remove dev from version number

Make some GLProxy methods static to prevent setup order issues

api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/coreapi/ModInfo.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public final class ModInfo
 	public static final String NAME = "DistantHorizons";
 	/** Human-readable version of NAME */
 	public static final String READABLE_NAME = "Distant Horizons";
-	public static final String VERSION = "2.4.0-b";
+	public static final String VERSION = "2.4.3-b";
 	/** Returns true if the current build is an unstable developer build, false otherwise. */
 	public static final boolean IS_DEV_BUILD = VERSION.toLowerCase().contains("dev");
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/Initializer.java

@@ -20,36 +20,41 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core;
 
 import com.github.luben.zstd.ZstdOutputStream;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.DatabaseUpdater;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhApiWorldProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.external.methods.config.DhApiConfig;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.external.methods.data.DhApiTerrainDataRepo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.DhApiRenderProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
 import net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4FrameOutputStream;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.sqlite.SQLiteJDBCLoader;
-import org.sqlite.util.OSInfo;
 import org.tukaani.xz.XZOutputStream;
 
-import java.awt.*;
+import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
-import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /** Handles first time Core setup. */
 public class Initializer
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	
+	
 	
 	public static void init()
 	{
+		LOGGER.info("Running library validation...");
+		
 		// confirm that all referenced libraries are available to use
 		try
 		{
@@ -57,6 +62,17 @@ public class Initializer
 			// will throw an error (not an exception)
 			Class<?> lz4Compressor = LZ4FrameOutputStream.class;
 			Class<?> zstdCompressor = ZstdOutputStream.class;
+			
+			{
+				byte[] testCompressByteArray = new byte[1024];
+				for (int i = 0; i < testCompressByteArray.length; i++)
+				{
+					testCompressByteArray[i] = (byte) (i % 126);
+				}
+				byte[] compressedBytes = com.github.luben.zstd.Zstd.compress(testCompressByteArray);
+				com.github.luben.zstd.Zstd.decompress(compressedBytes);
+			}
+			
 			Class<?> lzmaCompressor = XZOutputStream.class;
 			//Class<?> networking = ByteBuf.class;
 			Class<?> config = com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.Config.class;
@@ -73,9 +89,7 @@ public class Initializer
 		}
 		catch (Throwable e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.fatal("Critical programmer error: One or more libraries aren't present. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft("Distant Horizons critical setup error: One or more libraries are either in-accessible, corrupted, or overwritten by another mod. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-			// throwing here should crash the game, notifying the developer that something is wrong
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 		
 		// confirm the resource directory is present
@@ -89,8 +103,7 @@ public class Initializer
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.fatal("Critical programmer error: Can't read SQL Scripts resource folder is either missing or malformed. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].");
+			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft("Critical programmer error: Can't read SQL Scripts resource folder is either missing or malformed. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 		
 		// This code has been disabled since it can cause Mac
@@ -121,6 +134,43 @@ public class Initializer
 			LOGGER.error("Programmer Error: No ["+IWrapperFactory.class.getSimpleName()+"] assigned to the DhApi.");
 		}
 		
+		// log a warning if G1GC is being used
+		// (this garbage collector is known to cause stuttering)
+		{
+			boolean g1GcInUse = false;
+			
+			StringBuilder garbageCollectorNames = new StringBuilder();
+			List<GarbageCollectorMXBean> gcMxBeans = ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();
+			for (GarbageCollectorMXBean gcMxBean : gcMxBeans)
+			{
+				if (!garbageCollectorNames.toString().isEmpty())
+				{
+					garbageCollectorNames.append(", ");
+				}
+				garbageCollectorNames.append(gcMxBean.getName());
+				
+				// "G1 Young Generation" // "G1 Concurrent GC" // "G1 Old Generation"
+				if (gcMxBean.getName().toLowerCase().contains("g1 "))
+				{
+					g1GcInUse = true;
+				}
+			}
+			LOGGER.info("Garbage collectors: ["+garbageCollectorNames+"]");
+			
+			
+			if (g1GcInUse
+				&& Config.Common.Logging.Warning.logGarbageCollectorWarning.get())
+			{
+				LOGGER.warn(
+					"Distant Horizons: G1 Garbage collector detected. \n" +
+					"This garbage collector can cause FPS stuttering. \n" +
+					"It's recommended to use a concurrent garbage collector \n" +
+					"like ZGC (Java 21+) or Shenandoah (Java 8 through 17) for a smoother experience. \n" +
+					"");
+				
+			}
+		}
+		
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/api/internal/ClientApi.java

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 	private boolean isDevBuildMessagePrinted = false;
 	private boolean lowMemoryWarningPrinted = false;
 	private boolean highVanillaRenderDistanceWarningPrinted = false;
+	private boolean g1GarbageCollectorWarningPrinted = false;
 	
 	private long lastStaticWarningMessageSentMsTime = 0L;
 	
@@ -318,35 +321,6 @@ public class ClientApi
 	
 	
 	
-	//============//
-	// clint tick //
-	//============//
-	
-	@Deprecated
-	public void clientTickEvent()
-	{
-		IProfilerWrapper profiler = MC_CLIENT.getProfiler();
-		profiler.push("DH-ClientTick");
-		
-		try
-		{
-			IDhClientWorld clientWorld = SharedApi.tryGetDhClientWorld();
-			if (clientWorld != null)
-			{
-				clientWorld.clientTick();
-			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			// handle errors here to prevent blowing up a mixin or API up stream
-			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error in ClientApi.clientTickEvent(), error: "+e.getMessage(), e);
-		}
-		
-		profiler.pop();
-	}
-	
-	
-	
 	//============//
 	// networking //
 	//============//
@@ -405,8 +379,11 @@ public class ClientApi
 			
 			try
 			{
+				// make sure the GLProxy is created for future use
+				GLProxy.getInstance();
+				
 				// these tasks always need to be called, regardless of whether the renderer is enabled or not to prevent memory leaks
-				GLProxy.getInstance().runRenderThreadTasks();
+				GLProxy.runRenderThreadTasks();
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -674,7 +651,8 @@ public class ClientApi
 	{
 		// dev build
 		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD 
-			&& !this.isDevBuildMessagePrinted && MC_CLIENT.playerExists())
+			&& !this.isDevBuildMessagePrinted 
+			&& MC_CLIENT.playerExists())
 		{
 			this.isDevBuildMessagePrinted = true;
 			this.lastStaticWarningMessageSentMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -720,10 +698,11 @@ public class ClientApi
 		if (!this.highVanillaRenderDistanceWarningPrinted 
 			&& Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showHighVanillaRenderDistanceWarning.get())
 		{
+			this.highVanillaRenderDistanceWarningPrinted = true;
+			
 			// DH generally doesn't need a vanilla render distance above 12 
 			if (MC_RENDER.getRenderDistance() > 12)
 			{
-				this.highVanillaRenderDistanceWarningPrinted = true;
 				this.lastStaticWarningMessageSentMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				
 				String message =

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/api/internal/ClientPluginChannelApi.java

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ClientPluginChannelApi
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Server level key received: [" + msg.levelKey + "].");
 		
-		GLProxy.getInstance().queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
 		{
 			IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = MC.getWrappedClientLevel(true);
 			IServerKeyedClientLevel existingKeyedClientLevel = KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER.getServerKeyedLevel();

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java

@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NativeDialogUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftSharedWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
 
-import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -420,6 +419,14 @@ public class Config
 									"")
 							.build();
 					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> fadeDistanceInBlocks = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(0, 1_600, 30_000_000)
+							.comment("" +
+									"The distance in blocks from the camera where the SSAO will fade out to. \n"+
+									"This is done to prevent banding and noise at extreme distances. \n"+
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
 				}
 				
 				public static class GenericRendering
@@ -786,6 +793,11 @@ public class Config
 									+ "A comma separated list of block resource locations that won't be rendered by DH. \n"
 									+ "Air is always included in this list. \n"
 									+ "Requires a restart to change. \n"
+									+ "\n"
+									+ "Note:\n"
+									+ "If you see gaps, or holes you may have to change\n"
+									+ "worldCompression to ["+EDhApiWorldCompressionMode.MERGE_SAME_BLOCKS+"] and re-generate the LODs.\n"
+									+ "Black spots may happen occur to block lighting being zero for covered blocks.\n"
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
@@ -1246,20 +1258,14 @@ public class Config
 					public static ConfigUIButton uiButtonTest = new ConfigUIButton(() ->
 					{
 						// running on a separate thread is necessary to prevent locking
-						new Thread(() -> 
+						new Thread(() -> onButtonPressed()).start();
-						{
-							if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless())
-							{
-								LOGGER.info("Attempting to show tinyfd message box...");
-								boolean buttonPress = TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox("Button pressed!", "UITester dialog", "ok", "info", false);
-								LOGGER.info("dialog returned with ["+(buttonPress ? "TRUE" : "FALSE")+"]");
-							}
-							else
-							{
-								LOGGER.info("button pressed!");
-							}
-						}).start();
 					});
+					public static void onButtonPressed()
+					{
+						LOGGER.info("Attempting to show tinyfd message box...");
+						boolean buttonPress = NativeDialogUtil.showDialog("Button pressed!", "UITester dialog", "ok", "info");
+						LOGGER.info("dialog returned with ["+(buttonPress ? "TRUE" : "FALSE")+"]");
+					}
 					
 					public static ConfigCategory categoryTest = new ConfigCategory.Builder().set(CategoryTest.class).build();
 					
@@ -1661,6 +1667,15 @@ public class Config
 								+ "")
 						.build();
 				
+				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> logGarbageCollectorWarning = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+					.set(true)
+					.comment(""
+						+ "If enabled, a message will be logged if the garbage \n"
+						+ "collector Java is currently using is known \n"
+						+ "to cause stutters and/or issues. \n"
+						+ "")
+					.build();
+				
 			}
 		}
 		

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/LodBufferContainer.java

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 		
 		
 		// upload on MC's render thread
-		GLProxy.getInstance().queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
 		{
 			try
 			{
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 	{
 		this.buffersUploaded = false;
 		
-		GLProxy.getInstance().queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
 		{
 			for (GLVertexBuffer buffer : this.vbos)
 			{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/bufferBuilding/LodQuadBuilder.java

@@ -399,31 +399,33 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 	}
 	private void putVertex(ByteBuffer bb, short x, short y, short z, int color, byte normalIndex, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blocklight, int mx, int my, int mz)
 	{
-		skylight %= 16;
-		blocklight %= 16;
-		
 		bb.putShort(x);
 		bb.putShort(y);
 		bb.putShort(z);
 		
 		short meta = 0;
-		meta |= (skylight | (blocklight << 4));
+		{
-		byte mirco = 0;
+			skylight %= 16;
-		// mirco offset which is a xyz 2bit value
+			blocklight %= 16;
-		// 0b00 = no offset
+			meta |= (short) (skylight | (blocklight << 4));
-		// 0b01 = positive offset
-		// 0b11 = negative offset
-		// format is: 0b00zzyyxx
-		if (mx != 0) mirco |= mx > 0 ? 0b01 : 0b11;
-		if (my != 0) mirco |= my > 0 ? 0b0100 : 0b1100;
-		if (mz != 0) mirco |= mz > 0 ? 0b010000 : 0b110000;
-		meta |= mirco << 8;
 			
+			byte mircoOffset = 0;
+			// mirco offset which is a xyz 2bit value
+			// 0b00 = no offset
+			// 0b01 = positive offset
+			// 0b11 = negative offset
+			// format is: 0b00zzyyxx
+			if (mx != 0) { mircoOffset |= (byte) (mx > 0 ? 0b01 : 0b11); }
+			if (my != 0) { mircoOffset |= (byte) (my > 0 ? 0b0100 : 0b1100); }
+			if (mz != 0) { mircoOffset |= (byte) (mz > 0 ? 0b010000 : 0b110000); }
+			meta |= (short) (mircoOffset << 8);
+		}
 		bb.putShort(meta);
+		
 		byte r = (byte) ColorUtil.getRed(color);
 		byte g = (byte) ColorUtil.getGreen(color);
 		byte b = (byte) ColorUtil.getBlue(color);
-		byte a = this.doTransparency ? (byte) ColorUtil.getAlpha(color) : (byte) 255; // TODO should this be called here or happen somewhere else?
+		byte a = this.doTransparency ? (byte) ColorUtil.getAlpha(color) : (byte) 255;
 		bb.put(r);
 		bb.put(g);
 		bb.put(b);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/generation/DhLightingEngine.java

@@ -118,14 +118,18 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 	 * @param centerChunk the chunk we want to apply lighting to
 	 * @param nearbyChunkList should also contain centerChunk
 	 * @param maxSkyLight should be a value between 0 and 15
+	 * 
+	 * @return the number of light positions iterated over, can be used for profiling.
 	 */
-	private void lightChunk(
+	private int lightChunk(
 			@NotNull IChunkWrapper centerChunk, @NotNull ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList, 
 			int maxSkyLight, boolean updateBlockLight, boolean updateSkyLight)
 	{
 		DhChunkPos centerChunkPos = centerChunk.getChunkPos();
 		AdjacentChunkHolder adjacentChunkHolder = new AdjacentChunkHolder(centerChunk);
 		
+		// how many positions we've walked over, can be used for profiling/debugging
+		int posIterations = 0;
 			
 		// try-finally to handle the stableArray resources
 		StableLightPosStack blockLightWorldPosQueue = null;
@@ -245,13 +249,15 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 				}
 			}
 			
+			
+			
 			// block light
 			if (updateBlockLight)
 			{
 				// done to prevent a rare issue where the light values are incorrectly set to -1
 				centerChunk.clearDhBlockLighting();
 				
-				this.propagateChunkLightPosList(blockLightWorldPosQueue, adjacentChunkHolder,
+				posIterations += this.propagateChunkLightPosList(blockLightWorldPosQueue, adjacentChunkHolder,
 					(neighbourChunk, relBlockPos) -> neighbourChunk.getDhBlockLight(relBlockPos.getX(), relBlockPos.getY(), relBlockPos.getZ()),
 					(neighbourChunk, relBlockPos, newLightValue) -> neighbourChunk.setDhBlockLight(relBlockPos.getX(), relBlockPos.getY(), relBlockPos.getZ(), newLightValue),
 					true);
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 			{
 				centerChunk.clearDhSkyLighting();
 				
-				this.propagateChunkLightPosList(skyLightWorldPosQueue, adjacentChunkHolder,
+				posIterations += this.propagateChunkLightPosList(skyLightWorldPosQueue, adjacentChunkHolder,
 					(neighbourChunk, relBlockPos) -> neighbourChunk.getDhSkyLight(relBlockPos.getX(), relBlockPos.getY(), relBlockPos.getZ()),
 					(neighbourChunk, relBlockPos, newLightValue) -> neighbourChunk.setDhSkyLight(relBlockPos.getX(), relBlockPos.getY(), relBlockPos.getZ(), newLightValue),
 					false);
@@ -287,10 +293,12 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 		{
 			centerChunk.setIsDhSkyLightCorrect(true);
 		}
+		
+		return posIterations;
 	}
 	
 	/** Applies each {@link LightPos} from the queue to the given set of {@link IChunkWrapper}'s. */
-	private void propagateChunkLightPosList(
+	private int propagateChunkLightPosList(
 			StableLightPosStack lightPosQueue, AdjacentChunkHolder adjacentChunkHolder,
 			IGetLightFunc getLightFunc, ISetLightFunc setLightFunc,
 			boolean propagatingBlockLights)
@@ -320,66 +328,89 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 		IBlockStateWrapper previousBlockState = null;
 		
 		
-		// update each light position
+		int iterations = 0;
-		while (!lightPosQueue.isEmpty())
+		
+		// update each light level
+		for (int currentLightLevel = LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT; currentLightLevel >= LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT; currentLightLevel--)
 		{
-			// since we don't care about the order the positions are processed,
+			// Walking down from the top light level to the bottom can reduce iterating over
-			// we can grab the last position instead of the first for a slight performance increase (this way the array doesn't need to be shifted over every loop)
+			// the same positions multiple times.
-			lightPosQueue.popMutate(lightPos);
+			// At best this seems to behave at roughly 2x the speed of just blindly putting light pos 
+			// in a queue and at worse slightly faster than the blind queue.
 			
-			int lightValue = lightPos.lightValue;
+			lightPos.lightValue = currentLightLevel;
 			
-			
+			// update each light position
-			// propagate the lighting in each cardinal direction, IE: -x, +x, -y, +y, -z, +z
+			while (!lightPosQueue.isLightLevelEmpty(currentLightLevel))
-			for (EDhDirection direction : EDhDirection.ALL) // since this is an array instead of an ArrayList this advanced for-loop shouldn't cause any GC issues
 			{
-				lightPos.mutateOffset(direction, neighbourBlockPos);
+				// since we don't care about the order the positions are processed,
-				neighbourBlockPos.mutateToChunkRelativePos(relNeighbourBlockPos);
+				// we can grab the last position instead of the first for a slight performance increase (this way the array doesn't need to be shifted over every loop)
+				lightPosQueue.popMutate(lightPos, currentLightLevel);
+				iterations++;
+				
+				int lightValue = lightPos.lightValue;
 				
 				
-				// only continue if the light position is inside one of our chunks
+				// propagate the lighting in each cardinal direction, IE: -x, +x, -y, +y, -z, +z
-				IChunkWrapper neighbourChunk = adjacentChunkHolder.getByBlockPos(neighbourBlockPos.getX(), neighbourBlockPos.getZ());
+				for (EDhDirection direction : EDhDirection.ALL) // since this is an array instead of an ArrayList this advanced for-loop shouldn't cause any GC issues
-				if (neighbourChunk == null)
 				{
-					// the light pos is outside our generator's range, ignore it
+					lightPos.mutateOffset(direction, neighbourBlockPos);
-					continue;
+					neighbourBlockPos.mutateToChunkRelativePos(relNeighbourBlockPos);
-				}
-				
-				if (relNeighbourBlockPos.getY() < neighbourChunk.getMinNonEmptyHeight()
-					|| relNeighbourBlockPos.getY() >= neighbourChunk.getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight())
-				{
-					// the light pos is outside the chunk's min/max height,
-					// this can happen if given a chunk that hasn't finished generating
-					continue;
-				}
 					
 					
-				int currentBlockLight = getLightFunc.getLight(neighbourChunk, relNeighbourBlockPos);
+					// only continue if the light position is inside one of our chunks
-				if (currentBlockLight >= (lightValue - 1))
+					IChunkWrapper neighbourChunk = adjacentChunkHolder.getByBlockPos(neighbourBlockPos.getX(), neighbourBlockPos.getZ());
-				{
+					if (neighbourChunk == null)
-					// short circuit for when the light value at this position
+					{
-					// is already greater-than what we could set it
+						// the light pos is outside our generator's range, ignore it
-					continue;
+						continue;
-				}
+					}
+					
+					if (relNeighbourBlockPos.getY() < neighbourChunk.getMinNonEmptyHeight()
+						|| relNeighbourBlockPos.getY() >= neighbourChunk.getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight())
+					{
+						// the light pos is outside the chunk's min/max height,
+						// this can happen if given a chunk that hasn't finished generating
+						continue;
+					}
 					
 					
-				IBlockStateWrapper neighbourBlockState = neighbourChunk.getBlockState(relNeighbourBlockPos, mcBlockPos, previousBlockState);
+					int currentBlockLight = getLightFunc.getLight(neighbourChunk, relNeighbourBlockPos);
-				previousBlockState = neighbourBlockState;
+					if (currentBlockLight >= (lightValue - 1))
+					{
+						// short circuit for when the light value at this position
+						// is already greater-than what we could set it
+						continue;
+					}
 					
-				// Math.max(1, ...) is used so that the propagated light level always drops by at least 1, preventing infinite cycles.
-				int targetLevel = lightValue - Math.max(1, neighbourBlockState.getOpacity());
-				if (targetLevel > currentBlockLight)
-				{
-					// this position is darker than the new light value, update/set it
-					setLightFunc.setLight(neighbourChunk, relNeighbourBlockPos, targetLevel);
 					
-					// now that light has been propagated to this blockPos
+					IBlockStateWrapper neighbourBlockState = neighbourChunk.getBlockState(relNeighbourBlockPos, mcBlockPos, previousBlockState);
-					// we need to queue it up so its neighbours can be propagated as well
+					previousBlockState = neighbourBlockState;
-					lightPosQueue.push(neighbourBlockPos.getX(), neighbourBlockPos.getY(), neighbourBlockPos.getZ(), targetLevel);
+					
+					// Math.max(1, ...) is used so that the propagated light level always drops by at least 1, preventing infinite cycles.
+					int targetLightLevel = lightValue - Math.max(1, neighbourBlockState.getOpacity());
+					if (targetLightLevel > currentBlockLight)
+					{
+						// this position is darker than the new light value, update/set it
+						setLightFunc.setLight(neighbourChunk, relNeighbourBlockPos, targetLightLevel);
+						
+						// now that light has been propagated to this blockPos
+						// we need to queue it up so its neighbours can be propagated as well
+						lightPosQueue.push(neighbourBlockPos.getX(), neighbourBlockPos.getY(), neighbourBlockPos.getZ(), targetLightLevel);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		
+		for (int currentLightLevel = LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT; currentLightLevel >= LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT; currentLightLevel--)
+		{
+			if (!lightPosQueue.isLightLevelEmpty(currentLightLevel))
+			{
+				LodUtil.assertNotReach("Non empty light pos queue for light level ["+currentLightLevel+"] after light engine running");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
 		
 		// can be enabled if troubleshooting lighting issues
 		if (RENDER_BLOCK_LIGHT_WIREFRAME 
@@ -395,6 +426,7 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 		
 		
 		// propagation complete
+		return iterations;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -748,16 +780,24 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 		private static final Queue<StableLightPosStack> lightArrayCache = new ArrayDeque<>();
 		
 		/** the index of the last item in the array, -1 if empty */
-		private int index = -1;
+		private int[] indexByLightLevel = new int[LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT + 1];
 
-		/** x, y, z, and lightValue. */
+		/** x, y, z */
-		public static final int INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS = 4;
+		public static final int INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS = 3;
 		
-		/**
+		private final IntArrayList[] lightPositionsByLightLevel = new IntArrayList[LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT + 1];
-		 * When tested with a normal 1.20 world James saw a maximum of 36,709 block and 2,355 sky lights,
+		
-		 * so 40,000 should be a good starting point that can contain most lighting tasks.
+		
-		 */
+		public StableLightPosStack()
-		private final IntArrayList lightPositions = new IntArrayList(40_000 * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS);
+		{
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.lightPositionsByLightLevel.length; i++)
+			{
+				// When tested with a normal 1.20 world James saw a maximum of 36,709 block and 2,355 sky lights,
+				// so 40,000 should be a good starting point that can contain most lighting tasks.
+				this.lightPositionsByLightLevel[i] = new IntArrayList(40_000 * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS);
+				this.indexByLightLevel[i] = -1;
+			}
+		}
 		
 		
 		
@@ -804,45 +844,56 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 		// stack methods //
 		//===============//
 		
-		public boolean isEmpty() { return this.index == -1; }
+		public boolean isLightLevelEmpty(int lightLevel) { return this.indexByLightLevel[lightLevel] == -1; }
-		public int size() { return this.index+1; }
+		//public int size() { return this.index+1; }
 		
-		public void push(int blockX, int blockY, int blockZ, int lightValue)
+		public void push(int blockX, int blockY, int blockZ, int lightLevel)
 		{
-			this.index++;
+			IntArrayList lightPositions = this.lightPositionsByLightLevel[lightLevel];
-			int subIndex = this.index * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS;
+			
-			if (subIndex < this.lightPositions.size())
+			this.indexByLightLevel[lightLevel]++;
+			int subIndex = this.indexByLightLevel[lightLevel] * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS;
+			if (subIndex < lightPositions.size())
 			{
-				this.lightPositions.set(subIndex, blockX);
+				lightPositions.set(subIndex, blockX);
-				this.lightPositions.set(subIndex + 1, blockY);
+				lightPositions.set(subIndex + 1, blockY);
-				this.lightPositions.set(subIndex + 2, blockZ);
+				lightPositions.set(subIndex + 2, blockZ);
-				this.lightPositions.set(subIndex + 3, lightValue);
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				// add a new pos
-				this.lightPositions.add(blockX);
+				lightPositions.add(blockX);
-				this.lightPositions.add(blockY);
+				lightPositions.add(blockY);
-				this.lightPositions.add(blockZ);
+				lightPositions.add(blockZ);
-				this.lightPositions.add(lightValue);
 			}
 		}
 		
 		/** mutates the given {@link LightPos} to match the next {@link LightPos} in the queue. */
-		public void popMutate(LightPos pos)
+		public void popMutate(LightPos pos, int lightLevel)
 		{
-			int subIndex = this.index * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS;
+			int subIndex = this.indexByLightLevel[lightLevel] * INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS;
+			IntArrayList lightPositions = this.lightPositionsByLightLevel[lightLevel];
 			
-			pos.setX(this.lightPositions.getInt(subIndex));
+			pos.setX(lightPositions.getInt(subIndex));
-			pos.setY(this.lightPositions.getInt(subIndex + 1));
+			pos.setY(lightPositions.getInt(subIndex + 1));
-			pos.setZ(this.lightPositions.getInt(subIndex + 2));
+			pos.setZ(lightPositions.getInt(subIndex + 2));
-			pos.lightValue = this.lightPositions.getInt(subIndex + 3);
 			
-			this.index--;
+			this.indexByLightLevel[lightLevel]--;
 		}
 		
 		@Override
-		public String toString() { return this.index + "/" + (this.lightPositions.size() / INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS); }
+		public String toString() 
+		{ 
+			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+			
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.indexByLightLevel.length; i++)
+			{
+				builder.append("light: ").append(i)
+					.append(" size: ").append(this.indexByLightLevel[i]).append("/").append(this.lightPositionsByLightLevel[i].size() / INTS_PER_LIGHT_POS).append("\n");
+			}
+			
+			return builder.toString();
+		}
 		
 	}
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/jar/JarMain.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.FullDataSourceV2Repo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NativeDialogUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.gui.BaseJFrame;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.gui.cusomJObject.JBox;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.WebDownloader;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
-import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public class JarMain
 		installMod.addActionListener(e -> {
 			if (minecraftDirPop.getSelectedFile() == null)
 			{
-				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Please select your install directory", "ok", "warning", false);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Please select your install directory", "ok", "warning");
 				return;
 			}
 			
@@ -455,11 +455,11 @@ public class JarMain
 								ModInfo.NAME + "-" + ModrinthGetter.releaseNames.get(downloadID.get()) + ".jar"
 						).toFile());
 				
-				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Installation done. \nYou can now close the installer", "ok", "info", false);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Installation done. \nYou can now close the installer", "ok", "info");
 			}
 			catch (Exception f)
 			{
-				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Download failed. Check your internet connection \nStacktrace: " + f.getMessage(), "error", "info", false);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Download failed. Check your internet connection \nStacktrace: " + f.getMessage(), "error", "info");
 			}
 		});
 		frame.add(installMod);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/jar/updater/SelfUpdater.java

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.ModrinthGetter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.WebDownloader;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NativeDialogUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.jar.DeleteOnUnlock;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 		
 		if (!GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.getDownloads(pipeline.get("id")).containsKey(mcVersion))
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Minecraft version ["+ mcVersion +"] is not findable on Gitlab, findable versions are ["+ StringUtil.join(",", GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.getDownloads(pipeline.get("id")).keySet().toArray()) +"].");
+			LOGGER.warn("Minecraft version ["+ mcVersion +"] is not findable on Gitlab, findable versions are ["+ StringUtil.join(", ", GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.getDownloads(pipeline.get("id")).keySet().toArray()) +"].");
 			return false;
 		}
 		
@@ -258,14 +258,13 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 			
 			deleteOldJarOnJvmShutdown = true;
 			
-			// TODO one of these messages contains something TinyFd doesn't like, find it and fix it
+			String successMessage = "Distant Horizons successfully updated. It will apply on game`s relaunch"; 
-			String successMessage = "Distant Horizons successfully updated. It will apply on game's relaunch"; 
 			LOGGER.info(successMessage);
 			new Thread(() -> 
 			{
 				try
 				{
-					TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, successMessage, "ok", "info", false);
+					NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, successMessage, "ok", "info");
 				}
 				catch (Exception ignore) { }
 			}).start();
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 			LOGGER.error(failMessage, e);
 			try
 			{
-				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, failMessage, "ok", "error", false);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, failMessage, "ok", "error");
 			}
 			catch (Exception ignore) { }
 			
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 			{
 				try
 				{
-					TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, successMessage, "ok", "info", false);
+					NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, successMessage, "ok", "info");
 				}
 				catch (Exception ignore) { }
 			}).start();
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 			LOGGER.error(failMessage, e);
 			try
 			{
-				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, failMessage, "ok", "error", false);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, failMessage, "ok", "error");
 			}
 			catch (Exception ignore) { }
 			

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/network/session/NetworkSession.java

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ public class NetworkSession extends AbstractNetworkEventSource
 		{
 			LOGGER.error("Failed to handle the message. New messages will be ignored.", e);
 			LOGGER.error("Message: ["+message+"]");
-			this.close();
+			
+			this.close(e);
 		}
 	}
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
+	//region constructor
 	
 	public LodRenderSection(
 			long pos, 
@@ -153,11 +154,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		DebugRenderer.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showRenderSectionStatus);
 	}
 	
+	//endregion constructor
+	
 	
 	
 	//======================================//
 	// render data generation and uploading //
 	//======================================//
+	//region render data uploading
 	
 	/** @return true if the upload started, false if it wasn't able to for any reason */
 	public synchronized boolean uploadRenderDataToGpuAsync()
@@ -314,7 +318,10 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 				}
 			});
 	}
-	/** async is done so each thread can run without waiting on others */
+	/** 
+	 * async is done so each thread can run without waiting on others 
+	 * @param direction the direction to load relative to the given position, null will return the given position
+	 */
 	private CompletableFuture<ColumnRenderSource> getRenderSourceForPosAsync(long pos, @Nullable EDhDirection direction) 
 	{
 		if (direction != null)
@@ -400,11 +407,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		});
 	}
 	
+	//endregion render data uploading
 	
 	
-	//========================//
+	
-	// getters and properties //
+	//====================//
-	//========================//
+	// enabling rendering //
+	//====================//
+	//region enabling rendering
 	
 	public boolean canRender() { return this.bufferContainer != null; }
 	
@@ -439,11 +449,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	
 	public boolean gpuUploadInProgress() { return this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture != null; }
 	
+	//endregion enabling rendering
+	
 	
 	
 	//=================================//
 	// full data retrieval (world gen) //
 	//=================================//
+	//region full data retrieval
 	
 	public boolean isFullyGenerated()
 	{
@@ -551,11 +564,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		}
 	}
 	
+	//endregion full data retrieval
+	
 	
 	
 	//=================//
 	// beacon handling //
 	//=================//
+	//region beacon handling
 	
 	/** gets the active beacon list and stops/starts beacon rendering as necessary */
 	private void getAndRefreshRenderingBeacons()
@@ -629,11 +645,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		}
 	}
 	
+	//endregion beacon handling
+	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// base methods //
 	//==============//
+	//region base methods
 	
 	@Override
 	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer debugRenderer)
@@ -720,6 +739,8 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		
 	}
 	
+	//endregion base methods
+	
 	
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/glObject/GLProxy.java

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ public class GLProxy
 	
 	public static final Set<String> LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>());
 	
+	private static final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Runnable> RENDER_THREAD_RUNNABLE_QUEUE = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+	
 	
 	
 	private static GLProxy instance = null;
 	
 	
-	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Runnable> renderThreadRunnableQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-	
 	/** Minecraft's GL capabilities */
 	public final GLCapabilities glCapabilities;
 	
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class GLProxy
 		return uploadOverride;
 	}
 	
-	public boolean runningOnRenderThread()
+	public static boolean runningOnRenderThread()
 	{
 		long currentContext = GLFW.glfwGetCurrentContext();
 		return currentContext != 0L; // if the context isn't null, it's the MC context
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ public class GLProxy
 	// Worker Thread Runnables //
 	//=========================//
 	
-	public void queueRunningOnRenderThread(Runnable renderCall)
+	public static void queueRunningOnRenderThread(Runnable renderCall)
 	{
 		StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
-		this.renderThreadRunnableQueue.add(() -> this.runOpenGlCall(renderCall, stackTrace));
+		RENDER_THREAD_RUNNABLE_QUEUE.add(() -> runOpenGlCall(renderCall, stackTrace));
 	}
-	private void runOpenGlCall(Runnable renderCall, StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)
+	private static void runOpenGlCall(Runnable renderCall, StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)
 	{
 		try
 		{
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ public class GLProxy
 	 * Doesn't do any thread/GL Context validation.
 	 * Running this outside of the render thread may cause crashes or other issues. 
 	 */
-	public void runRenderThreadTasks()
+	public static void runRenderThreadTasks()
 	{
 		long startTime = System.nanoTime();
 		
-		Runnable runnable = this.renderThreadRunnableQueue.poll();
+		Runnable runnable = RENDER_THREAD_RUNNABLE_QUEUE.poll();
 		while(runnable != null)
 		{
 			runnable.run();
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class GLProxy
 				break;
 			}
 			
-			runnable = this.renderThreadRunnableQueue.poll();
+			runnable = RENDER_THREAD_RUNNABLE_QUEUE.poll();
 		}
 	}
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/glObject/buffer/GLBuffer.java

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	protected void create(boolean asBufferStorage)
 	{
-		if (!GLProxy.getInstance().runningOnRenderThread())
+		if (!GLProxy.runningOnRenderThread())
 		{
 			LodUtil.assertNotReach("Thread ["+Thread.currentThread()+"] tried to create a GLBuffer outside the MC render thread.");
 		}
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 			BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.remove(id);
 		}
 		
-		GLProxy.getInstance().queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
 		{
 			// destroy the buffer if it exists,
 			// the buffer may not exist if the destroy method is called twice

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/glObject/buffer/QuadElementBuffer.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class QuadElementBuffer extends GLElementBuffer
 	
 	public int getCapacity()
 	{
-		return super.getSize() / GLEnums.getTypeSize(getType());
+		return super.getSize() / GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.getType());
 	}
 	
 	private static void buildBufferByte(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ public class QuadElementBuffer extends GLElementBuffer
 			return;
 		}
 		int vertexCount = quadCount * 4; // 4 vertices per quad
-		GLProxy gl = GLProxy.getInstance();
 		
 		if (vertexCount < 255)
 		{ // Reserve 1 for the reset index
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ public class QuadElementBuffer extends GLElementBuffer
 		
 		ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(this.indicesCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.type));
 		buildBuffer(quadCount, buffer, this.type);
-		if (!gl.bufferStorageSupported)
+		if (!GLProxy.getInstance().bufferStorageSupported)
 		{
 			
 			this.bind();

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/glObject/shader/ShaderProgram.java

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ShaderProgram
 		
 		for (int i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++)
 		{
-			GL32.glBindAttribLocation(id, i, attributes[i]);
+			GL32.glBindAttribLocation(this.id, i, attributes[i]);
 		}
 		GL32.glLinkProgram(this.id);
 		

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/glObject/vertexAttribute/VertexPointer.java

@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ public final class VertexPointer
 	/** Always aligned to 4 bytes */
 	public static VertexPointer addUnsignedBytePointer(boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(1, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, normalized, 4, useInteger); }
 	/** aligned to 4 bytes */
-	public static VertexPointer addUnsignedBytesPointer(int elementCount, boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(elementCount, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, normalized, _align(elementCount), useInteger); }
+	public static VertexPointer addUnsignedBytesPointer(int elementCount, boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) 
-	public static VertexPointer addUnsignedShortsPointer(int elementCount, boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(elementCount, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, normalized, _align(elementCount * 2), useInteger); }
+	{ return new VertexPointer(elementCount, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, normalized, _align(elementCount), useInteger); }
+	public static VertexPointer addUnsignedShortsPointer(int elementCount, boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) 
+	{ return new VertexPointer(elementCount, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, normalized, _align(elementCount * 2), useInteger); }
 	public static VertexPointer addShortsPointer(int elementCount, boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(elementCount, GL32.GL_SHORT, normalized, _align(elementCount * 2), useInteger); }
 	public static VertexPointer addIntPointer(boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(1, GL32.GL_INT, normalized, 4, useInteger); }
 	public static VertexPointer addIVec2Pointer(boolean normalized, boolean useInteger) { return new VertexPointer(2, GL32.GL_INT, normalized, 8, useInteger); }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/DhFadeRenderer.java

@@ -96,16 +96,19 @@ public class DhFadeRenderer
 		}
 		
 		this.fadeTexture = GL32.glGenTextures();
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(this.fadeTexture);
+		{
-		GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA16, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, (ByteBuffer) null);
+			GLMC.glBindTexture(this.fadeTexture);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA16, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, (ByteBuffer) null);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
 			
-		// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
+			// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+		}
 		
 		GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.fadeTexture, 0);
+		
 	}
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/DhTerrainShaderProgram.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class DhTerrainShaderProgram extends ShaderProgram implements IDhApiShade
 	public int uNoiseDropoff = -1;
 	
 	// Debug Uniform
-	public int uWhiteWorld = -1;
+	public int uIsWhiteWorld = -1;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class DhTerrainShaderProgram extends ShaderProgram implements IDhApiShade
 		this.uNoiseDropoff = this.getUniformLocation("uNoiseDropoff");
 		
 		// Debug Uniform
-		this.uWhiteWorld = this.getUniformLocation("uWhiteWorld");
+		this.uIsWhiteWorld = this.getUniformLocation("uIsWhiteWorld");
 		
 		
 		// TODO: Add better use of the LODFormat thing
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class DhTerrainShaderProgram extends ShaderProgram implements IDhApiShade
 		this.setUniform(this.uNoiseDropoff, Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseDropoff.get());
 		
 		// Debug
-		this.setUniform(this.uWhiteWorld, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableWhiteWorld.get());
+		this.setUniform(this.uIsWhiteWorld, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableWhiteWorld.get());
 		
 		// Clip Uniform
 		float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(renderParameters.partialTicks);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/FogRenderer.java

@@ -88,15 +88,17 @@ public class FogRenderer
 		GLMC.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.fogFramebuffer);
 		
 		this.fogTexture = GLMC.glGenTextures();
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(this.fogTexture);
+		{
-		GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA16, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, (ByteBuffer) null);
+			GLMC.glBindTexture(this.fogTexture);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA16, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RGBA, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, (ByteBuffer) null);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
-		GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.fogTexture, 0);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.fogTexture, 0);
 			
-		// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
+			// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/LodRenderer.java

@@ -493,12 +493,8 @@ public class LodRenderer
 			return false;
 		}
 		
-		if (!GLProxy.hasInstance())
+		// GLProxy should have already been created by this point, but just in case create it now
-		{
+		GLProxy.getInstance();
-			// shouldn't normally happen, but just in case
-			LOGGER.warn("Renderer setup called but GLProxy has not yet been setup!");
-			return false;
-		}
 		
 		
 		

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/SSAORenderer.java

@@ -88,14 +88,16 @@ public class SSAORenderer
 		GLMC.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.ssaoFramebuffer);
 		
 		this.ssaoTexture = GLMC.glGenTextures();
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(this.ssaoTexture);
+		{
-		GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_R16F, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RED, GL32.GL_HALF_FLOAT, (ByteBuffer) null);
+			GLMC.glBindTexture(this.ssaoTexture);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL32.GL_R16F, width, height, 0, GL32.GL_RED, GL32.GL_HALF_FLOAT, (ByteBuffer) null);
-		GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
+			GL32.glTexParameteri(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL32.GL_LINEAR);
 			
-		// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
+			// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
-		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+			GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+		}
 		
 		GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.ssaoTexture, 0);
 	}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/generic/RenderableBoxGroup.java

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class RenderableBoxGroup
 		@Override 
 		public void close()
 		{
-			GLProxy.getInstance().queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
+			GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
 			{
 				if (this.instanceChunkPosVbo != 0)
 				{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/FogShader.java

@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ public class FogShader extends AbstractShaderRenderer
 		float farFogMax = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMax.get().floatValue();
 		float farFogDensity = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogDensity.get().floatValue();
 		
+		// override fog if underwater
+		if (MC_RENDER.isFogStateSpecial())
+		{
+			// hide everything behind fog
+			farFogStart = 0.0f;
+			farFogEnd = 0.0f;
+		}
+		
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogStart, farFogStart);
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogLength, farFogEnd - farFogStart);
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogMin, farFogMin);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/SSAOShader.java

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.shader.ShaderProgram;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.LodRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.SSAORenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.ScreenQuad;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NumberUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 
 /**
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ public class SSAOShader extends AbstractShaderRenderer
 	public int uMinLight;
 	public int uBias;
 	public int uDepthMap;
+	public int uFadeDistanceInBlocks;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public class SSAOShader extends AbstractShaderRenderer
 		this.uMinLight = this.shader.getUniformLocation("uMinLight");
 		this.uBias = this.shader.getUniformLocation("uBias");
 		this.uDepthMap = this.shader.getUniformLocation("uDepthMap");
+		this.uFadeDistanceInBlocks = this.shader.getUniformLocation("uFadeDistanceInBlocks");
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -120,6 +124,10 @@ public class SSAOShader extends AbstractShaderRenderer
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uBias, bias.floatValue());
 		
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uDepthMap, 0);
+		
+		float fadeDistanceInBlocks = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.fadeDistanceInBlocks.get().floatValue();
+		fadeDistanceInBlocks = MathUtil.clamp(0.0f, fadeDistanceInBlocks, Float.MAX_VALUE); // clamp to prevent accidentally setting a negative number
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFadeDistanceInBlocks, fadeDistanceInBlocks);
 	}
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/util/NativeDialogUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util;
+
+import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
+
+/**
+ * Should be used instead of the direct call to {@link TinyFileDialogs}
+ * so we can run additional validation and/or string cleanup.
+ * Otherwise, we may get error messages back.
+ * 
+ * @see TinyFileDialogs
+ */
+public class NativeDialogUtil
+{
+	/**
+	 * @param dialogType    the dialog type. One of:<br><table><tr><td>"ok"</td><td>"okcancel"</td><td>"yesno"</td><td>"yesnocancel"</td></tr></table>
+	 * @param iconType      the icon type. One of:<br><table><tr><td>"info"</td><td>"warning"</td><td>"error"</td><td>"question"</td></tr></table>
+	 */
+	public static boolean showDialog(String title, String message, String dialogType, String iconType)
+	{
+		// Tinyfd doesn't support the following characters, attempting to display them will cause the message
+		// to be replaced with an error message
+		String unsafeCharsRegex = "['\"`]";
+		
+		title = title.replaceAll(unsafeCharsRegex, "`");
+		message = message.replaceAll(unsafeCharsRegex, "`");
+		
+		return TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(title, message, dialogType, iconType, false);
+	}
+	
+}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/util/objects/EventLoop.java

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-
-public class EventLoop implements AutoCloseable
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	private final boolean PAUSE_ON_ERROR = ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD;
-	private final ExecutorService executorService;
-	
-	private final Runnable runnable;
-	/** the future related to the given runnable */
-	private CompletableFuture<Void> runnableFuture;
-	
-	private boolean isRunning = true;
-	
-	
-	
-	public EventLoop(ExecutorService executorService, Runnable runnable)
-	{
-		this.executorService = executorService;
-		this.runnable = runnable;
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	public void tick()
-	{
-		if (runnableFuture != null && runnableFuture.isDone())
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				runnableFuture.join();
-			}
-			catch (CompletionException ce)
-			{
-				LOGGER.error("Uncaught exception in event loop", ce.getCause());
-				if (PAUSE_ON_ERROR)
-				{
-					isRunning = false;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				LOGGER.error("Exception in event loop", e);
-				if (PAUSE_ON_ERROR)
-				{
-					isRunning = false;
-				}
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				runnableFuture = null;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (runnableFuture == null && isRunning)
-		{
-			runnableFuture = CompletableFuture.runAsync(runnable, executorService);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void close()
-	{
-		if (runnableFuture != null)
-		{
-			runnableFuture.cancel(true);
-		}
-		
-		runnableFuture = null;
-		executorService.shutdown();
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isRunning() { return runnableFuture != null && !runnableFuture.isDone(); }
-	
-}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/world/DhClientServerWorld.java

@@ -21,27 +21,21 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientServerLevel;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.EventLoop;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.*;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhClientServerLevel> implements IDhClientWorld
 {
 	private final Set<DhClientServerLevel> dhLevels = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<>());
 	
-	public ExecutorService dhTickerThread = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool("Client Server World Ticker", 2);
+	private final Timer clientTickTimer = TimerUtil.CreateTimer("ClientTickTimer");
-	public EventLoop eventLoop = new EventLoop(this.dhTickerThread, this::_clientTick); //TODO: Rate-limit the loop
 	
 	
 	
@@ -53,6 +47,15 @@ public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhClientServerLev
 	{
 		super(EWorldEnvironment.CLIENT_SERVER);
 		LOGGER.info("Started DhWorld of type " + this.environment);
+		
+		this.clientTickTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() 
+		{
+			@Override 
+			public void run()
+			{
+				DhClientServerWorld.this.dhLevels.forEach(DhClientServerLevel::clientTick);
+			}
+		}, 0, IDhClientWorld.TICK_RATE_IN_MS);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -136,19 +139,6 @@ public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhClientServerLev
 		}
 	}
 	
-	private void _clientTick()
-	{
-		//LOGGER.info("Client world tick with {} levels", levels.size());
-		this.dhLevels.forEach(DhClientServerLevel::clientTick);
-	}
-	
-	@Override 
-	public void clientTick()
-	{
-		//LOGGER.info("Client world tick");
-		this.eventLoop.tick();
-	}
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -194,8 +184,8 @@ public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhClientServerLev
 		
 		
 		this.dhLevelByLevelWrapper.clear();
-		this.eventLoop.close();
+		this.clientTickTimer.cancel();
-		LOGGER.info("Closed DhWorld of type " + this.environment);
+		LOGGER.info("Closed DhWorld of type [" + this.environment + "].");
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/world/DhClientWorld.java

@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ClientOnlySaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client.ClientNetworkState;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.EventLoop;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 {
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 	public final ClientOnlySaveStructure saveStructure;
 	public final ClientNetworkState networkState = new ClientNetworkState();
 	
-	public final ExecutorService dhTickerThread = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool("Client World Ticker");
+	private final Timer clientTickTimer = TimerUtil.CreateTimer("ClientTickTimer");
-	public final EventLoop eventLoop = new EventLoop(this.dhTickerThread, this::_clientTick);
 	
 	
 	
@@ -59,6 +58,15 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 		this.levels = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Started DhWorld of type " + this.environment);
+		
+		this.clientTickTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask()
+		{
+			@Override
+			public void run()
+			{
+				DhClientWorld.this.levels.values().forEach(DhClientLevel::clientTick);
+			}
+		}, 0, IDhClientWorld.TICK_RATE_IN_MS);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -127,11 +135,6 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 		}
 	}
 	
-	private void _clientTick() { this.levels.values().forEach(DhClientLevel::clientTick); }
-	
-	@Override 
-	public void clientTick() { this.eventLoop.tick(); }
-	
 	@Override
 	public void addDebugMenuStringsToList(List<String> messageList)
 	{
@@ -143,7 +146,6 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 	public void close()
 	{
 		this.networkState.close();
-		this.dhTickerThread.shutdownNow();
 		
 		ArrayList<CompletableFuture<Void>> closeFutures = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (DhClientLevel dhClientLevel : this.levels.values())
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 		}
 		
 		this.levels.clear();
-		this.eventLoop.close();
+		this.clientTickTimer.cancel();
 		LOGGER.info("Closed DhWorld of type [" + this.environment + "].");
 	}
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/world/IDhClientWorld.java

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 
 public interface IDhClientWorld extends IDhWorld
 {
-	void clientTick();
+	/** how long in between client ticks in milliseconds */
+	long TICK_RATE_IN_MS = 100L;
 	
 	default IDhClientLevel getOrLoadClientLevel(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return (IDhClientLevel) this.getOrLoadLevel(levelWrapper); }
 	default IDhClientLevel getClientLevel(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return (IDhClientLevel) this.getLevel(levelWrapper); }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/chunk/IChunkWrapper.java

@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ public interface IChunkWrapper extends IBindable
 	
 	IBiomeWrapper getBiome(int relX, int relY, int relZ);
 	
-	boolean isStillValid();
-	
 	
 	
 	//========================//

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/world/ILevelWrapper.java

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ public interface ILevelWrapper extends IDhApiLevelWrapper, IBindable
 	@Override
 	IDimensionTypeWrapper getDimensionType();
 	
+	/**
+	 * Includes both the namespace and name. <br> 
+	 * example: "minecraft:overworld" 
+	 */
 	@Override
 	String getDimensionName();
 	

core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json

@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@
     "Blur Radius",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.ssao.blurRadius.@tooltip":
     "The radius, measured in pixels, that blurring is calculated for the SSAO. \nHigher numbers will reduce banding at the cost of GPU performance.",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.ssao.fadeDistanceInBlocks":
+    "Fade Distance",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.ssao.fadeDistanceInBlocks.@tooltip":
+    "The distance in blocks from the camera where the SSAO will fade out to. \nThis is done to prevent banding and noise at extreme distances.",
 
 
 
@@ -733,6 +737,8 @@
     "Show Slow World Gen Warnings",
   "distanthorizons.config.common.logging.warning.showModCompatibilityWarningsOnStartup":
     "Show Mod Compatibility Warnings",
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.logging.warning.logGarbageCollectorWarning":
+    "Log Garbage Collector Warning",
 
 
 

core/src/main/resources/shaders/ssao/ao.frag

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ uniform float uMinLight;
 uniform float uBias;
 uniform mat4 uInvProj;
 uniform mat4 uProj;
+uniform float uFadeDistanceInBlocks;
 
 const float EPSILON = 1.e-6;
 const float GOLDEN_ANGLE = 2.39996323;
@@ -99,16 +100,30 @@ void main()
     {
         vec3 viewPos = calcViewPosition(vec3(TexCoord, fragmentDepth));
         
-        #ifdef GL_ARB_derivative_control
+        // fading is done to prevent banding/noise
-        // Get higher precision derivatives when available
+        // at super far distance
-        vec3 viewNormal = cross(dFdxFine(viewPos.xyz), dFdyFine(viewPos.xyz));
+        float distanceFromCamera = length(viewPos);
-        #else
+        float fadeDistance = uFadeDistanceInBlocks;
-        vec3 viewNormal = cross(dFdx(viewPos.xyz), dFdy(viewPos.xyz));
+        if (distanceFromCamera < fadeDistance)
-        #endif
+        {
+            #ifdef GL_ARB_derivative_control
+            // Get higher precision derivatives when available
+            vec3 viewNormal = cross(dFdxFine(viewPos.xyz), dFdyFine(viewPos.xyz));
+            #else
+            vec3 viewNormal = cross(dFdx(viewPos.xyz), dFdy(viewPos.xyz));
+            #endif
 
-        viewNormal = normalize(viewNormal);
+            viewNormal = normalize(viewNormal);
+            occlusion = GetSpiralOcclusion(TexCoord, viewPos, viewNormal);
             
-        occlusion = GetSpiralOcclusion(TexCoord, viewPos, viewNormal);
+            // linearly fade with distance
+            occlusion *= (fadeDistance - distanceFromCamera) / fadeDistance;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // we're out of range, no need to do any SSAO calculations
+            occlusion = 0.0;
+        }
     }
     
     fragColor = vec4(vec3(1.0 - occlusion), 1.0);

core/src/main/resources/shaders/standard.vert

@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ out vec4 vertexColor;
 out vec3 vertexWorldPos;
 out float vertexYPos;
 
-uniform bool uWhiteWorld;
+uniform bool uIsWhiteWorld;
 
 uniform mat4 uCombinedMatrix;
 uniform vec3 uModelOffset;
 uniform float uWorldYOffset;
 
-uniform int uWorldSkyLight;
 uniform sampler2D uLightMap;
 uniform float uMircoOffset;
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ void main()
 	float light = (float(lights/16u)+0.5) / 16.0;
 	vertexColor = vec4(texture(uLightMap, vec2(light, light2)).xyz, 1.0);
     
-    if (!uWhiteWorld)
+    if (!uIsWhiteWorld)
     {
         vertexColor *= color;
     }