creating skyboxes?

[UMorris]

Thanks to the really great tutorials in the wiki I've managed to get a beta map released...and I'm having alot of fun with this. One thing I haven't seen yet is how to create a skybox. What's the process for creating the skybox .dds file?

I'm familiar with most applications from blender to photoshop. I just need a nudge in the right direction. :)

[hrmph]

Assembling the images into a skybox is a simple task using ATI's cubemapgen:

http://ati.amd.com/developer/cubemapgen/index.html

I'm sure you can find some sources with google that deal with skybox creation.

[UMorris]

thanks for the link! A custom skybox will really help my map look like I imagined it. Looking forward to getting one created this weekend. Turns out .dds files are more common than I thought. I was under the (wrong) impression I might need some special exporter.