hey guys,
i’ve been searching and searching…but i can’t seem to find a good tutorial how to make an skybox…
is there anyone who can make an step by step instructions how to do this?
i mean good one…(i need it in with a teaspoon…)
i should use this one in my map you see:
just a few days ago i was searching real long for the same thing. but found not the exact thing i was searching for.
this one might be helpful, but you might just found the same stuff i did. i am interested in such a tutorial too.
seems like everyone is using terragen for the creation of skyboxes. i would be interested in doing it in 3dsmax or afterfx. (found a tutorial on after fx on youtube but the guy renders the box onto a sphere not a cube)
this tutorial is about how to create a skybox from a photo wich is not very handy.
[QUOTE=CyburK;201856]just a few days ago i was searching real long for the same thing. but found not the exact thing i was searching for.
this one might be helpful, but you might just found the same stuff i did. i am interested in such a tutorial too.
seems like everyone is using terragen for the creation of skyboxes. i would be interested in doing it in 3dsmax or afterfx. (found a tutorial on after fx on youtube but the guy renders the box onto a sphere not a cube)
this tutorial is about how to create a skybox from a photo wich is not very handy.
http://www.interlopers.net/tutorials/28841[/QUOTE]
sorry i don’t wanna make the skybox itself… i wanna get an existing sky box to just work…
oh well then you need your 6 pictures and the shader in the right location
this should look something like this.
the shader
///////////////////////////////////////
textures/your_skybox/the_skybox
{
qer_editorimage textures/your_skybox/picture_for_texture_selection_in_radiant.tga
surfaceparm noimpact
surfaceparm nolightmap
q3map_globaltexture
q3map_lightsubdivide 256
q3map_surfacelight 75
surfaceparm sky
q3map_sun 0.924 0.948 1.000 75 220 60
skyparms env/your_skybox/the_skybox - -
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
your files
//////
the pictures in this example are in
/etmain/env/
the pictures you see in radiant is in
/etmain/textures/
the shader of course in
/etmain/scripts/
the pictures need to be named like this
the_skybox_bk.tga
the_skybox_dn.tga
the_skybox_ft.tga
the_skybox_lf.tga
the_skybox_rt.tga
the_skybox_up.tga
/////////
this is the basics. to find the right light settings is another story maybe someone knows better than me an can put some info here.
greetings
cyburk
From the shader:
skyparms env/your_skybox/the_skybox - -
Textures of the skybox (“walls of the box”):
the_skybox_bk.tga
the_skybox_dn.tga
the_skybox_ft.tga
the_skybox_lf.tga
the_skybox_rt.tga
the_skybox_up.tga
//To use that skybox in your link, just unzip it to etmain and apply amethyst7/emeraldfog/emeraldfog_skybox to the inner sides of your skybox (caulk other sides)
thunderpwn in you first post you ask for howto make a skybox, and say you want to use the emeraldfog …
the skybox emeraldfog from amethyst7 is already functional, all you need todo is use it. Maybe one of the ‘sky walls’ is wrong, then you will have to check which 2 *.tga have wrong ending… and exchange ft (front) by bk (back) for example… there is even a shader file included
ok, but i need to put the texture on the void box?
EDIT:
and in the shader it says:
//****************************************************//
// //
// emeraldfog.shader for GTKRadiant //
// by Amethyst7 - 02.19.2002 //
// //
//****************************************************//
textures/amethyst7/emeraldfog/emeraldfog_skybox
{
qer_editorimage textures/amethyst7/emeraldfog/emeraldfog
surfaceparm noimpact
surfaceparm nolightmap
q3map_sun 0.8 1.0 0.9 75 270 35
q3map_surfacelight 50
skyparms env/amethyst7/emeraldfog/emeraldfog - -
}
can i still let it be as it is in the zip file with the ENV FOLDER?
edit again:
didn’t see this:
//To use that skybox in your link, just unzip it to etmain and apply amethyst7/emeraldfog/emeraldfog_skybox to the inner sides of your skybox (caulk other sides)
sorry…i’ll try again
thanx avoc i will check them out 
finally got it… thanx to help from magic…there was a folder that was wrong…and it was the shaderlist…