custom sky and 'low quality sky' color

(IndyJones) #1

how do i set what color should be drawn, when ‘low quality sky’ is enabled? it’s black now on my italy map.

(eiM) #2

If I remember right you define it by the sky itself and its mask (maybe) but dunno

(shagileo) #3

Woah, looks pretty complex to me if you want to modd it.
I’m not sure if you can edit the color in ‘low quality sky’… but who am I … there’s always a way to do it.

(IndyJones) #4

i had a look at original maps shaders, but didn’t find anything usefull for me there… i’m sure it’s possible to set it somewhere, but i don’t know where. the sky on railgun is grey, oasis = sand like etc…

(eiM) #5

check the siwa_mask.tga file inside extures\skies_sd
that is what I mean… at battery its white/grey like , maybe that defines the fastsky colour but I really dont know

(IndyJones) #6

no, it’s not this. it’s sun or something.

(kamikazee) #7

Hmmm, it could make sense for the q3map_sun statement of the sky shader to determine the r_fastsky colour… But it would mean that changing this colour also in/decreases the light emitted by your sun. Even though playing with the intensity parameter might solve the latter problem, it could mean the map’s colour/atmosphere changes as well (e.g. being more blue-ish where it used to be yellow).

EDIT: Just experiment and see what you get, then tell us your results. It might work…
If you are using a “default” sky shader and want to alter it, make sure to copy it entirely so you do not disturb existing maps also present on the server.