diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/interfaces/render/IDhApiRenderProxy.java b/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/interfaces/render/IDhApiRenderProxy.java
index 3401835d9..fc5243575 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/interfaces/render/IDhApiRenderProxy.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/interfaces/render/IDhApiRenderProxy.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.DhApiResult;
  * Used to interact with Distant Horizons' rendering system.
  *
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2023-10-13
+ * @version 2024-7-27
  * @since API 1.0.0
  */
 public interface IDhApiRenderProxy
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public interface IDhApiRenderProxy
 	 * If this is called on a dedicated server it won't do anything and will return {@link DhApiResult#success} = false <Br><Br>
 	 *
 	 * Background: <Br>
-	 * Distant Horizons has two different file formats: Full data and Render data. <Br>
-	 * - Full data files store the block, biome, etc. information and is the result of loading or generating new chunks. <Br>
-	 * - Render data files store LOD colors and are created using the Full data and currently loaded resource packs. <Br>
-	 * This is the data cleared by this method.
+	 * When rendering Distant Horizons bakes each block's color into the geometry that's rendered. <Br>
+	 * This improves rendering speed and VRAM size, but prevents dynamically changing LOD colors. <Br>
 	 */
 	DhApiResult<Boolean> clearRenderDataCache();
 	
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/ClientLevelModule.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/ClientLevelModule.java
index 99dd8fcf7..3ad478be2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/ClientLevelModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/ClientLevelModule.java
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, AbstractDataSourceHandler.I
 	
 	public void clearRenderCache()
 	{
+		this.clientLevel.getClientLevelWrapper().clearBlockColorCache();
+		
 		ClientRenderState ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
 		if (ClientRenderState != null && ClientRenderState.quadtree != null)
 		{
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
index 9d2b28bd7..b9357e6ff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLev
 	public IClientLevelWrapper getClientLevelWrapper() { return MC_CLIENT.getWrappedClientLevel(); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public void clearRenderCache()
-	{
-		clientside.clearRenderCache();
-	}
+	public void clearRenderCache() { this.clientside.clearRenderCache(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public IServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper() { return serverLevelWrapper; }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodQuadTree.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodQuadTree.java
index ffadc3c9d..943f688c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodQuadTree.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodQuadTree.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
-				LOGGER.error("Quad Tree tick exception for dimension: " + this.level.getClientLevelWrapper().getDimensionType().getDimensionName() + ", exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+				LOGGER.error("Quad Tree tick exception for dimension: " + this.level.getLevelWrapper().getDimensionType().getDimensionName() + ", exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 			}
 			finally
 			{
@@ -515,8 +515,12 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 					QuadNode<LodRenderSection> quadNode = nodeIterator.next();
 					if (quadNode.value != null)
 					{
-						quadNode.value.close();
-						quadNode.value = null;
+						if (quadNode.value.renderingEnabled)
+						{
+							quadNode.value.cancelGpuUpload();
+							quadNode.value.uploadRenderDataToGpuAsync();
+						}
+						
 					}
 				}
 				
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
index bacd2eb7b..bfb93eccf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
@@ -306,6 +306,20 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	}
 	
 	
+	/** 
+	 * Note: can cause issues with neighboring LOD sections 
+	 * if only some (vs all) futures are canceled.
+	 */
+	public void cancelGpuUpload()
+	{
+		CompletableFuture<Void> future = this.uploadRenderDataToGpuFuture;
+		if (future != null)
+		{
+			future.cancel(true);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	
 	//========================//
 	// getters and properties //
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/world/IClientLevelWrapper.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/world/IClientLevelWrapper.java
index 2870f51d4..742cefea0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/world/IClientLevelWrapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/world/IClientLevelWrapper.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public interface IClientLevelWrapper extends ILevelWrapper
 	IServerLevelWrapper tryGetServerSideWrapper();
 	
 	int getBlockColor(DhBlockPos pos, IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState);
-	
 	/** @return -1 if there was a problem getting the color */
 	int getDirtBlockColor();
+	void clearBlockColorCache();
 	
 	/** Will return null if there was an issue finding the biome. */
 	@Nullable