Cumulative Patch for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 PC

This cumulative patch allows you to run THPS2 at a modern widescreen resolution in 32 bits color depth without FPS limit.

Installation

Download latest patch release here \ For thorough patch installation instructions please refer to the user guide. \ For additional support join LegacyTHPS Discord: https://discord.gg/vTWucHS

Key features

• unlocked FPS, 32 bits, any resolution up to 2048 (DirectDraw limit)
• increased fog distance, field of view
• XInput controllers support
• additional levels support (from LevelPack)
• additional skater styles support
• unlimited custom soundtrack support, R3 skips track
• restored rail balance bar
• bonus: start+select on the controller quits the game instantly

Building

The patch is being developed in Visual Studio 2022. \ There are 2 solutions:

• th2patch - patch DLL written in C++
• th2patchlauncher - launcher app written in C# (.NET Framework 4.6.2). \ Make sure $(ProjectDir) is added to Additional include directories. \ Make sure target binary is called dinput.dll, could be hawk2.dll by default \

Make sure to install launcher dependencies (via NuGet):

• ini-parser - https://github.com/rickyah/ini-parser

Decompilation effort

There is a minor decompilation effort done for this project. If you want to contribute, make sure you're familiar with Ghidra, pointers and C++ classes:

• https://github.com/DCxDemo/THPS2-Cumulative-Patch/tree/main/th2patch/hawk2/info

Available decomp progress is stored in a "thawk2" subfolder over here:

• https://github.com/DCxDemo/THPS2-Cumulative-Patch/tree/main/th2patch/hawk2/thawk2

Links

• LegacyTHPS Discord
• Video preview of the patch
• Original thps-mods thread
• Installation and troubleshooting

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