3D Skybox causing some light issues

[.:KFrohman:.]

City 45 is giving me issues. Whenever a 3D skybox is present, somewhere, somehow, the lighting gets fucked in certain places to varying degrees, however it's almost always sunlight doing this.
Examples:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614967448829272106/5B360B7664A0E68FED859B4B17A54AC60AA48445/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614967448829273608/607D8B25C31ACDBA5EF39251283EC5984321B713/

Here's what it's supposed to look like:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614967448829387511/07F6955C237ADBC1E0B2F18DF9EE03E79912C0BB/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614967448829389058/F181767027A5AD39A5EF174A6675EDAC2D30A522/

Now, listing things I've done:

Alt + P just reports misc. keyvalue errors, namely gmod_allowphysgun
Interlopers reports a Zero Area Child Patch but no location of it.
Deleting the 3D skybox sets the lighting correctly (see second set of images)
Compile options on VRAD: -LargeDispSampleRadius -softsun 2 -textureshadows -StaticPropPolys -noskyboxrecurseReplacing the skybox from version 1 of the original tnb map to version 2's skybox worked for a bit, but now back to square one
Ensured there was no light_environment in the skybox (there's one in the actual world area)

Compile log:

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================== VBSP ==================






materialPath: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mike086\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\materials
Loading C:\Users\KFrohman\Documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.vmf
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Could not locate 'GameData' key in c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mike086\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\gameinfo.txt
Patching WVT material: maps/rp_city45_catalyst_x1c/nature/blenddirtgrass001a_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/rp_city45_catalyst_x1c/nature/canal_reeds_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/rp_city45_catalyst_x1c/nature/blendgrassdirt01_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/rp_city45_catalyst_x1c/dev/dev_blendmeasure_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 1086 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (2)
writing C:\Users\KFrohman\Documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_04_hdr*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_04_hdr*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (2) (2248512 bytes)
Error! prop_static using model "models/props_c17/furniturecouch001a.mdl", which must be used on a dynamic entity (i.e. prop_physics). Deleted.
Error loading studio model "models/props_c17/furniturecouch001a.mdl"!
Error! prop_static using model "models/props_rooftop/sign_letter_h001.mdl", which must be used on a dynamic entity (i.e. prop_physics). Deleted.
Error loading studio model "models/props_rooftop/sign_letter_h001.mdl"!
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9Material NATURE/CANAL_REEDS uses unknown detail object type canal_reeds!
Material NATURE/CANAL_REEDS uses unknown detail object type canal_reeds!
Material NATURE/CANAL_REEDS uses unknown detail object type canal_reeds!
Material NATURE/CANAL_REEDS uses unknown detail object type canal_reeds!
...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 15616 texinfos to 7088
Reduced 1830 texdatas to 1283 (105589 bytes to 73846)
Writing C:\Users\KFrohman\Documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.bsp
18 seconds elapsed


================== VVIS ==================








8 threads
reading c:\users\kfrohman\documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.bsp
reading c:\users\kfrohman\documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.prt
2658 portalclusters
6368 numportals
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Optimized: 3382 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 504117
Average clusters visible: 189
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 741
visdatasize:642795  compressed from 1786176
writing c:\users\kfrohman\documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.bsp
5 minutes, 11 seconds elapsed


================== VRAD ==================








[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[48 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']


Loading c:\users\kfrohman\documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.bsp
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9 Displacements
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24991 patches before subdivision
zero area child patch
zero area child patch
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1309 direct lights
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Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0849 sec>
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10FinalLightFace Done
744 of 756 (98% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish


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Writing c:\users\kfrohman\documents\rp_city45_catalyst_x1c.bsp
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I hope I can get this sorted because it's starting to do my head in, mapper OCD and whatnot.
Feel free to ask questions if you need info. Hopefully I stuck this in the right place.

Should probably mention that the gammy lighting areas are only surface lit - that is, I could walk in there and my viewmodel won't adjust for the change in light, and I could place models in there that would simply act as if they are in shadow (like they're supposed to be).

He who guides me to permanently fix this shall have a place on the credits texture.

[Phalanx]

Well you don't have to fix it, what about adding a skylight so that it makes sense on the first picture?

[.:KFrohman:.]

Well you don't have to fix it, what about adding a skylight so that it makes sense on the first picture?

That doesn't solve the problem does it. And yes I do have to fix it because otherwise my OCD will kill me.