diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vid_render_vulkan.c b/libs/video/renderer/vid_render_vulkan.c
index 8441795c1..ebca7b9b0 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vid_render_vulkan.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vid_render_vulkan.c
@@ -135,12 +135,15 @@ vulkan_R_RenderFrame (SCR_Func scr_3dfunc, SCR_Func *scr_funcs)
 						  framebuffer->imageAvailableSemaphore,
 						  0, &imageIndex);
 
-	__auto_type attachments = DARRAY_ALLOCFIXED (qfv_imageviewset_t, 3,
-												 alloca);
+	int         attachCount = vulkan_ctx->msaaSamples > 1 ? 3 : 2;
+	__auto_type attachments = DARRAY_ALLOCFIXED (qfv_imageviewset_t,
+												 attachCount, alloca);
 	qfv_swapchain_t *sc = vulkan_ctx->swapchain;
-	attachments->a[0] = vulkan_ctx->renderpass.colorImage->view;
+	attachments->a[0] = sc->imageViews->a[imageIndex];
 	attachments->a[1] = vulkan_ctx->renderpass.depthImage->view;
-	attachments->a[2] = sc->imageViews->a[imageIndex];
+	if (attachCount > 2) {
+		attachments->a[2] = vulkan_ctx->renderpass.colorImage->view;
+	}
 
 	VkRenderPass renderpass = vulkan_ctx->renderpass.renderpass;
 	framebuffer->framebuffer = QFV_CreateFramebuffer (device, renderpass,
@@ -157,15 +160,16 @@ vulkan_R_RenderFrame (SCR_Func scr_3dfunc, SCR_Func *scr_funcs)
 
 	VkCommandBufferBeginInfo beginInfo
 		= { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO };
-	VkClearValue clearValues[2] = {
+	VkClearValue clearValues[3] = {
 		{ { {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0} } },
 		{ { {1.0, 0.0} } },
+		{ { {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0} } },
 	};
 	VkRenderPassBeginInfo renderPassInfo = {
 		VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO, 0,
 		vulkan_ctx->renderpass.renderpass, 0,
 		{ {0, 0}, sc->extent },
-		2, clearValues
+		3, clearValues
 	};
 
 	dfunc->vkBeginCommandBuffer (framebuffer->cmdBuffer, &beginInfo);
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/qfpipeline.plist b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/qfpipeline.plist
index 33bc11b27..96de769c9 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/qfpipeline.plist
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/qfpipeline.plist
@@ -707,13 +707,75 @@
 			{
 				flags = 0;
 				format = $swapchain.format;
-				samples = $msaaSamples;
+				samples = 1;
 				loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 				storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
 				stencilLoadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
 				stencilStoreOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
 				initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED;
-				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR;
+			},
+			{
+				flags = 0;
+				format = VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT;
+				samples = 1;
+				loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
+				storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				stencilLoadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				stencilStoreOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED;
+				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+			},
+		);
+		subpasses = (
+			{
+				pipelineBindPoint = VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS;
+				colorAttachments = (
+					{
+						attachment = 0;
+						layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+					}
+				);
+				depthStencilAttachment = {
+					attachment = 1;
+					layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+				};
+				preserveAttachments = ();
+			},
+		);
+		dependencies = (
+			{
+				srcSubpass = VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL;
+				dstSubpass = 0;
+				srcStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_BOTTOM_OF_PIPE_BIT;
+				dstStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT;
+				srcAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_MEMORY_READ_BIT;
+				dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT;
+				dependencyFlags = VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT;
+			},
+			{
+				srcSubpass = 0;
+				dstSubpass = VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL;
+				srcStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT;
+				dstStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_BOTTOM_OF_PIPE_BIT;
+				srcAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT;
+				dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_MEMORY_READ_BIT;
+				dependencyFlags = VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT;
+			},
+		);
+	};
+	renderpass.msaa = {
+		attachments = (
+			{
+				flags = 0;
+				format = $swapchain.format;
+				samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
+				loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
+				stencilLoadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				stencilStoreOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED;
+				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR;
 			},
 			{
 				flags = 0;
@@ -729,13 +791,13 @@
 			{
 				flags = 0;
 				format = $swapchain.format;
-				samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
-				loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
+				samples = $msaaSamples;
+				loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 				storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
 				stencilLoadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
 				stencilStoreOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
 				initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED;
-				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR;
+				finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
 			},
 		);
 		subpasses = (
@@ -743,13 +805,13 @@
 				pipelineBindPoint = VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS;
 				colorAttachments = (
 					{
-						attachment = 0;
+						attachment = 2;
 						layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
 					}
 				);
 				resolveAttachments = (
 					{
-						attachment = 2;
+						attachment = 0;
 						layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
 					}
 				);
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/renderpass.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/renderpass.c
index 65134ffd7..4970b050b 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/renderpass.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/renderpass.c
@@ -106,9 +106,13 @@ QFV_CreateRenderPass (qfv_device_t *device,
 				const VkAttachmentReference *ref = &sp->pColorAttachments[j];
 				Sys_Printf ("      c %d %d\n", ref->attachment, ref->layout);
 			}
-			for (size_t j = 0; j < sp->colorAttachmentCount; j++) {
-				const VkAttachmentReference *ref = &sp->pResolveAttachments[j];
-				Sys_Printf ("      r %d %d\n", ref->attachment, ref->layout);
+			if (sp->pResolveAttachments) {
+				for (size_t j = 0; j < sp->colorAttachmentCount; j++) {
+					const VkAttachmentReference *ref
+						= &sp->pResolveAttachments[j];
+					Sys_Printf ("      r %d %d\n", ref->attachment,
+								ref->layout);
+				}
 			}
 			Sys_Printf ("    pDepthStencilAttachment: %p\n",
 						sp->pDepthStencilAttachment);
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_vid_common.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_vid_common.c
index ddd20e82c..ff026331a 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_vid_common.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_vid_common.c
@@ -240,28 +240,31 @@ Vulkan_CreateRenderPass (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
 	qfv_load_pipeline (ctx);
 	const char *name = "renderpass";//FIXME
-
-	plitem_t   *item = ctx->pipelineDef;
-	if (!item || !(item = PL_ObjectForKey (item, name))) {
-		Sys_Printf ("error loading renderpass\n");
-		return;
-	} else {
-		Sys_Printf ("Found renderpass def\n");
-	}
 	qfv_device_t *device = ctx->device;
 	VkDevice    dev = device->dev;
 	qfv_devfuncs_t *df = device->funcs;
 	VkCommandBuffer cmd = ctx->cmdbuffer;
 	qfv_swapchain_t *sc = ctx->swapchain;
 
+	ctx->msaaSamples = min ((VkSampleCountFlagBits) msaaSamples->int_val,
+							QFV_GetMaxSampleCount (device->physDev));
+	if (ctx->msaaSamples > 1) {
+		name = "renderpass.msaa";
+	}
+
+	plitem_t   *item = ctx->pipelineDef;
+	if (!item || !(item = PL_ObjectForKey (item, name))) {
+		Sys_Printf ("error loading renderpass: %s\n", name);
+		return;
+	} else {
+		Sys_Printf ("Found renderpass def: %s\n", name);
+	}
+
 	qfv_imageresource_t *colorImage = malloc (sizeof (*colorImage));
 	qfv_imageresource_t *depthImage = malloc (sizeof (*depthImage));
 
 	VkExtent3D extent = {sc->extent.width, sc->extent.height, 1};
 
-	//FIXME incorporate cvar setting
-	ctx->msaaSamples = QFV_GetMaxSampleCount (device->physDev);
-
 	Sys_MaskPrintf (SYS_VULKAN, "color resource\n");
 	colorImage->image
 		= QFV_CreateImage (device, 0, VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D,