[Guide] Skybox in your Map

[KnightOfH3ll]

Note the mountains in the background:

 

 

The mountains are part of a set of flat images called the sky. Those aren't real mountains, only images of mountains. Images used in this way tend to give the feeling that there's a world around the map; for instance, in my example, it appears that I have concrete blocks in the middle of a mountainous desert. I could also have concrete blocks in the middle of an ocean or concrete blocks in a big city, by changing the set of sky images used.

 

Let's take a generic room and add a sky to it.

 

 

 

 

If you want a sky to appear instead of a roof, simply use the tools/toolsskybox texture for the roof brush:

 

 

 

However, there's a small problem with this. Brushes made with the skybox texture are solid, just like normal brushes. So, if you throw a grenade at the roof of this room, it will bounce off of the skybox brush, even though the player can't see it!

 

A remedy for this is to extend the walls, allowing the roof to be placed higher. You don't have to extend the walls themselves; just make them taller by placing skybox brushes on top of them.

 

 

You can make a wall of sky, too, or a floor, or any brush you want.

 

 

 

You can also choose the sky that will be displayed. Go to the Map menu, then choose Map Properties. The SkyBox Texture Name property controls the sky that will be shown wherever there's a sky brush. To obtain a list of all sky names, open Hammer's texture browser and type skybox/ into the filter field.

 

Source: www.editlife.net

 

[glow=red,2,300]PLZ NOTE[/glow]

 

This tutorial is for css and the hl2 engine. But making a skybox in cs is the same. Just find the sky texture and put it like in the guide.

Go in  Map\map properties\enviroment map(cl skyname) and type on of the following

 

2desert

 

desert

 

backalley

 

badlands

 

blue

 

city1

 

cliff

 

cx

 

de_storm

 

Des

 

doom1

 

DrkG

 

dusk

 

forest

 

green

 

grnplsnt

 

hav

 

morningdew

 

office

 

show

 

showlake_

 

tornsky

 

TrainYard

 

tsccity_  

 

Each one of these is a different sky. Hope i helped. More coming! Stay tuned! ;)