Rendering a skybox?

[Pak]

Is there a feature that would allow me to render 6 file(_up, _dn, _lf, _rt, _ft, _bk) in order to create a complete skybox? I'm wondering how could it be done in XSI. Anyone have an idea?

I know this can be done really easily in 3ds max. http://www.devmaster.net/forums/showpost.php?p=46129&postcount=9

[CiaranM]

Hi,
have a look here:
http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=35333

Instead of using a sphere, you'll want to use a cube with cubic mapping.

[Pak]

Thank you!

Edit: I cant get it to work properly. It won't render the whole surface, there's just one face that end up rendered. I can't find whats causing this.

[Bellsey]

here's another link, be it an old one.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3293/creating_backgrounds_for_3d_games.php

The best way to get these images out, is to animate the camera, and set each of the required views to a key frame and then render the short sequence out.

I did have demo scene somewhere, which if I can find, I will try and upload to the site.