A Home in the Hills is the last mission in the Las Venturas mission strand and brings back everything to Los Santos.
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.
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.
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 enemy and take extra damage.
- Just as with the Breaking the Bank at Caligula's mission, 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.
- To save time and ammo, don't bother shooting at any people who duck and cower when you shoot your gun, as they're non-combatants.
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 a short cutscene when the Triads and Carl enter the mansion, a Triad gets beheaded by an SMG gun. During normal gameplay, an SMG can't behead pedestrians.
- In the mission cutscene Madd Dogg mentions that his mansion has 19 bedrooms but actually there are only 6 bedrooms in his mansion.
- 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 a safe house garage.
- Guppy joins you in this mission, and he will guard the balcony. He can die, but if you kill a few Vagos in the hallway, they stop coming, so Guppy doesn't die.
- When inside the mansion, Radio Los Santos is heard.
- Bounce FM, will automatically pop up when the player enters the Windsor.
- The Windsor has a unique licensce plate that reads "J LOMAX".
- 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.
- The triads use the beta parachute found in the pilot school videos but CJ still uses the plaid parachute it is unknown why the black and purple parachute is unaccessable since it is fully functional.
- The car chase at the end is arguably the more difficult part of this race, as one misstep by Carl can end up flipping the Windsor, or delaying it long enough for Big Poppa to escape (like most high-end cars in the game, the Windsor has excellent speed, but poor handling, especially on winding roads). Experience with the "Vinewood" and "Backwoods Wanderer" road races is helpful.
Video walkthroughs
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