Hello Mr. Mouse been a while...

I've always wanted to see what Tommy looks like in action, more specifically with Super Speed enabled, but MAFIA is a 3rd Person Shooter which means we always see Tommy's back, so...

Well it's not quite Tommy, all I did was switch the Tommy.4ds model with Knez.4ds (the Priest) a.k.a. Super Body Guard equipped with Super Speed... but you'd never know the difference right?

There was some commotion in the tunnel. Tommy (a.k.a. Super Priest) tried to cross the middle guard rail and he Super Jumped up into the roof (easy to show again). This could open the door for some funny screenshots.

I'm always trying to create "new" Alive mod screenshots, and these are new to me at least. I've never seen anything like them before. Sure it's a cheap trick and nothing spectacular, but hey it's Tommy Angelo on Super Speed. The Alive mod from a different angle, another perspective, Tommy in rapid action.







I had some problems with ImageShack, I hope these are all OK...?

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super speed blood traces are impressive, i've never seen them before
glad to see u, your 1337 still is rather well :-D

Hi simsalabim. I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean about the blood? I didn't post these because of anything to do with blood. Maybe I don't understand what you're saying? Could you explain differently?

I took these screenshots because I wanted to show Tommy (our default player skin) from a "face-to-face" point of view. Think of an "outer body experience" where you see yourself (in this case Tommy blazing a trail of fire behind him) from a remote viewing position.

I wanted to make a new graphic (wallpaper) for my Alive mod site, showing Tommy in action. But I didn't want all the images of him to be showing just his back (from the 3rd person view).

It's just something different to what we're used to in the Alive mod. Most people either play Tommy or they don't (Change Identity Phone Booth) but we never see what Tommy looks like as a "supporting AI character" e.g. Body Guard.

Hey maybe that sounds dumb? But I think seeing the Alive mod, more specifically Tommy on superspeed, looks very special. Tommy on superspeed is the main foundation of the Alive mod, but we very rarely see his face. Now we do... I'll stop talking now, hehe.

I've played with this idea too but I used the different way...



I just developed a script that lock/unlock the camera by demand... My way was not so effective as yours because it was too hard to control Tommy when you see him from side if you know what I mean...

Aha! I stand corrected!! Yes I have seen something like it before, something 'exactly' like it before. Maybe subliminally it was your image that gave me this idea? Only a few years later. Plus my way is cheating.

Hey Mike, did you script members of the "same gang" to fight with each other? I know you often mention 'the closest enemy with a weapon' (e.g. cop, gangster or 'other' gang) but the Small Time Criminals gang turned on each other. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Have you?

I have screenshots but I'll upload them some other time.

Quick description: I lured the STC gang and the Silver Fletcher gang to the Priest BG in Downtown. It was crazy, everyone trying to kill each other, except for the Priest who didn't get involved at all? D@mn church only interferes when they get something out of it, e.g. donations. But the Gangster BG ran all the way from under the Guiliano bridge to protect Tommy, the Priest didn't help until Tommy hired him, hmmm...

The "STC mutiny" happened after they killed the Priest, maybe one of the STC gang members shot another accidentally?

The 'traitor' was the most aggressive. And these last 2 STC gang members stole more cars than I've ever seen! They even car-jacked the female gang members of the Silver Fletcher gang to chase Tommy!!! Unbelievable!!!

I know you said the gangs are slightly different, but in my experiences with the Alive mod, the Small Time Criminals (Green Lassiter gang) has been by far the trickiest AI to deal with. They do things the other gangs don't.

Update: Screenshots added



Maybe this a normal occurrence? But I don't remember seeing the same gang turn on one another, sure they kill everyone else, but each other, nope...

The last two screenshots are from a later game, not related to this incident, just fillin' space

Great! No I have not seen this behaviour myself but I believe it could be. As I told you the longer you play the more new tricks AI will learn. I guess you just have played much longer then me

Though I remember there could be a bunch of tricks and secrets more to discover for you
With honesty I don't even remeber all of them... remeber, it's almost four years since I released the last version of the AM...

Yeah I notice strange things from time to time one major one (the dark screen) that I still haven't figured out yet all the more reason to keep actively investigating, hehe. One day I'll sit down and finish those darn DSR and Port mission.

I finally hit 22 million dollars... hey it's an achievement for me. What's Ma Baker on right now? 40 million?

I went for a lovely drive in the picturesque countryside (in my bullet-proof Toyota sports). The sun was shining and the birds were singing and chirping (but it didn't last long) because soon the sky was shrouded (in bullets). Buckshot's blasted and Tommy guns screamed. People were trying to kill me... a lot of people...

Started out with the police gang (New Ark country exit), then the Black Metal 4WD farmer gang followed next, then the Good Priest (and his gang) showed up too. Typical woman driver, Sarah lost control of the ambulance around a sharp bend and ended up laying sideways causing a 50-car pile-up. Then the Evil Priest (and his gang) joined the party. Hmmm... talk about gate-crashing a villain shindig.

You think I was sticking my head out of my bullet-proof ride...? Think again Jack! I ain't STUPID! Plenty of innocent bystanders died, unfortunate victims of random gunfire and I had no plan to end up just another rural drive-by statistic.

My health rose to 1300 at one point (good priest's blessings) but the evil priest scratched my sporty Toyota's silver paint job and drove away without swapping insurance details (around the countryside circuit and then back round again and again and again and again and again) 5 times in about 45mins. My health went UP and DOWN like a yoyo. Well not so much down because I was wearing my sacred boxer-shorts and packing my trusty Holy sawn-off double-barrel shotgun, Saint Lupara.

Green Lassiter gang showed up too (screenshots were uninteresting so I left 'em out) but they made an appearance (just like they promised they would).

I let the AI fight it out with each other. In the end 2 gangs were dead (Good job Tommy no involvement required) and a BM4WD went bouncy bounce into outer space (currently orbiting Pluto).

Hey it was most enjoyable to watch the Alive mod play on auto-pilot. These screenshots really don't do the story any justice. But try it for yourself. Get in the Toyota and bait a couple gangs to the "infamous corner with the blind-spot", then let the Alive mod do the rest... it'll probably help if Sarah stayed true to her lead-footed female incompetency but somehow I doubt she will, hehe. Good luck anyway.

'live mod '08 contd... Scared Body Guard, VIP switched off BTW, MAFIA anomaly, fun & games.

Happened again... upside-down Lassiter, crawled out on belly, then Tommy makes like the Doppelganger and runs off into the sunset...? Tommy's still alive (plenty of Health) but his progress is fast (like the Doppelganger say 10:1 ratio). Camera stays at car wreck but Tom's able to traverse the LH map (even get lost in the streets) "horizontal panning" of map still functions, also the direction of north/south/east/west is reversed: north is south, really strange! Anyone else seen this? I've experienced it at least 3 times now (see old posts).

Also lots of "new" audio happening lines I've never heard before especially from the Body Guards (perhaps to do with amount of $$$ money?). Typical gangland shootout. Police dog arrest (old consequence). Some entertaining moments, a few deaths etc. Terrorist appeared "right behind the car"... (after filling up with gas near Oakwood/Hoboken bridge).

Nice and rare pictures SOULTAKER!
Very cool! Personaly I like the most the nine picture and the third block, those ones with police dog arrest and the last one with flying bodyguards! They are very expressive, I've never seen anithing like them, so I consider those pics as very very rare!!!

SOULTALKER, so it's just excellent! Your photo of a very cool fashion Alive! Especially about the police - the dog! Indeed, fashion fan! I wish you success and more!

We know that placing a Landmine next to an enemy will detonate immediately but not hurt Tommy. Seems this also works when you place one on a ground tram line and the tram will drive straight through Tommy. Plus some other thingz...