Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/Gameplay

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Controls
The controls are available in the game by pressing the START button and selecting the controls options, but are also available here.

On Foot

Triangle Button:


 * Enter vehicle
 * Activate mini-game
 * Secondary attack
 * Pick up object

Circle Button:


 * Attack with melee weapon
 * Fire any sort of gun

X Button:


 * Run (this is well holding the X button)
 * Sprint (this is done by rapidly tapping the X button)

Sqaure Button:


 * Jump
 * Climb up walls (they have to be equal to your actual jumping height)
 * Block well fighting

L2 Button:


 * Switch weapons one to the left of the current one

L1 Button:


 * Center camera
 * View vital stats about your character
 * Fire weapon

R2 Button:


 * Switch weapons one to the right of your current one

R1 Button:


 * Target an individual to shoot/attack

L3 Button: (Push the left analog control inwards)


 * Crouch

SELECT button:


 * Camera modes

START button:


 * Pause menu

R3 button: (Push the right analog control inwards)


 * Look behind your character

Up Button: (Control pad)


 * Gang sign

CJs Stats
Muscle: Build by working out. Increases sex appeal and makes melee attacks more powerful.

Health: Not sure what builds this up.

Fat: Eat every type of food other than salads, which do not increase fat levels.

Stamina: Allows you to sprint longer, pump the pedals faster on your bicycle, and swim faster. This builds up after doing vigorous physical activites rather then driving.

Lung Capacity: Allows you to stay longer underwater. This is built up by diving underwater and swimming as much as you can before coming up for air.

Cycling Skill: This skill reflects your ability on a bicycle. The higher this skill, the higher you may bunnyhop (hold in L1 and release well on bike), pump on you bike (rapidly tap the X button), and the better you can reverse at faster levels without falling off. This skill is upgraded by riding any bicycle.

Bike Skill: This should not be confused with the cycling skill, which is the use of actual bicycles. This skill governs motorcycles and at higher levels, allows less of a chance of falling off. It is increase by riding any motorcyle.

Driving Skill: This increases as you drive any sort of land vehicle, which inturn allows for better handling.5

Flying Skill: This skill allows for better handling in all aircrafts available. You may choose to either steal an airplane or wait until rather later in the game where you receive your Pilots License at 20% proficiency. The License allows for access into any and all airports.

Sex Appeal: Sex appeal is decided on what type of car you have, which would include fast and flashy cars, the clothes you have, and the amount of muscle. Although some of the girlfriends that you can make in the game don't all like muscle.

Weapon skill: This allows for farther and better targeting with the gun you are using and the ability to run with it and shoot (acheived at Gangster level at 20%). When you reach maximum proficiency with a weapon, you are granted the ability to weild dual of that weapon.

Respect
Factors of Respect


 * Running respect (General respect): 40%
 * Mission advancement: 36%
 * Territories owned: 6%
 * Amount of money: 6%
 * Muscle (physical fitness): 4%
 * Progress with girlfriend: 4%
 * Clothes: 4%

Running respect is everything you do in general, which is amounted as thus:


 * Killing a drug dealer: .005% added
 * Killing a rival gang member: .5% added
 * Killing one of your gang members: .0005% deducted
 * One of your gang members dies: 2% deducted
 * Territory received: 30% added (a major part of the Los Santos section of the game)
 * Territory lost: 3% deducted

Weapons
Weapons in San Andreas are based upon skill levels which are categorized as this:


 * 0%: No skill. You are able to shoot well standing but now well running. Your aim distance is limited.


 * 10% - 20% Gangster: The percentage on which you level up depends on the weapon. You are allowed to run and shoot. Aim and aiming distance advanced.


 * 100% Hitman: Your aiming is maxed out with the weapon you reach. Your aim is increased to max and your rate of fire is maxed. The most exicting part of this level is the ability to wield dual of the weapon that is Hitman level.

Hand:


 * Fists
 * Brass knuckles

Melee:


 * Baseball bat
 * Katana
 * Knife
 * Shovel
 * Golf club
 * Cane
 * Pool stick
 * Nightstick
 * Chainsaw

Handguns:


 * Pistol
 * Silenced pistol (5 times stronger than the regular pistol)
 * Desert Eagle

Shotguns:


 * Regular one-barreled shotgun
 * Sawn-off shotgun
 * Combat shotgun (SPAZ)

Machine Guns:


 * Tec9
 * MP5
 * Micro-MP5

Assault Rifles:


 * AK-47
 * M4

Rifles:


 * Standard rifle
 * Sniper rifle

Throwables:


 * Grenades
 * Molotov Cocktails
 * Tear gas
 * Remote Satchels

Heavy weapons:


 * Rocket Launcher
 * Flame Thrower
 * Rocket Launcher (capable of heat-seeking)
 * Minigun (cannot move well operating this)

Others:


 * Fire extinguisher
 * Camera
 * Spray paint