Skyboxes

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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. Many skyboxes were cut or heavily modified during Half-Life 2's development. Many have been lost, and are only present in Valve's archives. The following is a list of skyboxes found in the leak, along with their original versions/possible replacements. A few older skies were kept as placeholders, having been palette-swapped (purple squares) or brightened.

C17

  • 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_04 (Alternate)
  • Fate: Cut - Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_cs
  • Sky c1704 alt.jpg
  • C17_05 (<2001)
  • Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky
  • Sky c1705.jpg
  • C17_05 (>2001)
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky c1705 strider.jpg
  • Terminal
  • Fate: Cut - Variant of C1702
  • Sky terminal.jpg


  • Trainstation
  • Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day_01_01
  • Sky trainstation.jpg
  • Trainstation (Fixed)
  • Fate: Original version of Trainstation
  • Sky trainstation fix.jpg

Wasteland

  • Wasteland01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky wasteland1.jpg
  • Wasteland01 (Fixed)
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky wasteland1 fix.jpg
  • Wasteland02
  • Fate: Present in retail - Used as default/testing sky
  • Sky wasteland2.jpg
  • Wasteland03
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky wasteland3.jpg
  • Wasteland04
  • Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_02
  • Sky wasteland4.jpg
  • Wasteland04 (Fixed)
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky wasteland4 fix.jpg
  • Wasteland05
  • Fate: Parts re-used in retail as sky_day02_05
  • Sky wasteland5.jpg
  • Wasteland05 (Fixed)
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky wasteland5 fix.jpg
  • Depot01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky depot01.jpg

Quarry/Ravenholm

  • Quarry01
  • Fate: Re-used in Half-Life: Source
  • Sky quarry01.jpg
  • Quarry01 (Alternate)
  • Fate: Cut - Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_hav
  • Sky quarry01 alt.jpg
  • Quarry03
  • Fate: Re-used in retail as sky_day01_09
  • Sky quarry03.jpg

Airexchange

  • Airex01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky airexchange.jpg

Borealis

  • Borealis01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky borealis.jpg

Spire

  • Spire01
  • Fate: Cut - Extremely old sky
  • Sky spire.jpg

Vertigo/Palace

  • Palace01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky palace.jpg

Citadel

  • Citadel01
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky citadel01.jpg
  • Citadel01 (Fixed)
  • Fate: Cut
  • Sky citadel01 fix.jpg
  • Citadel02
  • Fate: Cut - Large amount of compression damage indicates a palette-swap, Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_italy
  • Sky citadel02.jpg
  • Citadel02 (Fixed)
  • Fate: Cut - Large amount of compression damage indicates a palette-swap, Re-used in Counter-Strike: Source as sky_italy
  • Sky citadel02 fix.jpg
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