You CANNOT do multiple Criminal Masterminds play-throughs at the same time. When you start a Criminal Mastermind play-through, you MUST complete it with the same people in the same order before starting a new one.
There are reports of server issues in public lobbies that can cause players to disconnect from a full lobby at the end of a Setup, causing server lapses that reset progress. When doing Setups and Finale Heists, its best to go into a private lobby. When unwanted players join your public lobby, everyone can vote to kick the player/players out. Here, you will have plenty of time to invite your friends from a party chat to your now empty public lobby. This will kick you out of the public lobby, though it will appear as if you kicked everyone else out. To get your own solo public lobby, press and go into My Games and Apps. When doing Preps, you must be in a public lobby. As stated in the actual challenge, you MUST do ALL Setups and Finales in order, top to bottom, starting with Act I and finishing with Act III. You CAN do all Preps first, then do all Setups for each Act or do Prep, Setup, Prep, Setup until completion of the Finale. You CANNOT purchase prep vehicles to skip the missions and progress. If a player disconnects during a mission, it's advised that everyone needs to immediately quit the game using the quit out method, as this may void progress. I was miles away from helicopters and my car exploded for no reason, so just stay in Paleto Bay, or run to the forest, so you will only deal with enemy cars. This misison is very buggy and your can explode from nowhere. Escort ULP - just use your Kuruma and don't escort your teammates at all. Rescue Agent 14 - use Kuruma to kill the first wave of enemies after leaving the first area with Agent 14 but be warned: one helicopter will spawn, so hide your car while your teammates destroy the helicopter. Rescue ULP - use Kuruma to block the foundry entrance and leave it when the helicopter appears, so it won't blow your car. *** Spoiler - click to reveal *** rafa1000house offers insight for these missions: Typically, any mission with helicopters will likely lead to potential explosion due to their heat seeking missiles. I can confirm this is true as both progress resets I've encountered were a result of car explosion killing us causing an immediate autosave, voiding the medal. Credit to rafa1000house for bringing this to our attention. If you die due to a personal vehicle explosion, it will likely reset your progress. Personal in game vehicles that explode cause the game to immediately autosave. This method does not 100% work, as missions auto save checkpoints, and if you happen to die during the auto save, it automatically fails the Criminal Mastermind. The idea is similar to the Dashboard method players used for the original Criminal Mastermind on the Xbox 360. The game must be exited in less than five seconds from the moment a team member dies. If a player in your crew dies, hit, then either select Grand Theft Auto V and scroll down and hit quit, or simply select another game in the recently played list. The quit out trick for player death during Setups and Finales is easily the most important trick to use. If you do fail a mission, make sure it wasn't due to a death. You CAN fail a Setup or Finale and choose quick restart option. You CAN die during Preps, but CANNOT die during the Setups or Finales. While working on each of these awards, you will likely complete All in Order bonus and Loyalty II,III, and IV.Ĭriteria every player needs to know to avoid progress reset: The three challenges you need to focus on are:Ĭriminal Mastermind II: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 2 players, on hard difficulty, without losing any lives on Setups and Finales.Ĭriminal Mastermind III: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 3 players, on hard difficulty without losing any lives on Setups and Finales.Ĭriminal Mastermind IV: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 4 players, on hard difficulty without losing any lives on Setups and Finales. Press to view all The Doomsday Heist related awards available. Press on Awards, then scroll down to The Doomsday Heist. Press, then use or to find the Stats tab at the end. To find your progress, you must be in an online lobby, public or private. Please leave a reply on the solution about your success/ unsuccessful attempts utilizing it recently.Īs of now, you need to complete all three of the Criminal Mastermind Challenges achieved in Grand Theft Auto Online. Two sources have told me the NAT trick no longer works due to a recent patch.