12 UT2004 Style Skyboxes for GZdoom/ZdoomGL Released

BlackFish · Post by **BlackFish** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 17:59

I came across some ut2004 skyboxes made by Hazel H. and I decided to experiment with them and then I made clones of these skyboxes to GZdoom! Now here we have 12 6 sided skyboxes that look great ingame.

Original Thread by Hazel H. and Previews
The Skyboxes for GZdoom/Zdoomgl
PNG Versions of the Skyboxes
Screenshots of one of the Skyboxes

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 19:05

I'll move this into the News section. Looking great!

Soultaker · Post by **Soultaker** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 19:08

Grrrr. I can not wait until my new rig gets here so I can run these awesometacular wads.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 19:52

How can I extract the textures from the .utx file? I don't have any Unreal / UT tools to do it.

BlackFish · Post by **BlackFish** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 20:00

After I get through all this hw, I'll make skyboxes with the rest of the textures.

You need unrealed to access utx files, which comes with ut2004.

The HavoX · Post by **The HavoX** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 20:08

HOLY.

CRAP.

Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 22:15

BlackFish wrote:After I get through all this hw, I'll make skyboxes with the rest of the textures.

You need unrealed to access utx files, which comes with ut2004.

Shit! I'd really like to extract the pictures. Is there no other way to get them?

BlackFish · Post by **BlackFish** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 22:16

I can make a zip of all the dds files in the utx.

I am currently making skyboxes of the rest of the set as I speak.

edit: once im done with the skyboxes I'll make 2 zips. One with the pngs I used and one with the wads.

Soultaker · Post by **Soultaker** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 22:16

Nope. Gotta use the highly unstable UnrealEd tools.

Post by **wildweasel** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 22:28

Wow, this is awesome. I gotta look at some free skybox places like at PlanetQuake or something.

Post by **Enjay** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 23:22

Wow! These are stunning, absolutely stunning. It's a shame that so many of them feature water in the middle, it kind of limits their usability I think. But yes, really amazing.

I think some people have released stand-alone tools at various times for ripping stuff out of Unreal resource files. However, with all versions of Unreal shipping with a version of UnrealEd, there has never been a great need for 3rd party tools.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 23:49

Unless you want to use them in another game and don't happen to own a version of UnrealEd that works...

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 0:10

I just downloaded your PNG set. However, after closer inspection I had to conclude that these skyboxes are not particularly suitable for Doom. They are all rendered in a way that the important imformation is too low. In a normal Doom level you normally only see the sky unless you lower the viewpoint. But that distorts the perspective.

Pity.

Soultaker · Post by **Soultaker** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 0:20

Damnit... I take it the skyboxes require OpenGL mode?

BlackFish · Post by **BlackFish** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 0:24

If you use the 6 sided versions they still look rather interesting in game. I applied one of them into MAP01.