Install · Windows
Install on Windows
A walkthrough for Windows 10 and 11. THUG2 runs natively on Windows, so there is no Wine and no emulation. You download a small app, click through it, and it does the rest.
You bring the game.Revert is the installer and mods, not the game itself. You need to own Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (PC) and have your own copy ready as a folder or a download link. Nothing licensed is bundled or fetched for you.
The whole install, start to finish. The written steps below mirror it.
What you need
- Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
- Your THUG2 (PC) install folder (the one with a Data\ subfolder), or a .zip of it.
- A no-CD THUG2.exe you supply, MD5 d464781a2863c833c640f7ff6d377ffe, so the HUD, glyph, and keyboard mods line up.
- The DirectX 9 runtime (the setup step installs it for you).
Step by step
Download the Windows installer
Open thug2vandal.com/install and, under Windows, press Download for Windows. You get revert-windows-amd64.zip.
https://thug2vandal.com/install
Extract the zip
Right-click revert-windows-amd64.zip, choose Extract All, and extract it somewhere you own (not under C:\Program Files, which triggers permission prompts).
Run revert-gui.exe
Open the extracted folder and double-click revert-gui.exe. A small management page opens in your browser.
Get past SmartScreen
“Windows protected your PC” appears because the app is not code-signed: click More info, then Run anyway. It is a warning about who published it, not what it does, and every release publishes a checksum so you can verify the download yourself.
Point it at your THUG2, install, and play
The wizard asks for your THUG2 copy (Browse to the folder, or paste a link). Press Install; it installs the prerequisites (a DirectX step may show one UAC prompt), prepares your game, and builds the edition with a live log. When it finishes, hit Play THUG2. It also adds a desktop shortcut for next time.
Controller
Plug in an Xbox-style pad. Sticks and face buttons work natively. For the PS2-style shoulder combos the game cannot bind, a small helper called vv-padbridge.exe runs automatically while you play and maps them. Just play with the pad connected.
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| Left stick | Skate / move |
| Right stick | Camera |
| A / B / X / Y | Ollie / Grab / Flip / Grind |
| LB + RB | Get off board / walk |
| LT / RT | Rotate / spin |
| Start | Pause |
If something goes wrong
- Verify the download
- Every release publishes a checksum. In PowerShell: Get-FileHash revert-windows-amd64.zip -Algorithm SHA256, compared against the .sha256 on the same release page.
- A named Defender threat (not the generic notice)
- That is a false positive and we want to hear about it: please open an issue.
- Cosmetic extras (recolors, stickers, decks)
- Optional: install Python 3 and run pip install pillow numpy; the next build picks them up.
Installing on something else?
Prefer a manual, command-line reference? INSTALL.md on GitHub.