something i’ve really wanted to see for a while now is better control over skyboxes, canvas domes are an option but they often don’t look so great due to their low poly count, weird shadows, and not-so-great UVs
to fix that issue, i propose skybox primitives! these would be basic cubes or spheres (with hollow variants of course) that could potentially some kind of shader that looks something like smooth dirt’s skybox, similar to the system used in the “fake interior” material, just for the sky!
there could be multiple variations and settings, too! for things like weather effects, and especially for different skybox appearances like a space theme, void, or other exotic types of skyboxes that would all be built directly into the game!
this would be EXTREMELY similar to the way that source does skyboxes, or alternatively this minecraft mod
you could place them down in condos like any other normal item, but they’d give off (and recieve) no shadows, while also potentially having a shader effect that makes it look like it has moving clouds, or reacts to a day/night cycle, etc!
this could be TREMENDOUSLY useful for creating convincing skyboxes for something like a room that goes to the outside in a spot where you wouldn’t be able to reach the sky, especially on condos like theater & art studio where there’s no skybox at all
