becaring / SK8V

# SK8V
**Skate 3 gameplay. GTA V's open world.**
SK8V brings *Skate 3*'s Flick-It controls, board/skater physics, grinds, manuals, skitching, tricks, combos, bails, scoring, session markers, and Hall of Meat into **GTA V Legacy Story Mode**. Skate's gameplay runs alongside GTA's characters, traffic, weapons, radio, and world interactions. Skate 3’s own audio engine runs inside GTA’s mixer, so wheels sound different on every GTA surface. Things like concrete, asphalt, wood, metal, tile all sound different, and your wheels click over the cracks and seams in the pavement, with almost complete coverage.
## Requirements
- **Controller is Required**
- **SSD is recommended for installation**
- **Windows x64**, **GTA V Legacy 1.0.3889.0**, and **ScriptHookV v3889.0 / 1158.13** with its ASI loader. (https://www.dev-c.com/gtav/scripthookv/)
- **A controller:** Xbox, or PlayStation (DualShock 4 / DualSense, USB or Bluetooth). Keyboard skating is not supported. On a PlayStation pad, Share (or the touchpad) is Back and Options is Start.
- Your own Skate 3 Xbox 360 disc ISO or extracted disc folder (tested: title ID 454108E6, media ID 5C087C2C, no title update)
- About **7 GB free** on your GTA drive for setup; roughly **2 GB** remains afterward.
**Story Mode only.** GTA V Enhanced, GTA Online, and FiveM are not supported.
## Install
1. Download and extract the latest **SK8V release ZIP** from Releases, **not** GitHub's Source code ZIP.
2. Close GTA V and run **`SK8V Setup.cmd`**. (If your GTA installation is in a protected folder (Program Files, etc.) setup will offer to restart as administrator.)
3. Select your Skate 3 disc, choose **Regular** or **Goofy** stance, and press **Install**. Setup detects your GTA V folder when possible.
4. Launch GTA V Legacy **Story Mode with BattlEye disabled**. Select the **skateboard** in GTA's weapon wheel, then press `Y` to mount it.
Setup prepares data from your copies of both games. It can download a local Python environment if needed, and rerunning it resumes interrupted preparation.
Command-line alternative (Python 3.11+, NumPy, Pillow):
 [code] 
(from the extracted release folder; omit --stance for Regular).
## Controls
**All regular skating controls are Skate 3's.** SK8V adds:
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| GTA weapon wheel → **Skateboard** | Enter Skate mode |
| `Y` / hold `Y` | Mount or dismount / put the board away and return to GTA |
| Keyboard `/` or controller `Back + LB` | Open SK8V menu |
| `Back` / hold `Back` | Equip or holster a weapon / open weapon wheel when armed |
| `LB` / `RB` when armed | Aim / fire |
| Hold `LB` + D-pad left/right, gun holstered | Change radio station (Skate 3's layout) |
| D-pad | Emotes, one per direction (set them in the SK8V menu) |
| D-pad left/right, gun equipped | Change weapon |
| Double-tap `X` on foot near a grabbable wall | GTA mantle, then return to Skate |
Swimming switches to GTA automatically and returns to Skate afterward. **Hall of Meat is on by default** and can be