From 36862a968f0026b8b82355e3ac1130ed32b36668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Seibel <jeseibel@gondtc.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 21:14:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix rare skylight application bug

---
 .../FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java            | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
index 95f249aa2..ef0725889 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
@@ -452,8 +452,17 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 				// use the previous block's color
 				color = colorToApplyToNextBlock;
 				colorToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
-				skyLight = skylightToApplyToNextBlock;
-				blockLight = blocklightToApplyToNextBlock;
+				
+				// use the skylight override if present
+				if (skylightToApplyToNextBlock != -1)
+				{
+					skyLight = skylightToApplyToNextBlock;
+				}
+				
+				if (blocklightToApplyToNextBlock != -1)
+				{
+					blockLight = blocklightToApplyToNextBlock;
+				}
 			}