# Garry’s Mod × Skate 3 — SkateGM Canonical: https://playable.wtf/games/the-schwilliam-skategm/ Project ID: project:the-schwilliam-skategm Skate 3 board physics, tricks and scoring on Garry’s Mod maps. ## About this version Skate across Garry’s Mod maps with Skate 3 board physics, tricks and scoring. Build a park or play with friends; a controller is recommended. Native setup. Sports. [Setup on creator site](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM/releases) ## Skate Start with Skate3Recomp for desktop disc import, use the phone-specific ports for mobile installation, and reserve the browser fan game for already converted data. - [Read Skate guide](https://playable.wtf/guides/skate-browser-vs-native-ports/) - [Desktop disc installer](https://playable.wtf/games/skate-3-native/): A release-based ISO installer and controller input; Windows is the maintainer’s most-tested platform. - [Prepared-data browser experiment](https://playable.wtf/games/skate-3-browser/): Connect a compatible converted copy through Game Server; the public launcher supplies no converter. - [Android installation](https://playable.wtf/games/andrewnakas-skate3-android/): The native app can extract your own disc image and Title Update 3 on the phone. - [Skating rewrite](https://playable.wtf/games/skate-3-rust-engine/): A gamepad-led Windows experiment for tricks and maps, with unfinished original-game parity. [Browse all version comparisons](https://playable.wtf/families/) ## Make Garry’s Mod maps into skate spots SkateGM brings Skate 3’s board physics, tricks and scoring into Garry’s Mod. The attraction is choosing your own environment, setting a marker and trying a line with friends, then changing the space with the park editor. It includes a dedicated skating gamemode and a toggle for entering Skater mode inside other gamemodes. Its minigames give that sandbox a purpose. Own the Spot rewards the best scoring turn, S.K.A.T.E. asks everyone to repeat a set trick, and Trick Bingo turns a shared card into a set of landing challenges. Hold the Line is cooperative: each skater inherits the previous player’s position and speed, and a bail ends the group’s run. These are SkateGM activities rather than a claim that the original career is reproduced. Sources: [SkateGM · project documentation](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## Install the addon and the local engine Use Windows and Garry’s Mod’s x86-64 branch. Subscribe to the Workshop addon, close Garry’s Mod and run the separate installer with your own Xbox 360 Skate 3 ISO or extracted default.xex folder. It converts local game data and adds the native engine module, which the Workshop cannot carry. Optional map generation builds Skate 3 locations from your disc and takes additional time. It is off by default. Port Carverton, smaller segments and parks can then appear in Garry’s Mod’s map list; a separate Skate 2 disc is needed for the additional New San Vanelona option. Sources: [SkateGM · project documentation](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## Use markers to practice a line A controller is recommended. Hold LB and use D-pad down to place a marker, then hold the return combination to go back. LB plus D-pad left opens minigames, LB plus B opens the park editor and LB plus RB opens replays. On a keyboard, arrow keys perform Flick-It inputs and R respawns. If a controller fails, the creator recommends disabling Steam Input for Garry’s Mod. Every friend who wants to skate needs the addon and installer locally. In the dedicated gamemode, players without a functioning setup become spectators, so complete each person’s installation before organizing a session. Sources: [SkateGM · project documentation](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## Do I need the original game files? Garry’s Mod’s x86-64 branch and your own Xbox 360 Skate 3 disc image or extracted default.xex folder. Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## How do I get started? Follow the original installer tutorial and point it at your own game data. Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## What are the controls? Keyboard works; the creator recommends a controller. Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## Can I play multiplayer? The project documents skating with friends in Garry’s Mod. Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM) ## Documented support - Controller: Supported · Creator-reported - Multiplayer: Supported · Creator-reported ## Credits and project - [Original project](https://github.com/the-schwilliam/SkateGM)