EDGE skyboxes? How on hell...

[Yokai]

... can I build them?

The only DDF DOCs I have are rather outdated (the DOCs created by Lobo years ago), and they don't explain how to create Skyboxes.
Also searching EDGE Forums gave no results.

Someone knows how to build a skybox in EDGE engine?

Thanks a lot.

[andrewj]

You need to use IMAGES.DDF to define each side of the skybox.

It will have six entries, like this:

[tex:SKY1_N]
...

[tex:SKY1_S]
...

[tex:SKY1_E]
...

[tex:SKY1_W]
...

[tex:SKY1_T]
...

[tex:SKY1_B]
...

That will create a skybox for the "SKY1" sky.

The prefixes on the end (N,S,E,W,T,B) stand for North, South, East, West, Top and Bottom.

I think that's how it all works anyway, I don't have a test case to try it. In hindsight it would've been good to make a "demo-skybox.wad" demo for this.

[Yokai]

andrewj said:

You need to use IMAGES.DDF to define each side of the skybox.

It will have six entries, like this:

[tex:SKY1_N]
...

[tex:SKY1_S]
...

[tex:SKY1_E]
...

[tex:SKY1_W]
...

[tex:SKY1_T]
...

[tex:SKY1_B]
...

That will create a skybox for the "SKY1" sky.

The prefixes on the end (N,S,E,W,T,B) stand for North, South, East, West, Top and Bottom.

I think that's how it all works anyway, I don't have a test case to try it. In hindsight it would've been good to make a "demo-skybox.wad" demo for this.

Yes, it works.

Thanks a lot.
I will try to do some demo-skybox wad tomorrow or today night and send to you.


Now the problem is that the "joint" lines show a line:

(1360x768)
http://i.imgur.com/KaVH38F.png

Searching EDGE forums end up with nothing useful about this issue.

The textures are perfect, so this is an engine issue.
Any idea?
Thanks again.

[andrewj]

Try adding this to all your sky entries in IMAGES.DDF

SPECIAL=FORCE_CLAMP;

P.S. no need to make a demo, I no longer work on EDGE. Appreciate the offer though.

[Yokai]

andrewj said:

Try adding this to all your sky entries in IMAGES.DDF

SPECIAL=FORCE_CLAMP;

P.S. no need to make a demo, I no longer work on EDGE. Appreciate the offer though.

Yes, it works. Thanks.