Add proof-of-concept dynamic fade

Done to fix a forge limitation where logos can't contain a file pathhttps://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/issues/7348

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 = "2.4.4-b";
+	public static final String VERSION = "2.4.6-b-dev";
 	/** 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/api/internal/ClientApi.java

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiMcRenderingFadeMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiRenderPass;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.DhApiResult;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.rendering.DhRenderState;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ClientOnlySaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry;
@@ -31,14 +33,15 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.DhApiRenderProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.session.NetworkSession;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiDebugRendering;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiRendererMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IServerKeyedClientLevel;
@@ -52,11 +55,23 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapp
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.joml.Matrix4f;
+import org.joml.Vector4f;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL46;
 
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /**
  * This holds the methods that should be called
@@ -152,10 +167,10 @@ public class ClientApi
 				
 				if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showReplayWarningOnStartup.get())
 				{
-					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Replay detected." + "\u00A7r"); // gold color
+					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Replay detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
 					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("DH may behave strangely or have missing functionality.");
 					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("In order to use pre-generated LODs, put your DH database(s) in:");
-					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A77"+".Minecraft" + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.SERVER_DATA_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.REPLAY_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + "DIMENSION_NAME"+"\u00A7r"); // light gray color
+					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.GRAY +".Minecraft" + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.SERVER_DATA_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.REPLAY_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + "DIMENSION_NAME"+ MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
 					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("This can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging.");
 					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("");
 				}
@@ -327,12 +342,29 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 * @see MessageRegistry
 	 */
 	public void pluginMessageReceived(@NotNull AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		@Nullable ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.networkClientHandlerExecutor();
+		if (executor == null)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("warn");
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		try
+		{
+			executor.execute(() ->
 			{
 				NetworkSession networkSession = this.pluginChannelApi.networkSession;
 				if (networkSession != null)
 				{
 					networkSession.tryHandleMessage(message);
 				}
+			});
+		}
+		catch (RejectedExecutionException e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Plugin message executor rejected");
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -507,10 +539,10 @@ public class ClientApi
 			this.rendererDisabledBecauseOfExceptions = true;
 			LOGGER.error("Unexpected Renderer error in render pass [" + renderPass + "]. Error: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 			
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A74\u00A7l\u00A7uERROR: Distant Horizons renderer has encountered an exception!");
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "" + MinecraftTextFormat.BOLD + "ERROR: Distant Horizons renderer has encountered an exception!" + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A74Renderer disabled to try preventing GL state corruption.");
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Renderer disabled to try preventing GL state corruption." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A74Toggle DH rendering via the config UI to re-activate DH rendering.");
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Toggle DH rendering via the config UI to re-activate DH rendering." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("\u00A74Error: " + e);
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Error: " + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + e);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -529,8 +561,11 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 * The first fade pass.
 	 * Called after MC finishes rendering the opaque passes. 
 	 */
-	public void renderFadeOpaque()
+	public void renderFadeOpaque() // TODO this is actually the transparent pass
 	{
+		DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.getMcTransparentDepthTexture();
+		DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.tryCalculateAsync();
+		
 		// only fade when DH is rendering
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT
 			&&
@@ -551,8 +586,10 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 * Called after MC finishes rendering both opaque
 	 * and transparent passes. 
 	 */
-	public void renderFadeTransparent()
+	public void renderFadeTransparent() // TODO this is actually the opaque pass
 	{
+		DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.getMcOpaqueDepthTexture();
+		
 		// only fade when DH is rendering
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT)
 		{
@@ -581,27 +618,30 @@ public class ClientApi
 	/** Trigger once on key press, with CLIENT PLAYER. */
 	public void keyPressedEvent(int glfwKey)
 	{
-		if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableDebugKeybindings.get())
+		//if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableDebugKeybindings.get())
-		{
+		//{
-			// keybindings are disabled
+		//	// keybindings are disabled
-			return;
+		//	return;
-		}
+		//}
 		
 		
 		if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F8)
 		{
-			Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.set(EDhApiDebugRendering.next(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get()));
+			DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.pause = true;
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F8: Set debug mode to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get());
+			//Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.set(EDhApiDebugRendering.next(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get()));
+			//MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F8: Set debug mode to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get());
 		}
 		else if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F6)
 		{
-			Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.set(EDhApiRendererMode.next(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get()));
+			DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.pause = true;
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F6: Set rendering to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get());
+			//Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.set(EDhApiRendererMode.next(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get()));
+			//MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F6: Set rendering to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get());
 		}
 		else if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_P)
 		{
-			prefLoggerEnabled = !prefLoggerEnabled;
+			DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.pause = true;
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("P: Debug Pref Logger is " + (prefLoggerEnabled ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+			//prefLoggerEnabled = !prefLoggerEnabled;
+			//MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("P: Debug Pref Logger is " + (prefLoggerEnabled ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -655,8 +695,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			
 			// remind the user that this is a development build
 			String message =
-					// green text
+					MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_GREEN + "Distant Horizons: nightly/unstable build, version: [" + ModInfo.VERSION+"]." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
-					"\u00A72" + "Distant Horizons: nightly/unstable build, version: [" + ModInfo.VERSION+"]." + "\u00A7r\n" +
 							"Issues may occur with this version.\n" +
 							"Here be dragons!\n";
 			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(message);
@@ -680,7 +719,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			{
 				String message =
 						// orange text		
-						"\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Low memory detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
+						MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Low memory detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 						"Stuttering or low FPS may occur. \n" +
 						"Please increase Minecraft's available memory to 4 GB or more. \n" +
 						"This warning can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging. \n";
@@ -702,14 +741,12 @@ public class ClientApi
 				this.lastStaticWarningMessageSentMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				
 				String message =
-						// yellow text
+					MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW + "Distant Horizons: High vanilla render distance detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
-						"\u00A7e" + "Distant Horizons: High vanilla render distance detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
 					"Using a high vanilla render distance uses a lot of CPU power \n" +
 					"and doesn't improve graphics much after about 12.\n" +
-						"Lowing your vanilla render distance will give you better FPS\n" +
+					"Lowering your vanilla render distance will give you better FPS\n" +
 					"and reduce stuttering at a similar visual quality.\n" +
-						// gray text		
+					MinecraftTextFormat.GRAY + "A vanilla render distance of 8 is recommended." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
-						"\u00A77" + "A vanilla render distance of 8 is recommended." + "\u00A7r \n" +
 					"This message can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging.\n";
 				MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(message);
 			}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/api/internal/chunkUpdating/ChunkPosQueue.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public class ChunkPosQueue
 		this.furthestQueue.remove(closest);
 		return this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(closest);
 	}
+	@Nullable
 	public ChunkUpdateData popFurthest()
 	{
 		if (this.furthestQueue.isEmpty())

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/api/internal/chunkUpdating/ChunkUpdateQueueManager.java

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating;
 
-import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client.SyncOnLoadRequestQueue;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.EWorldEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
@@ -94,8 +93,11 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		if (remainingSlots <= 0)
 		{
 			ChunkUpdateData removedData = queue.popFurthest();
+			if (removedData != null)
+			{
 				this.queuedChunkWrapperByChunkPos.remove(removedData.chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
 			}
+		}
 		
 		queue.addItem(pos,updateData);
 		this.queuedChunkWrapperByChunkPos.putIfAbsent(pos, updateData.chunkWrapper);
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		{
 			lastOverloadedLogMessageMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 			
-			String message = "\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons overloaded, too many chunks queued for LOD processing. " + "\u00A7r" +
+			String message = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons overloaded, too many chunks queued for LOD processing. " + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING +
 					"\nThis may result in holes in your LODs. " +
 					"\nFix: move through the world slower, decrease your vanilla render distance, slow down your world pre-generator (IE Chunky), or increase the Distant Horizons' CPU thread counts. " +
 					"\nMax queue count [" + SharedApi.CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.maxSize + "] ([" + SharedApi.MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER + "] per thread+players).";

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

@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ public class Config
 		
 		
 		
+		public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> dynamicFadeUseOpaqueMcDepth = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+			.set(true)
+			.comment(""
+				+ "")
+			.build();
+		
+		public static ConfigEntry<String> dynamicFadeExportPath = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
+			.set("C:/Users/James_Seibel/Desktop/")
+			.comment(""
+				+ "")
+			.build();
+		
+		
+		
 		public static class Advanced
 		{
 			// common config links need to have their destination
@@ -457,6 +471,15 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> expandDistantBeacons = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+						.set(true) 
+						.comment(""
+							+ "If true LOD beacon beams will be rendered wider at extreme distances, \n"
+							+ "making them easier to see. \n"
+							+ "If false all LOD beacon beams will only ever be 1 block wide. \n"
+							+ "")
+						.build();
+					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableCloudRendering = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(true)
 							.comment(""

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

@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 	{
 		this.buffersUploaded = false;
 		
-		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
-		{
 		for (GLVertexBuffer buffer : this.vbos)
 		{
 			if (buffer != null)
@@ -312,7 +310,6 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 				buffer.destroyAsync();
 			}
 		}
-		});
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/enums/EMinecraftColor.java

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums;
-
-/**
- * TODO
- * might be deprecated in the future? in that case we'll probably want a wrapper 
- * function to handle colors for new MC versions
- * 
- * source: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Formatting_codes
- */
-public class EMinecraftColor
-{
-}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/enums/MinecraftTextFormat.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums;
+
+/**
+ * might be deprecated in the future? in that case we'll probably want a wrapper 
+ * function to handle colors for new MC versions
+ * <br><br>
+ * source: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Formatting_codes
+ */
+public class MinecraftTextFormat
+{
+	public static final String BLACK = "\u00A70";
+	public static final String DARK_BLUE = "\u00A71";
+	public static final String DARK_GREEN = "\u00A72";
+	public static final String DARK_AQUA = "\u00A73";
+	public static final String DARK_RED = "\u00A74";
+	public static final String DARK_PURPLE = "\u00A75";
+	public static final String ORANGE = "\u00A76";
+	public static final String GRAY = "\u00A77";
+	public static final String DARK_GRAY = "\u00A78";
+	public static final String BLUE = "\u00A79";
+	public static final String GREEN = "\u00A7a";
+	public static final String AQUA = "\u00A7b";
+	public static final String RED = "\u00A7c";
+	public static final String LIGHT_PURPLE = "\u00A7d";
+	public static final String YELLOW = "\u00A7e";
+	public static final String WHITE = "\u00A7f";
+	
+	public static final String OBFUSCATED = "\u00A7k";
+	public static final String BOLD = "\u00A7l";
+	public static final String STRIKETHROUGH = "\u00A7m";
+	public static final String UNDERLINE = "\u00A7n";
+	public static final String ITALIC = "\u00A7o";
+	public static final String CLEAR_FORMATTING = "\u00A7r";
+	
+}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/fullDatafile/GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider.java

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -116,26 +117,22 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	// events //
 	//========//
 	
-	private void onWorldGenTaskComplete(DataSourceRetrievalResult genTaskResult, Throwable exception)
+	private void onWorldGenTaskComplete(@NotNull Long genPos, @Nullable DataSourceRetrievalResult genTaskResult, @Nullable Throwable exception)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			if (exception != null)
 			{
-				return;
-			}
-			
-			if (genTaskResult.state == ERetrievalResultState.FAIL)
-			{
-				LodUtil.assertTrue(genTaskResult.dataSource == null, "Errored retrieval object should not have a datasource.");
-				
 				// don't log shutdown exceptions
 				if (!ExceptionUtil.isInterruptOrReject(exception))
 				{
-					LOGGER.error("Uncaught Gen Task Exception at [" + genTaskResult.pos + "], error: [" + exception.getMessage() + "].", exception);
+					LOGGER.error("Uncaught Gen Task Exception at [" + genPos + "], error: [" + exception.getMessage() + "].", exception);
 				}
+				return;
 			}
-			else if (genTaskResult.state == ERetrievalResultState.SUCCESS)
+			
+			Objects.requireNonNull(genTaskResult);
+			if (genTaskResult.state == ERetrievalResultState.SUCCESS)
 			{
 				LodUtil.assertTrue(genTaskResult.dataSource != null, "Successful retrieval object should have a datasource.");
 				
@@ -310,7 +307,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		}
 		
 		CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult> worldGenFuture = worldGenQueue.submitRetrievalTask(genPos, (byte) (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(genPos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL));
-		worldGenFuture.whenComplete(this::onWorldGenTaskComplete);
+		worldGenFuture.whenComplete((r, e) -> this.onWorldGenTaskComplete(genPos, r, e));
 		
 		return worldGenFuture;
 	}

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

@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ public class PregenManager
 					else
 					{
 						this.fullDataSourceProvider.queuePositionForRetrieval(fullDataSource.getPos())
-							.thenAccept((DataSourceRetrievalResult result) ->
+							.whenComplete((DataSourceRetrievalResult result, Throwable throwable) ->
 							{
-								if (result.state == ERetrievalResultState.FAIL)
+								if (throwable != null)
 								{
 									LOGGER.warn("Failed to generate section " + DhSectionPos.toString(result.pos));
 								}

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

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 	private int estimatedRemainingChunkCount = 0;
 	
 	private final RollingAverage rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs = new RollingAverage(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 500);
-	public RollingAverage getRollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs() { return this.rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs; }
+	@Override public RollingAverage getRollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs() { return this.rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs; }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		// the generator is shutting down, don't add new tasks
 		if (this.generatorClosingFuture != null)
 		{
-			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(DataSourceRetrievalResult.CreateFail());
+			CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult> f = new CompletableFuture<>();
+			f.completeExceptionally(new CancellationException());
+			return f;
 		}
 		
 		// use the existing task if present
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 					}
 					
 					LodUtil.assertTrue(fullDataSource == null);
-					worldGenTask.future.complete(DataSourceRetrievalResult.CreateFail());
+					worldGenTask.future.completeExceptionally(exception);
 				}
 				else
 				{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/generation/tasks/DataSourceRetrievalResult.java

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public class DataSourceRetrievalResult
 	//==============//
 	
 	public static DataSourceRetrievalResult CreateSplit() { return new DataSourceRetrievalResult(ERetrievalResultState.REQUIRES_SPLITTING, 0, null); }
-	public static DataSourceRetrievalResult CreateFail() { return new DataSourceRetrievalResult(ERetrievalResultState.FAIL, 0, null); }
 	public static DataSourceRetrievalResult CreateSuccess(long pos, FullDataSourceV2 generatedDataSource) { return new DataSourceRetrievalResult(ERetrievalResultState.SUCCESS, pos, generatedDataSource); }
 	private DataSourceRetrievalResult(ERetrievalResultState state, long pos, @Nullable FullDataSourceV2 dataSource)
 	{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/generation/tasks/ERetrievalResultState.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks;
 /**
  * SUCCESS <br>
  * REQUIRES_SPLITTING <br>
- * FAIL <br>
  * 
  * @see DataSourceRetrievalResult
  */
@@ -11,5 +10,4 @@ public enum ERetrievalResultState
 {
 	SUCCESS,
 	REQUIRES_SPLITTING,
-	FAIL,
 }

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

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class JarUtils
 	 */
 	public static InputStream accessFile(String resource)
 	{
-		final ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+		final ClassLoader loader = JarUtils.class.getClassLoader();
 		// this is the path within the jar file
 		InputStream input = loader.getResourceAsStream(resource);
 		if (input == null)

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/logging/DhLogger.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.listeners.IConfigListener;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
@@ -302,32 +303,32 @@ public class DhLogger implements IConfigListener
 		String prefix = "[" + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + "] ";
 		if (logLevel == Level.ERROR)
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A74";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.WARN)
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A76";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.INFO)
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A7f";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.AQUA;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.DEBUG)
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A77";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.GREEN;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.TRACE)
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A78";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_GRAY;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			prefix += "\u00A7f";
+			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.WHITE;
 		}
 		
-		prefix += "\u00A7l\u00A7u";
+		prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.BOLD + "" + MinecraftTextFormat.WHITE;
 		prefix += logLevel.name();
-		prefix += ":\u00A7r ";
+		prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + " ";
 		
 		mc_client.sendChatMessage(prefix + message);
 	}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/multiplayer/client/AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ratelimiting.SupplierBasedRateLimiter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhApiWorldProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 
@@ -139,9 +140,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 						break;
 					case REQUIRES_SPLITTING:
 						break;
-					case FAIL:
-						this.failedRequests.incrementAndGet();
-						break;
 				}
 			});
 			
@@ -220,11 +218,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				FullDataSourceResponseMessage.class
 		);
 		requestTask.networkDataSourceFuture = dataSourceNetworkFuture;
-		dataSourceNetworkFuture.handle((FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable) ->
+		
+		Executor networkCompressionExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getNetworkCompressionExecutor();
+		if (networkCompressionExecutor == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		dataSourceNetworkFuture.handleAsync((FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable) ->
 		{
 			this.handleNetResponse(requestTask, response, throwable);
 			return null;
-		});
+		}, networkCompressionExecutor);
 	}
 	private void handleNetResponse(NetRequestTask requestTask, FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable)
 	{
@@ -269,7 +274,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 		catch (RequestRejectedException e)
 		{
 			LOGGER.info("Request rejected by the server, message: [" + e.getMessage() + "].");
-			requestTask.future.complete(DataSourceRetrievalResult.CreateFail());
+			requestTask.future.completeExceptionally(e);
 		}
 		catch (RateLimitedException e)
 		{
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				requestTask.future.complete(DataSourceRetrievalResult.CreateFail());
+				requestTask.future.completeExceptionally(e);
 			}
 		}
 	}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/multiplayer/client/ClientNetworkState.java

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.listeners.ConfigChangeListener;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.config.SessionConfig;
@@ -95,6 +97,15 @@ public class ClientNetworkState implements Closeable
 				|| Math.abs(event.protocolVersion - ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION) < this.closestProtocolVersion)
 			{
 				this.closestProtocolVersion = event.protocolVersion;
+				
+				if (ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION < event.protocolVersion)
+				{
+					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Your mod is outdated. Update to receive LODs on this server.");
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: The server's mod is outdated. Ask the server's owner to update.");
+				}
 			}
 		});
 		

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/multiplayer/fullData/FullDataPayloadReceiver.java

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class FullDataPayloadReceiver implements AutoCloseable
 				return null;
 			}
 			
+			message.buffer.readerIndex(0);
 			composite.addComponent(message.buffer);
 			composite.writerIndex(composite.writerIndex() + message.buffer.writerIndex());
 			LOGGER.debug("Updated full data buffer [" + message.bufferId + "]: [" + composite + "].");

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/pooling/PhantomArrayListPool.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.ShortArrayList;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 					{
 						lowMemoryWarningLogged = true;
 						
-						// orange text
+						String message = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Insufficient memory detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
-						String message = "\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Insufficient memory detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
 								"This may cause stuttering or crashing. \n" +
 								"Potential causes: \n" +
 								"1. your allocated memory isn't high enough \n" +

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

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 	 */
 	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Long> sectionsToReload = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 	private final IDhClientLevel level;
+	/** 
+	 * Note: this doesn't lock all operations as some other threads/operations
+	 * that may traverse the tree while it's being modified.
+	 * IE {@link RenderBufferHandler} will walk through the tree each frame.
+	 */
 	private final ReentrantLock treeLock = new ReentrantLock();
 	
 	private ArrayList<LodRenderSection> debugRenderSections = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -166,7 +171,8 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 		
 		
 		
-		// don't traverse the tree if it is being modified
+		// don't tick the tree if a modification is still going
+		// TODO is this lock necessary for anything beyond this tick method?
 		if (this.treeLock.tryLock())
 		{
 			// this shouldn't be updated while the tree is being iterated through
@@ -508,10 +514,8 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 				continue;
 			}
 			
-			try
-			{
 			// the section only needs to be updated if a buffer is currently present 
-				LodRenderSection renderSection = this.getValue(pos);
+			LodRenderSection renderSection = this.tryGetValue(pos);
 			if (renderSection != null)
 			{
 				if (renderSection.canRender())
@@ -528,9 +532,6 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 				}
 			}
 		}
-			catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
-			{ /* the section is now out of bounds, it doesn't need to be reloaded */ }
-		}
 		this.sectionsToReload.addAll(positionsToRequeue);
 	}
 	private void loadQueuedSections(DhBlockPos2D playerPos, HashSet<LodRenderSection> nodesNeedingLoading)
@@ -622,12 +623,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 					// task finished
 					this.queuedGenerationPosSet.remove(missingPos);
 					
-					// if the task failed re-queue so we can try again
+					if (result.state == ERetrievalResultState.REQUIRES_SPLITTING)
-					if (result.state == ERetrievalResultState.FAIL)
-					{
-						this.missingGenerationPosSet.add(missingPos);
-					}
-					else if (result.state == ERetrievalResultState.REQUIRES_SPLITTING)
 					{
 						DhSectionPos.forEachChild(missingPos, (long childPos) ->
 						{

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

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	 * contains the list of beacons currently being rendered in this section 
 	 * if this list is modified the {@link LodRenderSection#beaconRenderHandler} should be updated to match.
 	 */
-	private final List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeaconList = new ArrayList<>();
+	private final ArrayList<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeaconList = new ArrayList<>();
 	@Nullable
 	public final BeaconRenderHandler beaconRenderHandler;
 	@Nullable
@@ -446,20 +446,15 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 			
 			
 			// stop rendering current beacons
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeacons(this.activeBeaconList);
-			{
-				this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beam.blockPos);
-			}
 			
 			// swap old and new active beacon list
 			this.activeBeaconList.clear();
 			this.activeBeaconList.addAll(activeBeacons);
 			
 			// start rendering new beacon list
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			byte absoluteDetailLevel = (byte)(DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-			{
+			this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacons(this.activeBeaconList, absoluteDetailLevel);
-				this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(beam);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -474,10 +469,7 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		
 		synchronized (this.activeBeaconList)
 		{
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeacons(this.activeBeaconList);
-			{
-				this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beam.blockPos);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -492,10 +484,8 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		
 		synchronized (this.activeBeaconList)
 		{
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			byte absoluteDetailLevel = (byte)(DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-			{
+			this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacons(this.activeBeaconList, absoluteDetailLevel);
-				this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(beam);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	

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

@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiRenderPass;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import org.joml.Matrix4f;
+import org.joml.Vector4f;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL46;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class DepthCalculator
+{
+	
+	public static DepthCalculator INSTANCE = new DepthCalculator();
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
+	
+	
+	private float[] mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues = new float[1];
+	private float[] mcTransparentDepthTextureValues = new float[1];
+	private float[] dhDepthTextureValues = new float[1];
+	private float[] outDepthTextureValues = new float[1];
+	private float lastClosestDhDepth = 1.0f;
+	
+	public float actualMcBlockDistance = 8 * 16; // needs to be non-zero to start DH rendering
+	@Deprecated // Replace with thread pool and an AtomicBool for running state
+	public Thread thread = null;
+	public boolean pause = false;
+	
+	private boolean gotDhDepthThisFrame = false;
+	private boolean gotMcDepthThisFrame = false;
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	private DepthCalculator() { }
+	
+	
+	//======//
+	// test //
+	//======//
+	
+	public void getMcOpaqueDepthTexture() { this.gotMcDepthThisFrame = this.trySetDepthTexture(MC_RENDER.getDepthTextureId(), this.mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues); }
+	public void getMcTransparentDepthTexture() { this.gotMcDepthThisFrame = this.trySetDepthTexture(MC_RENDER.getDepthTextureId(), this.mcTransparentDepthTextureValues); }
+	public void trySetDhDepthTexture() { this.gotDhDepthThisFrame = this.trySetDepthTexture(LodRenderer.INSTANCE.getActiveDepthTextureId(), this.dhDepthTextureValues); }
+	private boolean trySetDepthTexture(int id, float[] outputRef)
+	{
+		// don't change the texture if a process is already running
+		if (this.thread != null)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		this.resizeTexturesIfNeeded();
+		if (id == -1)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		// FIXME this is slow and causes frame stuttering
+		GL46.glGetTextureImage(id, 0, GL32.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL32.GL_FLOAT, outputRef);
+		return true;
+	}
+	private void resizeTexturesIfNeeded()
+	{
+		int width = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+		int height = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+		int elementCount = width * height;
+		if (this.dhDepthTextureValues.length != elementCount)
+		{
+			this.mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues = new float[width * height];
+			this.mcTransparentDepthTextureValues = new float[width * height];
+			
+			this.dhDepthTextureValues = new float[width * height];
+			this.outDepthTextureValues = new float[width * height];
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	public void tryCalculateAsync()
+	{
+		if (this.thread != null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		//if (!this.gotDhDepthThisFrame
+		//	|| !this.gotMcDepthThisFrame)
+		//{
+		//	return;
+		//}
+		
+		if (this.pause)
+		{
+			int k = 0;
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.thread = new Thread(() ->
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				this.calculateDepth();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("async test: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				this.thread = null;
+				this.pause = false;
+			}
+		});
+		this.thread.start();
+	}
+	public void calculateDepth()
+	{
+		int width = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+		int height = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+		int elementCount = width * height;
+		
+		
+		// used to calculate the DH render matrices
+		RenderParams renderParams =
+			new RenderParams(
+				EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE,
+				ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.frameTime,
+				ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix, ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix,
+				ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper
+			);
+		
+		Mat4f dhInvProj = new Mat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		dhInvProj.invert();
+		Matrix4f dhInvProjJoml = dhInvProj.createJomlMatrix();
+		
+		Mat4f dhInvMvm = new Mat4f(renderParams.dhModelViewMatrix);
+		dhInvMvm.invert();
+		Matrix4f dhInvMvmJoml = dhInvMvm.createJomlMatrix(); // TODO can we use JOML for MC 1.16?
+		
+		
+		float[] sampledDistances = new float[9];
+		
+		// find the closest depth value MC hasn't drawn to
+		float closestDhDepth = 1.0f; float closestDhDistance = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+		int closeUIndex = 0; int closeVIndex = 0;
+		for (int u = 0; u < width; u++) // x
+		{
+			for (int v = 0; v < height; v++) // y
+			{
+				int invertedV = height - 1 - v;
+				int i = (invertedV * width) + u;
+				
+				
+				this.outDepthTextureValues[i] = 0.0f;
+				
+				float mcDepth = Config.Client.dynamicFadeUseOpaqueMcDepth.get()
+					? this.mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues[i]
+					: this.mcTransparentDepthTextureValues[i];
+				if (mcDepth < 1.0f) // ignore positions MC has drawn to
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				float dhDepth = this.dhDepthTextureValues[i];
+				if (dhDepth == 1.0f) // ignore positions DH has NOT drawn to
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				this.outDepthTextureValues[i] = dhDepth;
+				
+				
+				// calculate this point's distance from the camera
+				float ndcU = u / (float)width;
+				float ndcV = invertedV / (float)height;
+				float dist = convertDepthToBlockDistance(ndcU, ndcV, dhInvProjJoml, dhInvMvmJoml, dhDepth);
+				
+				//// sample the 9 surrounding pixels to account for off-by-one errors between the MC and DH depth textures
+				//int sampleIndex = 0;
+				//for (int relU = -1; relU < 1; relU++)
+				//{
+				//	for (int relV = -1; relV < 1; relV++)
+				//	{
+				//		invertedV = height - 1 - v + relV;
+				//		i = (invertedV * width) + u + relU;
+				//		dhDepth = this.dhDepthTextureValues[i];
+				//		
+				//		if (v + relV < 0 || v + relV > height
+				//			|| u + relU < 0 || u + relU > width)
+				//		{
+				//			sampledDistances[sampleIndex] = 0.0f;
+				//			sampleIndex++;
+				//		}
+				//		
+				//		// calculate this point's distance from the camera
+				//		float ndcU = u / (float)width;
+				//		float ndcV = invertedV / (float)height;
+				//		float dist = convertDepthToBlockDistance(ndcU, ndcV, dhInvProjJoml, dhInvMvmJoml, dhDepth);
+				//		
+				//		sampledDistances[sampleIndex] = dist;
+				//		sampleIndex++;
+				//	}
+				//}
+				//
+				//
+				//Arrays.sort(sampledDistances);
+				//// return the median element
+				//float dist = sampledDistances[sampledDistances.length / 2];
+				//if (dist == 0.0f)
+				//{
+				//	// the median was 0, return the smallest non-zero element
+				//	for (sampleIndex = 0; sampleIndex < sampledDistances.length; sampleIndex++)
+				//	{
+				//		if (sampledDistances[sampleIndex] != 0.0f)
+				//		{
+				//			dist = sampledDistances[sampleIndex];
+				//			break;
+				//		}
+				//	}
+				//}
+				
+				if (dist < closestDhDistance)
+				{
+					closestDhDepth = dhDepth;
+					closestDhDistance = dist;
+					
+					closeUIndex = u;
+					closeVIndex = invertedV;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		if (this.lastClosestDhDepth != closestDhDepth)
+		{
+			NumberFormat numForm = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(
+				"closest: ["+numForm.format(closestDhDepth)+"]-b["+numForm.format(closestDhDistance)+"]c["+numForm.format(closestDhDistance/16)+"] ("+(closeUIndex)+","+(closeVIndex)+")" +
+					"");
+			
+			this.actualMcBlockDistance = closestDhDistance;
+		}
+		this.lastClosestDhDepth = closestDhDepth;
+		
+		
+		if (this.pause)
+		{
+			// find the range of depth values used by both textures for clearer exporting
+			float closestMcDepth = 1.0f; float furthestMcDepth = 0.0f;
+			float minDhDepth = 1.0f; float maxDhDepth = 0.0f;
+			for (int i = 0; i < elementCount; i++)
+			{
+				float mcDepth = this.mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues[i];
+				if (mcDepth != 0.0f && mcDepth != 1.0f)
+				{
+					if (mcDepth < closestMcDepth)
+					{
+						closestMcDepth = mcDepth;
+					}
+					
+					if (mcDepth > furthestMcDepth)
+					{
+						furthestMcDepth = mcDepth;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				float dhDepth = this.dhDepthTextureValues[i];
+				if (dhDepth != 0.0f && dhDepth != 1.0f)
+				{
+					if (dhDepth < minDhDepth)
+					{
+						minDhDepth = dhDepth;
+					}
+					
+					if (dhDepth > maxDhDepth)
+					{
+						maxDhDepth = dhDepth;
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+			
+			
+			String exportPath = Config.Client.dynamicFadeExportPath.get();
+			
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame("exporting debug textures to: ["+exportPath+"]...");
+			
+			// mc opaque
+			createImg(
+				this.mcOpaqueDepthTextureValues,
+				closeUIndex, closeVIndex,
+				(Float depth) -> { return null; },
+				width, height, closestMcDepth, furthestMcDepth,
+				exportPath+"mc-opaque_depth.png");
+			
+			// mc transparent
+			createImg(
+				this.mcTransparentDepthTextureValues,
+				closeUIndex, closeVIndex,
+				(Float depth) -> { return null; },
+				width, height, closestMcDepth, furthestMcDepth,
+				exportPath+"mc-tran_depth.png");
+			
+			// dh
+			Function<Float, Color> customColorFunc = (Float depth) ->
+			{
+				if (depth == this.lastClosestDhDepth)
+				{
+					return Color.RED;
+				}
+				//else if (depth <= (lastClosestDhDepth + 0.01f))
+				//{
+				//	return Color.ORANGE;
+				//}
+				
+				return null;
+			};
+			createImg(
+				this.dhDepthTextureValues,
+				closeUIndex, closeVIndex,
+				customColorFunc,
+				width, height, minDhDepth, maxDhDepth,
+				exportPath+"dh_depth.png");
+			
+			// temp
+			
+			createImg(
+				this.outDepthTextureValues,
+				closeUIndex, closeVIndex,
+				(Float depth) -> { return null; },
+				width, height, minDhDepth, maxDhDepth,
+				exportPath+"temp_depth.png");
+			
+			int breakPoint = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	/** NDC (Normalized Device Coordinates) must be between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive) */
+	private static float convertDepthToBlockDistance(float ndcU, float ndcV, Matrix4f invProj, Matrix4f invMvm, float depth)
+	{
+		// This assumes depth is scaled to [0, 1]
+		// Transform depth to clip space Z value
+		float z = depth * 2.0f - 1.0f;
+		
+		// Create a vector in clip space
+		Vector4f clipSpacePosition = new Vector4f(ndcU, ndcV, z, 1.0f);
+		
+		// Transform to world space
+		Vector4f worldSpacePosition = clipSpacePosition.mul(invProj);
+		worldSpacePosition.div(worldSpacePosition.w); // Perform perspective divide
+		
+		// Finally apply the inverse model-view matrix to get world space coordinates
+		worldSpacePosition = worldSpacePosition.mul(invMvm);
+		
+		// calculate distance from the camera
+		float distance = worldSpacePosition.distance(0, 0, 0, 0);
+		return distance;
+	}
+	private static void createImg(
+		float[] tex,
+		int nearestU, int nearestV,
+		Function<Float, Color> customColorFunc,
+		int width, int height,
+		float minDepth, float maxDepth,
+		String filePath)
+	{
+		// Create a BufferedImage
+		BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+		
+		for (int u = 0; u < width; u++)
+		{
+			for (int v = 0; v < height; v++)
+			{
+				int invertedY = height - 1 - v;
+				
+				// Normalize the depth value to a grayscale pixel
+				float depthValue = tex[(invertedY * width) + u];
+				Color color = customColorFunc.apply(depthValue);
+				if (color == null)
+				{
+					float normalizedDepth = (depthValue - minDepth) / (maxDepth - minDepth); // Normalize to 0.0 to 1.0
+					normalizedDepth = Math.max(0.0f, Math.min(1.0f, normalizedDepth)); // Clamp to valid range
+					
+					int gray = (int) (normalizedDepth * 255); // Map to 0-255
+					gray = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, gray)); // Clamp to valid range
+					color = new Color(gray, gray, gray);
+				}
+				
+				if (depthValue == 1.0f)
+				{
+					color = new Color(0,0,0,0);
+				}
+				
+				if (u == nearestU)
+				{
+					color = Color.MAGENTA;
+				}
+				else if (invertedY == nearestV)
+				{
+					color = Color.ORANGE;
+				}
+				
+				image.setRGB(u, v, color.getRGB());
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// Write the image to a file
+		try
+		{
+			ImageIO.write(image, "png", new File(filePath));
+		}
+		catch (IOException e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Unable to write texture to file, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
+}

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

@@ -204,17 +204,17 @@ public class DhTerrainShaderProgram extends ShaderProgram implements IDhApiShade
 		this.setUniform(this.uIsWhiteWorld, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableWhiteWorld.get());
 		
 		// Clip Uniform
-		float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(renderParameters.partialTicks);
+		float dhNearClipDistance = 0.1f;//RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(renderParameters.partialTicks);
-		if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())
+		//if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())
-		{
+		//{
-			// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
+		//	// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
-			dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
+		//	dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
-		}
+		//}
 		// if the player is very high up and the near clip plane has been modified, disable the distance clipping
 		// we're high enough that nothing will render on top of the player and this can cause issues otherwise
 		if (RenderUtil.getHeightBasedNearClipOverride() != -1)
 		{
-			dhNearClipDistance = 1.0f;
+			dhNearClipDistance = 1.0f; // TODO does this actually disable anything?
 		}
 		this.setUniform(this.uClipDistance, dhNearClipDistance);
 	}

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

@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ public class LodRenderer
 			profiler.popPush("LOD Opaque");
 			this.renderLodPass(lodShaderProgram, renderBufferHandler, renderParams, /*opaquePass*/ true);
 			
+			DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.trySetDhDepthTexture();
+			
 			// custom objects with SSAO
 			if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.enableGenericRendering.get())
 			{
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		return true;
 	}
 	
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
+	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // done to ignore DhApiColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent
 	private void createAndBindTextures()
 	{
 		int oldWidth = this.textureWidth;

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

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShad
 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.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.*;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 	/** how often should we check if a beacon should be culled? */
 	private static final int MAX_CULLING_FREQUENCY_IN_MS = 1_000;
 	
+	private static final Comparator<BeaconBeamDTO> NEGATIVE_BLOCKPOS_COMPARATOR = new NegativeInfiniteBlockPosComparator();
+	
 	
 	
 	private final ReentrantLock updateLock = new ReentrantLock();
@@ -89,18 +91,72 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 	// render handling //
 	//=================//
 	
-	public void startRenderingBeacon(BeaconBeamDTO beacon)
+	public void startRenderingBeacons(ArrayList<BeaconBeamDTO> beaconList, byte detailLevel)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			this.updateLock.lock();
 			
-			if (this.beaconBlockPosSet.add(beacon.blockPos))
+			
+			// how wide should each beacon be?
+			int beaconBlockWidth = 1;
+			if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.expandDistantBeacons.get())
 			{
+				beaconBlockWidth = DhSectionPos.getBlockWidth(detailLevel);
+			}
+			
+			
+			ArrayList<BeaconBeamDTO> sortedBeaconList = new ArrayList<>(beaconList);
+			
+			// merge distant beams if requested
+			if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.expandDistantBeacons.get())
+			{
+				// sort beacons from neg inf -> pos inf
+				// so we can consistently merge adjacent beacons
+				sortedBeaconList.sort(NEGATIVE_BLOCKPOS_COMPARATOR);
+				
+				// go through each beacon...
+				for (int outerIndex = 0; outerIndex < sortedBeaconList.size(); outerIndex++)
+				{
+					BeaconBeamDTO outerBeacon = sortedBeaconList.get(outerIndex);
+					DhBlockPos outerBlockPos = outerBeacon.blockPos;
+					
+					// ...and remove any beacons that are within the block width to prevent overlaps
+					for (int mergeIndex = outerIndex + 1; mergeIndex < sortedBeaconList.size(); mergeIndex++)
+					{
+						BeaconBeamDTO beaconToMerge = sortedBeaconList.get(mergeIndex);
+						DhBlockPos mergeBlockPos = beaconToMerge.blockPos;
+						
+						int xDiff = mergeBlockPos.getX() - outerBlockPos.getX();
+						int zDiff = mergeBlockPos.getZ() - outerBlockPos.getZ();
+						
+						// merge (remove) this beacon if
+						// it's close to the outer beacon
+						if (xDiff < beaconBlockWidth
+							&& zDiff < beaconBlockWidth)
+						{
+							sortedBeaconList.remove(mergeIndex);
+							mergeIndex--; // minus 1 so we don't go past the end of the array when incrementing in the for loop up top
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			
+			// add each beacon to the renderer
+			for (int i = 0; i < sortedBeaconList.size(); i++)
+			{
+				BeaconBeamDTO beacon = sortedBeaconList.get(i);
+				if (!this.beaconBlockPosSet.add(beacon.blockPos))
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				
 				int maxBeaconBeamHeight = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.beaconRenderHeight.get();
 				DhApiRenderableBox beaconBox = new DhApiRenderableBox(
 					new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX(), beacon.blockPos.getY() + 1, beacon.blockPos.getZ()),
-						new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX() + 1, maxBeaconBeamHeight, beacon.blockPos.getZ() + 1),
+					new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX() + beaconBlockWidth, maxBeaconBeamHeight, beacon.blockPos.getZ() + beaconBlockWidth),
 					beacon.color,
 					EDhApiBlockMaterial.ILLUMINATED
 				);
@@ -116,14 +172,21 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public void stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(DhBlockPos beaconPos)
+	public void stopRenderingBeacons(ArrayList<BeaconBeamDTO> beaconList)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			this.updateLock.lock();
 			
-			if (this.beaconBlockPosSet.remove(beaconPos))
+			for (int i = 0; i < beaconList.size(); i++)
 			{
+				BeaconBeamDTO beacon = beaconList.get(i);
+				DhBlockPos beaconPos = beacon.blockPos;
+				if (!this.beaconBlockPosSet.remove(beaconPos))
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
 				Predicate<DhApiRenderableBox> removePredicate = (DhApiRenderableBox box) ->
 				{
 					return box.minPos.x == beaconPos.getX()
@@ -255,4 +318,28 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 	}
 	
 	
+	
+	//================//
+ 	// helper classes //
+ 	//================//
+	
+	private static class NegativeInfiniteBlockPosComparator implements Comparator<BeaconBeamDTO>
+	{
+		@Override
+		public int compare(BeaconBeamDTO beacon1, BeaconBeamDTO beacon2)
+		{
+			DhBlockPos blockPos1 = beacon1.blockPos;
+			DhBlockPos blockPos2 = beacon2.blockPos;
+			
+			// sort by X, then by Z
+			if (blockPos1.getX() != blockPos2.getX())
+			{
+				return Integer.compare(blockPos1.getX(), blockPos2.getX());
+			}
+			return Integer.compare(blockPos1.getZ(), blockPos2.getZ());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
 }

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

@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public class CloudRenderHandler
 	
 	private static boolean[][] getCloudsFromTexture() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
 	{
-		final ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+		final ClassLoader loader = CloudRenderHandler.class.getClassLoader();
 		
 		boolean[][] whitePixels = null;
 		try(InputStream imageInputStream = loader.getResourceAsStream(CLOUD_RESOURCE_TEXTURE_PATH))

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.shaders;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.shader.ShaderProgram;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public class VanillaFadeShader extends AbstractShaderRenderer
 		
 		float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(partialTicks);
 		// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
-		dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
+		//dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
 		
 		// measured in blocks
 		// these multipliers in James' tests should provide a fairly smooth transition

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/DatabaseUpdater.java

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class DatabaseUpdater
 	/** @throws NullPointerException if any of the script files failed to be read. */
 	private static ArrayList<SqlScript> getAutoUpdateScripts() throws NullPointerException, IOException
 	{
-		final ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+		final ClassLoader loader = DatabaseUpdater.class.getClassLoader();
 		
 		
 		// get the script list

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/dto/BeaconBeamDTO.java

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public class BeaconBeamDTO implements IBaseDTO<DhBlockPos>, INetworkObject
 	public void close()
 	{ /* no closing needed */ }
 	
+	@Override 
+	public String toString() { return this.blockPos + " " + this.color; }
+	
 	
 	
 }

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

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DepthCalculator;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
@@ -127,13 +129,16 @@ public class RenderUtil
 	}
 	public static float getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(float partialTicks)
 	{
-		float overdraw = getAutoOverdrawPrevention();
+		//float overdraw = getAutoOverdrawPrevention();
-		return getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(partialTicks, overdraw);
+		//return getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(partialTicks, overdraw);
+		
+		return DepthCalculator.INSTANCE.actualMcBlockDistance;
 	}
 	private static float getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(float partialTicks, float overdrawPreventionPercent)
 	{
 		int chunkRenderDistance = MC_RENDER.getRenderDistance();
-		int vanillaBlockRenderedDistance = chunkRenderDistance * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
+		//float chunkRenderDistance = ClientApi.actualMcBlockDistance / 16.0f;
+		float vanillaBlockRenderedDistance = chunkRenderDistance * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 		
 		float nearClipPlane;
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/util/objects/quadTree/QuadTree.java

@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.gridList.MovableGridRingList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayFIFOQueue;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongIterator;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.LongConsumer;
 
 /**
@@ -98,9 +96,27 @@ public class QuadTree<T>
 	// getters and setters //
 	//=====================//
 	
+	/** @return the value at the given section position. Null will be returned if the value is missing or the position is out of bounds. */
+	@Nullable
+	public final T tryGetValue(long pos)
+	{
+		QuadNode<T> node = this.tryGetNode(pos);
+		if (node != null)
+		{
+			return node.value;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	/** @return the node at the given section position, null if out of bounds */
+	@Nullable
+	public final QuadNode<T> tryGetNode(long pos) { return this.getOrSetNode(pos, false, null, false); }
+	
+	
 	/** @return the node at the given section position */
 	@Nullable
 	public final QuadNode<T> getNode(long pos) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException { return this.getOrSetNode(pos, false, null, true); }
+	
 	/** @return the value at the given section position */
 	@Nullable
 	public final T getValue(long pos) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
@@ -122,16 +138,24 @@ public class QuadTree<T>
 		return previousValue;
 	}
 	
-	/** @param runBoundaryChecks should only ever be set to true internally for removing out of bound nodes */
+	/** @param throwIfOutOfBounds if false returns null */
 	@Nullable
-	protected final QuadNode<T> getOrSetNode(long pos, boolean setNewValue, T newValue, boolean runBoundaryChecks) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+	protected final QuadNode<T> getOrSetNode(long pos, boolean setNewValue, T newValue, boolean throwIfOutOfBounds) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
 	{
-		if (runBoundaryChecks && !this.isSectionPosInBounds(pos))
+		if (!this.isSectionPosInBounds(pos))
+		{
+			// how should out-of-bounds positions be handled?
+			if (throwIfOutOfBounds)
 			{
 				int radius = this.diameterInBlocks() / 2;
-			DhBlockPos2D minPos = this.getCenterBlockPos().add(new DhBlockPos2D(-radius, -radius));
+				DhBlockPos2D minBlockPos = this.getCenterBlockPos().add(new DhBlockPos2D(-radius, -radius));
-			DhBlockPos2D maxPos = this.getCenterBlockPos().add(new DhBlockPos2D(radius, radius));
+				DhBlockPos2D maxBlockPos = this.getCenterBlockPos().add(new DhBlockPos2D(radius, radius));
-			throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("QuadTree GetOrSet failed. Position out of bounds, min pos: " + minPos + ", max pos: " + maxPos + ", min detail level: " + this.treeLeafDetailLevel + ", max detail level: " + this.treeRootDetailLevel + ". Given Position: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(pos) + "] = block pos: " + DhSectionPos.convertToDetailLevel(pos, LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL));
+				throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("QuadTree GetOrSet failed. Position out of bounds, min block pos: [" + minBlockPos + "], max block pos: [" + maxBlockPos + "], leaf detail level: [" + this.treeLeafDetailLevel + "], root detail level: [" + this.treeRootDetailLevel + "]. Requested section pos: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(pos) + "].");
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -278,46 +302,6 @@ public class QuadTree<T>
 				removedItemConsumer.accept(quadNode.value);
 			}
 		});
-
-
-//		// remove out of bound nodes and clean up empty nodes
-//		// Note: this will iterate over a lot of unnecessary nodes, hopefully speed won't be an issue
-//		Iterator<DhSectionPos> rootNodePosIterator = this.rootNodePosIterator();
-//		while (rootNodePosIterator.hasNext())
-//		{
-//			// get the root node (regular nodeIterators won't return them if they are out of bounds)
-//			DhSectionPos rootPos = rootNodePosIterator.next();
-//			QuadNode<T> rootNode = this.getOrSetNode(rootPos, false, null, false);
-//			if (rootNode == null)
-//			{
-//				continue;
-//			}
-//			
-//			// remove any child nodes that are out of bounds
-//			Iterator<QuadNode<T>> nodeIterator = this.nodeIterator();
-//			while (nodeIterator.hasNext())
-//			{
-//				QuadNode<T> node = nodeIterator.next();
-//				if(!this.isSectionPosInBounds(node.sectionPos))
-//				{
-//					// node is out of bounds
-//					
-//					// FIXME(?) this appears to potentially return large nodes that are partially or entirely in bounds
-//					
-//					if (node.getNonNullChildCount() == 0)
-//					{
-//						// no child nodes, can be safely removed
-//						nodeIterator.remove();
-//					}
-//					else
-//					{
-//						// node can't be removed, but its value can be set to null
-//						node.value = null;
-//					}
-//				}
-//			}
-//		}
-		
 	}
 	
 	public final DhBlockPos2D getCenterBlockPos() { return this.centerBlockPos; }
@@ -544,7 +528,9 @@ public class QuadTree<T>
 					&& this.rootNodeIterator.hasNext())
 			{
 				long sectionPos = this.rootNodeIterator.nextLong();
-				QuadNode<T> rootNode = QuadTree.this.getNode(sectionPos);
+				
+				// try-get to prevent concurrency errors if the tree is being moved while we walk through it
+				QuadNode<T> rootNode = QuadTree.this.tryGetNode(sectionPos);
 				if (rootNode != null)
 				{
 					nodeIterator = this.onlyReturnLeaves ? rootNode.getLeafNodeIterator() : rootNode.getNodeIterator(this.stopIteratingFunc);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/util/objects/quadTree/iterators/QuadTreeNodeIterator.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 public class QuadTreeNodeIterator<T> implements Iterator<QuadNode<T>>
 {
 	/** lowest numerical value, inclusive */
-	private final byte highestDetailLevel;
+	private final byte leafDetailLevel;
 	
 	
 	private final Queue<QuadNode<T>> validNodesForDetailLevel = new ArrayDeque<>();
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ public class QuadTreeNodeIterator<T> implements Iterator<QuadNode<T>>
 	{
 		this.onlyReturnLeafValues = onlyReturnLeafValues;
 		this.stopIteratingFunc = stopIteratingFunc;
-		// TODO the naming conversion for these are flipped in a lot of places
+		this.leafDetailLevel = rootNode.parentTreeLeafDetailLevel;
-		this.highestDetailLevel = rootNode.parentTreeLeafDetailLevel;
 		this.iteratorDetailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(rootNode.sectionPos);
 		
 		
@@ -110,9 +109,9 @@ public class QuadTreeNodeIterator<T> implements Iterator<QuadNode<T>>
 	@Override
 	public QuadNode<T> next()
 	{
-		if (this.iteratorDetailLevel < this.highestDetailLevel)
+		if (this.iteratorDetailLevel < this.leafDetailLevel)
 		{
-			throw new NoSuchElementException("Highest detail level reached [" + this.highestDetailLevel + "].");
+			throw new NoSuchElementException("Leaf detail level reached [" + this.leafDetailLevel + "].");
 		}
 		if (this.iteratorNodeQueue.size() == 0)
 		{
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ public class QuadTreeNodeIterator<T> implements Iterator<QuadNode<T>>
 			
 			this.iteratorDetailLevel--;
 			// only continue if we can go down farther
-			if (this.iteratorDetailLevel >= this.highestDetailLevel)
+			if (this.iteratorDetailLevel >= this.leafDetailLevel)
 			{
 				Queue<QuadNode<T>> parentNodes = new LinkedList<>(this.validNodesForDetailLevel);
 				this.validNodesForDetailLevel.clear();

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/util/threading/ThreadPoolUtil.java

@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ public class ThreadPoolUtil
 	@Nullable
 	public static ThreadPoolExecutor getBeaconCullingExecutor() { return beaconCullingThreadPool; }
 	
+	// The main distinction between these thread pools is that one for compression has multiple threads and client handler is single-threaded
 	private static PriorityTaskPicker.Executor networkCompressionThreadPool;
 	@Nullable
 	public static PriorityTaskPicker.Executor getNetworkCompressionExecutor() { return networkCompressionThreadPool; }
 	
+	private static ThreadPoolExecutor networkClientHandlerThreadPool;
+	@Nullable
+	public static ThreadPoolExecutor networkClientHandlerExecutor() { return networkClientHandlerThreadPool; }
 	
 	
 	public static final String FULL_DATA_MIGRATION_THREAD_NAME = "Full Data Migration";
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ public class ThreadPoolUtil
 		}
 		taskPicker = new PriorityTaskPicker();
 		
-		networkCompressionThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor("Network");
+		networkCompressionThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor("Network Compression");
+		networkClientHandlerThreadPool = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool("Network Client Handler");
 		fileHandlerThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor("IO");
 		renderSectionLoadThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor("Render Loader");
 		chunkToLodBuilderThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor("LOD Builder");
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ public class ThreadPoolUtil
 	public static void shutdownThreadPools()
 	{
 		// standalone threads
+		networkClientHandlerThreadPool.shutdownNow();
 		taskPicker.shutdownNow();
 		beaconCullingThreadPool.shutdown();
 		fullDataMigrationThreadPool.shutdown();

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

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientServerLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhClientServerLev
 					LOGGER.fatal("Failed to load client-server level, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 					
 					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(// red text		
-						"\u00A7c" + "Distant Horizons: ClientServer level loading failed." + "\u00A7r \n" +
+						MinecraftTextFormat.RED + "Distant Horizons: ClientServer level loading failed." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 						"Unable to load level ["+levelWrapper.getDhIdentifier()+"], LODs may not appear. See log for more information.");
 					
 					return null;

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

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ClientOnlySaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ public class DhClientWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWorld
 				{
 					LOGGER.fatal("Failed to load client level, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 					
-					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(// red text		
+					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(
-						"\u00A7c" + "Distant Horizons: Client level loading failed." + "\u00A7r \n" +
+						MinecraftTextFormat.RED + "Distant Horizons: Client level loading failed." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 						"Unable to load level ["+clientLevelWrapper.getDhIdentifier()+"], LODs may not appear. See log for more information.");
 					
 					return null;

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

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhServerLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ public class DhServerWorld extends AbstractDhServerWorld<DhServerLevel>
 				{
 					LOGGER.fatal("Failed to load server level, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 					
-					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(// red text		
+					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(
-						"\u00A7c" + "Distant Horizons: Server level loading failed." + "\u00A7r \n" +
+						MinecraftTextFormat.RED + "Distant Horizons: Server level loading failed." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 						"Unable to load level ["+serverLevelWrapper.getDhIdentifier()+"], LODs may not appear. See log for more information.");
 					
 					return null;

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/minecraft/IMinecraftRenderWrapper.java

@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ public interface IMinecraftRenderWrapper extends IBindable
 	/** @return -1 if no valid framebuffer is available yet */
 	int getTargetFramebuffer(); // Note: Iris is now hooking onto this for DH + Iris compat, try not to change (unless we wanna deal with some annoyances)
 								//          Iris commit: https://github.com/IrisShaders/Iris/commit/a76a240527e93780bbcba57c09bef377419d47a7#diff-7b9ded0c79bbcdb130010373387756a28ee8d3640d522c0a5b7acd0abbfc20aeR16
+	/** @return -1 if there was an issue or no texture exists */
 	int getDepthTextureId();
+	/** @return -1 if there was an issue or no texture exists */
 	int getColorTextureId();
 	int getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
 	int getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();

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

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
   "distanthorizons.config.client.optionsButton.@tooltip":
     "Show the config button to the left of the fov button",
 
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.dynamicFadeUseOpaqueMcDepth":
+    "Dynamic Fade Use MC Opaque Depth",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.dynamicFadeExportPath":
+    "Dynamic Fade Export Path",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.dynamicFadeExportPath.@tooltip":
+    "Press 'p' to export the depth textures for troubleshooting",
     
     
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced":
@@ -227,6 +233,10 @@
     "Beacon render height",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.beaconRenderHeight.@tooltip":
     "Sets the maximum height at which beacons will render. \nThis will only affect new beacons coming into LOD render distance. \nBeacons currently visible in LOD chunks will not be affected.",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.expandDistantBeacons": 
+    "Expand Distant Beacons",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.expandDistantBeacons.@tooltip":
+    "If true LOD beacon beams will be rendered wider at extreme distances, \nmaking them easier to see. \nIf false all LOD beacon beams will only ever be 1 block wide.",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableBeaconRendering.@tooltip":
     "If true LOD beacon beams will be rendered.",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableCloudRendering":