diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnRenderBuffer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnRenderBuffer.java
index 27542c57a..7c531c7f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnRenderBuffer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnRenderBuffer.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public class ColumnRenderBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	public boolean buffersUploaded = false;
 	
-	private SharedVbo.BufferSlice[] opaqueBufferSlices;
-	private SharedVbo.BufferSlice[] transparentBufferSlices;
+	public SharedVbo.BufferSlice[] opaqueBufferSlices;
+	public SharedVbo.BufferSlice[] transparentBufferSlices;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -236,17 +236,17 @@ public class ColumnRenderBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	// render //
 	//========//
 	
-	public void renderOpaque(LodRenderer renderContext, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
-	{
-		renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(this.pos, renderEventParam);
-		renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.OPAQUE, this.opaqueBufferSlices);
-	}
-	
-	public void renderTransparent(LodRenderer renderContext, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
-	{
-		renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(this.pos, renderEventParam);
-		renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.TRANSPARENT, this.transparentBufferSlices);
-	}
+	//public void renderOpaque(LodRenderer renderContext, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
+	//{
+	//	renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(this.pos, renderEventParam);
+	//	renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.OPAQUE, this.opaqueBufferSlices);
+	//}
+	//
+	//public void renderTransparent(LodRenderer renderContext, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
+	//{
+	//	renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(this.pos, renderEventParam);
+	//	renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.TRANSPARENT, this.transparentBufferSlices);
+	//}
 	
 	
 	
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/SharedVbo.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/SharedVbo.java
index 9b655d8ab..cb8f88d29 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/SharedVbo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/SharedVbo.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ public class SharedVbo
 {
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	
-	public static final SharedVbo OPAQUE = new SharedVbo(1_000_000_000/*1GB*/, 1024 * 1024/*1MB*/);
-	public static final SharedVbo TRANSPARENT = new SharedVbo(1_000_000_000/*1GB*/, 1024 * 1024/*1MB*/);
+	public static final SharedVbo OPAQUE = new SharedVbo(2_000_000_000L/*1GB*/, 1024 * 1024/*1MB*/);
+	public static final SharedVbo TRANSPARENT = new SharedVbo(2_000_000_000L/*1GB*/, 1024 * 1024/*1MB*/);
 	
 	
 	public final int vboId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/RenderBufferHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/RenderBufferHandler.java
index d02a238fb..3a2e9d069 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/RenderBufferHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/RenderBufferHandler.java
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiShadow
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.ColumnRenderBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.SharedVbo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhLodPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.Pos2D;
@@ -48,9 +50,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.joml.Matrix4f;
 import org.joml.Matrix4fc;
 
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 /**
@@ -348,7 +348,11 @@ public class RenderBufferHandler implements AutoCloseable
 		// TODO why can these sometimes be null when teleporting between multiverses
 		if (this.loadedNearToFarBuffers != null)
 		{
-			this.loadedNearToFarBuffers.forEach(loadedBuffer -> loadedBuffer.buffer.renderOpaque(renderContext, renderEventParam));
+			renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(DhBlockPos.ZERO, renderEventParam);
+			
+			ArrayList<SharedVbo.BufferSlice> sliceList = new ArrayList<>();
+			this.loadedNearToFarBuffers.forEach(loadedBuffer -> sliceList.addAll(Arrays.asList(loadedBuffer.buffer.opaqueBufferSlices)));
+			renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.OPAQUE, sliceList.toArray(new SharedVbo.BufferSlice[0]));
 		}
 	}
 	public void renderTransparent(LodRenderer renderContext, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
@@ -356,12 +360,11 @@ public class RenderBufferHandler implements AutoCloseable
 		// TODO why can these sometimes be null when teleporting between multiverses
 		if (this.loadedNearToFarBuffers != null)
 		{
-			ListIterator<LoadedRenderBuffer> iter = this.loadedNearToFarBuffers.listIterator(this.loadedNearToFarBuffers.size());
-			while (iter.hasPrevious())
-			{
-				LoadedRenderBuffer loadedBuffer = iter.previous();
-				loadedBuffer.buffer.renderTransparent(renderContext, renderEventParam);
-			}
+			renderContext.setModelViewMatrixOffset(DhBlockPos.ZERO, renderEventParam);
+			
+			ArrayList<SharedVbo.BufferSlice> sliceList = new ArrayList<>();
+			this.loadedNearToFarBuffers.forEach(loadedBuffer -> sliceList.addAll(Arrays.asList(loadedBuffer.buffer.transparentBufferSlices)));
+			renderContext.drawSharedVbo(SharedVbo.TRANSPARENT, sliceList.toArray(new SharedVbo.BufferSlice[0]));
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/LodRenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/LodRenderer.java
index 9574e2615..c7824f36a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/LodRenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/LodRenderer.java
@@ -305,8 +305,11 @@ public class LodRenderer
 				// terrain
 				profiler.popPush("LOD Opaque");
 				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+				
 				this.bufferHandler.renderOpaque(this, renderEventParam);
 				
+				
+				
 				// custom objects with SSAO
 				if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.enableRendering.get())
 				{
@@ -470,6 +473,7 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		GL32.glBlendEquation(GL32.GL_FUNC_ADD);
 		GL32.glBlendFuncSeparate(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+		
 		this.bufferHandler.renderTransparent(this, renderEventParam);
 		GL32.glDepthMask(true); // Apparently the depth mask state is stored in the FBO, so glState fails to restore it...