diff --git a/source/blender/src/drawobject.c b/source/blender/src/drawobject.c
index c8f7dc66239..385b910e9b4 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/drawobject.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/drawobject.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,8 @@ static void draw_vertices(short sel)
 	/* if not V3D_ZBUF_SELECT: */
 	/* draws in zbuffer mode twice, to show invisible vertices transparent */
 
+	if(G.zbuf) glDepthMask(0);		// disable write in zbuffer, zbuf select
+
 	size= BIF_GetThemeValuef(TH_VERTEX_SIZE);
 	fsize= BIF_GetThemeValuef(TH_FACEDOT_SIZE);
 	if(sel) {
@@ -1228,6 +1230,7 @@ static void draw_vertices(short sel)
 		bglEnd();
 	}
 
+	if(G.zbuf) glDepthMask(1);
 	glPointSize(1.0);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/src/drawview.c b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
index 67b638b5c04..0d5aef42cb5 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/drawview.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
@@ -270,9 +270,11 @@ void init_gl_stuff(void)
 	glPixelTransferi(GL_BLUE_BIAS, 0);
 	glPixelTransferi(GL_ALPHA_SCALE, 1);
 	glPixelTransferi(GL_ALPHA_BIAS, 0);
+	
 	glPixelTransferi(GL_DEPTH_BIAS, 0);
 	glPixelTransferi(GL_DEPTH_SCALE, 1);
-
+	glDepthRange(0.0, 1.0);
+	
 	a= 0;
 	for(x=0; x<32; x++) {
 		for(y=0; y<4; y++) {
diff --git a/source/blender/src/editmesh_mods.c b/source/blender/src/editmesh_mods.c
index 1ada47b4246..a5e190d8468 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/editmesh_mods.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/editmesh_mods.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int EM_zbuffer_visible(float *co, short xs, short ys)
 	
 	glReadPixels(curarea->winrct.xmin+xs,  curarea->winrct.ymin+ys, 1, 1, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL_FLOAT,  &zval);
 					
-					//printf("my proj %f zbuf %f mydiff %f\n", vec4[2], zval, vec4[2]-zval);
+				//	printf("my proj %f zbuf %f mydiff %f\n", vec4[2], zval, vec4[2]-zval);
 	if( vec4[2] > zval) return 0;
 	return 1;
 }