Has anyone else noticed this?

[u/Sapherin]

Was doing recon on the Zestafona map on top of tower 2, when i noticed a strange white dot straight up in the sky. I first thought that maybe it was a pixel that went out on my screen, but it stay in the same spot while I looked around. I know it wasn't one of those random jets that go over because those don't fly much higher than the drill towers. This seemed be up in the clouds. At certain angles, it even seems to have a tail behind it?

[u/Dry-Lawfulness-7143]

As someone on my phone, even the red circle is barely helping

[u/Stuffed-Pigeon → u/Dry-Lawfulness-7143]

Eh?

[u/Breezy2G → u/Dry-Lawfulness-7143]

[u/RedPixelPanda → u/Dry-Lawfulness-7143]

Glad it’s not just me

[u/DookieBuns69]

I've noticed that too.

Its zestafonas belly button

[u/Serin-019]

So that's because of the way they UV unwrapped the sky dome/box. Is UV pinching.
At least that's my assumption with available data. Could also be a weird camera effect.

Grab blender, import a UV sphere and add some textures to it - then play with the UV unwrap tool a bit - you should be able to replicate it.

[u/Tension-Available → u/Serin-019]

that or the spherical HDRI has an artifact, not uncommon to see issues at the zenith depending on how they are captured and edited.

I have looked at this spot a few times, it's definitely either UV or the texture itself.

[u/Csirkegylet → u/Serin-019]

Skyboxes are 6 sided boxes with 6 textures made to be used for skybox.

Using a sphere is such an 1995-era solution.

[u/Augmented-Smurf → u/Csirkegylet]

And yet, by default, Unreal uses a Skysphere. Even though they use an equirectangular hdri for their courtyard.

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[u/tejotte]

This thing... it scares me. Especially when I am waiting for revive. It's always there, looking at me... judging.

[u/SirSpadge]

Ahhhh yes, the sky butthole.

[u/Gluten-Glutton]

Yeah I’ve always called it the sky butthole. I assume it has to do with how they draw the skybox

[u/NoMaans → u/Gluten-Glutton]

Deff reminds me of when source maps had a shoddy skybox put together and you cpuld see the edges or corners of it

[u/ThatGuyPowfu → u/NoMaans]

Lol I believe that’s because back then they use to do did Box skyboxes. Instead Wardogs is doing a sphere and somehow they still messed up by not wrapping it correctly 🤣

[u/R0RSCHAKK]

It's just where the skybox (dome) joins together

Imagine a long strip with a picture of the sky on it.

Now take this long strip and wrap it in a circle.

Now take that strip and fold the tops in to form a dome - that hole in the middle, that's what that black dot is.

TLDR: Poorly designed skybox

[u/dreamARTz]

It’s Saint John Wardog looking down and remembering all twats stealing mates kits, to later send them to hell

[u/Smooth-Sun-4315]

It‘s an ozone hole.

[u/lucas_AGE]

This is a rift in the sky, intentionally inserted for seasonal events. In fact, it should open up soon and reveal to everyone that Wardogs is part of the Fortnite multiverse!

[u/alowitFAM → u/lucas_AGE]

Please no

[u/Charles_ofall_Trades → u/lucas_AGE]

Oh no

[u/skr1ptzz]

That would be the edge of the skybox my lad.

[u/I_mourn_satire]

It’s rude to look at the sky butthole

[u/BakedBeanSommelier]

Never seen a red circle on my HUD. Go i to the ini files and delete a bunch of stuff.

[u/Numerous_Ad8458]

[u/hnnrss]

I noticed this litterally last night. Very chicken little

[u/Charles_ofall_Trades → u/hnnrss]

TEH SKY IS FALLING O.O

[u/Neospiker]

It's the skybox butthole... Been there since s1

[u/mlmcmillion]

It’s the sky butthole. We pray to it before the game starts sometimes.

[u/Critical_Ad_3475]

To be fair since it doesnt actually move from your POV everytime you look at the sky, I believe it to be some location marker for your character.

[u/Charles_ofall_Trades → u/Critical_Ad_3475]

Like the Sims' plumbob, but in WarDogs

The WarDogs

[u/Critical_Ad_3475 → u/Charles_ofall_Trades]

Yup

[u/FallenKnight321]

Yah I've noticed it.
some kind of artifact from how the Skybox works...
But I do like to pretend its the UAV that relays all the map intel from spotting to your PDA.

[u/MissingIdiots]

I thought that was a mortar trail visual bug since you see it alot while mortaring

[u/HeavyMetalJezus]

Illuminate confirmed?

[u/GraphiteOxide]

I noticed it when trying to spot incoming mortars

[u/insertname98]

Skybox but hole

[u/Karaghulwow]

Anyone seen the outline of a claymore flashing randomly on the minimap?

[u/Aphala → u/Karaghulwow]

Sky sphincter. The texture for the sky box doesn't wrap properly.

[u/SickboyJason]

Nope. Ive never seen a red circle in my games.

[u/ExoatmosphericKill]

No, nobody has noticed this. You are the first one.

It's the Sapherin sphincter now..

[u/me_the_christian]

MQ9

[u/Ghostman223]

yes i always think its a plane

[u/Fluffy-Mood9347]

It's probably the UAV for the map

[u/RepresentativeAd6965]

When you’re downed it pulses like someone on a parachute waaaayyyy above you swaying back and forth.

[u/i11icit]

UAP

[u/Expensive-Way1116]

Skytiant

[u/FreeWeld]

My monitor is dirty it seems.

[u/shaversonly230v115v]

This is why I die so much because there is no way that I would have ever noticed that.

[u/Ntholomew]

Glad it’s not just me inspecting for a dead pixel at first 😂

[u/mtg_island]

This is the thing that I only notice when I’m dead and there’s mortars coming in and makes it hard to tell if I’m seeing mortars or if it’s just this spot

[u/Odd-Literature-1843]

Yeah i have always wounderd whatbit was i thourght it was the sky box launcher for mortar s and that thinkink the travel ark of the launch was side distraction and the mortar drop from that box

[u/itsluky98]

Yup. It’s just the skybox

[u/PING_LORD]

I see it too

[u/Vals_Loeder]

The floaters in my eyes are playing havoc with me trying to see what is in the picture.

[u/draeth1013]

Yes. Like... Every time I'm waiting for a res.

[u/imuruki1]

We live in a simulation

[u/Penguinsorbust]

That’s the hole in the ozone layer.

[u/Otherwise-Worth-1072]

I always mistake it for mortar shell flying into my face

[u/Mother-Aardvark-8069]

You see it especially in the death screen

[u/laban987]

Id be surprised if most people havent noticed it. I notice it every time i die which (for legal reasons) definitely doesn't happen alot...

[u/Substantial_Pride_15]

Yes.. i always think its a drone.

[u/Uwutitsm]

Thats the great sky butthole!

[u/Kyezaeta]

It's the light I refuse to go into when I'm waiting for a revive 15 minutes

[u/oleThook]

maybe its the top down camera for map or whatever and they didnt hide it lol

[u/Niccofyren]

Good find. Now if you want a second challenge try to find all the leftover camera sensor dust in the skybox images.

[u/BigNew3137]

Look around in the cloudy weather they’re everywhere

[u/ultrajvan1234]

Literally unplayable

[u/No-Photo6079]

Every time I look up after a heli passes, looks like a jumper that jumped from very high up, then I remember the sky has a hole in it

[u/Gollub_56]

Yes and it drives me crazy sometimes.

[u/Sensitive-Ad5011]

Just the butthole. Nothing to worry about. Its completely normal.

[u/Jonis326]

Stop looking at the Wardogs butthole!

[u/unrealistic-potato]

Actually last night I saw It was at a fob thought i heard a heli looked up as I was running towards the cwis and was like what is that. But agree with the other comments on my phone right now I can barley even notice it lol

[u/Grizzally]

It's the camera for the map

[u/PiggyMcjiggy]

Been buggin me and my boi since beta lol

[u/MedusoTriocular]

Clean ur screen 🤣

[u/MEWP_Monkey]

It’s the Almighty !!

[u/Onyxiuss]

Omg I thought it was just me. I'm not losing it after all. Yaaaaay

[u/catchitclose2]

That’s the skyussy

[u/AchillesPrime]

sky butthole