Tony Hawk's Underground 1+2+PRO Steam Deck Installation Instructions

basic instructions for THUG1/2/PRO installation on Steam Deck (the instructions for THUG1 and THUG2 are nearly identical, just change directory names when following the instructions):

Get Tony Hawk’s Underground "THUG1_FULL.ISO" and/or "THUG2_Full.ISO" files. Also, get ClownJob'd latest versions: https://thpsx.com/forums/index.php?topic=1291.0 and http://thmods.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451 . Put the ISO and ClownJob'd folders/files on the Steam Deck. Go into Desktop Mode. Extract THUG1_FULL or THUG2_FULL ISO. Add a new game through Lutris using the Windows Executable option, and when you get to the step where it asks for the file, point it to setup.exe in the extracted ISO folder. Run the setup as if it’s Windows. Lutris should say it was installed correctly. Once that’s done, restart Steam to make sure the shortcut is actually added to Steam. Open the game install folder that Lutris made, find the emulated C Drive and program files etc. folder inside (for me this was “/home/deck/Games/tony-hawks-underground-2/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Activision/Tony Hawk’s Underground 2/Game”), and copy/paste ClownJob’d.INI, ClownJob’d.DLL, and THUGONE.exe into it. Open ClownJob’d.INI with a text editor, set resolution to 1280x800, and then change anything else you want too.

Then, right click in the Lutris list of games, configure the game’s runner to use latest Proton GE instead of its default wine GE, even if they appear to be the same version (8.25 right now). Switch back to Gaming Mode, launch the game through Steam, which will launch the typical THUG game launcher. Set quality/resolution to highest, set all the anti-fog/distance clipping if you want. Then go to the gamepad binding, and select the 360 controller. Then click on one of the controls with touchscreen or STEAM+Trackpad, and it should start reacting to your gamepad. Bind everything.

*** OPTIONAL: rebind d-pad buttons as joystick using Steam controller preferences for the specific game, so you can use both d-pad and left controller to move around. ***

Then, save and quit. Go back to Desktop mode, Lutris, right click game, set it to launch THUGONE.exe or THUGTWO.exe (which is ClownJob’d) instead of the launcher; for me this was inside “/home/deck/Games/tony-hawks-underground-2/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Activision/Tony Hawk’s Underground 2/Game”, whereas the launcher was a folder above Game. Then go back to Game Mode and launch, and it should just launch the game, ClownJob’d, and full screen, with all controls working.

Repeat for the other game.

Now, for THUG PRO: make sure you follow the above instructions and install THUG2 with Lutris first. Download the THUG PRO setup file from here: http://thugpro.com/download

put it on the Steam Deck. Go into Desktop Mode. Add a new game in Lutris, and this is the important part: MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THUG2’S INSTALLATION DIRECTORY THAT YOU MADE WHEN YOU INSTALLED THUG2 WITH LUTRIS! It will tell you “installation will not work properly” or something, but it can go to hell lol. For me this folder was “/home/deck/Games/tony-hawks-underground-2/”

Run the installer like it’s Windows; it’ll ask you “First, we need to know where THUG2 is located.” and you will have to go into the emulated C Drive, Program Files (x86)\Activision\Tony Hawk’s Underground 2\Game and select that. The installation will take a few minutes; at the end, it will have what appears to be an OS level error; tell it to Continue. Then, exit the emulated Windows installer window, and Lutris will say it installed correctly after a few seconds. Once that’s done, restart Steam to make sure the shortcut is actually added to Steam.

Now, right click THUG Pro in the Lutris list, and change the runner to be that latest GE Proton, just like you did for THUG1/2. Then, change the exe it launches; it is inside the THUG2’s emulated C drive in AppData; which for me was this: “/home/deck/Games/tony-hawks-underground-2/drive_c/users/deck/AppData/Local/THUG Pro/“; inside that folder is “THUGProLauncher.exe”; set it to that, go into Gaming Mode, and launch. Set the resolution to 1280x800, set any of the graphics options if you want like clipping, anti-aliasing, etc. Then, go to Gamepad Binding, and bind all the controls.

*** OPTIONAL: rebind d-pad buttons as joystick using Steam controller preferences for the specific game, so you can use both d-pad and left controller to move around. And if you set things to L3/R3, also rebind the back paddles to those so you don’t have to click in the sticks. ***

Then Save and Exit. Now, finally, go back to Desktop Mode, Lutris, right click THUG Pro, and change the exe it launches; same place as before, which for me was “/home/deck/Games/tony-hawks-underground-2/drive_c/users/deck/AppData/Local/THUG Pro/“; this time, set it to “THUGPro.exe” instead of the launcher. Save, exit Lutris, go back to Gaming Mode, and launch THUG Pro. Everything should work, full screen, gamepad controls, and online works too!