Custom skybox texture

[sonosublime]

Hi all,

Is there a way to create a custom texture for the skybox (which can then be loaded using sv_skyname in the console)?

[Zappy]

Just examine ../materials/skybox/'s contents or something.

[sonosublime]

I tried making a VTF of a simple grey image 'called sky_grey', and then made the following VMT:

"sky"
{

"$hdrcompressedTexture" "skybox/sky_grey"
"$nofog" "1"
"$ignorez" "1"
"$basetexture" "skybox/sky_grey"
"$basetexturetransform" "center 0 0 scale 1 1 rotate 0 translate 0 0"
"%keywords" "tf"
}

I placed both the VTF and VMT into usermod\materials\skybox\

However, when I try to use sv_skyname sky_grey, nothing happens, and I get the following message in the console:

material "skybox/sky_greyrt" not found.
material "skybox/sky_urb01rt" not found.

[Zappy]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Just examine ../materials/skybox/'s contents or something.

examine

verb
inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition.

content

noun
the things that are held or included in something.

TL;DR: I told you to examine the contents, like study what the stuff already there looks and behaves like, of the skybox material folder.

So basically copy an existing skybox and alter it to your liking.

[sonosublime]

I did copy the VTF and VMT of an existing skybox (game\tf\materials\skybox\sky_halloween_night_01_hdrup), and pasted them in the usermod folder, and then renamed them and made those edits that I listed above. But I am having trouble in getting the skybox to load in SFM.

[Zappy]

No, it's not "the VTF and VMT", it's "the VTFs and VMTs". If you had bothered to examine the skybox materials, you'd see any single skybox consists of 6 materials.

[sonosublime]

Telling someone to look through the existing materials really goes without saying. I was having trouble understanding how it all fits together and was asking for help is all.
All good anyway, managed to figure it out with help from a friend. Thanks anyway

[76561199241089454]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Originally posted by Zappy:

Just examine ../materials/skybox/'s contents or something.

examine

verb
inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition.

content

noun
the things that are held or included in something.

TL;DR: I told you to examine the contents, like study what the stuff already there looks and behaves like, of the skybox material folder.

So basically copy an existing skybox and alter it to your liking.

in VMT editor?