1ST night map from valve!!!

Dec 25, 2007
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Yeah, they came with the Heavy update. I'm pretty sure this was meant to be the skybox on arena_well.
 

Ida

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Ohh, nice! I've been really wanting to have a proper TF2 night sky texture (even if it's just a Gold Rush recolor).
 

Snipergen

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It's not really night and you can be quite sure that they will make the map pretty bright with surrounding lights.
env_moon :p
Pretty cool though!!
 

Brandished

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Yeah, they came with the Heavy update. I'm pretty sure this was meant to be the skybox on arena_well.

I doubt it, I agree with Acegikmo, it looks a bit rough for something Valve would put out (on-purpose :p). It probably was a prototype sky for an entirely new TF2 map that Valve forgot to remove from the gcf.


 
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Dec 25, 2007
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You're probably right. I also had another look at arena_well, and although the lighting's changed a lot from well, it's now setup more to be dawn than the dusk of this skybox.
 
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Well why not decompile arena_well and find out how it looks with the new skybox?

Done it, the skybox sort of works with the map, although the moon is a bit pixelated and the middle building is too bright (although it is right under the moon). You can tell it's a quick compile, you can still see the areaportals xD

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I think it works with the last screen, but the first two are way too bright.
 

Jazz

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I am using this skybox for my arena map. I have been tweaking the light_environment settings a bit and came up with this...


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If anyone would like the settings I would be happy to post them.
 

laghlagh

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What a talentless hack!
 

Ida

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In the latter pic I can see a bright-as-the-sun skybox. Major thumbs down.

Jazz: Not bad at all. It could be a bit darker, but then again, you can't go too dark before it becomes unfitting for TF2 either.
 

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Make that "I can see a bright-as-the-sun fog", then, I guess.