how do i actually creat my own skybox?

(twt_thunder) #1

hey…been looking on some tutorials bu they just give ya an prefab… i don’t want any prefab i wanna know how to make my own…

can somebody tell me in detail and step by step how to do this?

would be great thanx:D

(IndyJones) #2

there was a program that would generate one for u, i think it was called terragen.

(Magic) #3

Yes - great prog to make your own skyboxes.
And when following a tutorial its very easy to make your own.
You have to generate 6 bmp files and name them in a spesific order.
Ill see if i can find the tutorial i used.
You have to know the coordinates to generate the bmp files and how to name them.

Terragen

(Magic) #4

I think this was the one i followed - in the first tut i used the naming was wrong - this one should be ok.

http://map-review.com/index.php?page=tutorial_view&id=2

(twt_thunder) #5

thank you both :smiley: i will give it a shot!! and @magic…you were right…it is adicting…

(twt_thunder) #6

no… this shit i do not understand… well i will do it my way…lol

(MrLego) #7

Here’s a pretty detailed tutorial for Terragen.

You can always look for ones that people already made for other games - there are a ton of them out there for Quake 3 that are ready to be downloaded.

http://www.planetquake.com/jaj/skies1.html

http://www.planetquake.com/pjw

http://www.simonoc.com/pages/materials.htm

http://amethyst7.gotdoofed.com/env.htm

http://www.planetquake.com/cardigan/textures.html

Good Luck!

(shagileo) #8

Woah, thanks for the tons of information, Mr Lego!

(twt_thunder) #9

thanx mr lego, i’ll look trough it…might find a skybox i could use…:slight_smile: (love the easy way out…) :smiley:

(Pande) #10

There is also a program called HDR shop. Take some pictures of sky or something, and it will generate 6 images for you. Optionally, you can then blend a terragen terrain render (I recommend you learn how to use Terragen 2) into your images.

(sl0wr0ck) #11

I learned it from here:
http://fmc.hex.pri.ee/
Search there for the tutorial movie…
Really simple! :slight_smile:

And more info from here:
http://www.pythononline.co.uk/et/tutorial25.htm