When two effects fight each other in a chain—like a compound blur destroying the lighting baked into CC Glass—don't pick one. Split them into separate copies: one handles displacement only (ambient 100, everything else zeroed, height 0), and a second CC Glass above it carries the interactive 3D lighting. The grunge, blur, and lights then coexist because each pass owns a single concern.
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