[sldev] "background sky" render pass, render pass sequence

[Dave Parks]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>
> This was changed in February some time? Because that's when parcel 
> borders started glowing through solid objects.
>
That change was made so you could see property lines under water.  
Hooking up the "see through" parcel borders to "show hidden selections" 
might be worthwhile.


>
> So the water reflection map is one frame behind? Or it's a separate 
> simplified render pass?
>
Separate simplified pass.

>
> That doesn't seem right, because glow on HUD attachments works.
>
It did for a time, but not any more.  The concensus was that the ability 
to have glowing HUD attachments didn't make up for artifacts caused by 
glow in the 3D scene coming through solid HUD objects, and there was no 
acceptable way to fix the latter and keep the former due to 
architectural constraints.