Skyboxes
From Valve Cut Content
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