With so much to do in Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare, people often ask a lot of questions on how they can do certain things in the game. Well, here is the Rockstar Games official pro tip answers to 5 of the most frequently asked game questions over the past few months...

Where is the Chupacabra in Undead Nightmare?

The greatest chance of finding the Chupacabra is in Nuevo Paraiso when you are on the last tier of the hunting challenges. You'll know it's nearby when you see a message and the radius of its possible location on the map. Look around the fields northwest of Torquemada, southeast of Perdido, and south of Casa Madrugada.

How do I start the treasure hunting challenges?

The first treasure map is found during an ambient challenge, meaning it can happen at any time and at any place. Be on the lookout for a man on the side of the road that's being robbed by bandits. Help save the man to obtain the first map.

Where can I find the Four Horses of the Apocalypse? What happens if one of these horses die? How do I get the deeds to these horses?

The four horses will not spawn near roads. Watch for a message that lets you know a mythical creature is nearby. Pestilence spawns in the north, War spawns in the frontier, Famine spawns in Nuevo Paraiso and Death is awarded after the final mission in the main story. Death can also be found in any of the other apocalypse horse locations before the end of the game as long as the player has broken the other three.

If one of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse dies or is replaced, you will only be able to access it again after completing completing all the Four Horses of the Apocalypse challenges. At that point, you will receive the deeds for all four horses. If you have not completed all of the Four Horses challenges and you complete the story, you will be granted the deed to Death automatically and then can still earn all deeds by finishing the challenges.

How do you find Sam Odessa and complete 'California'?

First complete the mission 'Women and Cattle'. This is a prerequisite. Then find Sam Odessa in the stranger mission 'California' by looking for a question mark on your map just south of the 'h' in Gaptooth Breach. A few days later, look for the second question mark icon just north of Cueva Seca. The third question mark is up along the road through a cut in the hills near Gaptooth Ridge. The fourth and final area is just south of Tumbleweed. Take the letter and mail it from Blackwater to unlock Treasure Hunter Outfit Scrap 2.

Remember that it will take a few days between each encounter to find each new question mark. Advance time by saving repeatedly or by playing through each day. Entering and exiting the save screen advances time by six hours, even if the user doesn't complete the save. This can save a little time when done repeatedly compared with actually going through the save process each time.

Where can I find beavers?

No animal location has been asked for more than beavers. These pesky critters have eluded many players. Check along the water west of the Pacific Union Rail-road Camp and north of Beecher's Hope. Stand still and look for movement in the grass. Oh, and be careful.

Source: Rockstar Games Newswire

The third instalment of this week's running feature on the Painstaking Production Design of L.A. Noire focuses on props, and the attention to detail paid in recreating these ancillary accessories in L.A. Noire's 1947 Los Angeles.  Read on below for more on how Team Bondi researched and integrated props from the era, with further insight from the game's Production Designer, Simon Wood.

Part Three - Props

Rare 1940's props were invaluable in set dressing in-game scenes with original authentically styled items.

Before any case was written or any dialogue fleshed out, Wood had to create a prop list of all furniture and set dressing items expected to be seen in the game.

"It was a huge undertaking but our core reference was great and we knew we'd have a great mixture of residential and commercial locations in the game. So I laughed and started with the word 'Chair' and the list grew from there... actually it grew quite a bit."

Wood and the team had an extensive photo shoot over four full days in L.A.

"We hired almost every conceivable vintage prop from the biggest Hollywood prop houses in the business. Ben was photographing items as quick as the Prop Men could get them off the truck."

The team would then begin to dress the locations based on the Production Bibles, carefully placing items to ensure they worked well for gameplay and for the realistic encounters in the game.

"We were always mindful of the game's super life-like conversations and the need to light them correctly.  Chee Kin (Team Bondi Art Director) had to have something to justify the way people were lit, so just like in film, we placed practical lights in the locations."

There was of course particular attention paid to vintage props collected specifically from the 1940’s. Font typography, brand and product styling is very distinct from decade to decade, so it was key to make sure original items that appeared as part of set dressing accurately recreated the period. As you play through L.A. Noire, whether you’re rifling through a murder suspect's home, grilling a bartender at a neighbourhood pub, or examining a stick of lipstick at a grisly crime scene, the game world items have been designed in believable period style.

 
Stay tuned for much, much more in the Behind the Scenes features series looking into the making of L.A. Noire over the coming weeks and months.

Source: Rockstar Games Newswire