SkyBox Texture

[sTiKy]

Hi everyone,

i want to make an outside level.

So, i set skybox active and tried some jpeg's but it doesnt work.

1. Had a skybox texture to be in dds format?
2. Must it be a resolution like 256*256, 512*512,...

If someone can help, would be great.

A skybox is a collection of six textures arranged to form the inside of a cube. A dds file can hold multiple textures needed to form a skybox, but you need to download some third party software.

http://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/#Downloads

The Gimp has a plugin for working with .dds files there's also a plugin for photoshop somewhere.

To make a skybox in Gimp you need 6 layers named to their correspondence position in the box (up, down, left, right, back, front.) Once you have these layers named exactly as above when you enter the save dialogue you have the option to save as a volume map. You can then import this into the material editor.

It might take some fiddling around to get things aligned properly but it's not too much of a hassle.