The difficulty curve is much steeper after mission 19 (get off your car). Callouts everywhere, patrol wiped out, byebye. At first, this game is easier than its predecessors from the same dev. But the tedium get worse and worse after mission 15 or so, mainly because the map is sluggish and zooming doesn't work there.
District 1, 2: 2 cars; 3: 1 car, 4: 2 cars, 5: Idk, 2 cars? (bought a heli, but it doesn't have adequate cover). Don't do two concentric rings, just flat routes.
Reach 95%+ if you can. 90%+ is OK. 99%+ and you have much more time to plan.
Response Range: There are two types of Medium Patrol Cars, the 2nd has wider Response Range but more costly to run and slower (16 vs 18 spd). If the crime happen to be in the range then they'll get out and deal with them automatically. The 2nd is quite a tough sell later into the game with Quick Cars and more-skilled players. General tips:
Use Ctrl+[0-9} to "bind" a group. Press 0-9 to call them quick.
Set up walking patrol route(s) not overlapping the main car patrol route and tell new/idle officers to go there. All of them will gain XP, specialized or not. (Put Patrol-to-be in a car if you still have one left, it's even more awesome)
Use Quick Patrol Cars (2 officers) and 1 (only) CSI Car when they're available. Medium Patrol Cars are still needed to ensure victory (more punches).
Use Speed Camera Van and put them on yellow marks to have a (OK) stream of money. Some breakout of speeding will happen. But they eat in your paltry 13 cars cap too.
You should have 4 Riot officers @ mission 15 (upgrade Riot first). Remember to have Patrol Cars waiting, ready in case. (Same with SWAT)
Check the officer's HP and move them back to HQ as necessary to be healed. (there is an achievement for each officer if they got injured (0HP) in action, +max HP but I never see those extra HP)
Tip: When you got a call "Find and stop..." the only way to solve it is setting up walking patrol around them. Using roadblock is OK though. And you'll need faster cars to chase some dudes, or you gonna need to call the investigation team, again. Anyway, there are slots for only 13 cars and 2 choppers at max level.
hmm this isnt working for me :/ i have a story mission now where i have to "Find and Stop..." but after i tried the mission like 5 times i have no idea what to do. i have like 5 officers patroling and one car and one bike. What should i change? because i cant unlock further stuff. pls help Thanks :D
Walking patrol. About roadblock: First, setup roadblock when your officer(s) is in the car. Second, right click on the car with roadblock to unload it, or they won't chase the criminal (a bug) if he is blocked.
yeah i meant the 5 officers patrol are walking :) sorry english isnt my native language. ahh okay well that helps :) couse one time the criminal just drove right through the roadblock. Do you have any more tipps for the "Find and Stop" thing?
I'd prefer something more abstract than this (especially the investigation part). The navigation is a chore and the control does not respond timely. You have to complete the chain of investigate -> asking witness 1 -> 2 -> etc.But you can hold Shift to ask all witness. I use one medium car (CSI car) for investigators and detectives. At least there is a story, but its presentation is so tedious.
At first, this game is easier than its predecessors from the same dev. But the tedium get worse and worse after mission 15 or so, mainly because the map is sluggish and zooming doesn't work there.
General tips:
Anyway, there are slots for only 13 cars and 2 choppers at max level.
What should i change? because i cant unlock further stuff.
pls help
Thanks :D
About roadblock: First, setup roadblock when your officer(s) is in the car. Second, right click on the car with roadblock to unload it, or they won't chase the criminal (a bug) if he is blocked.
ahh okay well that helps :) couse one time the criminal just drove right through the roadblock.
Do you have any more tipps for the "Find and Stop" thing?
So that's all.
You have to complete the chain of investigate -> asking witness 1 -> 2 -> etc.But you can hold Shift to ask all witness. I use one medium car (CSI car) for investigators and detectives.
At least there is a story, but its presentation is so tedious.
So no 32 bits for you.