diff --git a/Effects/default-pipeline.xml b/Effects/default-pipeline.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48782dadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Effects/default-pipeline.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<PropertyList>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>depth</name>
+		<internal-format>depth-component32</internal-format>
+		<source-format>depth-component</source-format>
+		<source-type>float</source-type>
+		<width>screen</width>
+		<height>screen</height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>normal</name>
+		<internal-format>rgba8</internal-format>
+		<source-format>rgba</source-format>
+		<source-type>unsigned-byte</source-type>
+		<width>screen</width>
+		<height>screen</height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>shadow</name>
+		<internal-format>depth-component32</internal-format>
+		<source-format>depth-component</source-format>
+		<source-type>float</source-type>
+		<width><property>/sim/rendering/shadows/map-size</property></width>
+		<height><property>/sim/rendering/shadows/map-size</property></height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<shadow-comparison>true</shadow-comparison>
+		<shadow-texture-mode>luminance</shadow-texture-mode>
+		<border-color type="vec4d">1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0</border-color>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>diffuse</name>
+		<internal-format>rgba8</internal-format>
+		<source-format>rgba</source-format>
+		<source-type>unsigned-byte</source-type>
+		<width>screen</width>
+		<height>screen</height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>spec-emis</name>
+		<internal-format>rgba8</internal-format>
+		<source-format>rgba</source-format>
+		<source-type>unsigned-byte</source-type>
+		<width>screen</width>
+		<height>screen</height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	<buffer>
+		<name>lighting</name>
+		<internal-format>rgba8</internal-format>
+		<source-format>rgba</source-format>
+		<source-type>unsigned-byte</source-type>
+		<width>screen</width>
+		<height>screen</height>
+		<scale-factor>1.0</scale-factor>
+		<wrap-mode>clamp-to-border</wrap-mode>
+	</buffer>
+	
+	<!-- STAGES -->
+	<stage>
+		<name>geometry</name>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>depth</component>
+			<buffer>depth</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>color0</component>
+			<buffer>normal</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>color1</component>
+			<buffer>diffuse</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>color2</component>
+			<buffer>spec-emis</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+	</stage>
+	<stage>
+		<name>shadow</name>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>depth</component>
+			<buffer>shadow</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+	</stage>
+	<stage>
+		<name>lighting</name>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>depth</component>
+			<buffer>depth</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+		<attachment>
+			<component>color0</component>
+			<buffer>lighting</buffer>
+		</attachment>
+	</stage>
+	<stage>
+		<name>display</name>
+	</stage>
+</PropertyList>
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 2e90f8e6a..cd6acd146 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
 		<rendering>
 			<materials-file>Materials/default/materials.xml</materials-file>
 			<rembrandt type="bool">false</rembrandt>
+			<renderer userarchive="y">default-pipeline</renderer>
 			<show-buffers type="bool" userarchive="y">true</show-buffers>
 			<ambient-occlusion type="bool" userarchive="y">false</ambient-occlusion>
 			<exposure type="float" userarchive="y">1.0</exposure>