Project 8 Plus 0.9.0

What it is

Project 8 Plus plays Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS3, 2006) as a normal Windows program, with 60 fps and more,
ultrawide, sharper pictures and mods. It is not an emulator: a launcher translates the game's code into a Windows (or linux)
program on your PC.

What you need

• A rom for Tony Hawk's Project 8 for PS3: the US disc (BLUS30011), version 01.02, dumped to a folder.
• RPCS3 installed (only used to decrypt your copy).
• 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, a DirectX 12 graphics card, and about 4 GB of RAM free while it builds.
• An internet connection once: the launcher downloads a compiler (about 97 MB) and, if you keep HD textures on,
  the HD pack (about 44 MB).

Getting started

1. Download Project8Plus-0.9.0-windows-x64.zip, unzip it, run THP8 Launcher.cmd.
2. In Setup, pick your game folder and RPCS3, keep the recommended options, press Build. When the build is done, press Play.
   The first build takes about 20 to 25 minutes, but is instant after.

What's in this release

• 60 fps (or 120, 144, 165, 240, your monitor's rate), ultrawide with the HUD kept at 16:9.
• Higher resolution, anti-aliasing and picture options; the original look is one switch away.
• Create-a-Skater+: color any piece, skin tone, body and face shape, every piece unlocked.
• Keyboard or Xbox button prompts that follow what you use; skippable intros.
• Smoothed skaters, and HD textures made on your graphics card by an AI upscaler in the background
  (about an hour; the game is playable meanwhile).
• Creator tools: script mods, Create-a-Park, the level editor's live link, and your own songs in the playlist.
• Safer saving: an interrupted save no longer breaks your save file.

Downloads

File	What	Size
Project8Plus-0.9.0-windows-x64.zip	the launcher and builder (Windows)	about 38 MB
Project8Plus-0.9.0-hd-pack-windows-x64.zip	HD textures' upscaler and model; the launcher fetches it by itself	about 44 MB
Project8Plus-0.9.0-linux-x86_64.tar.xz	Linux (experimental)	about 8 MB
SHA256SUMS	checksums of the files above
release.json	versions and hashes, for tools

Known limits

• Not widely tested on other devices
• Only the US disc (BLUS30011, version 01.02) is supported
• PlayStation controllers work through Steam Input or DS4Windows (as an Xbox controller)
• Linux: no upscaling / HD texture support yet
• Coming soon: Mac, web, online play.

Reporting a bug

Open an issue with the Bug report template. Please include:

• what you did and what happened;
• your Windows version, CPU and graphics card;
• the logs from your install folder's logs folder: builder.log (build problems), the newest play_*.log
  (game problems; the last 5 are kept), hd_textures.log (HD textures).