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Getting Started with Unity 2018 - Third Edition
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Getting Started with Unity 2018 - Third Edition

by Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
March 2018
Beginner
336 pages
8h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating a Skybox 

When we create game worlds, we typically create the ground, buildings, characters, trees, and other game objects. What about the sky? By default, there will be a textured blue sky in your Unity game projects. That sky is sufficient for testing but does not add to an immersive gaming experience. We want a bit more realism, such as clouds, and that can be accomplished by creating a Skybox. 

A Skybox is a six-sided cube visible to the player beyond all other objects. So, when a player looks beyond your objects, what they see is your Skybox. As we said, Skyboxes are six-sided cubes, which means you will need six separate images that can essentially be clamped to each other to form the cube. 

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