Tony Hawk's Underground

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Tony Hawk's Underground

Developers
	Neversoft
Windows	Beenox Shift
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	2004

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

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

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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

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 superior Xbox version

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Australia and New Zealand only. SafeDisc DRM.

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Modern Windows Compatibility and Online Play

Replace script files with patched ones Replace THUG.exe and add patch.dll in the "Game" folder from thmods

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\Save\

Video settings

Launcher - Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	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)
Windowed		Use ThirteenAG's fix and D3DWindower.
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
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings

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		DirectInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired and bluetooth.

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Only keyboard key prompts are shown.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound can be adjusted separately. Special sounds can either be enabled or disabled.
Surround sound
Subtitles		During dialogue only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Horizontal or vertical split-screen.
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Windows 7/8/8.1 Compatibility

Windows update issue[citation needed] Delete Windows Update KB3086255 if installed to be able to run the game or use the Windows 10 patch

Stuttering/hitching

Move to C: drive[citation needed] If the game is on a drive other than C:, try moving it to C:

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 800 MHz or Athlon 800 MHz or higher processor
System memory (RAM)	256 MB of RAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB of uncompressed hard disk space (plus 200 MB for the Windows swap file)
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA All NVIDIA GeForce 2 series All NVIDIA GeForce 3/Ti series All NVIDIA GeForce 4 series All NVIDIA GeForce FX series NVIDIA GeForce 6800 ATI ATI Radeon 7500 ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9000 ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9800 Matrox Parhelia 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible