Make Crazy Skies With Skyboxes In UEFN

In this UEFN Fortnite Creative Tutorial you'll learn how to make a skybox in Unreal Engine and UEFN for Fortnite Games.

[@epik_robie1709]

So I followed the tutorial and I got the skybox to work, but using the "IS SKY" option made the skybox translucent and you could see everything behind it. Not sure what caused this, but I was able to get around it by turning off "IS SKY", keeping the other material settings the same and then turning off "Cast's Shadows" in the sphere mesh settings, as well as setting the Collison mesh to "no collision". If anyone else had this issue, hopefully this helps!

[@SafetyAlwaysOff]

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[@sadaqah_jarihh]

Thank you

[@mongrall9721]

thank you so much!!

[@ismailkhizirov2730]

Post more videos bro please, you're literally the best uefn teacher out there

[@OanSMM]

This is one of the best tutos I've seen on UEFN, please do more!

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@WalterHWhite-zl6bs]

Yes, so glad you’re back. I’m going through your learning verse videos right now

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@Dekmanlol]

Great tutorial mate! Can't Wait for more!

[@IEatSand22890]

I am currently far along on my first project and was wondering how to do this. Thank you for another great video. They help beginners like myself get our bearings. I started off being clueless, but now I'm not too far off from actually publishing a game with UEFN.

[@WarforgeXP]

Glad it was helpful!

[@IEatSand22890]

@@WarforgeXP Is there any way to make a capture point spawn bots that push into the enemy base based off which team captures it?

[@macks3658]

yay more tutorials thank you! your forging the path for us :)

[@WarforgeXP]

More to come!

[@fxbiani]

I’ve been needing this, this is huge

[@EmptyTavernProductions]

Actually just subscribed to you a couple hours ago because I recently got into mapmaking, but I thought you were done uploading, boy is this a treat!

[@WarforgeXP]

I’m back forever now

[@prodev4012]

If Tim Sweeney said verse is the future of UE6 then we are gonna need you on the epic documentation team! Hope you become a big figure over the next few years thanks for coming back with some bangers

[@WarforgeXP]

Fingers crossed!

[@tonybablony2041]

Never leave again, your tutorials are too clutch

[@WarforgeXP]

Lol

[@ollybrown]

Super helpful tutorial, thanks bro 👊

[@WarforgeXP]

Happy to help!

[@Rossity]

This is amazing! Thank you

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@wildsquirreltv]

This changed all the view of my map, tysm!💙

[@WarforgeXP]

I'm glad!

[@AtavismX]

Great tutorial as always and A+ puppet work.

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@StrohTime]

Really great vid! Thank you

[@ojcb6721]

The way you explain stuff reminds me of my awesome global history teacher from high school! Great tutorial!

[@versatilfn]

I don't know what to say, your tutorials are amazing, you're awesome!

[@WarforgeXP]

Wow, thanks!

[@sashi6928]

Amazing, as always!

[@NostalgiaFocus]

Wow. Fantastic tutorial!

[@WarforgeXP]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@HIGHCALIBERGAMING]

You make it so easy to follow along thank you kind sir.

[@OpsMan]

Nice clear video, thank you

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@Koz64]

Great tutorial, thank u bro!

[@WarforgeXP]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SeniorfritoOfficial]

Excellent tutorial. Very similar steps I used in a prior project. One extra tip for those that like to go really big. Your sky might disappear at certain distances. For example if you go to the edge of your map, your entire sky might just disappear. This is the rendering distance of the mesh. You need to select the mesh and change the rendering distance in the details panel. Depending on how big your landscape is, you may need to make this a very high number. For my projects in the past, I've set my skyboxes to about 100k and that works.

[@WarforgeXP]

Yes this is correct!

[@XraiFortnite]

Where can I adjust the rendering distance?

[@SeniorfritoOfficial]

@@XraiFortnite With the sphere or box selected, scroll all the way down to the bottom in the details panel (default right side). The section you're looking for is LOD and the setting is Desired Max Draw Distance. You can also search for that setting by searching "Draw" in the details search bar.

[@XraiFortnite]

@@SeniorfritoOfficial Thank you very much ! It Works Now.

[@RJ_10_10]

HES NOT DEAD!!!!

[@WarforgeXP]

I’m back forever

[@babyfox205]

Verse, I hate that language and I know Python, js, go, java 😅. Could you make a tutorial where a 3 dimensional array of floating rocks gets spawned and these rocks are switching positions with each other (by flying from point to point) ? I was unable to make it work because verse gets lost in attempt to run it (not me gets lost! The functions of what's available for us in uefn, seems can't do that) 😭

[@pookienumnums]

Awesome!! Great info and great presentation!!

[@WarforgeXP]

Glad you liked it!

[@onyxgg4206]

Great tutorial

[@vectflowFN]

HE CAME BACK WHEN WE NEEDED HIM THE MOST 🐐

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@Silquey]

solo carrying the uefn community we appreciate u

[@WarforgeXP]

lol I’m a drop in the bucket

[@SarahLuvs2game]

Thank you for the amazing video/tutorial ,and showing skybox ai! The creativity of this and what it can produce is honestly such eye candy! I left a subscription and when I have free Time I am so watching your videos just to increase your watch time and support the channel further!

[@klaus4361]

letsgooo, i love your tutorials bro😂

[@WarforgeXP]

Happy to hear that!

[@jimmi_bp]

the goat strikes again!

[@silvernickles]

You uploaded this at the literal perfect time.

[@WarforgeXP]

3:30 pm is the perfect time?

[@silvernickles]

@WarforgeXP Timezones, haha. I meant, in general, was trying to figure out how skyboxes worked. Thanks for the awesome tutorial, as always.

[@guicromos]

we missd u buddy. please, come back with the old frequency. you're awesome.

[@kenny7636]

Thank you so much you’re the best teacher ❤❤❤❤

[@WarforgeXP]

Thank you! 😃

[@KreciQ-FNC]

Amazing tutorial🔥😎

[@WarforgeXP]

Thanks 🔥

[@badllama1210]

Amazing!!!

[@WarforgeXP]

Thanks!!

[@robbyface3707]

Coming in clutch 🙏

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@josecampelo]

Seus tutoriais são demais, obrigado

[@ademolatosin1528]

Was about to sleep, but watched this, jumped off my bed and now I'm testing this out

[@azrhyga]

Great!! Very good job!!

[@WarforgeXP]

Thanks a lot!

[@azrhyga]

You're more than welcome :D@@WarforgeXP

[@andreideathy9060]

Great tutorial! I have a question is it possible to change the skybox in game in real time? Like if I use a button it will change to another skybox? Thank you

[@virusbruh]

very helpful video, i just have one question. is it possible to make a sphere with a skybox material that when shot at changes the skybox? i want multiple skyboxes and a way for the user to change them when they want

[@chinonoob3219]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeees hes back on tutorials

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@pookienumnums]

If anyone runs into the problem where their sphere disappears after you click for placement, you gotta hit ENTER. I was trying to just click to place then go up back to selection mode and it would vanish every time. After you click to set it down, you need to hit enter. It will then give you the XYZ Axis handles to move the placement and you can then jump back to selection mode or w/e you wish.

[@padala23]

Do you know if there's a specific setting or quality that would make the HDR image not act in the manner you showed? For instance, one texture and material I made (using the Nvidia tool) refused to show itself from inside the sphere. The second texture and material I used did show, exactly as you showed in the video. All settings in the material were exactly the same. Thanks for the tutorials!!

[@Fallen-Champ]

Oh wow thanks for the links, I should be able to find some excellent skyboxes now, also excellent info on how it is all done, cheers. Do you know if there is a way to disable clouds moving on the default skybox?

[@WarforgeXP]

Use a day sequence device, enable clouds, and set amount to zero

[@Fallen-Champ]

@@WarforgeXPoh wow thank you for that honestly, it's so hard finding some info I find the building part very easy it's all the settings and devices that scramble my brain and bog me down for long spells, thanks again

[@diegocerrimanna2873]

Fantastic video

[@WarforgeXP]

Thanks! 😃

[@TCGSammler]

Its not even working into Fortnite The Game its only working in UEFN

[@mrbeest2046]

Great tutorial, it worked for the most part. But currently experiencing a major issue, my skybox shows in UEFN and looks fine with no problems, however when I start the game the skybox is not there at all in-game. Do you have any ideas or anything that would make the skybox actually visible in-game since I followed all the steps. Thanks.

[@bayer4ik]

the same

[@Reynos06]

was answered above credit to OP " @SeniorfritoOfficial 2 months ago Excellent tutorial. Very similar steps I used in a prior project. One extra tip for those that like to go really big. Your sky might disappear at certain distances. For example if you go to the edge of your map, your entire sky might just disappear. This is the rendering distance of the mesh. You need to select the mesh and change the rendering distance in the details panel. Depending on how big your landscape is, you may need to make this a very high number. For my projects in the past, I've set my skyboxes to about 100k and that works.

[@supreme7114]

HE'S BACK 🔥

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@briandavis6476]

Thx for this! Just curious…is there a way to give credit to others whose assets you used in an island? Didn’t know if there was an accepted convention for doing so.

[@WarforgeXP]

The Fortnite upload portal has an attributions section when you publish

[@epik_robie1709]

This is unrelated but could you do a verse tutorial on the sleep function and using it for millisecond timing devices? I can’t find much info about it on the wiki

[@WarforgeXP]

Good idea

[@Zalatoray]

please please please make more tutorials, they are so good !!!1!!11

[@WarforgeXP]

On it

[@Pricey_AU]

Great video! Do you know how to remove the clouds that are on by default in UEFN and cast shadows even through the skybox? I have lost sleep over this.

[@WarforgeXP]

Add day sequence device. Turn on clouds. Turn opacity to zero

[@Pricey_AU]

@@WarforgeXP your are a wizard!

[@Evrizzle]

GGs I have an AMD, any substitute for that?

[@WarforgeXP]

Does the texture tool only work on Nvidia chipsets? I have no idea otherwise

[@CreatorAPD]

Is it possible to make a trigger change the skybox through each different skyboxes when its damaged

[@asiangreg8209]

upper half is cut off after new uefn update, any work around?

[@bluii]

turn off is sky

[@bayer4ik]

@@bluii thank you, brother, you made my day

[@crayder1100]

Why does my sphere disappear when i do it lol. As soon as I attach the material, that I created exactly as described using the exporter tools and that ai site, it just goes invisible. Looks perfectly fine in the material editor preview though.

[@rMW_marlon]

Hes backkk

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@XraiFortnite]

Is there a way to change rendering distance for a barrier device? Because doesn't seem to be working with performance mode, sky is only rendered on the bottom part.

[@KishirTTV]

Hello! Thank you so much for your time you put into your videos really like no one else is doing the stuff you are teaching! However, I followed your video TO THE TEA and for some reason the floor is the sky but I do not see it around or above me....

[@tomnowicki1408]

Very good work flow. Does epic allow to publish a map with Ai generated sky?

[@Henism]

where'd/how did you get the very first skybox you displayed, I need a cyberpunk background for my map and sketchfab doesnt have alot

[@myster8899]

create it with the AI tool he uses

[@realmakebelieve]

When using a custom skybox I lose the default Sun light ,is there a way to use a custom skybox but keep the default sun /sky system?

[@tequilaeater]

Great tutorial! Is there a way to enable/disable the sphere so a user can choose which background they want to use?

[@WarforgeXP]

Sure. Rather, use a sequencer to set the material slot on the sphere

[@tequilaeater]

Finally got it, thanks a lot legend@@WarforgeXP

[@mrbeest2046]

@@tequilaeater Hey, could you explain how to ''use a sequencer to set the material slot on the sphere''? I'm very lost for what he means by that

[@tequilaeater]

@@mrbeest2046 yeah so what i did, was change my mesh to a transparent material. Then created a cinematics level sequencer that replaced the transparent mesh with my skybox material. Then used that on a cinematic sequence device and connected it to a switch so it only turned on when I used the switch in game.

[@chinonoob3219]

@@tequilaeater is there any tutorial for this? i cant make it work sadly

[@bestofnl7106]

do u have a solution for when the skybox appears to be half ingame? In uefn itself its showing fully, but when I actually go ingame it shows only half. So the bottom of the skybox is shown but the upper part is just the default fortnite/uefn sky

[@seco2nd-logic]

same here 😮‍💨

[@RL.Kasawy]

hi, i selected an 8k resolution on my skybox image but it looks so pixelated that it feels like it runs on a potato resolution. it doesnt give the 3D depth vibe as it should. any tips on what this could be?

[@antosik767]

I wish we were able to create animated skyboxes

[@kyleusa1213]

Im having a problem where you can only see the sky well on dx12. You cant see it at all in performance mode and you can only kind of see it on dx 11 once you turn your effects setting up

[@FishyFnn]

When i drag the material onto my sphere 5:47 my sphere is just blank / invisible. Please help.

[@dopexd6850]

after the new update today the skybox only fills the buttom part of the map and not the actual sky?

[@Captain8ball]

I know this is a dumb question, but can you guys give a tutorial for simple game modes like payload or capture point? I’ve already looked for tons of tutorials on the topic, but the problem is that they’re super out of date because Fortnite got rid of their channel system and replaced it with the system. so I can’t even complete of these tutorials because of the channels are removed. Also, it’s really weird how all of the Fortnite creative people disappeared for a couple months

[@WarforgeXP]

Any other game modes you would be interested in seeing a tutorial on?

[@bestofnl7106]

Hello I really learned a lot from this tutorial, thanks! I have one question, I hope anyone knows the answer to this, When I load in the skybox in uefn the quality is very sharp, no pixels whatsoever, but when Iaunch session It seems a little bit pixelated, does anyone know how to fix this?

[@Princessfamous]

I did the second way and I did everything correctly but my skybox is translucent ? I can see the Fortnite void through it and the sky doesn't go all the way around it's not 360. It stops halfway through almost like a half sphere but I created a sphere shape. I created 2 different skyboxes and I'm having this problem with both. Help? 😭

[@snakeyfrog1153]

Niiceee

[@WarforgeXP]

🤙

[@g0ujan]

"failed to import static mesh" , when attempting to put it in UEFN after using the nvidea tool, any idea why

[@Unaiii111]

Hello, I have done what was in the video but when I enter a game the skybox is not visible

[@iamthekingofmountains654]

what do people with AMD do?

[@paceve_]

is there any way to eliminate watermark without subscribing to Blocklade Labs?

[@myk_Master4856]

Can you please make a voting system with 4 or more loadouts? PLEASE

[@BOOYYAAAHH]

is it possible to remotely hide the skydome to use multiple skys?

[@eetu888]

Hey, I'm trying to do the same did u find a solution?

[@iindgren]

Small problem, when i drag the material to "element 0" the sphere goes invisible, any clues?

[@RL.Kasawy]

1:07 its going too quick i cant keep up where do i get the 360 plane thing and how to i even get to that stage?

[@TryhardLaboratory]

I have a problem, the sky of the map is infront of the skybox, any idea how to resole that? My material is checked as a sky.

[@WarforgeXP]

Your mesh is disappearing because it’s so big. Make it slightly smaller or disable streaming for that mesh. Also make sure to set clouds to zero in a day sequencer device

[@sadaqah_jarihh]

The skybox is only showing in the water not higher any example??

[@vladislavplotnikov192]

I have a problem with this. This doesn't seem to work when playing in performance mode. You can only see the skybox when looking at the island from outside the skybox. Even then, it shows only where it intersects with the ground. As someone else said here in the comments, it does work if you disable "Is Sky" property, but then it doesn't look good. Any solution to make this work properly in performance mode? Tried using rectangles insted of sphere, same issue.

[@vladislavplotnikov192]

Same thing happens when you set Scalability to low in UEFN, even with SM6

[@WarforgeXP]

It’s not performance, it’s the render distance. You’ll need to adjust render distance on the mesh settings

[@PixelatedC0]

What is the map code in the very beginning of the video

[@dopexd6850]

for some reason i cant drag the texture in the nvidea editor

[@user-nf6jn1hz9i]

This worked incredibly for the past week, and then since the recent update, the skybox now only shows below the horizon.. :(

[@LemoEt]

Is it possible to use them as a barrier material? Or to use multiple and turn them off/on ?

[@WarforgeXP]

I think yes to all those questions

[@LemoEt]

@@WarforgeXP can you make a video for it if possible?

[@LemoEt]

I tried it, it works, but you know if they can be animated?

[@user-di5di6oc6l]

Why do you skip opening material graph? Now im stuck there and I need to look for it.......

[@fortyfour6667]

pls, how to make a tycoon tutorial?

[@WarforgeXP]

Good idea

[@kostagreenly-jones9478]

when i apply the skybox to the sphere at the end my sphere is clear and i can see through it with no custom sky i have tried everything any help ?

[@mattbergman2788]

Unchecking "Is Sky" is what worked for me.

[@luvcai]

u are a legend thank u matt @@mattbergman2788

[@anlu6769]

@@mattbergman2788 THX!!!, Also do you have any idea how can i make the lightning work?, it feels like the standard ligthining from the map is making the skybox image too bright.

[@zackarylepage5114]

My texture is bugged, its reflcting on surfaces only outside of the skybox, and once inside the skybox, its not even reflecting at all. Can someone tell me what the problem is? i followed every texture steps. The sphere is also invisible, i can only see the reflections on my island when outside of the sphere. Edit: i unchecked is sky and it worked

[@zackarylepage5114]

For some reason, i found it only happens when is sky is checked, i unchecked and it worked

[@WarforgeXP]

👊

[@elias7138]

how can we do the tutorial without an nvidia GPU

[@reshra5]

Where have you been?!?!?!?

[@WarforgeXP]

Working and building. But now I’m back and these tutorial videos now fit into a larger strategy

[@tequilaeater]

It works perfectly on PC but on console only the bottom half of the sphere is showing. Any ideas?

[@WarforgeXP]

It’s just distance rendering

[@tequilaeater]

Thanks for the response! Only half of the sphere isn't showing. I tried making the sphere smaller but no luck@@WarforgeXP

[@f.fischer1777]

I need help!!!! The upper half of my skybox is cut off 😢😢😢😢😢

[@Hangjust]

HEEEESSSS BAAACCKKKKKKK 🎊🎊

[@WarforgeXP]

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[@user-qb7pm5fz6q]

Pls make a tutorial how to make a forest eazy it takes too long