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-rw-r--r--src/code/PreRender.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/code/PreRender.c b/src/code/PreRender.c
index dc12fd2a5..0a1b0f2cf 100644
--- a/src/code/PreRender.c
+++ b/src/code/PreRender.c
@@ -361,7 +361,11 @@ void PreRender_FetchFbufCoverage(PreRender* this, Gfx** gfxp) {
Gfx* gfx = *gfxp;
gDPPipeSync(gfx++);
- // Set the blend color to full white and set maximum depth
+ // Set the blend color to full white and set maximum depth.
+ // It is important that at least dz is set to full here as the blender will shift memory alpha values based on the
+ // value of dz even if depth compare is disabled. If per-pixel depth was enabled, fill rectangle always uses 0 z/dz,
+ // causing a maximal shift of 4 to be applied to the memory alpha value. Full dz results in no shift, which is
+ // desired here.
gDPSetBlendColor(gfx++, 255, 255, 255, 8);
gDPSetPrimDepth(gfx++, 0xFFFF, 0xFFFF);
@@ -372,9 +376,10 @@ void PreRender_FetchFbufCoverage(PreRender* this, Gfx** gfxp) {
// FORCE_BL : Apply the blender to all pixels rather than just edges, skip the division step of the blend formula
// (G_BL_CLR_IN * G_BL_0 + G_BL_CLR_BL * G_BL_A_MEM) = G_BL_CLR_BL * G_BL_A_MEM
//
- // G_BL_A_MEM ("memory alpha") is coverage, therefore this blender configuration emits only the coverage (up to a
- // constant factor determined by blend color) and discards any pixel colors. For an RGBA16 framebuffer, each of the
- // three color channels r,g,b will receive the coverage value individually.
+ // G_BL_A_MEM ("memory alpha") is coverage (shifted into the most significant 3 bits of the 5-bit blender alpha
+ // input), therefore this blender configuration emits only the coverage (up to a constant factor determined by
+ // blend color) and discards any pixel colors. For an RGBA16 framebuffer, each of the three color channels r,g,b
+ // will receive the coverage value individually.
//
// Also disables other modes such as alpha compare and texture perspective correction
gDPSetOtherMode(gfx++,