sphere mapped sky to sky box conversion

[aeffertz]

So, after I run the bat file, where does it save the sky images to? I run the bat file and I see it open and close the POV program numeroous times but I have no idea where it's saving the pictures or if it even is. Searching for sky-n on my computer only comes up with skyboxes for tracks I've downloaded...

[aeffertz]

Oh, it's not able to create them because it says it can't read the width and height from the PPM image.

[aeffertz]

Okay, apparently Photoshop wasn't saving the PPM file correctly. Got it squared away now.

[Jakob Hubbard]

Is there any possible way to figure out how to find the sun vector for your lighting file?

[Jakob Hubbard]

Nevermind, found DJ's Tutorial.

[Jakob Hubbard]

Nvm that tutorial was totally useless with the method I used, anyone have any suggestions on how to get the sun vector with the google maps method?
http://forum.mxsimulator.com/viewtopic.php?t=33005

[Jakob Hubbard]

Yeah I give up on this custom skybox, having too many issues lol.

[ColtonD719]

- Run "makeskybox.bat". You might have to edit the first line depending on where you have POV-Ray installed.

I am able to render the images manually one at a time, but when I try to run the batch file, I get "Possible parse error: cannot find skybox.pov" Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am using POV-Ray 3.7 on Windows 10 via Parallels on my iMac. I have edited the makeskybox.bat to point to the correct POV-Ray directory, and the makeskybox.bat, skybox.pov, and spheremap are all in the same folder.

Thanks!

[jlv]

- Run "makeskybox.bat". You might have to edit the first line depending on where you have POV-Ray installed.

I am able to render the images manually one at a time, but when I try to run the batch file, I get "Possible parse error: cannot find skybox.pov" Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am using POV-Ray 3.7 on Windows 10 via Parallels on my iMac. I have edited the makeskybox.bat to point to the correct POV-Ray directory, and the makeskybox.bat, skybox.pov, and spheremap are all in the same folder.

Thanks!

Your current directory has to be the folder where you extracted the zip. So for Windows, first "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox" then "makeskybox.bat".

If you're on a Mac the shell script (makeskybox.sh) will probably work. Just edit the "povray=/opt/povray/bin/povray" line to point to where you have POV-Ray installed, then "cd /wherever/you/unzipped/skybox" then "./makeskybox.sh".

[AtlasZoor]

- Run "makeskybox.bat". You might have to edit the first line depending on where you have POV-Ray installed.

I am able to render the images manually one at a time, but when I try to run the batch file, I get "Possible parse error: cannot find skybox.pov" Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am using POV-Ray 3.7 on Windows 10 via Parallels on my iMac. I have edited the makeskybox.bat to point to the correct POV-Ray directory, and the makeskybox.bat, skybox.pov, and spheremap are all in the same folder.

Thanks!

Your current directory has to be the folder where you extracted the zip. So for Windows, first "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox" then "makeskybox.bat".

If you're on a Mac the shell script (makeskybox.sh) will probably work. Just edit the "povray=/opt/povray/bin/povray" line to point to where you have POV-Ray installed, then "cd /wherever/you/unzipped/skybox" then "./makeskybox.sh".

I am getting a similar problem to colton and I assume its because I don't understand what to do here "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox". I have changed the install directory in the bat to point to the povray install location. When I run the bat and get a bunch of different errors from pov ray when it flashes, but can't really read it as it flashes too fast. Do I have to add that text to that bat on this line?

set povray="c:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine"

or somewhere in the skybox.pov file?

[jlv]

I am able to render the images manually one at a time, but when I try to run the batch file, I get "Possible parse error: cannot find skybox.pov" Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am using POV-Ray 3.7 on Windows 10 via Parallels on my iMac. I have edited the makeskybox.bat to point to the correct POV-Ray directory, and the makeskybox.bat, skybox.pov, and spheremap are all in the same folder.

Thanks!

Your current directory has to be the folder where you extracted the zip. So for Windows, first "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox" then "makeskybox.bat".

If you're on a Mac the shell script (makeskybox.sh) will probably work. Just edit the "povray=/opt/povray/bin/povray" line to point to where you have POV-Ray installed, then "cd /wherever/you/unzipped/skybox" then "./makeskybox.sh".

I am getting a similar problem to colton and I assume its because I don't understand what to do here "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox". I have changed the install directory in the bat to point to the povray install location. When I run the bat and get a bunch of different errors from pov ray when it flashes, but can't really read it as it flashes too fast. Do I have to add that text to that bat on this line?

set povray="c:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine"

or somewhere in the skybox.pov file?

Where did you extract skybox.zip?

[AtlasZoor]

Your current directory has to be the folder where you extracted the zip. So for Windows, first "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox" then "makeskybox.bat".

If you're on a Mac the shell script (makeskybox.sh) will probably work. Just edit the "povray=/opt/povray/bin/povray" line to point to where you have POV-Ray installed, then "cd /wherever/you/unzipped/skybox" then "./makeskybox.sh".

I am getting a similar problem to colton and I assume its because I don't understand what to do here "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox". I have changed the install directory in the bat to point to the povray install location. When I run the bat and get a bunch of different errors from pov ray when it flashes, but can't really read it as it flashes too fast. Do I have to add that text to that bat on this line?

set povray="c:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine"

or somewhere in the skybox.pov file?

Where did you extract skybox.zip?

my desktop

[jlv]

I am getting a similar problem to colton and I assume its because I don't understand what to do here "cd c:\wherever\you\unzipped\skybox". I have changed the install directory in the bat to point to the povray install location. When I run the bat and get a bunch of different errors from pov ray when it flashes, but can't really read it as it flashes too fast. Do I have to add that text to that bat on this line?

set povray="c:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine"

or somewhere in the skybox.pov file?

Where did you extract skybox.zip?

my desktop

Probably need to use
cd C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop\skybox
in that case. Obviously replace "YourUsername" with your actual username.

[AtlasZoor]

Finally got around to this but I am still getting the same problem. its still on my desktop as well.

Here is what my makeskybox.bat looks like

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set povray="C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine"

%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k0 -osky-n.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k1 -osky-e.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k2 -osky-s.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k3 -osky-w.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k4 -osky-u.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k5 -osky-d.png skybox.pov
%povray% /EXIT +FN +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k6 -osky-env.png skybox.pov

Here is what my makeskybox.sh looks like

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#!/bin/bash

povray=cd C:\Users\Evdog\Desktop\skybox 

${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k0 -osky-n.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k1 -osky-e.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k2 -osky-s.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k3 -osky-w.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k4 -osky-u.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k5 -osky-d.png skybox.pov
${povray} +A -D -w1024 -h1024 -k6 -osky-env.png skybox.pov

Additionally my sky dome size is 8192 x 4096. I am not sure if thats too large or not. Likewise, if I wanted to make a 2k skybox would I just change the width and heights on both files 2048? I appreciate the help

[AtlasZoor]

Sorry for dp forgot to quote you