Deliver EMP – Inconsistent Detection Issue

[placid mulch]

Watch both clips — I’ve been running this mission for 10 years, and I know the best solo strats. Yet I still can’t figure out what’s causing the detection. There’s literally no difference between the two clips, but one gets me spotted and the other doesn’t.

[marble roost]

I gotta disclose I don't do heists so I have nothing to go off of besides these clips but have you tried to consistently take center mass at the scientists? We know the guy right in front of you spun around quicker as if he heard something and as much as I don't want to suggest this, I'm thinking that stray bullets ricocheted and traveled further when taking a headshot at the second scientist.

[placid mulch]

This only happens like 2% of the time, the 98% is the other clip where I don't get detected. I don't really know what causes getting detected or the guy to turn around to be honest

A theory is it apparently due to a glitch some bullets go through the body instead of hitting the body and then alerts the guards.

[marble roost]

That's kinda my thought too. You clipped the second scientist in the shoulder which is closer to center mass than the headshot you pulled in the failed clip. You say there's no difference but I saw one hence why I asked about consistently trying center mass.

[marble roost]

I don’t know if shots fired at center mass “clips through” as you say and I’m unwilling to start my journey in heists just to test it but if they do then it really is a coin toss but if it doesn’t you’ve got a possible solution.

[void valley]

In the fail clip you shot the left guard first and then the right one - could be that please check and update if thats the issue, gta has very weird, super inconsistent mechanics when it comes to guard detection, and not only that, every missions and heist has their own detection mechanics
Could be that if you shoot the left guard first (right before the fail) the bullet goes through him and hits the wall next to the right guard and alerts him

[placid mulch]

Yeah, it doesn't have been really often. But it's been a problem since 2023 and I still don't know what causes the guy to turn around. It doesn't really happen very often like maybe 2% of the time

Another theory I've heard is that when they changed the guards to spot dead bodies on Cayo, and that changed something on this Mission as well.

[void valley]

I see the issue now, its not the last 2 bottom guards but the single one after the 2 scientists

Lemme check again

[placid mulch]

Yes, that's the issue. My point is that both Clips are similar and I didn't do anything different. But in one clip he turns around and the other one he does not

[void valley]

In the fail clip you shot the scientists from further away, which angled your bullet in a way that it goes through the scientist and hits the ground closer to the guard that got alerted

On the success clip you were much closer and shot in a more downward angle where the bullet hit the ground further from that guard

[placid mulch]

Could be, the reason I shoot them from quite far is that if you shoot them too close then they start walking away

[void valley]

Im pretty sure that this is the reason, you can still shoot from further away as long as you shoot in a way where you imagine the spot where the bullet will hit the ground so it will go as far from the guard as possible

Watch your fail clip again and stop at the moment you shot the first scientist, look how close to the guard the bullet lands if it goes through the scientist and into the ground @placid mulch

And compare that to the success clip in which the bullet would hit the ground much closer to you

Thats my strongest theory right now

Also solid gameplay, very smooth, good stuff 👍

Update me after you test it

[placid mulch]

Yeah thanks, I actually made a solo tutorial for that mission just because I know a lot of people struggle with it and I have a very easy method for it. And all the other YouTube tutorials I've seen for not quite bad. I usually don't bother uploading videos to be honest

[placid mulch]

I'll just let you know next time I find some randoms to do it with lol

[void valley]

I would do it with you but im not on ps5

[placid mulch]

https://tenor.com/view/struggle-is-real-gif-5406798

But hey on the upside I finally made it to rank 1800 (legit)

[void valley]

Crazy, good job man

Real gta veteran right here

[placid mulch]

I don't know if it's something to be proud of or ashamed of. I think I've played this game too much...

Definitely something I enjoyed when I was younger but now that I'm getting older I think I see it as a waste of time

My female character is 1187

[marble roost]

Center mass (shoulder) might be what absorbs the bullets preventing it from passing through in the success clip. In the failed clip, you took headshots which are much smaller targets that presents ricochet as a possibility.

[nimble citrus]

you have two characters?

thats quite alot of gameplay between both

[placid mulch]

On 1 account

[nimble citrus]

oh :D

[placid mulch]

Thankfully I play less now

[nimble citrus]

was confused cuz ive seen both with pretty high ranks somewhere but was wondering how is it male and female later on xd

vice versa

[placid mulch]

I don't remember posting that much lol

He's 1800, she's 1187

[nimble citrus]

it was a long time ago i think

but impressive regardless

[placid mulch]

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