Skybox: Reflection Image

[Awdax]

Alright, so I have a 1782x1782 texture that I am going to use for the skybox in a map. I know that you divide the texture into six pieces-one for each side of a cube-but could I divide it into five pieces instead? So the bottom texture would be different from the sky, like Plate?

Next, how would I go about dividing it into five pieces if one is supposed to be for the top?

Here is the texture scaled down, if it will help in any way.

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[Nasoa]

Won't work. You have to have other parts, you would have 5 suns right now. As for the bottom, you can use a 16x16 color texture.

[Awdax]

Won't work. You have to have other parts, you would have 5 suns right now. As for the bottom, you can use a 16x16 color texture.

Alright thanks. Pretty sure this won't be the only question I'll have related to this, so until then, I'll keep this locked.

[Awdax]

I'm not sure if this is correct, but you use the Terrain Texture Painter and paint terrain onto the Slate Edit for a visible ground, right?

Whenever I hit add and scroll through the avaliable textures, after I choose one, I can't use it. It doesn't appear in the tiny preview box above the "Add" button.

[Mega-Bear]

I'm not sure if this is correct, but you use the Terrain Texture Painter and paint terrain onto the Slate Edit for a visible ground, right?

Whenever I hit add and scroll through the avaliable textures, after I choose one, I can't use it. It doesn't appear in the tiny preview box above the "Add" button.

Textures should be .jpg and be 256x256 pixels. Do your textures follow that?

[Awdax]

Textures should be .jpg and be 256x256 pixels. Do your textures follow that?

Yes. For now until I package the map, I have it in Blockland/base/data/terrains.
Should that even make a difference?

[Mega-Bear]

As long as you're able to load in mission editor they should work, doesn't matter where the textures are located. Sounds to me like you have a weird glitch.

[Awdax]

As long as you're able to load in mission editor they should work, doesn't matter where the textures are located. Sounds to me like you have a weird glitch.

Could it be because I am using Client_MissionEditor instead of the default built in Mission Editor? I've tried adding -mod editor to the end of the Shortcut's Target, but that doesn't work for some reason. I remember you used to have to download the Mission Editor separate, but I'm pretty sure it's built in now.

Do I need to do anything else before going to Terrain Texture Painted and loading a texture?
Also, I can't load any of the default textures.

EDIT: On maps like Bedroom I can load textures, but I can't paint them. But I want to edit Slate, add a terrain to that, like Slate Desert.

EDIT: Turns out I needed to edit the WaterBlock, but the terrains texture it too large. Do I fix this by resizing the actual texture?

Fixed it. Thanks.

[Awdax]

Okay, so last night I was in Mission Editor and I moved the fxSunLight lower, since that is where I wanted the visible sun to be. But I forget how to move the fxSunLight into different positions, I've tried sunElevation but that does nothing for fxSunLight.

[Nasoa]

Make it lock to real sun (in the fxSunLight tab), there's a checkbox, and hit apply.

[Awdax]

Make it lock to real sun (in the fxSunLight tab), there's a checkbox, and hit apply.

That's not what I'm trying to do though. I don't want it to lock to the real sun, I want it to be lower than the actual sun. But I can't seem to figure out how I lowered the fxSunLight before.

At least I think I did without lowering the real sun.

[Mega-Bear]

You mean the VISIBLE sun?

[Awdax]

You mean the VISIBLE sun?

Yes. There is the Sun, which lights the map. And fxSunLight, which is there for cosmetic purposes.

[Mega-Bear]

I don't know what you're saying. Suns are only parts of skyboxes, the lighting is just where the sunlight comes from.

[Nasoa]

Just lower it's elevation. You can do this without moving the real one.