Ever had a hankering to own the sun, the moon, and the stars? That would indeed be a tall order however, CryDev member cwright has given us the sky. While there are a ton of tutorials in various mediums on the web that will show you how to make a skybox, they all share one commonality you have to do much of the assembly work yourself. cwrights SkyBox tool takes the frustrating parts of that process and reduces them to a few simple button clicks. Keep in mind that while this tool takes a great number of the assembly steps out of the process it will require a third party paint tool such as Photoshop or Paint Shop to manipulate the textures. If you do not have a legal copy of these you can always use My Paint or Gimp (links below) to get the job done which is what I used. With an artistic eye and some creative use of the smudge and clone stamp tools you can get your skybox textures to blend just right.

This is a great tool once you get the hang of it, SkyBox 1.04 will be a huge time saver. With much of the tedium taken out of creating your sky-boxes you are free to let your imagination run wild and get as creative with your skies as you like. Until next time...