r/chiliadmystery

I’m doing a technical pass on GTA V mystery-adjacent systems and wanted to ask how far the CodeWalker/OpenIV community has already traced Chiliad, UFOs, FIB interiors, Maze Bank, hidden IPLs/interiors, and related asset/script systems.

I recently backtraced the single-player Beast / Golden Peyote hunt from scripts, and it showed how Rockstar hides these systems across multiple files rather than one obvious “mystery” script.

That chain involves animal_controller.c, vehicle_gen_controller.c, and main_persistent.c, with Golden Peyote gates, The Last One completion, time/weather/day checks, ig_orleans player model checks, global bitfields, clue/body trail progression, directional Beast audio, and final encounter state logic.

So I’m looking for similar technical work around ufo_eye / p_ufo_eye_s, Chiliad UFO model/textures/collision/locators/dummies, FIB-logo UFO asset paths, FIB building interiors/elevators/mission-only triggers, Maze Bank interiors/entry triggers, moon/sun/timecycle/celestial data, hidden IPL/MLO/interior loads near Chiliad, and Space Docker / dune2 audio mapping.

Known script-side UFO anchor: completionpercentage_controller.c sets the UFO unlock state at 100%. ufo.c checks 100% flag + 3 AM + rain/thunder, then enables case 152, REQUEST_IPL(“ufo_eye”), and AZ_SPECIAL_UFO_03.

Space Docker vehicle metadata anchor: dune2 / Space Docker has DefaultHorn 1712071681, hex 0x660C2401, DefaultHornVariation 0.

Has anyone already mapped any of this at the RPF/asset/audio REL level? Especially internal paths for p_ufo_eye_s, UFO collision/drawable differences, FIB/Maze Bank trigger systems, celestial/timecycle data, or the dune2 horn → REL/AWC/sample chain.

Not asking for “mystery solved” claims; just trying to avoid duplicating technical work and see what has already been ruled in/out. Any old threads, paths, CodeWalker project files, or search strategies would help.

Thanks for your time.

I'm not sure if this has already been discussed, but recently while hunting at the galelio observatory I found a couple things that I find interesting.

Firstly the symbols on the door, which are often associated with the spider web mystery, are almost identical to the real life counterpart(Griffith observatory). I find this intriguing in a game full of riffs on pop culture and history. So why keep it the same? Furthermore looking into the history of the real life counterpart, I found that early telescopes used spider webs as a crosshair to accurately scan and pin point interesting parts of the sky. As far as epsilon goes, as far as I've been able to read(so please correct if wrong), most people believe epsilon is just a random name meant to show how cults make themselves out to be more spiritual than they are. But I believe it actually derives its name from Uranus primary ring, which goes by the same name. Considering the observatory's orbit lines only shows Uranus, as well as the joke we see at the hippie camp. I would be interested to see if there's more history behind the planet or it's rings that might help the investigation.

Side note, I mentioned I find it weird for the observatory's doors to be nearly identical to real life even when the game has no issues making fun of history or pop culture. The Altruist also get their name from a real life "religion" or spiritual practice.

Thanks for reading, please let me know your thoughts.

https://preview.redd.it/syfaobcu94bh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=29db88dfbcc54f43d26b95db5d4ba5913d04e215

Looks a lot more similar to the purple doomsday mural one. Strangely enough, leaves and other debris scatter only on the white outlines on the ground, never outside of it. Has a parking garage underground with some arrows but that's about it I think.

Is Gator Keys known for stating what is absolutely pure speculation as matter of facts? At 14:38 in the video, he states "That's because while creating this, Rockstar was studying the movie "The Atomic Submarine"... Because there is a UFO underwater? Something deeply embedded within UFO culture is that they can go underwater. To state as a matter of fact that Rockstar game studios was studying a very niche 1959 science fiction film about a submarine?

While I can agree with some of the concepts in this video, like Chiliad being a parallel to Devils Tower in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (even that is a gigantic stretch), most of this video is absolutely baseless speculation being passed off as "the TRUTH"...

I don't even feel like finishing the video, it's that distasteful to me.

Watch out for Gator Keys, this screams disinformation IMO.

EDIT: He also says the Submersible in Story mode is based on one from the alien movie "The Abyss", when in reality it is likely based on the NOAA Ocean Explorer Clelia , which retired in 2010. So much wrong information in one video can be damaging to this community.

This has been on my mind since the ps3 days of GTAV and I was curious why does “Nothin’ But The Cavi Hit” from West Coast Classics radio feature a female crying noise every few seconds, I know it’s not in the original song, so why is it in the game?

So recently i posted the video from 9 years ago about lesters map and it got me thinking, with the RDR2 Spider layover leading us to feathers, what if the mural really is a layover after all it does have transparent background.

So when i started confirming findings in the RDR2 Spider Dream, i took to the layover first because after all the crackpot layover theriores from Chiliad Rockstar acutally listened with RDR2 and put a lay over in the game this time. What makes this layover special is it a dataminers clue. So when we take apart the in game map tiles on rockstar games Both RDR2 and GTA V they are 512*512 tiles that we piece together to make the map. If you resize the spideretchin to 512 x 512 just like the ingame tiles are designed and lay it over the correct spot on map the legs point to the feathers. Here is video explaining why this was very intentional move by R*

https://youtu.be/ETpK3-A5oDA?si=9BzNu7Hb41xsw6YP

So that got me thinking well what happens when i re-size the ingame mural to 512*512 and place it and align the cable car tower? So i cracked open GTA V legacy and started modding the map. Again. This time though i added the UV map as our main map, then lesters map, and the finally the Mural Resized 512x512, and to top it off i modded the radar so that as i walk i can actaully see the mural markings on the radar.

Mural laidover at 512x512 with Cable Car Alignment.

https://preview.redd.it/3bvhw2somfah1.png?width=1356&format=png&auto=webp&s=22b7751600f8c0403973bedfeca81988f272b2cd

Yes GPS still works.

Some interesting things to note. The UFO lands right on the UV map saying they're here..... ODD

https://preview.redd.it/37aeujvenfah1.png?width=1490&format=png&auto=webp&s=a39d9aef5605489151c381f8eabc47637c35f283

The egg base lands right around the oil fields...Cracking the earth....

https://preview.redd.it/24e65auapfah1.png?width=1487&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b70156c29ce00eef6b62ed09cf53bf28c70082c

And the Jetpack man lands at a air strip..... Fitting

https://preview.redd.it/1hyi9dtfpfah1.png?width=1487&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe9cedd8ed304be43ac410fdf19c6907a7de02f0

https://preview.redd.it/wqxugct4qfah1.png?width=292&format=png&auto=webp&s=bfe8669b8b8d76dd6484a6655297a61fcd0a90cd

Here is the Video. Just wanted to share. Keep ya updated if i find anything. Also one cool thing to note is i modded it so that the points of interest actually show up on the Radar.

https://preview.redd.it/uwib00mkqfah1.png?width=312&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5eb2cbb2b6603adff2ce862181637170bb7f288

Video of mod currently. Note you can litterally fly around the mural.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvhoeyIycmo

O and also....

https://preview.redd.it/03s0azatsfah1.png?width=735&format=png&auto=webp&s=7fba171c2f17837c29c79af4751ed29acd78e4bf

I swear I read about a Lazlow interview, not too long ago, where he said something about hoping people just kept setting fire to random things. I can't seem to find it anywhere though.

I just thought of it because I noticed there's certain rooftop AC units that only blow up after being hit by the Buzzards missiles, which then stay burning until you leave the area.

This is gonna require a good amount of explanation of how i got to this conclusion but this could be big.

Whenever ur doing the third beverly mission there is a cutscene where he pops out of a dumpster during this cutscene you can see this graffiti behind him

Graffiti in cutscene

Close look at the graffiti

This is a reference to the 1983 song Karma Chameleon , LISTEN TO IT THE LYRICS ARE WHATS IMPORTANT HERE . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B3vmTIymCo

This explanation video really helped me understand what this could possibly mean or what our next step could be

the explanation video explains what karma chameleon means . the singer is using the expression to state that the partner is constantly changing colors (moods,beliefs,etc) CHAMELEON , As for KARMA that is the esoteric belief of what goes around comes around , in this case the partner is being potrayed as negative and would be associated with negative karma

I believe the song is to be seen as a metaphor more specifically franklin in the shoes of the song writer and micheal and trevor being the inconsistent and unreliable karma chameleons

The song is about partners who are inconsistent and unreliable ( micheal and trevor)

this is supported by the lyrics "you come and go" which are repeated , micheal and trevor are not always present within franklins story they come and go

and the singer (franklin) being in a predicament where they are being lied to and in a situation where they know something must be done but they do not know what to do. this is backed up by " Im a man without conviction" Conviction is having the ability to make a belief or choice and stand on it.

the repeated chorus of red gold and green is symbolism for the pan african flag a symbol of unity . this in our gta V view would be franklin wanting stability and unity between the trio

This is backed up by franklins aunts house , im not kidding the african culture really shows in her house and is themed in the colors of red gold and green

possibly related in the first three missions. first mission franklin can pick red car to steal , second mission is the green bike and third is micheals yellow car

Im not sure what this could mean yet it seems like if im right and the song is supposed to viewed within the metaphorical mind of franklin its some kind of thing that could be triggered at the end of the game where franklin is confronted with option A , B , and C....... there just always seemed to be something more to this graffiti. why just put a reference to a song with no context