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+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
+using Nez.Textures;
+
+
+namespace Nez.DeferredLighting
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// handles deferred lighting. This Renderer should be ordered after any of your Renderers that render to a RenderTexture. Any renderLayers
+	/// rendered by this Renderer should have Renderables with DeferredSpriteMaterials (or null Material to use the default, diffuse only Material).
+	/// </summary>
+	public class DeferredLightingRenderLayerExcludeRenderer : Renderer
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// we do not want to render into the Scene render texture
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>true</value>
+		/// <c>false</c>
+		public override bool WantsToRenderToSceneRenderTarget => false;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// the renderLayers excluded from this renderer
+		/// </summary>
+		public int[] ExcludedRenderLayers;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// ambient lighting color. Alpha is ignored
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The color of the ambient.</value>
+		public Color AmbientColor
+		{
+			get => _ambientColor;
+			set => SetAmbientColor(value);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// clear color for the diffuse portion of the gbuffer
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The color of the clear.</value>
+		public Color ClearColor
+		{
+			get => _clearColor;
+			set => SetClearColor(value);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// single pixel texture of a neutral normal map. This will effectively make the object have only diffuse lighting if applied as the normal map.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The null normal map texture.</value>
+		public Texture2D NullNormalMapTexture
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if (_nullNormalMapTexture == null)
+					_nullNormalMapTexture = Graphics.CreateSingleColorTexture(1, 1, new Color(0.5f, 0.5f, 1f, 0f));
+				return _nullNormalMapTexture;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// if true, all stages of the deferred pipeline are rendered after the final combine
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool EnableDebugBufferRender;
+
+
+		int _lightLayer;
+		Color _ambientColor;
+		Color _clearColor;
+		Texture2D _nullNormalMapTexture;
+
+		public RenderTexture DiffuseRT;
+		public RenderTexture NormalRT;
+		public RenderTexture LightRT;
+
+		DeferredLightEffect _lightEffect;
+
+		// light volumes. quad for directional/area and polygon for others
+		QuadMesh _quadMesh;
+		PolygonMesh _polygonMesh;
+		PolygonMesh _quadPolygonMesh;
+
+
+		public DeferredLightingRenderLayerExcludeRenderer(int renderOrder, int lightLayer, params int[] excludedRenderLayers) : base(renderOrder)
+		{
+			// make sure we have a workable Material for our lighting system
+			Material = new DeferredSpriteMaterial(NullNormalMapTexture);
+
+			_lightLayer = lightLayer;
+			ExcludedRenderLayers = excludedRenderLayers;
+
+			_lightEffect = new DeferredLightEffect();
+
+			// meshes used for light volumes
+			_quadMesh = new QuadMesh(Core.GraphicsDevice);
+			_polygonMesh = PolygonMesh.CreateSymmetricalPolygon(10);
+			_quadPolygonMesh = PolygonMesh.CreateRectangle();
+
+			// set some sensible defaults
+			SetAmbientColor(new Color(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f))
+				.SetClearColor(Color.CornflowerBlue);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// we override render completely here so we can do our thing with multiple render targets
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="scene">scene.</param>
+		public override void Render(Scene scene)
+		{
+			ClearRenderTargets();
+			RenderSprites(scene);
+			RenderLights(scene);
+			RenderFinalCombine(scene);
+
+			if (EnableDebugBufferRender)
+				RenderAllBuffers(scene);
+		}
+
+		protected override void DebugRender(Scene scene, Camera cam)
+		{
+			for (var i = 0; i < scene.RenderableComponents.Count; i++)
+			{
+				var renderable = scene.RenderableComponents[i];
+				if (!ExcludedRenderLayers.Contains(renderable.RenderLayer) && renderable.Enabled &&
+					renderable.IsVisibleFromCamera(cam))
+					renderable.DebugRender(Graphics.Instance.Batcher);
+			}
+
+			var lightRenderables = scene.RenderableComponents.ComponentsWithRenderLayer(_lightLayer);
+			for (var j = 0; j < lightRenderables.Length; j++)
+			{
+				var renderable = lightRenderables.Buffer[j];
+				if (renderable.Enabled && renderable.IsVisibleFromCamera(cam))
+					renderable.DebugRender(Graphics.Instance.Batcher);
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		#region Configuration
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// ambient lighting color. Alpha is ignored
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>The ambient color.</returns>
+		/// <param name="color">Color.</param>
+		public DeferredLightingRenderLayerExcludeRenderer SetAmbientColor(Color color)
+		{
+			if (_ambientColor != color)
+			{
+				_ambientColor = color;
+				_lightEffect.SetAmbientColor(color);
+			}
+
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// clear color for the diffuse portion of the gbuffer
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>The clear color.</returns>
+		/// <param name="color">Color.</param>
+		public DeferredLightingRenderLayerExcludeRenderer SetClearColor(Color color)
+		{
+			if (_clearColor != color)
+			{
+				_clearColor = color;
+				_lightEffect.SetClearColor(color);
+			}
+
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+
+
+		#region Rendering
+
+		void ClearRenderTargets()
+		{
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTargets(DiffuseRT.RenderTarget, NormalRT.RenderTarget);
+			_lightEffect.PrepareClearGBuffer();
+			_quadMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		void RenderSprites(Scene scene)
+		{
+			BeginRender(scene.Camera);
+
+			for (var i = 0; i < scene.RenderableComponents.Count; i++)
+			{
+				var renderable = scene.RenderableComponents[i];
+				if (!ExcludedRenderLayers.Contains(renderable.RenderLayer) && renderable.Enabled &&
+					renderable.IsVisibleFromCamera(scene.Camera))
+					RenderAfterStateCheck(renderable, scene.Camera);
+			}
+
+			if (ShouldDebugRender && Core.DebugRenderEnabled)
+				DebugRender(scene, scene.Camera);
+
+			EndRender();
+		}
+
+		void RenderLights(Scene scene)
+		{
+			// bind the normalMap and update the Effect with our camera
+			_lightEffect.SetNormalMap(NormalRT);
+			_lightEffect.UpdateForCamera(scene.Camera);
+
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(LightRT);
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Transparent);
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.BlendState = BlendState.Additive;
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.DepthStencilState = DepthStencilState.None;
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.RasterizerState = RasterizerState.CullNone;
+
+			var renderables = scene.RenderableComponents.ComponentsWithRenderLayer(_lightLayer);
+			for (var i = 0; i < renderables.Length; i++)
+			{
+				Insist.IsTrue(renderables.Buffer[i] is DeferredLight, "Found a Renderable in the lightLayer that is not a DeferredLight!");
+				var renderable = renderables.Buffer[i];
+				if (renderable.Enabled)
+				{
+					var light = renderable as DeferredLight;
+					if (light is DirLight || light.IsVisibleFromCamera(scene.Camera))
+						RenderLight(light);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		void RenderFinalCombine(Scene scene)
+		{
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(scene.SceneRenderTarget);
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.BlendState = BlendState.Opaque;
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.DepthStencilState = DepthStencilState.None;
+
+			// combine everything. ambient color is set in the shader when the property is set so no need to reset it
+			_lightEffect.PrepareForFinalCombine(DiffuseRT, LightRT, NormalRT);
+			_quadMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		void RenderAllBuffers(Scene scene)
+		{
+			var tempRT = RenderTarget.GetTemporary(scene.SceneRenderTarget.Width, scene.SceneRenderTarget.Height);
+
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(tempRT);
+
+			var halfWidth = tempRT.Width / 2;
+			var halfHeight = tempRT.Height / 2;
+
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Begin(BlendState.Opaque);
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Draw(LightRT, new Rectangle(0, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight));
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Draw(DiffuseRT, new Rectangle(halfWidth, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight));
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Draw(NormalRT, new Rectangle(0, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight));
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Draw(scene.SceneRenderTarget, new Rectangle(halfWidth, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight));
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.End();
+
+			Core.GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(scene.SceneRenderTarget);
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Begin(BlendState.Opaque);
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.Draw(tempRT, Vector2.Zero);
+			Graphics.Instance.Batcher.End();
+
+			RenderTarget.ReleaseTemporary(tempRT);
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+
+
+		#region Light rendering
+
+		void RenderLight(DeferredLight light)
+		{
+			// check SpotLight first because it is a subclass of PointLight!
+			if (light is SpotLight)
+				RenderLight(light as SpotLight);
+			else if (light is PointLight)
+				RenderLight(light as PointLight);
+			else if (light is AreaLight)
+				RenderLight(light as AreaLight);
+			else if (light is DirLight)
+				RenderLight(light as DirLight);
+		}
+
+		void RenderLight(DirLight light)
+		{
+			_lightEffect.UpdateForLight(light);
+			_quadMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		void RenderLight(PointLight light)
+		{
+			_lightEffect.UpdateForLight(light);
+			_polygonMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		void RenderLight(SpotLight light)
+		{
+			_lightEffect.UpdateForLight(light);
+			_polygonMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		void RenderLight(AreaLight light)
+		{
+			_lightEffect.UpdateForLight(light);
+			_quadPolygonMesh.Render();
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+
+
+		public override void OnSceneBackBufferSizeChanged(int newWidth, int newHeight)
+		{
+			// create our RenderTextures if we havent and resize them if we have
+			if (DiffuseRT == null)
+			{
+				DiffuseRT = new RenderTexture(newWidth, newHeight, SurfaceFormat.Color, DepthFormat.None);
+				NormalRT = new RenderTexture(newWidth, newHeight, SurfaceFormat.Color, DepthFormat.None);
+				LightRT = new RenderTexture(newWidth, newHeight, SurfaceFormat.Color, DepthFormat.None);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				DiffuseRT.OnSceneBackBufferSizeChanged(newWidth, newHeight);
+				NormalRT.OnSceneBackBufferSizeChanged(newWidth, newHeight);
+				LightRT.OnSceneBackBufferSizeChanged(newWidth, newHeight);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override void Unload()
+		{
+			_lightEffect.Dispose();
+
+			DiffuseRT.Dispose();
+			NormalRT.Dispose();
+			LightRT.Dispose();
+
+			if (_nullNormalMapTexture != null)
+				_nullNormalMapTexture.Dispose();
+
+			base.Unload();
+		}
+	}
+}