Multiple Skyboxes?

[Stickeyjam]

I'm working on a map with seperate areas and was wondering how I can make the map have multiple skybox textures. If I apply the skybox texture in map properties it will only use that one and if I use the actual textures on all 6 walls then you can see the skybox through walls etc.

Any ideas?

[Kiddnils]

I think you need to make a custom skybox where you can mix two skyboxes together.

[Bermuda Cake]

You can't make the skybox change texture, if that's what you mean... sorry

[Stickeyjam]

Not so much as have it change no. Basically I have multiple parts to my map.

Part 1: Is outside and uses the Goldrush skybox
Part 2: Is outside again but in a different place and I want this area to show the night skybox

[AgeNt_]

I dont know how much experience you have with modeling and whatnot, but you could always make a skydome model and apply a texture to that.
2 problems with this though, its not a sky'box' so the textures in tf2 wont work, and another is its a model, which is kind of hard to get into source if its your first time.

[Sergis]

i guess you could write your own vmt for the sky textures that acts as a simple texture

[Stickeyjam]

I've given that a go but it keeps just showing up as black when I put it on the walls. This is the skybox i'm looking to use: http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=11194

What would I need to stick in the VMT to make it work? I copied one of the Brickwall VMTs and just changed the filepath but still shows as black.

Edit Nevermind I solved it. Had to adjust settings in the VTF as well!

[possiblylethal]

How did using a custom texture as the sky look as opposed to using the skybox texture? I know that the skybox texture projects light from it so how did you mimic that effect? Also, i think you can have multiple shadow controllers and env_sun's so that would help the texture look like a skybox.