FC3: Funny moments

[Art Blade]

 :-D

[Binnatics]

I recently stumbled upon some pirates having a somewhat very macabre past-time-play:

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What you see is a group of pirates and a civilian. The civilian has a bottle on its head, as you may see when you enlarge the pic. In the last pic the bottle is gone.
I was so shocked

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and amused, I must confess

that I kept watching. They did it over and over, until one of them got enough of the play and shot the poor shmuck. Of course I revenged him after that >:D

[Art Blade]

 ???  :)

Don't check the following shocking pics, then.

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Here the guy with his favourite beverage.
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Finding a nice spot from where to play the bottle game
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Aiming carefully..
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"PFFLP!" target is down.
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He doesn't really trust me! Well, can't have the cake and eat it, can we  :-D
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[PZ]

  I love the open world parts of this game!

[fragger]

I've noticed on occasion on the south island that you can come across a line of three pirates facing a line of three privateers as though making some kind of deal (probably drugs). If you get close to them the detection indicator will appear, and if they get a solid visual all six of them will open up on you. The location seems to be a random pick among a number of predetermined spots - I've come across it twice in one spot, but have seen it once in a couple of others and I haven't seen it at all on the north island, no doubt because there are no privateers there.

Also, if you approach the gorge where the mission takes place to blow up the truck and get the roll off the pirate captain, but approach from the west (near the bridge) and before that mission comes up (or even when it does - see below), there always seems to be a group of three redshirts hanging around near the bridge. Getting close will result in detection there too.

My first time through when that mission was active I just happened to approach the gorge from that direction and went right through it from west to east (after running into the aforementioned pirates near the bridge), reaching the start point after I'd already gone all the way through. Almost nobody was in the gorge when I first went through until the mission started and I went back in - lo and behold, the bad guys were suddenly in residence! :-D

[Art Blade]

crazy stuff

[durian]

 Interesting shots there, Binnatics and Art  :-X

[PZ]

Certainly something to look forward to fragger, the next time I'm in that mission  :-X

[mandru]

In a recent game session I had an amusing graphics rendering glitch.

I was exiting a water cave accessed through a tiny cove with a bridge over it under one of the cliffs towards the Eastern end of the North coastline on the North island when it occurred.  As I swam out of the cave the underwater visual stopped making it appear that I was on dry ground.  The effect of the glitch covered the small inlet leading to the cave as well as about 40 meters out into the ocean and a width of about 60 meters up and down the coast line.

I realized what it was that I was seeing when my character started making the drowning noises.  I'd stopped to look around thinking "This is weird" totally occupied by the beehive of activity of hundreds and hundreds of small brightly colored tropical reef fish clearly visible in all directions.  Hauling myself out of the water the effect continued and I was amazed at how much graphics information was actually being rendered between the detailed nooks and crannies of the ocean bottom and all those different teaming schools of little fish.  I must have stood there 10 minutes just enjoying the view.

For the most part when I stand on the shore or I'm in a boat I only notice the play of light reflecting off the top of the water with a a vague impression of "It's deep there, It's shallow there" or "Watch out. Rock!" and get an occasional glimpse of the busy small fish (man, I still wish a manta would have soared through  :-\\  ) but this glitch showed me how much information is really being presented and then muted making it clear only if someone wishes to drill down through the obvious and examine it.

It might add a whole new dimension to the game if a mod showed up with a toggle repressing the rendering of water allowing all that goes on below to show.

[Binnatics]

That must have been wonderful Mandru!
I once had a bit of the same experience in one of the main story mission, and now that I think of it, I think it only happened once, not on my second playthrough. But I might be mistaken there. Anyway, I think it was during the trip where you see that you have to follow the "man in white" in order to find the dagger for Citra. I refused to follow him into Bad Town and started wandering around the weird place surrounded by high cliffs; guess what I saw behind some rocks??

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I did not have any problems breathing and the fishes were gone once I woke up from the trip, but it must have been a bit like this, wasn't it?

[Art Blade]

that looks nice, Binnatics!  ??? :)

I think I know what mandru meant:

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[mandru]

It was bright daylight and on the seabed Binn (as in Art's screen shot) but there were tons of fish all around in bright neon colors.  I can only compare it to something one would experience after imbibing in some of the Doc's best mushrooms.  ;)

Though now that you mention it I was free roaming for relics in pretty much the same quarter of the island between segments related to the man in the white shirt.

By the way, very cool screen shots of the glitches both of you.  :-X

[Jim di Griz]

Binn's wasn't a glitch, it was the result of a 'trip' after drinking what Cittra gave Jason (probably made from the Doc's mushrooms, you're right  :))

[Art Blade]

what you can't see well in my pic is that there are indeed neon-coloured fish swimming all around particularly from the centre to the right, and even more so while I was walking there but it occurred to me late to take a pic. However, try check it in the library and enlarge it there :)

[PZ]

Cool, mandru  :-X

[durian]

Binnatics pic looks very nice.  :-X I didn't see those beautiful fishes in my play throughs.

[Jim di Griz]

Stroll over to the rock formation left of Willis, before reaching him and they're behind those  :)

[DKM2]

Description of one of the Loot items;

Narcotic Mushrooms –
A small bag of dried hallucinogenic mushrooms. Barely strong enough to spice a salad.
$45 for all you Chef's
  :-D

[Art Blade]

 :-D

[PZ]

 ^-^ priceless, like many of the funny descriptions in FC3.  Have you guys read some of those that pop up when you enter a new area or encounter a new person?  The descriptions certainly give the people/places character, and adds to the story line, much like is seen in the AC series.

[fragger]

I like some of the nutty stuff you find in loot chests - dolls' heads, ripped teddy bears, rusty trombones, old dog meat, someone's keys, traffic cones - and the nuttiest thing of all - pink handcuffs.

What's even crazier is that you can sell this junk and get money for it ????

[Art Blade]

for some reason I keep finding porn magazines on mercs. Filthy bastards.

[Art Blade]

I believe they wear a dog collar

Now I know  :)

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[fragger]

 :-D

I bet you won't find a tag with "Fluffy" or "Cuddles" engraved on it :-()

[Art Blade]

Let me sift through those dog skins..