ok i am trying to make my first map and i am currently just moddeling it on 3ds Max 8.
I think that i have a good concept going on but i might need help to guide me on the way!
and i already have a question.

you see i have had a problem when i started. after a little bit of modeling from the beginning i unhid the skybox (since it was making it hard to model) and it was messed up. the faces were all over the place and it was distorted so i simply deleted it. is it possible to just simply make another skybox around my map? and if so will it still work?

if i have more questions i will ask.

Yes, its easiest just to make a new one. For your first map use a box for the skybox. Set all sides (except for the bottom side) to the +Sky material. Set the ground (bottom side) to your choice of ground shader.

When the Skybox is in your way, you can always hide it while you can also freeze it from the right-click context menu. Later you can unhide or unfreeze all from the same menu.