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Just Cause 2 is a 2010 open world action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios. It is the sequel to the game Just Cause.

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Can I carry a detached mounted gun with a car?

I love mounted guns, specially when I detach them. My question is that is there any workaround to carry a detached mounted gun with a car?
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Can I pull two tethered objects together?

Can I pull tethered objects together like in Just Cause 3? I literally tried every single button on my keyboard, but can't seem to do it.
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Separate languages for dialog and captions on Xbox 360 (Just Cause 2)?

I am studying German at the moment, and my language on my Xbox 360 is set to it, to pick up a bit while playing games. This works well with non-dialog-heavy games, because it's easy enough to figure ...
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What is the highest level of heat in Just Cause 2?

In Just Cause 2 there is a heat bar. I want to know how high can your heat get? The highest level of heat I've experienced is level 3. What happens at that heat, and how can it be possible?
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Does it make a difference which faction missions I choose in Just Cause 2?

The sphere of influence of a faction grows when I complete their missions. Are the areas that those spheres can extend to mutually exclusive, or do my actions decide which area has which occupant? ...
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How do you land safely at the beginning of the game?

In the beginning after getting the map from Joe I have to land safely but the problem is the parachute won`t open? Every time I tried I get killed. How to land safely without using parachute?
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How to remove dual grapple to object?

How can I remove a dual grapple attached to an object in Just Cause 2?
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Can I fully upgrade all weapons?

By which I mean are there enough weapon parts in Panau to upgrade all black market weapons to level 6 (assuming vanilla game)?
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Just cause 2 constantly crashes

I've just bought just cause 2 off steam. It played fine for about an hour, then it crashed. I thought nothing of it, until it crashed again ten minutes later. And again. So I looked on google and ...
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What do we get when we find all the collectables in Just cause 2? (skulls, drug, etc..)

In the game there are packages spread all over the map and I wonder why I should find them (except for the small amount of money). I'm only talking about the packages marked by a point on the map, ...
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Would a gamepad or joystick improve the handling of aircrafts in Just Cause 2 PC?

I love flying planes in Just Cause 2 but the keyboard controls are just binary so it's not very precise or "natural". I wonder if I would really benefit from using a gamepad or joystick. Could I in ...
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How to influence the day/light cycle?

It doesn't seem to conform to the real time clock and I hate driving in the dark. What should I do to change it to day?
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How do I get a lot of Stunt Driver points?

I've been driving around in Just Cause 2 like a maniac at full speed but I very rarely get any stunt driver points. I'll occasionally get one - or, rarely, two - when I drive into a sharp incline that ...
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How do I find what I have left to do?

There are handy numbers showing you the completion percentage for each area in Just Cause 2, but how do I find what I have left to do? I have several areas stuck at just over 90% because I can't track ...
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Ammo lost with 2 SMGs?

In Just Cause 2, My one handed weapons of choice are 2 6-star SMGs. I use one SMG, but when I run out of ammo with it, the other one is empty as well. Does it take ammo from my other SMG, or is the ...
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Just Cause 2 pipeline Computer hacking failures

I am playing Just Cause 2 on my PC via my Steam account and I am at the stage where I have to hack the pipe line computers. I start the hack with four numbers displayed(e.g. 1 2 4 3). The hack starts,...
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Steam keys on gamersgate

I am thinking of buying a game on Gamersgate but I was wondering if you get a steam key when you buy it. For instance I want to buy Just Cause 2, but I have heard some games are redeemed via steam and ...
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percentage letters don't show up on bottom of screen

My percentage doesn't show up at the bottom of the screen. it's currently 19% and the flaming "19.xx%" numbers don't show up. I've only completed 6 agency missions, keep that in mind. please help me.
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Take down the helicopter in Just Cause

I'm playing Just Cause 2, but can't figure out how I should take down the helicopter in the mission where I need to protect the technichian. Any help?
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Is there a faster way to hijack helicopters?

When an enemy helicopter hovers over me, and I grapple on to it, I have to go through a small quick time event to hijack the helicopter. Is there a faster way to take control of enemy helicopters? ...
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Does the faction I align with change the story?

Does the faction I align with towards the end of the game change the outcome of the story at all (or, for that matter, the resulting Mercenary Mode)? Or does it simply change the soldiers who fight ...
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Are there any mods to change the way planes fly in Just Cause 2 PC?

In Just Cause 2 there are a number of races which involve flying a plane around a course. However I find the keyboard controls (Shift/Ctrl for accelerate/decelerate, S to pitch the nose up and W to ...
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How do you get rid of the army? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to lower the “heat” level in Just Cause 2? Are there more ways to get rid of your Heat level other than running away and/or killing off all enemies in the area?...
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How can I invert y-axis controls for Just Cause 2 on the PS3?

Is there a way to invert the y-axis on the PS3 controller for Just Cause 2? It is very annoying for me - I got into controls but there doesn't appear to be an option for this.
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Can't deploy parachute

After a long-ish playthrough of Just Cause 2 on PS3 (about 20+ hours, completed the story, about 35% completion) my parachute won't open. Ever. I press the X button (jump/parachute) and nothing ...
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If I drive a car/van/truck off a cliff, will it explode?

Frequently to get away from the police, I find myself making a clever and subtle escape off a nearby cliff using a hijacked car/truck/van. When I hit the ground after the fall, my vehicle is pretty ...
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What is an effective way to cause a lot of Chaos in Just Cause 2?

I really want to get to the next agency mission and open new black-market items quicker but usually causing chaos (Blowing up gas containers and 'sploding cars) doesn't really make it go up fast. And ...
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Choosing an end point for Just Cause 2 (spoilers)

I'm only at 35% completion, but I completed the strongholds, the agency missions (the story missions, after which you get to "mercenary mode") and I seem to have run out of faction missions. There's ...
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Is it possible to complete the game 100% without using mods?

I saw that this mod for Just Cause 2 claims to 'add in missing elements' from a certain area to finally allow players to complete the game 'the proper way', by collecting all resource items and ...
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How can I get more ammo for a gun I bought in Just Cause 2?

If I buy a gun and run out of ammo how can I get more of it?
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How do I find quest in Just Cause 2

I've done one of 2 quests but now I just can't find any I go to cities and I never see any quests. Where are they, how do I find them?
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Multi-grapple on PS3

I have seen people tying seven people to one plane with the grappling hook on YouTube. I don't know their system platform, but is this possible on PS3 consoles? It would be extremely useful for me to ...
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Do I Have to Finish Just Cause 2 on ALL Difficulty Settings for the PS3 Platinum Trophy?

On the PS3, Just Cause 2 has 3 trophies for finishing the campaign at different difficulty levels: Top Agent (Bronze): Bonus for completing the game on Normal difficulty. Heroic Agent (Silver): Bonus ...
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Why can I not sometimes hijack a helicopter, and instead hang beneath it getting ripped to shreds?

Sometimes when I try to hijack a helicopter on Just Cause 2 (when the army are after me), I grapple onto the bottom and just hang there with no hijack option. I proceed to get shot by the ground ...
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What are these percentages at different locations and how do I increase them?

I was exploring Just Cause 2 after the tutorial missions, and I found that doing things like blowing up the gas station in the town next to the guy's house or picking up weapon parts increased the ...
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How to cap frame rate (or GPU usage) in Just Cause 2 PC?

I play Just Cause 2 PC on my Radeon 4850 (single slot) and no matter how I tweak the graphic settings (from lowest to highest), Afterburner utility keeps telling me that JC2 is using ~99% GPU ...
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What does killing a captain do in Just Cause 2?

Sometimes I'm playing and I see a 5 star captain show up and when I kill him it says morale is lowered. What exactly does this mean and how does it affect me?
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How to tether two objects in Just Cause 2

This is a really dumb question, but I never really played around with the tethering mechanic in Just Cause 2. Now I want to tether things, but I can't remember the key combination from the tutorial ...
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Just Cause 2 reboots PS3 when launched

Whenever I launch Just Cause 2 it reboots my PS3. I have tried Ejecting and cleaning the disk. Deleting game data Has anyone else come across this and knows how to fix it?
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Just cause 2 collectibles/destructibles increased visibility mod [closed]

I just saw a glitch that turned out to be a feature. The collectible items icons where visible from much farther that usual and the range of the minimap was larger. I liked it so much!, but it only ...
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Is there anything to be found in the water?

The game seems to let you swim as deep as you want. Are there ever any items to be collected? Or any danger under the surface of the water (like sharks) ?
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Where is the highest point in Panau?

I need to get the achievement 'Top of the World'. Where is the highest point in Panau?
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How can I make the military's life harder? (In Just Cause 2, that is) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How, and When, do resource constraints affect Just Cause 2? So I've been playing Just Cause 2 for a little while now, and what I've discovered is that the military really ...
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Need some settings help for doing better screenshot

I would like to make some nice screenshots in Just Cause 2 and I need to remove HUD elements like minimap and pointer and maybe, if possible, change 3rd person view to 1st person. Any idea how can ...
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How do you do a melee attack in Just Cause 2?

There's achievements and all kinds of moaning about it on forums, but no-one actually says how you do the darn action itself. Is there a bizarre key combination to press? Do you need a melee weapon? ...
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Does completing a location stop vehicles spawning?

The other day in JC2, I found a military base that keeps spawning fighter jets. Or at least, it was doing so initially when I discovered the base. Dozens of jets must have taken off while I softened ...
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How do I hijack a vehicle?

What's the trick with fighting the driver when trying to hijack a military vehicle in Just Cause 2? I keep getting killed every time I try this. I have the difficulty set on 'experienced', and given ...
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Just Cause 2 on Steam hanging on “Preparing to Launch”

I've been playing Just Cause 2 for a bit. I went a few days without switching on my desktop. I wanted to get back to playing the missions today, so I launched the game on Steam and it hangs on "...
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How can I get the 'Trying Anything Once' achievement in Just Cause 2?

I am trying to achieve "Trying Anything Once: Drive all 104 vehicles" in Just Cause 2. I almost reached 75 vehicles but I miss about 30 now. Where can I find a list of all vehicles type and the area ...
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Just Cause 2 lost game

After 36 hours progress on Just Cause 2 - I got stuck, so I started a new game. It warned that this would overwrite autosave data but I went ahead and started a new game - does this mean I have ...

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