From c15a74d39f87c73a35ca420450e2876db2c37deb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: salmonik <salmonik@tuta.io>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:09:31 +0100
Subject: Chams: use the model solid shader for flat, drop vgui/white

vgui/white is an UnlitGeneric with $vertexcolor/$vertexalpha, no basetexture
and no $model, so it renders nothing on model vertices; Flat was invisible on
the viewmodel and would be invisible on NPCs too. Flat now uses the solid
model shader with the FLAT flag. Remove the vgui/white probe.
---
 CONTEXT.md     | 21 ++++++++++-----------
 src/studio.cpp | 14 ++------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index f7fdecb..ad9ce2d 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -295,17 +295,16 @@ vocabulary / decisions.
   `IMaterial::SetMaterialVarFlag` (slot 29); colours use `$color`/`$color2`
   (IMaterialVar slot 11, SetVecValue 3-float slot 11) and `ColorModulate`
   (slot 28). Shared materials are restored after each draw.
-- Styles are built from the resident materials and material flags:
-  0 Flat (`vgui/white` with FLAT on NPCs; the solid model shader with FLAT on
-  the viewmodel, because VGUI materials do not draw skinned models),
-  1 Wireframe (`debug/debugwireframe`), 2 Additive
-  (`debug/debugtranslucentsinglecolor` + ADDITIVE), 3 Solid, 4 White (solid,
-  colour forced white), 5 Fullbright (solid + ADDITIVE|SELFILLUM with the
-  colour lifted toward white), 6 Glow outline (solid plus a
-  `debug/debugwireframe` contour pass drawn with ZNEARER (1 << 10) and a
-  brightened colour so the base cannot bury it). `models/debug/debugwhite` is
-  EP2-only and the old VGUI additive material is invisible on NPCs; the styles
-  no longer depend on them.
+- Styles are built from `debug/debugtranslucentsinglecolor` (UnlitGeneric,
+  `$color`) and material flags:
+  0 Flat (solid + FLAT), 1 Wireframe (`debug/debugwireframe`), 2 Additive
+  (+ ADDITIVE), 3 Solid, 4 White (colour forced white), 5 Fullbright
+  (ADDITIVE|SELFILLUM with the colour lifted toward white), 6 Glow outline
+  (solid plus a `debug/debugwireframe` contour pass drawn with ZNEARER
+  (1 << 10) and a brightened colour so the base cannot bury it).
+  `vgui/white` is vertex-colour based and has no `$model`/`$basetexture`, so it
+  is never used for chams; `models/debug/debugwhite` is EP2-only and the old
+  VGUI additive material was invisible on NPCs.
 - Style materials are preloaded from `outer_draw` (throttled) and cached; the
   render hook never calls FindMaterial itself. A missing style uses solid.
 - Feature is off by default. Config sections: `[chams]` (active/bind),
diff --git a/src/studio.cpp b/src/studio.cpp
index 301e781..4941142 100644
--- a/src/studio.cpp
+++ b/src/studio.cpp
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ const char *chams_material_name(int idx) {
   case 3:
   case 4:
   case 5:
-  case 6: return "debug/debugtranslucentsinglecolor";
-  default: return "vgui/white"; // models/debug/debugwhite is EP2-only
+  case 6:
+  default: return "debug/debugtranslucentsinglecolor";
   }
 }
 
@@ -300,10 +300,6 @@ void hkdModelExecute(void *self, const void *state, const void *info,
           if (style < 0) style = 0;
           if (style > 6) style = 6;
           void *mat = style_material(style);
-          // vgui/white (Flat) does not draw skinned models, so the viewmodel
-          // uses the solid model shader with the same FLAT flag.
-          if (is_vm && style == 0)
-            mat = viewmodel_material();
           if (!mat)
             return false;
           bool white = style == 4;
@@ -367,16 +363,10 @@ static double chams_now() {
 // the style VMTs. The render hook only reads the cached pointers.
 void chams_preload() {
   static double last = 0.0;
-  static bool probed = false;
   double now = chams_now();
   if (now - last < 1.5)
     return;
   last = now;
-  if (!probed) {
-    probed = true;
-    void *probe = world_find_material("vgui/white");
-    logf("chams: probe vgui/white = %p", probe);
-  }
   for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
     if (g_style_mats[i])
       continue;
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