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// True Crime: New York City //
// Glitch FAQ (v0.2) //
// Copyright 2006 Y|yukichigai //
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This FAQ is intended to cover as many of the many many many many MANY serious
or otherwise game-altering glitches located in True Crime: New York City, and
to list any known solutions or workarounds to said glitches. Glitches are
broken up by the missions they occur in; glitches which occur regardless of
mission can be found in the General section. (at the top, can't miss it)
Glitches come in two main types:

. (e.g. IV. Glitch) -- Major or otherwise game-altering
glitch. Usually (but not necessarily) will have a cause/solution listed.

. (e.g. c. Glitch) -- Minor glitch, with minimal to no
effect on overall gameplay, e.g. minor visual errors, audio problems, etc.
These can also be glitches which are simply amusing.

I have tried to reproduce all of these glitches on my own as best I could, but
many are infrequent enough that I have not seen them. I have included those
glitches that I have not seen and that have very little documentation, but with
no entries for cause/solution.

Glitches are tested using the XBox version of True Crime: New York City. (since
that's the only version I own) As such this FAQ is written primarily for XBox
users, though most glitches occur on all releases of the game.

All "official causes" are what were listed on the Activision support website
for True Crime: New York City, and are copyright their respective owners.

I make no guarantee that this list is complete or even remotely complete, and
likely will never be fully complete due to the high number of glitches in the
game. If by some miracle I happen to find all glitches in the game then and
only then will I mark the FAQ's version as 1.0.

If you come across any glitches that I have no details for and remember what
you were doing when it happened email me and I'll add your information to the
FAQ. Similarly if you encounter a glitch not listed in the FAQ at all send me
an email with whatever information you have, e.g. where you were when it
happened, what you were doing, what mission, etc.

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CONTACT INFO
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Email me at yukichigai (at) hotmail (dot) com. You can also send a private
message to username "yukichigai" at GameFAQs.com, Gamespot.com or TV.com.

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But before you send
me an email....
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DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT "RELATED" GAMES OTHER THAN THE PREVIOUS TRUE CRIME GAME.
The only games I have any decent knowledge of in terms of glitches are the two
True Crime games and Deus Ex. I CANNOT help you with glitches in other games.

DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT HOW TO BEAT DIFFICULT MISSIONS UNLESS IT'S DUE TO A GLITCH.
I am not writing a walkthrough; someone else has done that already. Check one
of the walkthroughs on GameFAQs for that information.

DO NOT EMAIL ME ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS TO GLITCHES COVERED BY THE FAQ.
If you want to say, "hey, your solution doesn't work for me," that's one thing,
but IF I KNEW ANOTHER WAY TO WORK AROUND A GLITCH I'D HAVE INCLUDED IT IN THE
FAQ ALREADY! If you email me asking for help on a previously covered glitch I
WILL put your email address in my "junk senders" list, ESPECIALLY if you send me
something like: "how do U push teh guy off of the crat?"

You have been warned....


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Important Stuff
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All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their
respective trademark and copyright holders.

IMPORTANT NOTE TYPE THING: This FAQ is also full of all manner of
disrespectful and otherwise rude comments about Activision and the people who
coded this game, i.e. my opinions/cynical humor. I have no exclusive or valid
insight into what went on in the development of this game, nor have I met any
of the people responsible for programming this game. My statements are simply
based on many years of watching average game quality go down the crapper. This
game just happens to be unlucky enough to bear the brunt of my anger over those
things. On the plus side, the result should be mildly funny.


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Glitch List
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PBCAC Glitches
(Problem Between
Controller and
Couch)
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a. "I keep getting the same random street crime every other crime."

NOTES/DETAILS:
Every other crime that comes over the police scanner will be the EXACT
same crime. Crime may be at a different geographical location but will involve
the same building layout, (if inside a building) the same vehicle(s) and the
same suspects.

CAUSE:
Dude, do you not understand "PBCAC"?

SOLUTION:
Certain suspects will have a triangle icon above their head, indicating
they are "key suspects". They can ONLY be take down using non-lethal methods,
e.g. neutralizing shots or non-lethal weapons such as the Beanbag Shotgun. IF
YOU KILL A KEY SUSPECT YOU FAIL THE MISSION. IF YOU TAKE THEM DOWN AND DON'T
ARREST THEM BEFORE THEY "ESCAPE" (fade out) YOU FAIL THE MISSION. This applies
to random street crimes as well. If you fail a random street crime then you
must do it over and over again until you get it right.

In short, STOP KILLING KEY SUSPECTS.



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General
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I. Gameplay suddenly freezes. A loud buzzing may also be heard when this
occurs.

NOTES/DETAILS:
This is one of the more frequent and severe glitches to occur, and is
identical to the freezing glitch found in the previous game in the series, True
Crime: Streets of L.A. This seems to occur more frequently on the XBox version
of the game than the PS2 version. Once the game has frozen there is no way to
get it working again short of resetting the console.

CAUSE:
No official cause. My guess is that someone cut and paste a large chunk
of code from the first game without bothering to check how stable it was.

SOLUTION:
For most players there is no way to outright avoid this problem, though
certain actions have a significantly higher chance of initiating a freeze.
Players who have modded their XBoxes may find that "installing" the game to the
hard drive drastically reduces the frequency of freeze-ups. PS2 players may
have similar success using products such as HDD-Loader to do something similar,
though I have not been able to test this.


II. Compass-map and entire HUD disappear during gameplay, shading effects look
strange and menu is unviewable.

NOTES/DETAILS:
Perhaps the most common "severe" glitch in the game, this seems to occur
randomly, though usually when you are driving a vehicle at night. You may be
able to see an outline where the compass-map should be on the screen. You may
also see a distorted version of the license plate background from the menu flash
across the screen on occasion, and blur with certain elements on screen.

CAUSE:
According to Activision's website, this occurs when the weather changes
from/to rain or snow for an unspecified reason. Personally I have seen this
happen at other times than that.

SOLUTION:
Usually this glitch will go away after a few seconds, though in rare
cases it can stay for several minutes. (or seemingly indefinitely) Resetting
the game in these rare instances will resolve the problem.


III. When entering or exiting a car, if another car scrapes along the side you
are entering/exiting you will take massive amounts of damage.

NOTES/DETAILS:
The amount of damage depends on how long the car scrapes along the
vehicle you are entering/exiting. While I cannot state a specific damage rate
per second it is very high, likely 3000+ per second. (enough to kill you
outright in the Redman Bonus game most of the time)

CAUSE:
No official cause. This is what you get when you "encourage" your coders
with bullwhips.

SOLUTION:
No known solution.


IV. All vehicles on the road are Police Cruisers or parked Sedans.
(CODENAME: "COPLAND")

NOTES/DETAILS:
This can occur at any time, but almost always happens when you return to
the "Free Roam-Time" mission, be it from another mission or even from entering
and exiting a store/building/etc. You will usually see a large number of
Police Cruisers in traffic with maybe one or two "normal" cars, and may
occasionally see a variety of vehicles in cross-traffic in the distance.
A short time later the only moving vehicles you will encounter on the road will
be Police Cruisers. Additionally, any parked cars you find on the side of the
road -- if there are any -- will be Sedans. (Look like Crown Victorias) You
will likely find the streets completely devoid of pedestrians as well.
Fortunately the Cruisers are not bad vehicles at all, so while you're trying to
clear up the problem you can at least drive around in relative style.

CAUSE:
No official cause. Only appears after the game has been running for an
extended period of time, indicating a possible flaw in the random number
generator used for picking which cars to spawn.

SOLUTION:
A number of possible solutions exist, though only one is guaranteed:

1) Save your game and reset the console using either a Hard (button) or
Soft (controller) reset, then load your game. This is the only guaranteed
solution.

2) Enter a building or business and stay for a short period. Sometimes
this is impossible however, as Copland usually seems to occur when all shops
are closed, even during the daytime.

3) Commandeer a non-Sedan (Cruisers are just Sedans with sirens) vehicle
and drive for a few blocks. Unless by fluke a "normal" vehicle is parked on
the side of the road or some of the distant "normal" traffic glitches and
causes a collision-injury you will have to wait until you get a random crime
specifically involving a non-Sedan vehicle.

4) Go to a Police Box/Headquarters and bring out one of your vehicles
from the garage. Once it's been pulled around get in and drive for a few
blocks. This is easier than number 3 if you happen to be near a Police Box,
but it may take more time than simply restarting, especially because it is not
guaranteed to solve the problem.

As mentioned, the only guaranteed solution is number 1. All other
solutions may not work immediately or at all.