Difference between revisions of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2"
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+ | ===Crash in career mode before playing a video=== | ||
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+ | # Alternatively, try getting the competitions' gold medals in a different order. | ||
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Revision as of 07:53, 13 April 2022
Developers | |
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Neversoft | |
Windows | LTI Gray Matter |
Mac OS (Classic) | Westlake Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Mac OS | Aspyr Media |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
Apocalypse | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2000 |
Mac OS (Classic) | May 31, 2001 |
macOS (OS X) | May 31, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 91 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Tricks |
Sports | Skateboarding |
Series | Tony Hawk's |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game.
- No split-screen multiplayer like in the console versions.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Cumulative patch
- Adds support for widescreen resolutions in 32-bit color depth, removes the frame rate cap, along with additional fixes.
NOTE: Website appears to have been flagged as malicious. Site appears to be safe. Most likely a false flag, as only one AV flagged it via Virus Total.
Verok's patch
- Modern system support, widescreen FOV and 32 bit.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Remove fog
Edit TH2_OPT.CFG[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\TH2_OPT.CFG[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
- Saves are
*.SAV
; custom parks are*.PRK
.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use ThirteenAG's fix or Cumulative patch. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use ThirteenAG's fix or Cumulative patch. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Cumulative patch. | ||
Windowed | Use ThirteenAG's fix or tinyddraw. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use ThirteenAG's fix or tinyddraw. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced in GPU driver utility. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Capped 30fps. Use Cumulative patch for uncapped fps. | ||
120+ FPS | Use Cumulative patch. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse is only used for navigating menus. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See Cumulative patch for experimental XInput support. | |
Full controller support | Exiting some option screens requires mouse input. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound effects and music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hot seat HORSE mode |
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LAN play | 2 | Versus Tag, Trick Attack, Graffiti |
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Online play |
Issues fixed
Crash on loading
Use dgvoodoo2 Wrapper[citation needed] |
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Running the game on Windows 2000 and later
Apply unofficial patch[citation needed] |
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Trouble with CD installer on Windows 8.1
Play the game without using the installer[citation needed] |
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Crash in career mode before playing a video
Run the game on Linux using Wine |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer | Available as a fallback, but with slightly higher system requirements. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Level Pack 2
- Includes additional levels taken from PSX versions of Pro Skater, Pro Skater 3, and Pro Skater 4.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz (with 3D acceleration) Intel Pentium II 266 MHz (software rendering) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz (with 3D accelerator) |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB (with 3D acceleration) 64 MB (software rendering) |
64 MB (with 3D acceleration) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB, plus 95 MB for Windows swap file | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | Nvidia GeForce 256 3Dfx Voodoo 3 DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Other | 3D accelerator strongly recommended. |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | iMac G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16