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Ricebug on 15/12/2013 at 20:16

I didn't make the thing, I only (http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9242) DL'd it.

voodoo47 on 15/12/2013 at 20:31

maybe some of (https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=5643.0) these will work for you.

Ricebug on 15/12/2013 at 21:28

Thanks, Voodoo47. I donated $10 to the gang at TurboSquid and bought some skyboxes in PNG format. Here's the result (images were downsized and enhanced a bit for clarity and compatibility:

Inline Image:

http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/goodsky.jpg

Inline Image:

http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/goodsky2.jpg

One thing I discovered while rotating the top panel of the skybox, which is typical for Thief. As soon as I dropped back into the game and re-loaded the skybox, the top was all screwed up as before! So I went back and used PSP instead of IrfanView. This time, nothing went wrong. So either there's a problem with how IV manages images, or else a plug-in is needed, or something else is wonky.

BTW, the tracks and locomotive in the shot were made by LarryG.

Edit: All previous skies D/L'd were either jpg or tga. Used IV to convert them to PNG. Looked like crap. Went back and converted one using PSP and didn't have the strange artifacts, so it's definitely something to do with IrfanView.

voodoo47 on 15/12/2013 at 21:41

I'm using gimp for all the edits and conversion that I do (which is not too many, admittedly). no screwups so far.

MysteryMan on 15/12/2013 at 23:00

Looks like a nice thiefy atmosphere for the money. Nice! Beautiful screens! Can hardly wait to see it in game.

LarryG on 15/12/2013 at 23:35

I like the train tracks and the locomotive!

MysteryMan on 15/12/2013 at 23:40

Nice job on those Larry!

ZylonBane on 16/12/2013 at 00:35

Quote Posted by Ricebug

I didn't make the thing, I only (http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9242) DL'd it.

I downloaded the Miramar skybox, and it looks fine. It must have somehow got screwed up in the conversion from TGA to PNG. The original TGAs don't even have alpha channels.

Eternauta on 16/12/2013 at 20:06

Sorry the intrusion: could you help me figure out how to get a 2048 x 2048 sky with Gimp?
So far I only got ugly ugly skies! :weird:

Thank you!

Ricebug on 17/12/2013 at 00:41

Quote Posted by Eternauta

Sorry the intrusion: could you help me figure out how to get a 2048 x 2048 sky with Gimp?
So far I only got ugly ugly skies! :weird:

First, the original resolution must be 2048x2048. Don't take a 256x256 (or other) and resize it larger; you'll only get crap.