Skyboxes

This article details cut skyboxes. Put any newly found skyboxes here.

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.

Sky_C17_X

• C17_01
• Fate: Cut

• Sky c1701.JPG

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

• Sky c1702.JPG

• C17_02 (Fixed)
• Fate: Used extensively; Cut just before release

• Sky c1702 fix.JPG

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

• Sky c1703.JPG

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

• Sky c1704.JPG

• C17_05
• Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky

• Sky c1705.JPG