THUG Pro Update History

June 26, 2018

Thanks to the hard work and dedication put in by the entire development team, the long-awaited THUGPro update is ready to be released. Listed below are all of the changes and additions coming your way:

Custom Content Support:

• Added custom soundtrack and custom level support!
• In the THUG Pro directory, you must create a directory with the name “User’

.level.json and .sound.json files can be placed here.

• Level and Soundtrack file locations:
• Soundtracks:

/user/data/music/soundtrack/*.bik

• Levels:

/user/data/pre/*.prx

New Levels:

• Santa Monica (THAW)
• Marsielle (THAW, from THPS2)
• Minneapolis (THAW, from THPS)

Updated Skater Select:

• Updated U.I.
• Added 100+ new playable characters.
• Added option to use other characters as CAS.
• Added new skater anims.

Added Skaters

• Aborigine
• Alien, Alien Doctor, Alien Leader
• Andrew Reynolds
• Arto Saari
• Australian Cop
• Bam Margera (Masked), Bam Margera (THUG)
• Beach Goer
• Ben Franklin
• Bigfoot, Bigfoot One
• Boat Captain
• Bob Burnquist (THUG)
• Bodyguard
• Boston Guy
• Boxer
• Bratwurst Vendor
• Bucky Lasek
• Bullfighter
• Camera Man
• Chad Muska (THUG)
• Chainsaw Skater
• Construction Worker
• Corn Vendor
• Cut Chemist
• Daisy
• Darth Maul
• Demoness
• Doom Guy
• Eddie
• Elissa Steamer
• Eric Koston (THUG)
• Eric Sparrow (THUG2 and THUG)
• Flute Player
• Geeky Kid
• Gene Simmons
• Geoff Rowley
• German Cop
• German Drunk 1, German Drunk 2, German Drunk 3
• Graffiti Punk
• Graffiti Tagger
• Guitar Player
• Horn Player
• Hospital Attendant
• Imp
• Inline Skater
• Iron Man
• Jamie Thomas
• Jango Fett
• Jesse James
• Jester
• Johnny Turbo
• Judge
• Kareem Campbell
• Kelly Slater
• Lifeguard
• Lost Soul 1, Lost Soul 2, Lost Soul 3
• Lounge Singer
• Mayan
• Mayan Tiki Mask
• Metal Detector Guy
• Mike Vallely (THUG)
• Mime
• Minikart Driver
• Natas Kaupas
• Neversoft Eyeball
• Nick
• Nigel Beaverhausen
• Nurse
• Officer Dick
• Ollie The Magic Bum
• Paramedic
• Paul Rodriguez
• Paulie Ryan
• Phil Margera
• Pirate
• Price
• Private Carrera
• Ramp Kid
• Rastapopolous
• Revolutionary Soldier
• Rodney Mullen (Cutscene and THUG)
• Rune Glifberg
• Ryan Sheckler
• Security Guard
• Shrimp Vendor
• Skaboto
• Skatopia Punk
• Space Monkey (Blue, Green, and Pink)
• Stacy Peralta
• Steve Caballero
• Steve-O
• T.H.U.D.
• Todd
• Tony Hawk (THPS and THUG)
• Trooper
• VooDoo, Voodoo Doctor
• Wiener Vendor
• Wolverine
• X Ray
• Zombie 1, Zombie 2, Zombie Female

Updated User Interface (U.I.):

• Higher quality sprites.
• Improved screen element scaling.
• Updated net lobby menu screen.
• Updated pause menu screen.
• Restored THUG1 pause menu deck.

Updated Themes:

• Higher quality sprites.
• Added THUG1 secret skater themes.
• Added THUG1 retro hawk theme.
• Added create-a-theme mode.

Sound Options:

• Added music options sub menu.
• Added custom soundtrack support.
• Added soundtrack menu.
• Added tracklist menu.
• Added option to toggle between music and ambient track.
• Added option to skip music track at run start.
• Added skater voice toggle.
• Fixed Shrek voice bug.

Edit Tricks Menu:

• Added option to unassign tricks.
• Added option to swap / replace tricks.
• Fixed edit tricks bug where some tricks wouldnt save correctly.
• Fixed edit tricks bug where in some cases the same key combo could be assigned to multiple tricks.

Added Classic Cheats:

• Cool Specials
• Kid Mode
• Invisible
• Hoverboard

Added Tricks:

• 1990 Invert
• 540 Board Varial
• American Tribute
• Assume The Position II
• Boot Burst
• Chomp On This
• Daffy Grind
• Falcon Guitar Slide
• Fire Blaster
• Fire Fire Fire
• Flip Kick Dad
• Flying Squirrel
• Ghetto Tag Grind
• Handstand 50-50
• Layback Sparks
• Layout Flip
• Lick It Up
• Muska Manual
• No Handed Madonna
• Nollie Flip Underflip
• Pogo Handstand
• Reemo Slide
• Rodeo Wrap
• Scary Grind
• Swimmer
• Roastbeef
• The Jackass
• The Scanner
• Varial
• Yeah Right Slide
• Primo Slide

Camera Options Menu:

• Added aspect ratio option
• Added fov option
• Added “Quick menu”, hold down select / tab to open.

Updated Observe Mode:

• Added the option to Observe the next and previous skater.
• Added the option to Observe your own skater.
• Added the option to detach the camera (Freecam).
• Added level overview camera angle.

Updated GameModes:

• Added ammo type alternatives for FireFight.
• Added pickup type alternatives for Scavenger Hunt.

Other:

• AirShuffle trigger input window is now decreased for each shuffle. Max is ~5
• BoostPlant is now limited to 4 WalliePlants.
• Buttslaps are now limited to 5.

• Added bloom post fx. Can be disabled in the launcher.
• Added multiple resolution / quality options for skater shadows.

• Restored console skater light effect.

Skaters and other dynamic objects will now be affected by lights.

• Enabled previously unused water material effect.
• Disabled “dynamic” billboards.
• Added option to disable particles.

• Restored the Freecam. Available in FreeSkate and in Observe mode.

• Restored Freecam teleport function in FreeSkate.

Select “Viewer” for the Select button option in General Options. Select Teleport to Camera is bound to X / Ollie.

• Fixed memory leak when reloading assets.

Caused random crashing when loading levels and joining network games.

• Fixed obscure connection issue that occured when having too much stuff on your CAS!

• Fixed dark trick string color bug.
• Fixed color code issues when using the trick font as the chat font.

• Fixed special trick string color bug

Where doing a spine transfer and a special trick would sometimes highlight the wrong trick.

• Fixed window mode display artifacts.

The image will look good with the initial window size/resolution.

• Added warning messages for irreversible CAS options.
• Added wheel scaling option.
• Added griptape color option.
• Added default (none) deck graphic option.
• Fixed scaling issues with some of the board models.
• Fixed color options for some board models.
• Fixed griptape / graphic options for some board models.
• Added Jango Fett hoverboard.
• Added Jole’s HD board model and companion deck / griptape textures.

• Reconverted some level scene files. Fixed material issues.
• Reconverted some level collision files. Fixes wallride issues.

• Added skater “BoardOnFire” triggers to Manhattan, City Center and Training.
• Restored level event cutscene triggers for THUG2 levels.
• Added Level Option for the Berlin thunderstorm.
• Added random level shortcut in Level Select.
• Remember last selected level in Level Select.
• Fixed bug where the Skateshop menu would randomly disappear.
• Fixed bug where the skater would randomly freeze in the Skateshop.
• Fixed anim changing stuff and skater moving bugs in Skateshop.
• Now using option arrows for host options.
• Added new natas spin nodes to some levels.
• Removed a couple of unintentional natas spin nodes.
• Fixed Park Editor ped animation bugs.
• Added Custom Park Editor gap score option
• Fixed weather bounding box position update bug.

• Fixed crashing when choosing goals for Goal Attack in some levels.

• Updated cruise ship cutscene particles.
• Replaced the “water splash” level object with a particle effect.

• Differentiate between “Pivot” and “Bunny Hop Revert” .
• Don’t show buttslap couter for Neuro Plant.

• Added L1&L2 and R1&R2 spin key options.
• Added option to change Natas Spin key bindings.
• Added option to change Rail Stall key bindings.
• Added new gap tool options.
• Fixed bug where late ollies would not work when buttslaps were disabled.
• The total number of graffiti objects is now displayed in the rankings screen.
• Enabled vibration for xinput devices.
• Auto disable desktop composition in fullscreen mode.
• Fixed Shipyard restart orientation.
• Fixed School II yellow CTF team restart position.
• Removed random floating restart node in Slam City Jam.
• Added Level Option for Half Pipe Edge object in Training.

• Added name check option for peds so if a ped is the same as the skater being played it will use a random skater ped model.

• Added Rowley pro goal rollin ramp Level Option in London.
• Added gap goal kicker Level Option in Hawaii.

• Updated script printf cfunc to format text correctly.
• Fixed Warehouse light flicker effect
• Fixed Skater Select stats menu bug.
• Updated net game mode description font and position.

• Fixed gap menu black screen bug.
• Fixed gap menu helper text bug.

• Fixed bug where the skater would get stuck:

When triggering the “FlailingFall” script when off-board. (Alcatraz and Cruise Ship)

• Fixed updater infinite loop bug.

• Opening the pause menu while in focus mode, will now temporarily turn off slomo until the game is resumed.

Game Launcher:

• Fixed a bug where the GUID of a controller

could be saved for player 1 and player 2 simultaneously.

• Enabled Debug mode by pressing Ctrl + Alt + D from the gamepad binding tab.
• Clear all binding controls by pressing Ctrl + 0 (zero) from the gamepad binding tab.
• Set default gamepad bindings for PS2 by pressing Ctrl + 1 from the gamepad binding tab.
• Set default gamepad bindings for XBOX by pressing Ctrl + 2 from the gamepad binding tab.

• Added skater light toggle.
• Added skater shadow toggle.
• Added screen effects toggle.
• Working on removing DllImport function:
• New methods for dragging the window around.
• Changed the background.
• Added in some controls to reduce the flicker of the tab control.
• Changing the Layout in the Gamepad Binding section of the launcher will update in-game labels to Playstation or Xbox buttons.

Credits:

• Thanks to AxlRocks for the new high-res sprites.
• Thanks to Ksk for the work on the new Blender plugin, and intergrating the new rendering and material effects with THUG Pro. And for providing the hd skateboard model.
• Thanks to Demo for providing the new high-res fonts.
• Thanks to letmynutzgo, Splinks, BGoatBiz and GoFundUrself for the new skater models.
• And finally a special thanks to everyone for your patience and support.

Thank you to Chase Sechrist for all you’ve done. Your contributions for THUG Pro and thps as a whole has been greatly appreciated.. It is a great feeling, knowing that you helped re-ignite others interest in THPS modding. “THUG Pro is the dream project”

December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We added a Santa Hat and a Santa Beard (Male CAS). Smash 3 Snowmen in 3 different levels (Canada, Moscow and Hangar) to unlock a present! (HINT: SNOW!)

The waiting-to-join-game bug has been fixed! As well as some other minor bugs:

• Converted a new sky for Roswell.
• Removed the loop trick for Tokyo - it will return.

December 13, 2015

A new THUGPro update has arrived! It contains the following Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 levels:

• Foundry
• Rio
• Suburbia
• Skater Island
• Tokyo
• Cruise Ship
• Oil Rig

Aside from that, we added some miscellaneous extras and fixed minor bugs:

• The vehicles in Rio and the Ice Cream Truck can be Car Planted by jumping on top of them while skating.
• In addition to the levels, there's a few more things.
• We changed the braking system once again. Holding the OLLIE button (X) while holding REVERT (R2) will make the skater use the breaking system from THUG2.
• A crash from waiting to join games has been fixed.
• The particles from fireball trails are now oriented correctly.
• A Wallplant bug was corrected.
• The menu sounds were changed to some different ones.

October 28, 2015

• To Main Menu added Pumpkins and Zombies.
• Fixed Text Shadow Bug.
• Added Wallplant / Sticker Slap Options.
• Added Toggle Options for:
  • THUG Walk Physics.
  • Wallride cooldown after Wallplant.
  • Wallride cooldown after Caveman. (Wallshufle)
  • For Wallplant cooldown after Caveman.
  • Wallride Spin.
  • Lip Spin.

October 6, 2015

• Two new levels - Burnside and Roswell from THPS!
• Time Of Day optimized for net games.
• Performance tweaks for Win10 users.
  • For the Win10 users that have been experiencing performance issues and crashing when specific levels.
    • We're pretty sure its related to level lights used by the time of day system. But we haven't figured out WHY its causing these problems.
    • So for this update we have temporarily disabled level lights. Hopefully the game will be playable again for players on Win10, while we're trying to fix the issues.
• Fixes issues with female Hat hair cas options.
• Memory limits have been raised.
• Fixes bug where level dynamics/changes were not loaded in Create-a-trick.
• Barrel Roll added to Create-A-Trick list.
• Added pedestrians to Kyoto.
• Added extra scenery objects to Kyoto in net games.
• Fixes issues with rail boosters in Kyoto.
• Drift physics have been tweaked.
• Control option to disable flips and rolls
• Server and control option to disable buttslaps.

• New braking method similar to the original in THUG2:
  • Hold DOWN then press Revert while crouched (Hold Ollie/X).
  • If your powerslide button is set to Alt Caveman (R1),\n then you must hold down + ollie + \n then press caveman (L1) + your powerslide button.

• Land Pivots are now disabled if the following host options are on:
  • No manuals.
  • No reverts.
  • No walking.

August 11, 2015

• Fixed: Warehouse starting room light.
  • Correctly flickers on & off.
• Fixed: Most object flickering/Zfight issues in Kyoto.
• Fixed: Kyoto crashing issue for some players.

August 8, 2015

• Two new levels - Warehouse from THPS and Kyoto from THAW.
• Fixed: Koth time setting can now be changed again.
• You no longer get stuck if in observe mode and the level is changed.
• Fixed: Skater is rotated while grinding a gate in New Jersey
• Fixed: The School 2 pole can be knocked down
• Various bugs fixed.

May 9, 2015

• Startup crashing fixed for most players.
• Fixed bug where bailing in an active game would end your run.
• Removed unused models/textures.

April 26, 2015

• New levels, City Center and Fun Park from THP8
• THUG1 secret skater boards.
• Rail boosters in THP8/THAW levels.
• Booster vent model added to Atlanta.
• Net Game ends faster if a player bails after 0.
• Error messages are now written to a log file.
  • file is located at "../AppData/Local/THUG Pro/thugpro.log
• Menu updates and tweaks.
• Tweaks to Airshuffle and Air Manual scripts.
• Tweaked caveman and drift delay times.
• Updated download bug
• Skater freezing when changing time a day.
• Pedestrian scripts in Canada causing crashes.
• Bug where net games didnt and correctly.
• Bug with airshuffle trigger, (when is disabled)
• Camera Angle menu option work correctly now.
• Script and level optimization.

March 8, 2015

• New level, Atlanta from THAW/THUG2 Remix
• Fixed crashes relating to Natas spins, and crashing on selecting High School or Skatepark
• "Bulletin Board" main menu option to view latest update info
• Tweaked Observe mode, which lets you sit out of games
• "Turn Off Game Respawns" option in General Options which lets you retain your current position when games start or end (May experience occasional crash).
• Tweaked Wallplant/Stickerslap angle, speed loss, & distance fixes
• Removed random rails in Kona

February 27, 2015

• Grind/Rail sounds tweaked for levels, such as Manhattan
• Natas spins will now play slide sound, and bugs relating to Natas spin bails were fixed, and smoother transitions
• Bail animations that played incorrectly are now fixed
• Some extra wallridable objects in level, flagpole objects appear in Vancouver, and Bulldozer in Alcatraz (offline)
• Scaling and Color updates for Skater Editor
• Fixed menu exiting callbacks
• Added FS 540 to Create-A-Trick, fixed menu error when exiting Create-A-Trick
• New menu design
• Descriptions for main menu actions
• Park Editor: Rail Tool snap/post toggle has been fixed seperated. (Use R3/Focus to toggle post)
• Local/LAN mode: Added Join IP and Join as Observer modes
• Added "Rail Grab" button assign ability to in-air control setup menu
• Auto load failed messages fixed
• Sharper textures

December 19, 2014

• New level, High School from Project 8
• Bike rack and Picnic table host level options for High School
• Zoo competition ramps now have rails
• Flowers in building fronts in Santa Cruz
• Removed jackhammer sound from Manhattan
• Removed THUG2 level destruction options (was buggy)
• Fixed some potential crashes
• Footstep sounds changed back to normal in Austrailia & Santa Cruz if a game is started, or the skater went out of bounds
• Skater no longer ollies when pressing enter or ollie on dialog boxes
• New icon for Misc Levels category

December 15, 2014

• New level, Santa Cruz

December 11, 2014

• New level, Vans Park from THAW
• Spray tags can now be completely turned off, and changed to the burp of Shrek
• Cap editor limits, such as merging are now toggleable in Park Properties, and copy / paste works beyond the normal memory limit now. Be careful :)
• Some previous offline only scene objects now are visible online in New Jersey
• The swing doors in College by the elevator no longer lock up after being spray tagged
• Some rail sounds corrected in School 2, Chicago, and San Diego
• The backslash key works as a normal character. Double tap it to get the color escape sequence

December 08, 2014

• New Gameplay Features
  • Complete PS2 control layout
    • One button spine
    • Two button walk
    • An option to put the ability to spin using caveman/alt caveman buttons, simulating the original PS2 setup
  • Sticker Slap and Wall Plant
    • ollie, down + ollie
  • THUG1 style drift
  • Jump trick selection
    • Choose from MikeV Plant, Fastplant, Beanplant, and Boneless
  • Airshuffle
    • up + up + ollie while in Caveman
  • Land pivots from THAW
    • Revert while on ground for a more stylish transition into a manual
  • Buttslap counter
  • Pressure & Nollie stance toggle mode style: choose between THUG (press to toggle) or THUG2 (hold to stay in pressure, release for nollie)
  • An option to map the focus key to do spine transfer & acid drop
  • Wallride Plant
    • left + ollie, right + ollie
  • Angle to initiate a wallride increased to be more like THUG1

• New for Online
  • AutoServer and AutoLevel
    • Automatically start games and change level while hosting.
  • New game modes
    • Score Challenge Graff
    • Elimiskate Graff
  • Goal attack goals for THPS4 levels
  • All stats are locked to 10, and removed from menus
  • Colored text
  • In-game chat blacklist
  • On-screen keyboard
  • Change the select button binding in General Options
  • UPnP Port Forwarding
  • There are now 8 observer client slots.
  • Turn on observers and save your net preferences!

• New Level: Andy’s Room from Disney’s Extreme Skate Adventure, and THPS4 Practice Level

• Level Changes
  • Time of Day changes now have lights online in THUG2 and THUG1 levels
  • Pro trick objects in THPS4 levels
  • SF floating platforms are now skateable
  • London elevator teleports added
  • Wallrides work on all walls in Chicago
  • New rail added to qp in Australia
  • Outback area in Australia is now accessible
  • The quarterpipes at the sides of the level in Australia now have rails at the top
  • Trees / Bushes in Manhattan from offline now show online
  • Trees, some lights and the ladder in Moscow from offline now show online

• New Launcher
  • Resolution select from detected modes
  • Window mode
  • PS2 layout label toggle

• Park Editor
  • Toggle between placing floaty rails and normal rails

• Other Improvements
  • New logo and splash screen
  • New default “THUG PRO” and “Punk Wasteland” themes
  • Chat interface options
  • New updater and installer
  • Automatic aspect ratio
  • All special trick slots and specials unlocked by default
  • Performance enhancements
  • Spray Tag ends when Grind/Triangle released
  • Always Special, Super Blood, and Perfect Rail & Manual host options
  • No revert speed loss host option
  • Oldschool Special host option (sets special when you land instead)
  • Airshuffle and Boostplant host options
  • Much lower cooldown between wallplants
  • Multiplied Score HUD option
  • Many more

• Bug Fixes
  • Over 10 different crash fixes
  • Connection refusals fixes
  • Online menu bugs fixes
  • Level select menu crash fixes
  • CTF panel messages fixed
  • Slap message lingering after game fixed
  • Random natas nodes removed
  • College, SF and Hawaii teleporters work off board
  • London random rails removed
  • Shipyard now has most of it’s gaps
  • Zoo sticker slaps and wallplants fixed
  • Glass break sounds in THPS4 levels
  • Parked gap placement bugs fixed
  • THUG1 level scripts optimized and missing gaps added
  • Many others

February 02, 2014

• New launcher/updater
• Levels from THPS4
• New server options menu
• Added difficulty menu
• Added rotate skater in CAS
• Added new CAS animations
• Added pedestrian heads in CAS
• Added kickflip extratricks
• Added game logo icons to the levelselect
• Added helper text to the levelselect
• Added keyboard buttons, (for gp players)
• Fixed create-a-trick crashing
• Fixed wp/ss angles and physics
• Fixed no more super stats
• Fixed random lag when bailing
• Fixed crashing when connecting to lobby
• Fixed menu callback scripts
• Fixed random lag when bailing
• Removed oad premade menu in Park Ed

December 14, 2013

• Connection refused fix

November 24, 2013

• Fixed saving and loading bugs
• Fixed crashing in the lobby
• Fixed 95% of level crashing bug
• Fixed observer mode crashing
• Fixed "bug" where the trucks would turn black
• Fixed night mode crash

November 05, 2013

• Fixed most startup issues
• Frying to fix the levels that still crash

November 04, 2013

• Fixed obs. pause menu crash
• Fixed saving/loading issues (some mod controls have been reset, so you need to change your settings again)
• Fixed levelselect crashes
• Fixed some lobby bugs
• New decks/stickers/tags
• Added custom theme menu
• Added drift (still need to tweak the speeds)

August 13, 2013

• Stickerslaps should work in THUG2 levels if you have set a sticker texture
• Added an option to change the chat font
• Problems with chat messages has be fixed
• Tricks have been added back
• In host options you can choose to disable speed boost, in tricks like "Hot Rod"
• Taunt menu has been added in the online prefs menu

August 12, 2013

• Some tattoo options have been added back
• Boostplant should work now
• Levelselect bug should be fixed
• All thug levels work in online mode now
• Tried to fix the chat message time problem, and added a simple "/clear" command