Sky that won't tile?

[Pyro the Magma Fox]

Heya! What are the dimensions (width and height) in a sky texture needed to make the sky wrap around the whole level without tiling? (like in ERZ2 where the sky doesn't tile so there is only 1 planet Mobius visible)

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Width-wise? ERZ's planet sky is 1024 pixels wide, so that's your width limit.

Height-wise? That on the other hand you *can't* truly stop the tiling effect for - the tiling is even noticable with the large skies if you fall a long enough distance downwards. Otherwise, best option would be to go for anything over 512 pixels tall, given that's how tall all the big SRB2 skies are.

 

[Pyro the Magma Fox]

So height-wise, 1024 MIGHT be ok?

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Yeah, 1024 should be okay.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Yeah, 1024 covers a full rotation. Can't really vouch for vertical tiling, and that tends to be the more problematic one; best of luck with that.

Also, it's not Mobius, it's "The Planet". </pet peeve>

 

[Pyro the Magma Fox]

...Sonic and friends don't live on THE Planet... And I thought 1024 was full rotation because of the width

 

[Monster Iestyn]

...Sonic and friends don't live on THE Planet... And I thought 1024 was full rotation because of the width

Can I make it clear the planet Sonic and friends live on in SRB2 isn't important? It could be "Mobius", "Earth", "The Planet", or whatever - who cares?

Also, I'm guessing ShadowHog thought we were talking about horizontal (width) tiling, which probably is causing the confusion there.

 

[pastel]

Don't forget to break the sky into 128x128 patches to prevent rendering errors.

Also the planet is obviously named Sepwich. :P

 

[Shadow Hog]

Also the planet is obviously named Sepwich. :P

I'm okay with this.

 

[Pyro the Magma Fox]

Don't forget to break the sky into 128x128 patches to prevent rendering errors.

Also the planet is obviously named Sepwich. :P

Ha ha, very funny XD and I already know about doing 128x128 patches - I've done it before!