2D Skybox

[zombie@computer]

you may also want to try another skybox

[Hansz]

Hey the line around ur skybox is there because u have your textures set on low...medium and high dont have it

^^ had the same prob for awhile!

Thnx... Actually .. I had it on medium and switching to High fixed it... but i've got it set to Medium for a reason (speed of loading maps)... Hmmm Maybe I'll give another skybox a chance.

*UPDATE*

Yep... another Skybox fixed it... I think it's a 'problem' with the Skybox Wasteland02

[spunky]

hahah true...i was too lazy to change the skybox workarounds are so much fun! grrr

[JayDawg]

Can't get a sky box to work...

I followed the tutorial but can't seem to get it. In game all I get if I look up and to the sides is slurred textures from the rest of my map, very messed up. I put the Map Properties --> SkyBox Texture to sky_day01_05up and it didn't work... Tried a bunch of others too. Here is my compile:


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp" "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jan 19 2005)
2 threads
materialPath: c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\materials
Loading C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face.vmf
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (1)
writing C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face.prt...done (0)
Can't load skybox file sky_day01_05up to build the default cubemap!
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (76675 bytes)
Emitting linux collision data (use -nolinuxdata to disable).
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (76675 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Writing C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp
2 seconds elapsed
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 48
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 5

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\sourcesdk\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp" -fast "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Dec 15 2004)
fastvis = true
2 threads
reading c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\mod project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp
reading c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\mod project\maps\dm_house_face.prt
602 portalclusters
1994 numportals
BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
Optimized: 23740 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 231975
Average clusters visible: 385
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 601
visdatasize:88279 compressed from 96320
writing c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\mod project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp
1 second elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\sourcesdk\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp" -noextra "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face"

Valve Software - vrad.exe (Mar 8 2005)
----- Radiosity Simulator ----
2 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\mod project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp
1778 faces
4 degenerate faces
291853 square feet [42026912.00 square inches]
0 displacements
0 square feet [0.00 square inches]
1774 patches before subdivision
17412 patches after subdivision
0 direct lights
BuildFacelights: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2)
BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (9)
transfers 564067, max 131
transfer lists: 4.3 megs
GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
Bounce #1 added RGB(0, 0, 0)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0270 sec>
FinalLightFace: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
FinalLightFace Done
Ready to Finish
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ComputePerLeafAmbientLighting: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 13/1024 624/49152 ( 1.3%)
brushes 192/8192 2304/98304 ( 2.3%)
brushsides 1470/65536 11760/524288 ( 2.2%)
planes 1184/65536 23680/1310720 ( 1.8%)
vertexes 3315/65536 39780/786432 ( 5.1%)
nodes 1129/65536 36128/2097152 ( 1.7%)
texinfos 193/12288 13896/884736 ( 1.6%)
texdata 7/2048 224/65536 ( 0.3%)
dispinfos 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_verts 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_tris 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_lmsamples 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
faces 1778/65536 99568/3670016 ( 2.7%)
origfaces 733/65536 41048/3670016 ( 1.1%)
leaves 1143/65536 64008/3670016 ( 1.7%)
leaffaces 2011/65536 4022/131072 ( 3.1%)
leafbrushes 635/65536 1270/131072 ( 1.0%)
surfedges 11058/512000 44232/2048000 ( 2.2%)
edges 6031/256000 24124/1024000 ( 2.4%)
worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%)
waterstrips 107/32768 1070/327680 ( 0.3%)
waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%)
waterindices 1860/65536 3720/131072 ( 2.8%)
cubemapsamples 1/1024 16/16384 ( 0.1%)
overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%)
lightdata [variable] 512592/0 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 88279/16777216 ( 0.5%)
entdata [variable] 6350/393216 ( 1.6%)
occluders 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder polygons 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder vert ind 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
detail props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%)
static props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%)
pakfile [variable] 565/0 ( 0.0%)

Win32 Specific Data:
physics [variable] 76675/4194304 ( 1.8%)
==== Total Win32 BSP file data space used: 1095937 bytes ====

Linux Specific Data:
physicssurface [variable] 76675/6291456 ( 1.2%)
==== Total Linux BSP file data space used: 1095937 bytes ====

Total triangle count: 4510
Writing c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\mod project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp
13 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Mod Project\maps\dm_house_face.bsp" "c:\valve\steam\steamapps\deus_ex22@hotmail.com\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\maps\dm_house_face.bsp"



Thanks a bunch

[-|Dizmas|-]

All is working but I have a blue line that runs along the top square roof of the sky box - what stupid thing am I doing

Thanks in advance for any info

its the skybox texture. just pick a different one, some of them are like that..

[Regan4]

jaydog change the map name to sky_day01_05 instead of sky_day01_05up, i was having the same problem...

[Murkrow]

jaydog change the map name to sky_day01_05 instead of sky_day01_05up, i was having the same problem...

true. compiler said: "wtf, diz not skybox, gunna use deafult one (that is wasteland2)"

[Kr0meel]

Haaidihoow,


I'm new to this forums, but I DO have a solution for the "blue line" problem which doesn't require high quality textures.

If you compile your skybox textures, don't use the vtex tool by valve, but the VTFEdit by Nem. Set both normal and alpha format to DXT5 and the sky will look heavenly

[hP]

I know this is a noobish question, but how do I change the texture of the skybox?

[KILLA-COW]

[tr0mb0ne]

:shock:

How incredibly helpful.

Go to Map > Map Properties > Skybox Texture Name

There's another tutorial in this section about skybox texture names, look it up.

[hP]

Thanks tr0mb0ne!
Managed it already, this editor is diferent from the other one I was used to, so It takes a bit time to get used to..

[Mangopork]

Hey,

I'm doing a sky castle level. How do I ensure my skybox texture shows up on the floor (bottom brush) as well?

I want to give the illusion that the level is suspended in the sky and that you cannot see any ground.

Right now with the borealis skybox texture applied to all six sides, the bottom brush just shows up as black, while the skybox works fine on all other sides.

[MercX]

Actually, the skybox texture is showing up, it's just black. You're going to have to either make a skybox with a bottom you like, or put some ground beneath it. A 3d skybox would work best for that probably. I guess you could try putting clouds beneath it to cover up the blackness.

[fathergagori]

hi, what do you use when you make this?