Alternate Day/Evening/Night Background Images

[Porb]

The default background sky images in the game have been fine but haven't been updated in several years and are starting to look a bit grainy, especially on larger displays.

We can change these images ourselves, and they can be found at:

(OOTP main folder) \data\ballparks\models\misc\backgrounds

The file names need to remain the same as the existing ones:

day_sky.jpg
evening_sky.jpg
night_sky.jpg

Image size and proportions don't seem to matter much -- the game adepts well to different-sized background images. For OOTP21, however, the images seem to need to be upside-down in order to display correctly in the game. The game never really used the bottom third of the background image, so I've added extra space in order to line up the horizon correctly.

Different images may work better for different game setups and views. I'd love to see if anyone else has customized their backgrounds.

I started messing with these backgrounds because it seemed much easier, with better results, than trying to create my own 3D "sky boxes."

The backgrounds can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...mt?usp=sharing

Here are some in-game examples, using Cheney Stadium from eriqjaffe's excellent series of stadiums:

[Lucas718]

Nice! I like these

[Porb]

Originally Posted by Lucas718

Nice! I like these

Thank you!

I would also love if the game had sky images to match current weather conditions, or at least a stormy sky for games experiencing weather delays. It is super-low priority, but someday...