Can skyboxes be used on fictional parks?

Baconi · 07-01-2020, 06:16 PM

Just wondering if its possible to use skyboxes on the parks that are made by the people here on the forums which use skylines. I tried deleting the skylines and adding the skybox folders to a park, and the skybox showed up but the area where the skyline would be used was blacked out.

eriqjaffe · 07-01-2020, 06:57 PM

Generally the skylines are part of the 3d model. If you just delete the skyline from the textures folder that blacking-out thing will happen because the model still expects it to be there and that's what OOTP does when it can't find a texture.

Baconi · 07-01-2020, 11:01 PM

Damn. Thanks for responding. Is it possible to easily edit that out of the model or am I SOL?

Ty Cobb · 07-01-2020, 11:12 PM

Can you make an object out of the skybox panels?

nielsoncp · 07-02-2020, 11:58 AM

In theory yes - the model creator would need to draw a big circle around the stadium, then paint the image on it. It would have to be super high resolution (my backgrounds are 4800x1196, so for it to look good it would probably have to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 9600x1200.) It would be "attached" to the model, so it would operate like the normal backgrounds in fictional stadiums, and, we would need the sky removed. So it would be a bit of an undertaking, but it could be done.

Ty Cobb · 07-02-2020, 01:18 PM

My original images for boxing are abot 60-65 megapixels...11000x 6k+. The webp’s are 2k x 2k...

Ty Cobb · 07-02-2020, 01:19 PM

My original images for boxing are abot 60-65 megapixels...11000x 6k+. The webp’s are 2k x 2k...

Ty Cobb · 07-04-2020, 10:54 AM

This is a link to one of my spherical panorama originals for a box I haven't processed yet. Let me know if you can work this out, because Mrs. Cobb has assured me that we can make many a road trip for good skies...and when the unrest in the cities dies down, I'll even go to the flatlands and get some urban pix.

https://mega.nz/file/XRQQ2Q6D#BAO-nQ...0SS4UV7Rn65wuA

Baconi · 07-08-2020, 12:38 PM

If you just want the skybox instead of a skyline then I've found you can just make the skyline images in the textures folder completely transparent and that does the trick.

07-01-2020, 06:16 PM	#1
Baconi Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 249	Can skyboxes be used on fictional parks? Just wondering if its possible to use skyboxes on the parks that are made by the people here on the forums which use skylines. I tried deleting the skylines and adding the skybox folders to a park, and the skybox showed up but the area where the skyline would be used was blacked out.

07-01-2020, 06:57 PM	#2
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	Generally the skylines are part of the 3d model. If you just delete the skyline from the textures folder that blacking-out thing will happen because the model still expects it to be there and that's what OOTP does when it can't find a texture. __________________

07-01-2020, 11:12 PM	#4
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,617	Can you make an object out of the skybox panels? __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

07-02-2020, 01:18 PM	#6
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,617	My original images for boxing are abot 60-65 megapixels...11000x 6k+. The webp’s are 2k x 2k... __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

07-02-2020, 01:19 PM	#7
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,617	My original images for boxing are abot 60-65 megapixels...11000x 6k+. The webp’s are 2k x 2k... __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

07-01-2020, 11:01 PM	#3
Baconi Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 249	Damn. Thanks for responding. Is it possible to easily edit that out of the model or am I SOL?

07-02-2020, 11:58 AM	#5
nielsoncp All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 787	In theory yes - the model creator would need to draw a big circle around the stadium, then paint the image on it. It would have to be super high resolution (my backgrounds are 4800x1196, so for it to look good it would probably have to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 9600x1200.) It would be "attached" to the model, so it would operate like the normal backgrounds in fictional stadiums, and, we would need the sky removed. So it would be a bit of an undertaking, but it could be done.

07-04-2020, 10:54 AM	#8
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,617	Modellers... This is a link to one of my spherical panorama originals for a box I haven't processed yet. Let me know if you can work this out, because Mrs. Cobb has assured me that we can make many a road trip for good skies...and when the unrest in the cities dies down, I'll even go to the flatlands and get some urban pix. https://mega.nz/file/XRQQ2Q6D#BAO-nQ...0SS4UV7Rn65wuA Attached Images __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

07-08-2020, 12:38 PM	#9
Baconi Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 249	If you just want the skybox instead of a skyline then I've found you can just make the skyline images in the textures folder completely transparent and that does the trick. Last edited by Baconi; 07-08-2020 at 10:22 PM.