From 1c7afbda04d2ff4032a6ffb73133c44c8be9bc5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Meadows <andrew@highfidelity.io>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:14:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] workaround for bad sphere radius

---
 .../entities-renderer/src/RenderableSphereEntityItem.cpp  | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableSphereEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableSphereEntityItem.cpp
index 6d9cb525d6..ea25f748af 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableSphereEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableSphereEntityItem.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ void RenderableSphereEntityItem::render(RenderArgs* args) {
     
     Q_ASSERT(args->_batch);
     gpu::Batch& batch = *args->_batch;
+#define USE_MAGIC_WORKAROUND
+#ifdef USE_MAGIC_WORKAROUND
+    // It's a mystery how this actually works!
+    Transform transform = getTransformToCenter();
+    transform.setScale(transform.getScale());
+    batch.setModelTransform(transform); // use a transform with scale, rotation, registration point and translation
+#else // USE_MAGIC_WORKAROUND
     batch.setModelTransform(getTransformToCenter()); // use a transform with scale, rotation, registration point and translation
+#endif // USE_MAGIC_WORKAROUND
     DependencyManager::get<DeferredLightingEffect>()->renderSolidSphere(batch, 0.5f, SLICES, STACKS, sphereColor);
 
     RenderableDebugableEntityItem::render(this, args);