diff --git a/src/Dodge/Render.hs b/src/Dodge/Render.hs
index 1bc3cb89d..b1cb70ece 100644
--- a/src/Dodge/Render.hs
+++ b/src/Dodge/Render.hs
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ doDrawing pdata w = do
     clearColor $= Color4 0 0 0 0
     clear [ColorBuffer,DepthBuffer]
     depthFunc $= Just Less
-
     -- draw wall occlusions from the camera's point of view
     currentProgram $= Just (_shaderProgram $ _lightingSurfaceShader pdata)
     uniform (head $  _shaderCustomUnis $ _lightingSurfaceShader pdata)
@@ -88,44 +87,29 @@ doDrawing pdata w = do
     uniform (head $ _shaderCustomUnis $ _lightingWallShader pdata)
         $= viewFrom3d
     drawShader (_lightingOccludeShader pdata) nWalls
-    -- this might only work because the uniform has been correctly set
-    -- elsewhere, beware
-    -- indeed this is the case: this needs fixing
-
+    --draw walls onto base buffer
     if w ^. config . wall_textured
         then renderTextureWalls pdata nWalls
         else renderBlankWalls pdata nWalls
-    
-
+    ---draw foreground geometry onto base buffer
     renderFoldable shadV $ polysToPic $ foregroundPics w
-
+    --draw objects onto base buffer
     layerCounts <- UMV.replicate (6*6) 0
     pokeBindFoldableLayer shadV layerCounts $ worldPictures w
     renderLayer 0 shadV layerCounts
-
+    --draw floor onto base buffer
     nTextArrayVs <- pokePoint33s (shadVBOptr $ _textureArrayShader pdata) (_floorTiles w)
     bindShaderBuffers [_textureArrayShader pdata] [nTextArrayVs]
     drawShader (_textureArrayShader pdata) nTextArrayVs
-
+    --draw bloom onto bloom buffer
     bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fst (_fboBloom pdata)
     clear [ColorBuffer]
-    --blendFunc $= (SrcAlpha,OneMinusSrcAlpha)
     blendFunc $= (SrcAlpha,OneMinusSrcAlpha)
-    --blendEquation $= Max
     depthMask $= Disabled
     renderLayer 3 shadV layerCounts
     depthMask $= Enabled
     renderLayer 1 shadV layerCounts
---    bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fst (_fboColor pdata)
---    clear [ColorBuffer]
---    depthMask $= Disabled
---    blendEquation $= FuncAdd
---    renderLayer 3 shadV layerCounts
---    renderLayer 4 shadV layerCounts
---    renderLayer 5 shadV layerCounts
---
---    depthMask $= Enabled
-    -- this is not ideal if the original is not divisible by 2
+    --setup downscale viewport for blurring bloom
     viewport $= (Position 0 0
         , divideSize (2 * (w ^. config . shadow_resolution)) $ Size (round $ fstV2 wins) (round $ sndV2 wins))
     bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fst (_fboFourth1 pdata)
@@ -138,6 +122,17 @@ doDrawing pdata w = do
     viewport $= (Position 0 0
         , divideSize (w ^. config . shadow_resolution) $ Size (round $ fstV2 wins) (round $ sndV2 wins))
 
+--    bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fst (_fboColor pdata)
+--    clear [ColorBuffer]
+--    depthMask $= Disabled
+--    blendEquation $= FuncAdd
+--    renderLayer 3 shadV layerCounts
+--    renderLayer 4 shadV layerCounts
+--    renderLayer 5 shadV layerCounts
+--
+--    depthMask $= Enabled
+    -- this is not ideal if the original is not divisible by 2
+
     bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fst (_fboLighting pdata)
     createLightMap pdata lightPoints nWalls nSils nsurfVs 
     colorMask $= Color4 Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled