ReadMe

This Blender Addon is designed to help you easily convert your 3D environment into a skybox for the Source Engine. It automates the process of generating the six necessary textures from different points of view, combines them into a single image for previewing, and creates the required VMT (Valve Material Type) files for each texture.

Features

1. Skybox Generation: Capture your scene from six different perspectives (up, down, left, right, front, and back) and export the views as six .tga files.
2. Stitched Skybox Preview: Automatically combine the six textures into a single stitched image for a quick visual preview of your final skybox.
3. VMT Generation: Automatically generate six .vmt files for each skybox texture, ready for use in the Source Engine.

Skybox Blender

The add-on will create six .tga files in the specified output folder, representing the six views:

• Front (FT)
• Back (BK)
• Left (LF)
• Right (RT)
• Up (UP)
• Down (DN)

Skybox Stiched

1. After generating the individual textures, click Stitch Skybox.
2. This will generate a stitched preview image that shows all six faces of the skybox in a cross-like layout. You can use this image to quickly check how the skybox looks when assembled.

Skybox_Generate

1. After generating the .tga files, click Generate VMTs.
2. The add-on will automatically create a .vmt file for each texture. These .vmt files contain the necessary shader and texture settings to be used in the Source Engine.

Example .vmt content:

"sky"
{
    "$basetexture" "skybox/skyboxname_FT"
    "$translucent" 1
}