I'm not seeing exactly what you describe.
Hardware:

As you say, the textures are drawn up into the sky. Texture 3 (from the left) is the one to look at here.
But, in software:

The only difference is that texture 1 is drawn into the floor (as I would expect - this difference between SW and HW is well known). However, texture 3 is the same in SW and HW (which is different to the report).
FWiW, put a ceiling on it and...
Hardware:

Software:

And, again, the differences between SW and HW are just the expected ones.
Test map attached that shows all of the above.
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