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Ty Cobb · 06-03-2020, 10:14 AM

Gone are the days when I relied on non-commercial-licensed box images and converted them. My new tripod is here (alas, not my new camera holder as well), lockdown is lifting, and Mrs. Cobb and I have begun roaming free. She's gracious enough to let me stop anywhere I want on our jaunts and take pictures for skyboxing. I'll probably start taking some flat panoramas as well.

Initially, they'll either be day or night. I have to return to a place at the opposing time of day to get a second shot, and that will take a while. Bear with me on it—updates will be posted. I'll tell you right now, I lack the ability to (or inclination to fight mosquitos and black flies) take photos for pitch dark shooting, so night boxes will be evening shots...as late as I can manage. You'll become quite familiar with our little blue Hyundai Veloster as I add these. You may or may not see Mrs. Cobb and our dogs—she's camera shy and usually will hide behind her big purse.

Instructions:

1. Download skybox file and decompress it.
2. Drag the skybox folder to the folder "skyboxes" inside the Construction Kit. First example pic of where your construction kit folder lives is for a Mac. Second is for Windows—Steam version.
3. Re-open OOTP and go to the construction kit. The skybox should be there, ready to use.
4. Windows/Linux users: if you see DS.Store files, that's just a Mac OS thing and you can throw them out. I'll work on eliminating them.

Edit 6-8-20: Added a folder for standard panoramas (non-spherical stuff). This link should be good for them: https://mega.nz/folder/udAFTYZb#KGP0aoDlYRAf-ZuYRfkyEw

This link SHOULD provide access to my cloud folder of skybox images.

https://mega.nz/folder/qQpl3DYY#NyLrsV0mEtolFCrNtfBMQw

06-03-2020, 10:14 AM	#1
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,548 Blog Entries: 121	Ty's Skies: My self-made skybox zone Gone are the days when I relied on non-commercial-licensed box images and converted them. My new tripod is here (alas, not my new camera holder as well), lockdown is lifting, and Mrs. Cobb and I have begun roaming free. She's gracious enough to let me stop anywhere I want on our jaunts and take pictures for skyboxing. I'll probably start taking some flat panoramas as well. Initially, they'll either be day or night. I have to return to a place at the opposing time of day to get a second shot, and that will take a while. Bear with me on it—updates will be posted. I'll tell you right now, I lack the ability to (or inclination to fight mosquitos and black flies) take photos for pitch dark shooting, so night boxes will be evening shots...as late as I can manage. You'll become quite familiar with our little blue Hyundai Veloster as I add these. You may or may not see Mrs. Cobb and our dogs—she's camera shy and usually will hide behind her big purse. Instructions: 1. Download skybox file and decompress it. 2. Drag the skybox folder to the folder "skyboxes" inside the Construction Kit. First example pic of where your construction kit folder lives is for a Mac. Second is for Windows—Steam version. 3. Re-open OOTP and go to the construction kit. The skybox should be there, ready to use. 4. Windows/Linux users: if you see DS.Store files, that's just a Mac OS thing and you can throw them out. I'll work on eliminating them. Edit 6-8-20: Added a folder for standard panoramas (non-spherical stuff). This link should be good for them: https://mega.nz/folder/udAFTYZb#KGP0aoDlYRAf-ZuYRfkyEw This link SHOULD provide access to my cloud folder of skybox images. https://mega.nz/folder/qQpl3DYY#NyLrsV0mEtolFCrNtfBMQw Attached Images __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos Last edited by Ty Cobb; 06-09-2020 at 01:00 PM.