diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/foliage.hlsl b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/foliage.hlsl
index 9952c29d6..8fc2fc48e 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/foliage.hlsl
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/foliage.hlsl
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void foliageProcessVert( inout float3 position,
                          in float3 eyePos )
 {  
    // Assign the normal and tagent values.
-   //normal = float3( 0, 0, 1 );//cross( gc_camUp, gc_camRight );
+   normal = float3( 0, 0, 1 );
    T = gc_camRight;
    
    // Pull out local vars we need for work.
@@ -166,15 +166,6 @@ void foliageProcessVert( inout float3 position,
    texCoord.x = uvSet.x + ( uvSet.z * sUVCornerExtent[corner].x );
    texCoord.y = uvSet.y + ( uvSet.w * sUVCornerExtent[corner].y );
 
-   // Animate the normal to get lighting changes
-   // across the the wind swept foliage.
-   // 
-   // TODO: Expose the 10x as a factor to control
-   // how much the wind effects the lighting on the grass.
-   //
-   normal.xy += wind.xy * ( 10.0 * texCoord.w );
-   normal = normalize( normal );
-
    // Get the alpha fade value.
    
    float    fadeStart      = gc_fadeParams.x;
diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/foliage.glsl b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/foliage.glsl
index 38b66e767..8452d2d88 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/foliage.glsl
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/foliage.glsl
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void foliageProcessVert( inout vec3 position,
                          in vec3 eyePos )
 {  
    // Assign the normal and tagent values.
-   //normal = vec3( 0, 0, 1 );//cross( gc_camUp, gc_camRight );
+   normal = vec3( 0, 0, 1 );
    T = gc_camRight;
    
    // Pull out local vars we need for work.
@@ -166,15 +166,6 @@ void foliageProcessVert( inout vec3 position,
    texCoord.x = uvSet.x + ( uvSet.z * sUVCornerExtent[corner].x );
    texCoord.y = uvSet.y + ( uvSet.w * sUVCornerExtent[corner].y );
 
-   // Animate the normal to get lighting changes
-   // across the the wind swept foliage.
-   // 
-   // TODO: Expose the 10x as a factor to control
-   // how much the wind effects the lighting on the grass.
-   //
-   normal.xy += wind.xy * ( 10.0 * texCoord.w );
-   normal = normalize( normal );
-
    // Get the alpha fade value.
    
    float    fadeStart      = gc_fadeParams.x;
diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/lighting.glsl b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/lighting.glsl
index e90dd41bd..e49bf308d 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/lighting.glsl
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/gl/lighting.glsl
@@ -393,21 +393,18 @@ void dampen(inout Surface surface, sampler2D WetnessTexture, float accumTime, fl
 {   
    if (degree<=0.0) return;
    vec3 n = abs(surface.N);
-
-   float ang = dot(float3(0,0,-1),surface.N);
-   float grav = 2.0-pow(ang,3);
-   if (grav<0) grav*=-1.0;
+   float ang = clamp(n.z, 0.04, 0.96);
    
-   float speed = accumTime*(1.0-surface.roughness)*grav;
-   vec2 wetoffset = vec2(speed,speed/2)*0.1; 
+   float speed = accumTime*(1.0-surface.roughness)*ang;
+   vec2 wetoffset = vec2(speed,speed/2); 
       
-   float wetness = texture(WetnessTexture, vec2(surface.P.xy*0.2+wetoffset)).b;
-   wetness = lerp(wetness,texture(WetnessTexture,vec2(surface.P.zx*0.2+wetoffset)).b,n.y);
-   wetness = lerp(wetness,texture(WetnessTexture,vec2(surface.P.zy*0.2+wetoffset)).b,n.x);
-   wetness = pow(wetness,3)*degree;
+   float wetness = texture(WetnessTexture, vec2(surface.P.xy*0.1+wetoffset)).b;
+   wetness = lerp(wetness,texture(WetnessTexture,vec2(surface.P.zx*0.1+wetoffset)).b,n.y);
+   wetness = lerp(wetness,texture(WetnessTexture,vec2(surface.P.zy*0.1+wetoffset)).b,n.x);
+   wetness = pow(wetness*ang*degree,3);
    
-   surface.roughness = lerp(surface.roughness,(1.0-wetness*surface.roughness)*0.92f+0.04f,ang);
-   surface.baseColor.rgb = lerp(surface.baseColor.rgb*(2.0-wetness),surface.baseColor.rgb,ang*surface.roughness);
+   surface.roughness = lerp(surface.roughness, 0.04f, wetness);
+   surface.baseColor.rgb = lerp(surface.baseColor.rgb, surface.baseColor.rgb*0.96+vec3(0.04,0.04,0.04), pow(wetness,5));
    updateSurface(surface);
 }
 
diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/lighting.hlsl b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/lighting.hlsl
index 5abb7be6c..ecf846a21 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/lighting.hlsl
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/rendering/shaders/lighting.hlsl
@@ -396,20 +396,18 @@ void dampen(inout Surface surface, TORQUE_SAMPLER2D(WetnessTexture), float accum
 {   
    if (degree<=0.0) return;
    float3 n = abs(surface.N);
-   float ang = dot(float3(0,0,-1),surface.N);
-   float grav = 2.0-pow(ang,3);
-   if (grav<0) grav*=-1.0;
+   float ang = clamp(n.z, 0.04, 0.96);
    
-   float speed = accumTime*(1.0-surface.roughness)*grav;
-   float2 wetoffset = float2(speed,speed/2)*0.1; 
+   float speed = accumTime*(1.0-surface.roughness)*ang;
+   float2 wetoffset = float2(speed,speed/2); 
       
-   float wetness = TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture, float2(surface.P.xy*0.2+wetoffset)).b; 
-   wetness = lerp(wetness,TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture,float2(surface.P.zx*0.2+wetoffset)).b,n.y);
-   wetness = lerp(wetness,TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture,float2(surface.P.zy*0.2+wetoffset)).b,n.x);
-   wetness = pow(wetness,3)*degree;
+   float wetness = TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture, float2(surface.P.xy*0.1+wetoffset)).b; 
+   wetness = lerp(wetness,TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture,float2(surface.P.zx*0.1+wetoffset)).b,n.y);
+   wetness = lerp(wetness,TORQUE_TEX2D(WetnessTexture,float2(surface.P.zy*0.1+wetoffset)).b,n.x);
+   wetness = pow(wetness*ang*degree,3);
    
-   surface.roughness = lerp(surface.roughness,(1.0-wetness*surface.roughness)*0.92f+0.04f,ang);
-   surface.baseColor.rgb = lerp(surface.baseColor.rgb*(2.0-wetness),surface.baseColor.rgb,ang*surface.roughness);
+   surface.roughness = lerp(surface.roughness, 0.04f, wetness);
+   surface.baseColor.rgb = lerp(surface.baseColor.rgb, surface.baseColor.rgb*0.96+float3(0.04,0.04,0.04), pow(wetness,5));
    surface.Update(); 
 }