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#1 · February 19, 2013, 5:27 pm

So you wanted to make a 3D skybox for your Portal 2 map, browsed for skybox models but didn't find any and now you are disppointed.

Don't be!

This zip-file contains some skybox models that could get you started. Copy the contained folders into the model folder.

You can create your own skybox models from the existing models in the game without any modelling experience when you follow these tutorials:

1. Decompile the model you want, as explained by Skotty here.

2. Rescale the model as explained in this tutorial on interlopers.net

3. Compile the new model following Josepezdj's tutorial here.

If you do so, let me know via PM or upload the file attached to a reply in this thread and I'll add your models to the zip-file.

#2 · February 19, 2013, 5:28 pm

So far, this file contains:

Old Aperture:

- Geodomes with different sizes and quality for old Aperture maps, made by Skotty
(produce yellow errors when compiling, but work absolutely fine)

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Walkways:

- the 128 and 512 units long walkways
- walkway corner
- the 64 units long destroyed walkway
- the 256 units long hanging stairs

by josepezdj and me

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Vactubes:

- corkscrew piece
- crossroads
- skybox_1024_pipe_2, a long straight vactube, made by LPFreaky90

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Arms:

- arm_ext_halfres_rows_4x4

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Examples how these could be pieced together:

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#3 · February 20, 2013, 1:37 am

:postpics:

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#4 · February 20, 2013, 6:21 am

Right, fixed. :thumbup:

#5 · February 22, 2013, 9:33 pm

To anyone who downloaded and doesn't know why the models are so tiny (like me) check this out.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/3d_skybox