ReSkate README

The project's README from github.com/Dingo-Shenanigans/ReSkate. As one markdown file: README.md.

ReSkate

play it offline, host your own lobbies and dedicated servers, and mod it. the launcher, the runtime that loads into the game, and the dedicated server.

ReSkate is a fan project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts or Full Circle. You need your own copy of skate. on Steam.

Features

Getting started

  1. Download the latest ReSkate-<version>.zip from Releases.
  2. Extract ReSkateLauncher.exe and ReSkate.dll into either folder:
    • your skate. folder, beside Skate.exe (Steam → skate. → Manage → Browse local files); or
    • an empty folder, where the launcher installs the game for you (about 14 GB).
  3. Run ReSkateLauncher.exe.
    • It checks for ReSkate updates, then checks the game files against the supported build.
    • If the game is missing, or Steam has updated it past the supported build, sign in when asked. You can scan a QR code with the Steam app, or use your username and password with Steam Guard. It then downloads only the files it needs.
  4. Press PLAY.

ReSkate supports one game build at a time (Steam build 25414733).

Controls

Key Opens
Insert the ReSkate menu
~ (grave/tilde) the command console (help lists the commands)
T chat, in multiplayer

The menu and console keys can be changed in the launcher's Settings.

Where things are

What Where
Mods Mods\<mod name>\ beside Skate.exe, ordered by Mods\mods.json
Logs logs\ReSkate.log beside Skate.exe
Profile (skater, progress, parks) %LOCALAPPDATA%\ReSkate\profiles\offline\
The game's own settings and saves %LOCALAPPDATA%\ReSkate\Game\ (kept apart from the normal game)
Launcher settings ReSkateLauncher.settings.json beside the launcher

Mods

Only install mods you trust. Mods change game data, and custom scripts can run code.

Dedicated servers

ReSkateServer.exe is a headless lobby that needs neither the game nor Steam installed. It is in the ReSkateServer-<version>.zip of each release. See Server/README.txt for setup, ReSkateServer.json, admin commands, votes and the anti-cheat checks.

Linux servers

Each release also ships ReSkateServer-Linux-<version>.zip: the same headless lobby as a native x86_64 Linux binary (no Wine, no game install). Setup in short:

unzip ReSkateServer-Linux-<version>.zip -d reskate-server && cd reskate-server
./setup-linux-server-libs.sh
./ReSkateServer            # writes ReSkateServer.json on first run; edit name/admins, restart

Details (Steam .so files, world-layers.json, systemd, ports, building from source with cmake --preset linux-x64) are in Server/README-linux.md.

Building from source

Requirements

All third-party libraries are in the repository, so the build needs no package manager or network access.

Build

From a Developer PowerShell for VS 2022 in the repository folder:

cmake --preset vs2022-x64
cmake --build --preset release --parallel 4

The files are written to build/vs2022-x64/Release/:

File What it is
ReSkateLauncher.exe the launcher (also hosts crash reporting)
ReSkate.dll the runtime the launcher loads into the game
ReSkateServer.exe the dedicated server
ReSkateEmotePacker.exe builds the chat emote pack in assets/emotes

To work in Visual Studio, open build/vs2022-x64/DingoSDK.sln after configuring and select Release | x64.

Running your build

Close the game. Copy ReSkateLauncher.exe and ReSkate.dll beside Skate.exe, then run the launcher.

Local builds never replace themselves. They only report that an update exists, so a release can't overwrite the DLL you are testing.

Useful launcher flags:

Flag Effect
--no-gui start the game straight away, without the launcher window
--no-update skip the update check
--offline play offline, without Steam running
--windowed, --width=N, --height=N windowed mode and its size
--log-level=<trace|debug|info|warning|error> how much ReSkate.log records
--menu-key=0x2D, --console-key=0xC0 menu and console keys (virtual-key codes)
--no-loose-files ignore loose Lua and config files beside the game
--gpu-diagnostics record extra detail when the graphics driver crashes (DRED)

CMake options

Option Default Effect
DINGOSDK_VERSION 0.0.0 version stamped into the binaries
DINGOSDK_LAUNCHER_AUTO_UPDATE OFF let the launcher replace itself and ReSkate.dll, and the server replace itself (release builds)
DINGOSDK_RELEASE_REPO Dingo-Shenanigans/ReSkate public GitHub repository whose latest release carries launcher.json and the files it pins
DINGOSDK_BACKTRACE_URL the project's endpoint Backtrace minidump submission URL; empty turns crash uploads off
DINGOSDK_TEST_GAME_ROOT empty a Skate folder, for the tests that read real game data

Tests

Each module keeps its regression tests in a Test/ folder. Turn them on with any of DINGOSDK_BUILD_MULTIPLAYER_TESTS, DINGOSDK_BUILD_LAUNCHER_TESTS, DINGOSDK_BUILD_PARK_EDITOR_TESTS and DINGOSDK_BUILD_BACKTRACE_TESTS, then run CTest:

cmake --preset vs2022-x64 -DDINGOSDK_BUILD_MULTIPLAYER_TESTS=ON -DDINGOSDK_BUILD_LAUNCHER_TESTS=ON
cmake --build --preset release --parallel 4
ctest --test-dir build/vs2022-x64 -C Release

The project builds with /W4 /WX: warnings are errors.

Project layout

The source tree loosely follows Frostbite's own layout.

Folder Contents
Engine/Core/ logging, console, JSON, storage, platform helpers, Detours hooks, crash reporting (Debug/)
Engine/Resource/ Frostbite data formats: EBX, TOC, CAS, bundles, shader lookup
Engine/Vfs/ InitFS, the Mods folder, mod merging, the content cache
Engine/Scripting/ custom Lua scripts
Engine/Game/ the game's native ABI and data models
Engine/Game/Build/<build>/ every address, fingerprint and patch tied to one Skate.exe build, as addr::<area>::<name>
Extension/ ReSkate's features, the in-game UI and diagnostics
Runtime/ ReSkate.dll: entry point, startup and exports
Launcher/ ReSkateLauncher.exe
Server/ ReSkateServer.exe
EmotePacker/ ReSkateEmotePacker.exe
External/ third-party libraries, pinned and hashed (see External/README.md)
assets/, config/ files built into the binaries: launcher art, emotes, default profile settings
cmake/ the build, split by area

Supporting a new game build

Feature code never contains addresses. Everything tied to one Skate.exe lives in Engine/Game/Build/<build>/ and in the pins of supported_build.h: file hashes, the Steam depot and manifest, and the content cache. A new game build means a new table and new pins. Most hooks and patches check the bytes they expect before touching them, so code from the wrong build is refused rather than patched.

Crash reports and privacy

When the launcher or the game crashes, ReSkate uploads a minidump and that session's log to the project's Backtrace account, so crashes can be fixed. The log never contains your Steam password or login name.

To turn it off, untick Send crash reports in the launcher's Settings (ADVANCED), or set the environment variable RESKATE_CRASH_REPORTING=0.

Third-party code

ReSkate uses Dear ImGui, Microsoft Detours, RapidJSON, spdlog, SQLite, LZ4, Zstandard, miniz, bcdec and Valve's networking headers, and the Montserrat and Permanent Marker fonts. Versions, licenses and local patches are in External/README.md. Every release ships their license files in licenses/.

License

Copyright © 2026 the ReSkate contributors.

ReSkate's source code is free software: you can redistribute it and modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. If you share a modified ReSkate, share its source code under the same license.

The license covers ReSkate's own code. It does not cover:

AI disclosure

Parts of ReSkate, including code, reverse-engineering notes and documentation, were written with the help of AI coding assistants. The maintainers direct and test that work, but AI-written code can contain mistakes like any other. If something looks wrong, please open an issue.

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Что это?ReSkate — фанатский мод-фреймворк и лаунчер для скейтборд-игры EA «skate.»: позволяет играть полностью офлайн, размещать собственные мультиплеерные лобби или выделенные серверы и устанавливать моды.
Это отдельная игра или дополнение, работающее рядом с skate.?Это три части: лаунчер, рантайм-DLL, загружаемая в процесс игры, и опциональный выделенный сервер. Игру он не заменяет — она должна быть у вас отдельно.
Как это запустить?Скачайте последний zip ReSkate со страницы Releases и распакуйте ReSkateLauncher.exe и ReSkate.dll либо в существующую папку skate., либо в пустую папку (лаунчер может сам установить игру, около 14 ГБ), затем запустите ReSkateLauncher.exe и нажмите PLAY.
Нужно ли уже владеть skate. в Steam?Да, нужна своя копия skate. в Steam; лаунчер проверяет ваши файлы, при необходимости скачивает единственную поддерживаемую сборку (со входом по QR-коду или учётным данным Steam) и обновляет сам себя.
Будет ли ReSkate работать с любой версией игры?Нет, ReSkate поддерживает ровно одну сборку игры за раз (сейчас это сборка Steam 25414733); если Steam обновит игру дальше, лаунчер заново скачает нужную сборку, прежде чем вы сможете играть.
Можно ли запустить клиент на Linux или только сервер?Лаунчер и игровой клиент работают только на Windows (собраны в Visual Studio 2022). Зато выделенные серверы поставляются и как нативный бинарник Linux x86_64 — без Wine и установки игры.
Что происходит при падении лаунчера или игры?При падении ReSkate автоматически загружает минидамп и лог этой сессии в аккаунт Backtrace проекта для отладки; туда никогда не попадают ваш пароль или имя аккаунта Steam, а отчётность можно отключить в настройках.
Как работают моды?Положите папку мода или .zip в каталог Mods/ либо установите мод со страницы MODS лаунчера, которая напрямую просматривает сообщество Thunderstore. Большинство модов применяются в игре без перезапуска, а несовместимые пропускаются с предупреждением, пока остальные загружаются.
Что такое Park Editor?Это внутриигровой инструмент для строительства собственных скейт-парков: вы размещаете, двигаете и сохраняете объекты, со свободной камерой, привязками и отменой действий.
Что можно делать в мультиплеере?Можно размещать публичные или защищённые паролем лобби Steam до 32 игроков, подключаться к выделенным серверам через внутриигровой браузер, пользоваться позиционным голосовым и текстовым чатом с эмоциями, объединяться в группы и соревноваться в Jam, Spot Battle, S.K.A.T.E. или кооперативных испытаниях.
Использовался ли ИИ при создании ReSkate?Да, части кода, заметки по реверс-инжинирингу и документация написаны с помощью ИИ-ассистентов для кодинга, но мейнтейнеры проверяют и тестируют эту работу и просят пользователей сообщать о любых подозрительных местах.
What are similar projects?luanti, PS5SX2, CircuitLordVRModInstaller, CnC_Remastered_Collection, zombies-declassified, skate-3-rust-engine, bbhost, ArkWeb
Which topics is it in?crash-reporting, game-server, launcher, steam, console, multiplayer, game-modding, qr-code, modding, cmake, lua, chat
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