Animated Skies?

KubeDawg · 12-29-2008, 09:03 PM

Is there a way to animate a skybox where clouds can actually move, and or a sun sets to become night time? I remember going to certain servers where the skybox was different on 2fort that made it nighttime, and I was wondering if that was even a possibility.

Here are a couple examples where skies have been animated in QTF:

RocKwell · 12-29-2008, 09:59 PM

What I did for Mulch_faf was make a brush with the cloud texture on the bottom face and noclip on the others and placed it right below the skybox, high above the player. It automatically moves.

**Crazycarl** · 12-30-2008, 12:49 AM

You can put anything you want in your sky as long as you can model it. Just look at HL2:ep1 and ep2 and the cloud effects they put above the citadel.

Day to night transitions won't work too well, because all the lighting in your map is pre-rendered. The engine won't support large-scale dynamic lights.

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KubeDawg Nade Whore Server Owner Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oklahoma Class/Position: Scout/Soldier Gametype: CTF/TDM Affiliations: blunt. Moto Posts Rated Helpful 128 Times	Animated Skies? Is there a way to animate a skybox where clouds can actually move, and or a sun sets to become night time? I remember going to certain servers where the skybox was different on 2fort that made it nighttime, and I was wondering if that was even a possibility. Here are a couple examples where skies have been animated in QTF: __________________ Moto's Funhouse \| Dallas, TX - 74.91.114.247:27015 ff_plunder - Complete

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RocKwell Regular or Menthol? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central MI Affiliations: :e0: .o` Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	What I did for Mulch_faf was make a brush with the cloud texture on the bottom face and noclip on the others and placed it right below the skybox, high above the player. It automatically moves. __________________ I'll blow a hole in your face, then go inside and sleep like a baby. Walt Kowalski ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mulch_faf (WIP) : FF_Sahara_b1 :

12-30-2008, 12:49 AM	#3
Crazycarl D&A Member Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 31 Times	You can put anything you want in your sky as long as you can model it. Just look at HL2:ep1 and ep2 and the cloud effects they put above the citadel. Day to night transitions won't work too well, because all the lighting in your map is pre-rendered. The engine won't support large-scale dynamic lights. __________________ Support FF:

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