Skyboxes and intro message

[cornontheCoD]

to make a 2D skybox, do i just need to set it somehow, or do I need to texture it inside a cube?

and how do I change the intro message? the one on the chalkboard

 

[Koei]

Just make brushes where you want the sky to be (make sure you seal the map) and texture it with the skybox2d texture. That's it.

You can change to skybox looks somewhere under map properties or something like that.

 

[cornontheCoD]

how big should the skybox be?

 

[Spike]

how big should the skybox be?

As smaller as you can. This helps compiling and FPS ingame.

 

[cornontheCoD]

I mean, should it be a single rectangle around the whole level, or should I adjust the height and such for different heights in the level?

 

[Pseudo]

and how do I change the intro message? the one on the chalkboard

Create a text file in your maps directory named mapname.txt. When you distribute your map you should use a program like Pakrat to embed the file into your BSP. You can optionally create instructions for each language by creating files mapname_french.txt, mapname_german.txt etc. See this thread for more info.

 

[Koei]

I mean, should it be a single rectangle around the whole level, or should I adjust the height and such for different heights in the level?

Each part seperate. Using 1 giant box is bad.