A Home in the Hills

Type	MISSION
A Home In The Hills
Appears in	SA
For	Madd Dogg
Location	The Four Dragons Casino, The Strip
Target	Big Poppa
Conditions of mission failure
Wasted Busted Guppy dies Big Poppa escapes
Rewards
Rewards	Respect
Missions
Unlocks	Vertical Bird
Unlocked by	Saint Mark's Bistro
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

CJ: "Man...You gave your multi million-dollar mansion to a motherfucking pusher?"

Madd Dogg: "You know, CJ. These things happen! I was powerless!"

CJ: "You fucking degenerate! Ah, man! How much blow can one guy snort?!"

—Carl Johnson and Madd Dogg argue after CJ finds out what happened to Dogg's mansion

A Home in the Hills is the last mission in the Las Venturas mission strand and brings back everything to Los Santos given to CJ by rapper, Madd Dogg.

Mission

Kendl, Carl and Woozie are inside the Four Dragons Casino in Woozie's office and judging audition. After a while, Madd Dogg appears and tells everyone that he wants to returns to his home in Los Santos which is his mansion. However, it turns out that it's seized and the Los Santos Vagos have taken over the place. Carl furiously questions Madd Dogg's decision and after a while, the scene changes to him and a couple of Triad gang members seen in an Andromada plane, preparing to battle the Vagos as Carl receives a phone call from Kendl.

Kendl says she, Madd Dogg and Cesar have gone to San Fierro to see if everything is in place before returning to Los Santos. When the plane reaches it's destination, the Triads and Carl all jump out and parachute to the helipad on the roof of Madd Dogg's mansion and finish off everyone of the Vagos on their way before the rest of the team arrive.

Once all the Vagos outside are dead, the team shoot their way inside the mansion and finally find Big Poppa. Carl chases him down through the mansion all the way until they reach the exit where Big Poppa enters his Phoenix and escapes with Carl following him in a pink Windsor. After a chase around the hilly sections of the city, Carl kills Big Poppa and officially takes back the mansion for Madd Dogg.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Try to land on the mansion roof with the Triads
• Help keep the roof clear until the Triads arrive
• Take the Triads inside the mansion
• Search the mansion for Big Poppa and kill anyone who gets in your way
• Big Poppa is downstairs, take him out
• Big Poppa is making a run for it, chase after him
• Big Poppa has left the mansion, follow him
• Chase down Big Poppa and run him off the road

Reward

The reward for completing this mission is increased respect and the mission Vertical Bird is also unlocked. The player can also use Madd Dogg's Crib as a safehouse, but beware of the basketball glitch that can occur. Note: Madd Dogg's house does not offer a storage garage, so utilize the Mulholland Safehouse for storing vehicles (such as the newly acquired pink Windsor).

The Pedestrians (except female pedestrians and Street Criminals) won't attack or flee the player if he crashes into the pedestrians' cars. They will also no longer panic if CJ fires a weapon, unless he shoots their car.

Tips

• In order to land on the roof, Carl has to deploy his parachute immediately after leaving the plane and enter the "tucked in" position taught during Pilot School that allows him to travel forward. The Triad parachutes can be seen below, but he can't catch up. Try to land on the helipad if possible, otherwise Carl could land next to the enemies and take extra damage.
• Just as with Breaking the Bank at Caligula's, missing the roof with the parachute does not fail the mission, but Carl needs to quickly return to the roof of the mansion in order to prevent all the Triad men from being killed.
• Just as the chase begins, it's recommended to go down the back hill to catch up with Big Poppa and kill him quick.
• If you manage to land at the helipad first or you fail at reaching it whilst the Triads are still parachuting, you can use the Jetpack cheat (or if you are fast enough, obtain a car) and fly up to the helipad and the Vagos won't shoot you until the Triad lands.

Trivia

• Inside the mansion a girl can appear, who has the same pedestrian model as Denise Robinson. Killing her doesn't effect any progress with Denise whatsoever.
• During the short cutscene in which the Triads and Carl enter the mansion, one of the Triads gets decapitated by an SMG shot, despite SMGs not being able to behead pedestrians during normal gameplay. This was probably done to show the player that the member was actually killed by a headshot.
• Big Poppa's Phoenix is an extremely rare car and can be obtained by the player, despite the fact that the vehicle is locked in the mission. The player can block the Phoenix and kill Big Poppa to complete the mission. The vehicle can then be obtained by pushing it to a Pay 'n' Spray or to the nearby garage at the Mulholland Safehouse.
• Radio Los Santos can be heard inside the mansion.
• Bounce FM is the default radio station for the Windsor given during the mission, as opposed to the usual Master Sounds 98.3.
• The Windsor has a unique license plate that reads "J LOMAX". This could be a reference to Jennifer Lopez, since her nickname is "J.Lo", but this could just be a coincidence.
• For some reason, the parachute that the Triads have is unique, as it has a different shape, texture, and seems to be an altogether different parachute. This parachute is unobtainable through normal gameplay.
  • Furthermore, the Triads land properly, unlike CJ, who always does the glitched diving animation when reaching the floor.
• Should the Windsor catch fire at the end of the chase (likely for being too close to Big Poppa's car when it explodes) if it doesn't blow up before the on-screen message that the crib has been liberated, then the vehicle will be somewhat repaired when the player resumes control of Carl (but not completely fixed - it will still be smoking).
• If the host computer is running around 1-10 frames per second, the Triads will miss the roof. However, another one will spawn on the roof if this happens.

Video Walkthrough

GTA San Andreas - Walkthrough - Mission 92 - A Home In The Hills (HD)