Big book of mapping FAQ's READ

[Slackiller]

I changed it to:
2d= put a brush above/beside the visible parts of you level, and apply the tool/skybox texture to all sides. it must look simular to this diagram


also you shouldn't leech other peoples photos. save it to a web space of your own and then link it

[SonicD007]

I'm near completion of a map im making, but i really have no clue how i do the skybox.  Can u go into detail more cause i didnt understand what u meant. i made the brush then went to tools, but i didnt see anything that was skybox texture or something like that.   Also, i forgot how you make the background like alien or sky.  I want it as a sky.  am i supposed to type cl_sky ? thx

[Slackiller]

a 3d skybox? is that what you want?
http://www.adamowen.com/tut_skybox.htm there is another version of the tutorial
valve version http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Making_3D_Skyboxes

as for the texture, it should be there in the tools textures.
in texture browser window type in the word tools.
http://www.editlife.net/tutorials.php?id=35#toolsskybox <--looks like that

just type in the name of the sky
not the cl_ part it will show ingame not in hammer

[SonicD007]

for the skybox texture, does valve hammer include the speacial textures, or do i need to have a specific wad file?

[Slackiller]

Oh your mapping for older cs1.6?
in the hallife.wad there is a sky texture simply named sky

[SonicD007]

ok i am mapping for condition zero which is the same as cs1.6.  i have the halflife wad so if i use the sky texture in it, then i will b able to create my sckybox correct?

[Slackiller]

yes you can create the sky with that texture