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==Overview==
==Overview==
The "Skybox" is a method of creating backgrounds to make a computer and video games level look bigger than it really is. When a Skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid (six sides), with specially made skybox textures drawn on it. Many skyboxes were cut or heavily modified during Half-Life 2's development. Many have been lost, and are only present in Valves archives. The following is a list of skyboxes found in the leak, along with their original versions/possible replacements. Many older skies were kept as placeholders, having been palette-swapped (purple squares) or brightened.  
The "Skybox" is a method of creating backgrounds to make a level look bigger than it really is. When a Skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid (six sides), with specially made skybox textures drawn on it. Most of the skyboxes used in the wc-mappack are not present in the leak, or otherwise were heavily modified during the course of development. The following is a list of the skyboxes found in the leak, along with their original versions from older builds.


===Sky_C17_X===
===C17===
*<b>C17_01</b>
*<b>C17_01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1701.JPG
Sky c1701.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


*<b>C17_02</b>
*<b>C17_02</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Used extensively; Cut just before release
*<b>Fate:</b> Used extensively; Cut just before release
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1702.JPG
Sky c1702 fix.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>C17_02 (Fixed)</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Used extensively; Cut just before release
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1702 fix.JPG
</gallery>
</gallery>


*<b>C17_03</b>
*<b>C17_03</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Original lost - replaced with copy of Wasteland02 in leak
*<b>Fate:</b> Original lost - replaced with copy of Wasteland02 in leak
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1703.JPG
Sky c1703.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


*<b>C17_04</b>
*<b>C17_04</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Re-used in retail as sky_day03_02
*<b>Fate:</b> Re-used in retail as sky_day03_02
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1704.JPG
Sky c1704.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


*<b>C17_05</b>
*<b>C17_05 </b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1705 strider.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Terminal</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Variant of C1702
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky terminal.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Trainstation</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Re-used in retail as sky_day_01_01
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky trainstation fix.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Wasteland===
*<b>Wasteland01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Also known as Wastelands001 in extremely old maps.
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky wasteland1 fix.jpg
wasteland01repo.png
</gallery>
 
*<b>Wasteland02</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Present in retail - Used as default/testing sky
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky wasteland2.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Wasteland03</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky wasteland3.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Wasteland04</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_02. Used/Best Highlighted in the map wasteland_railbridge and wasteland_depot.
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
wasteland04orig.png
wasteland04fix.png
</gallery>
 
*<b>Wasteland05</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_05
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
wasteland05orig.png
wasteland05fix.png
</gallery>
 
*<b>Depot01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky depot01.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Quarry/Ravenholm===
*<b>Quarry01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Re-used in Half-Life: Source
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky quarry01.jpg
</gallery>
 
<!--NOTENOTE; This might or might not be quarry02 - it has the same template and looks like it could have been done by victor
Since no maps have been released using quarry02 it cant be proven this ''isnt'' it, right?-->
*<b>Quarry02</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_hav
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky quarry01 alt.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Quarry03</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Re-used in retail as sky_day01_09
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky quarry03.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Airexchange===
*<b>Airex01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky airexchange.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Borealis===
*<b>Borealis01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky borealis.jpg
</gallery>
<!--TODO; Retail borbebalis sky/even older variant-->
 
===Spire===
*<b>Spire01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Extremely old sky
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky spire.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Vertigo/Palace===
*<b>Palace01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky palace.jpg
</gallery>
 
===Citadel===
*<b>Citadel01 (<2001)</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Extremely old sky
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Extremely old sky
<gallery widths="400" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky c1705.JPG
Sky c1705.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Citadel01</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky citadel01 fix.jpg
</gallery>
 
*<b>Citadel02</b>
*<b>Fate:</b> Cut - Large amount of compression damage indicates a palette-swap, Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_italy
<gallery widths="500" bordersize="none" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
Sky citadel02 fix.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
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[[Category:Half-Life 2]]
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 6 April 2024

Overview

The "Skybox" is a method of creating backgrounds to make a level look bigger than it really is. When a Skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid (six sides), with specially made skybox textures drawn on it. Most of the skyboxes used in the wc-mappack are not present in the leak, or otherwise were heavily modified during the course of development. The following is a list of the skyboxes found in the leak, along with their original versions from older builds.

C17

  • C17_01
  • Fate: Cut
  • C17_02
  • Fate: Used extensively; Cut just before release
  • C17_03
  • Fate: Original lost - replaced with copy of Wasteland02 in leak
  • C17_04
  • Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day03_02
  • C17_05
  • Fate: Cut
  • Terminal
  • Fate: Cut - Variant of C1702
  • Trainstation
  • Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day_01_01

Wasteland

  • Wasteland01
  • Fate: Cut - Also known as Wastelands001 in extremely old maps.
  • Wasteland02
  • Fate: Present in retail - Used as default/testing sky
  • Wasteland03
  • Fate: Cut
  • Wasteland04
  • Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_02. Used/Best Highlighted in the map wasteland_railbridge and wasteland_depot.
  • Wasteland05
  • Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_05
  • Depot01
  • Fate: Cut

Quarry/Ravenholm

  • Quarry01
  • Fate: Re-used in Half-Life: Source
  • Quarry02
  • Fate: Cut - Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_hav
  • Quarry03
  • Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day01_09

Airexchange

  • Airex01
  • Fate: Cut

Borealis

  • Borealis01
  • Fate: Cut

Spire

  • Spire01
  • Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky

Vertigo/Palace

  • Palace01
  • Fate: Cut

Citadel

  • Citadel01 (<2001)
  • Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky
  • Citadel01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Citadel02
  • Fate: Cut - Large amount of compression damage indicates a palette-swap, Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_italy