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« on: February 21, 2014, 01:24:36 PM »

I started mapping since 4 months ago and i really like it, i mapped all kinds of maps  Defrag, FFA, CTF.
But i never put skybox in it. When i put skybox on radiant it wont have light (maybe its shaders?) and its like 500 skyboxes in one grid. I really need some help.

Thank you! Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2014, 01:32:37 PM »

Witch type of Radiant ?
I mean: Q3Radiant - GTKradiant - NETradiant ?

First of all you have to make your personal shader for the skybox, or take one from OA original and modify it as you want.

Like this:

matija_sky.shader

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textures/matija_sky
{
   qer_editorimage textures/matija_sky.tga
   surfaceparm noimpact
   surfaceparm nolightmap
   q3map_globaltexture
   q3map_lightsubdivide 256
   q3map_surfacelight 145
   surfaceparm sky
   q3map_sun   1 1 1 32   90 90
   skyparms textures/env/matija_sky - -

}

Remember that you have to place the .shader file in scripts folder.
Also you have to edit the shaderlist.txt in script folder and add the line matija_sky

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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2014, 01:50:24 PM »

ParseShaderFile(): scripts/matija_sky.shader, line 31: { not found!
Found instead: e
Last known shader: t 


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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2014, 02:07:47 PM »

Whoops  Tongue

I've forgot to specify something:

In textures/ENV folder you have to place the skybox images:

matija_sky_dn.jpg
matija_sky_rt.jpg
matija_sky_ft.jpg
matija_sky_rt.jpg
matija_sky_dn.jpg
matija_sky_bk.jpg


P.S.: You don't ask me what type of Radiant you are using.

Download the attachment.

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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2014, 02:09:53 PM »

Can you upload the shader file? That sounds like a syntax problem.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2014, 02:17:44 PM »

textures/matija_sky
{
   qer_editorimage textures/matija_sky.tga
   surfaceparm noimpact
   surfaceparm nolightmap
   q3map_globaltexture
   q3map_lightsubdivide 256
   q3map_surfacelight 145
   surfaceparm sky
   q3map_sun   1 1 1 32   90 90
   skyparms textures/env/matija_sky - -
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2014, 02:20:19 PM »

textures/matija_sky
{
   qer_editorimage textures/matija_sky.tga
   surfaceparm noimpact
   surfaceparm nolightmap
   q3map_globaltexture
   q3map_lightsubdivide 256
   q3map_surfacelight 145
   surfaceparm sky
   q3map_sun   1 1 1 32   90 90
   skyparms textures/env/matija_sky - -


You miss a "}" or it's just a typing error ?

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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2014, 02:23:04 PM »

Typing error. But } is in shader file but wont work :/
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2014, 02:24:57 PM »

@Neon_Knight: what do you think ? The shader must be right, because it's the same of oa_suicizer. But i don't know what type of Radiant matija123  is using  Huh

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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2014, 02:34:07 PM »

I'm using 1.4.0
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2014, 02:40:04 PM »

I'm using 1.4.0

Uhm, GTKradiant 1.4.0. In that case i can't help you, i'm using Q3Radiant202 Tongue

I hope Neon_Knight (or another mapper/user) can help you.

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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2014, 02:45:22 PM »

Hmm, ok then Cheesy
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2014, 04:10:09 AM »

Majita, the error message you posted above mentioned "line 31", but the code you showed us is much less than 31 lines. Could you please post/upload the whole .shader file?

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When i put skybox on radiant it wont have light (maybe its shaders?) and its like 500 skyboxes in one grid.
About the first part, maybe it was a shader file missing from your scripts/shaderlist.txt? (Note: in shaderlist.txt, shader files have to be mentioned without folder and file extension)? About the second part, maybe your sky shader is being used as a "standard" sky instead of as a "skybox"?

Our work-in-progess DO NOT LINK[/b]) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Mapping_manual]mapping manual does not yet have infos about that, and I never did a "skybox" before. So, I'm just guessing. (Note: Even the DO NOT LINK[/b]) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Mapping_manual/Appendix_A:_Glossary_of_terms]glossary of terms does not mention what a Skybox is. Neon_Knight, could you plase write a few words about it there?)

Look at the first screenshot. I think this is a "standard" sky: with /r_showtris 1, you can see the sky appearing as a "grid" of polygons, and it is possible to guess the shape of the invisible "walls" containing the sky shader.

Look at the second screenshot. This map seems adapt to have a "skybox", but with r_showtris, again we see the "grid" of polygons. So, did maybe standard sky have been used, even if the effect resembles a skybox? Does this affect rendering speed? I don't know. Is this considered a "skybox"? I don't know.

Look at the third screenshot. This time, looking at the sky, there is no "grid" shown. Even the edges of the brushes which enclose the map for outer void are not shown by r_showtris, this time! I can guess this is a proper "skybox". How does this work exactly? I don't know.
I think skybox usage includes creating specific images for each side of the "box", giving them specific suffixes (_up, _dn, etc. such as mysky1_up, mysky1_dn, etc.), but the whole process is still unclear to me. I'd really like to better understand.

I'm not even sure there about how many different kinds of "skyboxes" are possible...
Searching for some documentation, I found this stuff:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GtkRadiant/Skyportals
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Q3Map2#skybox --> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Q3Map2#skybox_tutorial
From which seems there are ways to create a sort of "small box" which textures will be "ported" (enlarged) to the real map. But there are things I don't understand... e.g. why do they say to create some more geometry into the box?

Some other documentation about sky shaders in general:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GtkRadiant/Creating_sky_shaders
http://toolz.nexuizninjaz.com/shader/shader/section3.htm#3.1

PS: GTK Radiant 1.5 can work with OA, too, while for GTK Radiant 1.6 I fear there is no OA pack yet...
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2014, 05:04:21 AM »

The shader Akom74 posted is incomplete, it has no stages.

For example, the indented { } block in the example below is a "stage".
Stages say what to draw and how to draw it.
Every shader needs at least one stage.

Code:
skyIsland_water
{
        surfaceparm nolightmap
        {
                map $whiteimage
                rgbGen const ( 0.0 0.1 0.3 )
        }
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2014, 05:21:41 AM »

The shader Akom74 posted is incomplete, it has no stages.

For example, the indented { } block in the example below is a "stage".
Stages say what to draw and how to draw it.
Every shader needs at least one stage.

Code:
skyIsland_water
{
        surfaceparm nolightmap
        {
                map $whiteimage
                rgbGen const ( 0.0 0.1 0.3 )
        }
}


Don't know what to tell you, it's the same shader (simplified) of oa_suicizer:

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textures/akom_sky3/suicizer
{
   qer_editorimage textures/akom_sky3/suicizer.tga
   surfaceparm noimpact
   surfaceparm nolightmap
   q3map_globaltexture
   q3map_lightsubdivide 256
   q3map_surfacelight 145
   surfaceparm sky
   q3map_sun   1 1 1 32   90 90
   skyparms textures/akom_env3/suicizer/suicizer - -
   {
      map textures/acc_dm3/portal_fog.jpg
      blendfunc filter
      tcmod scale 3 3
      tcmod scroll .1 .03
      rgbgen identity
   }
   {
      map textures/acc_dm3/portal_fog.jpg
      blendfunc filter
      tcmod scale 2 2
      tcmod scroll .1 .05
      rgbgen identity
   }
   {
      map textures/acc_dm3/portal_fog.jpg
      blendfunc filter
      tcmod scale 1 1
      tcmod scroll .1 .08
      rgbgen identity
   }
}

Maybe i've forgot something ? ... Huh Tongue

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« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2014, 03:35:26 PM »

I can't modify my previous message, so i insert the correct stuff here:

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matija_sky_dn
matija_sky_rt
matija_sky_ft
matija_sky_lf
matija_sky_up
matija_sky_bk

In the previous message i was wrong writing _dn and _rt twice, sorry.

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« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2014, 01:40:05 PM »

matija123, where are your maps located? I love to get familiar with maps from people who take time to make them.
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