Spot Battle Rounds — Move to Top

REQUIRED to unlock 1–100 rounds: move this mod to the TOP of the ReSkate mod manager, above map mods (including Skate 3 Improved), then restart the game.

More rounds. Same battle.

A quick showdown or a marathon session: set your Spot Battle to any round count from 1 to 100, right where you already start a battle.

Choose 1–100 rounds in the normal Spot Battle setup menu on ReSkate 2.1.2. The default remains 3 rounds. Turn duration, player count, scoring and the native Spot Battle rules stay unchanged.

Required load order

In the ReSkate launcher mod manager, select Spot Battle Rounds Move To Top and choose Move to top. It must appear above all map mods, including Skate 3 Improved. Restart the game after changing the order. ReSkate gives higher entries priority.

If Rounds still stops at 5, check this order first. Other custom maps may need additional compatibility support even with the correct order.

Load-order warning

If Spot Battle Rounds is below another enabled mod, a notice appears once after your skater loads and again each time you enter the Spot Battle setup screen. It explains that moving the mod to the top and restarting is needed to increase the round limit to 100. It does not repeat while the same screen stays open. Disabled mods above it do not trigger the warning.

Verified in-game on vanilla ReSkate 2.1.2: the startup notice appears, and reopening Spot Battle repeats the reminder with the round-limit explanation.

Open PLUGINS > Spot Battle Rounds to check the saved order again. If you change the enabled mod order while the game is open, the page reminds you to restart. The helper only reads the order; it does not reorder mods or edit maps.

This is a load-order check, not detection of a broken Spot Battle menu. Vanilla ReSkate 2.1.2 does not expose that menu's rounds maximum to Lua plugins. A correct order does not guarantee compatibility with every custom map. The menu check uses the ActivitiesDetailsBack navigation marker observed on the stock Spot Battle setup screen. Other activity-detail screens sharing this marker can also show the reminder when the load order is wrong. This does not inspect the rounds maximum or prove that a particular map is compatible.

Install and play

1. Install and enable this package in ReSkate's mod manager.
2. Choose Move to top, then restart the game.
3. Open the normal Throwdowns menu and choose Spot Battle.
4. Adjust Rounds, confirm the settings and place the flag as usual.

For manual installation, extract the package into its own folder under Mods, for example Mods/IVI3SI-Spot_Battle_Rounds_Move_To_Top, then enable it, move it to the top of the mod manager and restart. Disable the package and restart to restore the stock 1–5 selector.

Multiplayer

The host installs the mod to unlock the expanded rounds selector. Unmodded guests are expected to follow the host's round setting, but mixed-install multiplayer has not been tested. Matching package versions are recommended for initial testing.

No server plugin or ReSkate code change is expected: the stock server relays native throwdown parameters, and this menu asset change passes the stock scoring check. Real multi-PC multiplayer has not yet been verified.

Compatibility and test status

This initial version targets ReSkate 2.1.2 and its supported game data. It patches the menu parameter callback in the six stock map bundles containing that asset, plus the two copies carried by Skate 3 Improved 1.1.7. Keep this package above Skate 3 Improved in the mod load order. The map is installed separately. Other custom maps and other mods replacing the callback may need compatibility work.

Version 0.1.1 fixes the five-round selector seen on Skate 3 Improved. The game loads the two corrected callbacks, and the merged asset audit confirms all other map assets retain their previous metadata. The player confirmed that the normal Spot Battle menu on this map selects up to 100 rounds. Other custom maps have not been verified.

The packaged menu patch was tested on the official, unchanged 2.1.2 DLL. The player confirmed that both 20 and 100 could be selected. Automated checks verify that only the rounds maximum changes, with minimum 1 and default 3. Full 100-round completion and real multiplayer remain unverified.

This combines asset overrides with a small sandboxed Lua warning helper. It includes no replacement ReSkate DLL and needs no console command during normal play.

Changelog

0.1.3

• Repeat the load-order reminder when entering the Spot Battle/activity-detail menu.
• Explain that moving the mod to the top enables the increased round limit.
• Keep the startup reminder and status page.

0.1.2

• Add a startup load-order warning and status page.
• Keep the tested rounds assets unchanged.

0.1.1

• Patch both menu callback copies carried by Skate 3 Improved 1.1.7.
• Keep Spot Battle Rounds above Skate 3 Improved in the mod load order.

0.1.0

• Expand the normal Spot Battle Rounds selector from 1–5 to 1–100.
• Preserve the default of 3 and all other native mode parameters.
• Check the expected stock minimum, maximum and default before applying the override.
• Include the callback patch for all six stock map bundles containing the asset.