Multiple Skies

[Red Phazon]

Is it possible to have multiple (more than two) skies in a map?

I know that two skies can be defined in map info and the second sky can be selected with a sector special, but that only works for two skies.

I also know of the skybox picker, but it seems like it is only used along with the sky viewer, which still doesn't give me the option of using other sky textures as a sky.

[Salad Viking]

[wiki]ChangeSky[/wiki]. That is pretty much your only option IIRC.

[Red Phazon]

I think the answer is probably no, but can a script be activated so that only the player who activated it can see the changed sky? That way when a player triggers the script another player wont see a sky change for no reason.

Edit: Of course this is assuming use in a multiplayer game.

[Apothem]

I think the answer is probably no, but can a script be activated so that only the player who activated it can see the changed sky? That way when a player triggers the script another player wont see a sky change for no reason.

Edit: Of course this is assuming use in a multiplayer game.

Use the CLIENTSIDE script flag. For cosmetic stuff like that you want to use that skulltag feature. Clientside scripts are meant for specifically that. Just be careful because they don't play nice with things that change anything ingame status wise (ie HP, armor, sector height changes).

I'm posting this kinda half awake so I dunno how good of an explanation I'm giving. If it still doesn't make sense I'll explain more.

Oh and also I doubt you're trying to make this for zdoom because of its non-existent netcode, so you might want to take this over to the skulltag forums. They will probably be able to help you more directly with it.

[Kappes Buur]

Is it possible to have multiple (more than two) skies in a map?

I know that two skies can be defined in map info and the second sky can be selected with a sector special, but that only works for two skies.

I also know of the skybox picker, but it seems like it is only used along with the sky viewer, which still doesn't give me the option of using other sky textures as a sky.

I would think that
9080 Skybox Viewpoint and
9081 Skybox Picker
are the ideal candidates to accomplish what you want.
Essentially, you could have as many different skies as there are available tags.

Of course, the skies themselves are only as good as the textures/flats you use.

[Red Phazon]

I would think that
9080 Skybox Viewpoint and
9081 Skybox Picker
are the ideal candidates to accomplish what you want.
Essentially, you could have as many different skies as there are available tags.

Of course, the skies themselves are only as good as the textures/flats you use.

How would you use the skybox viewer/picker to display just a normal texture sky stretched all around though?

[Enjay]

[wiki]Static_Init[/wiki] might help. Look at property 255.

Also, go to the following link and look for the file "How to use line type 190 in Zdoom". Load it and walk through to the final area.

http://members.multimania.co.uk/enjay001/

[Salad Viking]

[wiki]Static_Init[/wiki] might help. Look at property 255.

Doesn't that exactly solve what the problem is here?

Other than that, you could use a typical skybox or a modern cubic sky.

[Red Phazon]

Aha! Thank you Enjay, this was almost exactly what I had in mind and it exactly solves the problem! It took a little effort to iron out the problems, but now I can view many texture skies and sky boxes at the same time.

Also thanks to everyone who offered solutions. I still learned some useful things.