From 109d832ac79c373484d54170d44935aad81ca1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: trunksbomb <me@trunksbomb.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:28:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] make cards more card like instead of just layers of flat
 textures.

---
 .../client/render/TriadCardItemRenderer.java  | 33 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trunksbomb/minetriad/client/render/TriadCardItemRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/trunksbomb/minetriad/client/render/TriadCardItemRenderer.java
index 5b9fb89..a9be10c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trunksbomb/minetriad/client/render/TriadCardItemRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trunksbomb/minetriad/client/render/TriadCardItemRenderer.java
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ import org.joml.Matrix4f;
 public final class TriadCardItemRenderer extends BlockEntityWithoutLevelRenderer {
     private static final float CARD_MIN = -0.42F;
     private static final float CARD_MAX = 0.42F;
-    private static final float FRONT_Z = 0.024F;
-    private static final float BACK_Z = -0.024F;
-    private static final float BORDER_Z = 0.026F;
-    private static final float VALUE_Z = 0.030F;
+    private static final float CARD_DEPTH = 0.024F;
+    private static final float FRONT_Z = CARD_DEPTH;
+    private static final float BACK_Z = -CARD_DEPTH;
+    private static final float ART_Z = FRONT_Z + 0.004F;
+    private static final float BORDER_Z = FRONT_Z + 0.008F;
+    private static final float VALUE_Z = FRONT_Z + 0.012F;
     private static final float INNER_MIN = -0.37F;
     private static final float INNER_MAX = 0.37F;
+    private static final float[] EDGE_COLOR = new float[] {0.18F, 0.14F, 0.10F};
     private static TriadCardItemRenderer INSTANCE;
     private static final CardPalette NEUTRAL_PALETTE = new CardPalette(
             new float[] {0.97F, 0.93F, 0.80F},
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ public final class TriadCardItemRenderer extends BlockEntityWithoutLevelRenderer
         CardDefinition card = cardData == null || cardData.equals(CardStackData.EMPTY) ? null : CardRegistry.get(cardData.cardId());
 
         poseStack.pushPose();
+        drawCardBody(poseStack, buffer);
         drawBack(poseStack, buffer);
         if (card != null) {
             drawFrontArt(poseStack, buffer, artTexture(card));
@@ -94,6 +98,25 @@ public final class TriadCardItemRenderer extends BlockEntityWithoutLevelRenderer
         poseStack.popPose();
     }
 
+    private static void drawCardBody(PoseStack poseStack, MultiBufferSource buffer) {
+        float r = EDGE_COLOR[0];
+        float g = EDGE_COLOR[1];
+        float b = EDGE_COLOR[2];
+        LevelRenderer.addChainedFilledBoxVertices(
+                poseStack,
+                buffer.getBuffer(RenderType.debugFilledBox()),
+                CARD_MIN,
+                CARD_MIN,
+                BACK_Z,
+                CARD_MAX,
+                CARD_MAX,
+                FRONT_Z,
+                r,
+                g,
+                b,
+                1.0F);
+    }
+
     private static String displayRank(int rank) {
         return rank == 10 ? "A" : Integer.toString(rank);
     }
@@ -161,7 +184,7 @@ public final class TriadCardItemRenderer extends BlockEntityWithoutLevelRenderer
     }
 
     private static void drawFrontArt(PoseStack poseStack, MultiBufferSource buffer, ResourceLocation textureLocation) {
-        drawTexturedQuad(poseStack, buffer, textureLocation, FRONT_Z, false);
+        drawTexturedQuad(poseStack, buffer, textureLocation, ART_Z, false);
     }
 
     private static void drawTexturedQuad(PoseStack poseStack, MultiBufferSource buffer, ResourceLocation textureLocation, float z, boolean reverseWinding) {