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Program to create skybox?
I wonder if they could help me with some program that could create skyboxes.
Thx in Advance
Answer by Velketor · Mar 23, 2011 at 02:59 PM
Use the "CubeTheSphere" tool to create the 6 images needed for a skybox (from 1 original image). That's right. All the work is done for you. You can even select the resolution (up to 2048x2048) per map.
the link is below:
http://darendash.home.comcast.net/~darendash/CubeTheSphere.html
once it creates your 6 images, simply add them to your skybox material in Unity in the appropriate spots (back, front, top, bottom, left, right)
hope this helps.
Shawn
The tool you linked only works if you're starting with spherically-mapped image.
I used this before a long time ago, was going to try and download the tool again, but the link is dead.
Answer by Meltdown · Mar 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM
If you use Blender, take a look at this post on the Unity Forums...
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/37264-Blender-Skybox-Generator-(!Screenshot!)
Also take a look at this link for creating skyboxes using Bryce
http://www.terathon.com/wiki/index.php?title=Making_a_Skybox_Using_Bryce
Answer by User12345 · Mar 23, 2011 at 11:25 AM
I found Terragen is quite usefull for that, just place the cam in the scene and turn it 90 for each side.
here is a short tutorial http://rabiuls.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/making-skybox-with-terragen-for-unity-3d/
and here terragen http://www.planetside.co.uk/content/view/16/28/
Answer by DaveA · Mar 23, 2011 at 06:02 PM
Since Shawn has already plugged my utility, I'll also mention UniSky (google it) and Unity itself. If you set up a nice scene in unity, there's a script on the Script Wiki that will generate those 6 textures for you
Answer by mcunha98 1 · Mar 23, 2011 at 06:08 PM
Use Terragen, it is amazing and easy to learn. The unique problem is your computer (maybe), because terragen needs a good CPU to render SkyBox with high quality.
This screenshot of my game show an old skybox I did using Terragen (only to test the render)
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