Absorb & Balance

By Ninel. A ReSkate plugin that makes big drops, grinds and manuals something you have to hold.

Absorb big drops

• Press RB or LB (F on keyboard) right before you land a big drop.
• A timing bar shows up under the skater while you fall. The higher the drop, the tighter the window.
• On time: CLEAN. A bit off: SKETCHY, the upper body is thrown off balance, the knees bend, then the skater catches it.
• Too early, no absorb, or a drop above the realistic height: you bail with your momentum.
• The grade also shows in the game's own trick ticker.

Balance on grinds and slides

• Tony Hawk style needle on grinds, slides and stalls. Hold it in the middle with RB / LB (Left / Right keys).
• The needle falls faster the closer it gets to the edge, the body sways on its own, the rail kicks now and then.
• 50-50s and 5-0s are steadier than boardslides and lipslides. Speed helps, stalls are easy.
• The upper body leans toward the side you are falling: front / back when you stand along the rail, left / right on a boardslide. Mirrored in fakie and switch.
• Near the edge the arms flail with the game's own animation.

Balance on manuals

• The same needle, nose to tail, as soon as the game counts your manual (no false starts on slopes or ollies).
• RB / LB (Up / Down keys) to hold it. Nose manuals are harder, cracks in the ground shake you.
• The back folds toward the side you are falling, in regular, fakie and switch.
• Lose it and you slide off the nose or the tail with your momentum.

Settings

Everything is on the plugin's page in the ReSkate menu (Insert > Plugins):

• HUD opacity, timing / balance bar, grades.
• Drop heights and timing windows.
• Difficulty, smoothness and lean amount for grinds and manuals.
• Arms, lean, auto balance (the needle never falls).

Ctrl+H toggles the whole HUD. The body is measured once while you ride: the leans start working after a few seconds on the board.

Notes

• The legs and feet stay the game's: the plugin only moves the back, head and arms, and lowers the hips a little during a sketchy.
• No controller vibration: ReSkate does not offer it to plugins.
• The "trojan" message on the plugin's menu page is a joke: there is no trojan and nothing to pay. The whole plugin is one readable Lua file (plugin/main.lua).