[HL1] Skybox texture is always filtered in OpenGL mode

[MCHDaniel]

The skybox texture in HL1 is always filtered regardless of gl_texturemode setting. In the following screenshot I'm using gl_texturemode GL_NEAREST.

[JulianHeuser]

I assume the reason for this is that skyboxes are stored as tga files and aren't a bmp in a wad like everything else. I'd like to see this fixed though, maybe give the ability to control filtering of skybox textures separately.

[SamVanheer]

The engine doesn't use the filtering settings for skies. BMP skies use the default setting (GL_LINEAR), and TGA skies explicitly set GL_LINEAR.

[pudingus]

Look how it looks much better with nearest neighbor filtering

[MCHDaniel]

Is there at least a workaround for this?

[PRinceBhai]

Why do you need this tho?

[MCHDaniel]

I want to have crisp textures on everything without having to resort to using the software renderer, which is pretty buggy and has lower color depth.

[pudingus]

try Xash3D Engine, but I don't remember if its fixed there

[Riccardoman]

Anybody figured out how to disable the skybox filter?

[SirYodaJedi]

I think it should be a separate cvar. I've grown fond of the blurry skyboxes in the pixelated world; sort of like a psuedo depth-of-field. I'm sure I'm not the only crazy one who thinks this.

Additionally, forcing mipmapping would probably cause skybox texture seams at certain angles and resolutions (not to mention being a waste of VRAM, not that that was an issue). Something like a boolean gl_skyfilter that defaults to 1 if not present might work.