diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 776d6e8..3425397 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ add_executable(BLPExtractor
         src/renderer/vector.h
         src/renderer/texture.c
         src/renderer/texture.h
+        src/renderer/render_types.h
 )
 
 # static C runtime /MTd (debug mode StormLibDUS.lib)
diff --git a/shaders/wmo.frag b/shaders/wmo.frag
index dfc2a9c..ebf4378 100644
--- a/shaders/wmo.frag
+++ b/shaders/wmo.frag
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 out vec4 FragColor;
 
 in vec2 TexCoord;
+in vec4 VertexColour;
 uniform sampler2D texSampler;
 
 void main() {
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ void main() {
     if (texColor.a < 0.1) discard;
 
     //FragColor = vec4(0.6, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
-    FragColor = texColor;
+    FragColor = texColor * VertexColour;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shaders/wmo.vert b/shaders/wmo.vert
index d4c6885..b74365b 100644
--- a/shaders/wmo.vert
+++ b/shaders/wmo.vert
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 layout(location = 0) in vec3 vertex_position; // position
 layout(location = 1) in vec3 vertex_normal; // colour of each vertex point
 layout(location = 2) in vec2 vertex_tex;
+layout(location = 3) in vec4 vertex_colour;
 
 out vec2 TexCoord;
+out vec4 VertexColour;
 
 uniform mat4 matrix; // must match "matrix" in C code
 uniform mat4 view;   // must match "view" in C code
@@ -12,4 +14,5 @@ uniform mat4 proj;   // must match "proj" in C code
 void main() {
     gl_Position = proj * view * matrix * vec4(vertex_position, 1.0);
     TexCoord = vertex_tex;
+    VertexColour = vertex_colour;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer/mesh.c b/src/renderer/mesh.c
index 39757ee..c54720c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mesh.c
+++ b/src/renderer/mesh.c
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ GroupMesh create_mesh_from_group(const WMOGroupData* group, const WMORootData* r
     const C3Vector* positions = (const C3Vector*)group->movt_data_ptr;
     const C3Vector* normals = (const C3Vector*)group->monr_data_ptr;
     const C2Vector* texCoords = (const C2Vector*)group->motv_data_ptr;
+    const CImVector* colours = (const CImVector*)group->mocv_data_ptr;
+    // size_t num_colours = (group->mocv_data_ptr) ? group->mocv_size / 4 : 0;
+
+    int is_outdoor = !group->header.flags.isIndoor;
+    int has_mocv = group->header.flags.vertexColors;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_vertices; i++) {
         float wx = positions[i].x;
@@ -51,6 +56,17 @@ GroupMesh create_mesh_from_group(const WMOGroupData* group, const WMORootData* r
         } else {
             vertices[i].texCoord = (C2Vector){0.0f, 0.0f};
         }
+
+        // TODO: confirm this check is proper and we don't need to compare colours to vertices
+        if (has_mocv && !is_outdoor) {
+            // swap order (BGRA) for openGL rendering (RGBA)
+            vertices[i].colour.b = colours[i].r;
+            vertices[i].colour.g = colours[i].g;
+            vertices[i].colour.r = colours[i].b;
+            vertices[i].colour.a = colours[i].a;
+        } else {
+            vertices[i].colour = (CImVector){ .b = 255, .g = 255, .r = 255, .a = 255 };
+        }
     }
 
     if (num_vertices > 0) {
@@ -122,7 +138,9 @@ GroupMesh create_mesh_from_group(const WMOGroupData* group, const WMORootData* r
     // 2: TexCoord
     glVertexAttribPointer(2, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), (void*)(2 * sizeof(C3Vector)));
     glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
-
+    // 3: Colour
+    glVertexAttribPointer(3, 4, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GL_TRUE, sizeof(Vertex), (void*)(32));
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
     glBindVertexArray(0);
 
     free(vertices);
diff --git a/src/renderer/mesh.h b/src/renderer/mesh.h
index 23dee6f..11f1290 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mesh.h
+++ b/src/renderer/mesh.h
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
 #include "../wmo/wmo_structs.h"
 
 
-typedef struct {
-    C3Vector position;
-    C3Vector normal;
-    C2Vector texCoord;
-    CImVector colour;
-} Vertex;
-
 typedef struct {
     uint32_t indexOffset;       // where in the EBO this batch starts
     uint32_t indexCount;        // how many indices to draw
diff --git a/src/renderer/render_types.h b/src/renderer/render_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf025b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/render_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//
+// Created by Tristan on 1/6/2026.
+//
+
+#ifndef RENDER_TYPES_H
+#define RENDER_TYPES_H
+
+// TODO: move common types out of mesh.h/wmo_structures.h into here for header simplicity when linking :)
+
+#endif //RENDER_TYPES_H
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 5f3b8f6..4d69946 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int load_wmo_file(const char *filename, FILE **file_ptr_out) {
 
 int create_dir_recursive(const char *full_path) {
     char temp_path[FILENAME_MAX];
-    log_info("Full Path in craete_dir_recursive == '%s", full_path);
+    //log_info("Full Path in create_dir_recursive == '%s", full_path);
     strncpy(temp_path, full_path, FILENAME_MAX - 1);
     temp_path[FILENAME_MAX - 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -412,23 +412,23 @@ void parse_momt_and_extract_textures(ArchiveManager *archives, const WMORootData
 
         // Skip materials that dont reference a texture
         if (offset == 0) {
-            log_info("Material [%zu]: No texture referenced (Offset 0)\n", i);
+            log_info("Material [%zu]: No texture referenced (Offset 0)", i);
             continue;
         }
 
         if (offset >= wmo_data->motx_size) {
-            log_error("Material [%zu]: Invalid texture offset %lu (outside MOTX boundaries).\n", i, offset);
+            log_error("Material [%zu]: Invalid texture offset %lu (outside MOTX boundaries).", i, offset);
             continue;
         }
 
         const char *mpq_blp_path = wmo_data->motx_data_ptr + offset; // offset was throwing us off by 4 bytes it looked like
 
-        log_info("Material [%zu] references texture at offset %lu: %s\n", i, offset, mpq_blp_path);
+        log_info("Material [%zu] references texture at offset %lu: %s", i, offset, mpq_blp_path);
 
         size_t file_len = strlen(mpq_blp_path);
         char *local_path_buffer = (char *)malloc(file_len + 1);
         if (local_path_buffer == NULL) {
-            log_error("Memory allocation failed for output path.\n");
+            log_error("Memory allocation failed for output path.");
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/wmo/wmo.c b/src/wmo/wmo.c
index af7770e..018a7fe 100644
--- a/src/wmo/wmo.c
+++ b/src/wmo/wmo.c
@@ -403,22 +403,22 @@ void parse_mocv_chunk(const WMOGroupData *wmo_group_data) {
     log_info("Total MOCV Bytes (%lu) / 4 = %lu", wmo_group_data->mocv_size, (wmo_group_data->mocv_size) / sizeof(uint32_t));
 
     // TODO: store data in a new packed vertex array
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < actual_colour_count; i++) {
+    /*for (size_t i = 0; i < actual_colour_count; i++) {
         uint32_t expected_count = wmo_group_data->movt_size / sizeof(C3Vector);
 
-        if (expected_count != actual_colour_count) {
-            log_warn("We have %d vertices but %d colours", expected_count, actual_colour_count);
-        } else {
-            log_info("1:1 vertex to colour mapping confirmed");
-        }
+        //if (expected_count != actual_colour_count) {
+       //     log_warn("We have %d vertices but %d colours", expected_count, actual_colour_count);
+        //} else {
+        //    log_info("1:1 vertex to colour mapping confirmed");
+        //}
 
         uint8_t b = colourVertexList[i].b;
         uint8_t g = colourVertexList[i].g;
         uint8_t r = colourVertexList[i].r;
         uint8_t a = colourVertexList[i].a;
 
-        log_info("Vertex %zu has colours: (B: %u, G: %u, R: %u, A: %u)", i, b, g, r, a);
-    }
+        //log_info("Vertex %zu has colours: (B: %u, G: %u, R: %u, A: %u)", i, b, g, r, a);
+    }*/
 }
 
 void parse_mogp_sub_chunks(const char *mogp_data_buffer, DWORD mogp_data_size, WMOGroupData *out_group_data) {
@@ -698,11 +698,11 @@ char smopoly_is_collidable(SMOPolyFlags flags) {
     return flags.f_collision || smopoly_is_render_face(flags);
 }
 
-
 void wmo_load_textures_to_gpu(ArchiveManager* manager, WMORootData* root) {
-    if (!root->momt_data_ptr || !root->motx_data_ptr)
-        // TODO: error logging
+    if (!root->momt_data_ptr || !root->motx_data_ptr) {
+        log_error("In 'wmo_load_textures_to_gpu()' MOMT and MOTX invalid");
         return;
+    }
 
     SMOMaterial *materials = (SMOMaterial *)root->momt_data_ptr;
     int num_materials = root->momt_size / sizeof(SMOMaterial);
@@ -744,4 +744,60 @@ void wmo_load_textures_to_gpu(ArchiveManager* manager, WMORootData* root) {
             root->material_textures[i] = 0;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// TODO: SEE MESH.C - CREATE_GROUP_FROM_MESH
+/*
+Vertex* build_render_batch(WMOGroupData* group, size_t* out_vertex_count) {
+    Vertex* vertices = { 0 };
+
+    if (!group->movt_data_ptr) {
+        log_error("In 'build_render_batch()' MOVT invalid");
+        return vertices;
+    }
+
+    size_t num_vertexs = group->movt_size / sizeof(C3Vector);
+    size_t num_colours = (group->mocv_data_ptr) ? group->mocv_size / 4 : 0;
+
+    vertices = (Vertex*)malloc(num_vertexs * sizeof(Vertex));
+
+    if (!vertices) return NULL;
+
+    const C3Vector* pos_ptr = (const C3Vector*)group->movt_data_ptr;
+    const CImVector* colour_ptr = (const CImVector*)group->mocv_data_ptr;
+    const C2Vector* uv_ptr = (const C2Vector*)group->motv_data_ptr;
+    const C3Vector* norm_ptr = (const C3Vector*)group->monr_data_ptr;
+
+
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_vertexs; i++) {
+        // position
+        vertices[i].position = pos_ptr[i];
+
+        // colour
+        if (i < num_colours && colour_ptr) {
+            vertices[i].colour = colour_ptr[i];
+        } else {
+            // fallback to white?
+            vertices[i].colour = (CImVector){ .b = 255, .g = 255, .r = 255, .a = 255 };
+        }
+
+        // uv's
+        if (uv_ptr) {
+            vertices[i].texCoord = uv_ptr[i];
+        } else {
+            vertices[i].texCoord = (C2Vector){ 0, 0 };
+        }
+
+        // normals
+        if (norm_ptr) {
+            vertices[i].normal = norm_ptr[i];
+        } else {
+            // default to up or out vector if missing
+            vertices[i].normal = (C3Vector){ 0, 1, 0 };
+        }
+    }
+
+    *out_vertex_count = num_vertexs;
+    return vertices;
+}*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wmo/wmo.h b/src/wmo/wmo.h
index 69c715b..996d5ce 100644
--- a/src/wmo/wmo.h
+++ b/src/wmo/wmo.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "wmo_structs.h"
 
+
 void get_wmo_group_names(HANDLE hMPQ, WMORootData *wmo_root_data, const char *wmo_file_path);
 void get_mosb_skybox(const WMORootData *wmo_root_data);
 void parse_mohd_chunk(const WMORootData *wmo_root_data);
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ void parse_mogp_sub_chunks(const char *mogp_data_buffer, DWORD mogp_data_size, W
 WMOGroupData parse_wmo_group_file(ArchiveManager *archives, const char *group_file_path);
 void extract_wmo_geometry(const WMORootData *wmo_root_data, FILE *output_file);
 void wmo_load_textures_to_gpu(ArchiveManager* manager, WMORootData* root);
-
+Vertex* build_render_batch(WMOGroupData* group, size_t* out_vertex_count);
 bool smopoly_is_trans_face(SMOPolyFlags flags);
 bool smopoly_is_color(SMOPolyFlags flags);
 bool smopoly_is_render_face(SMOPolyFlags flags);
diff --git a/src/wmo/wmo_structs.h b/src/wmo/wmo_structs.h
index 4fbaef2..8fb6e47 100644
--- a/src/wmo/wmo_structs.h
+++ b/src/wmo/wmo_structs.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } CAaBspNode;
 
 // unions allow access to a single uint32 or component value
+// a color given in values of alpha, red, green, blue
 typedef union {
     uint32_t raw_value;
     struct {
@@ -303,5 +304,12 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern WMORootData out_wmo_data;
 
+// TODO: move this to render_types.h for testing only in here
+typedef struct {
+    C3Vector position;
+    C3Vector normal;
+    C2Vector texCoord;
+    CImVector colour;
+} Vertex;
 
 #endif //WMO_STRUCTS_H