Awesomest of the skybox textures? (opinions) - Developers

Hi everyone, i am making a new flatgrass map (don't worry, its something COMPLETELY original, not all the boring square and round crap on garrysmod.org) and.... i have no idea what style of lighting to pick..... i would do different styles of lighting fr every section, but that would be impossible, lol so.... i wanted to ask what would look best: the daytime/nighttime mod... sunset (would look pretty good on the surfaces) night(would be a great time of day for a few builders, but might make the map slightly unpopular) middle of the day(shitty-ass flatgrass style, but its liked alot) foggy... boggy style (VERY unfitting) fullbright (the disgrace to all maps, but it leaves no spot dark.)

I recommend using sky_day02_10, its pretty blue (closest imo to the popular militia_hdr) and its around a mid day/afternoon effect. Make sure to check here: [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List[/url] to see what lighting is recommended for that sky-box texture

assault, lostcoast, maybe wasteland

Will it be triangular? Also, I hope you aren't stealing any ideas from gm_superflat.

sky_day02_05 is great. Unless your using counter strike, then use militia_hdr or tides.

[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;18308823]Will it be triangular? Also, I hope you aren't stealing any ideas from gm_superflat.[/QUOTE] lol, no... do you realize that i have not idea what gm_superflat is not downloadable? i cant find any downloads. anyways, i havent seen a single download for a map like this. lol. [editline]12:27AM[/editline] i guess militia hdr would work.... but i have no idea how HDR works.... i heard a few rumors that HDR makes everything twice as big... and that it can screw up models....

[QUOTE=wardino388;18324814]lol, no... do you realize that i have not idea what gm_superflat is not downloadable? i cant find any downloads. anyways, i havent seen a single download for a map like this. lol. [editline]12:27AM[/editline] i guess militia hdr would work.... but i have no idea how HDR works.... i heard a few rumors that HDR makes everything twice as big... and that it can screw up models....[/QUOTE] 1) HDR builds two sets of lightmaps, doubling the filesize for the lightmap portion of the bsp file. 2) HDR bases lighting not solely on pre-calculated brightness on each face, but also takes into account the overall brightness in order to allow the digital "eyes" to adjust the lighting around you. A quick google search should be able to explain it far better than I could in that one sentance. 3) lighting =/= models, except for lighting them - but with or without HDR, some larger props will look unrealistically lit until you compile VRAD with the -staticproppolys and -staticproplighting flags. They don't get messed up though.

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[QUOTE=wardino388;18324814]lol, no... do you realize that i have not idea what gm_superflat is not downloadable? i cant find any downloads. anyways, i havent seen a single download for a map like this. lol. [editline]12:27AM[/editline] i guess militia hdr would work.... but i have no idea how HDR works.... i heard a few rumors that HDR makes everything twice as big... and that it can screw up models....[/QUOTE] You know, you don't have to compile in hdr to make the hdr skybox work.

I love the very last skybox used in HL2, at the top of the citadel. sky_day03_05 I think...

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;18335987]I love the very last skybox used in HL2, at the top of the citadel. sky_day03_05 I think...[/QUOTE] The big swirly red one? actually, valve decided they didnt want to make another skybox, just for this scene. so INSTEAD they made a shit-ass material, a dome-shaped model, put the material on the model, and forced the model into the skybox. so yeah, i personaly think that that 'sky' is seriously BOTCHED

[QUOTE=wardino388;18341009]The big swirly red one? actually, valve decided they didnt want to make another skybox, just for this scene. so INSTEAD they made a shit-ass material, a dome-shaped model, put the material on the model, and forced the model into the skybox. so yeah, i personaly think that that 'sky' is seriously BOTCHED[/QUOTE] I think he means the actual sky around the citadel, sky_day03_06 [IMG]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/4/4f/Sky_day03_06.jpg[/IMG] Its my personal favourite, I love the shade of orange it gives off.

Yeah, that one.