make space?

[lucifix]

i asked this in the old forums but didnt get an answer to it.

How do you make the "Space" like sky in maps like Phobos Moon??? Please answer!!!!

 

[Chrysaor]

What do u mean? like the Earth and Mars? or just have a skybox that spins and is full of stars?

 

[lucifix]

a skybox that spins and is full of stars?

yea, that

 

[Chrysaor]

hehe, okay, i can't help u then. I'd suggest just opening up CTF-Face, but I'm not sure that'll help there's so many options. I've never done a space level, so i've never needed it :/

 

[lucifix]

ive opened phobos and had a look and i honestly have no clue what is going on

 

[Hourences]

phobos is a cylinder with a rotating zoneinfo, rather simple

 

[Hourences]

you can use anything for the skybox itself, doesnt have to an cylidner only depends on what you want
the rotating of the skyzone if a bit more advanced, to keep it simple, open face, select skyzoneinfo, copy it, crtl+c, open your map, crtl+v to paste it, and place it on the right place, should also work

 

[lucifix]

thanx hourences ill try that, but is there a tut somewhere that explains it?

 

[Hourences]

there are tuts yes, its really isnt hard to rotate the whole ****, its all rather logical

http://www.planetunreal.com/unrealed/index.asp?action=spec_art&cat_id=6&art_id=100

 

[lucifix]

ive tried that tut before and the result looks like a big cube rotating areound the map. its not smooth like phobos or face

 

[Hourences]

its the way you make the skybox, dont make a cube if you dont want that, observe the face skybox, its a cylinder, and you have to make it right, with the correct way of texturing, and the all the rest correct too

 

[Luggage]

I can hear a voice whispering... "Someone make a cool Hi-Res (512x512 at least - four for each panel...) Space environmental map... please!"

 

[Hourences]

and i hear someone saying that 512*512 isnt good for ut, there are people with old pcs you know .....256*256 is max resolution for a voodoo card

 

[Luggage]

*lol* make 16 tiles per face then! *calcs* should be 96 256*256 textures in one skybox - opposing 6 common now. Hrm, maybe I'll stick with it. 256x256 env maps just look too undetailed! ...Almost Counter-Strike quality *g*

 

[StoneViper]

the skybox in ctf-face is rather complicated, especially since it has 2 skyboxes; rather open my map up "CTF-Face2000SE". It is nothing but a cube.

www.geocities.com/stoneviperus/ctf-face2000se.zip

make sure the SkyZoneInfo has bStatic = false, or else you can set all the movement properties to whatever you want, but it won't work if that bStatic = true.
also bFixedRotationDir = true.

tutorial = www.planetunreal.com/uedlab/Tutorials/Make_a_spinning_sky_zone/make_a_spinning_sky_zone.html

 

[Akuma]

open gl rolls with those 512(2) textures - so I'll use a couple in every map I make

 

[Luggage]

BTW is there a good program to use for making env maps? They're not painted after, are they?