Create-A-Skater FAQ - Guide for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

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                       Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 
                              Macintosh 
                         Create-A-Skater FAQ 
                             Version 1.0
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Contents:

1. About this FAQ
2. Version History
3. DOs and DON'ts
4. Roster Menu
5. Main Options Screen
6. Appearance Menu
7. Stats Menu
8. Celebrity Look Alikes
9. Notes & Thanks


=======================================================================
About this FAQ
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First off I have gotten this idea when I saw how many people were      asking 
questions about  different things about create a character mode,  and I noticed 
there was not a  FAQ written that could help them so, I  figured that I could 
help all of those people since  I knew basically  what that option was about,  
and have enough time to  search and write down every option in there If you have 
any questions or comments or    have found any mistakes or have found a way to 
make a celebrity look   alike, send me an e-mail at  [email protected] and I will 
try to fix the  mistake or add your character on  the FAQ on my next update and I 
will  also be sure to give you full credit of it.                              
                                                                        

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Version History
=======================================================================

1.0 - Have it completed, the only things that need updating are the 
      Celebrity Look Alikes

Last Updated: Sunday, 27 January, 2002

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The DOs and DON'Ts
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There are many things that will either make your created skater either really 
good or really bad. Some of the ideas may not be so abvious, and others may be 
quite obvious.                                            
                                            
The DON'Ts 

- Never make the shirt color and the pants color the exact same, it
  will not look as good.

- Do not make your skater too fat or too thin, it may look cool at 
  first, but eventually it does not work well when you are looking at
  something.

- Do not make you stats too heavy in just one catagory, all the others
  will be real bad and will end up hurting you.  

The DO's

- If you want a skater to have the same color shirt and pants, try to 
  find two colors that are close, but not the same.

- Try to make all of your stats somewhat even, (If you do not have any 
  idea of how to set them up I gave a few options in the Stats Menu 
  area.

- Try to make a specific style of clothing for your skater ie. thug,
  goth, skater, prep etc. 


=======================================================================Roster Menu
=======================================================================

When you first get into the Main Menu of the game, you should notice an option 
called  Create Skater.  If you decide you  want to make a skater that resembles  
you or one  of your friends,  go into this option.  The first screen that appears 
is a Roster Menu. There is not much to do    here. All it shows is the names of 
all of your created skaters (up to  four) and some options at the 
bottom.                                  

If you have made a created character but did not like it very much, go  to that 
skater and press the Square button, this should delete this      
character.                                                               

If you have a character on another memory card or save press the Circle  button, 
this should lead you to a screen resembling the one where you     load your 
career and the controls are all the same.                      

If you want to leave this menu press the Triangle button and this         should 
put you back to the Main Menu.                                    

If you have found a character that you want to change or make a new       one, go 
to them and press the X button and you will go onto the next          screen.


=======================================================================Main 
Options Screen
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Name- You can make your name anything that you want to using letters   
      numbers and some symbols, the default option is Skater A.        

Hometown- You can enter the name that you want your skater to live in, 
          once again you have the options of numbers letters and some     
          symbols, the default option is Woodland Hills.               

Age- You can choose the age of your skater, ages vary anywhere from 5        
     years old to 55 years old, and add up by one, so you can choose       
     any age within that range.                                              

Style- There are three different styles that each skater can be. Vert, 
       Street and All Around. A vert skater should have better Air,     
       Hangtime, Ollie, Speed, and Spin, while a street skater should    
       have better Switch, Rail Balance, Lip Balance, Manuals, and     
       Speed, but an all around skater should have average of every    
       thing.                                                          

Stance- There are two options here, Regular and Goofy. A regular stance    
        is when your feet face the right, and a goofy stance is when     
        your feet face the left. These are both true if they are not in    
        switch and are looking at them from behind, like the camera      
        does when you skate.                                              

Weight- There are many options here- 88, 101, 115, 130, 145, 162, 180,  
        198, 217, 238, 254, 281, 304, 328, 352, and 378. All of these   
        numbers are in pounds.                                          

Once you have all of these option decided, go to where it says next and   you 
should go onto the Appearance Menu                                   


=======================================================================Appearance 
Menu
=======================================================================

In this menu you have to determine what you skater will look like and  wear. 
Activision defiantly left you plenty of options here.             

Complexion- There are three different types of complexions, the first   
            one is African American, the second is White, and the third   
            is a darker toned white, more like a tanned person.         

Head- Here you choose what your head looks like, each complexion has     
      its own options in there.                                         

-Type 1- Afro Guy, Low Cut, Sunglasses, Spike, Bald, Bald and a goatee, 
         Bald and a beard, Cornrows, Headband, Mowhawk, Mowhawk 2,     
         Hairnet, Helmut, Cap Backwards, Cap Forwards, Beanie, Shower 
         Cap, Rhasta Guy, Mullet A, Knit Cap, Finshing Hat

-Type 2- Mullet A, Mullet B, Low Cut, Sunglasses, Spike, Bald, Bald and
         a goatee, Bald and a beard, Headband, Mowhawk, Baby Boomer     
         Mowhawk 2, Hairnet, Helmut, Cap Backwards, Cap Forwards,      
         Beanie, Hey Skipper, Shower Cap, Bald and a headband, Brown    
         Hair, Black Hair, Blond Hair, Blue Hair, Slick Hair, Slick    
         Hair 2, White Fro, and White Fro with glasses, Hair Net, Knit 
         Cap, Fishing Cap, Rasta Man.                

-Type 3- Slick 1, Slick 2, Slick 3, Lowcut, Sunglasses, Spike, Bald,    
         Bald and a Goatee, Bald and a Beard, Headband, Mowhawk 1,        
         Mowhawk 2, Hairnet, Helmut, Cap worn Backwards, Cap worn       
         Forwards, Beanie, Mullet A, Knit Cap, Fishing Cap, Rasta Man,
         and Shower Cap.                

Cap Color- This option is only available if you have chosen your         
           character to wear a cap of some sort. There are a total of    
           38 different colors to choose from, so take your pick.        

Torso- Any one of the following torsos can be chosen for all three of    
       the Complexion Types, and they are....                            
       Button Shirt, Button Shirt with Long Underwear, Long Sleeve       
       Button Shirt, Button Shirt with a Large Pad, Button Shirt with a        
       Small Pad, Striped Shirt, Long Sleeved Striped Shirt, Plaid       
       Shirt, Plaid Shirt with Long Underwear, Long Sleeved Plaid        
       Shirt, Cammo Shirt, Long Sleeve Commo Shirt, Shirtless,         
       Shirtless with Large Pads, Shirtless with Small Pads, Tank Top,    
       Jersey 1, Jersey 1 and a Sweatband, Jersey 2, Jersey 2 and a     
       Sweatband, Jersey 3, Jersey 3 and a Sweatband, Sweatshirt, T-    
       Shirt, T-shirt and Long Underwear, Long Sleeve T-shirt, Long      
       Sleeve T-shirt with a Large Pad, Long Sleeve T-shirt with a      
       Small Pad.                                                      

Logo- You can put any one of the following logos on any one of the    
      torsos except if you chose the "Shirtless" option....           
      None, Audio, Airwalk, Alphanumeric, Axion, Billa Bong, Birdhouse,    
      Brigade, Cab Dragon, Circa, City Stars, Darkstar, Emerica, ES,    
      Etnies, Flip, Four Star, Fury, Ghetto Child, Girl, Hawk Shoes,      
      Hurley, Innes, Independent, Krux, Matix, Monster, Oakley,         
      Quicksilver, Red Dragon, Ricta, Shortys, S.P.O.T., Tensor, Toy   
      Machine, TSA, Valcom, and Zero.                                   

Shirt Color- You can choose any one of the 38 colors in this menu to be  
             your shirt color, except if you chose the "Shirtless"     
             option.                                                       

Sleeve Color- You can choose any one of the 38 colors in this menu to    
              be your shirt color, except if you chose one of the       
              options where your shirt has no sleeves, or you have no    
              shirt all together.                                       

Legs- Here you will have to choose what your skater wears on his legs,  
      this option does not change depending on the complexion type of   
      your skater.                                                      
      Carpenter Pants, Cupped Pants, Ripped Pants, Baggy Pants, Baggy  
      Cargo Pants, Baggy Commo Pants, Baggy Carpenter Pants, Baggy      
      Cuffed Pants, Baggy Ripped Pants, Baggy Striped Pants, Bunched Up   
      Pants, Shorts, Cargo Shorts, Cammo Shorts, Ripped Shorts, Ripped  
      Shorts with White Pads, Ripped Shorts with Black Pads, Regular      
      Pants, Cargo Pants, and Cammo Pants.                              

Pants Color- You can choose any one of the 38 options for the color of 
             your pants.                                                 

Shins- This option will only work if you chose your character pants as 
       one of the shorts...                                            
       High Socks, Old School Socks, Long Underwear, No Socks, and      
       Ankle Socks.                                                    

Shoes- Choose any one of the many shoes for your skater to wear....      
       Caballeros, Campbells, Glifbergs, Kostens, Laseks, Margeras, 
       Mullens, Muskas, Reynolds, Steamers, Steamers White, and Thomas'


=======================================================================Stats Menu
=======================================================================

The only thing that you do when you enter this menu is give your skater his 
statistics, you have 5 points to give him and 10 sections to give them.

If you have chosen your skater to be a vert skater you should probably  have set 
him up something close to this.                                

     Air- XXXXXXX
Hangtime- XXXXX
   Ollie- XXXXX
   Speed- XXXXX
    Spin- XXXXXX
 Landing- XXXX
  Switch- XXXX
Rail Bal- XXXXX
 Lip Bal- XXXX
 Manuals- XXXXX

If you have chosen your skater to be a street skater you should probably have set 
him up something close to this.

     Air- XXXXXX
Hangtime- XXXX
   Ollie- XXXXX
   Speed- XXXXX
    Spin- XXXX 
 Landing- XXXX
  Switch- XXXX
Rail Bal- XXXXXXXX
 Lip Bal- XXXX
 Manuals- XXXXXXX

If you have chosen your skater to be an all around skater you should     probably 
have set him up something close to this.

     Air- XXXXX
Hangtime- XXXXX
   Ollie- XXXXX
   Speed- XXXXX
    Spin- XXXXX
 Landing- XXXXX
  Switch- XXXXX
Rail Bal- XXXXX
 Lip Bal- XXXXX
 Manuals- XXXXX

Note: These are just examples that I have made up they are not a direct  
outline of what your skater should be, just an example of what a good    skater 
of that type would be.                        


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Celebrity-Look-Alike                                                    
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In this area I will enter ways to make different Celebrities in the create a 
character mode...                                              
 
Name: Andy Macdonald
Complexion: 2
Head: Hey skipper
Cap Color: Black
Torso: T-Shirt
Color: White
Logo: Airwalk
Pants: Cargo shorts
Color: Light brown
Shins: Ankle socks
Shoes: Lasek
Weight: 180
 
Name: Casey Bell
Complexion: 2
Head: Helmet
Helmut color: Light green
Torso: Long sleeve
Color: White
Logo: Quicksilver
Pants: Bunched
Color: White
Shins: No socks
Shoes: Rowley
Weight: 180
 
Name: Clint Caruolo
Complexion: 2
Head: Cap forward
Cap color: any
Torso: Anything with Long underwear
Color: Any
Logo: Flip logo
Pants: Bunched
Color: White
Shins: n/a
Shoes: Reynolds
Wight: 88
 
Name: Colin McCay
Complexion: 2
Head: Helmet
Cap Color: Black
Torso: Anthing with Large Pad
Color: Any
Logo: Girl
Shorts: Pad Black
Color: Dark Blue
Shins: Any
Shoes: Koston
Weight: 180
 
Name: Daewon Song
Complexion: 3
Head: Spike
Cap color: n/a
Torso: Jersey
Color: n/a
Pants: Regular
Color: Light Blue
Shins: n/a
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 180
 
Name: DJ Lethal
Complexion: 2
Head: Forward hat
Color: Black
Torso: T-shirt
Color: Black
Pants: Carpenter
Color: Gray
Shins: n/a
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 196
 
Name: Ed Templeton
Complexion: 2
Head: Slick or Lowcut
Cap Color: N/A
Torso: T-shirt
Color: Black
Sleeve Color: Black
Logo: Toy Machine
Legs: Regular Pants
Color: Brown
Shins: N/A
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 180
 
Name: Fred Durst
Complexion: 2
Head: Beenie
Color: Red
Torso: T-shirt
Color: Black
Pants: Baggy carpenter
Color: Light brown
Shins: n/a
Shoes: Campbell
Weight: 196
 
Name: Freddy Kreuger
Complexion: Type 2
Head: Hey Skipper
Hat Color: Black
Torso: Long Sleeve Striped
Color: Any
Shirt Color: Red
Sleeve Color: Red
Pants: Regular Pants
Pants Color: Dark Brown
Shoes: Thomas
Weight: 180
 
Name: Gilligan
Complexion: Type 2
Head: Hey Skipper
Cap color: White
Torso: Long Sleeve
Logo: n/a
Shirt color: Red
Sleeve color: Red
Pants: Regular Pants
Pants color: Blue
Shins: n/a
Shoes: Megeras
 
Name: Greg Graffin
Complexion: 2
Head: Blonde hair
Shirt: Sweatshirt
Color: black
Logo: None
Pants: Regular pants
Color: black
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 180 pounds
 
Name: John Cardiel
Complexion: 2
Head: Cap backwards
Cap color: Black
Torso: Plaid shirt
Color: Blue
Legs: Shorts
Shorts color: Light brown
Shins: High socks
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 198

Name: John Otto
Complexion: 2
Head: Low cut
Torso: T-shirt
Color: Gray
Pants: Baggy cargo
Color: Light brown
Shoes: Steamer
Weight: 217
 
Name: Marc Johnson
Complexion: Type 2
Head: Beanie
Cap color: Gray or Dark gray
Torso: Button shirt
Logo: None
Shirt Color: Red
Sleeve Color: Red
Shins: None
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 180
 
Name: Pat Channita
Complexion: 3
Head: Low cut
Torso: T-Shirt
Color: Red
Logo: Brigade
Pants: Baggy Pants
Color: Dark Blue
Shoes: Caballeros
Weight: 145
 
Name: Sam Rivers
Complexion: 2
Head: Bald
Torso: Button shirt
Color: Dark blue
Pants: Carpenter
Color: Black
Shoes: Police Order
Weight: 196
 
Name: Stone Cold
Complexion: Type 2
Head: Bald Goatee
Torso: Shirtless
Legs: Cargo Pants
Pants Color: Brown
Shoes: Police Order
Wight: 217

Name: Tom Green
Complexion: Type 2
Head: Brown Hair
Torso: Long Underwear
Shirt Color: Black
Logo: None
Pants: Baggy Cargo
Pants Color: Light Brown
Shoes: Laseks
Weight: 145

Name: Will Santos
Complexion: 3
Head: Slick 2
Torso: T-shirt
Logo: Adio
Shirt color: White
Legs: Bunchedup
Pants color: Brown
Shins: Ankle socks
Shoes: Reynolds
Wight: 254

Name: Coby Dick (From Papa Roach)
Complexion: 2
Head: Black Hair
Torso: T-Shirt
Color: Black
Logo: None
Pants: Regular 
PantsColor: Black
Shoes: Caballeros
Weight: 217

Name: Marshal Mathers (EMINEM)
Complexion: 2
Head: Beanie
Beanie Color: Black
Torso: Tank Top
Color: White
Pants: Baggy Cargo
Color: Darkish Blue
Shoes: Reynolds
Weight: 180


=======================================================================NOTES & 
THANKS                                                                 
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First off, I would  like to thank everyone who posted their ideas at 
gamewinners.com (Mad Dogg Rulez 1221; Brian Aguigiu; Ryan Sawey; Power Pete 
50002; B Gosh 15; PSX1Game87; Porijmunky; Nathan Demers; Charlie; Tony Hawk Jr,; 
RK Jones GW.) Thanks to Stephen Bennett for two of the Celebrities. Note: These 
celebrities were taken from my Tony Hawk 2 create a skater faq, and since there 
are only added options, the celebrities should stay the same.

This is a copyrighted work for  Mike Truitt ,  any usage of this faq not noted by 
its author is banned, if you want to have it on you site, just e-mail me at 
[email protected] and I'll be more than happy to allow you to have it on your site,  
but you MUST ask. If you have any Celebrity Look Alikes just e mail them to me 
and I will try to post them on my next update.     

(c)2002 Mike Truitt