diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_terrain.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_terrain.rs
index ec67317049..3f7361d79a 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_terrain.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_terrain.rs
@@ -109,8 +109,14 @@ impl LodData {
             )
         };
         let map = create_texture(wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb, lod_base);
+        //             SamplerInfo {
+        //                 border: border_color,
         let alt = create_texture(wgpu::TextureFormat::Rg16Uint, lod_alt);
+        //             SamplerInfo {
+        //                 border: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0].into(),
         let horizon = create_texture(wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm, lod_horizon);
+        //             SamplerInfo {
+        //                 border: [1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0].into(),
 
         Self {
             map,
@@ -118,43 +124,6 @@ impl LodData {
             horizon,
             tgt_detail,
         }
-
-        // Self {
-        //     map: renderer
-        //         .create_texture_immutable_raw(
-        //             kind,
-        //             gfx::texture::Mipmap::Provided,
-        //             &[gfx::memory::cast_slice(lod_base)],
-        //             SamplerInfo {
-        //                 border: border_color,
-        //                 ..info
-        //             },
-        //         )
-        //         .expect("Failed to generate map texture"),
-        //     alt: renderer
-        //         .create_texture_immutable_raw(
-        //             kind,
-        //             gfx::texture::Mipmap::Provided,
-        //             &[gfx::memory::cast_slice(lod_alt)],
-        //             SamplerInfo {
-        //                 border: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0].into(),
-        //                 ..info
-        //             },
-        //         )
-        //         .expect("Failed to generate alt texture"),
-        //     horizon: renderer
-        //         .create_texture_immutable_raw(
-        //             kind,
-        //             gfx::texture::Mipmap::Provided,
-        //             &[gfx::memory::cast_slice(lod_horizon)],
-        //             SamplerInfo {
-        //                 border: [1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0].into(),
-        //                 ..info
-        //             },
-        //         )
-        //         .expect("Failed to generate horizon texture"),
-        //     tgt_detail,
-        // }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs b/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
index 38e0c378f1..ba0ce23f90 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ pub struct Renderer {
     sampler: wgpu::Sampler,
 
     shadow_map: Option<ShadowMapRenderer>,
-
+    //dummy_shadow_tex: wgpu::TextureView,
     layouts: Layouts,
 
     figure_pipeline: figure::FigurePipeline,
@@ -2306,9 +2306,9 @@ fn create_shader_module(
         .compile_into_spirv(source, kind, file_name, "main", Some(options))
         .map_err(|e| (file_name, e))?;
 
-    Ok(
-        device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleSource::SpirV(Cow::Borrowed(
-            spv.as_binary(),
-        ))),
-    )
+    Ok(device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        label: Some(source),
+        source: wgpu::ShaderSource::SpirV(Cow::Borrowed(spv.as_binary())),
+        experimental_translation: false,
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/renderer/binding.rs b/voxygen/src/render/renderer/binding.rs
index 4825b4a058..e67a6890b9 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/renderer/binding.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/renderer/binding.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl Renderer {
             Some(shadow_map) => (&shadow_map.point_depth, &shadow_map.directed_depth),
             None => (&self.noise_tex, &self.noise_tex),
         };
-
+        dbg!(self.shadow_map.is_some());
         self.layouts.global.bind(
             &self.device,
             global_model,
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/renderer/drawer.rs b/voxygen/src/render/renderer/drawer.rs
index a949c07740..c30edb025b 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/renderer/drawer.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/renderer/drawer.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use super::{
         instances::Instances,
         model::{DynamicModel, Model, SubModel},
         pipelines::{
-            clouds, figure, fluid, particle, postprocess, skybox, sprite, terrain, ui, ColLights,
-            GlobalsBindGroup, Light, Shadow,
+            clouds, figure, fluid, lod_terrain, particle, postprocess, skybox, sprite, terrain, ui,
+            ColLights, GlobalsBindGroup, Light, Shadow,
         },
     },
     Renderer,
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ impl<'a> FirstPassDrawer<'a> {
         self.render_pass.draw(0..model.len() as u32, 0..1);
     }
 
+    pub fn draw_lod_terrain<'b: 'a>(&mut self, model: &'b Model<lod_terrain::Vertex>) {
+        self.render_pass
+            .set_pipeline(&self.renderer.lod_terrain_pipeline.pipeline);
+        self.render_pass.set_vertex_buffer(0, model.buf().slice(..));
+        self.render_pass.draw(0..model.len() as u32, 0..1);
+    }
+
     pub fn draw_figure<'b: 'a>(
         &mut self,
         model: SubModel<'b, terrain::Vertex>,
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
index 17bfd64907..570850f6dc 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{
     render::{
         pipelines::lod_terrain::{LodData, Vertex},
-        GlobalModel, LodTerrainVertex, Mesh, Model, Quad, Renderer,
+        FirstPassDrawer, GlobalModel, LodTerrainVertex, Mesh, Model, Quad, Renderer,
     },
     settings::Settings,
 };
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ impl Lod {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn render(&self, renderer: &mut Renderer, global: &GlobalModel) {
+    pub fn render<'a>(&'a self, drawer: &mut FirstPassDrawer<'a>) {
         if let Some((_, model)) = self.model.as_ref() {
-            //renderer.render_lod_terrain(&model, global, &self.locals,
-            // &self.data);
+            drawer.draw_lod_terrain(&model);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
index 6e51542b23..7c5e2d30c8 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
@@ -1030,8 +1030,9 @@ impl Scene {
             global,
             lod,
             camera_data,
-        );
-        self.lod.render(renderer, global);*/
+        );*/
+
+        self.lod.render(drawer);
 
         // Render the skybox.
         drawer.draw_skybox(&self.skybox.model);