so, this is actually a self-solved issue, figured i would post it here in case someone else runs into similar problems…
i have been busting my head against the wall for 5 hours easily trying to solve this… problem was, i set the settings on the simpleapp to use openGL1… and cuz of this, the skybox was displaying blank.
it was also not following the camera, which i easily fixed by making it translate to the cam position… now using OpenGL2, it follows the chasecam correctly without this patch.
im not sure if this is an actual bug, or that OpenGL1 doesnt support this… but it only displayed blank when trying to use the box, if i went for the single image and used sphereSky, it actually displayed, but it didnt follow the chasecam either…
hope this helps someone else if using OpenGL1, and might hopefully get fixed in a later version 
cheers (and thx again for the awesome work all the JME3 team does)
PD: in case ur wondering, i was using OpenGL1 so the game works on my GF computer 
but she needs a new laptop anywayz…
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