diff --git a/Effects/ambient.eff b/Effects/ambient.eff
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<PropertyList>
+	<name>Effects/ambient</name>
+	<technique n="11">
+		<pass>
+			<lighting>false</lighting>
+			<depth>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</depth>
+			<render-bin>
+				<bin-number>0</bin-number>
+				<bin-name>RenderBin</bin-name>
+			</render-bin>
+			<texture-unit>
+				<unit>0</unit>
+				<type>depth-buffer</type>
+			</texture-unit>
+			<texture-unit>
+				<unit>1</unit>
+				<type>normal-buffer</type>
+			</texture-unit>
+			<texture-unit>
+				<unit>2</unit>
+				<type>diffuse-buffer</type>
+			</texture-unit>
+			<texture-unit>
+				<unit>3</unit>
+				<type>spec-emis-buffer</type>
+			</texture-unit>
+			<program>
+				<vertex-shader>Shaders/ambient.vert</vertex-shader>
+				<fragment-shader>Shaders/ambient.frag</fragment-shader>
+			</program>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>depth_tex</name>
+				<type>sampler-2d</type>
+				<value type="int">0</value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>normal_tex</name>
+				<type>sampler-2d</type>
+				<value type="int">1</value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>color_tex</name>
+				<type>sampler-2d</type>
+				<value type="int">2</value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>spec_emis_tex</name>
+				<type>sampler-2d</type>
+				<value type="int">3</value>
+			</uniform>
+			<!-- The following uniforms are automatically defined and initialized :
+				- fg_SunAmbientColor
+				- fg_SunDiffuseColor
+				- fg_SunSpecularColor
+				- fg_SunDirection
+				- fg_ProjectionMatrixInverse
+				- fg_ViewMatrixInverse
+				- fg_ViewMatrix
+				- fg_Planes
+			-->
+		</pass>
+	</technique>
+</PropertyList>
diff --git a/Shaders/ambient.frag b/Shaders/ambient.frag
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+++ b/Shaders/ambient.frag
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+uniform sampler2D color_tex;
+//uniform sampler2D ao_tex;
+uniform sampler2D normal_tex;
+uniform sampler2D spec_emis_tex;
+uniform vec4 fg_SunAmbientColor;
+void main() {
+    vec2 coords = gl_TexCoord[0].xy;
+    float initialized = texture2D( spec_emis_tex, coords ).a;
+    if ( initialized < 0.1 )
+        discard;
+    vec3 tcolor = texture2D( color_tex, coords ).rgb;
+//    float ao = texture2D( ao_tex, coords ).r;
+//    gl_FragColor = vec4(tcolor*fg_SunAmbientColor.rgb*ao, 1.0);
+    gl_FragColor = vec4(tcolor*fg_SunAmbientColor.rgb, 1.0);
+}
diff --git a/Shaders/ambient.vert b/Shaders/ambient.vert
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+++ b/Shaders/ambient.vert
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+void main() {
+    gl_Position = gl_Vertex;
+    gl_TexCoord[0] = gl_MultiTexCoord0;
+}