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Backyard Skateboarding - Widescreen & FOV Fix

AlphaYellow

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Comes with a RAR file, which includes an ASI plugin intended to fix the resolution, field of view and HUD in the third-person skateboarding game "Backyard Skateboarding" (2004), since the game runs at 640x480 only in the original and at 640x480/800x600 in the GOTY edition.

Source code available here: https://github.com/alphayellow1/AlphaYellowWidescreenFixes/blob/main/source/fixes/BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix

Instructions:

1. Create a folder in the game folder called "scripts".

2. Inside it, create a file named "global.ini" and put the following contents inside it:

[GlobalSets]
LoadPlugins=1
LoadFromScriptsOnly=1

3. Extract the fix files to the newly created "scripts" folder.

4. Download ThirteenAG's Ultimate ASI Loader (32-bit version of dinput8.dll), and extract it to the root game folder.

5. Set the desired resolution and FOV factor in BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix.ini.

What's New in Version 1.2

Released

- Added support for the GOTY edition.


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PCGamerKC

Does not seem to work properly with the Game of the Year edition. 

[2026-01-26 23:50:49.560] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.560] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix v1.1 loaded.
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Log file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\\BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix.log
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Name: BYSkateboarding.exe
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Address: 0x400000
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] DLL has been successfully loaded.
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\scripts\\BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix.ini
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: bFixActive: true
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: iCurrentResX: 2560
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: iCurrentResY: 1600
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: fFOVFactor: 1
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Detected game: Backyard Skateboarding (DX9) (BYSkateboarding.exe)
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.565] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [error] Failed to locate resolution instructions scan memory address.

 

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AlphaYellow
7 hours ago, PCGamerKC said:

Does not seem to work properly with the Game of the Year edition. 

[2026-01-26 23:50:49.560] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.560] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix v1.1 loaded.
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Log file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\\BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix.log
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Name: BYSkateboarding.exe
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Module Address: 0x400000
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] DLL has been successfully loaded.
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\Backyard Skateboarding GOTY\scripts\\BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix.ini
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: bFixActive: true
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: iCurrentResX: 2560
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: iCurrentResY: 1600
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Config Parse: fFOVFactor: 1
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] Detected game: Backyard Skateboarding (DX9) (BYSkateboarding.exe)
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.561] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [info] ----------
[2026-01-26 23:50:49.565] [BackyardSkateboardingWidescreenFix] [error] Failed to locate resolution instructions scan memory address.

 

Thanks for reporting it, I added support for the GOTY edition now.

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