Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
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Developers | |
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Neversoft | |
Windows | Beenox Shift |
macOS (OS X) | Beenox Shift |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Windows | Aspyr Media |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
RenderWare | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 15, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | August 15, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 88 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Genres | Tricks |
Sports | Skateboarding |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Tony Hawk's |
Warnings
- 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
- Random Soundtrack options have always the same music order by default. Can be fixed with the ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix or PARTYMOD.
- Port of the superior Xbox version.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- This game is not available digitally.
Version differences
- Polish release includes optional bonus music tracks by Polish hip-hop artists (Tede, Mezo, Tymon, Fisz, WSZ & CNE, Sweet Noise and O.S.T.R.), which can be installed by running setup.exe in the "Dodatki" folder on the first CD after installation of the game itself. A patch for any game release is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.0.2 (OS X) - The patch only applies to the retail OS X version and the OS X demo, not the Windows or OEM version. If your Mac came bundled with THPS4, do not install this patch.
PARTYMOD
- Improves input handling and fixes bugs.
- Adds support for widescreen resolutions.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Skipping the configuration window
Launch game directly[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\config.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\Save\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA toggle. Force MSAA in the graphics card control panel. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | The game is uncapped, Physics and animations is capped 60fps. |
Windowed
Force windowed mode[1] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | The game uses licensed songs with no option to change to other songs |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Local retail only, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Split-screen | ||
LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Issues fixed
Game crashing on Windows 8 and later
Disable AA setting[citation needed] |
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Window border on Windows 10
Use Borderless Gaming[citation needed] |
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Use Borderless Gaming. |
Widescreen fix not working
Generate missing configuration file[1] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
Mods
- HQ Music and Videos for PC Replaces the music and videos with the highest quality versions of them.
- Level Expansion Pack Adds new levels to the game.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce2 or similar DirectX 8 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.1.2 | 10.6 |
Processor (CPU) | G4 733 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce2 ATI Radeon 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-22
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology