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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 cover
Developers
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
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 guide on StrategyWiki
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 on MobyGames
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 on Wikipedia

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.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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Key points

Port of the superior Xbox version

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is not available digitally.

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.

Skipping the configuration window

Launch game directly[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Game\.
  2. Launch the game using Skate4.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\Save\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Force windowed mode[1]
  1. Install ThirteenAG's fix.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Game\.
  3. Create wndmode.ini and start the game.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
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]
  1. Open the configuration window.
  2. Disable fullscreen anti-aliasing.

Window border on Windows 10

Use Borderless Gaming[citation needed]

Use Borderless Gaming.

Widescreen fix not working

Generate missing configuration file[1]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\Game\Start.exe.
  2. Click on "Save settings and quit" to create config.cfg.
  3. The game can now be launched from Skate4.exe correctly.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
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
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.1.2
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. 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. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-22
  2. Pricing | GameSpy Technology