// input vertex
struct VertIn {
    float4 pos   : POSITION;
    float4 color : COLOR0;
};

// output vertex
struct VertOut {
    float4 pos   : POSITION;
    float4 color : COLOR0;
};

// vertex shader main entry
VertOut main(VertIn IN, uniform float4x4 modelViewProj) {
    VertOut OUT;
    OUT.pos     = mul(modelViewProj, IN.pos); // calculate output coords
    OUT.color   = IN.color; // copy input color to output
    OUT.color.z = 1.0f; // blue component of color = 1.0f
    return OUT;
}