I managed to do some 4K Skyboxes - Questions

[hoover2701]

Greetings fellow KSP-players.

I have produced some 4K-Skyboxes using the brillant tutorial by @Nucleartaxi.

 

I even managed to convert the PNG-files to DDS (DXT1) and so far for me (1.3.1) everything works well. Of course I'd like to share my skyboxes but I am uncertain if they'll work in 1.4.x as I am not quite sure in which format / for which mod I should prepare them. I know of Texture Replacer (Replaced), DiRT and SIGMA Replacement. So, are there any suggestions you could give? Or should I simply offer them without a folder structure?

Right now, they are named:

GalaxyTex_NegativeX
GalaxyTex_NegativeY
GalaxyTex_NegativeZ
GalaxyTex_PositiveX
GalaxyTex_PositiveY
GalaxyTex_PositiveZ

Additionally, in older Skyboxes there used to be EnvMap-files which were smaller files in a separate folder. I believe they were used for reflections. Are those still necessary or do they add some other benefit?

Sorry for my noobish questions but I am no modder at all, just a guy who likes to play around with KSP...

These are the skyboxes I came up with:

Carina Nebula Skybox:

M57 Ring Nebula Skybox:

NGC 6326 Nebula Skybox:

Starfield Skybox:

Twin Jets Nebula Skybox:

 

 

[Dankgum]

As far as I know,  TRR and DIRT use the 'GalaxyTex' format. Sigma replacements uses a different format. What I recommend is just including installation instructions for each mod and including the 6 textures. Also, with TRR, the skyboxes go in the Default, not EnvMap

[hoover2701]

Thanks for the reply!

[Astra Infinitum]

@hoover2701 , old obviously, but you ever figure out everything you needed regarding this? I have a skybox config template i can give you that i use for all the skyboxes i make, along with a quick readme containing easy directions