*Massive* amounts of foliage ...

//CLINT: todo,
						//   get rid of this matrix stuff
						// and just do a simple cross product and some vector addition
						// to get the 4 points for billboarding
						static bool CLINT_TEST = true;
						if(CLINT_TEST)
						{
							Point3F folliagePos = pFoliageItem->Transform.getPosition();
							Point3F toCamVec = (folliagePos - state->getCameraPosition());
							toCamVec.normalize();
							Point3F veggieUpVec = Point3F(0,0,1);
							Point3F veggieRightVec = mCross(toCamVec, veggieUpVec);
							veggieRightVec.normalize();// could use camera right vec here for efficiency

														
							// now we have a normalized up vec
							// and a normalized right vec
							// so lets render our stuff in world space

							//note we _should_ be in world space here
							// assert??


							// Fetch Width/Height.
							Width	= pFoliageItem->Width / 2.0f;
							Height	= pFoliageItem->Height;


							//CLINT: testing camera facing
							static bool CAMFACING = false;
							if(CAMFACING)
							{
								//test out camera facing version
								toCamVec.normalize();
								veggieUpVec = mCross(veggieRightVec, toCamVec );
								//veggieUpVec.normalize();
							}

							veggieRightVec*=Width;
							veggieUpVec*= Height;

							// Fetch Flipped Flag.
							LeftTexPos	= pFoliageItem->Flipped ? 1.0f : 0.0f;
							RightTexPos	= 1.0f - LeftTexPos;

							Point3F  swayOffset(SwayOffsetX, SwayOffsetY, 0);
							Point3F  v1 = folliagePos + (veggieUpVec) - veggieRightVec + swayOffset; //top stage right
							Point3F  v2 = folliagePos + (veggieUpVec) + veggieRightVec + swayOffset; //top stage left
							Point3F  v3 = folliagePos + veggieRightVec ; //bottom stage left
							Point3F  v4 = folliagePos - veggieRightVec ; //bottom stage right

							
							//NOTE:
							// rendering as single quads very inefficient
							// should use dynamic vertex buffer chuncks


							// Draw Billboard.
							glBegin(GL_QUADS);
								// Set Blend Function.
								glColor4f(Luminance,Luminance,Luminance, ItemAlpha);

								// Draw Top part of billboard.
								glTexCoord2f	(LeftTexPos,0);
								glVertex3fv(v1);
								//glVertex3f		(-Width+SwayOffsetX,SwayOffsetY,Height);
								glTexCoord2f	(RightTexPos,0);
								//glVertex3f		(+Width+SwayOffsetX,SwayOffsetY,Height);
								glVertex3fv(v2);

								// Set Ground Blend.
								if (mFieldData.mGroundAlpha < 1.0f) glColor4f(Luminance, Luminance, Luminance, mFieldData.mGroundAlpha < ItemAlpha ? mFieldData.mGroundAlpha : ItemAlpha);

								// Draw bottom part of billboard.
								glTexCoord2f	(RightTexPos,1);
								//glVertex3f		(+Width,0,0);
								glVertex3fv(v3);
								glTexCoord2f	(LeftTexPos,1);
								//glVertex3f		(-Width,0,0);
								glVertex3fv(v4);
							glEnd();

							// Restore our Modelview.
							// glPopMatrix();


						}

Point3F veggieRightVec = mCross(FACINGVec, veggieUpVec);
veggieRightVec.normalize();


 Point3F  swayOffset(SwayOffsetX, SwayOffsetY, 0);
                     Point3F  v1 = folliagePos + (veggieUpVec) - veggieRightVec + swa
yOffset; //top stage right
                     Point3F  v2 = folliagePos + (veggieUpVec) + veggieRightVec + swa
yOffset; //top stage left
                     Point3F  v3 = folliagePos + veggieRightVec ; //bottom stage left

                     Point3F  v4 = folliagePos - veggieRightVec ; //bottom stage righ
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