#skyboxes

[krissiefox]

How (older) Skyboxes work!

My wife was asking what skyboxes are, so I thought it would be fun to make a post showing examples of how Skyboxes can be done in Unreal 2.0 and 3.0 games. For demonstration, I'm using Killing Floor 1 (Unreal Engine 2.5) and Killing Floor 2 (Unreal Engine 3.0).

Killing Floor 1 Skyboxes (Unreal Engine2.5)

In Unreal Engine 2.5, a common way of making skyboxes was to actually create the sky scene in a separate room that can't be seen from within the playable level. You'd You would then apply a setting to the walls of the "box" around any out-door parts of the level. In-game, these walls will displayed as a "view portal" into the skybox room, thus creating the illusion of a massive surrounding environment, thus making the world feel much larger and immersive.

Visual examples below!

Using my "Zombie estate" map as an example, this is how the sky of the level looks in the editor. The walls are all set to be portals into the skybox.

Here's the skybox room. The half sphere makes the initial cloudy sky, then there's a gradient black ring to give it some more darkness. The little question mark block tells the game engine where to have the skies center perspective from.

The in-game result - Your map has has a nice, massive looking sky to make the world feel bigger and more alive!

Killing Floor 2 Skyboxes (Unreal Engine 3.0)

Possibly due to the increases in both engine power and average computer specs by 2015, making a skybox in Killing Floor 2 is a more straightforward process. The base game includes many "skybox" type models, including a simple massive sphere that you can place over the level you built. Much like in the first game, you can customize the sky area in many different ways, such as adding lighting, fog, distant trees, mountains, buildings, etc.

Visual examples below!

I'll show a few examples of skies in KF2. Here's the sky from Nuked, which is quite massive! The lighting is dark and moody to reflect the aftermath of the nuclear explosion. It's also got some nice mountains, which unlike in KF1, are to scale with everything else.

The skies in the Outpost map are quite pretty, featuring mountains, northern lights and a cold snowy winds. In this clip you can see that the mountains and sky are objects you can click on individually in order to move, scale, rotate or change their texture.

Here is my map Zombie High School, showing a smaller skybox, as only certain portions of the map are outdoors. You can see that I used flat "facade" textures to decorate the background, which look obvious and fake from the high above angle inside the editor...

..But in-game, the background looks more natural and like part of the world!

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Unlucky is being Develop in Unreal Engine 5.0, and I'm still learning how skyboxes work in this one. The third-person plat former game template comes with a nice looking built in sky that has animated clouds, and I have tested making Killing Floor 2 style sky spheres, which seems doable as well. I'm looking forward to learning more about how skies function in this version of the engine. :) -KrissieFox

[adalynnlove]

Warm & Inviting

Rustic setting. Ocean vibes. Lots of plants. Sounds like a perfect room to me! I could curl up here and read all day long, and nap, and visit with friends. Maybe these designers can create these items for me in RL? The skybox I’m in is created by Minimal and I’ve been wanting to use it for photos for ages! Be sure to look in the mirror so you can see even more details of the room. This post…

[staff]

Tumblr Tuesday: Horse Race Tests!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a horse meme in possession of The Horrors must be in want of some fanart. Move over, horse plinko. The equines of Horse Race Tests have captured everyone's imaginations, and while e1m6t3—the race to end all races—brought things to a close last week, your art and headcanons live on. Better to have raced and (gotten) lost than never to have raced at all. Please enjoy this roundup of Horse Race Tests fanart.

@redgunkonacanvas:

@bocchidaily2025:

@oquitbootz:

@angeban:

@princehibiscuit:

@solarsaturns:

@patchqork:

@razorwirezz:

@supmaww:

@tvheit:

@cabinette:

@sirartwork:

@cl0wnah0lic:

@zihette:

@coochiekrab:

@vulgaroctopus:

@evenbiggerhorse:

@milkape:

@moltworm:

@cellybot:

@radmule:

@zaquarii:

@valiumings:

@werewargs:

[amamozarte]

Horse Girl Lineup

[qbicearth]

hrts pre-nightmare races

[princehibiscuit]

i went to twitter and got really into horses

[oblique-lane]

Interloper C was truly something...

[mylifeinwindows]

[sasterisk]

Horse Race Tests real

Jovial Merryment was my goat the whole time, but everyone is a winner and deserves carrots <3

[dewthorne]

The Cardbridge Alice: Madness Returns (2011) dev. Spicy Horse

[booksofstars]

lock in

[krissiefox]

https://www.tumblr.com/techturd Lots of cool video game gifs and images.

https://acornfriend.tumblr.com/ Cute video game art

https://bsptourist.tumblr.com/ Scenery from Source Engine Games

https://www.tumblr.com/didyougaming Weird video game things.

https://alpha-beta-gamer.tumblr.com/ Learn about new indie game alphas and betas you can try!

https://www.tumblr.com/have-you-played-this-ps1-game Polls about PS1 games! Good place to discover new titles.

https://www.tumblr.com/videogametatts Video game tattoos!

https://www.tumblr.com/gogcom Official GOG tumblr blog (inactive)

https://gamespot.tumblr.com/ Not sure if it's an official Gamespot blog, but it is a blog about video games!

https://armorgames.tumblr.com/ Blog of game dev team Armor Games.

https://didyouknowgaming.com/ Video game trivia fun!

https://gaygamer.tumblr.com/ Video games from a gay perspective.

https://nintendometro.tumblr.com/ Nintendo gifs and videos

https://snesanctuary.tumblr.com/ Super Nintendo gifs!

https://mysteamgrids.tumblr.com/ Custom art for Steam games.

https://www.tumblr.com/celebgames Celebrities talking about video games.

https://kartridges-blog.tumblr.com/ Video game music, gifs, ads,screenshots, etc.

https://www.tumblr.com/chocolate-covered-portals Various games

https://n64thstreet.tumblr.com/ Blog about Nintendo 64 games!

https://obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/ Gifs and screenshots of lesser known video games

https://hiddenpalaceorg.tumblr.com/ A blog about lost games and video game history preservation!

https://videogamesskies.tumblr.com/ Skies from video games!

https://playstationgamemania.tumblr.com/ Blog about PlayStation games.

https://low-polygon-count.tumblr.com/ Screenshots and gifs of video game scenery.

https://www.tumblr.com/vgcartography Video game maps! (the visual aid kind, not the playable mod kind)

https://www.tumblr.com/naruhoudo A blog with nice video game fan art!

https://lowpolyanimals.com/ Video game animals!

https://n64retro.tumblr.com/ Pictures and gifs related to Nintendo 64.

https://fangamer.tumblr.com/ Online store that sells licensed video game merch.

https://femfreq.tumblr.com/ A feminist perspective on video games.

[adalynnlove]

Anti-Valentine Room

When I saw these new sets from [QE] Home, I HAD to blog them in this skybox from LORE. They create a whole anti-valentine vibe. Even though I actually enjoy Valentine’s Day I have been loving hanging out in this little hideaway because its so pretty! The skybox from LORE is the Gothic Attic Skybox that is currently available at Midnight Order until Feb. 20th. It comes in both a dark and light…

[dilya-simblr]

100 followers gift

Sunset skybox inspired by Genshin Impact

I drew most of the clouds myself, I hope you like it!

My blog was created just four days ago, but there is already so much activity on it! Thank you for your support, I hope to continue to delight you with content.

And also thank you @lowedeus for the great sky of totalitarianism. Your content inspires me

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[amamozarte]

I’m so proud of downtown skybox

[selenevassos]

hiii.. made some hrt plushies that people rlly liked on twitteer ^^ i have some preorders open if anyone wants me to make their fav race horse!! yow4you.com