diff --git a/BluntDx/BluntDx.vcproj b/BluntDx/BluntDx.vcproj
index 686e1f0636..47e66c6b2e 100644
--- a/BluntDx/BluntDx.vcproj
+++ b/BluntDx/BluntDx.vcproj
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@
 			RelativePath="System.dll"
 			AssemblyName="System, Version=2.0.0.0, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL"
 		/>
+		<AssemblyReference
+			RelativePath="..\..\IjwFramework\IjwFramework\bin\Debug\IjwFramework.dll"
+			AssemblyName="IjwFramework, Version=1.0.0.0, processorArchitecture=MSIL"
+		/>
 	</References>
 	<Files>
 		<Filter
diff --git a/BluntDx/Effect.h b/BluntDx/Effect.h
index 877050bb23..1e9e2c004f 100644
--- a/BluntDx/Effect.h
+++ b/BluntDx/Effect.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 using namespace System::Collections::Generic;
+using namespace IjwFramework::Collections;
+using namespace IjwFramework::Delegates;
 
 namespace BluntDirectX { namespace Direct3D
 {
@@ -11,12 +13,12 @@ namespace BluntDirectX { namespace Direct3D
 		High,
 	};
 
-	public ref class Effect
+	public ref class Shader
 	{
 	private:
 		static ID3DXEffectPool* effectPool;
 
-		static Effect()
+		static Shader()
 		{
 			ID3DXEffectPool* e;
 			D3DXCreateEffectPool( &e );
@@ -25,12 +27,23 @@ namespace BluntDirectX { namespace Direct3D
 
 		ShaderQuality shaderQuality;
 
+		IntPtr GetHandle( String^ symbol )
+		{
+			array<unsigned char>^ chars = System::Text::Encoding::ASCII->GetBytes(symbol);
+			pin_ptr<const unsigned char> p = &chars[0];
+			IntPtr result = IntPtr((void*)effect->GetParameterByName(NULL, (char*)p));
+			return result;
+		}
+
 	internal:
 		ID3DXEffect* effect;
+		Cache<String^,IntPtr>^ parameters;
 
 	public:
-		Effect(GraphicsDevice^ device, Stream^ data)
+		Shader(GraphicsDevice^ device, Stream^ data)
 		{
+			parameters = gcnew Cache<String^,IntPtr>( gcnew Provider<IntPtr,String^>(this, &Shader::GetHandle));
+
 			ID3DXEffect* e;
 			ID3DXBuffer* compilationErrors;
 			HRESULT hr;
@@ -56,15 +69,7 @@ namespace BluntDirectX { namespace Direct3D
 			Quality = ShaderQuality::High;
 		}
 
-		IntPtr GetHandle( String^ symbol )
-		{
-			array<unsigned char>^ chars = System::Text::Encoding::ASCII->GetBytes(symbol);
-			pin_ptr<const unsigned char> p = &chars[0];
-			IntPtr result = IntPtr((void*)effect->GetParameterByName(NULL, (char*)p));
-			return result;
-		}
-
-		~Effect()
+		~Shader()
 		{
 			safe_release( effect );
 		}
@@ -100,37 +105,32 @@ namespace BluntDirectX { namespace Direct3D
 			effect->CommitChanges();
 		}
 
-		int Begin()
+		void Render( IjwFramework::Delegates::Action^ action )
 		{
 			unsigned int passes;
 			effect->Begin( &passes, D3DXFX_DONOTSAVESTATE | D3DXFX_DONOTSAVESHADERSTATE );
-			return passes;
-		}
 
-		void End()
-		{
+			for( unsigned int i = 0; i < passes; i++ )
+			{
+				effect->BeginPass( i );
+				action();
+				effect->EndPass();
+			}
+
 			effect->End();
 		}
 
-		void BeginPass(int pass)
-		{
-			effect->BeginPass( pass );
-		}
-
-		void EndPass()
-		{
-			effect->EndPass();
-		}
-
 		generic< typename T> where T : value class
-		void SetValue( IntPtr handle, T value )
+		void SetValue( String^ name, T value )
 		{
+			IntPtr handle = parameters[name];
 			pin_ptr<T> pvalue = &value;
 			effect->SetValue( (D3DXHANDLE)handle.ToPointer(), pvalue, sizeof(T) );
 		}
 
-		void SetTexture( IntPtr handle, Texture^ texture )
+		void SetValue( String^ name, Texture^ texture )
 		{
+			IntPtr handle = parameters[name];
 			effect->SetTexture( (D3DXHANDLE)handle.ToPointer(), texture->texture );
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Renderer.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Renderer.cs
index 774fb277d0..695d086689 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Renderer.cs
@@ -6,21 +6,20 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using BluntDirectX.Direct3D;
 using System.IO;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+using IjwFramework.Delegates;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
 	class Renderer
 	{
 		readonly GraphicsDevice device;
-		readonly Effect shader;
-
-		readonly IntPtr r1Handle, r2Handle, baseTextureHandle, scrollHandle, paletteHandle;
+		readonly Shader shader;
 
 		const string shaderName = "diffuse.fx";
 
 		public void SetPalette(HardwarePalette hp)
 		{
-			shader.SetTexture(paletteHandle, hp.Texture);
+			shader.SetValue("Palette", hp.Texture);
 		}
 
 		public Renderer(Control host, Size resolution, bool windowed)
@@ -29,14 +28,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			device = GraphicsDevice.Create(host, 
 				resolution.Width, resolution.Height, windowed, false);
 
-			shader = new Effect(device, FileSystem.Open(shaderName));
+			shader = new Shader(device, FileSystem.Open(shaderName));
 			shader.Quality = ShaderQuality.Low;
-
-			baseTextureHandle = shader.GetHandle("DiffuseTexture");
-			scrollHandle = shader.GetHandle("Scroll");
-			r1Handle = shader.GetHandle("r1");
-			r2Handle = shader.GetHandle("r2");
-			paletteHandle = shader.GetHandle("Palette");
 		}
 
 		public GraphicsDevice Device { get { return device; } }
@@ -45,9 +38,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		{
 			device.Begin();
 
-			shader.SetValue(scrollHandle, scroll);
-			shader.SetValue(r1Handle, r1);
-			shader.SetValue(r2Handle, r2);
+			shader.SetValue("Scroll", scroll);
+			shader.SetValue("r1", r1);
+			shader.SetValue("r2", r2);
 		}
 
 		public void EndFrame()
@@ -56,26 +49,17 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			device.Present();
 		}
 
-		public void DrawWithShader(ShaderQuality quality, MethodInvoker task)
+		public void DrawWithShader(ShaderQuality quality, Action task)
 		{
 			shader.Quality = quality;
-
-			int passes = shader.Begin();
-			for (int pass = 0; pass < passes; pass++)
-			{
-				shader.BeginPass(pass);
-				task();
-				shader.EndPass();
-			}
-
-			shader.End();
+			shader.Render(task);
 		}
 
 		public void DrawBatch<T>(FvfVertexBuffer<T> vertices, IndexBuffer indices,
 			Range<int> vertexRange, Range<int> indexRange, Texture texture)
 			where T : struct
 		{
-			shader.SetTexture(baseTextureHandle, texture);
+			shader.SetValue("DiffuseTexture", texture);
 			shader.Commit();
 
 			vertices.Bind(0);