Misc Shading

WMO Shading

In Mists of Panderia:

Batch A batches are rendered in 2 passes. Batch B and C batches are rendered in 3 passes. If shaders aren't used, batch B and C batches are rendered in 4 passes.

In Cataclysm:

Batch A batches are rendered in 2 passes. Batch B and C batches are rendered in ? passes.

Rendering Logic

Pass 1

Batch Type A

Batch Type B & C

Pass 2

Batch Type A

Lighting Mode	Group Flags	Material Flags
0	`0x08
1	`0x08
2	!0x08 && !0x40	!0x20
3	!0x08 && !0x40	0x20

Batch Type B & C

Lighting Mode	Group Flags	Material Flags
0	Any	0x01
1	Any	!0x01 && !0x20
2*	Not Used	Not Used
3	Any	!0x01 && 0x20

* Lighting mode 2 is not used for batch types B & C in pass 2.

Pass 3

Batch Type A

Rendered with 2 passes only.

Batch Type B & C

Lighting Mode	Group Flags	Material Flags
0*	Not Used	Not Used
1*	Not Used	Not Used
2**	Any	Any
3*	Not Used	Not Used

* Lighting modes 0, 1, and 3 are not used for batch types B & C in pass 3.

** Lighting mode 2 is always used for batch types B & C in pass 3.

Junk Drawer

Blending

Batch Type A Pass 1

Seems to not put down vertex colors.

• ALPHATESTENABLE: False
• ALPHABLENDABLE: True
• SEPARATEALPHABLENDENABLE: False
• ALPHAFUNC: D3DCMP_GREATEREQUAL
• BLENDOP: D3DBLENDOP_ADD
• SRCBLEND: D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA
• DESTBLEND: D3DBLEND_ZERO

Batch Type A Pass 2

Seems to put down vertex colors.

• ALPHATESTENABLE: False
• ALPHABLENDABLE: True
• SEPARATEALPHABLENDENABLE: False
• ALPHAFUNC: D3DCMP_GREATEREQUAL
• BLENDOP: D3DBLENDOP_ADD
• SRCBLEND: D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA
• DESTBLEND: D3DBLEND_ONE