When do Hidden Packages spawn?

[Sensitive_Onion]

I played 3, VC, and SA, and wanted to start V recently. In the past games and most other open world games, I like to collect as many collectibles as early as I can. After doing the initial mission with Franklin, I wanted to start with the hidden packages to get a head start with some money but very quickly realized they have not spawned, yet. So when do they spawn?

[ShelLuser]

There are no collectibles in story mode afaik, online online.

[Cyzzby]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

There are no collectibles in story mode afaik, online online.

There are collectibles in story mode but they all spawn via a mission and ends with a mission (except for one that spawns after you bought the docks up in Blaine County) which shows up later in the game as you progress through it. There are a total of 5 collectibles you can collect. If you're interested in knowing more about them, here's a link to it's wiki page: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Collectibles

[Sensitive_Onion]

Originally posted by ColbyDash:

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

There are no collectibles in story mode afaik, online online.

There are collectibles in story mode but they all spawn via a mission and ends with a mission (except for one that spawns after you bought the docks up in Blaine County) which shows up later in the game as you progress through it. There are a total of 5 collectibles you can collect. If you're interested in knowing more about them, here's a link to it's wiki page: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Collectibles

I see, thanks for the resource! Out of those, do you remember if any of those are accessible immediately? I'm assuming the letter scraps and parts are available only after a mission that introduces them, but what about the stunt jumps?

[Plake]

Originally posted by minmincong:

Originally posted by ColbyDash:

There are collectibles in story mode but they all spawn via a mission and ends with a mission (except for one that spawns after you bought the docks up in Blaine County) which shows up later in the game as you progress through it. There are a total of 5 collectibles you can collect. If you're interested in knowing more about them, here's a link to it's wiki page: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Collectibles

I see, thanks for the resource! Out of those, do you remember if any of those are accessible immediately? I'm assuming the letter scraps and parts are available only after a mission that introduces them, but what about the stunt jumps?

They are always available, even IN Franklin's first mission.

[-[ADHS]-Psycho Dad]

Originally posted by minmincong:

I played 3, VC, and SA, and wanted to start V recently. In the past games and most other open world games, I like to collect as many collectibles as early as I can. After doing the initial mission with Franklin, I wanted to start with the hidden packages to get a head start with some money but very quickly realized they have not spawned, yet. So when do they spawn?

There are some bugs related to hidden packages in this game.

Hidden packages are supposed to be available from the beginning. After collecting a package it will respawn after 24 hours (ingame time).

The issue is that the game doesn't check if a package is actually collected. If you pass an area nearby any hidden package the game will remove ALL packages from the game for 24 hours.

I wrote a mod some time ago to fix these issues. If you want to try modding you can find it here:

https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/fixed-underwater-spawns