can ask. ) : Are you going to put a downloading content on the PSN ? ( Or Xbox live ) ? ( If it's "yes" which ones ?"

PS : Sorry if the way i say it is bad. My english it's not good

I'm asking again :P

[brauny]

dude the podcast is long done, it will prolly be up in a couple days. the next time we see mycoldman logged in he will most likely say the podcast is up. heres the link

[Toreador]

dude the podcast is long done, it will prolly be up in a couple days. the next time we see mycoldman logged in he will most likely say the podcast is up. heres the link

Yeah. I was thinking that. But I try maybe he cans ask it.

[brauny]

yea theres always hope lol

[MuchDesertInSandboxGames]

Can you use the grapple while in a vehicle?

[Rico90]

This is more a scenario, than an actual question of the Grappling Hook. But I think it would be interesting none the less..... Have you ever attached a vehicle, (whether your driving the vehicle or an enemy is) to a moving plane which is taking off or preparing to take off?

Also, could we maybe learn a bit more about the vehicles (Planes, Tanks, Cars etc.) in the next podcast. (After 3)

[Apocalyptic Fish]

This is more a scenario, than an actual question of the Grappling Hook. But I think it would be interesting none the less..... Have you ever attached a vehicle, (whether your driving the vehicle or an enemy is) to a moving plane which is taking off or preparing to take off?

Also, could we maybe learn a bit more about the vehicles (Planes, Tanks, Cars etc.) in the next podcast. (After 3)

^This, definitely.

And I would like to know if you dual hook two objects, what happens to the length of the connection? what determines it? can the objects hooked together have an influence on the length of the rope?

[deathlaroy]

LETS SAY YOU ATTACH THE DUAL HOOK IN BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS, WOULD THE DUAL hook act like a slind shot?http://objectivemarketer.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/billboards17.jpg

[cbrookf]

Do the different islands have different/better weapons/vehicles, desert seemed to have miniguns while jungle had .50 cals on all the vehicles. Also are you free to go anywhere from the beginning of the game, or are you only allowed to stay in a certain area until missions are completed. Whats stops you from flying to the desert and picking up a helicopter with dual miniguns and dominating on a lesser island ( if the islands have segregated weapon powers that is.)

[younas456]

this maybe not have something to do whit the grapple but, i have heard teh dev. said that they whant to see on youtube what people can do in the game, because there is much. so i am wondering are you going to put in a videorecording program kinda? that whould be great for us that don't have videocameras, cellphones you must hold on to.:D

[brauny]

this maybe not have something to do whit the grapple but, i have heard teh dev. said that they whant to see on youtube what people can do in the game, because there is much. so i am wondering are you going to put in a videorecording program kinda? that whould be great for us that don't have videocameras, cellphones you must hold on to.:D

yes there is a video recording feature but only for the ps3

[KillerKahuna]

Graple Hook question:

-Has the team ever experienced going off a huge cliff and getting on top of their car and shooting one side of the graplinghook on the car then shooting the other side on something (Other vehicles, planes, trees, etc.) to save it?

-How many hooks can be active before the first ones start dissapearing, for obvious reasons (processor load etc.) just like bullet hole textures.

Here's a question about vehicle damage system:

Does the realtime vehicle deformation also work on airplanes (aeroplanes) ?

[brauny]

i can anwer the second question, there can only be one grapple at a time, there is no multi-hooks

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

Graple Hook question:

-Has the team ever experienced going off a huge cliff and getting on top of their car and shooting one side of the graplinghook on the car then shooting the other side on something (Other vehicles, planes, trees, etc.) to save it?

-How many hooks can be active before the first ones start dissapearing, for obvious reasons (processor load etc.) just like bullet hole textures.

Here's a question about vehicle damage system:

Does the realtime vehicle deformation also work on airplanes (aeroplanes) ?

Hey, even I can answer you!
1. Dunno about them but you could do it
2. Confirmed, only one attachment. Graple button releases the last.
3. Yes. Look at some pics

[KillerKahuna]

i can anwer the second question, there can only be one grapple at a time, there is no multi-hooks

What ? so If you hang someone up, and you want to go and hang Rico next to him to check out the guy you hung, the guy will fall ? Where's the fun in that :(?

[Sadistic_Sandbox_Player]

Ahhh... it's so sad to see others suffering the same dissapointment I felt. We had a struggle to remove the red flash and another little one to add multi attachments, but the latest seems to be too hard

[KillerKahuna]

Ahhh... it's so sad to see others suffering the same dissapointment I felt. We had a struggle to remove the red flash and another little one to add multi attachments, but the latest seems to be too hard

Ah well, it's not the end of the world, I'm glad red flashes is promissed to be getting fixed:)

[brauny]

ita already fixed, its gone

[KillerKahuna]

ita already fixed, its gone

Funny thing, I just heard it on the second podcast just now :P

thanks for the heads up though

[brauny]

yup no problem man

[The_Dead]

Well, I figure I will ask a question, seeing as this hasnt been put up yet..

How long is the grapple length, about? I meen, can I shoot an on coming airplane to a building? haha. Will there be any DLC?

[slayer925]

what kind of weapon up grades will there be.And can u dual wield any weapons

[FIN-S]

1. Can you grapple hook while free falling?
2. Can you press a button to get out of the water fast or do you have to swim all the way to land?
3. How advanced is the civilian AI?
4. Can you attach the grapple hook to ground?
5. What is in the island on top right corner of the map? Is it a easter egg, or are there any easter eggs generally in the game?

I hope that you answer some of these questions:o

[Colonel Earnel]

1. Yes
2. No but you can use the grappling hook from the water (not underwater) and the boats are programmed to get in range of youf grappling hook if you are swimming
3. Don't know about that one :)
4. Yes
5. you'll find out when the game ships ;)
About easter eggs in general:
They said something about that in a podcast
It was like "There are secrets to find in Panau but we wouldn't call them Easter eggs"
Can't remember the exact thing they said right now

[MaestRO31]

ok, question:
1,If you attach the grapple on enemy, and you just stay and look at this enemy, what this enemy can do, I mean he just stay too, or somehow will try to get out, whether special animations for such cases will be made?
2.Whether it is possible to attach grapple to gas canister and shoot at it, Rico will fly together with it?
3.Whether it will be possible with grapple to pull out wheels ( dors, wings, blades, etc) at cars ( airplane, heli , etc\) when it goes?
Thats all for now.

[Colonel Earnel]

1. if the enemy is on his feet he will get rid of the grapple within a few seconds (you can see that in some videos)
2. I think the wire will get longer and release if the full length is reached
3. I don't think so because it would kinda suck if you wanted to reel in to a plane but instead you keep ripping their wings off :)

Btw: you should wait until mycoldman starts an official thread about Podcast 4 and post your questions there.
Podcast 3 is already up on the media section of the site.

[MaestRO31]

oh, I got it, thanks.

[The Doogle Boy]

Wow. Mike answered nearly every question!

Looking forward to Podcast 4. :D

[JC2 addict]

Can you tether a vehicle to a helicopter blade?