Game screenshot IBL backgrounds, how to make?

Thane-

I've been wanting to make a set of IBL environments using Skyrim and other game engines for a long time now, but can't figure out how to do it. Anyone know how to do make them. I'd like to make it so you could quickly throw it into Substance or Quixel type programs, but also use it in MaX/Maya/Modo etc just for the good feels. Obviously fully 360, floor to ceiling.

Anyone know how i could do this?

Joopson

Dustin, does skytool still exist in Marmoset 2? I haven't heard about it in a while.

I think photoshop has a way of converting a series of photos into a panorama; but whether it will fit the kind of projection needed, I'm not sure.

Thane-

I was hoping someone knew of a way to simply set Skyrim or other good games to simply have a 180 or 360 fov.

Skyrim will do 180, but only in the horizontal. At least thats what i found.

Joopson

You could also search online for Skyrim Panoramas. You might not find a perfect one, but there are some out there. Though they may only be horizontal as well, I'm not sure:

http://imgur.com/a/y4bHJ#0

Thane-

Yeah i found some Skyrim panoramas but vertically challenged ones.

I know custom render resolutions can be set in some graphics card drivers giving higher resolutions too. In games like Arma you can set render resolution higher than the screen's resolution, called downscaling if i remember correctly. 

Bek

(Super)sampling, not downscaling. Arma 3 editor also has a camera function that would make taking all the necessary screenshots easy (eden editor > escape menu > Camera) ; you might also be able to set a custom render resolution with a large (not sure if 360 would work; probably does in some games - iirc Quake 3 used to let you do so). You can also google game name + panorama, and see if anyone else has posted their particular method for getting panoramas from that particular game.

ZacD

Hopefully when Nvidia Ansel is released, this will be really easy to do. It allows you to take HDR screen shots so it would be ideal for IBL. 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/ansel

nickw

the method dustin mentioned works quite well, i use hugin to convert the images to a 360 panorama
its fairly simple just a bit tedious taking all the screenshots

radiancef0rge

you could try doing a frame capture with renderdoc or GPA and see if there are already IBLs in Skryim.. I know nothing about their render tech so there may not be but also may be.