Rendering images of the directx preview with normal maps was pretty easy in XSI 5. I used ultimapper to create the preview material and then I had to change the rendering engine to directx to render images of the directx viewport. In XSI 6 I use the same method to create the material but the render options has changed.…
Got an answer on the www.xsibase.com rendering forum from a xsi developer. Seems I have to wait for a patch: "The problem is that DirectX9 and below don't really support off-screen buffers in any usable fashion. We've been working on a fix for that but it didn't make it in time for the XSI 6.0 release."…