the skybox Created 20 years ago2004-10-05 06:53:22 UTC by kraken

ok ok. i have read the enviroment tutorial and i know how to set a up the sky properly but i am wondering what a skybox is. and how you make one and what are the problems with it.
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you create your brush and than go to textures and type in "sky" than there will be a blue square doubleclick that and than add the texture to the brush!!

you do what gino said and you also then select the properties and change what the sky texture will be

If you have big open areas that players cannot reach but could possible cause vios/r_speed problems, fill the large areas with blocks. This is a very good way to avoid compile problems/making comple longer than needed be.

The term skybox has two meaning, one thanks to noobs who didn't understand teh proper meaning.

http://www.cs-maps.jolt.co.uk/index.php?page=skies.htm

he only tutorial you'll ever need, it explains perfectly what to do, and what not to do.

Sky in HL is deceiving, the texture is merely a trigger (so to speak, more of a platform..) that tells the game where to render the skyname.tga

The noobish thing to do is make a big box around your whole map and texture it with sky.

Remember to keep areas where people would want to throw grenades clear, such as dust2, entering B, there is a bug because davej didn't think people would want to flash the whole place..
But in italy, the whole map is open, allowing for some great flashbang/HE moments, but it works because the level is pretty low poly overall, and the houses are so high, there's no way the player could see much up there, I also have a feeling he may have hinted the rooves, but I can't confirm that.