diff --git a/data/shaders/spheremap.frag b/data/shaders/spheremap.frag
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--- a/data/shaders/spheremap.frag
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-//  SuperTuxKart - a fun racing game with go-kart
-//  Copyright (C) 2013 the SuperTuxKart team
-//
-//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-//  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-//  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
-//  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-//  GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-//  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
-
-#version 130
-uniform sampler2D texture;
-uniform vec3 lightdir;
-
-noperspective in vec3 normal;
-in vec4 vertex_color;
-noperspective in vec3 eyeVec;
-noperspective in vec3 lightVec;
-
-void main()
-{
-    vec3 forward = vec3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
-
-    // get the angle between the forward vector and the horizontal portion of the normal
-    vec3 normal_x = normalize(vec3(normal.x, 0.0, normal.z));
-    float sin_theta_x = length(cross( forward, normal_x )) * normal.x/abs(normal.x);
-
-    // get the angle between the forward vector and the vertical portion of the normal
-    vec3 normal_y = normalize(vec3(0.0, normal.y, normal.z));
-    float sin_theta_y = length(cross( forward, normal_y ))* normal.y/abs(normal.y);
-
-    vec4 detail0 = texture2D(texture, vec2(0.5 + sin_theta_x*0.5, 0.5 + sin_theta_y*0.5));
-
-    gl_FragColor = detail0 * (0.5 + dot(lightdir, normal)) * vertex_color; // 0.5 is the ambient light.
-    //gl_FragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
-
-    // specular (phong)
-    vec3 R = normalize(reflect(lightVec, normal));
-    float specular = max(dot(R,eyeVec),0.0);
-
-    //gl_FragColor = vec4(specular, specular, specular, 1.0);
-
-    if (specular > 0.0)
-    {
-        // weak specular
-        specular = specular*specular;
-        specular = specular*specular;
-        float specular_weak = specular*2.0; //max(specular*1.1, 1.0);
-        gl_FragColor += vec4(specular_weak, specular_weak, specular_weak, 0.0);
-
-        /*
-        // strong specular
-        specular = specular*specular;
-        float specular_strong = specular;
-        gl_FragColor += vec4(specular_strong, specular_strong, specular_strong, 0.0);
-        */
-    }
-}
diff --git a/data/shaders/spheremap.vert b/data/shaders/spheremap.vert
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--- a/data/shaders/spheremap.vert
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-//  SuperTuxKart - a fun racing game with go-kart
-//  Copyright (C) 2013 the SuperTuxKart team
-//
-//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-//  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-//  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
-//  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-//  GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-//  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
-
-#version 130
-uniform mat4 ModelViewProjectionMatrix;
-uniform mat4 TransposeInverseModelView;
-uniform vec3 lightdir;
-
-noperspective out vec3 normal;
-out vec4 vertex_color;
-noperspective out vec3 eyeVec;
-noperspective out vec3 lightVec;
-
-void main()
-{
-    gl_Position = ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex;
-    vertex_color = gl_Color;
-
-    //vec3 normal3 = normalize(gl_Normal);
-    //vec4 normal4 = vec4(normal3.x, normal3.y, normal3.z, 0.0)*gl_ModelViewMatrix;
-    //normal = normal4.xyz;
-
-    eyeVec = normalize(-gl_Position).xyz; // we are in Eye Coordinates, so EyePos is (0,0,0)
-    normal = normalize((TransposeInverseModelView * vec4(gl_Normal, 1.)).xyz);
-
-    // Building the matrix Eye Space -> Tangent Space
-    // gl_MultiTexCoord1.xyz
-	vec3 t = normalize ((TransposeInverseModelView * vec4(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.)).xyz); // tangent
-	vec3 b = cross (normal, t);
-
-	// transform light and half angle vectors by tangent basis
-	vec3 v;
-	v.x = dot(lightdir, t);
-	v.y = dot(lightdir, b);
-	v.z = dot(lightdir, normal);
-	lightVec = normalize (v);
-}