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Cheat mode:
Enter one of the following codes during game play to activate the corresponding cheat function. The message "Cheat Activated" will appear to confirm correct code entry.

The codes can also be activated at the menu screen (press [Esc] during game play) to avoid having your character moving around while they are being entered.

Note: Codes can be entered multiple times. For example, keep typing gunsgunsguns etc. to have more ammunition as well as all guns. The giveusatank code can only be activated four times.

Effect Code

All weapons gunsgunsguns

Extra money ifiwerearichman

Full health gesundheit

Higher wanted level morepoliceplease

Lower wanted level nopoliceplease

Tank (Rhino) giveusatank

Destroy all cars bangbangbang

Change costume ilikedressingup

Crazy pedestrians itsallgoingmaaad

All pedestrians attack you nobodylikesme

Pedestrians fighting each other weaponsforall

Disable pedestrians fighting each other noweaponsforall

Time advances quicker timeflieswhenyou

Toggle very fast game clock madweather

Faster game play boooooring

100% armor (unpatched version) turtoise

100% armor (patched version) tortoise

Clear weather skincancerforme

Cloudy weather ilikescotland

Rainy weather ilovescotland

Foggy weather peasoup

Invisible cars; wheels only anicesetofwheels

Disable invisible cars notanicesetofwheels

Flying car chittychittybb

Improved car handling; press [Shift] to jump cornerslikemad

Gore mode nastylimbscheat

Ammunition limit:
Activating the gunsgunsguns code repeatedly does not give you unlimited ammunition. To demonstrate this, take out a gun and keep enabling the gunsgunsguns code until you have as close to 9,999 rounds as possible. Then, enable the code one more time and you will not be able to see it anymore. Keep shooting your gun. After awhile, you will see your ammunition count again.

Change car attributes:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "handling.cfg" file in the "\rockstar games\gta3\data" folder. You can change the various attributes (speed, weight, etc.) of any car. Read the text in the "handling.cfg" file for an explanation of what can be changed.

Change weapon attributes:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "weapon.cfg" file in the "data" sub-folder in the game directory. You can change the various attributes (reload time, ammunition, damage, etc.) of any weapon . Read the text in the "weapon.cfg" file for an explanation of what can be changed.

Increase car acceleration:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "handling.cfg" file in the "data" sub-folder in the game directory. When you open that file, you will see a table which has vehicle names in rows (Such as LANDSTAL, IDAHO, STINGER, etc.) and alphabetic characters in columns. For example, to increase the maximum speed and acceleration of the Rhino tank, choose column N, Row "RHINO" and change its value to "200.0". This will set the Rhino tank's maximum speed to 200K mph . Select column O in the same row and change its value to "33.0" ,which will make its acceleration higher. This method can be tricky, but if done correctly, your tank can fly. Note: Enable the cornerslikemad code to increase the handling of the tank.

Hint: More cars in garage:
You can fit more cars in your hideout's garage than you are supposed to. In district two, the garage should only hold two cars but you can fit four in (or five if they are small). Park the first two besides each other next to the wall. Then, park each car after that next to the door. Get out and the door will open. Quickly drive the car in before the door shuts. Now all three or four cars are saved. In order for this to work you need to park them very close together.

Hint: Listen to radio stations at any time:
If you have sufficient hard drive space, you can listen to the radio stations at any desired time. Insert the "Play" disc then click on "My Computer" and click on your CD drive. Enter the "Audio" folder to access a group of .WAV and .MP3 files. You can listen to any mission, radio station, or event. Copy them to your hard drive for smoother playback. You can hear everything (pedestrians, crashes, horns, etc) with a file on your hard drive in the "audio" folder in the game directory. There is a file called "sfx.raw" that can be opened in a .WAV file editor. Change the sampling rate to a lower setting and there will be a very long audio clip of everything there is to be heard in the game.

Hint: Custom music:
Copy some of your favorite MP3 files into the "mp3" folder in the game folder. Start the game and you will have a new radio station titled "mp3 player". Choose it to hear your own selections.

Instead of copying your MP3 files to the "mp3" folder, just create shortcuts using Windows Explorer to the files inside your existing folder with MP3 files. The game will play all MP3 files the shortcuts are pointing to. This is very useful if you have large libraries of MP3s on CD and do not have the hard drive space for them.

Hint: Custom skin:
Open the "skin" folder in the main game folder. Copy the skin "playa2.bmp" into any desired folder, then rename it "playa3.bmp". Open the "playa3.bmp", into MS Paint, Adobe Photo Shop, or another graphics program. Re-color and customize it as desired, then copy it back into the "skin" folder in the main game folder. Start the game, go into "Player Options", and choose your new skin.

Hint: Regain health with prostitute:
Car jack any vehicle and drive up to a prostitute walking the streets. Stop and let her approach the car, after a few seconds of talking, she will get in. Drive to a remote area where there are not any cops around (a good place is in your hideout). Stop the car, but do not get out. After about two seconds, the car will start rocking back and forth. You will recover approximately 40 to 50 points of health. When it is over, she will exit the car and walk away, but not before she charges you a fee. At this point you can beat her up and take back the money you just paid her. Note: The prostitute will fight back when you try to take your money back. If for any reason you both have to exit the car before it starts rocking, you will still be charged a fee (beat her up to take it back). You cannot do this with the same prostitute twice in one night -- you can however, pick up another prostitute and recover more health. Even though the maximum amount of health points is 100 when you start the game, it increases to 125 after the encounter and remains that way.

Hint: Use a prostitute multiple times:
Pick up a prostitute then go into a Pay 'N' Spray. Immediately before you are done with her, back out and go back in. You will start doing her again and get another repaint. You will still get life, and the paint is still free.

Hint: Prostitutes following you:
There are two prostitutes that get inside your car, if it is in good shape. Get a valuable car and find any of these two ladies. When the lady comes near you, they will start looking down at your car. Accelerate your car forward few inches so that you are away from the lady. The lady will be coming forward to you so that she can get inside the car. When she gets near you, press [Enter] or F. She will follow you wherever you go. You could do this when you are in the car, but the they will not get inside the car. They will just follow you. Note: This trick can be done multiple times.

Hint: Survive when under a car:
When someone runs over you with a car and you are stuck in the bottom, you will usually die. If you want to survive, press [Esc] to pause game play. Enable the turtoise and gesundheit codes, then enable the bangbangbang code. Press [Esc] to resume game play, then quickly press G to destroy the car. Then, enable the turtoise or gesundheit codes to get full health.

Hint: Police bribe in hideout:
Get into any police vehicle and enter vigilante mode. After killing enough criminals (about ten to fifteen), your beeper will tell you that you have a police bribe in your hideout. Note: This works best if you use the police truck behind the police station on Staunton Island.

Hint: Unlimited ammunition:
Hold the pistol and enable the gunsgunsguns repeatedly. You will eventually have unlimited ammunition for any gun that you have to reload. If you are wasted or busted, the code must be repeated.

Hint: Easy Hidden Packages:
Drive into the water and keep enabling the gesundheit code to stay alive. Keep repeating this until your beeper stops displaying information. You will now have 100 Hidden Packages.

Hint: Free car repair:
Park your car in a garage and watch the doors go up and down. You can save the game if desired, but is not necessary for the free repair. Note: This only works when you are not in a mission.

Hint: Stop car from exploding from damage:
When in a vehicle that has been hit many times, the car will smoke, eventually catches fire, and explodes. If you enable the gesundheit code while in the car, it will repair the engine damage. The body work will still look damaged. You can even repair the car once it is on fire as long as you are quick enough. To do this quicker, pause the game before inputting the code. This trick is especially useful on the Bait mission, as the police will never be able to destroy you.

Hint: BF Injection:
Complete El Burro's missions for the Diablos, and a new off-road buggy called the ''BF Injection'' will appear in the little block by the building by the phone.

Hint: Colombian Cartel Cruiser:
The Cartel Cruiser can be found on Liberty Campus at Staunton Island.

Hint: Diablo Stallion:
The Diablo Stallion can be found in the Red Light District at Portland Island. It is a modified Stallion.

Hint: FBI car:
The only way to get the FBI car is to have five stars on the wanted meter. The FBI will come after you in purple FBI cars. It is a modified Kuruma.

Hint: Mafia Sentinel:
The Mafia Sentinel can be found in Saint Mark's at Portland Island or the Mafia hideout. It is a modified Sentinel.

Hint: Red Jacks Hoods Rumbo XL:
The Hoods Rumpo XL can be found in Shoreside Vale (not the airport). It is a modified Rumpo.

Hint: Triad Fish Van:
The Triad Fish Van can be found in Chinatown at Portland Island.

Hint: Yakuza Stinger:
The Yakuza Stinger can be found in Newport at Staunton Island. It is a modified Stinger.

Hint: Yardie Posse Lobo:
The Yardie Lobo can be found in Newport at Staunton Island.

Hint: Free paint job:
Pick up a prostitute then go to the Pay 'N' Spray. The paint job will be free. You can then back out, get out of the car, attack the prostitute, and get her money.

Hint: Flying destruction:
Find lots of vehicles together during game play. Get far away from them then enter bang repeatedly as a code (more than the regular three times). When game play is resumed, anything with a motor will fly.

Hint: Flying a Tank:
Enable the chittychittybb code then turn the cannon so it faces the back of the tank. As you drive, start to shoot behind you. This will gain acceleration and make the tank fly.

Hint: Fly the Dodo:
While on the runway of the airport in Shoreside Vale, you can get a dodo in one of the hangars. The easiest one is near the helicopter pad in the back of the airport. Bring it on the runway. Once there, back it up all the way to the end so that it is facing Staunton Island. Hold [Down] + X. Note: Look toward the side view of the plane to get a better view before it scratches the ground and crashes. While accelerating, immediately before the plane's nose sparks the ground is going its full speed, release every thing and the plane it will take off on its own. Once in the air, you are now able to use the cursor keys to steer the plane. Tap the keys and do not hold them for a safer flight. Keep the plane closer to the ground as it keeps trying to go up. However, every once in a while let it climb then do a nose dive to get more speed.

Hint: Get to any of the other islands early:
Go back to the bridge and walk past the road block without a car. When you get far enough up the road, enable the giveusatank code and turn the gun so it is pointing behind the tank. Enable the chittychittybb code, then shoot the cannon and drive until you fly off the bridge. If done correctly, you will hover over the broken part onto the other side.

Start a new game and do the Give Me Liberty, and Luigi's Girls missions. Then, get a fast car and enable the chittychittybb and cornerslikemad codes. Once you are able to jump the Callahan Bridge (the one that is broken apart) and get to Staunton Island, save the game. Then, drive to the stadium on Staunton Island. Once you are near it, look for a tunnel with signs above it that read "Shoreside Vale", and "Portland". Follow that tunnel and turn left when you get the chance. Take that road and follow it until you get to the end. You are now in Shoreside Vale.

Intentionally die and end up at the hospital. Walk up the steps on to the road and get a car (or taxi if possible). Opposite the hospital is the University. Drive down the hill and take the left in to the University before the T-junction. Do a 180 degree turn so that the back of your car is at the top of the steps. Enable the cornerslikemad code, then drive forward and jump over the fence. If done correctly, you should end up on a platform. To your left should be a wall that is tiled. Move forward into the glass slowly. Your car will enter the glass wall and you will drop in the tunnels used in later missions.

Enable the chittychittybb code near a bridge, build up speed, and fly over. Note: You can continue to bring cars in and out of the islands, but every new car needs a code. For better chances, the enable cornerslikemad and press [Shift] to jump off the edge.

Enable the giveusatank and chittychittybb codes. Get in the Rhino tank and rotate the cannon barrel so that it is facing the rear of the tank. Drive to any long, straight strech of road. Accelerate while firing the cannon continually without stopping. Eventually, you will lift of the ground. Continue accelerating and shooting while in the air. With practice you can fly to and from the three islands with ease.

Hint: Portland: Get to Staunton Island early:
In the "Last Request" mission, it is possible to "maroon" the Japanese girl. To do this, look for the closest "island" when you pick her and Maria up. Get to the island and back the boat up a slope. You will hear crunching sounds. Experiment, and sooner or later she will drop off the boat and onto the island. From there, get to Staunton Island. You can cruise around and do everything else except take up any missions or side jobs. Kill Maria or the Japanese girl and the mission will end.

Find a very fast car, such as the Banshee in the shop at 8-Balls. Drive to the bridge and stop at the beginning. Enable the chittychittybb code. Accelerate, and if you are lucky, you will fly over the gap and land on the other side. It will take some practice before you succeed. Test it with different distances before the edge.

Go to the bridge at the beginning at the game with a fast car such as the Esparanto (from the parking lot near the bridge). Enable the chittychittybb code and fly away to Staunton Island.

Hint: Portland: Sniping locations:
The railroad that runs about Portland is a good choice as it allows you to move across almost the entire city and has three ways of getting off. Do not stand near a station or the cops will run up the stairs and either bust or waste you.

Go to the Bitch 'N' Dog Food factory. Gain access via the railroad. However, only use this if you really have to, as not many people or cars pass that area.

Hint: Staunton Island: Get to Shoreside Vale early:
Find a very fast car, such as the Banshee in the shop at 8-Balls. Drive to the bridge and stop at the beginning. Enable the chittychittybb and cornerslikemad codes. If you sound the horn with the codes activated, you will make a small jump. This makes it possible to jump over the gap. Sound the horn just when you reach the edge. However, when you reach high speeds the car starts to fly automatically. When this happens, you will not be able to make that little extra jump.

Enable the cornerslikemad code and drive to the hospital. From the road directly in front of the hospital, build up some speed then press [Shift] to make your car jump. You will land on a roof on the hospital. Without falling, drive into a building composed of glass windows. You will then fall into the tunnel leading to Shoreside Vale.

Hint: Staunton Island: Sniping locations:
Go to Kenjis casino. Use the stairs to get on the helipad then jump over the barrier. From here, you can snipe, rocket, and grenade the cops or FBI that will run around at the bottom. The Army may storm you, but will not be able to get to you as they do not jump over things.

Go to the AM Co. building. Gain access via the stairs and snipe away. Its very high and busy, but expect company as your wanted level increases.

Hint: Big 'n' Veiny mission: Easy completion:
Start El Burro's "Big 'n' Veiny" mission by following the trail of magazines until you reach the top of the large hill where the Mafia mansion is located. Instead of turning right and following the trail down the hill, go straight and go down the grass cliff. You will end up in the Portland dock area, and will be very near the car that the magazine trail leads to. Find this van and kill the man next to it to stop the timer and complete the mission.

Go to the Portland Dock where the emergency crane is located. Enable the "Tank" code. Note: Other autos could also work. Get in the tank and drive it between the emergency crane and the doors at the left of the crane . Repeat this step four times until you have at least five tanks between emergency crane and the doors. Then, walk to the telephone where you start the mission. Do not steal or drive a car, as this would take the tanks away. Instead, go there by foot. Walk to the phone both to start mission, drive up to the third magazine, and the mission will be complete. The mission is completed because the tanks will have destroyed the van, and the explosion kills the man and that stops the timer.

Hint: Bling-Bling Scramble: Easy completion:
As soon as the race starts, get out of your car, and enable the "Destroy all cars" code. This should destroy every car, including the opposing racers. Run around and wait for a car, steal it, then run through the checkpoints to win.

Hint: Cutting The Grass mission: Easy completion:
To complete Salvatore's "Cutting the Grass" mission easily, instead of having to trail the snitch for the whole time, go straight to the Portland docks. When you get there, drive to the boat with the ramp leading up it. There is a staircase attached to the outside of the nearest building. Climb this and stop where you can see the ramp easily. This allows you to completely avoid the risk of spooking the snitch and gives you a good angle to shoot him from.

Stay in your car and run him over to pass the mission with ease.

Get a taxi and stop behind the taxi he called. He will get into your taxi.

Hint: Dead Skunk In Da Trunk mission: Easy completion:
The Forelli brothers are very stupid and cannot maneuver out of tight spaces. Lead them into the tunnel (one brother is located at the parking lot of the café; the other is in front of the tunnel), thereby giving you time to shoot away at them. Once they are dead you can take the car and drive with ease. Also, if you damage the back end of the car to where the trunk pops open, you can see the dead body inside.

Instead of driving around being smashed by the Forelli brothers, enable the gunsgunsguns code to get a bazooka. Drive to the café and use the bazooka on the car at the car lot opposite to the cafe. After this car explodes, the second will appear around the corner. Do the same for that one. After that, it is easy driving.

Enable the giveusatank and use the Rhino tank to ram the car in the parking lot (not the mission car) and the car parked by the tunnel. You can exit the Rhino, get the mission car, and ride home.

Hint: Espresso-2-Go mission: Easy completion:
Do not go to the first stand. Drive around town until all of the nine stands have shown up on the map -- some are in Shoreside Vale. When you hit the first stand, the eight minutes will start and you now have that time to just destroy the stands instead of looking for them while the timer is running. You should finish the mission with plenty of time remaining.

Drive to Shoreside Vale. Go to 8-Ball's and get a car bomb. Go to one of the Shoreside stalls and take out the guard. The sniper rifle works best. Park next to stall, but do not destroy it. Get another car bomb and repeat the steps with another car and the other Shoreside stall. Do not get in any more than one car -- the third car you enter will cause the first car bomb to disappear. Escape the blast radius and set off the bombs. Take out remaining stalls and you will have as much time as needed to complete the mission.

Hint: Kingdom Come mission: Easy completion:
Go to the car that you are directed to. Get in, type bangbang when the "Destroy All The Vans" message appears. Press [Enter] to get out of the car and type bang. It should destroy all of them.

Hint: The Lover mission: Extra money:
In this mission, Mr. Chonks asks you to bring his wife's lover to show him the "real way business works". After you bring the lover, he kills Mr. Chonks and begins to walk away. Enable the gunsgunsguns code. Take out the flamethrower and kill him. He drops around fifteen to twenty stacks of money and a few weapons.

Hint: Rigged To Blow mission: Easy completion:
When you start the mission and crash, you will get damage on the meter. To get rid of this damage enable the gesundheit code.

Hint: S.A.M. mission: Easy completion:
Once the plane is down, the Columbian Cartel arrives and starts shooting you. Leave the boat and kill the first man. No others can see you. Then, move over to the ramp. Move up slowly until you see the first man's head. Shoot him with the sniper rifle, and continue up the ramp slowly. Soon, only your head will peek over the side. Do not go any further. You can snipe out everybody without them attacking. Note: There may be someone behind the car. Get the packages then get into the speeder and go back to the place where you got the first boat. Do not get out. Somewhere ahead of you is a grass hill leading to a wall. Most of this hill is not solid and you can drive through it. You will fall into blue hell and land in the middle of an intersection. By doing this, you do not have to risk drowning.

Hint: Turismo mission: Easy completion:
As soon as the race starts, get out of your car, and enable the "Destroy all cars" code. This should destroy every car, including the opposing racers. Run around and wait for a car, steal it, then run through the checkpoints to win.

Hint: Better and quicker stopping:
When you are going very fast and you hit the handbrake, you will most likely spin out of control. To stop this from happening, hit reverse and the handbrake at the same time when you are trying to stop and high speeds. Doing this will stop you quicker, and eliminate any spinning.

Hint: Drive into car crusher:
Get a car, and enable the cornerslikemad code. Drive towards the crusher from the sidewalk to the east, and use the horn to jump just at the edge. You can land in the crusher, which will crush you.

Hint: Easy fire truck missions:
Get inside the fire truck, press [Caps Lock] then press [F1]. Press [F1] again, and it will complete the mission. Do this repeatedly to pass the missions. Press [F1] when a new location appears.

Hint: Taxi missions in other cars:
Get into a taxi and hold [Caps Lock]. Get out while still holding the key and walk to another car. Release [Caps Lock] when in the car. You can now do taxi missions in that new car.

You can also do this trick in the Paramedic, Fire, and Vigilante missions. You could also be a limo driver if you get in the Stretch during a taxi mission.

Hint: Fast taxi customer:
After car jacking any taxi, press [Caps Lock] to become a cab driver. At this point the person driving the cab that was just jacked will become a pedestrian looking to catch a cab. This will make your first passenger the old taxi driver.

Hint: Easy kills:
Jump onto any midsize car (not a big truck). You can stand on the hood of the car. From here, you can choose any gun and start shooting people while the car is still moving. This allows quick kills without walking, and the cops cannot get you.

Switch the control settings to "Standard" and set the target button to whatever is preferred (such as Right Mouse Button). Take out your shotgun and go to a location with mad people. Keep clicking target and shoot, making sure that you hit target first. Repeat this as fast as possible and you will not have to pump the shotgun, making it semi-automatic. You can kill about three people per second. Note: This only works under the standard control settings.

Police suicides:
At any island, get a car and drive as close as you can to a cliff. Get out and get behind the car. Run it into the water. Jump on top of the car after it explodes and get your wanted level up to any desired level. The cops will jump into the water in an attempt to get to you. Cars will also fly off the cliff and kill themselves.

Hint: Flashback radio station:
On the Flashback radio station, all the songs that are played are in the movie Scarface.

Hint: Car identifications:
Each car in the game is modeled after a real car with some differences.

Ambulance: Ford Econoling 350 Ambulance
Banshee: Dodge Viper/Shelby Cobra
Barraks OL: Jeep brand army truck
BF Injection: mostly fictional VW Dune Hopper
Bobcat: Ford Ranger/Dodge Ram
Borgnine Cabbie: Same as Checker Cab, only decked out.
Bus: International Bus
Cartel Cruiser: Decked out Dodge/Chevy truck
Checker Cab: 57' Chevrolet Bel Air
Cheetah: Ferrari Testarossa
Coach: Airstream Motorcoach
Diablo Stallion: Decked out Mustang with blowers, headers, flame paint
Dodo: Alaskan Bushplane
Enforcer: International Swat Vehicle
Esparanto: 72' Cadillac Eldorado
FBI Car: Superfast Karuma (souped-up Dodge Intrepid)
Fire Truck: International Fire Truck
Infernus: Lamborghini Diablo/Jaguar XJ220?
Karuma: Dodge Intrepid
Landstalker: Mitsubishi Montero Sport
Linerunner: International Semi Cab
Mafia Sentinel: Decked out version of BMW sedan
Manana: Buick Regal
Moonbeam: Chevy Van
Mr. Whoopee: Toyota van equipped with optional ice cream feature.
Mule: Ford Econoline Truck
Patriot: Hummer H1 Civillian
Police car: Ford Crown Victoria High-Speed Pursuit Package
Pony: Ford Van
Predator: Police boat with machine guns
Reefer: Boat
Rumpo: Dodge Winnebego Van
Securicar: International brand armored van
Sentinal: Speedy BMW luxury sedan
Speeder: Fictional speed boat
Stinger: Porsche Boxter S
Stretch: Lincoln Continental Limousine
Taxi: Ford Crown Victoria
Toyz Van: Ford Econoline 350
Traid Fish Van: Ford Econoline
Trashmaster: Leech/International Garbage Truck
Yakuza Stinger: The Yakuza's Stinga'
Yardie Lobo: Chevrolet Impala or Chevelle

Glitch: Change size of moon:
Use a sniper rifle and aim at the moon. Shoot the moon and it will get bigger. When you shoot it again, it will get smaller.

Glitch: Make all cars disappear from the multi-story parking lot in Staunton island:
Go to the multi-story parking lot and get in one of the cars. It does not matter what car you get in, as long as it is from the parking lot. Get in the car and drive to the top. Drive it onto the ramp. Do not go over the edge. Get out of the car and get on top of it. As soon as you get on the roof of the car, it should disappear and so should all the cars from the parking lot.

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