I am writing an object shader that needs the pixel shader to output to an
off screen buffer in one pass, then retrieve the buffer in a future pass.

I have tried various methods without success. Is there support for creating
and using such a buffer somehow in Game Studio?

Thanks.

You can either use the PROCESS_TARGET flag in a subsequent view, or use a BMAP for a view target.

Thanks JCL, sorry for not being more specific with my question.

The problem I am having, is that I do not want to store or process a view, but
a separate map based on the object the shader is attached to. I then need to
process this buffer in a subsequent pass and blend it back with the objects
color map.

I have read that usually the vertex shaders "Color" output semantic can
designate output to a certain render target, ie ":Color1. However, It seems
this only works in game studio when the render target is attached to a view
for post processing.

Is there a method of creating one or several render targets (MRTs), for the
output of a vertex shaders pass that can contain anything I design the vertex
shader to write to it (such as a particle rendering based on the objects UV
map)?

Thanks again for your time.

Currently the render target can be set per view, but not per object. So the only way to achieve multiple render targets with the current engine is using a view event that calls DirectX functions for creating a different render target. That means getting your hands dirty with DirectX.

It would make sense when we implement multiple render targets in a future engine version.

Thanks JCL, I appreciate your time.

how we work dirty with direct x?

we write dx code in the fx file? and it acepts?

no, in lite-c.

why not creating a plugin? that would make gs compatible with full hsls, i mean, like the other programs i work acept the fx file with no limitations.

gs is fully compatible with hlsl. you don't write directx-code in hlsl. jcl was talking about adding a render target via c++ and the directx-api.