Skyboxes

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 skyboxes found in the leak, along with their original versions/possible replacements.

C17

• C17_01
• Fate: Cut

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• C17_02
• Fate: Used extensively; Cut just before release

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• C17_03
• Fate: Original lost - replaced with copy of Wasteland02 in leak

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• C17_04
• Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day03_02

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• C17_05
• Fate: Cut

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• Terminal
• Fate: Cut - Variant of C1702

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• Trainstation
• Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day_01_01

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Wasteland

• Wasteland01
• Fate: Cut

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• Wasteland02
• Fate: Present in retail - Used as default/testing sky

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• Wasteland03
• Fate: Cut

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• Wasteland04
• Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_02

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• Wasteland05
• Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_05

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• Depot01
• Fate: Cut

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Quarry/Ravenholm

• Quarry01
• Fate: Re-used in Half-Life: Source

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• Quarry02
• Fate: Cut - Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_hav

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• Quarry03
• Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day01_09

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Airexchange

• Airex01
• Fate: Cut

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Borealis

• Borealis01
• Fate: Cut

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Spire

• Spire01
• Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky

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Vertigo/Palace

• Palace01
• Fate: Cut

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Citadel

• Citadel01 (<2001)
• Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky

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• Citadel01
• Fate: Cut

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• Citadel02
• Fate: Cut - Large amount of compression damage indicates a palette-swap, Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_italy

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