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ok, i've been trying to add mini sky domes onto my map and i have a few questions

AceMastermind wrote:

BountyHunterV wrote:

Maveritchell wrote:Like we've already said once or twice, the skydome is a sphere mesh with textures on the inside. Just make a basic prop .odf for it.

he he i don't exactly know how to do that...

Example prop ODF:


[GameObjectClass]

ClassLabel = "prop"
GeometryName = "inner_skydome.msh"

[Properties]
GeometryName = "inner_skydome"

ok, so lets say i make a basic prop odf. Then how do i turn the .SKY file into a .MSH so i can place a textured sphere it in Zero Editor?

btw, this is not including XSI. i've heard there was a way to place a skydome in ZE without XSI, which is what i'm trying to do.


so...any takers? thanks in advance for responses.

You don't need to change the .sky file to .msh.

Just take the naboo1_sky_dome.msh or whatever yours is, in data_ABC/world/ABC/world1, and make an odf for it.

You could then scale it with a .msh.option file.

Caleb1117 wrote: You could then scale it with a .msh.option file.

that was one of my other questions...how do you scale an odf?

Ok scale in the ODF changes the size of the object in ZE, the .msh.option changes the actual ingame size.

In the odf, add
GeometryScale = 0.0 -- Your value here

Like 0.5 would be half the normal size.

Ok then make a .msh.option.
If your skydome.msh does not have a .msh.option file, you will need to make one.
So lets pretend that the skydom msh is named naboo_skydome.msh You would make a new text document and name it the exact same thing, but with .option on the end, so:

naboo_skydome.msh.option

and inside you should put:

-scale 0.0 -- should be the same value as what you put in the odf 0.5 for instance.

If there is already a .msh.option file for it, it may look something like this:

-nocollision -maybesomeotherstuff

Just add a -scale 0.0 to the end of it all.

So:

-nocollision -maybesomeotherstuff -scale 0.0

ugh i'm having trouble...

so i've managed to put in a mustafar sky dome, but for some reason, if you get too close to the walls, the dome just disappears. this is a serious problem, because you spawn fairly close to the skydome, so when you spawn you can't see the dome.

^^does anyone know how to solve this? i know that people have successfully used mini skydomes before, so...any help would be appreciated