3D Skybox

[Grim Reaper]

Obviosly you don't understand it then

You are... CORRECT

[Grim Reaper]

Damn, that vid tut wont work. I crack it open and in media player it says error downloading codec or what the fuck ever

[Blink]

Dude, I gave links to everythingon the video tutorials page, wish people would look ffs.

[Cr4ig]

Dude, I gave links to everythingon the video tutorials page, wish people would look ffs.

If only...

[Spartan]

Dude, I gave links to everythingon the video tutorials page, wish people would look ffs.

I'm sorry to tell you this Blink but... people are dumb. I know it's hard news to bear in a time like this but you have to trust me on this one. [/quote]

[vasko]

Absolutly brilliant
My god things are gonna look sooo much better from here on in,
great tut guys, cheers!

[OpticalSensorArray]

Oh, so basically, the sky_camera should be at the "scaled down origin".
Alright this makes sense now.
An easy way to do this is to make the sky_camera always at the origin to begin with, no matter where the map is, then scale down the reference walls along with the sky_camera, and leave those always in the same orientation, but you can still move them anywhere too.

[Fate™]

im a bit confused after watching the video tut where you place the sky_camera, just after you got it to 0,0,0 co-ordinates, you press one of the mouse buttons to make it into an entity (a small blue box) and then leave it. but i dont understand what you did to do this. ive tried everything, "create object", click here, click there. wtf did you do? the video tut is a little hard to follow for noobs like me ..

:: EDIT ::

nevermind ...

[Blink]

An easy way to do this is to make the sky_camera always at the origin to begin with, no matter where the map is, then scale down the reference walls along with the sky_camera, and leave those always in the same orientation, but you can still move them anywhere too.

That's what you're meant to do to start with, and prety much what I said.

Glad you got it.

[A1armedassailant]

ok the tutorial seems great. however...im having an issue. i placed a building in the skybox,(one with skybox in the model name) and for some reason it keeps overlapping into the map. i moved it outside the 1/16th scale version of the maps layout, and then extended the new skybox brush over it to keep it inside the skybox. what am i doing wrong? does it need to remain at the skybox edge, to line up with the map properly?

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ok well, i got the placement of them so theyre not inside the map, but they look lower than the rest of the map. will simply raising them all up a bit solve this?

[yodasarmpit]

Great tutorial, works a treat

[G|a$sEater54]

sorry to bump this topic..but after reading peoples problems...I just can't resist.

If you can't even make a freaking 3D skybox...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING MAPPING. Theres an example that comes with the SDK, and shows you how to make one! You shouldnt need a freaking tutorial (the tut is awesome, but still)!!!!! This is one of the easyest things to do, other than create a blank room and try to call it a complete map.

Ok...I'm done ranting...goodbye.

[mike-o]

soooo..... y dont u just make the enlarger 12X or 8X?

you could, but 3d skybox models are at 1/16 scale. so youre a dumbass if you make it 12x or 8x.

[Blink]

sorry to bump this topic..but after reading peoples problems...I just can't resist.

If you can't even make a freaking 3D skybox...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING MAPPING. Theres an example that comes with the SDK, and shows you how to make one! You shouldnt need a freaking tutorial (the tut is awesome, but still)!!!!! This is one of the easyest things to do, other than create a blank room and try to call it a complete map.

Ok...I'm done ranting...goodbye.

So so easy to say when you know how to do it no? Perhaps drop the elitist attitude and try helping.

[G|a$sEater54]

So so easy to say when you know how to do it no? Perhaps drop the elitist attitude and try helping.

Usually I don't use that kind of attitude, instead I try to help. I started about 3 weeks ago..so I'm still a nub myself. Mapping isn't all that hard at this point, it's when you get to the triggering and such that I find is even the least bit difficult. And no, I'm not trying to start a flame war. I'm just saying, they should actually look around before they start asking questions. Placing a sky_camera in a toolsskybox textured box, with a few props, isnt hard at all. I'm sure if they tried to figure it out by themselves, they might find things easyer to do later.