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Garry’s Mod × Skate 3

Skate 3 board physics, tricks and scoring on Garry’s Mod maps.

A skateboarder rides a concrete wall while other skaters follow in Skate 3.SetupYour game files required
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Original Skate 3 publisher screenshot, used as a source-game reference for SkateGM.

Skate 3 © Electronic Arts and its licensors. EA publisher screenshot; independent editorial excerpt. This website is not endorsed by or affiliated with EA or its licensors.

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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.

Project
SkateGM
Original games
Garry's Mod · Skate 3
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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.

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  • Desktop disc installer

    A release-based ISO installer and controller input; Windows is the maintainer’s most-tested platform.

  • Prepared-data browser experiment

    Connect a compatible converted copy through Game Server; the public launcher supplies no converter.

  • Android installation

    The native app can extract your own disc image and Title Update 3 on the phone.

  • Skating rewrite

    A gamepad-led Windows experiment for tricks and maps, with unfinished original-game parity.

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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.

SkateGM · project documentation

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.

SkateGM · project documentation

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.

SkateGM · project documentation

Before you play

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
How do I get started?

Follow the original installer tutorial and point it at your own game data.

Creator-reported · Project guide
What are the controls?

Keyboard works; the creator recommends a controller.

Creator-reported · Project guide
Can I play multiplayer?

The project documents skating with friends in Garry’s Mod.

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    A skateboarder rides a concrete wall while other skaters follow in Skate 3.

    Original Skate 3 publisher screenshot, used as a source-game reference for SkateGM. Skate 3 © Electronic Arts and its licensors. EA publisher screenshot; independent editorial excerpt. This website is not endorsed by or affiliated with EA or its licensors. Source · Editorial-use framework