skybox help needed. dont come in if you're gonna flame! Thread

another thing that frustrates me with the new hammer is creating a skybox (the sky duhh) like this: Dbadventures.net

the sdk document is too hard for me and i cant find a video tutorial. can someone advanced tell me in an easier way how to make one?

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I dont understand, what exactlys wrong with that?

He didn't do it, he's looking for a tutorial how too.

edit: I'm not sure where to find hl2 tutorials, but from what I recall of hl1 mapping, (not sure if hl2 is the same) The simple way to do it is make a box around the area and placce a sky texture on it.

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its not like that in hl2. also everyone, read my posts word by word. i said like when i was refering to how i wanted the skybox which means i wanted a skybox like the one in that picture.

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make a box, hollow it & use the kysbox texture on the inner walls (the texture is that light-blue thingey without a sky texture)

here's a site which appears to be helpful

Valve-erc.com

and this will obviously be of interest on making skyboxes.

Valve-erc.com

The~David~Cult wrote: the sdk document is too hard for me

Stimor wrote: make a box, hollow it & use the kysbox texture on the inner walls (the texture is that light-blue thingey without a sky texture)

you're talking about hl1 right? if not, what do i do next?

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You want to know how to generate the images for a skybox or skyroom, or you simply want to get those images onto a working skybox in the game?

Simple.

Create a room around the whole map (if your a n00b you can create a brush, hollow @ 32) and texture the four inside faces with the texture `skybox` (search for it on the texture tab tool).

Then goto map > map properties > skybox texture name > choose one (theres a list on the hl2world.com wiki)

Or leave it blank and itll fill in the default one.

if i assign one of these textures to a wall, will that work as a sky? let me go check right now....brb

update: that didn't work

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search for skybox

It isnt like that, its an actual blue texture with skybox written on it.

awsome, it worked but how do i make it a textured sky now? opps n/m i didnt see your other post

thanks so much

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uh oh i got a new problem (thats why this is a seperate post)

Loading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\*my email*\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\ds_test_island_1.bsp
Error opening c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\*my email*\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\ds_test_island_1.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\*my email*\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\ds_test_island_1.bsp" "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\*my email*\half-life 2\hl2\maps\ds_test_island_1.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified."

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You did not set up the directories correctly

yes i did this is a pic of where i saved it

opps i forgot to paste this: "Placing detail props : 0...1...Error! Too many detail props emitted on this map!" i think i know what i did wrong. let me try to fix it

update: yey i fixed it

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Its too bad you couldn't do a 180 dome and apply that type of texture to it. Might look good if you could it to rotate a lil.

iv never tried making a dome, but thats an awsome idea. vertix tool does that i guess. ill deff. try that next time.

the texture that has the box that says SKYBOX in it is called "toolsskybox" he puts that on what he wants for the sky. Then go to the Map Properties and type in the name of the sky example "sky_day01_01" or "sky_borealis01"

Im having trouble adding a Custom Sky texture.

I may have the shader wrong.

If someone could aid me with custom sky textures, please post.

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good luck trying to do that :/. adding custom textures with the new hammer is much harder now...