HALF-LIFE 2 BETA SKYBOXES

[@Redbr34]

Every now and then Rad looks out of his window, looks at the sky, and thinks: That sky looks like its from the beytah!

[@DuneJumper]

If only all our lives could be so dark and griddy

[@YazovSupporter1974]

Lol same

[@sarminder4357]

If you live in the UK it's dark and giddy every day

[@ScratchdHelp]

all half life fans do that

[@ballcap89]

totally doesnt sound like family guy cutaway gag

[@pimcast]

Radhaz milking that dark and gritty beta content - I love it.

[@RushFreak]

1:23 As a developer I instantly recognized this one! shadertest is the basis of the default fallback cubemap for reflective/specular materials in basically every Source game. It's found in "materials/ENGINE/defaultcubemap.vtf" Kinda surreal seeing it as an actual skybox.

[@gominho9424]

I've learned that from years playing custom maps where cubemaps weren't built properly lol

[@nobodyimportant8255]

3:53 Sky_c17_03 actually leaked with the Repo dump, but from what I observed, all the textures are completely transparent.

[@havoc3-243]

That wasteland02 skybox is used in almost every HL:Source outdoors level, like in the surface tension cliff

[@okaythenillleave]

this is why i hate half-life source. not because the bugs, not because the chrome textures, not because of the nuclear explosion in residue processing conveyor belts, the skyboxes just ruin the aesthetic

[@pr3ssstart]

The only time they didnt use it outdoors, was the level where you launch the rocket, it used sky_01_09 Update: Its the exact same sky_01_09, but in game files, its called "night"

[@mjaypierce9549]

what no

[@yourfatboy5359]

Dark and griddy circle-jerking aside, i love the beta skyboxes fr

[@tetonis2452]

griddy?

[@yourfatboy5359]

@@tetonis2452 a mockery of gritty

[@CynCynCynCynCynCyn]

Dark and Gritty 😎

[@tayilorr]

when the sky is a very darkish blue-turqouise leaning color 😍

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

Goated color fr

[@lenship2]

dark and gritty color 💅💔💔

[@slackingstacker]

Rainy morning at 6 AM

[@canzed1939]

Skyboxes always gives me a nostalgia feeling, i love it.

[@fantastikboom1094]

Especially the orange one used in the end of canals. +The lighting Valvo picked

[@okaythenillleave]

@@fantastikboom1094 going to the cool sad place and relaxing is always fun

[@The_psp_secret]

FUN FACT!!!!!!! most of beta maps has fog digits in map properties, in c17_01_17 it looks great and fits yellow-ish sky_urb01 Airex has 1 too So yeah, in new megapatch Vitoy will add almost all of them

[@kkarhiiv95]

When will megapatch 5 release you think?

[@tdfhd]

oh Hai

[@shortnamesalex]

sky_quarry01 goes so insanely hard. we need more pretty sunrises or sunsets in Half Life

[@prospertikent]

The moment has come, Skybox Hazard.

[@worldsmostevilman]

Time to wait another month for a RadHaz stream.... truly dark times we live in. This must be what Mitchell Shephard felt like at the end of HDTF.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Truly 😔😔

[@AJ-po6up]

KZbin's compression really did a number on the darker skyboxes with all the banding and artifacts what a shame, but this was a really interesting video, it's crazy how much info we can infer from just skyboxes and how desperate the HL2 community is for any crumb of HL2 history or trivia that we can even spend all day looking at skyboxes lol I love it.

[@jking4854]

Skyboxes and the sky in general has always been such a fascination for me, glad to see someone else shares that. Ambience and atmosphere are very important. Great video! 05_older and Spire does feel reminiscent of GoldSource. Minor nitpick of mine but compression or a lack of colour depth really detracts from my enjoyment of skyboxes to be honest. 10/10 texturing on the showcase map.

[@-.MICHAEL.-]

Kingpin has similar skyboxes. Thanks to Victor Antonov again.

[@BobTheMartin]

Everyone talks how beta was dark and gritty, but everyone forgets sky_white :(

[@900McNuggets]

dark and gritty clouds

[@NoVIcE_Source]

9:59 why that made me laugh lol

[@15braincellsremaining]

Because it was funny Like your videos

[@NoVIcE_Source]

@@15braincellsremaining lol

[@SofaKing2001]

Mod done?

[@NoVIcE_Source]

@@SofaKing2001 nah

[@C.O.A.L]

Something about old skyboxes just emit nostalgia, especially mario64 ones, old Roblox ones, and these ones.

[@DreamVikings]

My obsession with skyboxes started with Doom 1 when I was 6.

[@SkillChill112]

Hunt down the Skyboxman. On a serious note tho Skyboxes are very good at setting tones for the maps. Not just in HL2 but in many third party mods people add custom skyboxes to the maps and some can be really beautiful while some can just be some shades of grey.

[@matijajovic8125]

Rad Haz beta video with nostalgic music always makes my day so much better. I love these beta skyboxes, they are so atmospheric. Also, Walter White jumpscare!

[@darksars3622]

Man yells at clouds due to them not being dark gwitty enough

[@Snazzonix]

That's pretty good to give some love to the skyboxes, very dark and gritty from Rad Haz

[@teaboy301]

I love the Air Exchange, Borealis, and c17_05_older ones! Where I live I often think about how pretty it would be if I turned some of the horizons into skyboxes. Might have to do it one day!

[@RedthegamingZoroark]

It’s crazy how Valve even in 2001, made skyboxes like these even exist cause they just look amazing .w.

[@Cinnablon]

Thanks for that fix of "Dark n' Gritty" Rad, really needed it. ❤

[@XanderNiles]

The skyboxes look sick and they are so atmospheric and fit their respective areas perfectly.

[@anormalstreetlamp6878]

Radhaz, just wanted to let you know I'm going at a comics fair all dressed up in a Soviet hazard suit while listening full volume to your music

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Absolutely based

[@Suspxcious]

6:51 HE SAID THE LINE!!!

[@MarkRosOfft]

I live in eastern europe and we see beta skyboxes everyday

[@chips_lol9537]

I like the part when you sayed"this is a skybox" bravo haz!!

[@worldsmostevilman]

1 month without a Radiation Hazard stream. Think about what that does to a man.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Sooooon...

[@codenameh27]

happy bday man

[@TheG_Boy]

I love this channel so much his videos are absolute source engine comfort food

[@studiopraha8528]

Apparently, one guy Chief Smokey managed to recreate some of the missing beta skyboxes, sky_urb01 included. A package with those can be downloaded from HL2 Beta forums (Chief Smokey's lost skyboxes remakes). Sky_urb01 looks very climatic and reminds me of "city" skybox from GoldSrc, with similiar brownish palette of colors.

[@boyzback1618]

Decapitated Large Cameraman head. I know it is actually the cinematic camera from gmod, or the debug camera from hl2

[@fantastikboom1094]

Dude I forgot about this channel for 2 months. Good to discover a lot of videos at once. Nice to hear you and your music again. Nice vid btw, but would be better if you also changed sun angle and spread.

[@klimaxkid]

I was hoping youd eventually cover these theyre so gorgeous

[@StitchPen]

I think I should include that you forgot to mention the recently leaked "wastelands001" texture, which was used sparingly in the WC mappack but prevalent in a number of concept arts (like that well-known depiction of the Wastelands with the Airex in the background.)

[@a-ug9yk]

never before have i imagined someone would make a video essay specifically on skyboxes from an unreleased version of a video game

[@Cats-TM]

It is interesting to see how much a level changes just from changing the skybox.

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Man, you're going crazy! Lay off the nostalgia dust, for THE NAME OF SCIE

[@gytas279]

What 20 years of no sequal does to a man:

[@weplo1597]

Say what you want but Half life or source skyboxes are nostalgic and best feelings it feels like I'm back to 1990, 2000's and Early 2010's

[@battlefieldkille]

One thing that was never finished in HL2 Beta were the randomly generated rocks/tuft grasses, just like the 2D grass you would get on displacements. All of them are either errors or missing textures, I make maps for GMod so I was really disappointed when I learned that. I pitched a fix for it on Github in hopes that it may be fixed someday, rip Edit: The dev on GMod completely fixed everything wrong with it!

[@Woff1dGM]

hey radiation could you tell me what the ships at 0:16 are ? i recently played RTBR and was a bit confused by them since i dont remmeber them from any concept art or leaked model

[@TIKYdc2]

the dark and gritty sky 😍

[@ElekiSerket]

The Air Exchange skybox looks intimidating, it's damn good

[@charlotte80389]

1:35 wait hl2 has bloom????

[@hazzmati]

bruh

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Now for the beta envmap textures to be given the same treatment. You'll have to AI upscale most of them to see the details.

[@tavi501]

love the content mr radiation, keep it up

[@teaoftraffic]

boxes in the sky :DDDDDDDDD

[@Greenfly39]

another day, another dark and gritty video

[@say_sae_right_now]

These skyboxes reminds me that I need put my gas mask on to see them.

[@professorrutherford6383]

When the skyboxes start to feel like friends, you know it's time to quit.

[@sanitylost4271]

Radiation Hazard, a highly respected Half-Life expert, found solace on a serene beach as he gazed up at the expansive sky. His mind wandered back to his favorite game, reminiscing about the various skyboxes throughout its different stages. He fondly remembered the beta version's unique skybox, which brought a sense of nostalgia. The current Half-Life skybox, with its breathtaking visuals, brought him joy. However, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of sadness when reflecting on the indoor skyboxes, wishing they could capture the same beauty as their outdoor counterparts.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

😔

[@DNFHistory]

Outcast 1999 probably has the best skyboxes ever. Each continent has their own which blew you away.

[@TntYeeter]

most of these skyboxes i first encountered in no more room in hell and safe to say they r amazing :3

[@larsthedude1984]

Raz I’m going to make my own HL2 beta just so you can keep making more HL2 Beta videos, and I am not joking.

[@lambdapilled]

cloudy and gritty

[@9mmdose]

Man I love skyboxes, I'd fuck a skybox if I had the chance. Anyways, if anything, skyboxes are the goat for setting up the mood within a map, and I love to see those skyboxes.

[@AngerCore]

this is how mexican skyboxes look like:

[@BOGI1703]

HALF LIFE 2 BETA VIDEO LESSSS GOOO

[@Kacpa2]

I wish test map was different. Using E3_Coast would be better. Water would reflect the skybox's light and depict all the way to the horizon. Perhaps an idea for a later remake of the video?

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Good idea. Maybe when I get back to this topic, down the line.

[@deludedreality89]

7:47 The only difference is that the one from the beta has a gray color to it while the retail Ravenholm one is blue.

[@tofix6839]

Cant wait for the all beta water textures vid!

[@True_Shadow_Dio]

The true citizen knows the duty is the greatest gift. The true citizen appreciates the comforts of City 17, but uses discretion. The true citizen are dentimere(?) is kept clean and visible at all times. The true citizen's job is the opposite of slavery. The true citizen conserves valuable oxygen.

[@Presofcamelot64]

5:01 Definitely my favorite

[@HellsAsylum]

A good skybox can do alot for a game's atmosphere. From Doom to Duke Nukem 3D to Quake 2 and beyond.

[@YaTebyaNashel]

Damn, what are the chances of you stumbling upon skyboxes topic, great vid and thanks for the shout out 😎

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Hey! Thanks for posting that list of skyboxes! It helped a lot in making this video!

[@YaTebyaNashel]

​@@RadiationHazardYT glad it was useful for you, Butou made me finish this topic a long time ago, so I probably should say thanks to him he-he

[@Twiddle_things]

I'm surprised by how very dark and gritty those clouds are (All jokes aside I love skyboxes. I'm always staring at them in HL2 and ME)

[@assass1950]

You know Rad run out of idea went you see this.

[@none_ghost6204]

Skyboxes always makes me go yes, they add so much but barely anybody notice them when playing

[@mrawesome2847]

I love the sky boxes because they look oddly beautiful

[@gamemaster85721]

These skyboxes are ON FIRE!

[@Green-Cop]

I wanna see teh Betah skys Because they're so dark and oscure

[@overlordmgcover2262]

Pretty interesting. While skyboxes aren't given that much conscious attention during playing a game, they are ultimately very crucial for successfully building an atmosphere.

[@UncleKevy]

HE IS BACK WITH THE VIDEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@allieanarchy2833]

HELL YES. I LOVE SKYBOXES

[@_ZimZam]

Time to update the VCC Skybox page

[@boreapehuen]

Are you gonna cover in the far future skies like sky_urb01 and other skybox recreations? or beta skyboxes (like Wasteland01) that have an older version found in the repo leaks?

[@bigpalookaalt]

Another W for us Skyboxers

[@Typical5602]

Holy shit there is now way is that my favorite g mod KZbinr radiation hazard.

[@azurola]

I love the beta skyboxes

[@adrianpolenok]

Most gark and dritty skyboxes. Love your videos❤

[@MasterChiefJohn-117]

6 pictures with attitude ! (Probably made in Terragen v0.9.43)

[@ninaler8497]

Terragen ?!

[@MasterChiefJohn-117]

@@ninaler8497 Terragen v0.9.43 is an old version of an 3D environment rendering software use by Valve since Half-Life 1 (1998) to CS:S and even in CS:GO, it become obsolete with the introduction of 3D Skyboxes in Source.

[@ninaler8497]

@@MasterChiefJohn-117 Link ?

[@UsNauf]

did you know that the entirety of our universe was inspired by the half life 2 beta?

[@shibeguy]

If I had a nickel for every time my fav Half Life KZbinr posted a video about Valve game's skyboxes, I'd have two nickels...which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice!

[@humanharddrive1]

i really like the music in this video, it has that 2000s journey sort of feel to it, you made it, right?

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Yep. Thanks!

[@youcefsiouda]

The gritty and sad setting is way better than that crappy vibrant yellow setting in the retail version

[@MindAtItsFinest]

Scatole del cielo della beta di Emività 2

[@seriousjujubean]

the old crusty low quality textures but the skyboxes are beautiful

[@theenceladuschannelcool5777]

If there is a dark and gritty, and a light and pretty, then there should be some sort of middle ground, like a construction neutral being the middle ground between breaking bad and fixing good.

[@beamour]

Hey Radiation Hazard I always wondered how you create your music, and how your soo darn good at it. Sorry if this is annoying question.

[@modernmobster]

Skyboxes are badass

[@128wk]

I think I've seen the shadertest skybox texture in Portal 2, like when after restarting the game, you test play one of your custom levels without rebuilding it, and textures with cubemaps revert to a default cubemap that uses the shadertest skybox texture.

[@pr3ssstart]

Its a placeholder and its in every source game

Ah yes YES YES GIVE ME THE CARTOON FART GREEN SKYBOX THAT'S SO DARK AND GRIDDYYY UUUGHHH I LOVE THE CHILD LABORRR

[@NoVIcE_Source]

lmao i love that thumbnail

[@SlaaneshsBestBoy]

Ngl I did spend a week getting all the beta skys I could and mod them into Gmod. Seeing which one would work better with beta textures for hl2

[@ratkid121]

finally more dark and griddy

[@NobleStarling]

me when i can't breathe: