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Newcomers DBPro Corner / How to make a sky?

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ZioNz
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I have to make a sky, i tryed with a huge box in the air but that looks very bad..., another problem i have is a shadow that's always in the bottom of the screen:


Any idea and help would be appreciated.

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treedomordeath
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you need to leave some code so someone can look at it....as for a sky i suggest "fog on",i think that is your only choice outside if placing a textured box overhead.

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ZioNz
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I added here the code im using

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treedomordeath
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it just hit me,you can "make matrix ..." and position that matrix above your ground matrix (atleast 200). with some intution on your part it could work and look great.

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BB9 Brad
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What a kool idea! treedomordeath

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hexGEAR
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oooh but you gotta watch those poly's and using a 1*1 matrix will require a v.large texture that could slow the game down, using a 2*2 or more would require seemless textures and believe me, that ain't good for the sky your best bet is a sky box/sphere with really cool textures or fog to cover-up problems.

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treedomordeath
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if the matrix is high enough the the details won't show...and i did say he would have to use some imagination, a sphere is a better than a box but he would have the same problem as a box, either low rez(because the pic got streched or a x-treamly high rez pic that take up resources that can be used else where).

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ZioNz
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Hi, thanks all for helping. I finally was able to make a decent skybox using good textures. Anyone knows what's that shadow (in picture)???

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IanM
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I haven't tried your code, but I think it could be something to do with this line:

set camera range 10,11000

Change it to the following, and see if things get better:

set camera range 1, 11000
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treedomordeath
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i think it is the lighting, try "set ambeint light value" the value should be between 0 (complete darkness to 100 (very bright).

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