hey,
ive made part of map, and part of it is based outside, and ive used the siwa oasis sky. but wen i go in game, the sky is really dark, i hav tried adding lights, but then i jus hav to keep on adding lots of lights around the place… what am i doin wrong? is der any way to jus brighten up the ingame sky boxes?
add an AMBIENT light … tutorial : http://www.wolfensteinx.com/surface/tutorials/lighting.html
You should use _minlight instead of ambient. Ambient raises every light by the stated amount, whereas _minlight only raises light below its set threshold.
In otherwords, _minlight only affects the shadows.
SD uses _minlight in at least oasis and goldrush.
Don’t use either.
If your map is largely outdoors, use q3map_skyLight <brightness> <iterations> in the sky shader:
q3map_skyLight 80 3
Is a good test value. Don’t go above 5 for iterations, though.
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hmm. I’m trying to get this skybox to work but it appears like the shader is referencing 2 env files that are nowhere to be found on my puter. Will the skybox still work? Doesn’t seem like it should… Help, please.
Note: There are 2 sd_siwa skies in 2 different folders… which one should I use? Anyone?
Oh thanks Chavo. 
Though I think I am gonna use an env by Kell instead of the siwasky. If I do decide to use the siwa, I will know how to now.
On another but similar note; I really wish Splashdamage, Nerve, Id, Raven, etc. etc. would take the time when they finish a game to purge out any and all of the unused crap lying around in the pak0. This would eliminate many headaches.
Thx again chavo.
I wish they would put out a decent reference guide but that’s another story
Hehe, ah well, perhaps we ask for too much. 
I’m just glad that I have gotten all I that have gotten FOR FREE… So I won’t complain anymore.
to kick-ass game companies.