Custom Skybox? Created 5 years ago2019-01-29 10:39:52 UTC by sluggard

I have a single 256x256 image that I wish to use as a Skybox for something I'm working on, how do I import it so I can use it in the game? (environment map under map properties)

you need to have six images in tga format. all must be 256x256 pixels. you can download custom skys from the net or make your own with modelling programs. or you can make a simple one with paint.

six files must be placed in half-life/modfolder/gfx/env

or in half-life/valve/gfx/env to use in all mods

or in half-life/valve_downloads/gfx/env downloads folders of mods is where maps placed when a server specific file is downloaded from the server (only for steam version)

somethingup.tga for up sky
somethingdn.tga for down sky
somethinglt.tga left
somethingrt.tga
somethingbk.tga
somerhingft.tga

you can use gimp for saving images as tga files. gimp is a free software.

or you can use "xnview shell extension" i love this software. normally you can only see thumbnails of some of the image format. with this program your pc will show other image thumbnails in folders as well.

xnview also adds right click menu options. you can right click a bmp image and quickly convert it to a tga file.

then you need to go map properties in hammer editor end write "something" to cl_skyname option.

or you can edit bsp files for change the skyname of compiled maps. i guess a notepad editor is suitable for editing bsp file.

or you can change a maps sky when creating a server. there is a console command for that.

Man, why is it so complicated like this, why can't we just use a single image texture lol. Thanks I'll try. Hopefully I'll come up with something.

Wow. Thanks! I love it, author of the website even decided to be kind enough to illustrate the process with animated .gifs.

Ohhhh nnnnnooo get back here, you can still convert single image skybox to half-life, using a program called skypaint and does all the file naming for you.

Yes, that's what I'm using. It's mentioned among the methods in the303 site.