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game.Get3DSkyboxInfo

  table game.Get3DSkyboxInfo()
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This was recently added in version (2026.02.13). It might only be available on the Dev Branch right now.

Description

Returns information about the currently active 3D skybox.

Returns

1 sequential table<Sky3DParams structure> sky3dparams
The 3D skybox info, or nil if the map has no 3d skybox or the function is called too soon during server start up.

Example

Shows hit position of ray on world and 3d skybox.

local color_green = Color( 0, 255, 0 ) hook.Add( "PostDrawTranslucentRenderables", "MySuper3DHook", function() local sky3dparams = game.Get3DSkyboxInfo() if ( !sky3dparams ) then return end local skyboxOrigin = sky3dparams.origin local skyboxScale = sky3dparams.scale local client = LocalPlayer() local eyepos = client:EyePos() local dir = client:EyeAngles():Forward() * 100000000 local tr = util.TraceLine({ start = eyepos; endpos = eyepos + dir; filter = {client:GetVehicle(), client:GetViewEntity() or client}; mask = MASK_BLOCKLOS_AND_NPCS; }) local hitPos = tr.HitPos local hitSky = tr.HitSky if hitSky and GetConVar("r_3dsky"):GetBool() == true then local eye_sky = skyboxOrigin + eyepos / skyboxScale -- transform eyepos to 3d skybox space local tr = util.TraceLine({ start = eye_sky; endpos = eye_sky + dir; mask = MASK_BLOCKLOS_AND_NPCS; }) hitPos = ( tr.HitPos - skyboxOrigin ) * skyboxScale -- transform hitpos from 3d skybox space to world space end render.SetColorMaterial() render.DrawSphere(hitPos, 64, 16, 16, color_green) end )
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