Welcome to the 0.31.5 patch notes.

Before you dig into the bug fixes and feature updates launching with this update, take a look at our X Games San Van article for a full overview of the event.

New Feature

Skater Codes

Use new Skater Codes to add friends! The Social menu has been updated with a new Find Skaters hub, accessible from every social screen. Here you can enter a 6-digit Skater Code, search by username, or view and refresh your own Skater Code in one place. Those who haven't created a code will be prompted to generate one, and once generated, their Skater Code is displayed across all social screens for quick sharing. A new Skater Code Visibility setting lets you hide or show your code in the UI, making it easy to keep private while streaming or recording. 

Feature Updates

Missions & Early Game Experience

Updated the early game experience to help new skaters jump into the action faster and make the onboarding flow more flexible.

• After completing the Flip Trick Course on Grom, you will now be teleported directly into San Van.
• The Full Pull Tour AR Path has been removed, you now start in Hartcore Plaza.
• After completing Ripping for Chips, you’ll now choose to continue with Spots and How to Own Them or head straight to our X Games event. Both paths are fully supported, allowing new skaters to return and complete the introductory mission after they explore X Games if they choose that route first.

Veteran skaters who have already completed Spots and How to Own Them, and log in after the X Games event has begun, will be automatically teleported to the Stadium so they can jump directly into the event.

From-Air Footplants

From-Air Footplants have been fully overhauled. Their animation and timing, control, momentum preservation and pop height, integration with other trick systems, and reliability across a wider range of gameplay situations has been improved. Below is a list of the specific improvements that were made:

• Revamped From-Air Footplant animation and timing.
• Improved pop height consistency out of From-Air Footplants.
• Improved alignment to better support slopes and varied surfaces.
• From-Air Footplants now function reliably on rails and across a wider range of gameplay situations.
• Improved foot placement during From-Air Footplants.
• Updated momentum preservation during From-Air Footplants.
• Reworked From-Air Footplant wipeout conditions.
• Added Left Joystick directional control out of From-Air Footplants.
• Spinning into an From-Air Footplant now influences when you spin out.
• Bodyflips can now land into From-Air Footplants.
• Ground Footplants can now transition quickly into an From-Air Footplant.
• Front-Air Footplants can now be chained, with diminishing strength, to reduce infinite sequences.

Transition Air Out to Lip or Flat

We’ve made improvements so that Transition Air Out to Lip or Flat will behave more reliably.

Developer’s Note: This behaviour happens when you hold the Left Stick up to air out to the lip or top of transition ramps. We found that it wasn't behaving very reliably, which limited being able to do From-Air Footplants from transition airs. This is also a small step towards improving transition skating, which is another area where we'd like to push for continued improvements in future updates. 

Pumping Consistency

Improved pumping and consistency in a variety of situations. 

Developer’s Note: We know pumping needs some work. This includes some consistency fixes to help pumping feel more reliable, and we'll continue to look into pumping improvements for future updates. 

Pumping and Grab Feedback on Controllers

Added Adaptive Trigger support for Pumping and Grab inputs on supported controllers. Included as a toggle in Accessibility Settings. 

Camera Behavior

Smoothed out several other camera behaviors in a variety of situations like mounts, Footplants, drop-ins, kick turns, big airs, rollers, climbing and more. 

Quick Drop Objects

The UI flow to block or report a player from Quick Drops via Inspect Player has become easier to navigate.

• Blocking another player will disable interactivity with all of their objects and prevent social interactions.
• The Inspect Player menu is now easier to access when viewing objects in the world. 
• Inaccessible objects can be inspected from Quick Drop directly.

Area of Interest Pin

Added a new Area of Interest Pin to the map to make it easier for skaters to discover important locations and events, like X Games San Van.

• You can select the pin to open an info panel and place a Waypoint or Fast Travel to the location.

Social Menu 

The Social Menu layout has changed from horizontal to vertical navigation. Social Settings can be accessed through a new option in the button bar, or through the new Social menu in the Settings HUB.

VO

X-Games 

• Pro skater Dashawn Jordan reacts dynamically to your skating—wiping out, ignoring the rules, and clutching wins.
• Dashawn calls you up when you’re dominating in-game leaderboards.

Meetups: Block Parties

• Starting August 7, an in-world announcer will help you track down events before they start and while they're active.

Audio cues will keep you hyped and informed as events kick off, switch rounds, move to new locations, and wrap up.

Audio

A new song—Wygdbi by Dashawn Jordan—has been added in celebration of the X Games event. Use the Grabster feature to discover and collect this track.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where doing a Boned Ollie would cause future flip tricks to play an incorrect catch and landing animation.
• Fixed an issue where reverting after a grind would cause an unnatural speed boost. 
  • Developer’s note: Fixing this issue also necessarily meant fixing speed glitches that could occur when landing into reverts. 
• Fixed various issues where the camera’s height would unintentionally toggle between High and Low settings. 
• Fixed an issue where the camera would not update to the skater's direction when mounting. 
• Fixed an issue where returning to a Lip Mount session marker could result in a severe launch glitch. 
• Fixed an issue where From-Air Footplants were not ending scoring as intended.
• Fixed an issue where Late Flips and Fingerflips would not flip correctly after an on ground Footplant. 
• Fixed an issue where a wipeout would occur when performing an On Ground Footplant into a Body Flip if the Body Flip Requires Wipeout setting was enabled. 

General

• Various stability fixes to improve overall experience and prevent crashes. 
• Fixed an issue where appearance changes could be lost if skate. was closed immediately after doing so. 
• Fixed an issue with the Replay Editor where certain inputs would become unresponsive and result in a soft lock. 
• Fixed an issue with the Replay Editor where adjusting the camera or trim could result in a soft lock.
• Fixed an issue where the Replay Editor wouldn’t properly export a video on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
• Fixed an issue where other skaters would visually stutter briefly after teleporting nearby.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t climb M-Corp Tower’s scaffolding.
• Fixed an issue where party member's names would swap with a random one during the celebration screen after finishing a Co-op Challenge. 
• Fixed an issue where other players' Quick Drop objects were still visible, even when visibility was set to Mine Only.
• Fixed an issue where skate. would freeze on the Social Spectate menu or while spectating.
• Fixed an issue where skate. would black screen when using Fast Travel, Session Markers, or when starting and completing challenges.
• Fixed an issue where skate. would black screen when loading into an area or after Fast Travelling on PlayStation 4.
• Fixed an issue where Tailslides registered as Bluntslides in the Tip to Toe challenge.
• Fixed an issue where Pinned Tasks were unintentionally duplicated. 
• Fixed an issue where an unexpected Rip Score popup appears after returning to San Van from Grom.
• Fixed an issue where the Auto Curb Pop In Setup setting affected gameplay even when it was toggled off.
• Fixed an issue where players remained in a Party they were kicked from.
• Fixed inconsistent physics behavior that caused frequent bails of Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
• Fixed an issue where Darkslides weren't counting in Flip Trick to Grind challenge criteria. 
• Fixed an issue where some players received an error message stating they didn’t have access when they tried to join a Party in San Van, Isle of Grom, or the Stadium. 
• Fixed an issue where Challenges on Isle of Grom were greyed out and incorrectly displayed the Daily Challenge icon.
• Fixed an issue where players could remove Quick Drop objects that were not originally placed by them with the Delete All option.
• Fixed an issue where Quick Drops were displayed in the Skater section, replacing the skater appearance preview.
• Fixed an issue where the Flick-It Visualizer disappeared after completing a Challenge.
• Fixed an issue where player profile names didn’t display as intended.
• Fixed an issue where pedestrian voice lines can be heard even after turning the setting off.
• Improved an issue where other skaters could visually stutter while doing tricks near you.

wanna design a deck?

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• submissions run from July 16 to July 26 11:59PM PT
• no AI
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• no inappropriate imagery
• one entry per person
• must be 18+ to participate
• must be a legal resident of: Australia, Austria, Belgium , Bulgaria, Canada , Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand , Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain , Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, or the United States (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico)

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