[Solved] Sky???? {How to set and view skies? How to take screenshots?}

[Foronisus]

Guys can you tell me how can i add Sky??? because every time i click on Sky it makes bad texture can you tell me??? or maybe i go wrong...

 

[Bannar]

It should be in Map preferences. Go to Scenario -> Map preferences. Tab to last section, there is field 'Sky' - by default it sets sky to Editor's preferences.

 

[Rui]

It is also possible to set the sky in-game. Note that skies can change the lightning on your map and thus make the terrain look different. For example, I used Fogged Sky I think and my terrain was darker than usual.

 

[Foronisus]

and than i need to save the map and leave it and open it ?????

 

[Rui]

No, you do not. Put your camera in an angle in which you can see the sky. How to do this? Keep CTRL pressed, right-click in the middle of your screen (keep the right mouse button pressed) and drag the mouse arrow to the top of the screen (just below the Tools, Advanced, Module, Help tabs). Then hit K on your keyboard.
If your mouse has a wheel, you can hit the wheel to reset the camera.

EDIT: Careful not to make the screen spin. ;P

 

[Foronisus]

guys how to make Good picture in WE or Ingame and what to do in WE to take good picture???

 

[Rui]

Keep CTRL pressed and hit Prt Sc. You can then crop the image in an image manipulation program like GIMP. You can also use Paint, but saving it as .jpg will ruin the quality of the image.

 

[Bannar]

Do you mean to take picture of whole map? Advanced -> Show whole map.
You can use Ctrl to rotate camera as well for normal view.

 

[Foronisus]

and in what format should i make it??? so i can upload it here on hive? and link where can i upload it or i can upload it directly on hive???

 

[Rui]

The Hive accepts the following formats:

• .blp
• .gif
• .jpg
• .jpeg
• .blp
• .png
• .tga

Only .gifs, .jp(e)gs and .pngs will be able to be previewed in the Hive, meaning, only these formats can be viewed in the website without needing to be downloaded and opened by a program, so you should try to put them in one of these formats.

 

[Foronisus]

you mean PNG right??? and how to put it???

 

[Rui]

I'm not sure what formats Paint can save in, but with GIMP you've got to explore the drop-down menus upon saving the file.

 

[Bannar]

GIMP got about 25-35 enabled extension to save in.
Paint: jpg, dib, tif, bmp, gif, png.

 

[Dr Super Good]

To make a good screenshot.
1. Enable and maximise both AntiAliasing and Antistropic Filtering. A reasonable value for older cards is 8x AA and 16x AF. DirectX 11 or better complient cards can support even higher values (higher is better).
2. Make the view as large as possible (most pixel area). Boosting with a custom resolution larger than your display's native resolution can help.
3. Get the map view correct.
4. Screenshot using Print Screen button.

Now before submitting you might want to do some processing of the image.
1. Consider getting the image to a standard aspect ratio (4:3, 8:5 etc). Do this by cropping the edges that break the aspect ratio (do not resize, use crop).
2. Consider resizing the image to a smaller resolution if size is a problem. Do this by dividng with powers of 2 for best results.
3. Save the image as an appropiate file format. Jpeg1 is recommended with using a low compression for high quality shots and higher compression for preview shots (quality maters less). If you have a high resolution shot, feel free to up compression a tad to compensate for the extra resolution.

Be aware that .jpeg is a lossy format with more noticable image quality loss (artifacts) as compression quantity is raised.

 

[Foronisus]

can i upload picture with Png??? i have Photoshop...

 

[Dr Super Good]

Just convert it to a jpeg with low compression and upload it.