diff --git a/include/XPMPMultiplayer.h b/include/XPMPMultiplayer.h
index 71f9ec514..ca22f5445 100644
--- a/include/XPMPMultiplayer.h
+++ b/include/XPMPMultiplayer.h
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ typedef	void (* XPMPPlaneNotifier_f)(
  *
  */
 typedef	void (* XPMPRenderPlanes_f)(
+					int							inIsBlend,
 					void * 						inRef);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/XPMPPlaneRenderer.h b/include/XPMPPlaneRenderer.h
index f19e0dc95..e4dcfc401 100644
--- a/include/XPMPPlaneRenderer.h
+++ b/include/XPMPPlaneRenderer.h
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 // These functions do "the drawing" once per frame.
 
 void 			XPMPInitDefaultPlaneRenderer(void);
-void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void);
+void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(int is_blend);
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/XPMPMultiplayer.cpp b/src/XPMPMultiplayer.cpp
index e2185ff10..1f1493e9a 100644
--- a/src/XPMPMultiplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/XPMPMultiplayer.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "XPLMProcessing.h"
 #include "XPLMPlanes.h"
+#include "XPLMDataAccess.h"
 #include "XPLMDisplay.h"
 #include "XPLMPlugin.h"
 #include "XPLMUtilities.h"
@@ -476,10 +477,22 @@ int	XPMPRenderMultiplayerPlanes(
                                    int                  inIsBefore,    
                                    void *               inRefcon)
 {
+	static int is_blend = 0;
+	
+	static XPLMDataRef wrt = XPLMFindDataRef("sim/graphics/view/world_render_type");
+	static XPLMDataRef prt = XPLMFindDataRef("sim/graphics/view/plane_render_type");
+	
+	int is_shadow = wrt != NULL && XPLMGetDatai(wrt) != 0;
+	
+	if(prt) 
+		is_blend = XPLMGetDatai(prt) == 2;
+
 	if (gRenderer)
-		gRenderer(gRendererRef);
+		gRenderer(is_shadow ? 0 : is_blend,gRendererRef);
 	else
-		XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer();
+		XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(is_shadow ? 0 : is_blend);
+	if(!is_shadow)
+	is_blend = 1 - is_blend;	
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/XPMPPlaneRenderer.cpp b/src/XPMPPlaneRenderer.cpp
index d1b481a93..1641de9af 100644
--- a/src/XPMPPlaneRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/XPMPPlaneRenderer.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct	PlaneToRender_t {
 typedef	std::map<float, PlaneToRender_t>	RenderMap;
 
 
-void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
+void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(int is_blend)
 {
 	long	planeCount = XPMPCountPlanes();
 #if DEBUG_RENDERER
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
 				// Using the user's planes can cause the internal flight model to get f-cked up.
 				// Using a non-loaded plane can trigger internal asserts in x-plane.
 				if (modelCount > 1)
+				if(!is_blend)
 					XPLMDrawAircraft(1,
 					(float) iter->second.x, (float) iter->second.y, (float) iter->second.z, 
 					iter->second.pitch, iter->second.roll, iter->second.heading, 
@@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
 	
 	// PASS 1 - draw Austin's planes.
 
+	if(!is_blend)
 	for (planeMapIter = planes_austin.begin(); planeMapIter != planes_austin.end(); ++planeMapIter)	
 	{
 		CSL_DrawObject(	planeMapIter->second->model, 
@@ -554,7 +556,14 @@ void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
 	}
 	
 	// PASS 2 - draw OBJs
-	
+	// Blend for solid OBJ7s?  YES!  First, in HDR mode, they DO NOT draw to the gbuffer properly -
+	// they splat their livery into the normal map, which is terrifying and stupid.  Then they are also
+	// pre-lit...the net result is surprisingly not much worse than regular rendering considering how many
+	// bad things have happened, but for all I know we're getting NaNs somewhere.
+	// 
+	// Blending isn't going to hurt things in NON-HDR because our rendering is so stupid for old objs - there's
+	// pretty much never translucency so we aren't going to get Z-order fails.  So f--- it...always draw blend.<
+	if(is_blend)
 	for (planeMapIter = planes_obj.begin(); planeMapIter != planes_obj.end(); ++planeMapIter)	
 	{	
 		CSL_DrawObject(
@@ -589,10 +598,12 @@ void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
 					   &(*planeIter)->state);
 	}
 
-	obj_draw_solid();
+	if(!is_blend)
+		obj_draw_solid();
 
 	// PASS 3 - draw OBJ lights.
 
+	if(is_blend)
 	if (!planes_obj_lites.empty())
 	{
 		OBJ_BeginLightDrawing();
@@ -614,10 +625,12 @@ void			XPMPDefaultPlaneRenderer(void)
 		}
 	}
 	
-	obj_draw_translucent();
+	if(is_blend)
+		obj_draw_translucent();
 	obj_draw_done();	
 	
 	// PASS 4 - Labels
+	if(is_blend)
 	if ( gDrawLabels )
 	{
 		GLfloat	vp[4];