Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Tony Hawk's
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	2000
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	2002
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	2003
Tony Hawk's Underground	2004
Tony Hawk's Underground 2	2004
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	2006
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD	2012
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	2020

Warnings

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

Key points

Random Soundtrack options have always the same music order by default (can be fixed with the ThirteenAG's widescreen fix).

Port of the PlayStation 2 version. PC version does not include the graphical improvements from the Xbox 360 release.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce DRM.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Instructions:
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game\Data\movies\bik\` Delete, rename, or move: `ATVI.bik`, `intro.bik`, `New_Aspyr_firelogo.bik`

Patches[edit]

Patch 1.01 is the latest version.

The Mod 1.01 pak/pab[edit]

Makes it possible to skip the intro, change camera angle and more

THAW Game Launcher[edit]

Switch online servers from discontinued GameSpy to OpenSpy and features custom resolution (require Reloaded exe only!)

Require the exe to be set as Administrator and Windows 7 compatibility for later system!

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\Save\^{[Note 1]}

Video[edit]

Launcher - Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Multi-monitor		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Camera angle can be possibly adjusted with The Mod
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Capped 60fps
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input[edit]

Launcher - Keyboard Settings

Launcher - Controller Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, Bluetooth

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound can be adjusted separately. Special sounds and music zones can either be enabled or disabled.
Surround sound		Stereo only. Unlike the Dolby Pro logic II on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, and Dolby Digital 5.1 on Xbox and Xbox 360.
Subtitles		Cutscenes only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op, Versus "Classic Mode" can be played in co-op mode. "2-Player" is versus.
LAN play	8
Online play	8	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti series ATI Radeon 8500 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Intel Extreme Graphics and SiS chipsets are not supported.

Notes

↑ 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

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

System Requirements

[gamedir-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).

[2] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	Neversoft
Windows	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	February 6, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	69
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Genres	Tricks
Sports	Skateboarding
Series	Tony Hawk's