Skybox making program?

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 30 Sep 2006, 02:25

So, does anyone know of a program that can make decent skyboxes? Terragen just dosn't do them that well. or I can figure out how to do them that good. Bryce messes them up if the camera isnt at an angle, and I don't know of any after that. Does anyone here?

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 30 Sep 2006, 04:30

I juse photoshop in combination with this neat skybox tool I found on the ATI site. I forget what it's called, try searching ati.com for skybox... Anyway it does a real good job of blending stuff together and making it look like a sphere rather than a box.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 30 Sep 2006, 07:08

If i'm not mistaken, the program caydr is talking about is called cubemapgen, and yes its very good and can be found at the ATI site

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 30 Sep 2006, 07:18

I have Cubemapgen. But it dosnt make the actual skybox, it just compiles them into a DDS.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 30 Sep 2006, 07:50

The dds is the skybox
just make a pointer to it in ur smd
check out absolute zero, open it w/ 7zip and u will see what i'm talking about.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 30 Sep 2006, 08:39

No no no. Im talking about making the ACTUAL skybox, as in the clouds, the sky, the 6 images you have to put together.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 30 Sep 2006, 09:48

LOrDo wrote:No no no. Im talking about making the ACTUAL skybox, as in the clouds, the sky, the 6 images you have to put together.

Impossible. You have to do that manually. It's like asking for a texture generator for models.

mufdvr222 · Post by **mufdvr222** » 30 Sep 2006, 10:39

Cubemapgen only assembles the images and can export individual faces as images.

PicassoCT · Post by **PicassoCT** » 30 Sep 2006, 15:34

Avoid using Objects in your Skybox that are expected to move fast, or at least move. Frozzen in Time Skybox, are irritating - also more beautiful ...

Take a 3 Programm, modell the Scenery, insert six Cameras, every one Watching into another direction (up, down, nort, south, west, east) - Give every Camera an Angle, that doesen`t Overlap with the Other Camerangles, and doesen`t leave free space. Modell a Decent Scenery around it. Use Photoshop to perfect it. Avoid Objects to close to the Camera.. And don`t forget that the Place Below - will be really near - top down, to the Player.. So make the Soldiers there greater...

In PS take the First Picture into a greater Canvas, insert all surrounding Pictures so that they fit to there Border.. PS the Borders away, and take the changed Borders into the Original Pictures. Add Fire and Effects only in Photoshop.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 30 Sep 2006, 19:34

meh, i drew my skybox from scratch

It shows, but i think it came out pretty good after the third attempt.

PicassoCT · Post by **PicassoCT** » 30 Sep 2006, 19:49

I draw it by Hand with Yilith - and failed. It is just the Perspective that messes it. It can work Handrawn if you avoid anyhting more then Clouds Planets, Moons and so on. But even there... i do remember that some Planets on Geysir Plains have strange Shadows...

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 30 Sep 2006, 20:48

Use a 3d rendering program, it is the only true way...

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 30 Sep 2006, 21:21

PicassoCT wrote:I draw it by Hand with Yilith - and failed. It is just the Perspective that messes it. It can work Handrawn if you avoid anyhting more then Clouds Planets, Moons and so on. But even there... i do remember that some Planets on Geysir Plains have strange Shadows...

...you made that MAP, and failed

mufdvr222 · Post by **mufdvr222** » 01 Oct 2006, 05:07

This site has some freebies

http://www.alusion-fr.com/fr1ffa.htm

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 01 Oct 2006, 05:50

mufdvr, Thank you for making the only useful post in this thread.

EDIT: Actually no, sorry. That site has their skyboxes in the form of panoramas, which use 5 images. Spring wants 6 for its skyboxes.

EDIT: No Im stupid, that was just one. Thanks.

EDIT: It has some weird messeage that pops up whenever I right click. Its really fucking annoying, does anyone know what its saying? I know little french.

Yet another EDIT, lol: http://www.3delyvisions.com/skf1.htm Another site With decent free skyboxes.

mufdvr222 · Post by **mufdvr222** » 01 Oct 2006, 11:35

The message would be to indicate that the right click interface is disabled, or something to that effect.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 01 Oct 2006, 21:30

those are some really cool skyboxes, i must say!

Don't be surprised if u see them in one of my maps sooner or later

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 01 Oct 2006, 21:53

mufdvr222 wrote:The message would be to indicate that the right click interface is disabled, or something to that effect.

Thats strange because...the right click menu still pops up.

PicassoCT · Post by **PicassoCT** » 07 Oct 2006, 13:49

P3374H wrote:
PicassoCT wrote:I draw it by Hand with Yilith - and failed. It is just the Perspective that messes it. It can work Handrawn if you avoid anyhting more then Clouds Planets, Moons and so on. But even there... i do remember that some Planets on Geysir Plains have strange Shadows...
...you made that MAP, and failed

There are some Anthills in Australia who consider it great. But now that you say it.. i will go to the next Museum and hang myself.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 07 Oct 2006, 17:34

Ehh, I was mainly kidding...It's not overly playable though.

Spring RTS Engine

Skybox making program?

Skybox making program?