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Adding your very own textures.

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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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Hey, is there a tutorial like this except for how to add your own skybox?
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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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I think you should try out urself, I think it's almost the same way 2 do it
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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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I have no idea what the coding would be, or where to place it. I looked at some of the Skybox files and there was no .CGF file, so the code must be placed somewhere else.
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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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You can add your own skyboxes through menus.cfg in the data folder.

Line 99 of that file:
loopix = "daysky"

For eg.
If you were to add your own skybox images to the loopix folder
Make sure you have 6 images named skyboxfilename_**.jpg to correspond to each side of the skybox(_ft, _bk ect file extensions), like all the other skyboxes.

then your cfg would go something like this.
loopix = "daysky skyboxfilename"

Its fairly straightforward, and thats the easiest way I know how to do it.
If theres an easier way someone correct me.

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Oh... Thanks, Dan.
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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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This worked very well for me, after a bit of double checking on file names and locations...

Thank you very much, so glad I can import my own custom textures now...

Thanks!

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How can you add textures to an existing map? What once you start a map you'll never think of or want to add a new texture or you have to start completely over? That kinda sucks.
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Great tutorial!! Worked like a charm on my first attempt. Very cool...

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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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I have tried every tutorial I can find. ( youtube and on here)
I am not seeming to get it tho. Says "cannot read packages.Cfg."

Yes I have tried in Data and all other ways I have seen demonstrated but it is still not working.
Can you elaborate a bit more into it please.

I tried on a new map and on already created aswell.

opened notepad and created the CFG like you posted. Have put them under my folder ( located in the textures section of PAS files) also tried a folder under a random area in PAS files aswell ( obvious error)

Basically I need a full on dummies guide lol.

Thanks in advance
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Re: Adding your very own textures.

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Was not saving notepad file as CFG. must put "CFG" problem solved
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