I got a bike stolen, too. I really liked it and it was a gift, too :( But i got about 400 from the isurance for it... ebayed myself a used bike for 112 which ended up being totally awesome and even way better than the old one. Still... makes me so mad whenever i think of it. For weeks and months i couldn't help looking…
thanks for the link i had not seen that. i will take a peek also. i have no other 'good' ideas for a depth pass. but i do have perhaps a 'bad' one. i don't want to throw out bad ideas to you but it seems grim at this point. :) maybe you could rig a view port shader that could give you a depth pass? maybe some sort of ramp…