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AWESOME-O
03-21-2008, 05:32 AM
Does anyone know it its possible to make an custom skybox for TF2?
Searched Internets but can't find :crying:
Snipergen
03-21-2008, 05:59 AM
This might help you a little bit.
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Skybox_(2D)_with_Terragen_and_Skypaint_-_Advanced

Edit no, it doesn't tell you how to create one. Ill search a bit too since I might need this.I know some guys here made some already....
Kernel
03-21-2008, 09:02 AM
The creation of a custom skybox is only limited to your knowledge of photoshop. You'll need the vtfplugin (http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=155), and if you are wanting an hdr skybox you'll need to do alot more in the way of layers and how they are saved. I'll try and get a tutorial up soon, as i've been asked several times on the subject.
BurninWater
03-21-2008, 10:10 AM
Does anyone know it its possible to make an custom skybox for TF2?
Searched Internets but can't find :crying:

yeah its very possibe but its hard
Youme
03-21-2008, 10:15 AM
Only the HDR bit is hard. I can't find a decent tutorial that actually explains whats going on, just how to do it...
Pseudo
03-21-2008, 01:13 PM
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Skybox#Creating_a_2D_Skybox (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Skybox#Creating_a_2D_Skybox) ?
Hawk
03-21-2008, 05:17 PM
Thank you, Pseudo. I've been planning on making my own night sky and this is just the information I needed.
AWESOME-O
03-22-2008, 04:28 AM
The creation of a custom skybox is only limited to your knowledge of photoshop. You'll need the vtfplugin (http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=155), and if you are wanting an hdr skybox you'll need to do alot more in the way of layers and how they are saved. I'll try and get a tutorial up soon, as i've been asked several times on the subject.

Yes, but are custom textures not limited to 256x256??
Youme
03-22-2008, 10:12 AM
Yes, but are custom textures not limited to 256x256??

nope not at all.

They are limited to powers of 2, that means 2^2 2^3 2^4 .... that works out as 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048. The sides of your texture can use any of those, so you could have 128x256 or 512x512 (which the sky texture are) or 1024x64....