"To open the aquarium, get up onto the snack bar and jump on the
elepahnts back."
"Make sure you complete the practise level and get the money and gaps in
there to get the final secret skater."
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AUTHOR:  Wayalla                      GAME:  Tony Hawks 4
NAME:  Aaron Baker                SYSTEM:  Playstation
EMAIL:  Wayalla1@yahoo.com.au       GENRE:  Sports
TYPE:  FAQ/Walkthrough           VERSION:  3.7
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AIM: Wayalla1
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T O N Y  H A W K S  P R O  S K A T E R  4
(FAQ/Walkthrough) By Wayalla
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If you have any questions about the game, please first READ THE GUIDE
and then check the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section. If it isn't in
either of them, then feel free to email me the question.
If you have a submission (Alternative way to do a challenge, send in a
challenge I have missed, some more secrets, song wishlist, ANYTHING!)
then feel free to also email me. My email is Wayalla1(at)yahoo.com.au
You will be credited for ANY information that you send in.
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TONY HAWKS PRO SKATER 4
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MINI TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST
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01 - PROLOUGE
02 - GAME BASICS
03 - SCORING TECHNIQUES
04 - NORMAL GOALS WALKTHROUGH
05 - PRO GOALS WALKTHROUGH
06 - PRO SPECIFIC WALKTHROUGH
07 - MINIGAMES
08 - PPM'S GAP CHECKLIST
09 - CASH ICON LOCATIONS
10 - CHARACTER DESCRPITIONS/MOVES
11 - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
12 - LEVEL STUFF
13 - GOING ONLINE
14 - CHEATS/SECRETS/GLITCHES
15 - SONG STUFF
16 - MULTIPLAYER MODE
17 - MISCELLANEOUS
18 - ENDING STUFF
ADVANCED TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST
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01) PROLOUGE
(a) Information
(b) Table of Contents
(c) Version History
(d) Introduction
(e) Package
(f) New in this gane
02) GAME BASICS
(a) Controls
(b) Advanced Controls
(c) Trick Examples
(d) Advanced Tricks
(e) Game Modes
(f) Terms
(g) Game Tips
03) SCORING TECHNIQUES
(a) Scoring Tips
(b) Getting a SICK Score
(c) Multiplier
(d) Variation
04) NORMAL GOALS WALKTHROUGH
(a) College
(b) San-Fransisco
(c) Alcatraz Prison
(d) Kona Skatepark
(e) Shipyard
(f) London, England
(g) Zoo
05) PRO GOALS WALKTHROUGH
(a) College
(b) San-Fransisco
(c) Alcatraz
(d) Kona Skatepark
(e) Shipyard
06) PRO SPECIFIC WALKTHROUGH
(a) Tony Hawk
(b) Chad Muska
(c) Bob Burnquist
(d) Rune Glifberg
(e) Bam Magera
(f) Elissa Steamer
(g) Jamie Thomas
(h) Kareem Campbell
(i) Custom Skater
07) MINIGAMES WALKTHROUGH
(a) Tennis
(b) Garbage Days
(c) Wire Grinding
(d) Save the Seals
(e) Baseball
(f) Bitch Slapping
(g) Rhino Charging
(h) Catch the Eggs
(i) Monkey Poo Dodge
(j) Log Sawing Competition
(k) Target Practise
08) PPM'S GAP CHECKLIST WALKTHROUGH
(a) Introduction
(b) Gap Basics
(e) College Checklist
(f) SanFransisco Checklist
(g) Alcatraz Checklist
(h) Kona Checklist
(i) Shipyard Checklist
(j) London Checklist
(k) Zoo Checklist
(l) Carnival Checklist
(m) Chicago Checklist
(n) Hidden Gaps
(o) Other Gap Notes
(p) Credits/Miscellaneous
09) CASH ICONS WALKTHROUGH*
10) CHARACTER DESC/MOVES
(a) Hometowns
(b) Resides
(c) Stances
(d) All Character Tricks
(e) Button combos to char tricks
(f) Points to character tricks
(g) Character Bio's
11) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(a) Sent in FAQs
(b) General FAQs
(c) Questions
(d) Answers
12) LEVEL STUFF
(a) Goal Descriptions
(b) Vert Lines
(c) Grinding Lines
(d) Street Lines
(e) Secret Areas
(f) Level Maps*
13) GOING ONLINE
(a) Introduction
(b) Network Play
(c) Setup
14) CHEATS/SECRETS/GLITCHES
(a) Cheats
(b) Secret Skaters
(c) Secret Levels
(d) Secret Clothes
(e) Additional Hints
(f) Glitches
15) SONG STUFF
(a) Song List
(b) Bands
(c) Song Wishlists
(d) Song Lyrics (Link)
16) MULTIPLAYER MODE
(a) Horse
(b) Trick Attack
(c) Combo Mambo
(d) Graffiti
(e) Free Run
(f) Slap
(g) Multiplayer Tips
17) PARK EDITOR
(a) Introduction
(b) Options
(c) Layout Tips
(d) Basic Tips
(e) Pieces Tips
(f) Pieces List
18) MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Tournaments
(b) 100% Completion
19) ENDING STUFF
(a) Credits
(b) Copyright
(c) Whats to Come (Sometime)
(d) Websites
(e) Email Policiy
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VERSION HISTORY
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TOP VERSION IS CURRENT
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DATE: April 5th, 2003       People, to open the aquarium, you have to
VERSION: 3.7                get up onto the snack bar and grind the
FILE SIZE: 363kb            elephants back. Anyway, this version I have
added What else I have submitted,
an alternative strategy to the Escape on
Alcatraz challenge, ALOT more Frequently
Asked Questions (In fact, about 15 more or
so). Done the character Bio's, take from
THPS3 as they don't have it in this game,
and last but not least, added in more trick
descrpitions and the landing types.
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DATE: March 29th, 2003      Ohh, this seems like a pretty big update.
VERSION: 3.5                Added in the whole multiplayer section,
FILE SIZE: 340kb            inlcuding the descriptions for most of the
game modes (Except for Slap and Free Run)
and added in the whole tips section for
trick lines that you will need in every
level. Added in afew more frequently Asked
Questions and some more combo tricks, and I
think thats about it.
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DATE: March 28th, 2003      Haven't updated this file for nearly a
VERSION: 3.4                week, that is manily because I have been
FILE SIZE: 327kb            busy with afew other guides. This update
was done in nearly 1 hour. In this update I
have added: Song lists, inlcuding the
bands, link to lrics and wishlist for Tony
Hawks 5, the miscellaneous section, with
the tourney, added some combo scoring tips,
and reformatted the Table of Contents to
make it look better.
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DATE: March 20th, 2003      Well, it looks like I did a real lot,
VERSION: 3.2                but seriously, I didn't. All I did was
FILE SIZE: 311kb            add in the moves to each character,
what points they get for each trick,
and how to execute each trick. Added
the "What this contains" at the top,
and also added one more pro challenge,
which is the combo scare 40 birds one.
Also made afew more changes around the
place, like in the Table of Contents.
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DATE: March 18th, 2003      Well, a very big update. All I really
VERSION: 3.0                did was add afew goals in the Pro
FILE SIZE: 283kb            section, but also added in a whole gap
checklist, with total credit to PPM,
thanks bud, it's really appreciated.
All gaps are in there. Please, any
comments about the gaps, please contact
him, his email is ppm42(at)yahoo.com
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DATE: March 16th, 2003      Decided that I am going to only try and
VERSION: 2.7                work on this FAQ for the rest of the
FILE SIZE: 221kb            month, trying not to submit any other
new file, and work on this one. Added
three more pro challenges, one in
Alcatraz, one in Kona, and another one
in the Shipyard. Might get a gap list
put up sometime.
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DATE: March 15th, 2003      A big update here. Started by finsihing
VERSION: 2.5                goals around the place, but there are
FILE SIZE: 217kb            still afew holes in the normal goals
that I haven't filled in as of yet.
Added the Cheats section, as well as
the secrets and glitches section. Thats
about it me thinks.
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DATE: March 11th, 2003      Not much here, it was long time since I
VERSION: 2.1                updated last, but my friend has got the
FILE SIZE: 169kb            game now, getting it back tommorown so
I can update some more. All I did was
add a new site to host this guide. I
forgeot the actual site name, but it
starts with a f.
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DATE: February 24th, 2003   Added alot here. Started on the Pro
VERSION: 2.0                challenges and done some of them. Some
FILE SIZE: 168kb            are missing from each level though, and
Im yet to do past Kona. Yeah, I know,
I'm lazy. Added in and then took at the
gap checklist and cash icons section in
the table of contents cos I'm yet to do
them. I aslo added in the Custom Skater
Specific walkthrough, added in the
Playing Online section, re-did the
table of contents and made a new
section labelled "Levels Stuff."
Added a section of whats new to this
game from it's predessor, A big update.
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DATE: February 21st, 2003   A few things done. Mainly, I continued
VERSION: 1.8                on the Pro Challenges. I complete the
FILE SIZE: 138kb            pro specific challenges Bob Burnquist,
Rune Glifberg, Bam Magera and Elissa
Steamer. Also, I added the Frequently
Asked Questions Section and added
things to that. Updated the TOC and
made it look better and added the
what's to Come section.
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DATE: February 19th, 2003   This version, I started doing hepro
VERSION: 1.6                specific challenges. It took me half an
FILE SIZE: 119kb            hour only to do two of them, but then
again, the Television was going in the
background, putting me off, but still I
liked the show. Tony Hawk and Chad
Muska were done here, and this will be
updated as soon as possible. Also added
in something about the Nollie.
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DATE: February 14th, 2003   Another smallish update, all I did was
VERSION: 1.4                start on the San Francisco pro
FILE SIZE: 114kb            challenges. I did 3 of them, all about
1kb each, and that is all I done for
today. I do not have enough time to
update, because I have school and don't
get home to like 3:30 and can only
update for approximately 1 hour. I need
to go back and play this game and get
more notes, so it might be along while
since I update next, unless I decide
not to do the walkthrough and
concentrate on something else about
this game.
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DATE: February 13th, 2003   Didn't update much here, only 3kb worth
VERSION: 1.2                as you can see in the title of marked
FILE SIZE: 111kb            KB. With this 3kb, all I added was
three more pro challenges. They are the
ones for the first level, which is of
course the college. Will work more on
this guide sometime, maybe tomorrow if
I can.
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DATE: February 11th, 2003   This is the first Version of the guide.
VERSION: 1.0                It's not complete yet, but I say that
FILE SIZE: 108kb            it is very informative for every goal I
have covered in the guide. Most of the
Normal goals are complete, and note I said
most there. About 80% complete to be near
exact. I am still missing a few from the
carnival, and I have not even started to do
anything about the Pro Challenges or the
Pro Specific challenges. More updates will
come later, if I can find time for this
guide.
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1: PROLOUGE
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INTRODUCTION
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I have been a fan on the Tony Hawk's series. I have played them all. It
first came along when I was playing a demo, and was Cycling through the
games playing them. Then I came across Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2, played
the demo and I thought yeah, it was pretty good. On the demo you were
allowed to make your own park (With limited pieces) so then I thought it
was even better.
I eventually bought it as my 3rd game on the Playstation. My brother
also liked it as well, so we borrowed a friends copy of Tony Hawk's 1. I
didn't really think much of that one though, but it was still good. Then
I heard number 3 was coming out, so then I bought that the same day it
came out. About 1 week later, I thought it was so good and had lot's of
replay value, I completed the game 100% with every character, a custom
skater, all goals done, all competitions first placed, all stats
collected and all the decks and everything else done. It was an
excellent game.
Then I got my Playstation 2, and bought Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, this
game that I writing a guide for now. I really like the series, and this
one is great as well. Although I don't skateboard in real life, I still
like these sort of games.
PACKAGE
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Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4, back cover:
Pros challenge you to to make your mark in huge, free roaming levels,
taking on 190 progressively harder goals with no time limits to hold
your back. Decide when you're ready to take on your pro challenge and
move into the pro ranks, where it is a whole new game. Build your
skills, earn respect, and show that you've got what it takes to become
pro....
NEW THINGS IN THPS4
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Here is where I list the new things in this game, and also the things
that are taken out from the previous ones.
FLATLAND TRICKS:
Able to pull off things such as handstands and pogos and flips while in
a manual. Looks cool as well as giving you some extra points for the
multiplyer.
LIP BALANCER:
Able to see how your lip trick is balancing. On THPS3 on the
Playstation, you could not see this, I'm not sure about the PS2 version
though.
NO BIG DROP:
In THPS3 Playstation 1, there was a big drop if you fell from a building
up high. There isn't this here. I suppose there is too many big jumps
you need to execute.
DOUBLES:
You can perform things like double heelflips, kickflips, impossibles and
all those sort of things.
DOUBLE TRICK BUTTON:
if you press left, circle, circle, you will do a total new different
trick than the main circle button.
SKITCHIN:
Basically hold on to the back of a car and it will take you around.
Great for some extra points.
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2: GAME BASICS
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CONTROLS
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Button name              Action
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- Cross               - Jump/Ollie
- Square              - Flip Tricks
- Circle              - Grab Tricks
- Triangle            - Grind Tricks
- L2                  - Transfer/Revert
- R2                  - Revert/Transfer
- R1                  - Spin right
- L1                  - Spin Left
ADVANCED CONTROLS
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L1: Skate Switch
SELECT: Change Camera
TRICK EXAMPLES
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Tricks can be done by pressing a trick button, such as SQUARE, and then
a directional button before hand, for example: press left + square, or
left, then square while in the air and your character will perform the
trick selected.
Pressing different combinations and your character will do different
moves. Here are some examples of tricks:
CIRCLE:
Will do a grab trick, a grab trick is any trick that involves the
character grabbing his board to do a trick. This includes Melons,
Cannonballs, and thousands more.
SQAURE
Will do a flip trick, a flip trick is anything where the board is
flipped, or spun around.
TRIANGLE
Is a grind, a grind is when your board goes along a rail, or something
like a rail that has an edge.
OLLIE
Spin and you will get points, not much though. An Ollie is where you
just jump and spin around abit.
ADVANCED TRICKS
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MANUALS:
Yes, manuals return. To do a manual, press up then down while in the
air, and when you land, it will go into a manual. Manuals are used to
keep a combo alive. You can do a manual while you are on the ground, but
then all point of keeping a combo alive is gone.
REVERTS:
To do a revert, go up a vert ramp and just as you land back on the vert
ramp, press the R2 or L2 button, I prefer R2 because I've been using it
since the last game. A revert is just like a switch and is mainly used
to keep a trick alive.
WALLRIDE:
To do a wall ride, approach a wall so that you are parallel to it. Then
move into the wall, jump and then grind next to the wall. There you go,
a wall ride. Jump again and grind and you can reach even higher places
than normal sometimes.
FLATLAND TRICKS:
Yes, new to Tony Hawks 4. You are able to do flatland tricks, such as
pogo's, wrap around and more. To do flatland tricks, go into a manual,
and then experiment with combos, such as Triangle + Triangle. This can
be used to get more points.
SPECIALS:
A special is just what it says. It's a trick that is special to a
character, and scores more points than other basic tricks. Special moves
have a button combination such as UP, RIGHT + SQUARE. Also a noise comes
up when you do a special.
LIP TRICKS:
Lip tricks are something where you stand still on the lip doing a trick
with either your arms or the board. To do a lip trick, go up a vert ramp
straight, and then at the edge, press a button combination + triangle
really quickly so it does a lip trick instead of a grind.
NOLLIE:
A Nolie is just like an Ollie, really. It may be something to do with
the board or something. Press L1 to get into position, and then press X
to jump and do a nollie.
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EMAIL FROM: El Tony
A Nollie is just not an Ollie. First, the way you pop the board is a
Switch stance position (the wrong foot on the nose of the board and
it's in Fakie (The foot that pops is placed on the nose instead of
tail) and call it a switch fakie ollie.
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SKITCHIN:
Skitchin is just hanging on to the back of a car. Just go up to the back
of a car/cart/vehcile and press the up button next to the back of it,
then just balance yourself out.
Here are some descriptions from my THPS3 guide:
Ollie
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Ollie is a basic jump. To jump/ollie, press the X button. Hold down the
X button and then let go to get more air. Ollie is the basic of all
tricks. Press X neat to the lip to get good air on a half pipe.
Manual
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Manuals are designed really for keeping a trick alive to score more
points for it. For example, if you do a great trick, then land, the
manual will keep the trick going so you can find another rail or
anything to go up again and continue the big score of the trick.
Grab
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Grab tricks are a great way to increase your trcik score. Do grab tricks
by pressing and holding the O button down. The longer you hold the
button down, the more points you score. You can also turn while doing
grab tricks.
Flips
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These moves just basically make your board flip. They don't really score
more points than the grab, but still good for some extra combo points or
just to make a combo look better.
Grinds
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A grind is where you basically move along a rail. To do a grind,
approach a rail/edge and press the triangle button next to it, or jump
onto it and press triangle. Pressing triangle and different directions
can of course perform different grinds. You also need to balance a
grind, so use the directional buttons to do that.
Plants
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Plants are basically a stationary trick on the edge of a lip. To do a
plant or a lip trick as they are called, find a bowl/halfpipe, and
perform like a grind. When you are near the lip, quicckly press triangle
+ direction to do a plant. the longer you hold it, the more points you
get. Let go of triangle to exit the trick.
Reverts
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Reverts are just a trcik at the end of a combo to keep it going for
extra points and score. A revert is a switch at the end of a combo. To
do a revert, press R2 when you land to do a revert.
Before take-off tricks
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Before take off tricks are tricks thaty are perform before you take off
from the lip, to get extra points. These are a No Comply, and a
Boneless. To do a no comply, press up + x, be sure to do it at the right
time, other wise you will roll over the ramp. Press up, up X to do a
boneless.
Wallride
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To do a Wallride, get paralell to a wall, and then skate in towards it
and press triangle. Your character will 'ride' on the wall. press X to
jump higher.
Special
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Special tricks are perfromed by your character as their special move.
These moves are better than any other, and look cool as well as score
way more points than the other tricks.
GAME MODES
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FREE SKATE:
Just lets you roam around all the levels that you have unlocked, or you
will mostly use this to play a park that you made, because we all know
that you can free skate in craeer mode around the level.
SINGLE SEESION:
Just lets you take the level for 2 minutes. Just score massive amounts
of points and try to beat that score next run.
CAREER MODE:
Take on the main mode of the game, pros challenge you to goals, that get
progressively harder each level. Also, you can roam around the level
freely until you decide to take a challenge.
NETWORK PLAY:
Apparently if you hook up your Playstation 2 to your computer, you can
play over the iternet. I don't know how to do it, and I really don't
want to know.
MULTIPLAYER:
Play against a friend, your borther or anyone in some enjoyable
multiplayer matches. Choose your character, player, etc.
- Those are the game modes. Create a skater, Options etc. are NOT a game
mode. They are just a sundrie or somthing
TERMS
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Here are some skateboarding terms I use, and the game uses.
HALFPIPE:
A halfpipe is two vert ramps opposite each other
QUARTER PIPE:
A basic vert ramp
VERT RAMP:
A thing used for going up and getting air points
GAME TIPS
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Massive Combo
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If you want to get a massively big combo, then here is how:
1. Find a halfpipe, a hlafpipe is where two quarterpipes are opposite
each other, so you can land on one quarter pipe, and then go up the
other one nearly as soon as you land, or afew seconds later. Make
sure they are pretty close.
2. Go up one side of the halfpipe. It doesn't matter which side of the
halfpipe it is, just find one and launch up into the air.
3. Perform a grab trick and spin it around. This will get you a
massively big score, especially while a spin and a grab at the same
time. Something like a Benihana or a method will do. They are both
great for this. Anything like a Madonna can be too complicated.
4. Land in a revert and a manual. Revert first, when you are about to
land by pressing the R2 or L2 button. By preffered is the R2. Manual
while you are in the revert by pressing up, down or down, up.
5. Go up the other side of the vert ramp, and then do the same. Either
a special or a spinning grab trick will do here. Since you still
have alot of air, you should be able to sneak in a big trick.
6. Repeat the last stage, and revert into a manual. Also, REPEAT THE
ABOVE, go up the next side of the vert ramp and keep on going until
you lose all speed.
7. Do some flatland tricks while you are in the manual, since you will
be still. handstands and handflips are good for some points, but any
tricks will do. To perform a flatland trick, press, for example, O +
O to do a handtstand, or Triangle + Triangle to do a pogo.
8. Land the trick, do not stack it. Hopefully you will get a massively
big score, weathere your stats are good, excellent, the best, or
crap.
Wonkyness Fixed
---------------
Sometimes when you accidently go off the side of a quarterpipe and then
transfer over, but find out that there is no Vert ramp below to land on,
then you will be looking at diving staright into the ground. Either
press up or down to correct this, or easily press and hold R2.
Combos Alive
------------
As I mentioned in the first tip, there are several ways you can keep a
combo alive, so are just like a revert, a manual, or grabbing onto a a
ledge and grinding. Do everything you can to keep it going.
Slow Motion
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If you have any trouble with any challenge that involves something to do
with balancing on a lip trick, grind, or a manual or finding things,
than use this cheat. It can be bought in the secrets shop, and will make
things easier because you can tell whats going to happen slower than
before, thus allowing you to quickly correct it. Good cheat this, helped
me finsih the game.
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SCORING TECHNIQUES
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SCORING TIPS (Straight from the manual)
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Combine grab and flip tricks while catching air for higher scores
You can continue your combo moves using reverts and manuals. Manuals
will keep your combo going across flatland ground sections. Reverts will
keep your combo going from big air tricks of ramps
During a run, (except free skate) every time you repeat a trick, that
tricks value will decrease. To get a high score, your going to have
to thnk about your line and mix up tricks that you perform
2.    Switch tricks are worth more and devalue seperately from your regular
tricks
3.    Try to trick in and out of every grind
4.    Use special tricks for huge scores
5.    Spinning while in the air perfroming tricks will net bigger scores.
Press L1 and R1 (Or left/right) buttons to spin faster.
6.    Every trick in a combo adds to your score multiplyer.
7.    Nollie tricks score more points than regular tricks
8.    Trick across gaps to maximise your combos
9.    Explore the hidden combos to find new tricks
10.    You can combo every trick - Lip tricks, manuals, vert tricks,
grinds etc. and use reverts to link them all together. New to THPS4
are spine transfers and skitching...and you can link those combos
too!
GETTING A SICK SCORE
====================
Ever had a dream that you want to get a 500,000 + score in one combo? it
seems impossible, but honestly, it's not.  Heres how to get a great big
score:
*    Go to somewhere like a halfpipe, a halfpipe is where 2 ramps are
opposite each other, so when you land on one, you will have to just
keep going foward and you will go up the next ramp) an example of
this is a bowl, or just the one in Kona that is wooden.
*    Go up the vert ramp, but just pull off a little trick, this is just
to get speed and isn't the start of the big combo
*    Then go up the next side of the vert ramp, and pull off a really big
trick and spin it as well, such as a cannonball, melon or any grab
trick
*    Just as you are about to land on the lip, press the R2 button, this
will revert you, while the revert is going, press up, down or down up
to go into a manual
*    This will keep the trick alove, so go up the vert ramp opposite and
perfrom another really big trick, and revert into a manual at the end
*    Keep on doing this and the combo will eventually grow so large. Try
to get your base score up to about 20,000.
*    After doing so many manuals though, you will eventually lose alot of
speed, but you want to keep the trick going right? Yeah of course.
*    Pull off ground tricks. Now we are trying to get your multiplyer
higher. Start doing pogos, then quikcly go into a wrap around, back
to a pogo, etc. etc.
*    Keep doing this and balance yourself. Land when you have a score
something like this: 21,020 x 24. That will give you a HUUUGEEE
score.
*    Roughly, that will give you a massive score of about: 500,000 points
MULTIPLIER
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This is how I have worked out the multiplyer does:
Lets say you first start off by doing a heelfip: Totoal: 100 points
Next, you do a Fs Shove it: 200 points. This is what your score will
look like: 100 + 100 = 200 x 2 = 400. Voila!
VARIATION
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Keep your tricks variated, this means do different ones when you need
togo for something like a pro score that is huge. Keep doing different
tricks, and not the same for more points. Tricks decrease each time you
use it by about %15 of the total score. But sometimes, the second time
you do the trick, it can actaully be more than the first time, maybe
it's something to do with the air you get off the jump. *Is confused!*
COMBO TIPS
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HERE ARE SOME EXTRA COMBO TIPS FROM THPSONLINE.COM:
REVERTS
Just like in THPS3, reverts are essential to high scores.
The best way to build up your base score in THPS4 is to hit QP's for 720
or 900 special grabs. With the advent of the revert, you can now link
these QP's airs almost infinitely. By reverting at the bottom of the QP,
you can continue manualing into a combo. However, reverts will slow you
down. There is a trick to keeping your speed though, and that is to jump
just as soon as the revert animation starts, and land in a manual again.
This will keep you going faster, however you will still slow down. So
after reverting it is important to find a rail to grind, which will get
your speed back up to normal.
It is also of note that the revert button will now also right your
skater should you happen to fall off the side of a QP, by righting
yourself, you can land in a manual and continue your combo. Also, you
can use this feature to cause your skater to land on a rail, thus airing
into a grind, which can be very useful and adds alot of variety to a
line.
SPECIALS
What types of specials you have also depends on your style of play. If
you do alot of airs, throwing in more air specials will give you a
higher base. More grinding and the opposite applies. However, a good mix
of specials is SIX airs and FOUR grinds (or FIVE and FIVE). Special
manuals, while very cool, are essentially worthless in getting high
scores. They take a while to even register to get points, and by the
time it does, you will already be jumping onto another rail. Special
Manuals are a waste of a slot, don't use them if you really want to get
high scores. Specials that can be spun yeild the most points, so use the
majority of your air trick slots for those. The flips in THPS4 spin alot
faster than in THPS3, so these are very good additions to your trickset.
The kickflip backflip is VERY fast, and you can actually throw in two in
a decent air. The misty flip is also good because it is worth the most
points out of any of the flips. With 11 special trick slots, it is a
good idea to have at least a few flips on hand. They come in very handy
when you just need to quickly throw a special, and since they spin
faster, you can now do 540 backflips which yeild about the same points
as most 900 special grabs.
BALANCING
First thing: The absolute KEY to balancing lies in soft taps. DO NOT
hold the opposite direction when attempting to fix your balance, that
will just screw you over when your balance meter flies back the other
way. Any time you are grinding, manualing, whatever, you should be
constantly tapping the button in order to keep it centered. Lots of
light taps are better than a single hard press, it will give you much
more control. Now, sometimes the balance meter will start to go towards
one side, and then come back on it's own. If this is the case, just let
it come back until it reaches the middle, then resume tapping to keep it
there. Any time you leave a rail, make sure the meter is close to being
in the middle. If you leave the meter close to one side when you jump
off, when you hit the next rail the meter will still be close to the
side and you will most likely bail.
LANDINGS
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They haven't changed from THPS3, so here they are from my FAQ on that:
Landing
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Of course, to get points, you need to land the trick. To land, stop
doing all tricks and head to ground. its no good still doing a trick and
trying to land, as you will stack the trick and loose all recognition
for it, as well as those valuable points. There is 3 ways you can land,
well, actually 3 types of ways that can score more.
Perfect Landing
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You landed absolutely perfect, the board was in exact line. Perfect
tricks are easy to do, you just don't spin in the air, but do normal
tricks, like flips, and you should land perfectly. But sometimes it
doesn't always count it. Perfect gets you bonus points, not much, but
still good.
Normal
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The most common landing you will get. This is when you land your board
slightly off line, not good enough to be a perfect, but not bad enough
to be a sketchy landing, this will probably happen 1/2 of your landings.
Still, you should strife for perfect, but when doing spin tricks, it is
easier to just keep spinning and landing normal than to try and line it
up perectly.
Sketchy
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This happens when you land slightly on the side, or like that. The
landing is not good enough to be normal, but not bad enough to be a
complete failure and you stack it. But this is nearly stack, so watch
your positions.
Stack
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This can commonly happen, you landed sideways, or you didn't finish the
trick before you tried to land. You will lose all your points that you
created in the air, and you will fall down. Press buttons to get back up
quicker.
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GRIND DOWN OFFICER TOM'S BANNERS
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To get this mission, go towards the stairs leaading towards the upper
section of the lkevel, the guy is just on the road waiting for you, if
you can't find him, he has an arrow above his head, and is a citizen.
What you have to do in this challenge is to grind down the banners, face
the first wall, then wallride up it by getting parralel to the wall, and
then press triangle, when your grinding up the wall, quickly press the X
button, you will jump up, then press the triangle button and you will
grind the top. Keep grinding and knock down the banner thing. Keep on
grinding all the way along, and jump and then return to a grind if you
need to, at the end, you wil have to jump off, so jump off and wallride,
then ollie the next wall and grind the banners.
NAIL THE TRICKS THEY YELL OUT
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To find this, it is to the left of the car-park while looking at it from
the tennis courts. It is Tony Hawk and he is near a "Woodland" school
sign. Go up to him and press the O button.
What you have to do is nail the tricks (In other words, do) the tricks
that the kids call out. The tricks to do appear at the bottom left of
your screen, and also the combination that the kids yelled out. For
example, if down the bottom of the screen