Former Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas developer Obbe Vermeij recently revealed the reason behind the random glitch in the game that caused small airplanes to crash. This glitch, long considered a myth by fans due to Rockstar Games never addressing it, was attributed to issues with the planes spawning and the underlying code of the game itself. Vermeij, who worked at Rockstar for over a decade before leaving in 2009, provided a long-awaited explanation for this elusive in-game phenomenon.
In GTA San Andreas, small planes are periodically created near the player to perform a fly-by.
— Obbe Vermeij (@ObbeVermeij) April 2, 2024
Sometimes they crash.
Before creating the plane, my code looks for obstacles in its path.
It scans a number of lines in the forward direction of the plane. These scans are slow so I… pic.twitter.com/8uUQcmU958
