This page is for the original 2000 release. For the 2012 Unreal Engine 3 remake version, see Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. For the 2020 remake, see Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.
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.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person tricks game in the Tony Hawk's series.
The PC port is based on the PlayStation version instead of the Dreamcast version. Unlike the console versions, the PC port does not have split-screen multiplayer.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available.
Version differences
- The Korean release has exclusive content (skaters and songs) related to girl group Fin.KL and is still fully in English.
Essential improvements
- Adds support for widescreen resolutions in 32-bit color depth, removes the frame rate cap, along with additional fixes.
- For the content from the Korean version download the content pack and add the songs to the game using the custom soundtrack feature.
- Modern system support, widescreen FOV and 32 bit.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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- Install the game with a full install (so videos are accessed from the hard drive).
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies .
- Delete, move or rename
ATVILOGO.dat , GrayMat.dat , NSLogo.dat and Intro.dat .
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Remove fog
Edit TH2_OPT.CFG[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Open
TH2_OPT.CFG in a text editor.
- Set
FOGSCALE=500 .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Saves are
*.SAV
; custom parks are *.PRK
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound effects and music |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Japanese |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Crash on loading
Use dgvoodoo2 Wrapper[citation needed]
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- Download dgVoodoo 2
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe and the contents of the MS\x86 subfolder to <path-to-game> .
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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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- Create a new folder on the hard drive, in an easily accessible location.
- Copy all game content with
THawk2.exe from the CD to the folder.
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Crash in career mode before playing a video
Run the game on Linux using Wine
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- Alternatively, try getting the competitions' gold medals in a different order.
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Random soundtrack setting playing the same order by default
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Software renderer |
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Available as a fallback, but with slightly higher system requirements. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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macOS (OS X) | | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Mods
- Rips music from Dreamcast version and videos from Xbox version for highest possible quality.
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
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 |
Other |
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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) |
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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