diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnBox.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnBox.java
index 2c0facc33..041c09f1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnBox.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/ColumnBox.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 				
 				// skip empty adjacent datapoints
 				if (!RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(adjPoint)
-						|| RenderDataPointUtil.isVoid(adjPoint))
+					|| RenderDataPointUtil.isVoid(adjPoint))
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ public class ColumnBox
 				// if the adjacent data point is over the void
 				// don't consider it as transparent
 				boolean adjOverVoid = !RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(adjBelowPoint);
-				boolean adjTransparent = !adjOverVoid && RenderDataPointUtil.getAlpha(adjPoint) < 255 && transparencyEnabled;
+				boolean adjTransparent = !adjOverVoid 
+						&& RenderDataPointUtil.getAlpha(adjPoint) < 255 
+						&& transparencyEnabled;
 				
 				
 				
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/columnViews/ColumnArrayView.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/columnViews/ColumnArrayView.java
index 6371db4ac..f8b35ece8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/columnViews/ColumnArrayView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/columnViews/ColumnArrayView.java
@@ -185,21 +185,11 @@ public final class ColumnArrayView implements IColumnDataView
 		{
 			for (int i = 0; i < this.dataCount(); i++)
 			{
-				RenderDataPointUtil.mergeMultiData(source.subView(i, 1), subView(i, 1));
+				RenderDataPointUtil.mergeMultiData(source.subView(i, 1), this.subView(i, 1));
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public void mergeMultiDataFrom(IColumnDataView source)
-	{
-		if (dataCount() != 1)
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("output dataCount must be 1");
-		}
-		
-		RenderDataPointUtil.mergeMultiData(source, this);
-	}
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -210,15 +200,15 @@ public final class ColumnArrayView implements IColumnDataView
 	public String toString()
 	{
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		sb.append("S:").append(size);
-		sb.append(" V:").append(verticalSize);
-		sb.append(" O:").append(offset);
+		sb.append("S:").append(this.size);
+		sb.append(" V:").append(this.verticalSize);
+		sb.append(" O:").append(this.offset);
 		
 		sb.append(" [");
-		for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		for (int i = 0; i < this.size; i++)
 		{
-			sb.append(RenderDataPointUtil.toString(data.getLong(offset + i)));
-			if (i < size - 1)
+			sb.append(RenderDataPointUtil.toString(this.data.getLong(this.offset + i)));
+			if (i < this.size - 1)
 			{
 				sb.append(",\n");
 			}
@@ -229,11 +219,7 @@ public final class ColumnArrayView implements IColumnDataView
 	}
 	
 	
-	public int getDataHash()
-	{
-		return arrayHash(data, offset, size);
-	}
-	
+	public int getDataHash() { return arrayHash(this.data, this.offset, this.size); }
 	private static int arrayHash(LongArrayList a, int offset, int length)
 	{
 		if (a == null)
@@ -252,4 +238,6 @@ public final class ColumnArrayView implements IColumnDataView
 		return result;
 	}
 	
+	
+	
 }
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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 613618a98..0ea338aba 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
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			//=============================//
 			
 			// check if they share a top-bottom face and if they have same color
-			if (color == lastColor && bottomY + blockHeight == lastBottom  && renderDataIndex > 0)
+			if (color == lastColor 
+				&& bottomY + blockHeight == lastBottom  
+				&& renderDataIndex > 0)
 			{
 				//replace the previous block with new bottom
 				long columnData = renderColumnData.get(renderDataIndex - 1);