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Channel name should be 20 chars or shorter for compatibility with old version of Minecraft.
2026-01-05 21:32:41 +01:00 · 2026-01-03 23:36:46 +01:00
290 changed files with 16533 additions and 11313 deletions
@@ -2,26 +2,10 @@ import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar

 plugins {
    id "java"
-    id "com.gradleup.shadow"
+
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version '8.1.1' apply false
 }

-repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
-}
-
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-    options.release = 8
-    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-}
-
-configurations {
-    testImplementation.extendsFrom compileOnly
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    compileOnly "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${rootProject.log4j_version}"
-    testImplementation "junit:junit:4.13"
-}

 shadowJar {
    // required for basic shadowJar setup
@@ -37,7 +21,7 @@ task addSourcesToCompiledJar(type: ShadowJar) {
    doFirst {
        System.out.println("Adding source files from: \n" +
                "[" + sourceJarPath + "] to compiled API jar: \n" +
-                "[" + shadowJar.archiveFile.get().asFile + "]")
+                "[" + shadowJar.archivePath + "]")
        
        // Validate the input JAR file
        if (!secondJarFile.exists()) {
@@ -58,7 +42,7 @@ task addSourcesToCompiledJar(type: ShadowJar) {
    }
    
    // set the jars to merge
-    from shadowJar.archiveFile.get().asFile
+    from shadowJar.archivePath
    from secondJarFile
    
    // alternative method to Include the source files in the combined JAR
@@ -35,12 +35,29 @@ public enum EDhApiGpuUploadMethod
 	/** Picks the best option based on the GPU the user has. */
 	AUTO(false, false),
 	
+	// commented out since it isn't currently in use
+	//BUFFER_STORAGE_MAPPING(true, true),
+	
 	/** Fast rendering, no stuttering. */
 	BUFFER_STORAGE(false, true),
 	
 	/** Fast rendering but may stutter when uploading. */
 	SUB_DATA(false, false),
 	
+	///** Don't upload, only should be used for debugging */
+	//@Deprecated
+	//NONE(false, false),
+	
+	/**
+	 * May end up storing buffers in System memory. <br>
+	 * Fast rending if in GPU memory, slow if in system memory, <br>
+	 * but won't stutter when uploading.
+	 * 
+	 * @deprecated not currently supported
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	BUFFER_MAPPING(true, false),
+	
 	/** Fast rendering but may stutter when uploading. */
 	DATA(false, false);
 	
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-
-/**
- * AUTO, <br>
- * OPEN_GL, <br>
- * BLAZE_3D, <br><br>
- *
- * @since API 6.0.0
- * @version 2026-3-10
- */
-public enum EDhApiRenderApi
-{
-	AUTO,
-	OPEN_GL,
-	BLAZE_3D;
-	
-}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public enum EDhApiVerticalQuality
 	
 	
 	
-	public int calculateMaxNumberOfVerticalSlicesAtDetailLevel(byte dataDetail)
+	public int calculateMaxVerticalData(byte dataDetail)
 	{
 		// for detail levels lower than what the enum defines, use the lowest quality item
 		int index = MathUtil.clamp(0, dataDetail, this.maxVerticalData.length - 1);
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ public enum EDhApiDebugRendering
 	SHOW_BLOCK_MATERIAL,
 	
 	/** Only draw overlapping LOD quads. */
-	SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS;
+	SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS,
+	
+	/** LOD colors are based on renderSource flags. */
+	SHOW_RENDER_SOURCE_FLAG;
+	
 	
 	public static EDhApiDebugRendering next(EDhApiDebugRendering type)
 	{
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ public enum EDhApiDebugRendering
 			case SHOW_BLOCK_MATERIAL:
 				return SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS;
 			case SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS:
-				return OFF;
+				return SHOW_RENDER_SOURCE_FLAG;
 			default:
 				return OFF;
 		}
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ public enum EDhApiDebugRendering
 		switch (type)
 		{
 			case OFF:
+				return SHOW_RENDER_SOURCE_FLAG;
+			case SHOW_RENDER_SOURCE_FLAG:
 				return SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS;
 			case SHOW_OVERLAPPING_QUADS:
 				return SHOW_DETAIL;
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering;

 /**
- * DEFAULT <br>
- * DEBUG_TRIANGLE <br>
- * DISABLED <br>
+ * Default <br>
+ * Debug <br>
+ * Disabled <br>
 *
 * @since API 2.0.0
- * @version 2026-03-23
+ * @version 2024-4-6
 */
 public enum EDhApiRendererMode
 {
 	DEFAULT,
-	DEBUG_TRIANGLE,
+	DEBUG,
 	DISABLED;
 	
 	
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public enum EDhApiRendererMode
 		switch (type)
 		{
 			case DEFAULT:
-				return DEBUG_TRIANGLE;
-			case DEBUG_TRIANGLE:
+				return DEBUG;
+			case DEBUG:
 				return DISABLED;
 			default:
 				return DEFAULT;
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ public enum EDhApiRendererMode
 		{
 			case DEFAULT:
 				return DISABLED;
-			case DEBUG_TRIANGLE:
+			case DEBUG:
 				return DEFAULT;
 			default:
-				return DEBUG_TRIANGLE;
+				return DEBUG;
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.config.IDhApiConfigGroup;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.config.IDhApiConfigValue;

 /**
- * Distant Horizons' SSAO configuration. <br><br>
+ * Distant Horizons' fog configuration. <br><br>
 *
 * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2026-02-05
+ * @version 2022-9-6
 * @since API 1.0.0
 */
 public interface IDhApiAmbientOcclusionConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
@@ -34,4 +34,32 @@ public interface IDhApiAmbientOcclusionConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	/** Determines if Ambient Occlusion is rendered */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> enabled();
 	
+	/** 
+	 * Determines how many points in space are sampled for the occlusion test. 
+	 * Higher numbers will improve quality and reduce banding, but will increase GPU load. 
+	 */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> sampleCount();
+	
+	/** Determines the radius Screen Space Ambient Occlusion is applied, measured in blocks. */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> radius();
+	
+	/** Determines how dark the Screen Space Ambient Occlusion effect will be. */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> strength();
+	
+	/** Increasing the value can reduce banding at the cost of reducing the strength of the effect. */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> bias();
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Determines how dark the occlusion shadows can be. <br> 
+	 * 0 = totally black at the corners <br>
+	 * 1 = no shadow
+	 */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> minLight();
+	
+	/**
+	 * The radius, measured in pixels, that blurring is calculated. <br>
+	 * Higher numbers will reduce banding at the cost of GPU performance.
+	 */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> blurRadius();
+	
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public interface IDhApiFarFogConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	 * 0.0 = fog starts at the camera <br>
 	 * 1.0 = fog starts at the edge of the fake chunk render distance <br>
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogStartDistance();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogStartDistance();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Defines where the fog ends as a percent of the radius
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ public interface IDhApiFarFogConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	 * 0.0 = fog ends at the camera <br>
 	 * 1.0 = fog ends at the edge of the fake chunk render distance <br>
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogEndDistance();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogEndDistance();
 	
 	/** Defines how opaque the fog is at its thinnest point. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogMinThickness();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogMinThickness();
 	
 	/** Defines how opaque the fog is at its thickest point. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogMaxThickness();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogMaxThickness();
 	
 	/** Defines how the fog changes in thickness. */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff> farFogFalloff();
 	
 	/** Defines the fog density. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogDensity();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogDensity();
 	
 }
@@ -124,19 +124,19 @@ public interface IDhApiGraphicsConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	 * 
 	 * @since API 2.0.0
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> overdrawPreventionRadius();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> overdrawPreventionRadius();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Modifies how bright fake chunks are. <br>
 	 * This is done when generating the vertex data and is applied before any shaders.
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> brightnessMultiplier();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> brightnessMultiplier();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Modifies how saturated fake chunks are. <br>
 	 * This is done when generating the vertex data and is applied before any shaders.
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> saturationMultiplier();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> saturationMultiplier();
 	
 	/** Defines if Distant Horizons should attempt to cull fake chunk cave geometry. */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> caveCullingEnabled();
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ public interface IDhApiGraphicsConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	/** If enabled vanilla chunk rendering is disabled and only fake chunks are rendered. */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> lodOnlyMode();
 	
+	/**
+	 * Setting this to a non-zero number will modify vanilla Minecraft's LOD Bias,
+	 * increasing how quickly its textures fade away.
+	 */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> lodBias();
+	
 	/**
 	 * Determines how LODs should be shaded.
 	 *
@@ -52,24 +52,24 @@ public interface IDhApiHeightFogConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	 * Defines the height fog's base height if {@link IDhApiHeightFogConfig#heightFogDirection()}
 	 * is set to use a specific height.
 	 */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogBaseHeight();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogBaseHeight();
 	
 	/** Defines the height fog's starting height as a percent of the world height. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogStartingHeightPercent();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogStartingHeightPercent();
 	
 	/** Defines the height fog's ending height as a percent of the world height. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogEndingHeightPercent();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogEndingHeightPercent();
 	
 	/** Defines how opaque the height fog is at its thinnest point. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogMinThickness();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogMinThickness();
 	
 	/** Defines how opaque the height fog is at its thickest point. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogMaxThickness();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogMaxThickness();
 	
 	/** Defines how the height fog changes in thickness. */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff> heightFogFalloff();
 	
 	/** Defines the height fog's density. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogDensity();
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogDensity();
 	
 }
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ public interface IDhApiNoiseTextureConfig extends IDhApiConfigGroup
 	/** Defines how many steps of noise should be applied. */
 	IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> noiseSteps();
 	
-	/** Defines how intense the noise will be, between 0.0 and 1.0. */
-	IDhApiConfigValue<Float> noiseIntensity();
+	/** Defines how intense the noise will be. */
+	IDhApiConfigValue<Double> noiseIntensity();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Defines how far should the noise texture render before it fades away. (in blocks) <br>
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.data;

 /**
- * Can be used to drastically speed up repeat read operations in {@link IDhApiTerrainDataRepo}. <br><br>
- * 
- * Once you are done with this cache, closing it will free up any objects
- * the cache is holding. This can reduce Garbage Collector overhead and reduce stuttering.
- * 
+ * Can be used to drastically speed up repeat read operations in {@link IDhApiTerrainDataRepo}.
+ *
 * @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 * 
 * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2026-1-29
+ * @version 2024-7-14
 * @since API 3.0.0
 */
-public interface IDhApiTerrainDataCache extends AutoCloseable
+public interface IDhApiTerrainDataCache // TODO should this be AutoClosable?
 {
 	/**
 	 * Removes any data that's currently stored in this cache.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.data.DhApiTerrainDataPoint;
 * @see IDhApiTerrainDataCache
 * 
 * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2026-02-03
+ * @version 2023-6-22
 * @since API 1.0.0
 */
 public interface IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
@@ -42,17 +42,24 @@ public interface IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
 	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper, int, int, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosY, int blockPosZ) { return this.getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(levelWrapper, blockPosX, blockPosY, blockPosZ, null); }
 	/** 
 	 * Returns the terrain datapoint at the given block position, at/or containing the given Y position. 
 	 * @since API 3.0.0
 	 */
 	DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosY, int blockPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache);
+	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#getColumnDataAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper, int, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> getColumnDataAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosZ) { return this.getColumnDataAtBlockPos(levelWrapper, blockPosX, blockPosZ, null); }
 	/** 
 	 * Returns every datapoint in the column located at the given block X and Z position top to bottom. 
 	 * @since API 3.0.0 
 	 */
 	DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> getColumnDataAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache);
 	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper, int, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ) { return this.getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(levelWrapper, chunkPosX, chunkPosZ, null); }
 	/**
 	 * Returns every datapoint in the given chunk's X and Z position. <br><br>
 	 *
@@ -64,6 +71,8 @@ public interface IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	 */
 	DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache);
 	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper, int, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int regionPosX, int regionPosZ) { return this.getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(levelWrapper, regionPosX, regionPosZ, null); }
 	/**
 	 * Returns every datapoint in the given region's X and Z position. <br><br>
 	 *
@@ -75,6 +84,8 @@ public interface IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	 */
 	DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int regionPosX, int regionPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache);
 	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#getAllTerrainDataAtDetailLevelAndPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper, byte, int, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, byte detailLevel, int posX, int posZ) { return this.getAllTerrainDataAtDetailLevelAndPos(levelWrapper, detailLevel, posX, posZ, null); }
 	/**
 	 * Returns every datapoint in the column located at the given detail level and X/Z position. <br>
 	 * This can be used to return terrain data for non-standard sizes (IE 2x2 blocks or 2x2 chunks).
@@ -90,6 +101,21 @@ public interface IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	
 	
 	
+	/** @see IDhApiTerrainDataRepo#raycast(IDhApiLevelWrapper, double, double, double, float, float, float, int, IDhApiTerrainDataCache) */
+	default DhApiResult<DhApiRaycastResult> raycast(
+			IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper,
+			double rayOriginX, double rayOriginY, double rayOriginZ,
+			float rayDirectionX, float rayDirectionY, float rayDirectionZ,
+			int maxRayBlockLength)
+	{
+		return this.raycast(
+				levelWrapper,
+				rayOriginX, rayOriginY, rayOriginZ,
+				rayDirectionX, rayDirectionY, rayDirectionZ,
+				maxRayBlockLength,
+				null);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the datapoint and position of the LOD
 	 * at the end of the given ray. <br><br>
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public interface IDhApiEventInjector extends IDependencyInjector<IDhApiEvent>
 	 * @return true if the handler was unbound, false if the handler wasn't bound.
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the implementation object doesn't implement the interface
 	 */
-	// Note to DH Devs: Don't try adding a generic type to IDhApiEvent, the constructor won't accept it
+	// Note to self: Don't try adding a generic type to IDhApiEvent, the constructor won't accept it
+	// TODO why are we removing the class instead of an instance?
 	boolean unbind(Class<? extends IDhApiEvent> dependencyInterface, Class<? extends IDhApiEvent> dependencyClassToRemove) throws IllegalArgumentException;
 	
 	
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.interfaces.dependencyInjection.IBindable;

 import java.util.List;

@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 * @version 2024-7-3
 * @since API 3.0.0
 */
-public interface IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory extends IBindable
+public interface IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory
 {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a {@link IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup} from for the given {@link DhApiRenderableBox}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public interface IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup extends List<DhApiRenderableBox>
 	 * This is a good place to change the origin or notify of any box changes. 
 	 */
 	void setPreRenderFunc(Consumer<DhApiRenderParam> renderEventParam);
-	void setPostRenderFunc(Consumer<DhApiRenderParam> renderEventParam);
+	void setPostRenderFunc(Consumer<DhApiRenderParam> renderEventParam); // TODO name?
 	
 	/**
 	 * If a cube's color, position, or other property is changed this method
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 	public final DhApiMat4f dhProjectionMatrix;
 	/** The model view matrix Distant Horizons is using to render this frame. */
 	public final DhApiMat4f dhModelViewMatrix;
-	/** combination of the MVM and projection matrices */
-	public final DhApiMat4f dhMvmProjMatrix;
 	
 	public final int worldYOffset;
 	
@@ -113,10 +111,6 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 		this.dhProjectionMatrix = newDhProjectionMatrix;
 		this.dhModelViewMatrix = newDhModelViewMatrix;
 		
-		DhApiMat4f combinedMatrix = new DhApiMat4f(this.dhProjectionMatrix);
-		combinedMatrix.multiply(this.dhModelViewMatrix);
-		this.dhMvmProjMatrix = combinedMatrix;
-		
 		this.worldYOffset = worldYOffset;
 		this.clientLevelWrapper = clientLevelWrapper;
 		
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class DhApiRenderableBox
 	public DhApiVec3d maxPos;
 	
 	public Color color;
-	/** @see EDhApiBlockMaterial */
 	public byte material;
 	
 	
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 	protected final boolean allowDuplicateBindings;
 	
 	
-	
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	public DependencyInjector(Class<BindableType> newBindableInterface, boolean newAllowDuplicateBindings)
 	{
@@ -55,14 +53,11 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 		this.allowDuplicateBindings = newAllowDuplicateBindings;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// binding //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void bind(Class<? extends BindableType> dependencyInterface, BindableType dependencyImplementation) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
@@ -74,11 +69,6 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 			throw new IllegalStateException("The dependency [" + dependencyInterface.getSimpleName() + "] has already been bound.");
 		}
 		
-		if (dependencyImplementation == null)
-		{
-			throw new NullPointerException("Can't bind null to ["+dependencyInterface.getSimpleName()+"]");
-		}
-		
 		
 		// make sure the given dependency implements the necessary interfaces
 		boolean implementsInterface = this.checkIfClassImplements(dependencyImplementation.getClass(), dependencyInterface) ||
@@ -141,27 +131,13 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 	@Override
 	public boolean checkIfClassExtends(Class<?> classToTest, Class<?> extensionToLookFor) { return extensionToLookFor.isAssignableFrom(classToTest); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// unbinding //
 	//===========//
-	//region
-	
-	public void replaceBinding(Class<? extends BindableType> dependencyInterface, BindableType dependencyImplementation) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
-	{
-		this.unbindAll(dependencyInterface);
-		this.bind(dependencyInterface, dependencyImplementation);
-	}
-	
-	public void unbindAll(Class<? extends BindableType> dependencyInterface) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
-	{
-		// remove the dependency if present
-		this.dependencies.remove(dependencyInterface);
-	}
 	
+	// TODO having a bindOrReplace method would probably be better since it wouldn't have the possiblity of having nothing bound
 	public void unbind(Class<? extends BindableType> dependencyInterface, BindableType dependencyImplementation) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
 	{
 		// check if this object is bound
@@ -198,27 +174,30 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 		this.dependencies.remove(dependencyInterface);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	public <T extends BindableType> T get(Class<T> interfaceClass) throws ClassCastException
-	{ return (T) this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, false).get(0); }
+	{
+		return (T) this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, false).get(0);
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public <T extends BindableType> ArrayList<T> getAll(Class<T> interfaceClass) throws ClassCastException
-	{ return this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, false); }
+	{
+		return this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, false);
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public <T extends BindableType> T get(Class<T> interfaceClass, boolean allowIncompleteDependencies) throws ClassCastException
-	{ return (T) this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, allowIncompleteDependencies).get(0); }
+	{
+		return (T) this.getInternalLogic(interfaceClass, allowIncompleteDependencies).get(0);
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Always returns a list of size 1 or greater,
@@ -251,7 +230,6 @@ public class DependencyInjector<BindableType extends IBindable> implements IDepe
 		return emptyList;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
 	
 	
 	/** Removes all bound dependencies. */
@@ -32,25 +32,27 @@ public final class ModInfo
 	
 	/** Incremented every time any packets are added, changed or removed, with a few exceptions. */
 	public static final int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 13;
-	public static final String WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH = "message";
+
+	/** The full plugin channel name (RESOURCE_NAMESPACE:WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH) must be 20 characters or fewer for compatibility with <1.13. */
+	public static final String WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH = "msg";
 	
 	/** The internal mod name */
 	public static final String NAME = "DistantHorizons";
 	/** Human-readable version of NAME */
 	public static final String READABLE_NAME = "Distant Horizons";
-	public static final String VERSION = "3.0.0-b-dev";
+	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");
 	
 	/** This version should only be updated when breaking changes are introduced to the DH API */
-	public static final int API_MAJOR_VERSION = 6;
+	public static final int API_MAJOR_VERSION = 5;
 	/** This version should be updated whenever new methods are added to the DH API */
-	public static final int API_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
+	public static final int API_MINOR_VERSION = 1;
 	/** This version should be updated whenever non-breaking fixes are added to the DH API */
 	public static final int API_PATCH_VERSION = 0;
 	
 	/** If the config file has an older version it'll be re-created from scratch. */
-	public static final int CONFIG_FILE_VERSION = 4;
+	public static final int CONFIG_FILE_VERSION = 3;
 	
 	/** All DH owned threads should start with this string to allow for easier debugging and profiling. */
 	public static final String THREAD_NAME_PREFIX = "DH-";
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 plugins {
    id "java"
-    id "com.gradleup.shadow"
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version '8.1.1' apply false // Set this to true if you're using the standalone Core project
 }

-repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
-    maven { url "https://repo.enonic.com/public/" }
-}
+apply plugin: "application"

-tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-    options.release = 8
-    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+application {
+    mainClass.set("com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain")
 }

 configurations {
    shadowedArtifact // Used by DH to specify that we want to implement the shadowed core JAR file instead of the regular JAR file
    shade
    implementation.extendsFrom shade
-    testImplementation.extendsFrom compileOnly
 }

 OperatingSystem os = org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform.internal.DefaultNativePlatform.currentOperatingSystem;
@@ -25,46 +20,36 @@ OperatingSystem os = org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform.internal.DefaultNativePl
 // Set the OS lwjgl is using to the current os
 project.ext.lwjglNatives = "natives-" + os.toFamilyName()

-dependencies {
-    // API project dependency
-    implementation project(":api")
+dependencies { // All of these dependencies are in Vanilla Minecraft, but we need to depend on it as we arent importing Minecraft in the core
+    // Imports most of lwjgl's libraries (well, only the ones that we need)
+    implementation platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}") // TODO: Use Minecraft's version for lwjgl_version (which changes in nearly every version) instead of a hard defined version for all versions

-    // MC-provided libraries (available at runtime via Minecraft)
-    compileOnly platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}")
-    compileOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl"
-    compileOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp"
-    compileOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw"
-    compileOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb"
-    compileOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd"
-    testRuntimeOnly platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}")
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl::$lwjglNatives"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp::$lwjglNatives"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw::$lwjglNatives"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb::$lwjglNatives"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd::$lwjglNatives"
+    // REMEMBER: Dont shadow stuff here, these are just the libs that are included in Minecraft so that the core can use
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb::$lwjglNatives"
+    runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd::$lwjglNatives"

-    compileOnly("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-    compileOnly("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-    compileOnly("it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:${rootProject.fastutil_version}")
-    compileOnly("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
-    compileOnly("io.netty:netty-buffer:${rootProject.netty_version}")
-    compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2")
-    compileOnly("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
-    compileOnly("com.google.common:google-collect:0.5")
-    compileOnly("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
+    // FIXME for some reason this line doesn't actually shade in the library
+//    shade "it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:${rootProject.fastutil_version}" // Add our own fastutil version

-    // DH's bundled libraries (shadowed + relocated in loader jars)
-    implementation("com.github.luben:zstd-jni:${rootProject.zstd_version}")
-    implementation("org.lz4:lz4-java:${rootProject.lz4_version}")
-    implementation("org.tukaani:xz:${rootProject.xz_version}")
-    implementation("org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:${rootProject.sqlite_jdbc_version}")
-    implementation("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
-    implementation("com.electronwill.night-config:json:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")

-    // JUnit (core tests only)
-    compileOnly("junit:junit:4.13")
-    compileOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2")
-    compileOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2")
+    // Some other dependencies
+    implementation("org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2")
+    implementation("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
+    implementation("com.google.common:google-collect:0.5")
+    implementation("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
+    
 }

 artifacts {
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core;

 import com.github.luben.zstd.ZstdOutputStream;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeRenderEvent;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.IgnoredDimensionCsvHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 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.world.DhApiWorldProxy;
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.external.methods.data.DhApiTerrainDat
 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 com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.sqlite.SQLiteJDBCLoader;
@@ -56,11 +55,6 @@ public class Initializer
 	
 	public static void init()
 	{
-		//============================//
-		// check referenced libraries //
-		//============================//
-		//region
-		
 		LOGGER.info("Running library validation...");
 		
 		// confirm that all referenced libraries are available to use
@@ -100,15 +94,7 @@ public class Initializer
 			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);
 		}
 		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//==========================//
-		// check resource directory //
-		//==========================//
-		//region
-		
+		// confirm the resource directory is present
 		try
 		{
 			int scriptCount = DatabaseUpdater.getAutoUpdateScriptCount();
@@ -122,15 +108,6 @@ public class Initializer
 			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft("Critical programmer error: Can't read SQL Scripts resource folder is either missing or malformed. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
 		}
 		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//===========================//
-		// Java AWT Headless setting // 
-		//===========================//
-		//region
-		
 		// This code has been disabled since it can cause Mac
 		// to lock up and refuse the load (there's a bug with Java.awt texture loading)
 		//if (MC_CLIENT != null)
@@ -147,43 +124,18 @@ public class Initializer
 		//	}
 		//}
 		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//===================//
-		// API delayed setup //
-		//===================//
-		//region
-		
 		// link Core's config to the API
 		DhApi.Delayed.configs = DhApiConfig.INSTANCE;
 		DhApi.Delayed.terrainRepo = DhApiTerrainDataRepo.INSTANCE;
 		DhApi.Delayed.worldProxy = DhApiWorldProxy.INSTANCE;
 		DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy = DhApiRenderProxy.INSTANCE;
+		DhApi.Delayed.customRenderObjectFactory = GenericRenderObjectFactory.INSTANCE;
 		DhApi.Delayed.wrapperFactory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
 		if (DhApi.Delayed.wrapperFactory == null)
 		{
-			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft("Programmer Error: No ["+IWrapperFactory.class.getSimpleName()+"] assigned to the DhApi.", new Exception());
+			LOGGER.error("Programmer Error: No ["+IWrapperFactory.class.getSimpleName()+"] assigned to the DhApi.");
 		}
 		
-		DhApi.Delayed.customRenderObjectFactory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory.class);
-		if (DhApi.Delayed.customRenderObjectFactory == null)
-		{
-			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft("Programmer Error: No ["+IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory.class.getSimpleName()+"] assigned to the DhApi.", new Exception());
-		}
-		
-		DhApi.events.bind(DhApiBeforeRenderEvent.class, IgnoredDimensionCsvHandler.INSTANCE);
-		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//==============================//
-		// G1 Garbage collector warning //
-		//==============================//
-		//region
-		
 		// log a warning if G1GC is being used
 		// (this garbage collector is known to cause stuttering)
 		{
@@ -208,37 +160,20 @@ public class Initializer
 			LOGGER.info("Garbage collectors: ["+garbageCollectorNames+"]");
 			
 			
-			if (g1GcInUse)
+			if (g1GcInUse
+				&& Config.Common.Logging.Warning.logGarbageCollectorWarning.get())
 			{
-				String warningMessageHeader = "Distant Horizons: G1 Garbage collector detected.";
-				String warningMessageBody = 
-					"This can cause FPS stuttering. \n" +
+				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) \n" +
-					"for a smoother experience."
-					;
+					"like ZGC (Java 21+) or Shenandoah (Java 8 through 17) for a smoother experience. \n" +
+					"");
 				
-				if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.logGarbageCollectorWarning.get())
-				{
-					LOGGER.warn(
-						warningMessageHeader + "\n" +
-						warningMessageBody +
-						"");
-				}
-				
-				if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showGarbageCollectorWarning.get())
-				{
-					ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(
-						MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + warningMessageHeader + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
-						warningMessageBody +
-						"");
-				}
 			}
 		}
 		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
+		DhApi.events.bind(DhApiBeforeRenderEvent.class, IgnoredDimensionCsvHandler.INSTANCE);
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ public class DhApiAmbientOcclusionConfig implements IDhApiAmbientOcclusionConfig
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> enabled()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Boolean, Boolean>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.enableSsao); }
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Boolean, Boolean>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.enableSsao); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> sampleCount()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Integer, Integer>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.sampleCount); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> radius()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.radius); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> strength()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.strength); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> bias()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.bias); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> minLight()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.minLight); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> blurRadius()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Integer, Integer>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.blurRadius); }
 	
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class DhApiDebuggingConfig implements IDhApiDebuggingConfig
 	
 	
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiDebugRendering> debugRendering()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiDebugRendering, EDhApiDebugRendering>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors); }
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiDebugRendering, EDhApiDebugRendering>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering); }
 	
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> debugKeybindings()
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Boolean, Boolean>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableDebugKeybindings); }
@@ -34,27 +34,27 @@ public class DhApiFarFogConfig implements IDhApiFarFogConfig
 	
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogStartDistance()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogStart); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogStartDistance()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogStart); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogEndDistance()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogEnd); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogEndDistance()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogEnd); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogMinThickness()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMin); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogMinThickness()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMin); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogMaxThickness()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMax); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogMaxThickness()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMax); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff> farFogFalloff()
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff, EDhApiFogFalloff>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogFalloff); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> farFogDensity()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogDensity); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> farFogDensity()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogDensity); }
 	
 }
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ public class DhApiGraphicsConfig implements IDhApiGraphicsConfig
 	//===========================//

 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> overdrawPreventionRadius()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.overdrawPrevention); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> overdrawPreventionRadius()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.overdrawPrevention); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> brightnessMultiplier()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.brightnessMultiplier); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> brightnessMultiplier()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.brightnessMultiplier); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> saturationMultiplier()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.saturationMultiplier); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> saturationMultiplier()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.saturationMultiplier); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> caveCullingEnabled()
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ public class DhApiGraphicsConfig implements IDhApiGraphicsConfig
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<Boolean> lodOnlyMode()
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Boolean, Boolean>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode); }
 	
+	@Override
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> lodBias()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodBias); }
+	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiLodShading> lodShading()
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiLodShading, EDhApiLodShading>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodShading); }
@@ -44,31 +44,31 @@ public class DhApiHeightFogConfig implements IDhApiHeightFogConfig
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiHeightFogDirection, EDhApiHeightFogDirection>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDirection); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogBaseHeight()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogBaseHeight); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogBaseHeight()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogBaseHeight); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogStartingHeightPercent()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogStart); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogStartingHeightPercent()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogStart); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogEndingHeightPercent()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogEnd); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogEndingHeightPercent()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogEnd); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogMinThickness()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMin); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogMinThickness()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMin); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogMaxThickness()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMax); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogMaxThickness()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMax); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff> heightFogFalloff()
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<EDhApiFogFalloff, EDhApiFogFalloff>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogFalloff); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> heightFogDensity()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDensity); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> heightFogDensity()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDensity); }
 	
 }
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public class DhApiNoiseTextureConfig implements IDhApiNoiseTextureConfig
 	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Integer, Integer>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseSteps); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhApiConfigValue<Float> noiseIntensity()
-	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Float, Float>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseIntensity); }
+	public IDhApiConfigValue<Double> noiseIntensity()
+	{ return new DhApiConfigValue<Double, Double>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseIntensity); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiConfigValue<Integer> noiseDropoff()
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 public class DhApiTerrainDataCache implements IDhApiTerrainDataCache
 {
 	private final Object modificationLock = new Object();
-	private final Long2ReferenceOpenHashMap<SoftReference<FullDataSourceV2>> posToFullDataRef = new Long2ReferenceOpenHashMap<>();
+	private Long2ReferenceOpenHashMap<SoftReference<FullDataSourceV2>> posToFullDataRef = new Long2ReferenceOpenHashMap<>();
 	
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataCache implements IDhApiTerrainDataCache
 	//==================//
 	// internal methods //
 	//==================//
-	//region
 	
 	public void add(long pos, FullDataSourceV2 dataSource)
 	{
@@ -49,14 +48,11 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataCache implements IDhApiTerrainDataCache
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// API methods //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override 
 	public void clear()
@@ -86,23 +82,6 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataCache implements IDhApiTerrainDataCache
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//================//
- 	// base overrides //
-	//================//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override 
-	public void close() { this.clear(); }
-	
-	@Override 
-	public String toString() { return "Size: " + this.posToFullDataRef.size(); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSour
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhLodPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.DhApiTerrainDataPointUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FullDataPointUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
-	private static final AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer DEBUG_RENDERER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
-	
 	// debugging values
 	private static volatile boolean debugThreadRunning = false;
 	private static DhApiTerrainDataCache debugDataCache = new DhApiTerrainDataCache();
@@ -91,30 +89,30 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	//================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosY, int blockPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
-	{ return getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), blockPosY, dataCache); }
+	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getSingleDataPointAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosY, int blockPosZ, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	{ return getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), blockPosY, dataCache); }
 	@Override
-	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> getColumnDataAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
-	{ return getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), null, dataCache); }
+	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> getColumnDataAtBlockPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosZ, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	{ return getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), null, dataCache); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
-	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL, chunkPosX, chunkPosZ), dataCache); }
+	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtChunkPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL, chunkPosX, chunkPosZ), dataCache); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int regionPosX, int regionPosZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
-	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.REGION_DETAIL_LEVEL, regionPosX, regionPosZ), dataCache); }
+	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtRegionPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, int regionPosX, int regionPosZ, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.REGION_DETAIL_LEVEL, regionPosX, regionPosZ), dataCache); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtDetailLevelAndPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, byte detailLevel, int posX, int posZ, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
-	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(detailLevel, posX, posZ), dataCache); }
+	public DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getAllTerrainDataAtDetailLevelAndPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, byte detailLevel, int posX, int posZ, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	{ return getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(detailLevel, posX, posZ), dataCache); }
 	
 	
 	
 	// private getters //
 	
 	/** Returns a single API terrain datapoint that contains the given Y block position */
-	private static DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, long requestedColumnPos, Integer blockYPos, IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+	private static DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, DhLodPos requestedColumnPos, Integer blockYPos, @Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
 	{
 		DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> result = getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, requestedColumnPos, blockYPos, dataCache);
 		if (result.success && result.payload.length > 0)
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Returns all the block columns represented by the given {@link DhSectionPos}. <br>
+	 * Returns all the block columns represented by the given {@link DhLodPos}. <br>
 	 * IE, A position with the detail level: <br>
 	 * 0 (block): will return a 1x1 matrix of data. (don't do this, we have a specific method for that.) <br>
 	 * 1 (2 blocks): will return a 2x2 matrix of data. <br>
@@ -137,14 +135,11 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	 * will stop and return the in progress data if any errors are encountered.
 	 */
 	private static DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(
-			IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, long requestedAreaPos, 
-			IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
+			IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, DhLodPos requestedAreaPos, 
+			@Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache dataCache)
 	{
-		byte requestedDetailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(requestedAreaPos);
-		long startingBlockPos = DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL,
-			DhSectionPos.getX(requestedAreaPos) * BitShiftUtil.powerOfTwo(requestedDetailLevel - LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL),
-			DhSectionPos.getZ(requestedAreaPos) * BitShiftUtil.powerOfTwo(requestedDetailLevel - LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL));
-		int widthOfAreaInBlocks = BitShiftUtil.powerOfTwo(requestedDetailLevel);
+		DhLodPos startingBlockPos = requestedAreaPos.getCornerLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+		int widthOfAreaInBlocks = BitShiftUtil.powerOfTwo(requestedAreaPos.detailLevel);
 		
 		DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][] returnArray = new DhApiTerrainDataPoint[widthOfAreaInBlocks][widthOfAreaInBlocks][];
 		int dataColumnsReturned = 0;
@@ -154,7 +149,7 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 		{
 			for (int z = 0; z < widthOfAreaInBlocks; z++)
 			{
-				long blockColumnPos = DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, DhSectionPos.getX(startingBlockPos) + x, DhSectionPos.getZ(startingBlockPos) + z);
+				DhLodPos blockColumnPos = new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, startingBlockPos.x + x, startingBlockPos.z + z);
 				DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> result = getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, blockColumnPos, null, dataCache);
 				if (result.success)
 				{
@@ -180,8 +175,8 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 	 */
 	private static DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> getTerrainDataColumnArray(
 			IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper, 
-			long requestedColumnPos, Integer nullableBlockYPos, 
-			IDhApiTerrainDataCache apiDataCache)
+			DhLodPos requestedColumnPos, Integer nullableBlockYPos, 
+			@Nullable IDhApiTerrainDataCache apiDataCache)
 	{
 		//============//
 		// validation //
@@ -202,14 +197,9 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 		ILevelWrapper coreLevelWrapper = (ILevelWrapper) levelWrapper;
 		
 		
-		// require a data cache to prevent horrible performance (especially on ray-casts)
-		if (apiDataCache == null)
-		{
-			return DhApiResult.createFail("Missing [" + IDhApiTerrainDataCache.class.getSimpleName() + "], if a cache isn't provided your repo operations will be significantly slower.");
-		}
-		
-		// the data cache must be our own implementation
-		if (!(apiDataCache instanceof DhApiTerrainDataCache))
+		// the data cache can be null, but must be our own implementation
+		if (apiDataCache != null
+			&& !(apiDataCache instanceof DhApiTerrainDataCache))
 		{
 			return DhApiResult.createFail("Unsupported [" + IDhApiTerrainDataCache.class.getSimpleName() + "] implementation, only the core class [" + DhApiTerrainDataCache.class.getSimpleName() + "] is a valid parameter.");
 		}
@@ -223,12 +213,12 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 		}
 		
 		// get the detail levels for this request
-		byte requestedDetailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(requestedColumnPos);
+		byte requestedDetailLevel = requestedColumnPos.detailLevel;
 		byte sectionDetailLevel = (byte) (requestedDetailLevel + DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
 		
 		// get the positions for this request
-		long sectionPos = DhSectionPos.convertToDetailLevel(requestedColumnPos, sectionDetailLevel);
-		long relativePos = DhSectionPos.getDhSectionRelativePositionForDetailLevel(requestedColumnPos, DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(requestedColumnPos));
+		long sectionPos = requestedColumnPos.getSectionPosWithSectionDetailLevel(sectionDetailLevel);
+		DhLodPos relativePos = requestedColumnPos.getDhSectionRelativePositionForDetailLevel();
 		
 		
 		
@@ -268,7 +258,7 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 			//===============================//
 			
 			FullDataPointIdMap mapping = dataSource.mapping;
-			LongArrayList dataColumn = dataSource.getColumnAtRelPos(DhSectionPos.getX(relativePos), DhSectionPos.getZ(relativePos));
+			LongArrayList dataColumn = dataSource.getColumnAtRelPos(relativePos.x, relativePos.z);
 			if (dataColumn != null)
 			{
 				int dataColumnIndexCount = dataColumn.size();
@@ -518,7 +508,7 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 		
 		// this will throw a cast exception if the chunk object array isn't correct
 		IChunkWrapper chunk = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class).createChunkWrapper(chunkObjectArray);
-		SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunk, dhLevel.getLevelWrapper());
+		SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunk, dhLevel.getLevelWrapper(), true, true);
 		
 		
 		return DhApiResult.createSuccess();
@@ -551,10 +541,10 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 			Thread thread = new Thread(() -> {
 				try
 				{
-					DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> single = getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), blockPosY, debugDataCache);
-					DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> column = getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), null, debugDataCache);
+					DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> single = getTerrainDataAtBlockYPos(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), blockPosY, debugDataCache);
+					DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[]> column = getTerrainDataColumnArray(levelWrapper, new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ), null, debugDataCache);
 					
-					long chunkPos = DhSectionPos.encodeContaining(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL, new DhChunkPos(blockPosX, blockPosZ));
+					DhLodPos chunkPos = new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ).convertToDetailLevel(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL);
 					DhApiResult<DhApiTerrainDataPoint[][][]> area = getTerrainDataOverAreaForPositionDetailLevel(levelWrapper, chunkPos, debugDataCache);
 					
 					
@@ -590,9 +580,9 @@ public class DhApiTerrainDataRepo implements IDhApiTerrainDataRepo
 					if (rayCast.success 
 						&& rayCast.payload != null)
 					{
-						DEBUG_RENDERER.makeParticle(
-							new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.BoxParticle(
-								new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(
+						DebugRenderer.makeParticle(
+							new DebugRenderer.BoxParticle(
+								new DebugRenderer.Box(
 									DhSectionPos.encode((byte) 0, rayCast.payload.pos.x, rayCast.payload.pos.z), 
 										rayCast.payload.dataPoint.bottomYBlockPos, 
 										rayCast.payload.dataPoint.topYBlockPos, 
@@ -24,25 +24,16 @@ 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.core.api.internal.rendering.DhRenderState;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EMinecraftColor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ClientOnlySaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.DhApiRenderProxy;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.RollingAverage;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhVanillaFadeRenderer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTestTriangleRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
@@ -52,6 +43,7 @@ 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;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.AbstractDhWorld;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhClientWorld;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
@@ -66,8 +58,6 @@ import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;

 /**
 * This holds the methods that should be called
@@ -77,9 +67,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 public class ClientApi
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	private static final DhLogger RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().maxCountPerSecond(1).build();
+	
+	public static boolean prefLoggerEnabled = false;
 	
 	public static final ClientApi INSTANCE = new ClientApi();
+	public static final TestRenderer TEST_RENDERER = new TestRenderer();
 	
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
@@ -97,13 +89,6 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public static final DhRenderState RENDER_STATE = new DhRenderState();
 	
-	/**
-	 * 50ms = 20 FPS
-	 * @link https://fpstoms.com/ 
-	 * @see ClientApi#cameraSpeedRollingAverage
-	 */
-	private static final long MIN_MS_BETWEEN_SPEED_CHECKS = 50;
-	
 	
 	private boolean isDevBuildMessagePrinted = false;
 	private boolean lowMemoryWarningPrinted = false;
@@ -127,26 +112,10 @@ public class ClientApi
 	/** Holds any chunks that were loaded before the {@link ClientApi#clientLevelLoadEvent(IClientLevelWrapper)} was fired. */
 	public final HashMap<Pair<IClientLevelWrapper, DhChunkPos>, IChunkWrapper> waitingChunkByClientLevelAndPos = new HashMap<>();
 	
-	/** publicly available so {@link F3Screen} can display the error */
 	@Nullable
 	public String lastRenderParamValidationMessage = null;
 	
 	
-	/** 
-	 * measured in blocks/second <br>
-	 * 
-	 * The number of points tracked here is related
-	 * to the rate at which we check for speed.
-	 * So if the ms_between is changed the number of points
-	 * tracked should also be to keep the ratio roughly the same.
-	 * @see ClientApi#MIN_MS_BETWEEN_SPEED_CHECKS
-	 */
-	public RollingAverage cameraSpeedRollingAverage = new RollingAverage(40);
-	private Vec3d lastCameraPosForSpeedCheck = new Vec3d();
-	private long msSinceLastSpeedCheck = 0L;
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
@@ -159,7 +128,6 @@ public class ClientApi
 	//==============//
 	// world events //
 	//==============//
-	///region
 	
 	/**
 	 * May be fired slightly before or after the associated
@@ -185,16 +153,17 @@ public class ClientApi
 				
 				if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showReplayWarningOnStartup.get())
 				{
-					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Replay detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
+					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Replay detected." + EMinecraftColor.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(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 message can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging.");
+					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.GRAY +".Minecraft" + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.SERVER_DATA_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + ClientOnlySaveStructure.REPLAY_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + "DIMENSION_NAME"+EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
+					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("This can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging.");
 					MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("");
 				}
 			}
 			
-			
+			// firing after clientLevelLoadEvent
+			// TODO if level has prepped to load it should fire level load event
 			DhClientWorld world = new DhClientWorld();
 			SharedApi.setDhWorld(world);
 			
@@ -237,14 +206,11 @@ public class ClientApi
 		this.waitingClientLevels.clear();
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// level events //
 	//==============//
-	///region
 	
 	public void clientLevelUnloadEvent(IClientLevelWrapper level)
 	{
@@ -261,6 +227,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			if (world != null)
 			{
 				world.unloadLevel(level);
+				SharedApi.INSTANCE.clearQueuedChunkUpdates();
 				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiLevelUnloadEvent.class, new DhApiLevelUnloadEvent.EventParam(level));
 			}
 			else
@@ -277,13 +244,6 @@ public class ClientApi
 	
 	public void clientLevelLoadEvent(@Nullable IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
-		// can happen if there was an issue during level load
-		if (levelWrapper == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
 		// wait a moment before loading the level to give the server a chance to handle the client's login request
 		if (MC_CLIENT.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
 		{
@@ -344,7 +304,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			if (levelWrapper.equals(level))
 			{
 				IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = this.waitingChunkByClientLevelAndPos.get(levelChunkPair);
-				SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, levelWrapper);
+				SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(chunkWrapper, levelWrapper);
 				keysToRemove.add(levelChunkPair);
 			}
 		}
@@ -356,14 +316,11 @@ public class ClientApi
 		}
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//============//
 	// networking //
 	//============//
-	///region
 	
 	/**
 	 * Forwards a decoded message into the registered handlers.
@@ -372,38 +329,18 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public void pluginMessageReceived(@NotNull AbstractNetworkMessage message)
 	{
-		@Nullable ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.networkClientHandlerExecutor();
-		if (executor == null)
+		NetworkSession networkSession = this.pluginChannelApi.networkSession;
+		if (networkSession != 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");
+			networkSession.tryHandleMessage(message);
 		}
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// LOD rendering //
 	//===============//
-	///region
 	
 	/** Should be called before {@link ClientApi#renderDeferredLodsForShaders} */
 	public void renderLods() { this.renderLodLayer(false); }
@@ -414,101 +351,50 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public void renderDeferredLodsForShaders() { this.renderLodLayer(true); }
 	
-	public static long firstRenderTimeMs = 0;
-	
 	private void renderLodLayer(boolean renderingDeferredLayer)
 	{
+		//=========//
+		// logging //
+		//=========//
+		
+		this.sendQueuedChatMessages();
+		
 		IProfilerWrapper profiler = MC_CLIENT.getProfiler();
+		profiler.pop(); // get out of "terrain"
 		profiler.push("DH-RenderLevel");
 		
 		
 		
-		//===========//
-		// debugging //
-		//===========//
-		//region
-		
-		//DhApiTerrainDataRepo.asyncDebugMethod(
-		//	RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper,
-		//	MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos().getX(),
-		//	MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos().getY(),
-		//	MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos().getZ()
-		//);
-		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
 		//=====================//
 		// render thread tasks //
 		//=====================//
-		///region
 		
 		// only run these tasks once per frame
 		if (!renderingDeferredLayer)
 		{
 			profiler.push("DH render thread tasks");
 			
-			
-			
-			//===============//
-			// chat messages //
-			//===============//
-			
-			this.sendQueuedChatMessages();
-			
-			
-			
-			//======================//
-			// GL Proxy queued jobs //
-			//======================//
-			
 			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
-				RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.runRenderThreadTasks();
+				GLProxy.runRenderThreadTasks();
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
 				LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue running render thread tasks, error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
 			}
 			
-			
-			
-			//==============//
-			// camera speed //
-			//==============//
-			
-			long nowMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			if (this.msSinceLastSpeedCheck + MIN_MS_BETWEEN_SPEED_CHECKS < nowMs)
-			{
-				// calc time since last check
-				double secSinceLastCheck = (nowMs - this.msSinceLastSpeedCheck) / 1_000.0;
-				this.msSinceLastSpeedCheck = nowMs;
-				
-				// get the distance traveled since last frame
-				Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-				double distanceInBlocks = camPos.getDistance(this.lastCameraPosForSpeedCheck);
-				double speed = distanceInBlocks / secSinceLastCheck;
-				
-				// record new values for next check
-				this.cameraSpeedRollingAverage.add(speed);
-				this.lastCameraPosForSpeedCheck = camPos;
-			}
-			
-			
 			profiler.pop();
 		}
 		
-		///endregion
-		
-		
 		
 		
 		//=================//
 		// parameter setup //
 		//=================//
-		///region
 		
 		EDhApiRenderPass renderPass;
 		if (DhApiRenderProxy.INSTANCE.getDeferTransparentRendering())
@@ -531,26 +417,24 @@ public class ClientApi
 		// render prep and actual rendering into different threads/methods
 		// this is annoying since it's possible to start a render with only
 		// partially complete info, but there isn't a better option at the moment
-		RenderParams renderParams = new RenderParams(renderPass, RENDER_STATE);
-		
-		///endregion
+		RenderParams renderParams =
+			new RenderParams(
+				renderPass,
+				RENDER_STATE.frameTime,
+				RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix, RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix,
+				RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper
+			);
 		
 		
 		
 		//============//
 		// validation //
 		//============//
-		///region
 		
-		if (firstRenderTimeMs == 0)
-		{
-			firstRenderTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		}
-		
-		String validationMessage = renderParams.getValidationErrorMessage(firstRenderTimeMs);
+		// TODO write this message to the F3 menu so people can see when a different mod screws with the lightmap
+		String validationMessage = renderParams.getValidationErrorMessage();
 		if (validationMessage != null)
 		{
-			// store the error message so it can be seen on the F3 screen
 			this.lastRenderParamValidationMessage = validationMessage;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -572,29 +456,22 @@ public class ClientApi
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		///endregion
-		
 		
 		
 		//===========//
 		// rendering //
 		//===========//
-		///region
 		
 		try
 		{
 			// render pass //
-			if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT)
+			
+			if (!renderingDeferredLayer)
 			{
-				if (!renderingDeferredLayer)
+				if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT)
 				{
-					boolean renderingCancelled = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderEvent.class, renderParams);
-					if (!renderingCancelled)
+					boolean renderingCancelledForThisFrame = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderEvent.class, renderParams);
+					if (!renderingCancelledForThisFrame)
 					{
 						LodRenderer.INSTANCE.render(renderParams, profiler);
 					}
@@ -604,42 +481,25 @@ public class ClientApi
 						ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterRenderEvent.class, null);
 					}
 				}
-				else
+				else if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEBUG)
 				{
-					boolean renderingCancelled = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDeferredRenderEvent.class, renderParams);
-					if (!renderingCancelled)
-					{
-						LodRenderer.INSTANCE.renderDeferred(renderParams, profiler);
-					}
-					
-					
-					if (DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy.getDeferTransparentRendering())
-					{
-						ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterRenderEvent.class, null);
-					}
+					profiler.push("Render Debug");
+					ClientApi.TEST_RENDERER.render();
+					profiler.pop();
 				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (!renderingDeferredLayer)
+				boolean renderingCancelled = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDeferredRenderEvent.class, renderParams);
+				if (!renderingCancelled)
 				{
-					IDhMetaRenderer metaRenderer = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhMetaRenderer.class);
-					IDhTestTriangleRenderer testRenderer = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhTestTriangleRenderer.class);
-					if (testRenderer != null
-						&& metaRenderer != null)
-					{
-						// meta renderer needed for render state/texture
-						// for setup on some APIs (IE openGL)
-						metaRenderer.runRenderPassSetup(renderParams);
-						
-						testRenderer.render(renderParams);
-						
-						metaRenderer.runRenderPassCleanup(renderParams);
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER.warn("Unable to find singleton [" + IDhTestTriangleRenderer.class.getSimpleName() + "]");
-					}
+					LodRenderer.INSTANCE.renderDeferred(renderParams, profiler);
+				}
+				
+				
+				if (DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy.getDeferTransparentRendering())
+				{
+					ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterRenderEvent.class, null);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -648,27 +508,23 @@ public class ClientApi
 			this.rendererDisabledBecauseOfExceptions = true;
 			LOGGER.error("Unexpected Renderer error in render pass [" + renderPass + "]. Error: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 			
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "" + MinecraftTextFormat.BOLD + "ERROR: Distant Horizons renderer has encountered an exception!" + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Renderer disabled to try preventing GL state corruption." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Toggle DH rendering via the config UI to re-activate DH rendering." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED + "Error: " + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + e);
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.DARK_RED + "" + EMinecraftColor.BOLD + "ERROR: Distant Horizons renderer has encountered an exception!" + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.DARK_RED + "Renderer disabled to try preventing GL state corruption." + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.DARK_RED + "Toggle DH rendering via the config UI to re-activate DH rendering." + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING);
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(EMinecraftColor.DARK_RED + "Error: " + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING + e);
 		}
 		
-		///endregion
-		
 		
 		
 		profiler.pop(); // end LOD
+		profiler.push("terrain"); // go back into "terrain"
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// fade rendering //
 	//================//
-	///region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * The first fade pass.
@@ -676,14 +532,8 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public void renderFadeOpaque()
 	{
-		IDhVanillaFadeRenderer fadeRenderer = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhVanillaFadeRenderer.class);
-		if (fadeRenderer == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		// only fade when DH is rendering
-		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT
 			&&
 			(
 				// only fade when requested
@@ -694,8 +544,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			// don't fade when Iris shaders are active, otherwise the rendering can get weird
 			&& !DhApiRenderProxy.INSTANCE.getDeferTransparentRendering())
 		{
-			RenderParams renderParams = new RenderParams(EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE, RENDER_STATE);
-			fadeRenderer.render(renderParams);
+			VanillaFadeRenderer.INSTANCE.render(RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix, RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix, RENDER_STATE.frameTime, RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper);
 		}
 	}
 	/** 
@@ -705,14 +554,8 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public void renderFadeTransparent()
 	{
-		IDhVanillaFadeRenderer fadeRenderer = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhVanillaFadeRenderer.class);
-		if (fadeRenderer == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		// only fade when DH is rendering
-		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED)
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() == EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT)
 		{
 			boolean renderFade =
 				(
@@ -725,20 +568,16 @@ public class ClientApi
 				&& !DhApiRenderProxy.INSTANCE.getDeferTransparentRendering();
 			if (renderFade)
 			{
-				RenderParams renderParams = new RenderParams(EDhApiRenderPass.TRANSPARENT, RENDER_STATE);
-				fadeRenderer.render(renderParams);
+				VanillaFadeRenderer.INSTANCE.render(RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix, RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix, RENDER_STATE.frameTime, RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
 	
 	
-	
-	//==========//
-	// keyboard //
-	//==========//
-	///region
+	//=================//
+	//    DEBUG USE    //
+	//=================//
 	
 	/** Trigger once on key press, with CLIENT PLAYER. */
 	public void keyPressedEvent(int glfwKey)
@@ -750,32 +589,23 @@ public class ClientApi
 		}
 		
 		
-		if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F6)
+		if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F8)
+		{
+			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()));
 			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F6: Set rendering to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get());
 		}
-		else if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F7)
+		else if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_P)
 		{
-			Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.set(!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get());
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F7: Set LOD only mode to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get());
-		}
-		else if (glfwKey == GLFW.GLFW_KEY_F8)
-		{
-			Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors.set(EDhApiDebugRendering.next(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors.get()));
-			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("F8: Set debug mode to " + Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors.get());
+			prefLoggerEnabled = !prefLoggerEnabled;
+			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage("P: Debug Pref Logger is " + (prefLoggerEnabled ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
 		}
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//======//
-	// chat //
-	//======//
-	///region
-	
 	private void sendQueuedChatMessages()
 	{
 		// this includes if the current build is a dev build
@@ -826,7 +656,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			
 			// remind the user that this is a development build
 			String message =
-					MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_GREEN + "Distant Horizons: nightly/unstable build, version: [" + ModInfo.VERSION+"]." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+					EMinecraftColor.DARK_GREEN + "Distant Horizons: nightly/unstable build, version: [" + ModInfo.VERSION+"]." +EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 							"Issues may occur with this version.\n" +
 							"Here be dragons!\n";
 			MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(message);
@@ -850,7 +680,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 			{
 				String message =
 						// orange text		
-						MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Low memory detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+						EMinecraftColor.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Low memory detected." + EMinecraftColor.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";
@@ -872,12 +702,12 @@ public class ClientApi
 				this.lastStaticWarningMessageSentMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				
 				String message =
-					MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW + "Distant Horizons: High vanilla render distance detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+					EMinecraftColor.YELLOW + "Distant Horizons: High vanilla render distance detected." + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 					"Using a high vanilla render distance uses a lot of CPU power \n" +
 					"and doesn't improve graphics much after about 12.\n" +
-					"Lowering your vanilla render distance will give you better FPS\n" +
+					"Lowing your vanilla render distance will give you better FPS\n" +
 					"and reduce stuttering at a similar visual quality.\n" +
-					MinecraftTextFormat.GRAY + "A vanilla render distance of 8 is recommended." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+					EMinecraftColor.GRAY + "A vanilla render distance of 8 is recommended." + EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
 					"This message can be disabled in DH's config under Advanced -> Logging.\n";
 				MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(message);
 			}
@@ -908,8 +738,6 @@ public class ClientApi
 	 */
 	public void showOverlayMessageNextFrame(String message) { this.overlayMessageQueueForNextFrame.add(message); }
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.internal.CloseInternalEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.base.LevelInitMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.session.NetworkSession;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ClientPluginChannelApi
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Server level key received: [" + msg.levelKey + "].");
 		
-		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("ClientPluginChannelApi onLevelInitMessage", () -> 
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
 		{
 			IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = MC.getWrappedClientLevel(true);
 			IServerKeyedClientLevel existingKeyedClientLevel = KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER.getServerKeyedLevel();
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public class ServerApi
 		if (serverWorld != null)
 		{
 			serverWorld.unloadLevel(level);
+			SharedApi.INSTANCE.clearQueuedChunkUpdates();
 			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiLevelUnloadEvent.class, new DhApiLevelUnloadEvent.EventParam(level));
 		}
 	}
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@ public class ServerApi
 	// chunk modified events //
 	//=======================//
 	
-	public void serverChunkLoadEvent(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper level) { SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, level); }
-	public void serverChunkSaveEvent(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper level) { SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, level); }
+	public void serverChunkLoadEvent(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper level) { SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, level, false, false); }
+	public void serverChunkSaveEvent(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper level) { SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, level, true, false); }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -24,22 +24,27 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiWorldUn
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.Initializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating.ChunkUpdateData;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating.ChunkUpdateQueueManager;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating.WorldChunkUpdateManager;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.IgnoredDimensionCsvHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.DhLightingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.AbstractDhRepo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftSharedWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
@@ -58,82 +63,82 @@ public class SharedApi
 	/** will be null on the server-side */
 	@Nullable
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	/** will be null on the server-side */
+	@Nullable
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftSharedWrapper MC_SHARED = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftSharedWrapper.class);
 	
-	public static final WorldChunkUpdateManager WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE; // local fariable for quick access
+	public static final ChunkUpdateQueueManager CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER = new ChunkUpdateQueueManager();
+	/** 
+	 * how many chunks can be queued for updating per thread + player (in multiplayer), 
+	 * used to prevent updates from infinitely pilling up if the user flies around extremely fast 
+	 */
+	public static final int MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER = 1_000;
+	
+	/** how many milliseconds must pass before an overloaded message can be sent in chat or the log */
+	public static final int MIN_MS_BETWEEN_OVERLOADED_LOG_MESSAGE = 30_000;
 	
 	
 	@Nullable
 	private static AbstractDhWorld currentWorld;
-	private static final Object worldLockObject = new Object();
+	private static int lastWorldGenTickDelta = 0;
 	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	private SharedApi() { }
 	public static void init() { Initializer.init(); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// world methods //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	public static EWorldEnvironment getEnvironment() { return (currentWorld == null) ? null : currentWorld.environment; }
 	
 	public static void setDhWorld(AbstractDhWorld newWorld)
 	{
-		synchronized (worldLockObject)
+		AbstractDhWorld oldWorld = currentWorld;
+		if (oldWorld != null)
 		{
-			AbstractDhWorld oldWorld = currentWorld;
-			if (oldWorld != null)
-			{
-				oldWorld.close();
-			}
-			currentWorld = newWorld;
+			oldWorld.close();
+		}
+		currentWorld = newWorld;
+		
+		// starting and stopping the DataRenderTransformer is necessary to prevent attempting to
+		// access the MC level at inappropriate times, which can cause exceptions
+		if (currentWorld != null)
+		{
+			ThreadPoolUtil.setupThreadPools();
 			
-			// starting and stopping the DataRenderTransformer is necessary to prevent attempting to
-			// access the MC level at inappropriate times, which can cause exceptions
-			if (currentWorld != null)
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiWorldLoadEvent.class, new DhApiWorldLoadEvent.EventParam());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			ThreadPoolUtil.shutdownThreadPools();
+			DebugRenderer.clearRenderables();
+			
+			if (MC_RENDER != null)
 			{
-				ThreadPoolUtil.setupThreadPools();
-				
-				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiWorldLoadEvent.class, new DhApiWorldLoadEvent.EventParam());
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				ThreadPoolUtil.shutdownThreadPools();
-				
-				// delayed get because SharedApi will be created before the singleton has been bound 
-				AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer debugWireframeRenderer = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
-				debugWireframeRenderer.clearRenderables();
-				
-				if (MC_RENDER != null)
-				{
-					MC_RENDER.clearTargetFrameBuffer();
-				}
-				
-				// shouldn't be necessary, but if we missed closing one of the connections this should make sure they're all closed
-				AbstractDhRepo.closeAllConnections();
-				// needs to be closed on world shutdown to clear out un-processed chunks
-				WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER.clear();
-				
-				RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.clearDebugStats();
-				
-				// recommend that the garbage collector cleans up any objects from the old world and thread pools
-				System.gc();
-				
-				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiWorldUnloadEvent.class, new DhApiWorldUnloadEvent.EventParam());
-				
-				// fired after the unload event so API users can't change the read-only for any new worlds
-				DhApiWorldProxy.INSTANCE.setReadOnly(false, false);
+				MC_RENDER.clearTargetFrameBuffer();
 			}
+			
+			// shouldn't be necessary, but if we missed closing one of the connections this should make sure they're all closed
+			AbstractDhRepo.closeAllConnections();
+			// needs to be closed on world shutdown to clear out un-processed chunks
+			CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.clear();
+			
+			// recommend that the garbage collector cleans up any objects from the old world and thread pools
+			System.gc();
+			
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiWorldUnloadEvent.class, new DhApiWorldUnloadEvent.EventParam());
+			
+			// fired after the unload event so API users can't change the read-only for any new worlds
+			DhApiWorldProxy.INSTANCE.setReadOnly(false, false);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -148,44 +153,39 @@ public class SharedApi
 	@Nullable
 	public static IDhServerWorld tryGetDhServerWorld() { return (currentWorld instanceof IDhServerWorld) ? (IDhServerWorld) currentWorld : null; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// chunk update //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Used to prevent getting a full chunk from MC if it isn't necessary. <br>
 	 * This is important since asking MC for a chunk is slow and may block the render thread.
 	 */
-	public static boolean isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, int blockPosX, int blockPosZ)
-	{
-		ChunkUpdateQueueManager manager = WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER.getByLevelWrapper(levelWrapper);
-		if (manager == null)
-		{
-			return true;
-		}
-		
-		return manager.contains(new DhChunkPos(new DhBlockPos2D(blockPosX, blockPosZ))); 
-	}
+	public static boolean isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(int blockPosX, int blockPosZ)
+	{ return CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.contains(new DhChunkPos(new DhBlockPos2D(blockPosX, blockPosZ))); }
 	
-	public static boolean isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ)
-	{
-		ChunkUpdateQueueManager manager = WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER.getByLevelWrapper(levelWrapper);
-		if (manager == null)
-		{
-			return true;
-		}
-		
-		return manager.contains(new DhChunkPos(chunkPosX, chunkPosZ)); 
-	}
+	public static boolean isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ)
+	{ return CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.contains(new DhChunkPos(chunkPosX, chunkPosZ)); }
+	
+	/** 
+	 * This is often fired when unloading a level.
+	 * This is done to prevent overloading the system when
+	 * rapidly changing dimensions.
+	 * (IE prevent DH from infinitely allocating memory 
+	 */
+	public void clearQueuedChunkUpdates() { CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.clear(); }
+	
+	public int getQueuedChunkUpdateCount() { return CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.getQueuedCount(); }
 	
 	
 	
-	public void applyChunkUpdate(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	/** handles both block place and break events */
+	public void chunkBlockChangedEvent(IChunkWrapper chunk, ILevelWrapper level) { this.applyChunkUpdate(chunk, level, true, false); }
+	public void chunkLoadEvent(IChunkWrapper chunk, ILevelWrapper level) { this.applyChunkUpdate(chunk, level, true, true); }
+	
+	public void applyChunkUpdate(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, ILevelWrapper level, boolean canGetNeighboringChunks, boolean newlyLoaded)
 	{
 		//===================//
 		// validation checks //
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ public class SharedApi
 		AbstractDhWorld dhWorld = SharedApi.getAbstractDhWorld();
 		if (dhWorld == null)
 		{
-			if (levelWrapper instanceof IClientLevelWrapper)
+			if (level instanceof IClientLevelWrapper)
 			{
 				// If the client world isn't loaded yet, keep track of which chunks were loaded so we can use them later.
 				// This may happen if the client world and client level load events happen out of order
-				IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = (IClientLevelWrapper) levelWrapper;
+				IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = (IClientLevelWrapper) level;
 				ClientApi.INSTANCE.waitingChunkByClientLevelAndPos.replace(new Pair<>(clientLevel, chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()), chunkWrapper);
 			}
 			
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ public class SharedApi
 		}
 		
 		// only continue if the level is loaded
-		IDhLevel dhLevel = dhWorld.getLevel(levelWrapper);
+		IDhLevel dhLevel = dhWorld.getLevel(level);
 		if (dhLevel == null)
 		{
-			if (levelWrapper instanceof IClientLevelWrapper)
+			if (level instanceof IClientLevelWrapper)
 			{
 				// the client level isn't loaded yet
-				IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = (IClientLevelWrapper) levelWrapper;
+				IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = (IClientLevelWrapper) level;
 				ClientApi.INSTANCE.waitingChunkByClientLevelAndPos.replace(new Pair<>(clientLevel, chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()), chunkWrapper);
 			}
 			
@@ -247,23 +247,21 @@ public class SharedApi
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		ChunkUpdateQueueManager chunkManager = WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER.getByLevelWrapper(levelWrapper);
-		// ignore the wrong level wrapper type or
-		// if the chunk is already queued for handling
-		if (chunkManager == null 
-			|| chunkManager.contains(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
+		// shouldn't normally happen, but just in case
+		if (CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.contains(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
 		{
+			// TODO this will prevent some LODs from updating across dimensions if multiple levels are loaded
 			return;
 		}
 		
 		
-		queueChunkUpdate(chunkManager, chunkWrapper, dhLevel);
+		queueChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, dhLevel);
 	}
 	
-	private static void queueChunkUpdate(ChunkUpdateQueueManager chunkManager, IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, IDhLevel dhLevel)
+	private static void queueChunkUpdate(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, IDhLevel dhLevel)
 	{
 		// return if the chunk is already queued
-		if (chunkManager.contains(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
+		if (CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.contains(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
 		{
 			return;
 		}
@@ -271,16 +269,19 @@ public class SharedApi
 		
 		// add chunk update data to preUpdate queue
 		ChunkUpdateData updateData = new ChunkUpdateData(chunkWrapper, dhLevel);
-		chunkManager.addItemToPreUpdateQueue(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos(), updateData);
+		CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.addItemToPreUpdateQueue(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos(), updateData);
 		
 		
-		// queue the next position if there are still positions to process
-		AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor();
-		if (executor != null)
+		// queue updates up to the number of CPU cores allocated for the job
+		// (this prevents doing extra work queuing tasks that may not be necessary)
+		// and makes sure the chunks closest to the player are updated first
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor();
+		if (executor != null
+			&& executor.getQueueSize() < executor.getPoolSize())
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				executor.execute(WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER::processEachQueue);
+				executor.execute(SharedApi::processQueue);
 			}
 			catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
 			{
@@ -289,18 +290,167 @@ public class SharedApi
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
+	private static void processQueue()
+	{
+		// update the center & max size of the queue manager
+		int maxUpdateSizeMultiplier;
+		if (MC_CLIENT != null && MC_CLIENT.playerExists())
+		{
+			// Local worlds & multiplayer
+			CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.setCenter(MC_CLIENT.getPlayerChunkPos());
+			maxUpdateSizeMultiplier = MC_CLIENT.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer() ? 1 : MC_SHARED.getPlayerCount();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Dedicated servers
+			// Also includes spawn chunks since they're likely to be intentionally utilized with updates
+			maxUpdateSizeMultiplier = 1 + MC_SHARED.getPlayerCount();
+		}
+		
+		CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.maxSize = MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER
+				* Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get()
+				* maxUpdateSizeMultiplier;
+		
+		
+		
+		//===============================//
+		// update the necessary chunk(s) //
+		//===============================//
+		
+		processQueuedChunkPreUpdate();
+		processQueuedChunkUpdate();
+		
+		// queue the next position if there are still positions to process
+		AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor();
+		if (executor != null && !CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.isEmpty())
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				executor.execute(SharedApi::processQueue);
+			}
+			catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
+			{
+				// the executor was shut down, it should be back up shortly and able to accept new jobs
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	private static void processQueuedChunkPreUpdate()
+	{
+		ChunkUpdateData preUpdateData = CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.preUpdateQueue.popClosest();
+		if (preUpdateData == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		IDhLevel dhLevel = preUpdateData.dhLevel;
+		IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = preUpdateData.chunkWrapper;
+		chunkWrapper.createDhHeightMaps();
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// check if this chunk has been converted into an LOD already
+			boolean checkChunkHash = !Config.Common.LodBuilding.disableUnchangedChunkCheck.get();
+			if (checkChunkHash)
+			{
+				int oldChunkHash = dhLevel.getChunkHash(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()); // shouldn't happen on the render thread since it may take a few moments to run
+				int newChunkHash = chunkWrapper.getBlockBiomeHashCode();
+				
+				boolean hasNewChunkHash = (oldChunkHash != newChunkHash);
+				if (!hasNewChunkHash)
+				{
+					// do not update the chunk if the hash is the same
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.addItemToUpdateQueue(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos(), preUpdateData);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error when pre-updating chunk at pos: [" + chunkWrapper.getChunkPos() + "]", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static void processQueuedChunkUpdate()
+	{
+		ChunkUpdateData updateData = CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.updateQueue.popClosest();
+		if (updateData == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = updateData.chunkWrapper;
+		IDhLevel dhLevel = updateData.dhLevel;
+		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = dhLevel.getLevelWrapper();
+		
+		// having a list of the nearby chunks is needed for lighting and beacon generation
+		ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList  = tryGetNeighborChunkListForChunk(chunkWrapper);
+		
+		
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// sky lighting is populated later at the data source level
+			DhLightingEngine.INSTANCE.bakeChunkBlockLighting(chunkWrapper, nearbyChunkList, levelWrapper.hasSkyLight() ? LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT : LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT);
+			
+			dhLevel.updateBeaconBeamsForChunk(chunkWrapper, nearbyChunkList);
+			
+			int newChunkHash = chunkWrapper.getBlockBiomeHashCode();
+			dhLevel.updateChunkAsync(chunkWrapper, newChunkHash);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error when updating chunk at pos: [" + chunkWrapper.getChunkPos() + "]", e);
+		}
+		
+		CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.queuedChunkWrapperByChunkPos.remove(updateData.chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
+	}
+	private static ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> tryGetNeighborChunkListForChunk(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper)
+	{
+		// get the neighboring chunk list
+		ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> neighborChunkList = new ArrayList<>(9);
+		for (int xOffset = -1; xOffset <= 1; xOffset++)
+		{
+			for (int zOffset = -1; zOffset <= 1; zOffset++)
+			{
+				if (xOffset == 0 && zOffset == 0)
+				{
+					// center chunk
+					neighborChunkList.add(chunkWrapper);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// neighboring chunk 
+					DhChunkPos neighborPos = new DhChunkPos(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getX() + xOffset, chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getZ() + zOffset);
+					IChunkWrapper neighborChunk = CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.tryGetChunk(neighborPos);
+					if (neighborChunk != null)
+					{
+						neighborChunkList.add(neighborChunk);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return neighborChunkList;
+	}
 	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// F3 Menu //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
-	public ArrayList<String> getDebugMenuString() { return WORLD_CHUNK_UPDATE_MANAGER.getDebugMenuString(); }
-	
-	//endregion
+	public String getDebugMenuString()
+	{
+		String preUpdatingCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.preUpdateQueue.getQueuedCount());
+		String updatingCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.updateQueue.getQueuedCount());
+		String queuedCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.getQueuedCount());
+		
+		String maxUpdateCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.maxSize);
+		
+		return "Queued chunk updates: "+"( "+preUpdatingCountStr+" + "+updatingCountStr+" )  [ "+queuedCountStr+" / "+maxUpdateCountStr+" ]";
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -1,61 +1,33 @@
 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.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.DhLightingEngine;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EMinecraftColor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client.SyncOnLoadRequestQueue;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.EWorldEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftSharedWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

-
-/**
- * @see WorldChunkUpdateManager
- */
 public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
-	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
-	private static final IMinecraftSharedWrapper MC_SHARED = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftSharedWrapper.class);
-	
-	/**
-	 * how many chunks can be queued for updating per thread + player (in multiplayer), 
-	 * used to prevent updates from infinitely pilling up if the user flies around extremely fast 
-	 */
-	public static final int MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER = 1_000;
-	
-	/** how many milliseconds must pass before an overloaded message can be sent in chat or the log */
-	public static final int MIN_MS_BETWEEN_OVERLOADED_LOG_MESSAGE = 30_000;
-	
-	
-	
-	private final Set<DhChunkPos> ignoredChunkPosSet = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
-	private static long lastOverloadedLogMessageMsTime = 0;
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	public final ChunkPosQueue updateQueue;
 	public final ChunkPosQueue preUpdateQueue;
+	public final Set<DhChunkPos> ignoredChunkPosSet = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
 	
 	public final ConcurrentMap<DhChunkPos, IChunkWrapper> queuedChunkWrapperByChunkPos = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
 		.expireAfterWrite(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -65,15 +37,13 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 	/** dynamically changes based on the number of threads currently available */
 	public int maxSize = 500;
 	
-	/** used to prevent flickering */
-	public long lastMsTimeShownActiveInF3Screen = System.currentTimeMillis();
+	private static long lastOverloadedLogMessageMsTime = 0;
 	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public ChunkUpdateQueueManager()
 	{
@@ -81,14 +51,11 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		this.preUpdateQueue = new ChunkPosQueue();
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==================//
 	// list/set methods //
 	//==================//
-	//region
 	
 	public boolean contains(DhChunkPos pos) 
 	{ 
@@ -104,8 +71,7 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		this.ignoredChunkPosSet.clear();
 	}
 	public int getQueuedCount() { return this.updateQueue.getQueuedCount() + this.preUpdateQueue.getQueuedCount(); }
-	
-	public boolean updateQueuesEmpty()
+	public boolean isEmpty()
 	{
 		return this.updateQueue.isEmpty()
 				&& this.preUpdateQueue.isEmpty();
@@ -150,14 +116,14 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 	{
 		// limit how often an overloaded message can be sent
 		long msBetweenLastLog = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastOverloadedLogMessageMsTime;
-		if (msBetweenLastLog >= MIN_MS_BETWEEN_OVERLOADED_LOG_MESSAGE)
+		if (msBetweenLastLog >= SharedApi.MIN_MS_BETWEEN_OVERLOADED_LOG_MESSAGE)
 		{
 			lastOverloadedLogMessageMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 			
-			String message = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons overloaded, too many chunks queued for LOD processing. " + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING +
+			String message = EMinecraftColor.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons overloaded, too many chunks queued for LOD processing. " + EMinecraftColor.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 [" + this.maxSize + "] ([" + MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER + "] per thread+players).";
+					"\nMax queue count [" + SharedApi.CHUNK_UPDATE_QUEUE_MANAGER.maxSize + "] ([" + SharedApi.MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER + "] per thread+players).";
 			
 			boolean showWarningInChat = Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showUpdateQueueOverloadedChatWarning.get();
 			if (showWarningInChat)
@@ -195,180 +161,20 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		return existingWrapper.copy();
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// ignores //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	public void addPosToIgnore(DhChunkPos chunkPos) { this.ignoredChunkPosSet.add(chunkPos); }
 	public void removePosToIgnore(DhChunkPos chunkPos) { this.ignoredChunkPosSet.remove(chunkPos); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//===================//
-	// update processing //
-	//===================//
-	//region
-	
-	public void processQueue()
-	{
-		// update the center & max size of the queue manager
-		int maxUpdateSizeMultiplier;
-		if (MC_CLIENT != null && MC_CLIENT.playerExists())
-		{
-			// Local worlds & multiplayer
-			this.setCenter(MC_CLIENT.getPlayerChunkPos());
-			maxUpdateSizeMultiplier = MC_CLIENT.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer() ? 1 : MC_SHARED.getPlayerCount();
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Dedicated servers
-			// Also includes spawn chunks since they're likely to be intentionally utilized with updates
-			maxUpdateSizeMultiplier = 1 + MC_SHARED.getPlayerCount();
-		}
-		
-		this.maxSize = MAX_UPDATING_CHUNK_COUNT_PER_THREAD_AND_PLAYER
-			* Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get()
-			* maxUpdateSizeMultiplier;
-		
-		
-		
-		//===============================//
-		// update the necessary chunk(s) //
-		//===============================//
-		
-		this.processQueuedChunkPreUpdate();
-		this.processQueuedChunkUpdate();
-		
-		// queue the next position if there are still positions to process
-		AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor();
-		if (executor != null && !this.updateQueuesEmpty())
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				executor.execute(this::processQueue);
-			}
-			catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
-			{
-				// the executor was shut down, it should be back up shortly and able to accept new jobs
-			}
-		}
-		
-	}
-	
-	private void processQueuedChunkPreUpdate()
-	{
-		ChunkUpdateData preUpdateData = this.preUpdateQueue.popClosest();
-		if (preUpdateData == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		IDhLevel dhLevel = preUpdateData.dhLevel;
-		IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = preUpdateData.chunkWrapper;
-		chunkWrapper.createDhHeightMaps();
-		
-		try
-		{
-			// check if this chunk has been converted into an LOD already
-			boolean checkChunkHash = !Config.Common.LodBuilding.disableUnchangedChunkCheck.get();
-			if (checkChunkHash)
-			{
-				int oldChunkHash = dhLevel.getChunkHash(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()); // shouldn't happen on the render thread since it may take a few moments to run
-				int newChunkHash = chunkWrapper.getBlockBiomeHashCode();
-				
-				boolean hasNewChunkHash = (oldChunkHash != newChunkHash);
-				if (!hasNewChunkHash)
-				{
-					// do not update the chunk if the hash is the same
-					return;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			this.addItemToUpdateQueue(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos(), preUpdateData);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error when pre-updating chunk at pos: [" + chunkWrapper.getChunkPos() + "]", e);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	private void processQueuedChunkUpdate()
-	{
-		ChunkUpdateData updateData = this.updateQueue.popClosest();
-		if (updateData == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = updateData.chunkWrapper;
-		IDhLevel dhLevel = updateData.dhLevel;
-		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = dhLevel.getLevelWrapper();
-		
-		// having a list of the nearby chunks is needed for lighting and beacon generation
-		ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList  = this.tryGetNeighborChunkListForChunk(chunkWrapper);
-		
-		
-		
-		try
-		{
-			// sky lighting is populated later at the data source level
-			DhLightingEngine.INSTANCE.bakeChunkBlockLighting(chunkWrapper, nearbyChunkList, levelWrapper.hasSkyLight() ? LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT : LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT);
-			
-			dhLevel.updateBeaconBeamsForChunk(chunkWrapper, nearbyChunkList);
-			
-			int newChunkHash = chunkWrapper.getBlockBiomeHashCode();
-			dhLevel.updateChunkAsync(chunkWrapper, newChunkHash);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error when updating chunk at pos: [" + chunkWrapper.getChunkPos() + "]", e);
-		}
-		
-		this.queuedChunkWrapperByChunkPos.remove(updateData.chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
-	}
-	private ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> tryGetNeighborChunkListForChunk(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper)
-	{
-		// get the neighboring chunk list
-		ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> neighborChunkList = new ArrayList<>(9);
-		for (int xOffset = -1; xOffset <= 1; xOffset++)
-		{
-			for (int zOffset = -1; zOffset <= 1; zOffset++)
-			{
-				if (xOffset == 0 && zOffset == 0)
-				{
-					// center chunk
-					neighborChunkList.add(chunkWrapper);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					// neighboring chunk 
-					DhChunkPos neighborPos = new DhChunkPos(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getX() + xOffset, chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getZ() + zOffset);
-					IChunkWrapper neighborChunk = this.tryGetChunk(neighborPos);
-					if (neighborChunk != null)
-					{
-						neighborChunkList.add(neighborChunk);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return neighborChunkList;
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==================//
 	// position methods //
 	//==================//
-	//region
 	
 	public void setCenter(DhChunkPos newCenter)
 	{
@@ -376,33 +182,5 @@ public class ChunkUpdateQueueManager
 		this.preUpdateQueue.setCenter(newCenter);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// F3 Menu //
-	//=========//
-	//region
-	
-	public String getDebugMenuString()
-	{
-		String y = MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW;
-		String o = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE;
-		String cf = MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING;
-		
-		
-		String preUpdatingCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(this.preUpdateQueue.getQueuedCount());
-		String updatingCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(this.updateQueue.getQueuedCount());
-		String queuedCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(this.getQueuedCount());
-		
-		String maxUpdateCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(this.maxSize);
-		
-		return "Queued chunk updates: "+"("+y+preUpdatingCountStr+cf+" + "+o+updatingCountStr+cf+") ["+queuedCountStr+"/"+maxUpdateCountStr+"]";
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
 	
 }
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.AbstractDhWorld;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.EWorldEnvironment;
-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.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-
-/**
- * Holds all the {@link ChunkUpdateQueueManager} for a loaded world.
- * Different queues are needed for each level to prevent
- * chunks from bleeding between levels (IE a nether chunk applied to the overworld).
- * 
- * @see ChunkUpdateQueueManager
- */
-public class WorldChunkUpdateManager
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	/** singleton since we only expect to have one world loaded at a time */
-	public static final WorldChunkUpdateManager INSTANCE = new WorldChunkUpdateManager();
-	
-	public static final Set<String> LOGGED_GET_ERROR_MESSAGES = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>());
-	
-	
-	/** 
-	 * Queues are only removed during world shutdown.
-	 * The assumption is that there will be a limited number of {@link ILevelWrapper}'s
-	 * for a given world.
-	 */
-	private final ConcurrentHashMap<ILevelWrapper, ChunkUpdateQueueManager> updateQueueByLevelWrapper = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	//region
-	
-	private WorldChunkUpdateManager() {  }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=================//
-	// manager methods //
-	//=================//
-	//region
-	
-	/**
-	 * @return null if the world is unloaded or the given level wrapper is the wrong type 
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	public ChunkUpdateQueueManager getByLevelWrapper(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
-	{
-		AbstractDhWorld world = SharedApi.getAbstractDhWorld();
-		if (world == null)
-		{
-			// world isn't loaded, no warnings need to be logged
-			return null;
-		}
-		
-		// we only want to load chunks for certain level wrappers
-		// this is done specifically on a local-server to prevent
-		// loading both the server and client level wrappers
-		if (world.environment == EWorldEnvironment.CLIENT_ONLY
-			// when connected to a server we should only ever load client wrappers anyway
-			// but this check confirms it
-			&& !(levelWrapper instanceof IClientLevelWrapper))
-		{
-			// how did we get a server level wrapper on the client?
-			// this shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			return null;
-		}
-		else if (
-			(world.environment == EWorldEnvironment.SERVER_ONLY
-			|| world.environment == EWorldEnvironment.CLIENT_SERVER)
-				// when hosting a server we only care about the server wrappers
-				&& !(levelWrapper instanceof IServerLevelWrapper))
-		{
-			// ignore client updates on the server
-			return null;
-		}
-		
-		
-		ChunkUpdateQueueManager queueManager = this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.get(levelWrapper);
-		if (queueManager != null)
-		{
-			return queueManager;
-		}
-		
-		return this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.compute(levelWrapper,
-			(ILevelWrapper newLevelWrapper, ChunkUpdateQueueManager oldQueueManager) ->
-			{
-				if (oldQueueManager != null)
-				{
-					return oldQueueManager;
-				}
-				
-				oldQueueManager = new ChunkUpdateQueueManager();
-				return oldQueueManager;
-			});
-	}
-	
-	public void processEachQueue()
-	{
-		this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.forEach(
-			(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager) -> 
-		{
-			updateManager.processQueue();
-		});
-	}
-	
-	public int getTotalQueuedCount()
-	{
-		AtomicInteger queueCountRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
-		
-		this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.forEach(
-			(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager) ->
-			{
-				queueCountRef.addAndGet(updateManager.getQueuedCount());
-			});
-		
-		return queueCountRef.get();
-	}
-	
-	public void clear() { this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.clear(); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// F3 Menu //
-	//=========//
-	//region
-	
-	public ArrayList<String> getDebugMenuString()
-	{
-		ArrayList<String> stringList = new ArrayList<>();
-		stringList.add("");// placeholder for the total count
-		
-		// add each queue to the list
-		AtomicInteger totalQueueCountRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
-		AtomicInteger activeQueueCountRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
-		this.updateQueueByLevelWrapper.forEach(
-			(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager) ->
-			{
-				// is this queue active?
-				if (!updateManager.updateQueuesEmpty())
-				{
-					updateManager.lastMsTimeShownActiveInF3Screen = System.currentTimeMillis();
-					activeQueueCountRef.incrementAndGet();
-				}
-				
-				// show this queue if it hasn't been empty long enough
-				// (done to prevent flickering on the F3 screen when the queue rapidly fills/empties)
-				long timeSinceQueueLastShownActiveMs = System.currentTimeMillis() - updateManager.lastMsTimeShownActiveInF3Screen;
-				if (timeSinceQueueLastShownActiveMs < 4_000)
-				{
-					stringList.add(levelWrapper.getDimensionName() + ": " + updateManager.getDebugMenuString());
-				}
-				
-				totalQueueCountRef.incrementAndGet();
-			});
-		
-		// replace the first line with the number of total/active queues
-		// (helpful if we need to diagnose a leak due to a massive number of queue level wrappers)
-		stringList.set(0, "Chunk Update Queues: "+activeQueueCountRef.get()+"/"+totalQueueCountRef.get());
-		
-		return stringList;
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.rendering;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;

 /**
@@ -14,32 +13,9 @@ public class DhRenderState
 {
 	public Mat4f mcModelViewMatrix = null;
 	public Mat4f mcProjectionMatrix = null;
-	/** 
-	 * percentage of time into the current client tick. <br><br>
-	 * 
-	 * Can be converted to a millisecond frametime 
-	 * (IE time between frames in milliseconds) using the formula: <br>
-	 * <code>
-	 * (partialTickTime/20*1000)
-	 * </code> <br>
-	 * IE 60 FPS = 16.6 MS <br>
-	 * 
-	 * @link https://fpstoms.com/
-	 * @see IMinecraftRenderWrapper#getPartialTickTime()
-	 */
-	public float partialTickTime = -1; 
+	public float frameTime = -1;
 	public IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = null;
 	
-	/**
-	 * This will generally be true if the player is: <br>
-	 * - blinded <br>
-	 * - under lava/water <br>
-	 * <br>
-	 * In those cases some rendering logic may need to be changed
-	 * to look correct.
-	 */
-	public boolean vanillaFogEnabled = false;
-	
 	
 	
 	//========//
@@ -62,7 +38,7 @@ public class DhRenderState
 			errorReasons += "no Projection Matrix, ";
 		}
 		
-		if (this.partialTickTime == -1)
+		if (this.frameTime == -1)
 		{
 			errorReasons += "no Frame Time, ";
 		}
@@ -75,6 +51,13 @@ public class DhRenderState
 		return errorReasons;
 	}
 	
+	public boolean canRender()
+	{
+		// separated variable to allow for easy checking with the debugger
+		String errorReasons = this.unableToRenderBecause();
+		return errorReasons.isEmpty();
+	}
+	
 	public void canRenderOrThrow() throws IllegalStateException
 	{
 		String errorReasons = this.unableToRenderBecause();
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.quickOptions.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.*;
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiDistantGenerat
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiDistantGeneratorProgressDisplayLocation;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.presets.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.listeners.ConfigChangeListener;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.*;
 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;
@@ -98,7 +101,6 @@ public class Config
 				.build();
 		
 		public static ConfigUiLinkedEntry quickEnableWorldGenerator = new ConfigUiLinkedEntry(Common.WorldGenerator.enableDistantGeneration);
-		public static ConfigUiLinkedEntry quickEnableServerGeneration = new ConfigUiLinkedEntry(Server.enableServerGeneration);
 		
 		public static ConfigUiLinkedEntry quickShowWorldGenProgress = new ConfigUiLinkedEntry(Common.WorldGenerator.showGenerationProgress);
 		
@@ -143,11 +145,8 @@ public class Config
 				public static ConfigCategory quality = new ConfigCategory.Builder().set(Quality.class).build();
 				public static ConfigUISpacer qualitySpacer = new ConfigUISpacer.Builder().build();
 				
-				
-				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableSsao = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-					.set(true)
-					.comment("Enable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion")
-					.build();
+				public static ConfigUiLinkedEntry quickEnableSsao = new ConfigUiLinkedEntry(Ssao.enableSsao);
+				public static ConfigCategory ssao = new ConfigCategory.Builder().set(Ssao.class).build();
 				public static ConfigUISpacer ssaoSpacer = new ConfigUISpacer.Builder().build();
 				
 				
@@ -270,6 +269,13 @@ public class Config
 							.addListener(ReloadLodsConfigEventHandler.DELAYED_INSTANCE)
 							.build();
 					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> lodBias = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(0d, 0d, null)
+							.comment(""
+									+ "What value should vanilla Minecraft's texture LodBias be? \n"
+									+ "If set to 0 the mod wont overwrite vanilla's default (which so happens to also be 0)")
+							.build();
+					
 					public static ConfigEntry<EDhApiLodShading> lodShading = new ConfigEntry.Builder<EDhApiLodShading>()
 							.set(EDhApiLodShading.AUTO)
 							.comment(""
@@ -323,8 +329,8 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> brightnessMultiplier = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.set(1.0f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> brightnessMultiplier = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>() // TODO: Make this a float (the ClassicConfigGUI doesnt support floats)
+							.set(1.0)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "How bright LOD colors are. \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -334,8 +340,8 @@ public class Config
 							.addListener(ReloadLodsConfigEventHandler.DELAYED_INSTANCE)
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> saturationMultiplier = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.set(1.0f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> saturationMultiplier = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>() // TODO: Make this a float (the ClassicConfigGUI doesnt support floats)
+							.set(1.0)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "How saturated LOD colors are. \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -358,6 +364,71 @@ public class Config
 							.build();	
 				}
 				
+				public static class Ssao
+				{
+					public static ConfigUIComment ssaoHeader = new ConfigUIComment.Builder().setParentConfigClass(Ssao.class).build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableSsao = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+							.set(true)
+							.comment("Enable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> sampleCount = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+							.set(6)
+							.comment("" +
+									"Determines how many points in space are sampled for the occlusion test. \n" +
+									"Higher numbers will improve quality and reduce banding, but will increase GPU load." +
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> radius = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.set(4.0)
+							.comment("" +
+									"Determines the radius Screen Space Ambient Occlusion is applied, measured in blocks." +
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> strength = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.set(0.2)
+							.comment("" +
+									"Determines how dark the Screen Space Ambient Occlusion effect will be." +
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> bias = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.set(0.02)
+							.comment("" +
+									"Increasing the value can reduce banding at the cost of reducing the strength of the effect." +
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> minLight = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.set(0.25)
+							.comment("" +
+									"Determines how dark the occlusion shadows can be. \n" +
+									"0 = totally black at the corners \n" +
+									"1 = no shadow" +
+									"")
+							.build();
+					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> blurRadius = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+							.set(2)
+							.comment("" +
+									"The radius, measured in pixels, that blurring is calculated for the SSAO. \n" +
+									"Higher numbers will reduce banding at the cost of GPU performance." +
+									"")
+							.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
 				{
 					public static ConfigUIComment genericRendererHeader = new ConfigUIComment.Builder().setParentConfigClass(GenericRendering.class).build();
@@ -386,15 +457,6 @@ 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(""
@@ -402,23 +464,19 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> dimensionEnabledCloudRenderingCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
-						.set("minecraft:overworld")
-						.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL)
-						.comment(""
-							+ "A comma separated separated list of dimension resource locations where DH clouds will render.\n"
-							+ "\n"
-							+ "Example: \"minecraft:overworld,minecraft:the_end\"\n"
-							+ "\n"
-							+ "Changes will only be seen when the world is re-loaded.\n"
-							+ "")
-						.build();
+					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableInstancedRendering = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+							.set(true)
+							.comment(""
+									+ "Can be disabled to use much slower but more compatible direct rendering. \n"
+									+ "Disabling this can be used to fix some crashes on Mac. \n"
+									+ "")
+							.build();
 				}
 				
 				public static class Fog
 				{
-					private static final Float FOG_RANGE_MIN = 0.0f;
-					private static final Float FOG_RANGE_MAX = (float)Math.sqrt(2.0);
+					private static final Double FOG_RANGE_MIN = 0.0;
+					private static final Double FOG_RANGE_MAX = Math.sqrt(2.0);
 					
 					
 					
@@ -450,8 +508,8 @@ public class Config
 					
 					
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> farFogStart = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.4f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> farFogStart = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.4, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "At what distance should the far fog start? \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -460,8 +518,8 @@ public class Config
 									+ "1.414: Fog starts at the corner of the vanilla render distance.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> farFogEnd = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> farFogEnd = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "Where should the far fog end? \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -470,8 +528,8 @@ public class Config
 									+ "1.414: Fog ends at the corner of the vanilla render distance.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> farFogMin = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(-5.0f, 0.0f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> farFogMin = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(-5.0, 0.0, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "What is the minimum fog thickness? \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -479,8 +537,8 @@ public class Config
 									+ "1.0: Fully opaque fog.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> farFogMax = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0f, 5.0f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> farFogMax = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0, 5.0)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "What is the maximum fog thickness? \n"
 									+ "\n"
@@ -498,8 +556,8 @@ public class Config
 									+ EDhApiFogFalloff.EXPONENTIAL_SQUARED + ": 1/(e^((distance*density)^2)")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> farFogDensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(0.01f, 2.5f, 50.0f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> farFogDensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(0.01, 2.5, 50.0)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "Used in conjunction with the Fog Falloff.")
 							.build();
@@ -545,13 +603,13 @@ public class Config
 										+ EDhApiHeightFogDirection.ABOVE_AND_BELOW_SET_HEIGHT + ": Height fog starts from a set height and goes towards both the sky and void")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogBaseHeight = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(-3_000_000.0f, 80.0f, 3_000_000.0f)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogBaseHeight = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(-4096.0, 80.0, 4096.0)
 								.comment("If the height fog is calculated around a set height, what is that height position?")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogStart = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.0f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogStart = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.0, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 								.comment(""
 										+ "Should the start of the height fog be offset? \n"
 										+ "\n"
@@ -559,8 +617,8 @@ public class Config
 										+ "1.0: Fog start with offset of the entire world's height. (Includes depth)")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogEnd = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.6f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogEnd = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 0.6, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 								.comment(""
 										+ "Should the end of the height fog be offset? \n"
 										+ "\n"
@@ -568,8 +626,8 @@ public class Config
 										+ "1.0: Fog end with offset of the entire world's height. (Include depth)")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogMin = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(0.0f, 0.0f, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogMin = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(0.0, 0.0, FOG_RANGE_MAX)
 								.comment(""
 										+ "What is the minimum fog thickness? \n"
 										+ "\n"
@@ -577,8 +635,8 @@ public class Config
 										+ "1.0: Fully opaque fog.")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogMax = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0f, 5.0f)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogMax = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(FOG_RANGE_MIN, 1.0, 5.0)
 								.comment(""
 										+ "What is the maximum fog thickness? \n"
 										+ "\n"
@@ -596,8 +654,8 @@ public class Config
 										+ EDhApiFogFalloff.EXPONENTIAL_SQUARED + ": 1/(e^((height*density)^2)")
 								.build();
 						
-						public static ConfigEntry<Float> heightFogDensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-								.setMinDefaultMax(0.01f, 20.0f, 50.0f)
+						public static ConfigEntry<Double> heightFogDensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+								.setMinDefaultMax(0.01, 20.0, 50.0)
 								.comment("What is the height fog's density?")
 								.build();
 						
@@ -625,13 +683,13 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> noiseIntensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(0f, 0.05f, 1f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> noiseIntensity = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()    // TODO: Make this a float (the ClassicConfigGUI doesn't support floats)
+							.setMinDefaultMax(0d, 5d, 100d)                    // TODO: Once this becomes a float make it 0-1 instead of 0-100 (I did this cus doubles only allow 2 decimal places)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "How intense should the noise should be?")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> noiseDropoff = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> noiseDropoff = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()    // TODO: Make this a float (the ClassicConfigGUI doesn't support floats)
 							.setMinDefaultMax(0, 1024, null)
 							.comment(""
 									+ "Defines how far should the noise texture render before it fades away. (in blocks) \n"
@@ -645,33 +703,22 @@ public class Config
 				{
 					public static ConfigUIComment cullingHeader = new ConfigUIComment.Builder().setParentConfigClass(Culling.class).build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Float> overdrawPrevention = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Float>()
-							.setMinDefaultMax(-1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f)
+					public static ConfigEntry<Double> overdrawPrevention = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Double>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(0.0, 0.0, 1.0) // TODO change -1 to auto
 							.comment(""
-								+ "Determines how far from the camera Distant Horizons will start rendering. \n"
-								+ "Measured as a percentage of the vanilla render distance.\n"
-								+ "\n"
-								+ "-1 = auto, overdraw will change based on the vanilla render distance.\n"
-								+ "\n"
-								+ "Higher values will prevent LODs from rendering behind vanilla blocks at a higher distance,\n"
-								+ "but may cause holes in the world. \n"
-								+ "Holes are most likely to appear when flying through unloaded terrain. \n"
-								+ "\n"
-								+ "Increasing the vanilla render distance increases the effectiveness of this setting."
-								+ "")
+									+ "Determines how far from the camera Distant Horizons will start rendering. \n"
+									+ "Measured as a percentage of the vanilla render distance.\n"
+									+ "\n"
+									+ "0 = auto, overdraw will change based on the vanilla render distance.\n"
+									+ "\n"
+									+ "Higher values will prevent LODs from rendering behind vanilla blocks at a higher distance,\n"
+									+ "but may cause holes in the world. \n"
+									+ "Holes are most likely to appear when flying through unloaded terrain. \n"
+									+ "\n"
+									+ "Increasing the vanilla render distance increases the effectiveness of this setting."
+									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> reduceOverdrawWithFastMovement = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-						.set(true)
-						.comment(""
-							+ "If set to true the overdraw prevention radius will get closer\n"
-							+ "to the camera when flying/moving quickly.\n"
-							+ "\n"
-							+ "This helps reduce issues where Minecraft can't load or\n"
-							+ "generate chunks fast enough to keep up with DH.\n"
-							+ "")
-						.build();
-					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableCaveCulling = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(true)
 							.comment(""
@@ -726,56 +773,59 @@ public class Config
 									+ "Disable this if shadows render incorrectly.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigUISpacer ignoreCsvStartSpacer = new ConfigUISpacer.Builder().build();
-					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> ignoredRenderBlockCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
+					public static ConfigEntry<String> ignoredRenderBlockCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>() // TODO accept wildcards
 							.set("minecraft:barrier,minecraft:structure_void,minecraft:light,minecraft:tripwire,minecraft:brown_mushroom")
-							.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL)
-						.addListener(RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler.INSTANCE)
+							.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ONLY_IN_FILE) // only shown in file since the UI has a character limit
 							.comment(""
 									+ "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();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> ignoredRenderCaveBlockCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
-							.set("")
-							.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL)
-						.addListener(RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler.INSTANCE)
+					public static ConfigEntry<String> ignoredRenderCaveBlockCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>() // TODO accept wildcards
+							.set("minecraft:glow_lichen,minecraft:rail,minecraft:water,minecraft:lava,minecraft:bubble_column," +
+									"minecraft:cave_vines_plant,minecraft:vine,minecraft:cave_vines,minecraft:short_grass,minecraft:tall_grass," +
+									"minecraft:small_dripleaf,minecraft:big_dripleaf,minecraft:big_dripleaf_stem,minecraft:sculk_vein")
+							.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ONLY_IN_FILE) // only shown in file since the UI has a character limit
 							.comment(""
 									+ "A comma separated list of block resource locations that shouldn't be rendered \n"
 									+ "if they are in a 0 sky light underground area. \n"
 									+ "Air is always included in this list. \n"
-									+ "\n"
-									+ "Defaults to an empty list since most cave blocks will be automatically ignored due to being: \n"
-									+ "transparent, non-solid, or liquids, but new blocks can be added here if needed.\n"
+									+ "Requires a restart to change. \n"
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> waterSubSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
-						.set("minecraft:kelp,minecraft:tall_seagrass,minecraft:seagrass")
-						.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL)
-						.addListener(RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler.INSTANCE)
-						.comment(""
-							+ "A comma separated list of block resource locations that will be replaced by water \n"
-							+ "if they're visible on the water's surface. \n"
-							+ "")
-						.build();
-					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> waterSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
-						.set("minecraft:lily_pad")
-						.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL)
-						.addListener(RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler.INSTANCE)
-						.comment(""
-							+ "A comma separated list of block resource locations that will be removed \n"
-							+ "when on top of water. \n"
-							+ "")
-						.build();
 					
+					static
+					{
+						ignoredRenderBlockCsv.addListener(new ConfigChangeListener<String>(ignoredRenderBlockCsv,
+								(blockCsv) ->
+								{
+									IWrapperFactory wrapperFactory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
+									if (wrapperFactory != null)
+									{
+										wrapperFactory.resetRendererIgnoredBlocksSet();
+										DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy.clearRenderDataCache();
+									}
+								}));
+						
+						ignoredRenderCaveBlockCsv.addListener(new ConfigChangeListener<String>(ignoredRenderCaveBlockCsv,
+								(blockCsv) ->
+								{
+									IWrapperFactory wrapperFactory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
+									if (wrapperFactory != null)
+									{
+										wrapperFactory.resetRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks();
+										DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy.clearRenderDataCache();
+									}
+								}));
+					}
 				}
 				
 				public static class Experimental
@@ -813,19 +863,6 @@ public class Config
 						.addListener(IgnoredDimensionCsvHandler.INSTANCE)
 						.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<EDhApiRenderApi> renderingApi = new ConfigEntry.Builder<EDhApiRenderApi>()
-						.set(EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO) 
-						.comment(""
-							+ "Requires a restart to change. \n"
-							+ " \n"
-							+ "Options: \n"
-							+ EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO + " - changes based on the most likely API for that MC version \n"
-							+ EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL + " - Default \n"
-							+ EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D + " - Only supported on MC 1.21.11 \n"
-							+ "")
-						.build();
-					
-					
 				}
 				
 			}
@@ -887,11 +924,11 @@ public class Config
 								+ "What renderer is active? \n"
 								+ "\n"
 								+ EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT + ": Default lod renderer \n"
-								+ EDhApiRendererMode.DEBUG_TRIANGLE + ": Debug testing renderer \n"
+								+ EDhApiRendererMode.DEBUG + ": Debug testing renderer \n"
 								+ EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED + ": Disable rendering")
 						.build();
 				
-				public static ConfigEntry<EDhApiDebugRendering> debugRenderingColors = new ConfigEntry.Builder<EDhApiDebugRendering>()
+				public static ConfigEntry<EDhApiDebugRendering> debugRendering = new ConfigEntry.Builder<EDhApiDebugRendering>()
 						.set(EDhApiDebugRendering.OFF)
 						.comment(""
 								+ "Should specialized colors/rendering modes be used? \n"
@@ -904,13 +941,6 @@ public class Config
 						.addListener(ReloadLodsConfigEventHandler.DELAYED_INSTANCE)
 						.build();
 				
-				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableWhiteWorld = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-					.set(false)
-					.comment(""
-						+ "Stops vertex colors from being passed. \n"
-						+ "Useful for debugging shaders")
-					.build();
-				
 				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> lodOnlyMode = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 						.set(false)
 						.comment(""
@@ -928,15 +958,20 @@ public class Config
 								+ "")
 						.build();
 				
+				// TODO add LOD-only mode to this
 				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableDebugKeybindings = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-					.set(false)
-					.comment(""
-						+ "If true several keys can be used to toggle debug states. \n"
-						+ "F6 - enable/disable LOD rendering \n"
-						+ "F7 - enable/disable LOD only rendering \n"
-						+ "F8 - cycle through the different debug rendering modes \n"
-						+ "")
-					.build();
+						.set(false)
+						.comment(""
+								+ "If true the F8 key can be used to cycle through the different debug modes. \n"
+								+ "and the F6 key can be used to enable and disable LOD rendering.")
+						.build();
+				
+				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableWhiteWorld = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+						.set(false)
+						.comment(""
+								+ "Stops vertex colors from being passed. \n"
+								+ "Useful for debugging shaders")
+						.build();
 				
 				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showOverlappingQuadErrors = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 						.set(false)
@@ -998,6 +1033,15 @@ public class Config
 							.set(false)
 							.comment("Render LOD section status?")
 							.build();
+					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showRenderSectionToggling = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+							.set(false)
+							.comment("" +
+									"A white box will be drawn when an LOD starts rendering \n" +
+									"and a purple box when an LOD stops rendering. \n" +
+									"\n" +
+									"This can be used to debug Quad Tree holes.\n" +
+									"")
+							.build();
 					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showQuadTreeRenderStatus = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(false)
@@ -1050,6 +1094,13 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
+					public static ConfigEntry<EDhApiGpuUploadMethod> glUploadMode = new ConfigEntry.Builder<EDhApiGpuUploadMethod>()
+							.set(EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.AUTO)
+							.comment(""
+									+ "\n"
+									+ "")
+							.build();
+					
 				}
 				
 				public static class ColumnBuilderDebugging
@@ -1116,11 +1167,6 @@ public class Config
 							.comment("Shows info about each thread pool.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showRenderThreadTasks = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-							.set(false)
-							.comment("Shows info about the render thread tasks.")
-							.build();
-					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showCombinedObjectPools = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(false)
 							.comment("Shows the combined memory use and array counts for all DH pooled objects.")
@@ -1132,7 +1178,7 @@ public class Config
 					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showQueuedChunkUpdateCount = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(true)
-							.comment("Shows how many chunks are queued for processing and the max count that can be queued.")
+							.comment("Shows how many chunks are queud for processing and the max count that can be queued.")
 							.build();
 					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showLevelStatus = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
@@ -1140,11 +1186,6 @@ public class Config
 							.comment("Shows what levels are loaded and world gen/rendering info about those levels.")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> onlyShowRenderingLevels = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-							.set(true)
-							.comment("Only show levels that DH is actively rendering.")
-							.build();
-					
 				}
 				
 				/** This class is used to debug the different features of the config GUI */
@@ -1628,16 +1669,7 @@ public class Config
 					.comment(""
 						+ "If enabled, a message will be logged if the garbage \n"
 						+ "collector Java is currently using is known \n"
-						+ "to cause frame stuttering and/or other issues. \n"
-						+ "")
-					.build();
-				
-				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> showGarbageCollectorWarning = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-					.set(true)
-					.comment(""
-						+ "If enabled, a chat message will be displayed if the garbage \n"
-						+ "collector Java is currently using is known \n"
-						+ "to cause frame stuttering and/or other issues. \n"
+						+ "to cause stutters and/or issues. \n"
 						+ "")
 					.build();
 				
@@ -1693,15 +1725,6 @@ public class Config
 		
 		
 		// Generation
-		public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableServerGeneration = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-			.set(true)
-			.comment(""
-				+ "When enabled, Distant Horizons will attempt to download missing LODs from the server.\n"
-				+ "\n"
-				+ "Note: the server must have Distant Generation enabled for it to work."
-				+ "")
-			.build();
-		
 		public static ConfigEntry<Integer> generationRequestRateLimit = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
 				.setChatCommandName("generation.requestRateLimit")
 				.setMinDefaultMax(1, 20, 100)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class ConfigHandler
 	 * <br> {@link String}
 	 * <br> 
 	 * <br> // Below, "T" should be a value from above
-	 * <br> // Note: This is not checked, so we trust that you are doing the right thing
+	 * <br> // Note: This is not checked, so we trust that you are doing the right thing (TODO: Check it)
 	 * <br> List<T>
 	 * <br> ArrayList<T>
 	 * <br> Map<String, T>
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ public class ConfigHandler
 			if (ConfigUIComment.class.isAssignableFrom(entry.getClass())
 				&& ((ConfigUIComment)entry).parentConfigPath != null)
 			{
+				// TODO this could potentially add the same item multiple times
 				entryPrefix = "distanthorizons.config." + ((ConfigUIComment)entry).parentConfigPath;
 			}
 			
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 	private final IConverter<coreType, apiType> configConverter;
 	
 	
-	
-	//==============//
- 	// constructors //
-	//==============//
-	//region
-	
 	/**
 	 * This constructor should only be called internally. <br>
 	 * There is no reason for API users to create this object. <br><br>
@@ -75,29 +69,11 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 		this.configConverter = newConverter;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
 	
+	public apiType getValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.get()); }
+	public apiType getTrueValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getTrueValue()); }
+	public apiType getApiValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getApiValue()); }
 	
-	
-	//===========//
- 	// overrides //
-	//===========//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override public apiType getValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.get()); }
-	@Override public apiType getTrueValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getTrueValue()); }
-	@Override public apiType getApiValue() 
-	{
-		// if no API value is set, this should return null
-		if (this.configBase.getApiValue() == null)
-		{
-			return null;
-		}
-		
-		return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getApiValue()); 
-	}
-	
-	@Override
 	public boolean setValue(apiType newValue)
 	{
 		if (this.configBase.getAllowApiOverride())
@@ -111,12 +87,12 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 		}
 	}
 	
-	@Override
 	public boolean clearValue()
 	{
 		if (this.configBase.getAllowApiOverride())
 		{
 			// no converter should be used here since null objects may need to be handled differently
+			// TODO the API should just have a bool to keep track of whether the API value is in use instead of using NULL
 			this.configBase.setApiValue(null);
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -126,15 +102,13 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 		}
 	}
 	
-	@Override
 	public boolean getCanBeOverrodeByApi() { return this.configBase.getAllowApiOverride(); }
 	
-	@Override public apiType getDefaultValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getDefaultValue()); }
-	@Override public apiType getMaxValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getMax()); }
-	@Override public apiType getMinValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getMin()); }
+	public apiType getDefaultValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getDefaultValue()); }
+	public apiType getMaxValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getMax()); }
+	public apiType getMinValue() { return this.configConverter.convertToApiType(this.configBase.getMin()); }
 	
 	
-	@Override
 	public void addChangeListener(Consumer<apiType> onValueChangeFunc) 
 	{
 		this.configBase.addValueChangeListener((coreValue) -> 
@@ -144,6 +118,4 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 		}); 
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 }
@@ -1,69 +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.config.eventHandlers;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiMcRenderingFadeMode;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeRenderEvent;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiCancelableEventParam;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.listeners.IConfigListener;
-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.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
-
-public class RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler implements IConfigListener
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	public static RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler INSTANCE = new RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler();
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
- 	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	
-	/** private since we only ever need one handler at a time */
-	private RenderBlockCacheCsvHandler() { }
-	
-	
-	
-	//=================//
-	// config handling //
-	//=================//
-	
-	@Override
-	public void onConfigValueSet()
-	{
-		IWrapperFactory wrapperFactory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
-		if (wrapperFactory != null)
-		{
-			wrapperFactory.resetCachedIgnoredBlocksSets();
-			DhApi.Delayed.renderProxy.clearRenderDataCache();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class RenderQualityPresetConfigEventHandler extends AbstractPresetConfigE
 				this.put(EDhApiQualityPreset.HIGH, EDhApiTransparency.COMPLETE);
 				this.put(EDhApiQualityPreset.EXTREME, EDhApiTransparency.COMPLETE);
 			}});
-	private final ConfigPresetOptions<EDhApiQualityPreset, Boolean> ssaoEnabled = new ConfigPresetOptions<>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.enableSsao,
+	private final ConfigPresetOptions<EDhApiQualityPreset, Boolean> ssaoEnabled = new ConfigPresetOptions<>(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Ssao.enableSsao,
 			new HashMap<EDhApiQualityPreset, Boolean>()
 			{{
 				this.put(EDhApiQualityPreset.MINIMUM, false);
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ public class ConfigFileHandler
 		}
 		else if (entry.getTrueValue() == null)
 		{
-			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("ConfigEntry [" + entry.getNameAndCategory() + "] is null, how did this happen?");
+			// TODO when can this happen?
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("BlockBiomeWrapperPair [" + entry.getNameAndCategory() + "] is null, this may be a problem with [" + ModInfo.NAME + "]. Please contact the authors.");
 		}
 		
 		workConfig.set(entry.getNameAndCategory(), ConfigTypeConverters.attemptToConvertToString(entry.getType(), entry.getTrueValue()));
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ public class ConfigFileHandler
 		{
 			LOGGER.error("File creation failed at ["+this.configPath+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 			
-			// delayed MC getter since this object may be created before
-			// the singleton has been bound
+			// TODO is there a reason this is lazily gotten?
 			IMinecraftClientWrapper mc = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 			mc.crashMinecraft("Loading file and resetting config file failed at path [" + this.configPath + "]. Please check the file is ok and you have the permissions", e);
 		}
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*
+ *    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.config.gui;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.lwjgl.system.jawt.JAWT;
+import org.lwjgl.system.macosx.*;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWNativeCocoa.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWNativeWin32.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWNativeX11.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.system.JNI.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.system.jawt.JAWTFunctions.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.system.macosx.ObjCRuntime.*;
+
+// Some of the code is from https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/blob/master/modules/samples/src/test/java/org/lwjgl/demo/system/jawt/EmbeddedFrameUtil.java
+// which is licensed under https://www.lwjgl.org/license
+
+/**
+ * Some utils for embedding awt and swing items into lwjgl windows
+ *
+ * @author Ran
+ * @author coolGi
+ */
+public final class EmbeddedFrameUtil
+{
+	
+	private static final int JAVA_VERSION;
+	
+	private static final JAWT awt;
+	
+	static
+	{
+		Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^(?:1[.])?([1-9][0-9]*)[.-]");
+		Matcher m = p.matcher(System.getProperty("java.version"));
+		
+		if (!m.find())
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to parse java.version");
+		}
+		
+		JAVA_VERSION = Integer.parseInt(m.group(1));
+		
+		awt = JAWT.calloc();
+		awt.version(JAVA_VERSION < 9 ? JAWT_VERSION_1_4 : JAWT_VERSION_9);
+		if (!JAWT_GetAWT(awt))
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException("GetAWT failed");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static String getEmbeddedFrameImpl()
+	{
+		switch (EPlatform.get())
+		{
+			case LINUX:
+				return "sun.awt.X11.XEmbeddedFrame";
+			case WINDOWS:
+				return "sun.awt.windows.WEmbeddedFrame";
+			case MACOS:
+				return "sun.lwawt.macosx.CViewEmbeddedFrame";
+			default:
+				throw new IllegalStateException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static long getEmbeddedFrameHandle(long window)
+	{
+		switch (EPlatform.get())
+		{
+			case LINUX:
+				return glfwGetX11Window(window);
+			case WINDOWS:
+				return glfwGetWin32Window(window);
+			case MACOS:
+				long objc_msgSend = ObjCRuntime.getLibrary().getFunctionAddress("objc_msgSend");
+				return invokePPP(glfwGetCocoaWindow(window), sel_getUid("contentView"), objc_msgSend);
+			default:
+				throw new IllegalStateException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static Frame embeddedFrameCreate(long window)
+	{
+		if (JAVA_VERSION < 9)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+				Class<? extends Frame> EmdeddedFrame = (Class<? extends Frame>) Class.forName(getEmbeddedFrameImpl());
+				Constructor<? extends Frame> c = EmdeddedFrame.getConstructor(long.class);
+				
+				return c.newInstance(getEmbeddedFrameHandle(window));
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return nJAWT_CreateEmbeddedFrame(getEmbeddedFrameHandle(window), awt.CreateEmbeddedFrame());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	static void embeddedFrameSynthesizeWindowActivation(Frame embeddedFrame, boolean doActivate)
+	{
+		if (JAVA_VERSION < 9)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				embeddedFrame
+						.getClass()
+						.getMethod("synthesizeWindowActivation", boolean.class)
+						.invoke(embeddedFrame, doActivate);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			JAWT_SynthesizeWindowActivation(embeddedFrame, doActivate, awt.SynthesizeWindowActivation());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void embeddedFrameSetBounds(Frame embeddedFrame, int x, int y, int width, int height)
+	{
+		if (JAVA_VERSION < 9)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				Method setLocationPrivate = embeddedFrame
+						.getClass()
+						.getSuperclass()
+						.getDeclaredMethod("setBoundsPrivate", int.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+				setLocationPrivate.setAccessible(true);
+				setLocationPrivate.invoke(embeddedFrame, x, y, width, height);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			JAWT_SetBounds(embeddedFrame, x, y, width, height, awt.SetBounds());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static void hideFrame(@NotNull Frame embeddedFrame)
+	{
+		embeddedFrame.setVisible(false);
+		embeddedFrameSynthesizeWindowActivation(embeddedFrame, false);
+	}
+	
+	public static void showFrame(@NotNull Frame embeddedFrame)
+	{
+		embeddedFrameSynthesizeWindowActivation(embeddedFrame, true);
+		embeddedFrame.setVisible(true);
+	}
+	public static void placeAtCenter(Frame embeddedFrame, int windowWidth, int windowHeight, int frameWidth, int frameHeight, float scale)
+	{
+		float scaleFactor = (100.0F - scale) / 100.0F;
+		float newWidth = frameWidth * scaleFactor;
+		float newHeight = frameHeight * scaleFactor;
+		float newX = (windowWidth - newWidth) / 2F;
+		float newY = (windowHeight - newHeight) / 2F;
+		embeddedFrameSetBounds(embeddedFrame, Math.round(newX), Math.round(newY), Math.round(newWidth), Math.round(newHeight));
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ *    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.config.gui;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
+import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class JavaScreenHandlerScreen extends AbstractScreen
+{
+	public static Frame frame;
+	public static boolean firstRun = true;
+	public final Component jComponent;
+	
+	
+	
+	static
+	{
+		// Note: this code can cause Mac
+		// to lock up and refuse the load (there's a bug with Java.awt texture loading)
+		
+		// Needs to be called before any Swing code is called, otherwise
+		// Swing will get stuck thinking it's headless
+		System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "false");
+	}
+	
+	public JavaScreenHandlerScreen(@NotNull Component component)
+	{
+		this.jComponent = component;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void init()
+	{
+		if (firstRun)
+		{
+			frame = EmbeddedFrameUtil.embeddedFrameCreate(this.minecraftWindow); // Don't call this multiple times
+		}
+		
+		frame.add(this.jComponent);
+		frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 125, 155));
+		
+		JavaScreenHandlerScreen thiss = this;
+		
+		frame.addKeyListener(new KeyListener() 
+		{
+			@Override
+			public void keyPressed(KeyEvent keyEvent)
+			{
+				System.out.println("Key pressed code=" + keyEvent.getKeyCode() + ", char=" + keyEvent.getKeyChar());
+				if (keyEvent.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE)
+				{
+					thiss.close = true;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			@Override
+			public void keyTyped(KeyEvent keyEvent) { }
+			@Override
+			public void keyReleased(KeyEvent keyEvent) { }
+		});
+		
+		if (firstRun)
+		{
+			EmbeddedFrameUtil.embeddedFrameSetBounds(frame, 0, 0, this.width, this.height);
+			firstRun = false;
+		}
+		
+		EmbeddedFrameUtil.showFrame(frame);
+	}
+	
+	/** A testing/debug screen */
+	public static class ExampleScreen extends JComponent
+	{
+		public ExampleScreen()
+		{
+			this.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
+			this.setBackground(new Color(255, 0, 0)); // doesn't appear to be used
+			
+			GridBagConstraints helloWorldConstraints = new GridBagConstraints();
+			helloWorldConstraints.weightx = 0.5;
+			helloWorldConstraints.gridx = 0;
+			helloWorldConstraints.gridy = 0;
+			//helloWorldConstraints.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
+			this.add(new JLabel("Hello World!"), helloWorldConstraints);
+			
+			
+			GridBagConstraints buttonConstraints = new GridBagConstraints();
+			buttonConstraints.weightx = 0.5;
+			buttonConstraints.gridx = 0;
+			buttonConstraints.gridy = 1;
+			//buttonConstraints.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
+			JButton button = new JButton();
+			button.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
+			button.setFocusable(false); // otherwise we can't use escape to leave
+			button.setAction(new ExampleButtonEventHandler("Button text"));
+			this.add(button, buttonConstraints);
+		}
+		
+		private class ExampleButtonEventHandler extends AbstractAction
+		{
+			public ExampleButtonEventHandler(String text)
+			{
+				super(text);
+				//this.putValue(SHORT_DESCRIPTION, text);
+				//this.putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, text);
+			}
+			
+			@Override
+			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+			{
+				System.out.println("button pressed");
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(float delta)
+	{
+		// TODO: Make screen only update on this being called
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onResize()
+	{
+		EmbeddedFrameUtil.embeddedFrameSetBounds(frame, 0, 0, this.width, this.height);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onClose()
+	{
+		frame.remove(this.jComponent);
+		EmbeddedFrameUtil.hideFrame(frame);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}
@@ -52,17 +52,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	protected AbstractConfigBase(EConfigEntryAppearance appearance, T defaultValue)
 	{
 		this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
-		if (this.defaultValue == null)
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("defaultValue cannot be null");
-		}
-		
 		this.value = defaultValue;
 		this.appearance = appearance;
 		
 		Class<?> defaultValueClass = defaultValue.getClass();
 		this.isFloatingPointNumber = (defaultValueClass == Double.class || defaultValueClass == Float.class);
-		
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	private ConfigEntry(
 			EConfigEntryAppearance appearance, 
@@ -79,14 +78,11 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 		this.listenerList = listenerList;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==========================//
 	// property getters/setters //
 	//==========================//
-	//region
 	
 	/** the string used when entering the config into the command line or chat */
 	public String getChatCommandName() { return this.chatCommandName; }
@@ -104,22 +100,16 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	public T getMax() { return this.max; }
 	public void setMax(T newMax) { this.max = newMax; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// value setters //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	public void setApiValue(T newApiValue)
 	{
 		this.apiValue = newApiValue;
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onConfigValueSet);
-		}
+		this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onConfigValueSet);
 	}
 	
 	public boolean apiIsOverriding() 
@@ -139,11 +129,7 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	public void setWithoutSaving(T newValue)
 	{
 		super.set(newValue);
-		
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onConfigValueSet);
-		}
+		this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onConfigValueSet);
 	}
 	@Override
 	public void set(T newValue)
@@ -155,30 +141,19 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	public void uiSetWithoutSaving(T newValue)
 	{
 		this.setWithoutSaving(newValue);
-		
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onUiModify);
-		}
+		this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onUiModify);
 	}
 	public void uiSet(T newValue)
 	{
 		this.set(newValue);
-		
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onUiModify);
-		}
+		this.listenerList.forEach(IConfigListener::onUiModify);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// value getters //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public T get()
@@ -199,14 +174,11 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 	@Nullable
 	public T getApiValue() { return this.apiValue; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// listeners //
 	//===========//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Fired whenever the config value changes to a new value. */
 	public void addValueChangeListener(Consumer<T> onValueChangeFunc)
@@ -215,38 +187,26 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 		this.addListener(changeListener);
 	}
 	/** Fired whenever the config value is updated, including when the value doesn't change (IE when the UI changes state or the config is reloaded). */
-	public void addListener(IConfigListener newListener) 
-	{
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.add(newListener);
-		}
-	}
+	public void addListener(IConfigListener newListener) { this.listenerList.add(newListener); }
 	
-	public void removeListener(IConfigListener oldListener) 
-	{
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.remove(oldListener);
-		}
-	}
+	//public void removeValueChangeListener(Consumer<T> onValueChangeFunc) { } // not currently implemented
+	public void removeListener(IConfigListener oldListener) { this.listenerList.remove(oldListener); }
 	
-	public void clearListeners() 
+	public void clearListeners() { this.listenerList.clear(); }
+	public ArrayList<IConfigListener> getListeners() { return this.listenerList; }
+	/** Replaces the listener list */
+	public void setListeners(ArrayList<IConfigListener> newListeners)
 	{
-		synchronized (this.listenerList)
-		{
-			this.listenerList.clear();
-		}
+		this.listenerList.clear();
+		this.listenerList.addAll(newListeners);
 	}
-	
-	//endregion
+	public void setListeners(IConfigListener... newListeners) { this.listenerList.addAll(Arrays.asList(newListeners)); }
 	
 	
 	
 	//====================//
 	// min/max validation //
 	//====================//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Checks if this config's current value is valid */
 	public EConfigValidity getValidity() { return this.getValidity(this.value, this.min, this.max); }
@@ -297,31 +257,22 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// file handling //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	/** This should normally not be called since set() automatically calls this */
 	public void save() { ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.saveEntry(this); }
 	/** This should normally not be called except for special circumstances */
 	public void load() { ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.loadEntry(this); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override 
-	public String toString() { return this.name + ": [" + this.get() + "]"; }
 	
 	public boolean equals(AbstractConfigBase<?> obj) 
 	{
@@ -343,14 +294,11 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// builder //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	public static class Builder<T> extends AbstractConfigBase.Builder<T, Builder<T>>
 	{
@@ -449,8 +397,4 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigBase<T>
 		
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.FullDataPointIdMap;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.DataCorruptedException;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;

 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

@@ -119,9 +121,9 @@ public class BlockBiomeWrapperPair
 	
 	
 	
-	//=============//
-	// serializing //
-	//=============//
+	//=================//
+	// (de)serializing //
+	//=================//
 	
 	public String serialize() 
 	{
@@ -133,6 +135,17 @@ public class BlockBiomeWrapperPair
 		return this.serialString;
 	}
 	
-	
+	public static BlockBiomeWrapperPair deserialize(String str, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws DataCorruptedException
+	{
+		int separatorIndex = str.indexOf(FullDataPointIdMap.BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING);
+		if (separatorIndex == -1)
+		{
+			throw new DataCorruptedException("Failed to deserialize BiomeBlockStateEntry ["+str+"], unable to find separator.");
+		}
+		
+		IBiomeWrapper biome = WRAPPER_FACTORY.deserializeBiomeWrapperOrGetDefault(str.substring(0, separatorIndex), levelWrapper);
+		IBlockStateWrapper blockState = WRAPPER_FACTORY.deserializeBlockStateWrapperOrGetDefault(str.substring(separatorIndex+FullDataPointIdMap.BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING.length()), levelWrapper);
+		return BlockBiomeWrapperPair.get(blockState, biome);
+	}
 	
 }
@@ -20,42 +20,37 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.BlockBiomeWrapperPair;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.StringPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.DataCorruptedException;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.dataStreams.DhDataInputStream;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.dataStreams.DhDataOutputStream;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.chars.CharArrayList;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

 /**
- * Used to map a numerical IDs to a Biome/BlockState pair. <br>
- * Note: This is not thread safe. <br>
+ * WARNING: This is not THREAD-SAFE! <br><br>
+ * 
+ * Used to map a numerical IDs to a Biome/BlockState pair. <br><br>
+ * 
+ * TODO the serializing of this map might be really big
+ *  since it stringifies every block and biome name, which is quite bulky.
+ *  It might be worth while to have a biome and block ID that then both get mapped
+ *  to the data point ID to reduce file size.
+ *  And/or it would be good to dynamically remove IDs that aren't currently in use.
 * 
 * @author Leetom
 */
 public class FullDataPointIdMap
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	private static final IWrapperFactory WRAPPER_FACTORY = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
-	
-	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("IdMap");
-	
 	/**
 	 * Should only be enabled when debugging.
 	 * Has the system check if any duplicate Entries were read/written
@@ -80,18 +75,14 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public FullDataPointIdMap(long pos) { this.pos = pos; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	/** @see FullDataPointIdMap#getEntry(int) */
 	public IBiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(int id) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException { return this.getEntry(id).biome; }
@@ -122,14 +113,11 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	
 	public long getPos() { return this.pos; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// setters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	/**
 	 * If an entry with the given values already exists nothing will
@@ -227,14 +215,11 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		this.cachedHashCode = 0;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// serializing //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Serializes all contained entries into the given stream, formatted in UTF */
 	public void serialize(DhDataOutputStream outputStream) throws IOException
@@ -264,9 +249,8 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/** Clears and populates the given {@link FullDataPointIdMap} from the given UTF formatted stream */
-	public static void deserialize(@NotNull FullDataPointIdMap map, DhDataInputStream inputStream, long pos, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) 
-		throws IOException, InterruptedException, DataCorruptedException
+	/** Creates a new IdBiomeBlockStateMap from the given UTF formatted stream */
+	public static FullDataPointIdMap deserialize(DhDataInputStream inputStream, long pos, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException, InterruptedException, DataCorruptedException
 	{
 		int entityCount = inputStream.readInt();
 		if (entityCount < 0)
@@ -274,140 +258,52 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 			throw new DataCorruptedException("FullDataPointIdMap deserialize entry count should have a number greater than or equal to 0, returned value ["+entityCount+"].");
 		}
 		
-		// clearing the old values is necessary so we can re-use the same map multiple times
-		map.clear(pos);
 		
 		// only used when debugging
 		HashMap<String, BlockBiomeWrapperPair> dataPointEntryBySerialization = new HashMap<>();
 		
-		try(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutArrays(0, 0, 0, 3))
+		FullDataPointIdMap newMap = new FullDataPointIdMap(pos);
+		for (int i = 0; i < entityCount; i++)
 		{
-			for (int i = 0; i < entityCount; i++)
+			// necessary to prevent issues with deserializing objects after the level has been closed
+			if (Thread.interrupted())
 			{
-				// necessary to prevent issues with deserializing objects after the level has been closed
-				if (Thread.interrupted())
-				{
-					throw new InterruptedException("[" + FullDataPointIdMap.class.getSimpleName() + "] deserializing interrupted.");
-				}
-				
-				int length = inputStream.readUnsignedShort();
-				
-				CharArrayList fullCharList = checkout.getCharArray(0, length);
-				CharArrayList biomeCharList = checkout.getCharArray(1, length);
-				CharArrayList blockCharList = checkout.getCharArray(2, length);
-				
-				// parse the full UTF string
-				for (int stringIndex = 0; stringIndex < length; stringIndex++)
-				{
-					byte b = inputStream.readByte();
-					char c = (char) (b & 0xFF);
-					fullCharList.set(stringIndex, c);
-				}
-				splitCharArray(fullCharList, biomeCharList, blockCharList);
-				
-				String biomeString = StringPool.INSTANCE.getPooledString(biomeCharList);
-				IBiomeWrapper biome = WRAPPER_FACTORY.deserializeBiomeWrapperOrGetDefault(biomeString, levelWrapper);
-				
-				String blockStateString = StringPool.INSTANCE.getPooledString(blockCharList);
-				IBlockStateWrapper blockState = WRAPPER_FACTORY.deserializeBlockStateWrapperOrGetDefault(blockStateString, levelWrapper);
-				
-				BlockBiomeWrapperPair newPair = BlockBiomeWrapperPair.get(blockState, biome);
-				map.blockBiomePairList.add(newPair);
-				
-				
-				if (RUN_SERIALIZATION_DUPLICATE_VALIDATION)
-				{
-					String entryString = StringPool.INSTANCE.getPooledString(fullCharList); 
-					if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsKey(entryString))
-					{
-						LOGGER.error("Duplicate deserialized entry found with serial: " + entryString);
-					}
-					if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsValue(newPair))
-					{
-						LOGGER.error("Duplicate deserialized entry found with value: " + newPair.serialize());
-					}
-					dataPointEntryBySerialization.put(entryString, newPair);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (map.size() != entityCount)
-		{
-			// if the mappings are out of sync then the LODs will render incorrectly due to IDs being wrong
-			LodUtil.assertNotReach("ID maps failed to deserialize for pos: ["+ DhSectionPos.toString(pos)+"], incorrect entity count. Expected count ["+entityCount+"], actual count ["+map.size()+"]");
-		}
-	}
-	/**
-	 * Splits up the given input {@link CharArrayList} into the
-	 * necessary biome and blockstate lists based on the location of
-	 * {@link FullDataPointIdMap#BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING}
-	 */
-	private static void splitCharArray(
-		CharArrayList input,
-		CharArrayList biomeString, CharArrayList blockString) throws DataCorruptedException
-	{
-		boolean separatorFound = false;
-		
-		int foundStartIndex = -1;
-		int separatorIndex = 0;
-		for (int inputIndex = 0; inputIndex < input.size(); inputIndex++)
-		{
-			char ch = input.getChar(inputIndex);
-			if (ch == FullDataPointIdMap.BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING.charAt(separatorIndex))
-			{
-				if (!separatorFound)
-				{
-					foundStartIndex = inputIndex;
-				}
-				separatorFound = true;
-				separatorIndex++;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				separatorFound = false;
-				foundStartIndex = -1;
-				separatorIndex = 0;
+				throw new InterruptedException("[" + FullDataPointIdMap.class.getSimpleName() + "] deserializing interrupted.");
 			}
 			
-			if (separatorFound
-				&& separatorIndex == FullDataPointIdMap.BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING.length())
+			
+			String entryString = inputStream.readUTF();
+			BlockBiomeWrapperPair newPair = BlockBiomeWrapperPair.deserialize(entryString, levelWrapper);
+			newMap.blockBiomePairList.add(newPair);
+			
+			if (RUN_SERIALIZATION_DUPLICATE_VALIDATION)
 			{
-				break;
+				if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsKey(entryString))
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Duplicate deserialized entry found with serial: " + entryString);
+				}
+				if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsValue(newPair))
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Duplicate deserialized entry found with value: " + newPair.serialize());
+				}
+				dataPointEntryBySerialization.put(entryString, newPair);
 			}
 		}
 		
-		
-		if (foundStartIndex == -1)
+		if (newMap.size() != entityCount)
 		{
-			throw new DataCorruptedException("Failed to deserialize BiomeBlockStateEntry ["+input.toString()+"], unable to find separator.");
+			// if the mappings are out of sync then the LODs will render incorrectly due to IDs being wrong
+			LodUtil.assertNotReach("ID maps failed to deserialize for pos: ["+ DhSectionPos.toString(pos)+"], incorrect entity count. Expected count ["+entityCount+"], actual count ["+newMap.size()+"]");
 		}
 		
-		biomeString.clear();
-		for (int i = 0; i < foundStartIndex; i++)
-		{
-			biomeString.push(input.getChar(i));
-		}
-		
-		blockString.clear();
-		for (int i = foundStartIndex + FullDataPointIdMap.BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING.length();
-			i < input.size();
-			i++)
-		{
-			blockString.push(input.getChar(i));
-		}
+		return newMap;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// overrides //
 	//===========//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override 
-	public String toString() { return DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos) + " size: " + this.blockBiomePairList.size(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other)
@@ -443,8 +339,6 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		this.cachedHashCode = result;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ public class FullDataSourceV1
 		this.setDataPoints(dataPoints);
 		
 		
-		this.readIdMappings(this.mapping, inputStream, level.getLevelWrapper());
+		FullDataPointIdMap mapping = this.readIdMappings(inputStream, level.getLevelWrapper());
+		this.setIdMapping(mapping);
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV1
 		outputStream.writeInt(DATA_GUARD_BYTE);
 		this.mapping.serialize(outputStream);
 	}
-	public void readIdMappings(FullDataPointIdMap map, DhDataInputStream inputStream, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException, InterruptedException, DataCorruptedException
+	public FullDataPointIdMap readIdMappings(DhDataInputStream inputStream, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException, InterruptedException, DataCorruptedException
 	{
 		int guardByte = inputStream.readInt();
 		if (guardByte != DATA_GUARD_BYTE)
@@ -354,8 +355,9 @@ public class FullDataSourceV1
 			throw new IOException("Invalid data content end guard for ID mapping");
 		}
 		
-		FullDataPointIdMap.deserialize(map, inputStream, this.pos, levelWrapper);
+		return FullDataPointIdMap.deserialize(inputStream, this.pos, levelWrapper);
 	}
+	public void setIdMapping(FullDataPointIdMap mappings) { this.mapping.mergeAndReturnRemappedEntityIds(mappings); }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.AbstractPhantomArrayList;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.AbstractPhantomArrayList;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhLodPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.util.FullDataMinMaxPosUtil;
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntOpenHashMap;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	/** how many chunks wide this datasource is at detail level 0. */
 	public static final int NUMB_OF_CHUNKS_WIDE = WIDTH / LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 	
-	private static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("FullDataV2");
-	
-	private static final ThreadLocal<FullDataPointIdMap> DATA_MAP_FOR_REMAPPING_REF = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new FullDataPointIdMap(DhSectionPos.encode((byte)0, 0, 0)));
+	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("FullDataV2");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	public static FullDataSourceV2 createFromChunk(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper) { return LodDataBuilder.createFromChunk(levelWrapper, chunkWrapper); }
 	
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 			byte @Nullable [] columnGenerationSteps, byte @Nullable [] columnWorldCompressionMode,
 			boolean empty)
 	{
-		super(ARRAY_LIST_POOL, 2, 0, WIDTH * WIDTH, 0);
+		super(ARRAY_LIST_POOL, 2, 0, WIDTH * WIDTH);
 		
 		LodUtil.assertTrue(data == null || data.length == WIDTH * WIDTH);
 		
@@ -277,14 +274,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	public LongArrayList getColumnAtRelPos(int relX, int relZ) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException 
 	{ return this.dataPoints[relativePosToIndex(relX, relZ)]; }
@@ -307,11 +301,16 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	 */
 	public long getDataPointAtBlockPos(int blockPosX, int blockPosY, int blockPosZ, int levelMinY)
 	{
-		long requestedPos = DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ);
+		DhLodPos requestedPos = new DhLodPos(LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, blockPosX, blockPosZ);
 		
 		// stop if the requested blockPos is outside this datasource
 		{
-			long sectionPos =  DhSectionPos.encodeContaining(DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL, new DhBlockPos(blockPosX, blockPosY, blockPosZ));
+			// get the detail levels for this request
+			byte requestedDetailLevel = requestedPos.detailLevel;
+			byte requestedSectionDetailLevel = (byte) (requestedDetailLevel + DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+	
+			// get the positions for this request
+			long sectionPos = requestedPos.getSectionPosWithSectionDetailLevel(requestedSectionDetailLevel);
 			if (!DhSectionPos.contains(this.pos, sectionPos))
 			{
 				return FullDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA_POINT;
@@ -321,10 +320,10 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		
 		// get the relative data source position
 		byte requestDetailLevel = (byte) (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-		long relativePos = DhSectionPos.getDhSectionRelativePositionForDetailLevel(requestedPos, requestDetailLevel);
+		DhLodPos relativePos = requestedPos.getDhSectionRelativePositionForDetailLevel(requestDetailLevel);
 		
 		// get the data column
-		LongArrayList dataColumn = this.getColumnAtRelPos(DhSectionPos.getX(relativePos), DhSectionPos.getZ(relativePos));
+		LongArrayList dataColumn = this.getColumnAtRelPos(relativePos.x, relativePos.z);
 		if (dataColumn == null)
 		{
 			return FullDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA_POINT;
@@ -362,14 +361,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		return FullDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA_POINT;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==========//
 	// updating //
 	//==========//
-	//region
 	
 	public boolean updateFromDataSource(@NotNull FullDataSourceV2 inputDataSource)
 	{
@@ -443,8 +439,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 		
 		
-		// needed to prevent infinite mapped ID growth
-		this.removeUnusedIdsAndRemap();
 		
 		
 		
@@ -682,13 +676,13 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		
 		return dataChanged;
 	}
-	
 	/** 
 	 * The minimum value is used because we don't want to accidentally record that
 	 * something was generated when it wasn't.
 	 */
 	private static byte determineMinWorldGenStepForTwoByTwoColumn(ByteArrayList columnGenerationSteps, int relX, int relZ)
 	{
+		// TODO merge similar logic with determineHighestWorldCompressionForTwoByTwoColumn
 		byte minWorldGenStepValue = Byte.MAX_VALUE;
 		for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
 		{
@@ -707,6 +701,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	 */
 	private static byte determineHighestWorldCompressionForTwoByTwoColumn(ByteArrayList columnCompressionMode, int relX, int relZ)
 	{
+		// TODO merge similar logic with determineMinWorldGenStepForTwoByTwoColumn
 		byte minWorldGenStepValue = Byte.MIN_VALUE;
 		for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
 		{
@@ -782,7 +777,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 			return newColumnList;
 		}
 		
-		// sort the transitions from bottom to top
+		// sort the transitions from bottom to top // TODO
 		yTransitions.sort(null);
 		
 		// create index trackers for each column, 
@@ -1134,76 +1129,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		return dataChanged;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Should be run at the end of {@link FullDataSourceV2#updateFromDataSource}
-	 * so the {@link FullDataPointIdMap} will only contain ID's that are actively in use. <br><br>
-	 * 
-	 * This prevents the {@link FullDataPointIdMap} from growing infinitely when merged.
-	 * 
-	 * @see FullDataPointIdMap#mergeAndReturnRemappedEntityIds(FullDataPointIdMap) 
-	 */
-	private void removeUnusedIdsAndRemap()
-	{
-		Int2IntOpenHashMap newIdByOldId = new Int2IntOpenHashMap();
-		FullDataPointIdMap newMap = DATA_MAP_FOR_REMAPPING_REF.get();
-		newMap.clear(this.pos);
-		
-		
-		// find all the IDs that are currently in use
-		for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++)
-		{
-			for (int z = 0; z < WIDTH; z++)
-			{
-				int index = relativePosToIndex(x, z);
-				LongArrayList dataColumn = this.dataPoints[index];
-				for (int i = 0; i < dataColumn.size(); i++)
-				{
-					long dataPoint = dataColumn.getLong(i);
-					int oldId = FullDataPointUtil.getId(dataPoint);
-					
-					int newId = newMap.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(
-						this.mapping.getBiomeWrapper(oldId),
-						this.mapping.getBlockStateWrapper(oldId));
-					
-					newIdByOldId.put(oldId, newId);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		
-		// replace the old entries to remove any unneeded ones
-		this.mapping.clear(this.pos);
-		this.mapping.addAll(newMap);
-		
-		
-		// remap the data
-		for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++)
-		{
-			for (int z = 0; z < WIDTH; z++)
-			{
-				int index = relativePosToIndex(x, z);
-				LongArrayList dataColumn = this.dataPoints[index];
-				for (int i = 0; i < dataColumn.size(); i++)
-				{
-					long oldDataPoint = dataColumn.getLong(i);
-					int oldId = FullDataPointUtil.getId(oldDataPoint);
-					
-					int newId = newIdByOldId.get(oldId);
-					long newDataPoint = FullDataPointUtil.setId(oldDataPoint, newId);
-					dataColumn.set(i, newDataPoint);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===================//
 	// adjacent clearing //
 	//===================//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Removes any non-adjacent data from the given direction. */
 	public void clearAllNonAdjData(EDhDirection direction)
@@ -1232,13 +1162,10 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	//================//
 	// helper methods //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Usually this should just be used internally, but there may be instances
@@ -1330,14 +1257,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=====================//
 	// setters and getters //
 	//=====================//
-	//region
 	
 	public long getPos() { return this.pos; }
 	
@@ -1367,14 +1291,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// API methods //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public void setRunApiSetterValidation(boolean runValidation) { this.runApiSetterValidation = runValidation; }
 	
@@ -1395,6 +1316,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 			
 			LongArrayList packedDataPoints = LodDataBuilder.convertApiDataPointListToPackedLongArray(columnDataPoints, this, 0, true);
 			
+			// TODO there should be an "unknown" compression and generation step, or be defined via the datapoints
 			this.setSingleColumn(packedDataPoints, relX, relZ, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.SURFACE, EDhApiWorldCompressionMode.MERGE_SAME_BLOCKS);
 			
 			return columnDataPoints;
@@ -1422,26 +1344,20 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		return apiList;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//============//
 	// unit tests //
 	//============//
-	//region
 	
 	public PhantomArrayListCheckout getPhantomArrayCheckoutForUnitTesting()
 	{ return this.pooledArraysCheckout; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() { return DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos); }
@@ -1488,8 +1404,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiVerticalQuality;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.AbstractPhantomArrayList;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.AbstractPhantomArrayList;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnRenderView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnArrayView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnQuadView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
@@ -45,16 +46,15 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 	
 	
 	
-	/** 
-	 * will be zero if an empty data source was created 
-	 * @see EDhApiVerticalQuality#calculateMaxNumberOfVerticalSlicesAtDetailLevel(byte) 
-	 */
-	public int maxVerticalSliceCount;
+	/** will be zero if an empty data source was created */
+	public int verticalDataCount;
 	public long pos;
 	public int yOffset;
 	
 	public final LongArrayList renderDataContainer;
 	
+	public final DebugSourceFlag[] debugSourceFlags;
+	
 	private boolean isEmpty = true;
 	
 	
@@ -62,67 +62,64 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
-	public static ColumnRenderSource createEmpty(long pos, int maxVertSliceCount, int yOffset)
-	{ return new ColumnRenderSource(pos, maxVertSliceCount, yOffset); }
+	public static ColumnRenderSource createEmpty(long pos, int maxVerticalSize, int yOffset)
+	{ return new ColumnRenderSource(pos, maxVerticalSize, yOffset); }
 	/**
 	 * Creates an empty ColumnRenderSource.
 	 *
 	 * @param pos the relative position of the container
-	 * @param maxVertSliceCount the maximum vertical size of the container
+	 * @param maxVerticalSize the maximum vertical size of the container
 	 */
-	private ColumnRenderSource(long pos, int maxVertSliceCount, int yOffset)
+	private ColumnRenderSource(long pos, int maxVerticalSize, int yOffset)
 	{
-		super(ARRAY_LIST_POOL, 0, 0, 1, 0);
+		super(ARRAY_LIST_POOL, 0, 0, 1);
 		
 		this.pos = pos;
 		this.yOffset = yOffset;
 		
-		this.maxVerticalSliceCount = maxVertSliceCount;
+		this.verticalDataCount = maxVerticalSize;
 		
-		this.renderDataContainer = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getLongArray(0, WIDTH * WIDTH * this.maxVerticalSliceCount);
+		this.renderDataContainer = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getLongArray(0, WIDTH * WIDTH * this.verticalDataCount);
+		
+		this.debugSourceFlags = new DebugSourceFlag[WIDTH * WIDTH];
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//========================//
 	// datapoint manipulation //
 	//========================//
-	//region
 	
-	public long getDataPoint(int posX, int posZ, int verticalIndex) { return this.renderDataContainer.getLong(posX * WIDTH * this.maxVerticalSliceCount + posZ * this.maxVerticalSliceCount + verticalIndex); }
+	public long getDataPoint(int posX, int posZ, int verticalIndex) { return this.renderDataContainer.getLong(posX * WIDTH * this.verticalDataCount + posZ * this.verticalDataCount + verticalIndex); }
 	
-	public void populateColumnView(ColumnRenderView view, int posX, int posZ) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	public ColumnArrayView getVerticalDataPointView(int posX, int posZ)
 	{
-		int offset = posX * WIDTH * this.maxVerticalSliceCount + posZ * this.maxVerticalSliceCount;
+		int offset = posX * WIDTH * this.verticalDataCount + posZ * this.verticalDataCount;
 		
 		// don't allow returning views that are outside this render source's bounds
 		if (offset >= this.renderDataContainer.size())
 		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Column View offset ["+offset+"] greater than parent render data container ["+DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos)+"] size ["+this.renderDataContainer.size()+"].");
+			return null;
 		}
 		else if (posX < 0 || posX >= WIDTH
 				|| posZ < 0 || posZ >= WIDTH)
 		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Column View pos outside valid range ["+posX+","+posZ+"].");
+			return null;
 		}
 		
-		view.populate(
-			this.renderDataContainer, this.maxVerticalSliceCount,
-			offset, this.maxVerticalSliceCount);
+		return new ColumnArrayView(this.renderDataContainer, this.verticalDataCount,
+				offset, this.verticalDataCount);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
+	public ColumnQuadView getFullQuadView() { return this.getQuadViewOverRange(0, 0, WIDTH, WIDTH); }
+	public ColumnQuadView getQuadViewOverRange(int quadX, int quadZ, int quadXSize, int quadZSize) { return new ColumnQuadView(this.renderDataContainer, WIDTH, this.verticalDataCount, quadX, quadZ, quadXSize, quadZSize); }
 	
 	
 	
 	//=====================//
 	// data helper methods //
 	//=====================//
-	//region
 	
 	public Long getPos() { return this.pos; }
 	public Long getKey() { return this.pos; }
@@ -140,20 +137,18 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 			return false;
 		}
 		
-		try (ColumnRenderView columnView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled())
+		
+		for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++)
 		{
-			for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++)
+			for (int z = 0; z < WIDTH; z++)
 			{
-				for (int z = 0; z < WIDTH; z++)
+				ColumnArrayView columnArrayView = this.getVerticalDataPointView(x,z);
+				for (int i = 0; i < columnArrayView.size; i++)
 				{
-					this.populateColumnView(columnView, x, z);
-					for (int i = 0; i < columnView.size; i++)
+					long dataPoint = columnArrayView.get(i);
+					if (!RenderDataPointUtil.hasZeroHeight(dataPoint))
 					{
-						long dataPoint = columnView.get(i);
-						if (!RenderDataPointUtil.hasZeroHeight(dataPoint))
-						{
-							return true;
-						}
+						return true;
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -162,14 +157,31 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
+	
+	
+	//=======//
+	// debug //
+	//=======//
+	
+	/** Sets the debug flag for the given area */
+	public void fillDebugFlag(int xStart, int zStart, int xWidth, int zWidth, DebugSourceFlag flag)
+	{
+		for (int x = xStart; x < xStart + xWidth; x++)
+		{
+			for (int z = zStart; z < zStart + zWidth; z++)
+			{
+				this.debugSourceFlags[x * WIDTH + z] = flag;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public DebugSourceFlag debugGetFlag(int ox, int oz) { return this.debugSourceFlags[ox * WIDTH + oz]; }
 	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// base methods //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString()
@@ -187,11 +199,11 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 		{
 			for (int x = 0; x < size; x++)
 			{
-				for (int y = 0; y < this.maxVerticalSliceCount; y++)
+				for (int y = 0; y < this.verticalDataCount; y++)
 				{
 					//Converting the dataToHex
 					stringBuilder.append(Long.toHexString(this.getDataPoint(x, z, y)));
-					if (y != this.maxVerticalSliceCount - 1)
+					if (y != this.verticalDataCount - 1)
 						stringBuilder.append(SUBDATA_DELIMITER);
 				}
 				
@@ -205,8 +217,21 @@ public class ColumnRenderSource extends AbstractPhantomArrayList
 		return stringBuilder.toString();
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
 	
 	
+	//==============//
+	// helper enums //
+	//==============//
+	
+	public enum DebugSourceFlag
+	{
+		FULL(ColorUtil.BLUE),
+		DIRECT(ColorUtil.WHITE),
+		FILE(ColorUtil.BROWN);
+		
+		public final int color;
+		
+		DebugSourceFlag(int color) { this.color = color; }
+	}
 	
 }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public final class BufferQuad
 	
 	public short widthEastWest;
 	/** This is both North/South and Up/Down since the merging logic is the same either way */
-	public short widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+	public short widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 	
 	public final int color;
 	/** used by the Iris shader mod to determine how each LOD should be rendered */
@@ -62,24 +62,20 @@ public final class BufferQuad
 	
 	
 	BufferQuad(
-			short x, short y, short z, short widthEastWest, short widthNorthSouthOrHeight,
+			short x, short y, short z, short widthEastWest, short widthNorthSouthOrUpDown,
 			int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blockLight,
 			EDhDirection direction)
 	{
-		if (widthEastWest == 0 || widthNorthSouthOrHeight == 0)
-		{
+		if (widthEastWest == 0 || widthNorthSouthOrUpDown == 0)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Size 0 quad!");
-		}
-		if (widthEastWest < 0 || widthNorthSouthOrHeight < 0)
-		{
+		if (widthEastWest < 0 || widthNorthSouthOrUpDown < 0)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative sized quad!");
-		}
 		
 		this.x = x;
 		this.y = y;
 		this.z = z;
 		this.widthEastWest = widthEastWest;
-		this.widthNorthSouthOrHeight = widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+		this.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown = widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 		this.color = color;
 		this.irisBlockMaterialId = irisBlockMaterialId;
 		this.skyLight = skylight;
@@ -242,17 +238,17 @@ public final class BufferQuad
 		if (mergeDirection == BufferMergeDirectionEnum.EastWest)
 		{
 			thisPerpendicularCompareWidth = this.widthEastWest;
-			thisParallelCompareWidth = this.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+			thisParallelCompareWidth = this.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 			
 			otherPerpendicularCompareWidth = quad.widthEastWest;
-			otherParallelCompareWidth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+			otherParallelCompareWidth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			thisPerpendicularCompareWidth = this.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+			thisPerpendicularCompareWidth = this.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 			thisParallelCompareWidth = this.widthEastWest;
 			
-			otherPerpendicularCompareWidth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+			otherPerpendicularCompareWidth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 			otherParallelCompareWidth = quad.widthEastWest;
 		}
 		
@@ -322,7 +318,7 @@ public final class BufferQuad
 		// merge the two quads
 		if (mergeDirection == BufferMergeDirectionEnum.NorthSouthOrUpDown)
 		{
-			this.widthNorthSouthOrHeight += quad.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+			this.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown += quad.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 		}
 		else // if (mergeDirection == MergeDirection.EastWest)
 		{
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhClientLevel;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnRenderView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnArrayView;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 			short width, short yHeight,
 			short minX, short minY, short minZ,
 			int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skyLight, byte blockLight,
-			long topData, long bottomData, ColumnRenderView[] adjData, boolean[] isAdjDataSameDetailLevel)
+			long topData, long bottomData, ColumnArrayView[] adjData, boolean[] isAdjDataSameDetailLevel)
 	{
 		//================//
 		// variable setup //
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 					&& !isTopTransparent;
 			if (!skipTop)
 			{
-				builder.addQuadUp(minX, maxY, minZ, width, ColorUtil.applyShade(color, MC_RENDER.getShade(EDhDirection.UP)), irisBlockMaterialId, skyLightTop, blockLight);
+				builder.addQuadUp(minX, maxY, minZ, width, width, ColorUtil.applyShade(color, MC_RENDER.getShade(EDhDirection.UP)), irisBlockMaterialId, skyLightTop, blockLight);
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 					&& !isBottomTransparent;
 			if (!skipBottom)
 			{
-				builder.addQuadDown(minX, minY, minZ, width, ColorUtil.applyShade(color, MC_RENDER.getShade(EDhDirection.DOWN)), irisBlockMaterialId, skyLightBot, blockLight);
+				builder.addQuadDown(minX, minY, minZ, width, width, ColorUtil.applyShade(color, MC_RENDER.getShade(EDhDirection.DOWN)), irisBlockMaterialId, skyLightBot, blockLight);
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 		
 		// NORTH face
 		{
-			ColumnRenderView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.NORTH.compassIndex];
+			ColumnArrayView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.NORTH.compassIndex];
 			boolean adjSameDetailLevel = isAdjDataSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.NORTH.compassIndex];
 			// if the adjacent column is null that generally means the adjacent area hasn't been generated yet
 			if (adjCol == null)
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 		
 		// SOUTH face
 		{
-			ColumnRenderView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.SOUTH.compassIndex];
+			ColumnArrayView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.SOUTH.compassIndex];
 			boolean adjSameDetailLevel = isAdjDataSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.SOUTH.compassIndex];
 			if (adjCol == null)
 			{
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 		
 		// WEST face
 		{
-			ColumnRenderView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.WEST.compassIndex];
+			ColumnArrayView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.WEST.compassIndex];
 			boolean adjSameDetailLevel = isAdjDataSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.WEST.compassIndex];
 			if (adjCol == null)
 			{
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 		
 		// EAST face
 		{
-			ColumnRenderView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.EAST.compassIndex];
+			ColumnArrayView adjCol = adjData[EDhDirection.EAST.compassIndex];
 			boolean adjSameDetailLevel = isAdjDataSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.EAST.compassIndex];
 			if (adjCol == null)
 			{
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 	
 	private static void makeAdjVerticalQuad(
 		LodQuadBuilder builder, PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomArrayCheckout,
-		@NotNull ColumnRenderView adjColumnView, boolean adjacentIsSameDetailLevel, int caveCullingMaxY, EDhDirection direction,
+		@NotNull ColumnArrayView adjColumnView, boolean adjacentIsSameDetailLevel, int caveCullingMaxY, EDhDirection direction,
 		short x, short yMin, short z, short horizontalWidth, short ySize,
 		int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte blockLight)
 	{
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ public class ColumnBox
 		short yMax = (short) (yMin + ySize);
 		
 		
-		int adjCount = adjColumnView.size;
+		int adjCount = adjColumnView.size();
 		
 		// Start with the entire range at max light
 		segments.add(YSegmentUtil.encode(yMin, yMax, LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT));
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnRenderView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnArrayView;

 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 	{
 		DhBlockPos minBlockPos = new DhBlockPos(DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockX(pos), clientLevel.getLevelWrapper().getMinHeight(), DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockZ(pos));
 		LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = new LodBufferContainer(pos, minBlockPos);
-		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> uploadFuture = bufferContainer.tryMakeAndUploadBuffersAsync(quadBuilder);
+		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> uploadFuture = bufferContainer.makeAndUploadBuffersAsync(quadBuilder);
 		uploadFuture.whenComplete((uploadedBuffer, exception) -> 
 		{
 			// clean up if not uploaded
@@ -107,36 +108,24 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 		//===================//
 		
 		// pooled arrays for ColumnBox use
-		try (PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomArrayCheckout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutLongArrays(2);
-			ColumnRenderView columnRenderData = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			ColumnRenderView northAdjView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			ColumnRenderView southAdjView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			ColumnRenderView eastAdjView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			ColumnRenderView westAdjView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled())
+		try (PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomArrayCheckout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutArrays(0, 0, 2))
 		{
-			ColumnRenderView[] adjColumnViews = new ColumnRenderView[EDhDirection.CARDINAL_COMPASS.length];
-			adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.NORTH.compassIndex] = northAdjView;
-			adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.SOUTH.compassIndex] = southAdjView;
-			adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.EAST.compassIndex] = eastAdjView;
-			adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.WEST.compassIndex] = westAdjView;
-			
-			
 			byte thisDetailLevel = renderSource.getDataDetailLevel();
 			for (int relX = 0; relX < ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH; relX++)
 			{
 				for (int relZ = 0; relZ < ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH; relZ++)
 				{
-					renderSource.populateColumnView(columnRenderData, relX, relZ);
-					
-					// ignore empty columns
-					if (columnRenderData.size == 0
-						|| !RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(columnRenderData.get(0))
-						|| RenderDataPointUtil.hasZeroHeight(columnRenderData.get(0)))
+					// ignore empty/null columns
+					ColumnArrayView columnRenderData = renderSource.getVerticalDataPointView(relX, relZ);
+					if (columnRenderData.size() == 0
+							|| !RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(columnRenderData.get(0))
+							|| RenderDataPointUtil.hasZeroHeight(columnRenderData.get(0)))
 					{
 						continue;
 					}
 					
 					
+					
 					//=============//
 					// debug limit //
 					//=============//
@@ -163,12 +152,7 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 					// get adjacent render data columns //
 					//==================================//
 					
-					// clear the old data so we can handle if one of the adjacent columns is missing/empty
-					adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.NORTH.compassIndex].clear();
-					adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.SOUTH.compassIndex].clear();
-					adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.EAST.compassIndex].clear();
-					adjColumnViews[EDhDirection.WEST.compassIndex].clear();
-					
+					ColumnArrayView[] adjColumnViews = new ColumnArrayView[EDhDirection.CARDINAL_COMPASS.length];
 					for (EDhDirection direction : EDhDirection.CARDINAL_COMPASS)
 					{
 						try
@@ -176,8 +160,8 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 							int xAdj = relX + direction.normal.x;
 							int zAdj = relZ + direction.normal.z;
 							boolean isCrossRenderSourceBoundary =
-								(xAdj < 0 || xAdj >= ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH)
-								|| (zAdj < 0 || zAdj >= ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH);
+									(xAdj < 0 || xAdj >= ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH) ||
+											(zAdj < 0 || zAdj >= ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH);
 							
 							ColumnRenderSource adjRenderSource;
 							byte adjDetailLevel;
@@ -246,7 +230,7 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 								LodUtil.assertNotReach("Mismatch between adjacent detail level ["+adjDetailLevel+"] and this render source's detail level ["+thisDetailLevel+"]. Detail levels should be adj >= this.");
 							}
 							
-							adjRenderSource.populateColumnView(adjColumnViews[direction.compassIndex], xAdj, zAdj);
+							adjColumnViews[direction.compassIndex] = adjRenderSource.getVerticalDataPointView(xAdj, zAdj);
 						}
 						catch (RuntimeException e)
 						{
@@ -260,14 +244,16 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 					// build this render column //
 					//==========================//
 					
-					for (int i = 0; i < columnRenderData.size; i++)
+					ColumnRenderSource.DebugSourceFlag debugSourceFlag = renderSource.debugGetFlag(relX, relZ);
+					
+					for (int i = 0; i < columnRenderData.size(); i++)
 					{
 						// can be uncommented to limit which vertical LOD is generated
 						if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugEnable.get())
 						{
 							int wantedColumnIndex = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugColumnIndex.get();
 							if (wantedColumnIndex >= 0
-								&& i != wantedColumnIndex)
+									&& i != wantedColumnIndex)
 							{
 								continue;
 							}
@@ -277,21 +263,22 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 						// If the data is not render-able (Void or non-existing) we stop since there is
 						// no data left in this position
 						if (RenderDataPointUtil.hasZeroHeight(data)
-							|| !RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(data))
+								|| !RenderDataPointUtil.doesDataPointExist(data))
 						{
 							break;
 						}
 						
 						long topDataPoint = (i - 1) >= 0 ? columnRenderData.get(i - 1) : RenderDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA;
-						long bottomDataPoint = (i + 1) < columnRenderData.size ? columnRenderData.get(i + 1) : RenderDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA;
+						long bottomDataPoint = (i + 1) < columnRenderData.size() ? columnRenderData.get(i + 1) : RenderDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA;
 						
 						addRenderDataPointToBuilder(
-							clientLevel, phantomArrayCheckout,
-							data, topDataPoint, bottomDataPoint,
-							adjColumnViews, isSameDetailLevel,
-							thisDetailLevel, relX, relZ,
-							quadBuilder);
+								clientLevel, phantomArrayCheckout,
+								data, topDataPoint, bottomDataPoint,
+								adjColumnViews, isSameDetailLevel,
+								thisDetailLevel, relX, relZ,
+								quadBuilder, debugSourceFlag);
 					}
+					
 				}// for z
 			}// for x
 		}// phantom checkout
@@ -301,9 +288,9 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 	private static void addRenderDataPointToBuilder(
 			IDhClientLevel clientLevel, PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomArrayCheckout,
 			long renderData, long topRenderData, long bottomRenderData, 
-			ColumnRenderView[] adjColumnViews, boolean[] isSameDetailLevel,
+			ColumnArrayView[] adjColumnViews, boolean[] isSameDetailLevel,
 			byte detailLevel, int renderSourceOffsetPosX, int renderSourceOffsetPosZ, 
-			LodQuadBuilder quadBuilder)
+			LodQuadBuilder quadBuilder, ColumnRenderSource.DebugSourceFlag debugSource)
 	{
 		long sectionPos = DhSectionPos.encode(detailLevel, renderSourceOffsetPosX, renderSourceOffsetPosZ);
 		
@@ -328,13 +315,13 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 		
 		int color;
 		boolean fullBright = false;
-		EDhApiDebugRendering debugging = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors.get();
+		EDhApiDebugRendering debugging = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get();
 		switch (debugging)
 		{
 			case OFF:
 			{
-				float saturationMultiplier = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.saturationMultiplier.get();
-				float brightnessMultiplier = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.brightnessMultiplier.get();
+				float saturationMultiplier = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.saturationMultiplier.get().floatValue();
+				float brightnessMultiplier = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.brightnessMultiplier.get().floatValue();
 				if (saturationMultiplier == 1.0 && brightnessMultiplier == 1.0)
 				{
 					color = RenderDataPointUtil.getColor(renderData);
@@ -420,6 +407,12 @@ public class ColumnRenderBufferBuilder
 				fullBright = true;
 				break;
 			}
+			case SHOW_RENDER_SOURCE_FLAG:
+			{
+				color = debugSource == null ? ColorUtil.RED : debugSource.color;
+				fullBright = true;
+				break;
+			}
 			default:
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown debug mode: " + debugging);
 		}
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding;
-
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-
-public class IndexBufferBuilder
-{
-	
-	
-	//==========//
-	// building //
-	//==========//
-	//region
-	
-	/** Buffer should be freed by {@link MemoryUtil#memFree} */
-	public static ByteBuffer createBuffer(int quadCount)
-	{
-		int indexCount = quadCount * 6; // 2 triangles per quad
-		ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(indexCount * Integer.BYTES);
-		buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-		buildBufferInt(quadCount, buffer);
-		
-		return buffer;
-	}
-	private static void buildBufferByte(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 1));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 2));
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 2));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 3));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex));
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	private static void buildBufferShort(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 1));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 2));
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 2));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 3));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex));
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	private static void buildBufferInt(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 1);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 2);
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 2);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 3);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex);
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}
@@ -19,25 +19,19 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding;

-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.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ExceptionUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.StatsMap;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

 /**
 * Java representation of one or more OpenGL buffers for rendering.
@@ -48,8 +42,12 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
-	private static final IWrapperFactory WRAPPER_FACTORY = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
-	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	/** number of bytes a single quad takes */
+	public static final int QUADS_BYTE_SIZE = LodUtil.LOD_VERTEX_FORMAT.getByteSize() * 4;
+	/** how big a single VBO can be in bytes */
+	public static final int MAX_VBO_BYTE_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // 10 MB
+	public static final int MAX_QUADS_PER_BUFFER = MAX_VBO_BYTE_SIZE / QUADS_BYTE_SIZE;
+	public static final int FULL_SIZED_BUFFER = MAX_QUADS_PER_BUFFER * QUADS_BYTE_SIZE;
 	
 	
 	/** the position closest to minimum X/Z infinity and the level's lowest Y */
@@ -58,224 +56,117 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	public boolean buffersUploaded = false;
 	
-	public IVertexBufferWrapper[] vboOpaqueWrappers;
-	public IVertexBufferWrapper[] vboTransparentWrappers;
+	public GLVertexBuffer[] vbos;
+	public GLVertexBuffer[] vbosTransparent;
 	
-	public ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper uniformContainer = WRAPPER_FACTORY.createLodContainerUniformWrapper();
-	
-	private final AtomicReference<CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer>> uploadFutureRef = new AtomicReference<>(null);
+	private CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> uploadFuture = null;
 	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	public LodBufferContainer(long pos, DhBlockPos minCornerBlockPos)
 	{
 		this.pos = pos;
 		this.minCornerBlockPos = minCornerBlockPos;
-		this.vboOpaqueWrappers = new IVertexBufferWrapper[0];
-		this.vboTransparentWrappers = new IVertexBufferWrapper[0];
-		
-		this.uniformContainer.createUniformData(this);
+		this.vbos = new GLVertexBuffer[0];
+		this.vbosTransparent = new GLVertexBuffer[0];
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==================//
 	// buffer uploading //
 	//==================//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Should be run on a DH thread. */
-	public synchronized CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> tryMakeAndUploadBuffersAsync(LodQuadBuilder builder)
+	public synchronized CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> makeAndUploadBuffersAsync(LodQuadBuilder builder)
 	{
-		//================//
-		// handle futures //
-		//================//
-		//region
-		
 		// separate variable to prevent race condition when checking null
-		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> oldFuture = this.uploadFutureRef.get();
-		if (oldFuture != null)
+		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> future = this.uploadFuture;
+		if (future != null)
 		{
 			// upload already in process
-			return oldFuture;
+			return future;
 		}
 		
 		// new upload needed
-		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
-		future.handle((lodBufferContainer, throwable) -> 
-		{
-			if (!this.uploadFutureRef.compareAndSet(future, null))
-			{
-				LOGGER.warn("upload future ref changed for pos ["+DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos)+"].");
-			}
-			
-			return null;
-		});
-		
-		if (!this.uploadFutureRef.compareAndSet(null, future))
-		{
-			oldFuture = this.uploadFutureRef.get();
-			LodUtil.assertTrue(oldFuture != null, "Concurrency error");
-			return oldFuture;
-		}
-		
-		//endregion
+		future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		this.uploadFuture = future;
 		
 		
 		
-		//================//
-		// create buffers //
-		//================//
-		//region
-		
+		// make the buffers
 		ArrayList<ByteBuffer> opaqueBuffers = builder.makeOpaqueVertexBuffers();
 		ArrayList<ByteBuffer> transparentBuffers = builder.makeTransparentVertexBuffers();
 		
-		this.vboOpaqueWrappers = resizeWrapperArray(this.vboOpaqueWrappers, opaqueBuffers.size());
-		this.vboTransparentWrappers = resizeWrapperArray(this.vboTransparentWrappers, transparentBuffers.size());
-		
-		// mac requires separate IBO objects for each VBO when using OpenGL,
-		// all other OS's can share a single IBO for quicker loading times
-		boolean useSingleIbo = RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo();
-		@Nullable ArrayList<ByteBuffer> opaqueIndexBuffers = useSingleIbo ? null : this.createIndexBuffers(opaqueBuffers);
-		@Nullable ArrayList<ByteBuffer> transparentIndexBuffers = useSingleIbo ? null : this.createIndexBuffers(transparentBuffers);
-		
-		//endregion
+		this.vbos = resizeBuffer(this.vbos, opaqueBuffers.size());
+		this.vbosTransparent = resizeBuffer(this.vbosTransparent, transparentBuffers.size());
 		
 		
-		
-		//================//
-		// upload buffers //
-		//================//
-		//region
-		
-		try
+		// upload on MC's render thread
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
 		{
-			//=============//
-			// create VBOs //
-			//=============//
-			
-			CompletableFuture<Void> createOpaqueFuture = createBufferWrappersAsync(future, this.vboOpaqueWrappers, opaqueBuffers);
-			CompletableFuture<Void> createTransparentFuture = createBufferWrappersAsync(future, this.vboTransparentWrappers, transparentBuffers);
-			
-			CompletableFuture<Void> createFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(createOpaqueFuture, createTransparentFuture);
-			createFuture.exceptionally((Throwable e) ->
+			try
 			{
-				// create VBOs failed //
-				
-				if (!ExceptionUtil.isShutdownException(e))
+				// skip this event if requested
+				if (Thread.interrupted() 
+					|| this.uploadFuture.isCancelled())
 				{
-					LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue creating buffer [" + this.minCornerBlockPos + "], error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+					throw new InterruptedException();
 				}
-				future.completeExceptionally(e);
-				return null;
-			});
-			createFuture.thenRun(() ->
-			{
-				//=============//
-				// upload VBOs //
-				//=============//
 				
-				CompletableFuture<Void> opaqueFuture = uploadBuffersAsync(future, this.vboOpaqueWrappers, opaqueBuffers, opaqueIndexBuffers);
-				CompletableFuture<Void> transparentFuture = uploadBuffersAsync(future, this.vboTransparentWrappers, transparentBuffers, transparentIndexBuffers);
+				EDhApiGpuUploadMethod gpuUploadMethod = GLProxy.getInstance().getGpuUploadMethod();
 				
-				CompletableFuture<Void> uploadFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(opaqueFuture, transparentFuture);
-				uploadFuture.exceptionally((Throwable e) ->
-				{
-					// upload failed //
-					
-					if (!ExceptionUtil.isShutdownException(e))
-					{
-						LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue uploading buffer [" + this.minCornerBlockPos + "], error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-					}
-					future.completeExceptionally(e);
-					return null;
-				});
-				uploadFuture.thenRun(() ->
-				{
-					// upload success /
-					
-					this.buffersUploaded = true;
-					future.complete(this);
-				});
-			});
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			if (!ExceptionUtil.isShutdownException(e))
-			{
-				LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue prepping buffer uploading [" + this.minCornerBlockPos + "], error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+				// upload on the render thread
+				uploadBuffersDirect(this.vbos, opaqueBuffers, gpuUploadMethod);
+				uploadBuffersDirect(this.vbosTransparent, transparentBuffers, gpuUploadMethod);
+				this.buffersUploaded = true;
+				
+				// success
+				this.uploadFuture.complete(this);
+				this.uploadFuture = null;
+			}
+			catch (InterruptedException ignore) 
+			{
+				this.uploadFuture.complete(this);
+				this.uploadFuture = null;
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue uploading buffer ["+this.minCornerBlockPos +"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+				
+				this.uploadFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
+				this.uploadFuture = null;
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				// all the buffers must be manually freed to prevent memory leaks
+				
+				for (ByteBuffer buffer : opaqueBuffers)
+				{
+					MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+				}
+				
+				for (ByteBuffer buffer : transparentBuffers)
+				{
+					MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+				}
 			}
-			future.completeExceptionally(e);
-		}
-		
-		
-		//================//
-		// buffer cleanup //
-		//================//
-		
-		future.whenComplete((LodBufferContainer lodBufferContainer, Throwable throwable) -> 
-		{
-			// all the buffers must be manually freed to prevent memory leaks
-			
-			tryFreeByteBufferList(opaqueBuffers);
-			tryFreeByteBufferList(transparentBuffers);
-			
-			tryFreeByteBufferList(opaqueIndexBuffers);
-			tryFreeByteBufferList(transparentIndexBuffers);
-			
 		});
 		
-		//endregion
-		
-		
-		
 		return future;
 	}
-	private static void tryFreeByteBufferList(@Nullable ArrayList<ByteBuffer> list)
-	{
-		if (list != null) 
-		{
-			for (ByteBuffer buffer : list) 
-			{
-				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
-			} 
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	private ArrayList<ByteBuffer> createIndexBuffers(ArrayList<ByteBuffer> vertexBuffers)
-	{
-		ArrayList<ByteBuffer> indexBuffers = new ArrayList<>();
-		
-		for (int i = 0; i < vertexBuffers.size(); i++)
-		{
-			ByteBuffer buffer = vertexBuffers.get(i);
-			int size = buffer.limit() - buffer.position();
-			int vertexCount = size / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
-			
-			ByteBuffer indexBuffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(vertexCount);
-			indexBuffers.add(indexBuffer);
-		}
-		
-		return indexBuffers;
-	}
-	
-	private static IVertexBufferWrapper[] resizeWrapperArray(IVertexBufferWrapper[] vbos, int newSize)
+	private static GLVertexBuffer[] resizeBuffer(GLVertexBuffer[] vbos, int newSize)
 	{
 		if (vbos.length == newSize)
 		{
 			return vbos;
 		}
 		
-		IVertexBufferWrapper[] newVbos = new IVertexBufferWrapper[newSize];
+		GLVertexBuffer[] newVbos = new GLVertexBuffer[newSize];
 		System.arraycopy(vbos, 0, newVbos, 0, Math.min(vbos.length, newSize));
 		if (newSize < vbos.length)
 		{
@@ -289,235 +180,109 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 		}
 		return newVbos;
 	}
-	
-	private static CompletableFuture<Void> createBufferWrappersAsync(
-		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> parentFuture, 
-		IVertexBufferWrapper[] vboWrappers, ArrayList<ByteBuffer> vertexBuffers)
+	private static void uploadBuffersDirect(
+			GLVertexBuffer[] vbos, ArrayList<ByteBuffer> byteBuffers, 
+			EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod) throws InterruptedException
 	{
-		ArrayList<CompletableFuture<Void>> createVboFutureList = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (int i = 0; i < vertexBuffers.size(); i++)
-		{
-			if (i >= vboWrappers.length)
-			{
-				throw new RuntimeException("Too many vertex buffers!!");
-			}
-			
-			if (vboWrappers[i] == null)
-			{
-				final int finalVboIndex = i;
-				
-				CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
-				createVboFutureList.add(future);
-				
-				RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("LodBufferContainer Setup", () ->
-				{
-					try
-					{
-						// skip this event if requested
-						if (Thread.interrupted()
-							|| parentFuture.isCancelled())
-						{
-							throw new InterruptedException();
-						}
-						
-						
-						vboWrappers[finalVboIndex] = WRAPPER_FACTORY.createVboWrapper("distantHorizons:McLodRenderer");
-						future.complete(null);
-					}
-					catch (Exception e)
-					{
-						future.completeExceptionally(e);
-					}
-				});
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (createVboFutureList.size() == 0)
-		{
-			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-		}
-		
-		CompletableFuture<?>[] futureArray = new CompletableFuture[createVboFutureList.size()];
-		for (int i = 0; i < createVboFutureList.size(); i++)
-		{
-			futureArray[i] = createVboFutureList.get(i);
-		}
-		return CompletableFuture.allOf(futureArray);
-	}
-	
-	/** Index buffers should be null if {@link AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition#useSingleIbo()} returns true. */
-	private static CompletableFuture<Void> uploadBuffersAsync(
-		CompletableFuture<LodBufferContainer> parentFuture,
-		IVertexBufferWrapper[] vboWrappers, 
-		ArrayList<ByteBuffer> vertexBuffers, @Nullable ArrayList<ByteBuffer> indexBuffers
-		)
-	{
-		ArrayList<CompletableFuture<Void>> uploadFutureList = new ArrayList<>();
 		int vboIndex = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < vertexBuffers.size(); i++)
+		for (int i = 0; i < byteBuffers.size(); i++)
 		{
-			if (vboIndex >= vboWrappers.length)
+			if (vboIndex >= vbos.length)
 			{
 				throw new RuntimeException("Too many vertex buffers!!");
 			}
 			
 			
-			
-			// final variables for use in lambdas //
-			
-			final int finalVboIndex = vboIndex;
-			
-			final IVertexBufferWrapper finalVboWrapper = vboWrappers[vboIndex];
-			
-			final ByteBuffer finalVertexBuffer = vertexBuffers.get(vboIndex);
-			// index buffers are optional
-			@Nullable final ByteBuffer finalIndexBuffer = (indexBuffers != null) ? indexBuffers.get(vboIndex) : null;
-			
-			final int finalVertexCount = vertexByteBufferToVertexCount(finalVertexBuffer);
-			
-			
-			
-			//===============//
-			// vertex upload //
-			//===============//
-			//region
-			
-			CompletableFuture<Void> vertexUploadFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
-			uploadFutureList.add(vertexUploadFuture);
-			
-			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("LodBufferContainer VBO Upload", () ->
+			// get or create the VBO
+			if (vbos[vboIndex] == null)
 			{
-				try
-				{
-					// skip this event if requested
-					if (Thread.interrupted()
-						|| parentFuture.isCancelled())
-					{
-						throw new InterruptedException();
-					}
-					
-					
-					try
-					{
-						finalVboWrapper.uploadVertexBuffer(finalVertexBuffer, finalVertexCount);
-						vertexUploadFuture.complete(null);
-					}
-					catch (Exception e)
-					{
-						vboWrappers[finalVboIndex] = null;
-						finalVboWrapper.close();
-						LOGGER.error("Failed to upload buffer. Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-					}
-				}
-				catch (Exception e)
-				{
-					vertexUploadFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
-				}
-			});
-			
-			//endregion
-			
-			
-			
-			//==============//
-			// index upload //
-			//==============//
-			//region
-			
-			if (finalIndexBuffer != null)
-			{
-				CompletableFuture<Void> indexUploadFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
-				uploadFutureList.add(indexUploadFuture);
-				
-				RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("LodBufferContainer IBO Upload", () ->
-				{
-					try
-					{
-						// skip this event if requested
-						if (Thread.interrupted()
-							|| parentFuture.isCancelled())
-						{
-							throw new InterruptedException();
-						}
-						
-						finalVboWrapper.uploadIndexBuffer(finalIndexBuffer, finalVertexCount);
-						indexUploadFuture.complete(null);
-					}
-					catch (Exception e)
-					{
-						indexUploadFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
-					}
-				});
+				vbos[vboIndex] = new GLVertexBuffer(uploadMethod.useBufferStorage);
 			}
-			//endregion
+			GLVertexBuffer vbo = vbos[vboIndex];
 			
 			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = byteBuffers.get(i);
+			int size = buffer.limit() - buffer.position();
+			
+			try
+			{
+				vbo.bind();
+				vbo.uploadBuffer(buffer, size / LodUtil.LOD_VERTEX_FORMAT.getByteSize(), uploadMethod, FULL_SIZED_BUFFER);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				vbos[vboIndex] = null;
+				vbo.close();
+				LOGGER.error("Failed to upload buffer. Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			}
 			
 			vboIndex++;
 		}
 		
-		if (vboIndex < vboWrappers.length)
+		if (vboIndex < vbos.length)
 		{
 			throw new RuntimeException("Too few vertex buffers!!");
 		}
-		
-		
-		
-		// merge futures //
-		
-		CompletableFuture<?>[] futureArray = new CompletableFuture[uploadFutureList.size()];
-		for (int i = 0; i < uploadFutureList.size(); i++)
-		{
-			futureArray[i] = uploadFutureList.get(i);
-		}
-		return CompletableFuture.allOf(futureArray);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// helper methods //
 	//================//
-	//region
-	
-	private static int vertexByteBufferToVertexCount(ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		int size = buffer.limit() - buffer.position();
-		int vertexCount = size / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
-		return vertexCount;
-	}
 	
 	/** can be used when debugging */
-	public boolean hasNonNullVbos() { return this.vboOpaqueWrappers != null || this.vboTransparentWrappers != null; }
+	public boolean hasNonNullVbos() { return this.vbos != null || this.vbosTransparent != null; }
 	
 	/** can be used when debugging */
 	public int vboBufferCount() 
 	{
 		int count = 0;
 		
-		if (this.vboOpaqueWrappers != null)
+		if (this.vbos != null)
 		{
-			count += this.vboOpaqueWrappers.length;
+			count += this.vbos.length;
 		}
 		
-		if (this.vboTransparentWrappers != null)
+		if (this.vbosTransparent != null)
 		{
-			count += this.vboTransparentWrappers.length;
+			count += this.vbosTransparent.length;
 		}
 		
 		return count;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
+	public boolean uploadInProgress() { return this.uploadFuture != null; }
+	
+	public void debugDumpStats(StatsMap statsMap)
+	{
+		statsMap.incStat("RenderBuffers");
+		statsMap.incStat("SimpleRenderBuffers");
+		for (GLVertexBuffer vertexBuffer : vbos)
+		{
+			if (vertexBuffer != null)
+			{
+				statsMap.incStat("VBOs");
+				if (vertexBuffer.getSize() == FULL_SIZED_BUFFER)
+				{
+					statsMap.incStat("FullsizedVBOs");
+				}
+				
+				if (vertexBuffer.getSize() == 0)
+				{
+					GLProxy.LOGGER.warn("VBO with size 0");
+				}
+				statsMap.incBytesStat("TotalUsage", vertexBuffer.getSize());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	/**
 	 * This method is called when object is no longer in use.
@@ -530,30 +295,24 @@ public class LodBufferContainer implements AutoCloseable
 	{
 		this.buffersUploaded = false;
 		
-		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("LodBufferContainer Close", () -> 
+		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
 		{
-			for (IVertexBufferWrapper buffer : this.vboOpaqueWrappers)
+			for (GLVertexBuffer buffer : this.vbos)
 			{
 				if (buffer != null)
 				{
-					buffer.close();
+					buffer.destroyAsync();
 				}
 			}
 			
-			for (IVertexBufferWrapper buffer : this.vboTransparentWrappers)
+			for (GLVertexBuffer buffer : this.vbosTransparent)
 			{
 				if (buffer != null)
 				{
-					buffer.close();
+					buffer.destroyAsync();
 				}
 			}
-			
-			this.uniformContainer.close();
 		});
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;

 /**
@@ -56,60 +58,55 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 	private final EDhApiDebugRendering debugRenderingMode;
 	private final EDhApiGrassSideRendering grassSideRenderingMode;
 	
-	/** the number of bytes for a single vertex */
-	public static final int BYTES_PER_VERTEX = 16;
-	public static final int BYTES_PER_QUAD = BYTES_PER_VERTEX * 4;
 	
 	public static final int[][][] DIRECTION_VERTEX_IBO_QUAD = new int[][][]
-	///region
-		{
-			// X,Z //
-			{ // UP
-				{1, 0}, // 0
-				{1, 1}, // 1
-				{0, 1}, // 2
-				{0, 0}, // 3
-			},
-			{ // DOWN
-				{0, 0}, // 0
-				{0, 1}, // 1
-				{1, 1}, // 2
-				{1, 0}, // 3
-			},
-			
-			// X,Y //
-			{ // NORTH
-				{0, 0}, // 0
-				{0, 1}, // 1
-				{1, 1}, // 2
-				
-				{1, 0}, // 3
-			},
-			{ // SOUTH
-				{1, 0}, // 0
-				{1, 1}, // 1
-				{0, 1}, // 2
-				
-				{0, 0}, // 3
-			},
-			
-			// Z,Y //
-			{ // WEST
-				{0, 0}, // 0
-				{1, 0}, // 1
-				{1, 1}, // 2
-				
-				{0, 1}, // 3
-			},
-			{ // EAST
-				{0, 1}, // 0
-				{1, 1}, // 1
-				{1, 0}, // 2
-				
-				{0, 0}, // 3
-			},
-		};
-	///endregion
+			{
+					// X,Z //
+					{ // UP
+							{1, 0}, // 0
+							{1, 1}, // 1
+							{0, 1}, // 2
+							{0, 0}, // 3
+					},
+					{ // DOWN
+							{0, 0}, // 0
+							{0, 1}, // 1
+							{1, 1}, // 2
+							{1, 0}, // 3
+					},
+					
+					// X,Y //
+					{ // NORTH
+							{0, 0}, // 0
+							{0, 1}, // 1
+							{1, 1}, // 2
+							
+							{1, 0}, // 3
+					},
+					{ // SOUTH
+							{1, 0}, // 0
+							{1, 1}, // 1
+							{0, 1}, // 2
+							
+							{0, 0}, // 3
+					},
+					
+					// Z,Y //
+					{ // WEST
+							{0, 0}, // 0
+							{1, 0}, // 1
+							{1, 1}, // 2
+							
+							{0, 1}, // 3
+					},
+					{ // EAST
+							{0, 1}, // 0
+							{1, 1}, // 1
+							{1, 0}, // 2
+							
+							{0, 0}, // 3
+					},
+			};
 	
 	private int premergeCount = 0;
 	
@@ -118,7 +115,6 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public LodQuadBuilder(boolean doTransparency, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper)
 	{
@@ -131,24 +127,21 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 		
 		this.clientLevelWrapper = clientLevelWrapper;
 		
-		this.debugRenderingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRenderingColors.get();
+		this.debugRenderingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.debugRendering.get();
 		this.grassSideRenderingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.grassSideRendering.get();
 		
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// add quads //
 	//===========//
-	///region
 	
 	public void addQuadAdj(
 			EDhDirection dir, 
 			short x, short y, short z,
-			short width, short height,
+			short widthEastWest, short widthNorthSouthOrUpDown,
 			int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skyLight, byte blockLight)
 	{
 		if (dir == EDhDirection.DOWN)
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 			quadList = this.opaqueQuads[dir.ordinal()]; 
 		}
 		
-		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(x, y, z, width, height, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skyLight, blockLight, dir);
+		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(x, y, z, widthEastWest, widthNorthSouthOrUpDown, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skyLight, blockLight, dir);
 		if (!quadList.isEmpty()
 			&& (
 				quadList.get(quadList.size() - 1).tryMerge(quad, BufferMergeDirectionEnum.EastWest)
@@ -182,35 +175,32 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 	}
 	
 	// XZ
-	public void addQuadUp(short minX, short maxY, short minZ, short width, int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blocklight)
+	public void addQuadUp(short minX, short maxY, short minZ, short widthEastWest, short widthNorthSouthOrUpDown, int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blocklight) // TODO argument names are wrong
 	{
 		boolean isTransparent = (this.doTransparency && ColorUtil.getAlpha(color) < 255);
 		ArrayList<BufferQuad> quadList = isTransparent 
 				? this.transparentQuads[EDhDirection.UP.ordinal()] 
 				: this.opaqueQuads[EDhDirection.UP.ordinal()];
 		
-		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(minX, maxY, minZ, width, width, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skylight, blocklight, EDhDirection.UP);
+		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(minX, maxY, minZ, widthEastWest, widthNorthSouthOrUpDown, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skylight, blocklight, EDhDirection.UP);
 		quadList.add(quad);
 	}
 	
-	public void addQuadDown(short x, short y, short z, short width, int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blocklight)
+	public void addQuadDown(short x, short y, short z, short width, short wz, int color, byte irisBlockMaterialId, byte skylight, byte blocklight)
 	{
 		ArrayList<BufferQuad> quadArray = (this.doTransparency && ColorUtil.getAlpha(color) < 255)
 				? this.transparentQuads[EDhDirection.DOWN.ordinal()]
 				: this.opaqueQuads[EDhDirection.DOWN.ordinal()];
 		
-		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(x, y, z, width, width, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skylight, blocklight, EDhDirection.DOWN);
+		BufferQuad quad = new BufferQuad(x, y, z, width, wz, color, irisBlockMaterialId, skylight, blocklight, EDhDirection.DOWN);
 		quadArray.add(quad);
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=================//
 	// data finalizing //
 	//=================//
-	///region
 	
 	/** Uses Greedy meshing to merge this builder's Quads. */
 	public void mergeQuads()
@@ -279,14 +269,11 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 		return mergeCount;
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// buffer setup //
 	//==============//
-	///region
 	
 	public ArrayList<ByteBuffer> makeOpaqueVertexBuffers() { return this.makeVertexBuffers(this.opaqueQuads); }
 	public ArrayList<ByteBuffer> makeTransparentVertexBuffers() { return this.makeVertexBuffers(this.transparentQuads); }
@@ -308,10 +295,9 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 			{
 				// if this is the first iteration or the buffer is full, 
 				// create a new buffer
-				if (buffer == null 
-					|| buffer.remaining() < BYTES_PER_QUAD)
+				if (buffer == null || !buffer.hasRemaining())
 				{
-					buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(getMaxBufferByteSize());
+					buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(LodBufferContainer.FULL_SIZED_BUFFER);
 					byteBufferList.add(buffer);
 				}
 				
@@ -333,7 +319,7 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 	{
 		int[][] quadBase = DIRECTION_VERTEX_IBO_QUAD[quad.direction.ordinal()];
 		short widthEastWest = quad.widthEastWest;
-		short widthNorthSouth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrHeight;
+		short widthNorthSouth = quad.widthNorthSouthOrUpDown;
 		byte normalIndex = (byte) quad.direction.ordinal();
 		EDhDirection.Axis axis = quad.direction.axis;
 		for (int i = 0; i < quadBase.length; i++)
@@ -451,14 +437,11 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 		bb.putShort((short) 0); // padding to make sure the vertex format as a whole is a multiple of 4
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	///region
 	
 	public int getCurrentOpaqueQuadsCount()
 	{
@@ -486,35 +469,17 @@ public class LodQuadBuilder
 		return i;
 	}
 	
-	private static int maxBufferByteSize = -1;
-	/** 
-	 * The max number of bytes we allow for a single Vertex buffer.
-	 * If an LOD has more data than this it will be split
-	 * up into multiple buffers.
-	 */
-	public static int getMaxBufferByteSize()
+	/** Returns how many GpuBuffers will be needed to render opaque quads in this builder. */
+	public int getCurrentNeededOpaqueVertexBufferCount() { return MathUtil.ceilDiv(this.getCurrentOpaqueQuadsCount(), LodBufferContainer.MAX_QUADS_PER_BUFFER); }
+	/** Returns how many GpuBuffers will be needed to render transparent quads in this builder. */
+	public int getCurrentNeededTransparentVertexBufferCount()
 	{
-		if (maxBufferByteSize != -1)
+		if (!this.doTransparency)
 		{
-			return maxBufferByteSize;
+			return 0;
 		}
 		
-		// 2 MB
-		// note: this is relatively small (10 MB was the previous max) to reduce stuttering
-		// during the upload process by having smaller upload steps
-		int maxVboByteSize = 2 * 1024 * 1024; 
-		
-		int maxQuadsPerBuffer = maxVboByteSize / BYTES_PER_QUAD;
-		// integer truncation to remove decimal component
-		int fullSizedBuffer = maxQuadsPerBuffer * BYTES_PER_QUAD;
-		
-		maxBufferByteSize = fullSizedBuffer;
-		
-		return fullSizedBuffer;
+		return MathUtil.ceilDiv(this.getCurrentTransparentQuadsCount(), LodBufferContainer.MAX_QUADS_PER_BUFFER);
 	}
 	
-	///endregion
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ *    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.dataObjects.render.columnViews;
+
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointUtil;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
+
+public final class ColumnArrayView implements IColumnDataView
+{
+	public final LongArrayList data;
+	
+	/** 
+	 * How many data points are currently being represented by this view. <br>
+	 * Will be equal to or less than {@link ColumnArrayView#verticalSize}.
+	 */
+	public final int size;
+	/** 
+	 * Vertical size in data points. <Br>
+	 * Can be 0 if this column was created for an empty data source.
+	 */
+	public final int verticalSize;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Where the relative starting index is in the {@link ColumnArrayView#data} array
+	 * if this view is representing part of a {@link ColumnRenderSource}.
+	 */
+	public final int offset;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	/** @throws IllegalArgumentException if the offset is greater than the data's size */
+	public ColumnArrayView(LongArrayList data, int size, int offset, int verticalSize) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		this.data = data;
+		this.size = size;
+		this.offset = offset;
+		this.verticalSize = verticalSize;
+		
+		if (this.data.size() < this.offset)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("data size ["+this.data.size()+"] is shorter than offset ["+this.offset+"].");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====================//
+	// getters and setters //
+	//=====================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public long get(int index) 
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return this.data.getLong(index + this.offset);
+		}
+		catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
+		{
+			// we can fairly confidently say this is a concurrent exception over an actual
+			// index out of bounds, since we're generally iterating over the whole
+			// array any time we use this getter.
+			throw new ConcurrentModificationException("Potential concurrent modification detected. Make sure the parent ColumnRenderSource isn't being closed before the ColumnArrayView processing is complete.", e);
+		}
+	}
+	public void set(int index, long value) { data.set(index + offset, value); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public int size() { return size; }
+	@Override
+	public int verticalSize() { return verticalSize; }
+	
+	@Override
+	public int dataCount() { return (this.verticalSize != 0) ? (this.size / this.verticalSize) : 0; } // TODO what does the divide by mean?
+	
+	@Override
+	public ColumnArrayView subView(int dataIndexStart, int dataCount)
+	{ return new ColumnArrayView(data, dataCount * verticalSize, offset + dataIndexStart * verticalSize, verticalSize); }
+	
+	public void fill(long value) { Arrays.fill(data.elements(), offset, offset + size, value); }
+	
+	public void copyFrom(IColumnDataView source) { copyFrom(source, 0); }
+	public void copyFrom(IColumnDataView source, int outputDataIndexOffset)
+	{
+		if (source.verticalSize() > verticalSize)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("source verticalSize must be <= self's verticalSize to copy");
+		}
+		else if (source.dataCount() + outputDataIndexOffset > dataCount())
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("dataIndexStart + source.dataCount() must be <= self.dataCount() to copy");
+		}
+		else if (source.verticalSize() != verticalSize)
+		{
+			for (int i = 0; i < source.dataCount(); i++)
+			{
+				int outputOffset = offset + outputDataIndexOffset * verticalSize + i * verticalSize;
+				source.subView(i, 1).copyTo(data.elements(), outputOffset, source.verticalSize());
+				Arrays.fill(data.elements(), outputOffset + source.verticalSize(),
+						outputOffset + verticalSize, 0);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			source.copyTo(data.elements(), offset + outputDataIndexOffset * verticalSize, source.size());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void copyTo(long[] target, int offset, int size) { System.arraycopy(data.elements(), this.offset, target, offset, size); }
+	
+	public boolean mergeWith(ColumnArrayView source, boolean override)
+	{
+		if (size != source.size)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot merge views of different sizes");
+		}
+		if (verticalSize != source.verticalSize)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot merge views of different vertical sizes");
+		}
+		boolean anyChange = false;
+		for (int o = 0; o < (source.size() * verticalSize); o += verticalSize)
+		{
+			if (override)
+			{
+				if (RenderDataPointUtil.compareDatapointPriority(source.get(o), get(o)) >= 0)
+				{
+					anyChange = true;
+					System.arraycopy(source.data, source.offset + o, data, offset + o, verticalSize);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if (RenderDataPointUtil.compareDatapointPriority(source.get(o), get(o)) > 0)
+				{
+					anyChange = true;
+					System.arraycopy(source.data, source.offset + o, data, offset + o, verticalSize);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return anyChange;
+	}
+	
+	public void changeVerticalSizeFrom(IColumnDataView source)
+	{
+		if (this.dataCount() != source.dataCount())
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot copy and resize to views with different dataCounts");
+		}
+		
+		if (this.verticalSize >= source.verticalSize())
+		{
+			this.copyFrom(source);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.dataCount(); i++)
+			{
+				RenderDataPointUtil.mergeMultiData(source.subView(i, 1), this.subView(i, 1));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("S:").append(this.size);
+		sb.append(" V:").append(this.verticalSize);
+		sb.append(" O:").append(this.offset);
+		
+		sb.append(" [");
+		for (int i = 0; i < this.size; i++)
+		{
+			sb.append(RenderDataPointUtil.toString(this.data.getLong(this.offset + i)));
+			if (i < this.size - 1)
+			{
+				sb.append(",\n");
+			}
+		}
+		sb.append("]");
+		
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+	
+	
+	public int getDataHash() { return arrayHash(this.data, this.offset, this.size); }
+	private static int arrayHash(LongArrayList a, int offset, int length)
+	{
+		if (a == null)
+		{
+			return 0;
+		}
+		
+		int result = 1;
+		int end = offset + length;
+		for (int i = offset; i < end; i++)
+		{
+			long element = a.getLong(i);
+			int elementHash = (int) (element ^ (element >>> 32));
+			result = 31 * result + elementHash;
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ *    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.dataObjects.render.columnViews;
+
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
+
+public class ColumnQuadView implements IColumnDataView
+{
+	private final LongArrayList data;
+	private final int perColumnOffset; // per column (of columns of data) offset in longs
+	private final int xSize; // x size in datapoints
+	private final int zSize; // x size in datapoints
+	private final int offset; // offset in longs
+	private final int vertSize; // vertical size in longs
+	
+	public ColumnQuadView(LongArrayList data, int dataZWidth, int dataVertSize, int viewXOffset, int viewZOffset, int xSize, int zSize)
+	{
+		if (viewXOffset + xSize > (data.size() / (dataZWidth * dataVertSize)) || viewZOffset + zSize > dataZWidth)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("View is out of bounds");
+		}
+		
+		this.data = data;
+		this.xSize = xSize;
+		this.zSize = zSize;
+		this.vertSize = dataVertSize;
+		this.perColumnOffset = dataZWidth * dataVertSize;
+		this.offset = viewXOffset * perColumnOffset + viewZOffset * dataVertSize;
+	}
+	private ColumnQuadView(LongArrayList data, int perColumnOffset, int offset, int vertSize, int xSize, int zSize)
+	{
+		this.data = data;
+		this.perColumnOffset = perColumnOffset;
+		this.offset = offset;
+		this.vertSize = vertSize;
+		this.xSize = xSize;
+		this.zSize = zSize;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public long get(int index)
+	{
+		int x = index / perColumnOffset;
+		int z = (index % perColumnOffset) / vertSize;
+		int v = index % vertSize;
+		return get(x, z, v);
+	}
+	
+	public long get(int x, int z, int v)
+	{
+		return data.getLong(offset + x * perColumnOffset + z * vertSize + v);
+	}
+	
+	public long set(int x, int z, int v, long value)
+	{
+		return data.set(offset + x * perColumnOffset + z * vertSize + v, value);
+	}
+	
+	public ColumnArrayView get(int x, int z)
+	{
+		return new ColumnArrayView(data, vertSize, offset + x * perColumnOffset + z * vertSize, vertSize);
+	}
+	
+	public ColumnArrayView getRow(int x)
+	{
+		return new ColumnArrayView(data, zSize * vertSize, offset + x * perColumnOffset, vertSize);
+	}
+	
+	public void set(int x, int z, IColumnDataView singleColumn)
+	{
+		if (singleColumn.verticalSize() != vertSize) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Vertical size of singleColumn must be equal to vertSize");
+		if (singleColumn.dataCount() != 1) throw new IllegalArgumentException("SingleColumn must contain exactly one data point");
+		singleColumn.copyTo(data.elements(), offset + x * perColumnOffset + z * vertSize, singleColumn.size());
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int size()
+	{
+		return xSize * zSize * vertSize;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int verticalSize()
+	{
+		return vertSize;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int dataCount()
+	{
+		return xSize * zSize;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public IColumnDataView subView(int dataIndexStart, int dataCount)
+	{
+		if (dataCount != 1) throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Fixme: subView for QUadView only support one data point!");
+		int x = dataIndexStart / xSize;
+		int z = dataIndexStart % xSize;
+		return new ColumnArrayView(data, vertSize * dataCount, offset + x * perColumnOffset + z * vertSize, vertSize);
+	}
+	
+	public ColumnQuadView subView(int xOffset, int zOffset, int xSize, int zSize)
+	{
+		if (xOffset + xSize > this.xSize || zOffset + zSize > this.zSize) throw new IllegalArgumentException("SubView is out of bounds");
+		return new ColumnQuadView(data, perColumnOffset, offset + xOffset * perColumnOffset + zOffset * vertSize, vertSize, xSize, zSize);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void copyTo(long[] target, int offset, int size)
+	{
+		if (size != this.size() && size > zSize * vertSize) throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet");
+		if (size <= xSize * vertSize)
+		{
+			System.arraycopy(data, this.offset, target, offset, size);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			for (int x = 0; x < xSize; x++)
+			{
+				System.arraycopy(data, this.offset + x * perColumnOffset, target, offset + x * xSize * vertSize, xSize * vertSize);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -1,309 +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.dataObjects.render.columnViews;
-
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiVerticalQuality;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointReducingList;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderDataPointUtil;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
-
-/**
- * Maps to part of a {@link ColumnRenderSource} for easier handling.
- * 
- * @see ColumnRenderSource
- */
-public final class ColumnRenderView implements AutoCloseable
-{
-	private static final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ColumnRenderView> POOL = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-	
-	
-	public LongArrayList data;
-	
-	/** 
-	 * How many data points are currently being represented by this view. <br>
-	 * Will be equal to or less than {@link ColumnRenderView#maxVerticalSliceCount}.
-	 */
-	public int size;
-	/** 
-	 * Vertical size in data points. <Br>
-	 * Can be 0 if this column was created for an empty data source.
-	 * @see EDhApiVerticalQuality#calculateMaxNumberOfVerticalSlicesAtDetailLevel(byte)
-	 */
-	public int maxVerticalSliceCount;
-	
-	/**
-	 * Where the relative starting index is in the {@link ColumnRenderView#data} array
-	 * if this view is representing part of a {@link ColumnRenderSource}.
-	 */
-	public int offset;
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	//region
-	
-	private ColumnRenderView() { }
-	
-	/** 
-	 * returns an un-populated view. <br>
-	 * {@link ColumnRenderView#populate(LongArrayList, int, int, int)} must be called before the
-	 * view can be used.s
-	 */
-	public static ColumnRenderView getPooled() { return getPooled(null, 0, 0, 0); }
-	public static ColumnRenderView getPooled(LongArrayList data, int size, int offset, int maxVerticalSliceCount) throws IllegalArgumentException
-	{
-		// try getting an existing pooled object first
-		ColumnRenderView view = POOL.poll();
-		if (view == null)
-		{
-			// no pooled object 
-			view = new ColumnRenderView();
-		}
-		
-		// data will be null if the object will be populated at a later date
-		if (data != null)
-		{
-			view.populate(data, size, offset, maxVerticalSliceCount);
-		}
-		
-		return view;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Mutates this object so the necessary data is visible.  
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the offset is greater than the data's size 
-	 */
-	public void populate(LongArrayList data, int size, int offset, int maxVerticalSliceCount) throws IllegalArgumentException
-	{
-		this.data = data;
-		this.size = size;
-		this.offset = offset;
-		this.maxVerticalSliceCount = maxVerticalSliceCount;
-		
-		if (this.data.size() < this.offset)
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("data size ["+this.data.size()+"] is shorter than offset ["+this.offset+"].");
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void clear()
-	{
-		this.data = null;
-		this.size = 0;
-		this.offset = 0;
-		this.maxVerticalSliceCount = 0;
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=====================//
-	// getters and setters //
-	//=====================//
-	//region
-	
-	public long get(int index) 
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			return this.data.getLong(index + this.offset);
-		}
-		catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
-		{
-			// we can fairly confidently say this is a concurrent exception over an actual
-			// index out of bounds, since we're generally iterating over the whole
-			// array any time we use this getter.
-			throw new ConcurrentModificationException("Potential concurrent modification detected. Make sure the parent ColumnRenderSource isn't being closed before the ColumnRenderView processing is complete.", e);
-		}
-	}
-	public void set(int index, long value) { this.data.set(index + this.offset, value); }
-	
-	public void fill(long value) { Arrays.fill(this.data.elements(), this.offset, this.offset + this.size, value); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// subview //
-	//=========//
-	//region
-	
-	/** should be called in a try-finally block for automatic cleanup */
-	public ColumnRenderView subView(int dataIndexStart, int dataCount)
-	{
-		return ColumnRenderView.getPooled(
-			this.data,
-			dataCount * this.maxVerticalSliceCount,
-			this.offset + dataIndexStart * this.maxVerticalSliceCount,
-			this.maxVerticalSliceCount);
-	}
-	
-	
-	/** can be used to determine sub-view starting indexes */
-	public int subViewCount() { return (this.maxVerticalSliceCount != 0) ? (this.size / this.maxVerticalSliceCount) : 0; }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//======================//
-	// change vertical size //
-	//======================//
-	//region
-	
-	public void changeVerticalSizeFrom(ColumnRenderView source, RenderDataPointReducingList reducingList)
-	{
-		if (this.subViewCount() != source.subViewCount())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot copy and resize to views with different dataCounts");
-		}
-		
-		if (this.maxVerticalSliceCount >= source.maxVerticalSliceCount)
-		{
-			this.copyFrom(source, 0);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			for (int i = 0; i < this.subViewCount(); i++)
-			{
-				try(ColumnRenderView sourceSubView = source.subView(i, 1);
-					ColumnRenderView thisSubView = this.subView(i, 1))
-				{
-					mergeMultiData(sourceSubView, reducingList, thisSubView);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	private void copyFrom(ColumnRenderView source, int outputDataIndexOffset)
-	{
-		if (source.maxVerticalSliceCount > this.maxVerticalSliceCount)
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("source verticalSize must be <= self's verticalSize to copy");
-		}
-		else if (source.subViewCount() + outputDataIndexOffset > this.subViewCount())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("dataIndexStart + source.dataCount() must be <= self.dataCount() to copy");
-		}
-		else if (source.maxVerticalSliceCount != this.maxVerticalSliceCount)
-		{
-			for (int i = 0; i < source.subViewCount(); i++)
-			{
-				int outputOffset = this.offset + (outputDataIndexOffset * this.maxVerticalSliceCount) + (i * this.maxVerticalSliceCount);
-				try(ColumnRenderView subView = source.subView(i, 1))
-				{
-					subView.copyTo(this.data.elements(), outputOffset, source.maxVerticalSliceCount);
-					Arrays.fill(this.data.elements(),
-						outputOffset + source.maxVerticalSliceCount,
-						outputOffset + this.maxVerticalSliceCount,
-						0);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			source.copyTo(this.data.elements(), this.offset + outputDataIndexOffset * this.maxVerticalSliceCount, source.size);
-		}
-	}
-	private void copyTo(long[] target, int offset, int size) { System.arraycopy(this.data.elements(), this.offset, target, offset, size); }
-	/**
-	 * This method merge column of multiple data together
-	 *
-	 * @param sourceData one or more columns of data
-	 * @param output one column of space for the result to be written to
-	 */
-	private static void mergeMultiData(ColumnRenderView sourceData, RenderDataPointReducingList reducingList, ColumnRenderView output)
-	{
-		int target = output.maxVerticalSliceCount;
-		if (target <= 0)
-		{
-			// I expect this to never be the case,
-			// but RenderDataPointReducingList handles it sanely,
-			// so I might as well handle it sanely here too.
-			output.fill(RenderDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA);
-		}
-		else if (target == 1)
-		{
-			output.set(0, RenderDataPointReducingList.reduceToOne(sourceData));
-			for (int index = 1, size = output.size; index < size; index++)
-			{
-				output.set(index, RenderDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			reducingList.populate(sourceData);
-			reducingList.reduce(output.maxVerticalSliceCount);
-			reducingList.copyTo(output);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//================//
-	// base overrides //
-	//================//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override
-	public String toString()
-	{
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		sb.append("S:").append(this.size);
-		sb.append(" V:").append(this.maxVerticalSliceCount);
-		sb.append(" O:").append(this.offset);
-		
-		sb.append(" [");
-		for (int i = 0; i < this.size; i++)
-		{
-			sb.append(RenderDataPointUtil.toString(this.data.getLong(this.offset + i)));
-			if (i < this.size - 1)
-			{
-				sb.append(",\n");
-			}
-		}
-		sb.append("]");
-		
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void close() 
-	{
-		// no validation is done to make sure this object is only added to the pool once
-		// please only use this object in a try-finally so the close is handled implicitly
-		POOL.add(this); 
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ *    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.dataObjects.render.columnViews;
+
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongIterator;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public interface IColumnDataView
+{
+	long get(int index);
+	
+	// FIXME probably horizontal size in blocks?
+	int size();
+	
+	default LongIterator iterator()
+	{
+		return new LongIterator()
+		{
+			private int index = 0;
+			private final int size = IColumnDataView.this.size();
+			
+			@Override
+			public boolean hasNext() { return this.index < this.size; }
+			
+			@Override
+			public long nextLong() { return IColumnDataView.this.get(this.index++); }
+			
+		};
+	}
+	
+	// FIXME measured in blocks?
+	int verticalSize();
+	
+	// FIXME how many datapoints in this LOD?
+	int dataCount();
+	
+	IColumnDataView subView(int dataIndexStart, int dataCount);
+	
+	void copyTo(long[] target, int offset, int count);
+	
+}
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.FullDataPointIdMap;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnRenderView;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.columnViews.ColumnArrayView;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPosMutable;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPosMutable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.BitShiftUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongOpenHashSet;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectOpenHashSet;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -109,11 +108,11 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 		final long pos = fullDataSource.getPos();
 		final byte dataDetail = fullDataSource.getDataDetailLevel();
 		
-		final int maxVertSliceCount = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.verticalQuality.get().calculateMaxNumberOfVerticalSlicesAtDetailLevel(fullDataSource.getDataDetailLevel());
+		final int vertSize = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.verticalQuality.get().calculateMaxVerticalData(fullDataSource.getDataDetailLevel());
 		
 		
 		
-		final ColumnRenderSource columnSource = ColumnRenderSource.createEmpty(pos, maxVertSliceCount, levelWrapper.getMinHeight());
+		final ColumnRenderSource columnSource = ColumnRenderSource.createEmpty(pos, vertSize, levelWrapper.getMinHeight());
 		if (fullDataSource.isEmpty)
 		{
 			return columnSource;
@@ -123,40 +122,32 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 		int baseX = DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockX(pos);
 		int baseZ = DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockZ(pos);
 		
-		try(ColumnRenderView columnArrayView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomCheckout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutLongArrays(1);
-			ColumnRenderView tempExpandingColumnView = ColumnRenderView.getPooled();
-			RenderDataPointReducingList reducingList = new RenderDataPointReducingList())
+		for (int x = 0; x < FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH; x++)
 		{
-			for (int x = 0; x < FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH; x++)
+			for (int z = 0; z < FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH; z++)
 			{
-				for (int z = 0; z < FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH; z++)
-				{
-					columnSource.populateColumnView(columnArrayView, x, z);
-					LongArrayList dataColumn = fullDataSource.getColumnAtRelPos(x, z);
-					
-					updateOrReplaceRenderDataViewColumnWithFullDataColumn(
-						levelWrapper, fullDataSource,
-						// bit shift is to account for LODs with a detail level greater than 0 so the block pos is correct
-						baseX + BitShiftUtil.pow(x, dataDetail), baseZ + BitShiftUtil.pow(z, dataDetail),
-						columnArrayView, dataColumn,
-						// pooled references so we don't need to re-allocate/get them 4000 times per render source
-						phantomCheckout, tempExpandingColumnView, reducingList);
-				}
+				ColumnArrayView columnArrayView = columnSource.getVerticalDataPointView(x, z);
+				LongArrayList dataColumn = fullDataSource.getColumnAtRelPos(x, z);
+				
+				updateOrReplaceRenderDataViewColumnWithFullDataColumn(
+						levelWrapper, fullDataSource, 
+						// bitshift is to account for LODs with a detail level greater than 0 so the block pos is correct
+						baseX + BitShiftUtil.pow(x,dataDetail), baseZ + BitShiftUtil.pow(z,dataDetail), 
+						columnArrayView, dataColumn);
 			}
 		}
 		
+		columnSource.fillDebugFlag(0, 0, ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH, ColumnRenderSource.WIDTH, ColumnRenderSource.DebugSourceFlag.FULL);
+		
 		return columnSource;
 	}
 	
-	/** Updates the given {@link ColumnRenderView} to match the incoming Full data {@link LongArrayList} */
+	/** Updates the given {@link ColumnArrayView} to match the incoming Full data {@link LongArrayList} */
 	public static void updateOrReplaceRenderDataViewColumnWithFullDataColumn(
 			IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper,
 			FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource, int blockX, int blockZ, 
-			ColumnRenderView columnArrayView, 
-			LongArrayList fullDataColumn,
-			// pooled references
-			PhantomArrayListCheckout phantomCheckout, ColumnRenderView tempExpandingColumnView, RenderDataPointReducingList reducingList)
+			ColumnArrayView columnArrayView, 
+			LongArrayList fullDataColumn)
 	{
 		// we can't do anything if the full data is missing or empty
 		if (fullDataColumn == null 
@@ -166,26 +157,34 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 		}
 		
 		int fullDataLength = fullDataColumn.size();
-		if (fullDataLength <= columnArrayView.maxVerticalSliceCount)
+		if (fullDataLength <= columnArrayView.verticalSize())
 		{
 			// Directly use the arrayView since it fits.
 			setRenderColumnView(levelWrapper, fullDataSource, blockX, blockZ, columnArrayView, fullDataColumn);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			LongArrayList dataArrayList = phantomCheckout.getLongArray(0, fullDataLength);
+			PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutArrays(0, 0, 1);
+			LongArrayList dataArrayList = checkout.getLongArray(0, fullDataLength);
 			
-			// expand the ColumnArrayView to fit the new larger max vertical size
-			tempExpandingColumnView.populate(dataArrayList, fullDataLength, 0, fullDataLength);
-			setRenderColumnView(levelWrapper, fullDataSource, blockX, blockZ, tempExpandingColumnView, fullDataColumn);
-			
-			columnArrayView.changeVerticalSizeFrom(tempExpandingColumnView, reducingList);
+			try
+			{
+				// expand the ColumnArrayView to fit the new larger max vertical size
+				ColumnArrayView newColumnArrayView = new ColumnArrayView(dataArrayList, fullDataLength, 0, fullDataLength);
+				setRenderColumnView(levelWrapper, fullDataSource, blockX, blockZ, newColumnArrayView, fullDataColumn);
+				
+				columnArrayView.changeVerticalSizeFrom(newColumnArrayView);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				ARRAY_LIST_POOL.returnCheckout(checkout);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	private static void setRenderColumnView(
 			IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper, FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource,
 			int blockX, int blockZ,
-			ColumnRenderView renderColumnData, LongArrayList fullColumnData)
+			ColumnArrayView renderColumnData, LongArrayList fullColumnData)
 	{
 		//===============//
 		// config values //
@@ -194,12 +193,8 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 		boolean ignoreNonCollidingBlocks = (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.blocksToIgnore.get() == EDhApiBlocksToAvoid.NON_COLLIDING);
 		boolean colorBelowWithAvoidedBlocks = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.tintWithAvoidedBlocks.get();
 		
-		final ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> blockStatesToIgnore = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getRendererIgnoredBlocks(levelWrapper);
-		final ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> caveBlockStatesToIgnore = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks(levelWrapper);
-		final ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getWaterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks(levelWrapper);
-		final ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getWaterSurfaceReplacementBlocks(levelWrapper);
-		final IBlockStateWrapper water = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getWaterBlockStateWrapper(levelWrapper);
-		
+		HashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> blockStatesToIgnore = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getRendererIgnoredBlocks(levelWrapper);
+		HashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> caveBlockStatesToIgnore = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks(levelWrapper);
 		
 		// build snow block cache if needed
 		if (snowLayerBlockStates == null)
@@ -227,7 +222,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 		int colorToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
 		int lastColor = 0;
 		int lastBottom = -10_000;
-		IBlockStateWrapper lastBlock = null;
 		
 		int skylightToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
 		int blocklightToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
@@ -288,29 +282,19 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			// cave culling check //
 			//====================//
 			
-			if (waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks.contains(block)
-				&& (lastBlock == null || lastBlock.isAir()))
-			{
-				block = water;
-			}
-			
 			boolean ignoreBlock = blockStatesToIgnore.contains(block);
-			boolean caveBlock = caveBlockStatesToIgnore.contains(block);
-			if (caveBlock
-				// caves also ignore transparent/non-solid blocks (IE grass and plants) without each being defined
-				|| !block.isSolid()
-				|| block.isLiquid()
-				|| block.getOpacity() < LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE)
+			boolean caveBlock = caveBlockStatesToIgnore.contains(block); // TODO caves should also ignore transparent/non-solid blocks (IE grass and plants) wthout each being defined
+			if (caveBlock)
 			{
 				if (caveCullingEnabled
-					// assume this data point is underground if it has no sky-light
-					&& skyLight == LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT
-					// ignore caves above a certain height to prevent floating islands from having walls underneath them
-					&& topY < caveCullingMaxY
-					// cave culling shouldn't happen when at the top of the world
-					&& renderDataIndex != 0 && fullDataIndex != 0
-					// cave culling can't happen when at the bottom of the world
-					&& (fullDataIndex + 1) < fullColumnData.size())
+						// assume this data point is underground if it has no sky-light
+						&& skyLight == LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT
+						// ignore caves above a certain height to prevent floating islands from having walls underneath them
+						&& topY < caveCullingMaxY
+						// cave culling shouldn't happen when at the top of the world
+						&& renderDataIndex != 0 && fullDataIndex != 0
+						// cave culling can't happen when at the bottom of the world
+						&& (fullDataIndex + 1) < fullColumnData.size())
 				{
 					// we need to get the next sky/block lights because
 					// the air block here will always have a light of 0/0 due to only the top of the LOD's light being saved.
@@ -318,7 +302,7 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 					int nextSkyLight = FullDataPointUtil.getSkyLight(nextFullData);
 					
 					if (nextSkyLight == LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT
-						&& ColorUtil.getAlpha(lastColor) == 255)
+							&& ColorUtil.getAlpha(lastColor) == 255)
 					{
 						// replace the previous block with new bottom
 						long columnData = renderColumnData.get(renderDataIndex - 1);
@@ -339,9 +323,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			else if (ignoreBlock)
 			{
 				// this is an ignored block, but shouldn't be merged like a cave block
-				
-				// applying this sky light to the next block should prevent black spots for opaque covering blocks 
-				skylightToApplyToNextBlock = skyLight;
 				continue;
 			}
 			
@@ -357,68 +338,35 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 				&& !block.isLiquid()
 				&& block.getOpacity() != LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE;
 			
-			// handle height reduction
-			boolean isSnowLayer = snowLayerBlockStates.contains(block);
-			boolean isWaterSurfaceReplacement = waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks.contains(block);
-			if (isSnowLayer || isWaterSurfaceReplacement)
+			// merge snow into the block below it
+			if (snowLayerBlockStates.contains(block))
 			{
-				if (isWaterSurfaceReplacement)
-				{
-					// replace the block with water
-					block = WRAPPER_FACTORY.getWaterBlockStateWrapper(levelWrapper);
-				}
-				
-				// sometimes a datapoint will be multiple blocks tall,
+				// sometimes a snow datapoint will be multiple blocks tall,
 				// in that case we just want to drop the top by 1
 				blockHeight -= 1;
 				if (blockHeight == 0)
 				{
-					// this block was entirely removed, just color the block below it
+					// this snow block was entirely removed, just color the block below it
 					ignoreNonSolidBlock = true;
-					
-					
-					if (isSnowLayer)
-					{
-						// snow is a special case where it should always tint the block
-						// below it, if not done grass will appear as gray
-						int snowColor = levelWrapper.getBlockColor(mutableBlockPos, biome, fullDataSource, block);
-						colorToApplyToNextBlock = ColorUtil.setAlpha(snowColor, 255);
-					}
-					else //if (isWaterSurfaceReplacement)
-					{
-						colorToApplyToNextBlock = levelWrapper.getBlockColor(mutableBlockPos, biome, fullDataSource, block);
-					}
 				}
 			}
 			
 			if (ignoreNonSolidBlock)
 			{
-				int ignoredColor = levelWrapper.getBlockColor(mutableBlockPos, biome, fullDataSource, block);
-				int ignoredAlpha = ColorUtil.getAlpha(ignoredColor);
-				
 				if (colorBelowWithAvoidedBlocks)
 				{
+					int tempColor = levelWrapper.getBlockColor(mutableBlockPos, biome, fullDataSource, block);
+					
 					// don't transfer the color when alpha is 0
 					// this prevents issues if grass is transparent
-					if (ignoredAlpha != 0)
+					if (ColorUtil.getAlpha(tempColor) != 0)
 					{
-						colorToApplyToNextBlock = ColorUtil.setAlpha(ignoredColor, 255);
+						colorToApplyToNextBlock = ColorUtil.setAlpha(tempColor, 255);
+						skylightToApplyToNextBlock = skyLight;
+						blocklightToApplyToNextBlock = blockLight;
 					}
 				}
 				
-				// Don't transfer the lighting when alpha is 0
-				// (the block below should have its own lighting).
-				if (ignoredAlpha != 0)
-				{
-					// Lighting is transferred even when "colorBelowWithAvoidedBlocks"
-					// is false, since otherwise the blocks underneath may have a light value of "0"
-					// which makes things look darker than they should.
-					// This can specifically manifest as grid lines on LOD borders
-					// (not entire sure why grid lines on LOD borders, maybe it has to do with the fact that those LODs aren't occluded?).
-					skylightToApplyToNextBlock = skyLight;
-					blocklightToApplyToNextBlock = blockLight;
-				}
-				
 				// skip this non-colliding block
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -429,20 +377,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			{
 				// use this block's color
 				color = levelWrapper.getBlockColor(mutableBlockPos, biome, fullDataSource, block);
-				
-				// use the skylight override if present
-				if (skylightToApplyToNextBlock != -1)
-				{
-					skyLight = skylightToApplyToNextBlock;
-					// remove the override so we don't accidentally override the next datapoint
-					skylightToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
-				}
-				
-				if (blocklightToApplyToNextBlock != -1)
-				{
-					blockLight = blocklightToApplyToNextBlock;
-					blocklightToApplyToNextBlock = -1;
-				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -479,7 +413,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			}
 			lastBottom = bottomY;
 			lastColor = color;
-			lastBlock = block;
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class LodDataBuilder
 					IBlockStateWrapper currentBlockState = AIR;
 					int mappedId = dataSource.mapping.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(currentBiome, currentBlockState);
 					
-					// Determine lighting (we are at the height limit. There are no torches here, and sky is not obscured.)
+					// Determine lighting (we are at the height limit. There are no torches here, and sky is not obscured.) // TODO: Per face lighting someday?
 					byte blockLight = LodUtil.MIN_MC_LIGHT;
 					byte skyLight = LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT;
 					
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ public class LodDataBuilder
 				
 				LongArrayList packedDataPoints = convertApiDataPointListToPackedLongArray(columnDataPoints, dataSource, apiChunk.bottomYBlockPos, runAdditionalValidation);
 				
+				// TODO add the ability for API users to define a different compression mode
+				//  or add a "unkown" compression mode
 				dataSource.setSingleColumn(
 						packedDataPoints,
 						relBlockX + relSourceBlockX, relBlockZ + relSourceBlockZ,
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+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 enum EMinecraftColor // TODO EMinecraftTextFormat
+{
+	BLACK("\u00A70"),
+	DARK_BLUE("\u00A71"),
+	DARK_GREEN("\u00A72"),
+	DARK_AQUA("\u00A73"),
+	DARK_RED("\u00A74"),
+	DARK_PURPLE("\u00A75"),
+	ORANGE("\u00A76"),
+	GRAY("\u00A77"),
+	DARK_GRAY("\u00A78"),
+	BLUE("\u00A79"),
+	GREEN("\u00A7a"),
+	AQUA("\u00A7b"),
+	RED("\u00A7c"),
+	LIGHT_PURPLE("\u00A7d"),
+	YELLOW("\u00A7e"),
+	WHITE("\u00A7f"),
+	
+	OBFUSCATED("\u00A7k"),
+	BOLD("\u00A7l"),
+	STRIKETHROUGH("\u00A7m"),
+	UNDERLINE("\u00A7n"),
+	ITALIC("\u00A7o"),
+	CLEAR_FORMATTING("\u00A7r");
+	
+	public final String colorCode;
+	
+	EMinecraftColor(String colorCode)
+	{
+		this.colorCode = colorCode;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	@Override 
+	public String toString() { return this.colorCode; }
+	
+}
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-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";
-	
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.KeyedLockContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+/**
+ * Used to batch together multiple data source updates that all
+ * affect the same position.
+ */
+public class DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache implements AutoCloseable
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	/** 
+	 * a cache won't automatically clean itself unless we trigger it's clean method
+	 * if not done then we'd only see the cache invalidate when new inserts happen,
+	 * which causes weird behavior when placing/breaking blocks.
+	 */
+	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor BACKGROUND_CLEAN_UP_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("delayed save cache cleaner");
+	private static final Set<WeakReference<DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache>> SAVE_CACHE_SET = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
+	/** how long between clean up checks */
+	private static final int CLEANUP_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS = 1_000;
+	
+	
+	
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, DataSourceSavedTimePair> dataSourceByPosition = new ConcurrentHashMap<Long, DataSourceSavedTimePair>();
+	
+	/* don't let two threads load the same position at the same time */
+	protected final KeyedLockContainer<Long> saveLockContainer = new KeyedLockContainer<>();
+	
+	private final ISaveDataSourceFunc onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc;
+	private final int saveDelayInMs;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	static
+	{
+		BACKGROUND_CLEAN_UP_THREAD.execute(() -> runCleanupLoop());
+	}
+	
+	public DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache(@NotNull ISaveDataSourceFunc onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc, int saveDelayInMs)
+	{
+		this.onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc = onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc;
+		
+		// we can't clean items faster than the cleanup timer fires
+		if (saveDelayInMs < CLEANUP_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("The save delay ["+saveDelayInMs+"] shouldn't be less than the cleanup check timer interval ["+CLEANUP_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS+"].");
+		}
+		this.saveDelayInMs = saveDelayInMs;
+		
+		
+		SAVE_CACHE_SET.add(new WeakReference<>(this));
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// update queue //
+	//==============//
+	
+	/**
+	 * Writing into memory is done synchronously so inputDataSource can 
+	 * be closed after this method finishes.
+	 */
+	public void writeDataSourceToMemoryAndQueueSave(@NotNull FullDataSourceV2 inputDataSource)
+	{
+		long inputPos = inputDataSource.getPos();
+		
+		ReentrantLock lockForPos = this.saveLockContainer.getLockForPos(inputPos);
+		try
+		{
+			lockForPos.lock();
+			
+			FullDataSourceV2 memoryDataSource;
+			
+			DataSourceSavedTimePair pair = this.dataSourceByPosition.getOrDefault(inputPos, null);
+			if (pair == null)
+			{
+				// no data currently in the memory cache for this position
+				memoryDataSource = FullDataSourceV2.createEmpty(inputPos);
+				pair = new DataSourceSavedTimePair(memoryDataSource);
+				DataSourceSavedTimePair oldPair = this.dataSourceByPosition.put(inputPos, pair);
+				if (oldPair != null)
+				{
+					// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+					this.handleDataSourceRemoval(oldPair.dataSource);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				memoryDataSource = pair.dataSource;
+			}
+			
+			// write the new data into memory
+			memoryDataSource.updateFromDataSource(inputDataSource);
+			// keep track of when the last time we saved something was
+			pair.updateLastWrittenTimestamp();
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			lockForPos.unlock();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/** when this method is called the datasource should no longer be in the memory cache */
+	public void handleDataSourceRemoval(@NotNull FullDataSourceV2 removedDataSource)
+	{
+		this.onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc.saveAsync(removedDataSource)
+			.handle((voidObj, throwable) ->
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					// if this close method is fired multiple times
+					// monoliths can appear due to concurrent writing to the
+					// backend arrays
+					removedDataSource.close();
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Unable to close datasource ["+ DhSectionPos.toString(removedDataSource.getPos()) +"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+				}
+				
+				return null;
+			});
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// List methods //
+	//==============//
+	
+	public int getUnsavedCount() { return this.dataSourceByPosition.size(); }
+	
+	public void flush() { this.cleanUp(true); }
+	/** Removes everything from the memory cache and fires the {@link DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache#onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc} for each. */
+	public void cleanUp(boolean flushAll)
+	{
+		Enumeration<Long> keyIterator = this.dataSourceByPosition.keys();
+		while (keyIterator.hasMoreElements())
+		{
+			Long pos = keyIterator.nextElement();
+			ReentrantLock posLock = this.saveLockContainer.getLockForPos(pos);
+			try
+			{
+				posLock.lock();
+				
+				DataSourceSavedTimePair savedPair = this.dataSourceByPosition.getOrDefault(pos, null);
+				if (savedPair != null)
+				{
+					if (flushAll
+						|| savedPair.dataSourceHasTimedOut(this.saveDelayInMs))
+					{
+						this.dataSourceByPosition.remove(pos);
+						this.handleDataSourceRemoval(savedPair.dataSource);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				posLock.unlock();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// static cleanup //
+	//================//
+	
+	private static void runCleanupLoop()
+	{
+		while (true)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					Thread.sleep(CLEANUP_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS);
+				}
+				catch (InterruptedException ignore) { }
+				
+				SAVE_CACHE_SET.forEach((cacheRef) ->
+				{
+					DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache cache = cacheRef.get();
+					if (cache == null)
+					{
+						// shouldn't be necessary, but if we forget to manually close a cache, this will prevent leaking
+						SAVE_CACHE_SET.remove(cacheRef);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						cache.cleanUp(false);
+					}
+				});
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unexpected error in cleanup thread: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		// not the fastest way to handle removing,
+		// but we shouldn't have more than 20 or so at once
+		// so this should be just fine
+		SAVE_CACHE_SET.removeIf((cacheRef) -> 
+		{
+			DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache cache = cacheRef.get();
+			return cache != null && cache.equals(this);
+		});
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	
+	@FunctionalInterface
+	public interface ISaveDataSourceFunc
+	{
+		/** called after the timeout expires */
+		CompletableFuture<Void> saveAsync(FullDataSourceV2 inputDataSource);
+	}
+	
+	/** 
+	 * used to keep track of when data sources
+	 * were written to so we can flush them once
+	 * enough time has passed.
+	 */
+	private static class DataSourceSavedTimePair
+	{
+		@NotNull
+		public final FullDataSourceV2 dataSource;
+		/** the last unix millisecond time this data source was written to */
+		public long lastWrittenDateTimeMs;
+		
+		
+		public DataSourceSavedTimePair(@NotNull FullDataSourceV2 dataSource)
+		{
+			this.dataSource = dataSource;
+			this.lastWrittenDateTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		}
+		
+		
+		public void updateLastWrittenTimestamp()
+		{ this.lastWrittenDateTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis(); }
+		
+		public boolean dataSourceHasTimedOut(long msTillTimeout)
+		{
+			long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			long timeSinceUpdate = currentTime - this.lastWrittenDateTimeMs;
+			return (timeSinceUpdate > msTillTimeout);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+}
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiWorldGenerationStep;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.chunkUpdating.WorldChunkUpdateManager;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.delayedSaveCache.DelayedDataSourceSaveCache;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.DhLightingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue;
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.ERetrievalResultState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ExceptionUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+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;
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;

 public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 implements IDebugRenderable
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	 * Having this number too high causes the system to become overwhelmed by
 	 * world gen requests and other jobs won't be done. <br>
 	 * IE: LODs won't update or render because world gen is hogging the CPU.
+	 * <br><br>
+	 * TODO this should be dynamically allocated based on CPU load
+	 *  and abilities.
 	 */
 	public static final int MAX_WORLD_GEN_REQUESTS_PER_THREAD = 20;
 	
@@ -71,9 +77,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	private final AtomicReference<IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue> worldGenQueueRef = new AtomicReference<>(null);
 	private final ArrayList<IOnWorldGenCompleteListener> onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners = new ArrayList<>();
 	
-	protected final DelayedDataSourceSaveCache delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache = new DelayedDataSourceSaveCache(this::onDataSourceSaveAsync, 10_000);
-	
-	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult>> queuedRetrievalFutureByPos = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	protected final DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache = new DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache(this::onDataSourceSaveAsync, 10_000);
 	
 	
 	
@@ -133,17 +137,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 				LodUtil.assertTrue(genTaskResult.dataSource != null, "Successful retrieval object should have a datasource.");
 				
 				this.dataUpdater.updateDataSource(genTaskResult.dataSource);
-				
-				// synchronized to prevent a rare issue where the world generator is being shut down while this listener is firing
-				synchronized (this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
-				{
-					// fire the event listeners 
-					for (IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener : this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
-					{
-						listener.onWorldGenTaskComplete(genTaskResult.pos);
-					}
-				}
-				
+				this.fireOnGenPosSuccessListeners(genTaskResult.pos);
 				genTaskResult.dataSource.close();
 			}
 			else if (genTaskResult.state == ERetrievalResultState.REQUIRES_SPLITTING)
@@ -161,9 +155,19 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		{
 			LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue during onWorldGenTaskComplete, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 		}
-		finally
+	}
+	
+	// TODO only fire after the section has finished generated or once every X seconds
+	private void fireOnGenPosSuccessListeners(long pos)
+	{
+		// synchronized to prevent a rare issue where the world generator is being shut down while this listener is firing
+		synchronized (this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
 		{
-			this.queuedRetrievalFutureByPos.remove(genPos);
+			// fire the event listeners 
+			for (IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener : this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
+			{
+				listener.onWorldGenTaskComplete(pos);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -218,28 +222,45 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		}
 		
 		
-		// we can't queue anything if the world generator isn't set up yet
 		IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue worldGenQueue = this.worldGenQueueRef.get();
 		if (worldGenQueue == null)
 		{
+			// we can't queue anything if the world generator isn't set up yet
 			return false;
 		}
 		
 		
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor renderLoadExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getRenderLoadingExecutor();
+		if (renderLoadExecutor == null 
+			|| renderLoadExecutor.getQueueSize() >= FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2.getMaxPropagateTaskCount() / 2)
+		{
+			// don't queue additional world gen requests if the render loader handler is overwhelmed,
+			// otherwise LODs may not load in properly
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor fileHandlerExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+		if (fileHandlerExecutor == null 
+			|| fileHandlerExecutor.getQueueSize() >= FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2.getMaxPropagateTaskCount() / 2)
+		{
+			// don't queue additional world gen requests if the file handler is overwhelmed,
+			// otherwise LODs may not load in properly
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		
+		int maxQueuedChunkCount = MAX_WORLD_GEN_REQUESTS_PER_THREAD * Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get(); // for now we're just using the same logic as the world gen threads, it works well enough
+		if (SharedApi.INSTANCE.getQueuedChunkUpdateCount() >= maxQueuedChunkCount)
+		{
+			// don't queue additional world gen requests if there are
+			// a lot of chunks waiting to update
+			// (this is done to reduce thread starvation for chunk updates)
+			return false;
+		}
+		
 		
 		int maxWorldGenQueueCount = MAX_WORLD_GEN_REQUESTS_PER_THREAD * Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get();
-		int currentQueueCount = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getTotalQueuedCount();
-		
-		
-		
-		// don't queue additional world gen requests if there are
-		// a lot of chunks waiting to update
-		if (currentQueueCount >= maxWorldGenQueueCount)
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-		
+
 		if (this.delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache.getUnsavedCount() >= maxWorldGenQueueCount)
 		{
 			// don't queue additional world gen requests if there are
@@ -286,14 +307,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		}
 		
 		CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult> worldGenFuture = worldGenQueue.submitRetrievalTask(genPos, (byte) (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(genPos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL));
-		
-		// only queue the when-complete once for each world gen task,
-		// otherwise we can end up trying to close the same datasource multiple times 
-		CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult> oldWorldGenFuture = this.queuedRetrievalFutureByPos.putIfAbsent(genPos, worldGenFuture);
-		if (oldWorldGenFuture == null)
-		{
-			worldGenFuture.whenComplete((r, e) -> this.onWorldGenTaskComplete(genPos, r, e));
-		}
+		worldGenFuture.whenComplete((r, e) -> this.onWorldGenTaskComplete(genPos, r, e));
 		
 		return worldGenFuture;
 	}
@@ -337,7 +351,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		// don't check any child positions if this position is already fully generated 
 		if (this.repo.existsWithKey(pos))
 		{
-			try(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutByteArrays(1))
+			try(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutArrays(1, 0, 0))
 			{
 				ByteArrayList columnGenStepArray = checkout.getByteArray(0, FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH*FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH);
 				this.repo.getColumnGenerationStepForPos(pos, columnGenStepArray);
@@ -384,7 +398,7 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 			{
 				
 				EDhApiWorldGenerationStep currentMinWorldGenStep = EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIGHT;
-				try(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutByteArrays(1))
+				try(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutArrays(1, 0, 0))
 				{
 					ByteArrayList columnGenerationSteps = checkout.getByteArray(0, FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH*FullDataSourceV2.WIDTH);
 					this.repo.getColumnGenerationStepForPos(genPos, columnGenerationSteps);
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V1;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiDataCompressionMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV1;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListCheckout;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV1DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.AbstractDhRepo;
@@ -32,8 +29,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV1<TDhLevel extends IDhLevel>
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
-	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("V1DTO");
-	
 	protected final ReentrantLock closeLock = new ReentrantLock();
 	protected volatile boolean isShutdown = false;
 	
@@ -69,9 +64,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV1<TDhLevel extends IDhLevel>
 	protected FullDataSourceV1 createDataSourceFromDto(FullDataSourceV1DTO dto) throws InterruptedException, IOException, DataCorruptedException
 	{
 		FullDataSourceV1 dataSource = FullDataSourceV1.createEmpty(dto.pos);
-		try (PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = ARRAY_LIST_POOL.checkoutByteArrays(1);
-			// LZ4 was used by DH before 2.1.0 and as such must be used until the data format is changed to record the compressor)
-			DhDataInputStream inputStream = DhDataInputStream.create(dto.dataArray, EDhApiDataCompressionMode.LZ4, checkout))
+		try (DhDataInputStream inputStream = dto.getInputStream())
 		{
 			dataSource.populateFromStream(dto, inputStream, this.level);
 		}
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;

 import java.io.File;
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

-public class DataMigratorV1 implements AutoCloseable
+public class DataMigratorV1 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
@@ -330,6 +332,12 @@ public class DataMigratorV1 implements AutoCloseable
 	// overrides //
 	//===========//
 	
+	@Override
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
+	{
+		// nothing currently needed
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public void close()
 	{
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiDataCompressionMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.IDataSourceUpdateListenerFunc;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.AbstractDhRepo;
@@ -57,9 +56,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 public class FullDataSourceProviderV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	private static final AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer DEBUG_WIREFRAME_RENDERER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
-	
+
 	private static final Set<String> CORRUPT_DATA_ERRORS_LOGGED = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
 	
 	/**
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		this.updatePropagator = new FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2(this, this.dataUpdater, this.levelId);
 		this.dataMigratorV1 = new DataMigratorV1(this.dataUpdater, this.level, this.levelId, this.saveDir);
 		
-		DEBUG_WIREFRAME_RENDERER.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showFullDataUpdateStatus);
+		DebugRenderer.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showFullDataUpdateStatus);
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -450,10 +447,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	//===========//
 	
 	@Override
-	public void debugRender(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer renderer)
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
 	{
 		this.dataUpdater.debugRender(renderer);
 		this.updatePropagator.debugRender(renderer);
+		this.dataMigratorV1.debugRender(renderer);
 	}
 	
 	@Override 
@@ -467,8 +465,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		this.updatePropagator.close();
 		this.dataMigratorV1.close();
 		
-		DEBUG_WIREFRAME_RENDERER.unregister(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showFullDataUpdateStatus);
-		
 		this.repo.close();
 	}
 	
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 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.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 	/** indicates how long the update queue thread should wait between queuing ticks */
 	protected static final int PROPAGATE_QUEUE_THREAD_DELAY_IN_MS = 250;
 	
-	public static final int NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD = 10;
+	public static final int NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD = 5;
 	
 	/** how many parent update tasks can be in the queue at once */
-	public static int getMaxPropagateTaskCount() { return NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD * Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get(); }
+	public static int getMaxPropagateTaskCount() 
+	{ return NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD * Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get(); }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -47,11 +49,12 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 	 */
 	private final Set<Long> updatingPosSet = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
 	
+	// TODO only run thread if modifications happened recently
 	/**
-	 * It'd be better if we could be told when changes are available,
-	 * then run the update thread, but having a constantly running background
-	 * thread is simpler to deal with and gets the job done.
+	 * Will be null on the dedicated server since updates don't need to be propagated,
+	 * only the highest detail level is needed.
 	 */
+	@Nullable
 	public final ThreadPoolExecutor updateQueueProcessor;
 	
 	private final AtomicBoolean isShutdownRef = new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -66,7 +69,6 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2(FullDataSourceProviderV2 provider, FullDataUpdaterV2 dataUpdater, String levelId)
 	{
@@ -79,14 +81,11 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 		this.updateQueueProcessor.execute(this::runUpdateQueue);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// parent updates //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	private void runUpdateQueue()
 	{
@@ -102,6 +101,8 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 					continue;
 				}
 				
+				// TODO it might be worth skipping this logic if no parent updates happened
+				
 				// update positions closest to the player (if not on a server)
 				// to make world gen appear faster
 				DhBlockPos targetBlockPos = DhBlockPos.ZERO;
@@ -135,129 +136,121 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 		int maxUpdateTaskCount = getMaxPropagateTaskCount();
 		
 		// queue parent updates
-		if (executor.getQueueSize() > maxUpdateTaskCount
-			|| this.updatingPosSet.size() > maxUpdateTaskCount)
+		if (executor.getQueueSize() < maxUpdateTaskCount
+			&& this.updatingPosSet.size() < maxUpdateTaskCount)
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// get the positions that need to be applied to their parents
-		LongArrayList parentUpdatePosList = this.provider.repo.getPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPos.getX(), targetBlockPos.getZ(), maxUpdateTaskCount);
-		
-		// combine updates together based on their parent
-		HashMap<Long, HashSet<Long>> updatePosByParentPos = new HashMap<>();
-		for (Long pos : parentUpdatePosList)
-		{
-			updatePosByParentPos.compute(DhSectionPos.getParentPos(pos), (parentPos, updatePosSet) ->
-			{
-				if (updatePosSet == null)
-				{
-					updatePosSet = new HashSet<>();
-				}
-				updatePosSet.add(pos);
-				return updatePosSet;
-			});
-		}
-		
-		// queue the updates
-		for (Long parentUpdatePos : updatePosByParentPos.keySet())
-		{
-			// stop if there are already a bunch of updates queued
-			if (this.updatingPosSet.size() > maxUpdateTaskCount
-				|| executor.getQueueSize() > maxUpdateTaskCount)
-			{
-				break;
-			}
+			// get the positions that need to be applied to their parents
+			LongArrayList parentUpdatePosList = this.provider.repo.getPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPos.getX(), targetBlockPos.getZ(), maxUpdateTaskCount);
 			
-			// skip any already-queued positions
-			if (!this.updatingPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos))
+			// combine updates together based on their parent
+			HashMap<Long, HashSet<Long>> updatePosByParentPos = new HashMap<>();
+			for (Long pos : parentUpdatePosList)
 			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			try
-			{
-				executor.execute(() ->
+				updatePosByParentPos.compute(DhSectionPos.getParentPos(pos), (parentPos, updatePosSet) ->
 				{
-					ReentrantLock parentWriteLock = this.dataUpdater.updateLockProvider.getLock(parentUpdatePos);
-					boolean parentLocked = false;
-					try
+					if (updatePosSet == null)
 					{
-						//LOGGER.info("updating parent: "+parentUpdatePos);
-						
-						// Locking the parent before the children should prevent deadlocks.
-						// TryLock is used instead of lock so this thread can handle a different update.
-						if (parentWriteLock.tryLock())
+						updatePosSet = new HashSet<>();
+					}
+					updatePosSet.add(pos);
+					return updatePosSet;
+				});
+			}
+			
+			// queue the updates
+			for (Long parentUpdatePos : updatePosByParentPos.keySet())
+			{
+				// stop if there are already a bunch of updates queued
+				if (this.updatingPosSet.size() > maxUpdateTaskCount
+					|| executor.getQueueSize() > maxUpdateTaskCount
+					|| !this.updatingPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos))
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				try
+				{
+					executor.execute(() ->
+					{
+						ReentrantLock parentWriteLock = this.dataUpdater.updateLockProvider.getLock(parentUpdatePos);
+						boolean parentLocked = false;
+						try
 						{
-							parentLocked = true;
-							this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos);
+							//LOGGER.info("updating parent: "+parentUpdatePos);
 							
-							try (FullDataSourceV2 parentDataSource = this.provider.get(parentUpdatePos))
+							// Locking the parent before the children should prevent deadlocks.
+							// TryLock is used instead of lock so this thread can handle a different update.
+							if (parentWriteLock.tryLock())
 							{
-								// will return null if the file handler is shutting down
-								if (parentDataSource != null)
+								parentLocked = true;
+								this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos);
+								
+								try (FullDataSourceV2 parentDataSource = this.provider.get(parentUpdatePos))
 								{
-									// apply each child pos to the parent
-									for (Long childPos : updatePosByParentPos.get(parentUpdatePos))
+									// will return null if the file handler is shutting down
+									if (parentDataSource != null)
 									{
-										ReentrantLock childReadLock = this.dataUpdater.updateLockProvider.getLock(childPos);
-										try
+										// apply each child pos to the parent
+										for (Long childPos : updatePosByParentPos.get(parentUpdatePos))
 										{
-											childReadLock.lock();
-											this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.add(childPos);
-											
-											try (FullDataSourceV2 childDataSource = this.provider.get(childPos))
+											ReentrantLock childReadLock = this.dataUpdater.updateLockProvider.getLock(childPos);
+											try
 											{
-												// can return null when the file handler is being shut down
-												if (childDataSource != null)
+												childReadLock.lock();
+												this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.add(childPos);
+												
+												try (FullDataSourceV2 childDataSource = this.provider.get(childPos))
 												{
-													parentDataSource.updateFromDataSource(childDataSource);
+													// can return null when the file handler is being shut down
+													if (childDataSource != null)
+													{
+														parentDataSource.updateFromDataSource(childDataSource);
+													}
 												}
 											}
+											catch (Exception e)
+											{
+												LOGGER.error("Unexpected in parent update propagation for parent pos: ["+DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos)+"], child pos: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos) + "], Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+											}
+											finally
+											{
+												this.provider.repo.setApplyToParent(childPos, false);
+												
+												childReadLock.unlock();
+												this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.remove(childPos);
+											}
 										}
-										catch (Exception e)
+										
+										
+										if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(parentUpdatePos) < FullDataSourceProviderV2.ROOT_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL)
 										{
-											LOGGER.error("Unexpected in parent update propagation for parent pos: ["+DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos)+"], child pos: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos) + "], Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-										}
-										finally
-										{
-											this.provider.repo.setApplyToParent(childPos, false);
-											
-											childReadLock.unlock();
-											this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.remove(childPos);
+											parentDataSource.applyToParent = true;
 										}
+										
+										this.dataUpdater.updateDataSource(parentDataSource);
 									}
-									
-									
-									if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(parentUpdatePos) < FullDataSourceProviderV2.ROOT_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL)
-									{
-										parentDataSource.applyToParent = true;
-									}
-									
-									this.dataUpdater.updateDataSource(parentDataSource);
 								}
 							}
 						}
-					}
-					finally
-					{
-						if (parentLocked)
+						finally
 						{
-							parentWriteLock.unlock();
-							this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
+							if (parentLocked)
+							{
+								parentWriteLock.unlock();
+								this.dataUpdater.lockedPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
+							}
+							
+							this.updatingPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
 						}
-						
-						this.updatingPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
-					}
-				});
-			}
-			catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
-			{ /* the executor was shut down, it should be back up shortly and able to accept new jobs */ }
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				this.updatingPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
-				throw e;
+					});
+				}
+				catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
+				{ /* the executor was shut down, it should be back up shortly and able to accept new jobs */ }
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					this.updatingPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
+					throw e;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -378,20 +371,17 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// overrides //
 	//===========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
-	public void debugRender(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer renderer)
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
 	{
 		this.updatingPosSet
-				.forEach((pos) -> { renderer.renderBox(new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f, 0.20f, Color.MAGENTA)); });
+				.forEach((pos) -> { renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f, 0.20f, Color.MAGENTA)); });
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -403,8 +393,6 @@ public class FullDataUpdatePropagatorV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseab
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.IDataSourceUpdateListen
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PositionalLockProvider;
@@ -225,18 +225,20 @@ public class FullDataUpdaterV2 implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	//===========//
 	
 	@Override
-	public void debugRender(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer renderer)
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
 	{
 		this.lockedPosSet
-				.forEach((pos) -> { renderer.renderBox(new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 74f, 0.15f, Color.PINK)); });
+				.forEach((pos) -> { renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 74f, 0.15f, Color.PINK)); });
 		
 		this.queuedUpdateCountsByPos
-				.forEach((pos, updateCountRef) -> { renderer.renderBox(new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f + (updateCountRef.get() * 16f), 0.20f, Color.WHITE)); });
+				.forEach((pos, updateCountRef) -> { renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f + (updateCountRef.get() * 16f), 0.20f, Color.WHITE)); });
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public void close() { this.isShutdownRef.set(true); }
-	
+	public void close()
+	{
+		this.isShutdownRef.set(true);
+	}
 	
 	
 }
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPosMutable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FullDataPointUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	public static final DhLightingEngine INSTANCE = new DhLightingEngine();
 	
-	private static final AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer DEBUG_RENDERER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
-	
 	/** 
 	 * Minor garbage collection optimization. <br>
 	 * Since these objects are always mutated anyway, using a {@link ThreadLocal} will allow us to
@@ -728,9 +725,9 @@ public class DhLightingEngine
 							// a color can be set to null if you only want to troubleshoot up to a certain light level
 							if (color != null)
 							{
-								DEBUG_RENDERER.makeParticle(
-									new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.BoxParticle(
-										new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(DhSectionPos.encode((byte) 0, chunkMinX + x, chunkMinZ + z), y, y + 1, 0.2f, color),
+								DebugRenderer.makeParticle(
+									new DebugRenderer.BoxParticle(
+										new DebugRenderer.Box(DhSectionPos.encode((byte) 0, chunkMinX + x, chunkMinZ + z), y, y + 1, 0.2f, color),
 										10.0, 0f
 									)
 								);
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.DataSourceRetrievalResult;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.QuadTree.LodQuadTree;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.LodQuadTree;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.RollingAverage;

 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

 /**
- * Used to track what some of the full data sources the system currently
+ * Used to track what full data sources the system currently
 * wants but doesn't have. <br>
 * IE, what sections should be generated via the world generator. <br><br>
 * 
 * Note: <br>
 * This won't contain every position that needs to be retrieved 
- * since that would cause issues when moving or with extreme
- * render distances. <br><br>
+ * (due to causing issues at extreme render distances).
+ * TODO does that mean this object isn't necessary or 
+ *      should just be renamed since it isn't the full queue <br><br>
 * 
- * Used by both world gen and server networking.
+ * Use by both world gen and server networking.
 * 
 * @see LodQuadTree
 */
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * The largest numerical detail level. <br>
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	 */
 	byte highestDataDetail();
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=======//
 	// setup //
 	//=======//
-	//region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Starts the retrieval process if not already running,
@@ -81,14 +78,11 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	 * */
 	void startAndSetTargetPos(DhBlockPos2D targetPos);
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// task handling //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Generally the retrieval queue should be fairly small, so its faster to iterate over the existing list
@@ -98,14 +92,11 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	
 	CompletableFuture<DataSourceRetrievalResult> submitRetrievalTask(long pos, byte requiredDataDetail);
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==========//
 	// shutdown //
 	//==========//
-	//region
 	
 	/** Can be used to let any lingering generation requests finish before fully shutting down the system */
 	CompletableFuture<Void> startClosingAsync(boolean cancelCurrentGeneration, boolean alsoInterruptRunning);
@@ -113,14 +104,11 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	@Override
 	void close();
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// debug display //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	int getWaitingTaskCount();
 	int getInProgressTaskCount();
@@ -141,8 +129,6 @@ public interface IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue extends Closeable
 	/** Can be used to determine roughly how fast the world generator is running. */
 	RollingAverage getRollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs();
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 }
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.DataSourceRetrievalResult;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.ERetrievalResultState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FormatUtil;
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@ public class PregenManager
 		private final AtomicInteger nextSectionSpiralIndex = new AtomicInteger(0);
 		
 		private final AtomicLong lastTaskFinishTime = new AtomicLong(System.currentTimeMillis());
-		private RollingAverage averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs = new RollingAverage(1000);
-		private final RollingAverage averageTaskCompletionIntervalMsShort = new RollingAverage(50);
+		private final RollingAverage averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs = new RollingAverage(1000);
 		
 		private final AtomicLong lastLogTime = new AtomicLong();
 		
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ public class PregenManager
 					
 					long timeSincePreviousTaskFinish = System.currentTimeMillis() - this.lastTaskFinishTime.getAndSet(System.currentTimeMillis());
 					this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs.add(timeSincePreviousTaskFinish);
-					this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMsShort.add(timeSincePreviousTaskFinish);
 					
 					PregenState.this.fillPendingQueue();
 				})
@@ -182,14 +181,7 @@ public class PregenManager
 			double chunksToGenerate = Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(this.sectionsToGenerate) / 2 * 4 * 10) / 10; // ceil to nearest 0.1
 			int chunkRatePerSecond = (int) (1000 / this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs.getAverage() * 4 * 4);
 			double etaMs = this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs.getAverage() * (this.sectionsToGenerate - this.nextSectionSpiralIndex.get());
-
-			// Reset long rolling average if short average diverged too much (<0.5 / >2.0)
-			double averageRatio = this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMsShort.getAverage() / this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs.getAverage();
-			if (averageRatio < 0.5 || averageRatio > 2.0)
-			{
-				this.averageTaskCompletionIntervalMs = new RollingAverage(1000);
-			}
-
+			
 			return MessageFormat.format("Generated radius: {0,number,#.###} / {1,number,#.#} chunks ({2} cps, {3,number,#.###%}), ETA: {4}",
 					this.generatedRadius.getValue(),
 					chunksToGenerate,
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.DataSourceRetrievalResult;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.ERetrievalResultState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientLevel;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 	public void startAndSetTargetPos(DhBlockPos2D targetPos) { super.tick(targetPos); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public byte lowestDataDetail() { return FullDataSourceProviderV2.ROOT_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL; }
+	public byte lowestDataDetail() { return LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL + 12; } // TODO should be the same as what the server's update propagator can provide
 	@Override
 	public byte highestDataDetail() { return LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL; }
 	
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.data.DhApiChunk;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.data.IDhApiFullDataSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.DataSourceRetrievalResult;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.DataSourceRetrievalTask;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhServerLevel;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.transformers.LodDataBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ExceptionUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil.AssertFailureException;
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	private static final IWrapperFactory WRAPPER_FACTORY = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
-	private static final AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer DEBUG_RENDERER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
 	
 	
 	private final IDhApiWorldGenerator generator;
@@ -80,11 +78,11 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 	/** If not null this generator is in the process of shutting down */
 	private volatile CompletableFuture<Void> generatorClosingFuture = null;
 	
-	/** 
-	 * having a single thread queue for world gen can cause a bottleneck,
-	 * however that's usually only for extremely fast custom generators
-	 * and doesn't generally come up in normal gameplay.
-	 */
+	// TODO this logic isn't great and can cause a limit to how many threads could be used for world generation, 
+	//  however it won't cause duplicate requests or concurrency issues, so it will be good enough for now.
+	//  A good long term fix may be to either:
+	//  1. allow the generator to deal with larger sections (let the generator threads split up larger tasks into smaller ones
+	//  2. batch requests better. instead of sending 4 individual tasks of detail level N, send 1 task of detail level n+1
 	private final ExecutorService queueingThread = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool("World Gen Queue");
 	private boolean generationQueueRunning = false;
 	private DhBlockPos2D generationTargetPos = DhBlockPos2D.ZERO;
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		this.lowestDataDetail = generator.getLargestDataDetailLevel();
 		this.highestDataDetail = generator.getSmallestDataDetailLevel();
 		
-		DEBUG_RENDERER.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showWorldGenQueue);
+		DebugRenderer.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showWorldGenQueue);
 		LOGGER.info("Created world gen queue");
 	}
 	
@@ -139,9 +137,6 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		DataSourceRetrievalTask existingGenTask = this.waitingTasks.get(pos);
 		if (existingGenTask != null)
 		{
-			// if the same future is returned
-			// the caller shouldn't close the datasource multiple times,
-			// otherwise issues will occur (holes and/or out-of-place LOD data)
 			return existingGenTask.future;
 		}
 		
@@ -551,8 +546,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		
 		// only apply to children if we aren't at the bottom of the tree
 		pooledDataSource.applyToChildren = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pooledDataSource.getPos()) > DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL;
-		// apply to parents up to the top of the tree
-		pooledDataSource.applyToParent = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pooledDataSource.getPos()) < FullDataSourceProviderV2.ROOT_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL;
+		pooledDataSource.applyToParent = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pooledDataSource.getPos()) < DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL + 12; // TODO what does this 12 reference?
 		
 		CompletableFuture<Void> lodGenFuture = this.generator.generateLod(
 			chunkPosMin.getX(), chunkPosMin.getZ(),
@@ -624,7 +618,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 	///region debug
 	
 	@Override
-	public void debugRender(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer renderer)
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
 	{
 		int levelMinY = this.level.getLevelWrapper().getMinHeight();
 		int levelMaxY = this.level.getLevelWrapper().getMaxHeight();
@@ -639,7 +633,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		this.waitingTasks.keySet().forEach((Long pos) -> 
 		{ 
 			renderer.renderBox(
-				new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, levelMinY, maxY, 0.05f, Color.blue)
+				new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, levelMinY, maxY, 0.05f, Color.blue)
 			); 
 		});
 		
@@ -647,7 +641,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		this.inProgressGenTasksByLodPos.forEach((Long pos, DataSourceRetrievalTask task) -> 
 		{ 
 			renderer.renderBox(
-				new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, levelMinY, maxY, 0.05f, Color.red)
+				new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, levelMinY, maxY, 0.05f, Color.red)
 			); 
 		});
 	}
@@ -733,7 +727,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 		
 		
 		this.generator.close();
-		DEBUG_RENDERER.unregister(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showWorldGenQueue);
+		DebugRenderer.unregister(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showWorldGenQueue);
 		
 		
 		try
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@
 *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects;
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.wrapperInterfaces.config.LangWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.ILangWrapper;

-/**
- * @see LodBufferContainer
- */
-public interface ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper extends IUniformBufferWrapper
+public class JarDependencySetup
 {
-	
-	void createUniformData(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer);
-	
-	void tryUpload();
+	public static void createInitialBindings()
+	{
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(ILangWrapper.class, LangWrapper.INSTANCE);
+		LangWrapper.init();
+	}
 	
 }
@@ -23,36 +23,45 @@ 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;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.ModrinthGetter;
+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 javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

 /**
- * Only partially implemented.
- * No one has asked for the ability to parse/submit DH data outside the game
- * (and those who have gone down that path have all wanted to handle the
- * parsing themselves via their own implementations). <Br>
- * But in the off chance someone in the future wants to add this functionality
- * James will leave the code he's done so far here as a starting place.
- * <Br><Br>
- * 
- * Once built this would be in core/build/libs/DistantHorizons-<Version>-dev-all.jar
+ * The main class when you run the standalone jar
+ *
+ * @author coolGi
 */
+// Once built it would be in core/build/libs/DistantHorizons-<Version>-dev-all.jar
 public class JarMain
 {
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	public static List<String> argList;
+	public static final boolean isDarkTheme = DarkModeDetector.isDarkMode();
+	public static boolean isOffline = WebDownloader.netIsAvailable();
 	
+	// TODO: Rewrite the standalone jar
+	// Previous version here https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons-core/-/blob/333dc4d0e079777b712c0fff246837104ae9a2b6/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/jar/JarMain.java
 	
 	
 	public static void main(String[] args)
 	{
-		List<String> argList = Arrays.asList(args);
+		argList = Arrays.asList(args);
 		
 		if (!argList.contains("--no-custom-logger"))
 		{
@@ -63,152 +72,168 @@ public class JarMain
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
-				LOGGER.error("Failed to set log4j config. Try running with the [--no-custom-logger] argument", e);
+				LOGGER.error("Failed to set log4j config. Try running with the \"--no-custom-logger\" argument");
+				e.printStackTrace();
 			}
 		}
 		
 		LOGGER.debug("Running " + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " standalone jar");
 		LOGGER.warn("The standalone jar is still a massive WIP, expect bugs");
 		LOGGER.debug("Java version " + System.getProperty("java.version"));
+		//LOGGER.debug(argList);
 		
 		
-		
-		Byte exportDetailLevel = null;
-		Long exportPos = null;
-		
-		boolean showHelp = argList.contains("help");
-		if (!showHelp)
+		if (args.length == 0 || Arrays.asList(args).contains("--gui"))
 		{
-			// assume something is wrong unless we find a valid arg set
-			showHelp = true;
-			
-			
-			
-			if (argList.size() == 1)
+			// Sets up the local
+			if (JarUtils.accessFile("assets/lod/lang/" + Locale.getDefault().toString().toLowerCase() + ".json") == null)
 			{
-				// only --export
-				showHelp = false;
-			}
-			else if (argList.size() == 2)
-			{
-				// --export 0
-				
-				String detailLevelString = argList.get(1);
-				try
-				{
-					exportDetailLevel = Byte.parseByte(detailLevelString);
-					showHelp = false;
-				}
-				catch (NumberFormatException e)
-				{
-					LOGGER.error("Unable to parse detail level ["+detailLevelString+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
-				}
-			}
-			else if (argList.size() == 4)
-			{
-				// --export 0 1 -2
-				
-				String detailLevelString = argList.get(1);
-				String posXString = argList.get(2);
-				String posZString = argList.get(3);
-				try
-				{
-					byte detailLevel = Byte.parseByte(detailLevelString);
-					int posX = Integer.parseInt(posXString);
-					int posZ = Integer.parseInt(posZString);
-					
-					exportPos = DhSectionPos.encode(detailLevel, posX, posZ);
-					showHelp = false;
-				}
-				catch (NumberFormatException e)
-				{
-					LOGGER.error("Unable to parse position ["+detailLevelString+"], ["+posXString+"], ["+posZString+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
-				}
+				LOGGER.warn("The language setting [" + Locale.getDefault().toString().toLowerCase() + "] isn't allowed yet. Defaulting to [" + Locale.US.toString().toLowerCase() + "].");
+				Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);
 			}
+			JarDependencySetup.createInitialBindings();
+			
+			startGUI();
 		}
-		
-		if (showHelp)
+		else if (argList.get(0).equals("--export"))
 		{
-			LOGGER.info("--export parses the 'DistantHorizons.sqlite' file next to this jar and exports the given data into a CSV file. \n" +
-					"Usage: \n" +
-					"--export [LOD position Detail Level] [LOD position X] [LOD position Z] \n" +
+			Byte exportDetailLevel = null;
+			Long exportPos = null;
+			
+			boolean showHelp = argList.contains("help");
+			if (!showHelp)
+			{
+				// assume something is wrong unless we find a valid arg set
+				showHelp = true;
+				
+				
+				
+				if (argList.size() == 1)
+				{
+					// only --export
+					showHelp = false;
+				}
+				else if (argList.size() == 2)
+				{
+					// --export 0
+					
+					String detailLevelString = argList.get(1);
+					try
+					{
+						exportDetailLevel = Byte.parseByte(detailLevelString);
+						showHelp = false;
+					}
+					catch (NumberFormatException e)
+					{
+						LOGGER.error("Unable to parse detail level ["+detailLevelString+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
+					}
+				}
+				else if (argList.size() == 4)
+				{
+					// --export 0 1 -2
+					
+					String detailLevelString = argList.get(1);
+					String posXString = argList.get(2);
+					String posZString = argList.get(3);
+					try
+					{
+						byte detailLevel = Byte.parseByte(detailLevelString);
+						int posX = Integer.parseInt(posXString);
+						int posZ = Integer.parseInt(posZString);
+						
+						exportPos = DhSectionPos.encode(detailLevel, posX, posZ);
+						showHelp = false;
+					}
+					catch (NumberFormatException e)
+					{
+						LOGGER.error("Unable to parse position ["+detailLevelString+"], ["+posXString+"], ["+posZString+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (showHelp)
+			{
+				LOGGER.info("--export parses the 'DistantHorizons.sqlite' file next to this jar and exports the given data into a CSV file. \n" +
+						"Usage: \n" +
+						"--export [LOD position Detail Level] [LOD position X] [LOD position Z] \n" +
 						"\tExport the given position's data if present. \n" +
 						"\tThe detail level should be absolute, IE 0 = block sized, 1 = 2x2 blocks, etc. \n" +
-					"--export [LOD position Detail Level]\n" +
+						"--export [LOD position Detail Level]\n" +
 						"\tExport all data for a given detail level.\n" +
 						"\tThe detail level should be absolute, IE 0 = block sized, 1 = 2x2 blocks, etc. \n" +
-					"--export\n" +
+						"--export\n" +
 						"\tExport the entire database.\n");
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// find the database file
-		File dbFile = new File("./DistantHorizons.sqlite");
-		if (!dbFile.exists())
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unable to find a database to parse at: ["+dbFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		
-		// set the export file
-		File exportFile = new File("DistantHorizons-export.csv");
-		if (exportFile.isDirectory())
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Export file can't be a folder. Given path: ["+exportFile+"].");
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// create the export file
-		try
-		{
-			boolean ignored = exportFile.mkdirs(); // we don't care if we're making new directories of if they already exist
+				return;
+			}
 			
-			if (exportFile.exists())
+			
+			// find the database file
+			File dbFile = new File("./DistantHorizons.sqlite");
+			if (!dbFile.exists())
 			{
-				LOGGER.error("Export file already exists: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+				LOGGER.error("Unable to find a database to parse at: ["+dbFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
 				return;
 			}
-			else if (exportFile.createNewFile())
+			
+			
+			
+			// set the export file
+			File exportFile = new File("DistantHorizons-export.csv"); // TODO allow setting an export folder
+			if (exportFile.isDirectory())
 			{
-				LOGGER.error("Failed to create file: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+				LOGGER.error("Export file can't be a folder. Given path: ["+exportFile+"].");
 				return;
 			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unable to create export file: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		LOGGER.info("LOD data will be exported to ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
-		
-		
-		FullDataSourceV2Repo repo;
-		try
-		{
-			repo = new FullDataSourceV2Repo(FullDataSourceV2Repo.DEFAULT_DATABASE_TYPE, dbFile);
-		}
-		catch (SQLException | IOException e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize connection with database: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		if (exportPos != null)
-		{
-			exportLodDataAtPosition(repo, exportFile, exportPos);
-		}
-		else if (exportDetailLevel != null)
-		{
-			exportAllAtDetailLevel(repo, exportFile, exportDetailLevel);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			exportEntireDatabase(repo, exportFile);
+			
+			
+			// create the export file
+			try
+			{
+				boolean ignored = exportFile.mkdirs(); // we don't care if we're making new directories of if they already exist
+				
+				if (exportFile.exists())
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Export file already exists: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+					return;
+				}
+				else if (exportFile.createNewFile())
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Failed to create file: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unable to create export file: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			LOGGER.info("LOD data will be exported to ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"].");
+			
+			
+			FullDataSourceV2Repo repo;
+			try
+			{
+				repo = new FullDataSourceV2Repo(FullDataSourceV2Repo.DEFAULT_DATABASE_TYPE, dbFile);
+			}
+			catch (SQLException | IOException e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize connection with database: ["+exportFile.getAbsolutePath()+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			if (exportPos != null)
+			{
+				exportLodDataAtPosition(repo, exportFile, exportPos);
+			}
+			else if (exportDetailLevel != null)
+			{
+				exportAllAtDetailLevel(repo, exportFile, exportDetailLevel);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				exportEntireDatabase(repo, exportFile);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -220,21 +245,239 @@ public class JarMain
 			LOGGER.error("Unable to find any data at the position ["+DhSectionPos.toString(pos)+"].");
 			return;
 		}
-		
-		// In order to finish this, we'd need a way to create datasources (specifically data mappings) without a MC level object to deserialize with.
-		// Granted it would be possible to just export the mapping data as the raw string data it's stored as.
+		// TODO need a way to create datasources (specifically data mappings) without a MC level object to deserialize with
 		//dto.createPooledDataSource();
 		
 	}
 	private static void exportAllAtDetailLevel(FullDataSourceV2Repo repo, File exportFile, byte detailLevel)
 	{
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method Not Implemented");
+		// TODO
 	}
 	private static void exportEntireDatabase(FullDataSourceV2Repo repo, File exportFile)
 	{
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method Not Implemented");
+		// TODO
 	}
 	
 	
 	
+	
+	public static void startGUI()
+	{
+		// Set up the theme
+//        System.setProperty("apple.awt.application.appearance", "system");
+//        if (isDarkTheme)
+//            FlatDarkLaf.setup();
+//        else
+//            FlatLightLaf.setup();
+		// This is done in BaseJFrame now
+
+
+//        GitlabGetter.init();
+		ModrinthGetter.init();
+		System.out.println("WARNING: The standalone jar still work in progress");
+
+//        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The GUI for the standalone jar isn't made yet\nIf you want to use the mod then put it in your mods folder", "Distant Horizons", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+
+//        if (getOperatingSystem().equals(OperatingSystem.MACOS)) {
+//            System.out.println("If you want the installer then please use Linux or Windows for the time being.\nMacOS support/testing will come later on");
+//        }
+		
+		// Code will be changed later on to allow resizing and work better
+		
+		
+		
+		BaseJFrame frame = new BaseJFrame(false, true);
+		frame.addExtraButtons(frame.getWidth(), 0, true, false);
+		
+		// Buttons which you want to be stacked vertically should be added with this (`frame.add(obj, this);`)
+		GridBagConstraints verticalLayout = new GridBagConstraints();
+		verticalLayout.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
+		verticalLayout.gridx = 0;
+		verticalLayout.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
+		verticalLayout.weightx = 1.0;
+		verticalLayout.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
+		
+		
+		// Selected download
+		AtomicReference<String> downloadID = new AtomicReference<String>("");
+		
+		
+		// This is for the panel to show the update description
+		JPanel modVersionDescriptionPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
+		JScrollPane modVersionDescriptionScroll = new JScrollPane(modVersionDescriptionPanel, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
+		// Sets all the layout stuff for it
+		int modDescriptionWidth = 275;
+		modVersionDescriptionScroll.setBounds(frame.getWidth() - modDescriptionWidth, 225, modDescriptionWidth, frame.getHeight() - 255);
+		modVersionDescriptionScroll.setBorder(null); // Disables the border
+		modVersionDescriptionScroll.setWheelScrollingEnabled(true);
+		// The label
+		JLabel modVersionDescriptionLabel = new JLabel();
+		modVersionDescriptionPanel.add(modVersionDescriptionLabel, verticalLayout);
+		// Finally add it
+		frame.add(modVersionDescriptionScroll);
+		
+		
+		
+		// This is for the pannel to select MinecraftVersion
+		JPanel modMinecraftVersionsPannel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
+		JScrollPane modMinecraftVersionsScroll = new JScrollPane(modMinecraftVersionsPannel, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
+		// Sets all the layout stuff for it
+		modMinecraftVersionsScroll.setBounds(0, 225, 125, frame.getHeight() - 255);
+		modMinecraftVersionsScroll.setBorder(null); // Disables the border
+		modMinecraftVersionsScroll.setWheelScrollingEnabled(true);
+		// List to store all the buttons
+		ArrayList<JButton> modMinecraftReleaseButtons = new ArrayList<>();
+		frame.add(modMinecraftVersionsScroll);
+		
+		
+		// This is for selecting the mod version
+		JPanel modVersionsPannel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
+		JScrollPane modVersionsScroll = new JScrollPane(modVersionsPannel, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
+		// Sets all the layout stuff for it
+		modVersionsScroll.setBounds(125, 225, 100, frame.getHeight() - 255);
+		modVersionsScroll.setBorder(null); // Disables the border
+		modVersionsScroll.setWheelScrollingEnabled(true);
+		// List to store all the buttons
+		ArrayList<JButton> modReleaseButtons = new ArrayList<>();
+		frame.add(modVersionsScroll);
+		
+		// Add all the buttons
+		for (String mcVer : ModrinthGetter.mcVersions)
+		{
+			JButton btn = new JButton(mcVer);
+			btn.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background")); // Does the same thing as removing the background
+			btn.setBorderPainted(false); // Removes the borders
+//            btn.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT); // Sets the text to be on the left side rather than the center
+			
+			btn.addActionListener(e -> {
+				// Clears the selected colors for the rest of the buttons
+				for (JButton currentBtn : modMinecraftReleaseButtons)
+				{
+					currentBtn.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));
+				}
+				btn.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.background")); // Sets this to the selected color
+				
+				// Clears the minecraft version panel
+				modVersionsPannel.removeAll();
+				modReleaseButtons.clear();
+				
+				
+				// Adds all the buttons for the minecraft panel
+				for (String modID : ModrinthGetter.mcVerToReleaseID.get(mcVer))
+				{
+					// No need to comment most of these as it is the same this as before
+					JButton btnDownload = new JButton(ModrinthGetter.releaseNames.get(modID));
+					btnDownload.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));
+					btnDownload.setBorderPainted(false);
+					btnDownload.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
+					
+					btnDownload.addActionListener(f -> {
+						downloadID.set(modID);
+						
+						for (JButton currentBtn : modReleaseButtons)
+						{
+							currentBtn.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));
+						}
+						btnDownload.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.background"));
+						
+						
+						modVersionDescriptionLabel.setText(
+								WebDownloader.formatMarkdownToHtml(
+										ModrinthGetter.changeLogs.get(modID), modDescriptionWidth - 75)
+						);
+						modVersionDescriptionPanel.repaint();
+					});
+					modVersionsPannel.add(btnDownload, verticalLayout);
+					modReleaseButtons.add(btnDownload);
+				}
+				
+				modVersionsScroll.getVerticalScrollBar().setValue(0); // Reset the scroll bar back to the top
+				
+				modVersionsPannel.repaint(); // Update the version pannel
+				frame.validate(); // Update the frame
+			});
+			
+			modMinecraftVersionsPannel.add(btn, verticalLayout);
+			modMinecraftReleaseButtons.add(btn);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// Bar at the top
+		frame.add(new JBox(UIManager.getColor("Separator.foreground"), 0, 220, frame.getWidth(), 5));
+		// Minecraft version text
+		JLabel textMcVersionHeader = new JLabel("Minecraft version");
+		textMcVersionHeader.setBounds(0, 200, 125, 20);
+		frame.add(textMcVersionHeader);
+		// Version text
+		JLabel textVersionHeader = new JLabel("Mod version");
+		textVersionHeader.setBounds(125, 200, 150, 20);
+		frame.add(textVersionHeader);
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		// Stuff for setting the file install path
+		JFileChooser minecraftDirPop = new JFileChooser();
+		switch (EPlatform.get())
+		{
+			case WINDOWS:
+				minecraftDirPop.setCurrentDirectory(new File(System.getenv("APPDATA") + "/.minecraft/mods"));
+			case LINUX:
+				minecraftDirPop.setCurrentDirectory(new File(System.getProperty("user.home") + "/.minecraft/mods"));
+		}
+		minecraftDirPop.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
+		JButton minecraftDirBtn = new JButton("Click to select install path");
+		minecraftDirBtn.addActionListener(e -> {
+			if (minecraftDirPop.showOpenDialog(frame) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
+				minecraftDirBtn.setText(minecraftDirPop.getSelectedFile().toString());
+		});
+		minecraftDirBtn.setBounds(230, frame.getHeight() - 100, 200, 20);
+		frame.add(minecraftDirBtn);
+		
+		// Button for the install button
+		JButton installMod = new JButton("Install " + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME);
+		installMod.setBounds(230, frame.getHeight() - 70, 200, 20);
+		installMod.addActionListener(e -> {
+			if (minecraftDirPop.getSelectedFile() == null)
+			{
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Please select your install directory", "ok", "warning");
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			URL downloadPath = ModrinthGetter.downloadUrl.get(downloadID.get());
+			
+			try
+			{
+				WebDownloader.downloadAsFile(
+						downloadPath,
+						minecraftDirPop.getSelectedFile().toPath().resolve(
+								ModInfo.NAME + "-" + ModrinthGetter.releaseNames.get(downloadID.get()) + ".jar"
+						).toFile());
+				
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Installation done. \nYou can now close the installer", "ok", "info");
+			}
+			catch (Exception f)
+			{
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, "Download failed. Check your internet connection \nStacktrace: " + f.getMessage(), "error", "info");
+			}
+		});
+		frame.add(installMod);
+		
+		
+		// Fabric installer
+//        try {
+//            WebDownloader.downloadAsFile(new URL("https://maven.fabricmc.net/net/fabricmc/fabric-installer/0.11.0/fabric-installer-0.11.0.jar"), new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + "/fabricInstaller.jar"));
+//            Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java -jar " + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + "/fabricInstaller.jar");
+//        } catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		frame.addLogo(); // Has to be run at the end cus of a bug with java swing (it may not be a bug but idk how to fix it so I'll call it a bug)
+		
+		frame.validate(); // Update to add the widgets
+		frame.setVisible(true); // Start the ui
+	}
+	
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public class JarUtils
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	static 
 	{
@@ -81,14 +80,11 @@ public class JarUtils
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// methods //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	/**
 	 * Gets the URI of a resource
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ public class JarUtils
 	 */
 	public static InputStream accessFile(String resource)
 	{
-		final ClassLoader loader = JarUtils.class.getClassLoader();
+		final ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 		// this is the path within the jar file
 		InputStream input = loader.getResourceAsStream(resource);
 		if (input == null)
@@ -187,8 +183,27 @@ public class JarUtils
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
+	/** Please use the EPlatform enum instead */
+	@Deprecated
+	public enum OperatingSystem
+	{WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, NONE} // Easy to use enum for the 3 main os's
+	/** Please use the EPlatform enum instead */
+	@Deprecated
+	public static OperatingSystem getOperatingSystem()
+	{ 
+		// Get the os and turn it into that enum
+		switch (EPlatform.get())
+		{
+			case WINDOWS:
+				return OperatingSystem.WINDOWS;
+			case LINUX:
+				return OperatingSystem.LINUX;
+			case MACOS:
+				return OperatingSystem.MACOS;
+			default:
+				return OperatingSystem.NONE;
+		}
+	}
 	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+/*
+ *    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.jar.gui;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarUtils;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.ILangWrapper;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author coolGi
+ */
+// This will be removed later on to make a better ui
+// To get colors use https://alvinalexander.com/java/java-uimanager-color-keys-list/
+// TODO: Make the code less spaghetti later
+public class BaseJFrame extends JFrame
+{
+	public BaseJFrame()
+	{
+		init();
+	}
+	public BaseJFrame(boolean show, boolean resizable)
+	{
+		init();
+		setVisible(show);
+		setResizable(resizable);
+	}
+	
+	public void init()
+	{
+		setTitle(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(ILangWrapper.class).getLang("lod.title"));
+		try
+		{
+			setIconImage(ImageIO.read(JarUtils.accessFile("assets/distanthorizons/icon.png")));
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		setSize(720, 480);
+		setLocationRelativeTo(null); // Puts the window at the middle of the screen
+		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
+		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+		initLookAndFeel();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Buttons for language and theme changing
+	 *
+	 * @param themeOnBottom Puts the theme buttons below the language
+	 * @param rootPosOnLeft Where the start for the x is (on the left of the buttons or on the right)
+	 */
+	public void addExtraButtons(int x, int y, boolean themeOnBottom, boolean rootPosOnLeft)
+	{
+		// ========== LANGUAGE ==========
+		int langBoxHeight = 25;
+		int langBoxWidth = 100;
+		
+		// Creates a list with all the options in it
+		List<String> langsToChoose = new ArrayList<>();
+		try (
+				final InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(JarUtils.accessFile("assets/distanthorizons/lang"), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+				final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr)
+		)
+		{
+			List<Object> col = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(br.lines().toArray())));
+			for (Object obj : col)
+			{
+				langsToChoose.add(((String) obj).replaceAll("\\.json", ""));
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		// Creates the box
+		JComboBox<String> languageBox = new JComboBox(new DefaultComboBoxModel(langsToChoose.toArray()));
+		languageBox.setSelectedIndex(langsToChoose.indexOf(Locale.getDefault().toString().toLowerCase()));
+		languageBox.addActionListener(e -> {
+			Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag(languageBox.getSelectedItem().toString())); // Change lang on update
+		});
+		// Set where it goes
+		languageBox.setBounds(rootPosOnLeft ? x : x - langBoxWidth, themeOnBottom ? y : y + langBoxHeight, langBoxWidth, langBoxHeight);
+		// And finally add it
+		add(languageBox);
+		
+		
+		// ========== THEMING ========== //
+		/**
+		// TODO: Change the theme to a toggle switch rather than having 2 buttons
+		int themeButtonSize = 25;
+		JButton lightMode = null;
+		JButton darkMode = null;
+		// Try to set the icons for them
+		try
+		{
+			lightMode = new JButton(new ImageIcon(
+					new FlatSVGIcon(JarUtils.accessFile("assets/distanthorizons/textures/jar/themeLight.svg")).getImage() // Get the image
+							.getScaledInstance(themeButtonSize, themeButtonSize, Image.SCALE_DEFAULT) // Scale it to the correct size
+			));
+			darkMode = new JButton(new ImageIcon(
+					new FlatSVGIcon(JarUtils.accessFile("assets/distanthorizons/textures/jar/themeDark.svg")).getImage() // Get the image
+							.getScaledInstance(themeButtonSize, themeButtonSize, Image.SCALE_DEFAULT) // Scale it to the correct size
+			));
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		// Where do the buttons go
+		lightMode.setBounds(rootPosOnLeft ? x : x - (themeButtonSize * 2), themeOnBottom ? y + langBoxHeight : y, themeButtonSize, themeButtonSize);
+		darkMode.setBounds(rootPosOnLeft ? x + themeButtonSize : x - themeButtonSize, themeOnBottom ? y + langBoxHeight : y, themeButtonSize, themeButtonSize);
+		// Tell buttons what to do
+		lightMode.addActionListener(e -> {
+			FlatLightLaf.setup();
+			FlatLightLaf.updateUI();
+		});
+		darkMode.addActionListener(e -> {
+			FlatDarkLaf.setup();
+			FlatDarkLaf.updateUI();
+		});
+		// Finally add the buttons
+		add(lightMode);
+		add(darkMode);
+		 */
+	}
+	
+	public BaseJFrame addLogo()
+	{
+		int logoHeight = 200;
+		
+		JPanel logo = new JPanel()
+		{
+			@Override
+			protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
+			{
+				super.paintComponent(g);
+				try
+				{
+					BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(JarUtils.accessFile("assets/distanthorizons/logo.png"));
+					int logoWidth = (int) ((double) logoHeight * ((double) image.getWidth() / (double) image.getHeight())); // Calculate the aspect ratio and set the height correctly to not stretch it
+					g.drawImage(image, (getWidth() / 2) - (logoWidth / 2), 0, logoWidth, logoHeight, this); // Resize image and draw it
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
+			}
+		};
+		logo.setBounds(logo.getX(), logo.getY(), logo.getWidth(), logo.getHeight());
+		
+		add(logo);
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	// This part of the code is taken from the official java docs at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
+	
+	// Specify the look and feel to use by defining the LOOKANDFEEL constant
+	// Valid values are: null (use the default), "Metal", "System", "Motif", and "GTK"
+	final static String LOOKANDFEEL = "GTK";
+	private static void initLookAndFeel()
+	{
+		String lookAndFeel = null;
+		
+		if (LOOKANDFEEL != null)
+		{
+			if (LOOKANDFEEL.equals("Metal"))
+			{
+				lookAndFeel = UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
+				//  an alternative way to set the Metal L&F is to replace the
+				// previous line with:
+				// lookAndFeel = "javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel";
+				
+			}
+			else if (LOOKANDFEEL.equals("System"))
+			{
+				lookAndFeel = UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName();
+			}
+			else if (LOOKANDFEEL.equals("Motif"))
+			{
+				lookAndFeel = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel";
+			}
+			else if (LOOKANDFEEL.equals("GTK"))
+			{
+				lookAndFeel = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel";
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				System.err.println("Unexpected value of LOOKANDFEEL specified: "
+						+ LOOKANDFEEL);
+				lookAndFeel = UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
+			}
+			
+			try
+			{
+				UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lookAndFeel);
+			}
+			catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
+			{
+				System.err.println("Couldn't find class for specified look and feel:"
+						+ lookAndFeel);
+				System.err.println("Did you include the L&F library in the class path?");
+				System.err.println("Using the default look and feel.");
+			}
+			catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e)
+			{
+				System.err.println("Can't use the specified look and feel ("
+						+ lookAndFeel
+						+ ") on this platform.");
+				System.err.println("Using the default look and feel.");
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				System.err.println("Couldn't get specified look and feel ("
+						+ lookAndFeel
+						+ "), for some reason.");
+				System.err.println("Using the default look and feel.");
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ *    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.jar.gui;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.plaf.ButtonUI;
+
+/**
+ * A switch button cus Java dosnt have one
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Ever wanted a switch like
+ * <code><a href="https://www.overflowarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/overflow-archives-unity-3d-switch-button-ui.jpg">this</a></code>
+ * or
+ * <code><a href="https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E3PHHW/day-night-mode-switch-ui-button-light-dark-mode-slider-theme-2E3PHHW.jpg">this</a></code>?
+ * Well now you can this this class!
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * Based off Java's JButton
+ *
+ * @author coolGi
+ */
+// TODO: Make this for the theme (and finish the documentation once it is done)
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class JSwitch extends AbstractButton
+{
+	private static final String uiClassID = "SwitchUI";
+	
+	/** Creates a switch with no set text or icons */
+	public JSwitch()
+	{
+		this(null, null, null, null);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a switch with an icon
+	 *
+	 * @param offIcon The deactivated icon image
+	 * @param onIcon The activated icon image
+	 */
+	public JSwitch(Icon offIcon, Icon onIcon)
+	{
+		this(null, null, offIcon, onIcon);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a switch with text
+	 *
+	 * @param offText the deactivated text of the button
+	 * @param onText the activated text of the button
+	 */
+	@ConstructorProperties({"text"})
+	public JSwitch(String offText, String onText)
+	{
+		this(offText, onText, null, null);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a switch where properties are taken from the
+	 * <code>Action</code> supplied.
+	 *
+	 * @param a the <code>Action</code> used to specify the code that runs when pressing
+	 */
+	public JSwitch(Action a)
+	{
+		this();
+		setAction(a);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a switch with initial text and an icon
+	 *
+	 * @param offText the deactivated text of the button
+	 * @param onText the activated text of the button
+	 * @param offIcon The deactivated icon image
+	 * @param onIcon The activated icon image
+	 */
+	public JSwitch(String offText, String onText, Icon offIcon, Icon onIcon)
+	{
+		// Create the model
+		setModel(new DefaultButtonModel());
+
+//        this.trueLabel = trueLabel;
+//        this.falseLabel = falseLabel;
+//        double trueLenth = getFontMetrics( getFont() ).getStringBounds( trueLabel, getGraphics() ).getWidth();
+//        double falseLenght = getFontMetrics( getFont() ).getStringBounds( falseLabel, getGraphics() ).getWidth();
+//        max = (int)Math.max( trueLenth, falseLenght );
+//        gap =  Math.max( 5, 5+(int)Math.abs(trueLenth - falseLenght ) );
+//        thumbBounds  = new Dimension(max+gap*2,20);
+//        globalWitdh =  max + thumbBounds.width+gap*2;
+//        setModel( new DefaultButtonModel() );
+//        setSelected( false );
+//        addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter() {
+//            @Override
+//            public void mouseReleased( MouseEvent e ) {
+//                if(new Rectangle( getPreferredSize() ).contains( e.getPoint() )) {
+//                    setSelected( !isSelected() );
+//                }
+//            }
+//        });
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel
+	 *
+	 * @see JComponent#updateUI
+	 */
+	public void updateUI()
+	{
+		setUI((ButtonUI) UIManager.getUI(this));
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void setSelected(boolean b)
+	{
+//        if(b){
+//            setText( trueLabel );
+//            setBackground( green );
+//        } else {
+//            setBackground( red );
+//            setText( falseLabel );
+//        }
+		super.setSelected(b);
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a string that specifies the name of the L&amp;F class
+	 * that renders this component.
+	 *
+	 * @return the string "ButtonUI"
+	 * @see JComponent#getUIClassID
+	 * @see UIDefaults#getUI
+	 */
+	public String getUIClassID()
+	{
+		return uiClassID;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Overrides <code>JComponent.removeNotify</code> to check if
+	 * this button is currently set as the default button on the
+	 * <code>RootPane</code>, and if so, sets the <code>RootPane</code>'s
+	 * default button to <code>null</code> to ensure the
+	 * <code>RootPane</code> doesn't hold onto an invalid button reference.
+	 */
+	public void removeNotify()
+	{
+		JRootPane root = SwingUtilities.getRootPane(this);
+		super.removeNotify();
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/*
+ *    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.jar.gui;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.FontMetrics;
+import java.awt.GradientPaint;
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+
+import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
+import javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.UIManager;
+import javax.swing.border.Border;
+
+/**
+ * Taken from https://github.com/sshtools/ui/blob/master/src/main/java/com/sshtools/ui/swing/JSwitchBox.java
+ *
+ * @author sshtools
+ */
+// TODO: Merge this with my own JSwitch rather than use all their code
+// TODO: Make it work with the theme rather than do whatever it is doing now
+public class JSwitchBox extends AbstractButton
+{
+	private Color shadow1 = UIManager.getColor("controlHighlight");
+	private Color shadow2 = UIManager.getColor("control");
+	private Color colorBright = UIManager.getColor("Button.light");
+	private Color red = UIManager.getColor("controlShadow");
+	private Color redf = UIManager.getColor("Button.foreground");
+	private Color trackBackground = UIManager.getColor("textHighlight");
+	private Color trackBackgroundText = UIManager.getColor("textHighlightText");
+	private Border buttonBorder = UIManager.getBorder("Button.border");
+	private Border trackBorder = UIManager.getBorder("Button.border");
+	
+	private Font font = new JLabel().getFont();
+	private int gap = 5;
+	private int globalWitdh = 0;
+	private final String trueLabel;
+	private final String falseLabel;
+	private Dimension thumbBounds;
+	private Rectangle2D bounds;
+	private int max;
+	
+	public JSwitchBox(String trueLabel, String falseLabel)
+	{
+		setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));
+		this.trueLabel = trueLabel;
+		this.falseLabel = falseLabel;
+		FontMetrics fontMetrics = getFontMetrics(getFont());
+		double trueLenth = fontMetrics
+				.getStringBounds(trueLabel, getGraphics()).getWidth();
+		double falseLenght = fontMetrics.getStringBounds(falseLabel,
+				getGraphics()).getWidth();
+		max = (int) Math.max(trueLenth, falseLenght);
+		gap = Math.max(5, 5 + (int) Math.abs(trueLenth - falseLenght));
+		thumbBounds = new Dimension(max + gap * 2,
+				(int) ((float) fontMetrics.getHeight() * 1.5));
+		globalWitdh = max + thumbBounds.width + gap * 2;
+		setModel(new DefaultButtonModel());
+		setSelected(false);
+		addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
+		{
+			@Override
+			public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
+			{
+				if (new Rectangle(getPreferredSize()).contains(e.getPoint()))
+				{
+					setSelected(!isSelected());
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Dimension getPreferredSize()
+	{
+		return new Dimension(globalWitdh, thumbBounds.height);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void setSelected(boolean b)
+	{
+		if (b)
+		{
+			setText(trueLabel);
+			setBackground(trackBackground);
+			setForeground(trackBackgroundText);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			setBackground(red);
+			setForeground(redf);
+			setText(falseLabel);
+		}
+		super.setSelected(b);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void setText(String text)
+	{
+		super.setText(text);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getHeight()
+	{
+		
+		return getPreferredSize().height;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getWidth()
+	{
+		return getPreferredSize().width;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Font getFont()
+	{
+		return font;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
+	{
+		g.setColor(getBackground());
+		g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight() - 4);
+		Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
+		
+		// g2.setColor(black);
+		// g2.drawRoundRect(1, 1, getWidth() - 2 - 1, getHeight() - 2 - 1, 2,
+		// 2);
+		// g2.setColor(white);
+		// g2.drawRoundRect(1 + 1, 1 + 1, getWidth() - 2 - 3, getHeight() - 2 -
+		// 3,
+		// 2, 2);
+		
+		trackBorder.paintBorder(this, g2, 0, 2, getWidth(), getHeight() - 4);
+		
+		int buttonX = 0;
+		int textX = 0;
+		if (isSelected())
+		{
+			textX = thumbBounds.width;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			buttonX = thumbBounds.width;
+		}
+		int y = 0;
+		int w = thumbBounds.width;
+		int h = thumbBounds.height;
+		
+		g2.setPaint(new GradientPaint(buttonX, (int) (y - 0.1 * h), shadow2,
+				buttonX, (int) (y + 1.2 * h), shadow1));
+		g2.fillRect(buttonX, y, w, h);
+		g2.setPaint(new GradientPaint(buttonX, (int) (y + .65 * h), shadow1,
+				buttonX, (int) (y + 1.3 * h), shadow2));
+		g2.fillRect(buttonX, (int) (y + .65 * h), w, (int) (h - .65 * h));
+		
+		if (w > 14)
+		{
+			int size = 10;
+			g2.setColor(colorBright);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - size / 2, y + h / 2 - size / 2, size,
+					size);
+			g2.setColor(colorBright.darker());
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 4, h / 2 - 4, 2, 2);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 1, h / 2 - 4, 2, 2);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 + 2, h / 2 - 4, 2, 2);
+			g2.setColor(colorBright.darker().darker());
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 4, h / 2 - 2, 2, 6);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 1, h / 2 - 2, 2, 6);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 + 2, h / 2 - 2, 2, 6);
+			g2.setColor(colorBright.darker());
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 4, h / 2 + 2, 2, 2);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 - 1, h / 2 + 2, 2, 2);
+			g2.fillRect(buttonX + w / 2 + 2, h / 2 + 2, 2, 2);
+		}
+		
+		buttonBorder.paintBorder(this, g2, buttonX, y, w, h);
+		// g2.setColor(black);
+		// g2.drawRoundRect(x, y, w - 1, h - 1, 2, 2);
+		// g2.setColor(white);
+		// g2.drawRoundRect(x + 1, y + 1, w - 3, h - 3, 2, 2);
+		
+		g2.setColor(getForeground());
+		g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,
+				RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
+		g2.setFont(getFont());
+		g2.drawString(getText(), textX + gap, y + h / 2 + h / 4);
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ *    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.jar.gui.cusomJObject;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+
+/**
+ * A rectangular box that can be placed with java swing
+ *
+ * @author coolGi
+ */
+public class JBox extends JComponent
+{
+	private static final String uiClassID = "BoxBarUI";
+	
+	private Color color;
+	
+	private int x;
+	private int y;
+	private int width;
+	private int height;
+	
+	public JBox()
+	{
+		this(null);
+	}
+	
+	public JBox(Color color)
+	{
+		this.color = color;
+	}
+	
+	public JBox(Color color, Rectangle rectangle)
+	{
+		this(color, rectangle.x, rectangle.y, rectangle.width, rectangle.height);
+	}
+	
+	public JBox(Color color, int x, int y, int width, int height)
+	{
+		this.color = color;
+		setBounds(x, y, width, height);
+	}
+	
+	public void setColor(Color color)
+	{
+		this.color = color;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
+	{
+		super.paintComponent(g);
+		g.setColor(color);
+		g.fillRect(0, 0, getBounds().width, getBounds().height);
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class WebDownloader
 					totalDataRead = totalDataRead + i;
 					bout.write(data, 0, i);
 					
+					// TODO: Link this to an atomic integer rather than printing it to log
                    int newPercent = (int) ((totalDataRead * 100) / filesize);
 					if (percent != newPercent)
 					{
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public class WebDownloader
 	public static String downloadAsString(URL url) throws Exception
 	{
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+//        URL url = new URL(urlS);
 		
 		URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
 		urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(1000);
@@ -345,10 +345,9 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 						nextByte = inputStream.read();
 						byteReadIndex++;
 						
-						// It would be better to change this divisor based on the expected size,
-						// so it would always be split up into 100 1% increments
-						// but this works well enough. 
-						// When the expected size is about 17 MB, this will log about 170 times
+						// TODO it would be better to change this divisor based on the expected size,
+						//  so it would always be split up into 100 1% increments
+						//  but this will work for now when the expected size is about 17 MB, this will log about 170 times
 						if (byteReadIndex % 100_000 == 0)
 						{
 							LOGGER.info("Decompressing ["+outputFormat.format(((double)byteReadIndex / expectedSize)*100.0)+"]%");
@@ -19,33 +19,45 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiBlockMaterial;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiChunkModifiedEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.CloudRenderHandler;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.delayedSaveCache.DelayedBeaconSaveCache;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.delayedSaveCache.DelayedDataSourceSaveCache;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.DhLightingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.CloudRenderHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.ChunkHashDTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.AbstractDhRepo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.BeaconBeamRepo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.ChunkHashRepo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.KeyedLockContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -65,8 +77,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	public BeaconBeamRepo beaconBeamRepo;
 	
 	protected final KeyedLockContainer<Long> beaconUpdateLockContainer = new KeyedLockContainer<>();
-	protected final DelayedDataSourceSaveCache delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache = new DelayedDataSourceSaveCache(this::onDataSourceSaveAsync, 1_000);
-	protected final DelayedBeaconSaveCache delayedBeaconSaveCache = new DelayedBeaconSaveCache(this::updateBeaconBeamsBetweenBlockPos, 1_000);
+	
+	protected final DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache = new DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache(this::onDataSourceSaveAsync, 3_000);
 	/** contains the {@link DhChunkPos} for each {@link DhSectionPos} that are queued to save */
 	protected final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, HashSet<DhChunkPos>> updatedChunkPosSetBySectionPos = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	protected final ConcurrentHashMap<DhChunkPos, Integer> updatedChunkHashesByChunkPos = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -80,7 +92,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	protected AbstractDhLevel() { }
 	
@@ -119,16 +130,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	/** handles any setup that needs the repos to be created */
 	protected void runRepoReliantSetup()
 	{
-		IDhGenericRenderer genericRenderer = this.getGenericRenderer();
+		GenericObjectRenderer genericRenderer = this.getGenericRenderer();
 		if (genericRenderer != null)
 		{
 			// only client levels can render clouds
 			if (this instanceof IDhClientLevel)
 			{
 				// only add clouds for certain dimension types
-				String enabledCloudDimensions = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.dimensionEnabledCloudRenderingCsv.get();
-				String dimName = this.getLevelWrapper().getDimensionType().getName();
-				if (enabledCloudDimensions.contains(dimName))
+				if (!this.getLevelWrapper().hasCeiling()
+						&& !this.getLevelWrapper().getDimensionType().isTheEnd())
 				{
 					this.cloudRenderHandler = new CloudRenderHandler((IDhClientLevel)this, genericRenderer);
 				}
@@ -136,14 +146,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=================//
 	// default methods //
 	//=================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void updateChunkAsync(IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper, int chunkHash)
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 			
 			// merging writes together in memory significantly improves throughput, since most
 			// chunk modifications will be right next to each other, IE effecting the same LODs
-			this.delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache.writeToMemoryAndQueueSave(dataSource);
+			this.delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache.writeDataSourceToMemoryAndQueueSave(dataSource);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -212,14 +219,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 			});
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=======//
 	// repos //
 	//=======//
-	//region
+	
+	// chunk hash //
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getChunkHash(DhChunkPos pos)
@@ -233,26 +239,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 		return (dto != null) ? dto.chunkHash : 0;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=================//
 	// beacon handling //
 	//=================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(long sectionPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList)
 	{
 		int minBlockX = DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockX(sectionPos);
 		int minBlockZ = DhSectionPos.getMinCornerBlockZ(sectionPos);
+		// TODO special logic had to be done for DhChunkPos.getMaxBlock,
+		//  does that need to be done here?
+		//  The DhChunkPos issue caused beacons to appear/disappear incorrectly on negative chunk borders
 		int maxBlockX = minBlockX + DhSectionPos.getBlockWidth(sectionPos);
 		int maxBlockZ = minBlockZ + DhSectionPos.getBlockWidth(sectionPos);
 		
-		// no delayed cache needed since each hit will be at a different position
-		// and this is generally called when LODs are received from the
-		// server, so repeat hits to the same position are unlikely
 		this.updateBeaconBeamsBetweenBlockPos(
 				sectionPos,
 				minBlockX, maxBlockX,
@@ -263,11 +266,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	
 	@Override
 	public void updateBeaconBeamsForChunkPos(DhChunkPos chunkPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList)
-	{ 
-		// a delayed cache is used to prevent lock contention
-		// when flying through new chunks (or updating modified chunks)
-		// that are right next to each other (requiring up to 16 hits to the same LOD position
-		this.delayedBeaconSaveCache.queueBeaconBeamUpdatesForChunkPos(chunkPos, activeBeamList); 
+	{
+		long sectionPos = DhSectionPos.encodeContaining(DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL, chunkPos);
+		
+		int minBlockX = chunkPos.getMinBlockX();
+		int minBlockZ = chunkPos.getMinBlockZ();
+		int maxBlockX = chunkPos.getMaxBlockX();
+		int maxBlockZ = chunkPos.getMaxBlockZ();
+		
+		//LOGGER.info("beacons ["+activeBeamList.size()+"] at ["+chunkPos+"] x["+minBlockX+"]-["+maxBlockX+"] z["+minBlockZ+"]-["+maxBlockZ+"].");
+		
+		this.updateBeaconBeamsBetweenBlockPos(
+				sectionPos,
+				minBlockX, maxBlockX,
+				minBlockZ, maxBlockZ,
+				activeBeamList
+		);
 	}
 	
 	private void updateBeaconBeamsBetweenBlockPos(
@@ -275,7 +289,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 			int minBlockX, int maxBlockX,
 			int minBlockZ, int maxBlockZ,
 			List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList
-		)
+		) // TODO min/max block pos instead
 	{
 		if (this.beaconBeamRepo == null)
 		{
@@ -283,11 +297,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 		}
 		
 		
-		//LOGGER.info("beacons ["+activeBeamList.size()+"] at x["+minBlockX+"]-["+maxBlockX+"] z["+minBlockZ+"]-["+maxBlockZ+"].");
-		
-		
-		// locked to prevent two threads from updating the same position at the same time
-		ReentrantLock lock = this.beaconUpdateLockContainer.getLockForPos(sectionPosForLock);
+		// locked to prevent two threads from updating the same section at the same time
+		ReentrantLock lock = this.beaconUpdateLockContainer.getLockForPos(sectionPosForLock); // TODO this can cause a lot of slow-downs
 		try
 		{
 			lock.lock();
@@ -318,10 +329,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 			
 			for (DhBlockPos beaconPos : allPosSet)
 			{
-				if (minBlockX > beaconPos.getX() || beaconPos.getX() > maxBlockX
-					|| minBlockZ > beaconPos.getZ() || beaconPos.getZ() > maxBlockZ)
+				if (minBlockX <= beaconPos.getX() && beaconPos.getX() <= maxBlockX
+					&& minBlockZ <= beaconPos.getZ() && beaconPos.getZ() <= maxBlockZ)
+				{
+					//// don't modify beacons outside the updated range
+					//continue;
+				}
+				else
 				{
-					// don't modify beacons outside the updated range
 					continue;
 				}
 				
@@ -330,12 +345,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 				BeaconBeamDTO activeBeam = activeBeamByPos.get(beaconPos);
 				if (activeBeam != null)
 				{
+					//LOGGER.info("add beacon ["+activeBeam.blockPos+"] x["+minBlockX+"]-["+maxBlockX+"] z["+minBlockZ+"]-["+maxBlockZ+"].");
+					
 					if (existingBeam == null)
 					{
 						// new beam found, add to DB
 						this.beaconBeamRepo.save(activeBeam);
-						
-						//LOGGER.info("new beacon ["+activeBeam+"].");
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -344,12 +359,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 						{
 							// beam colors were changed
 							this.beaconBeamRepo.save(activeBeam);
-							
-							//LOGGER.info("change beacon ["+existingBeam+"] -> ["+activeBeam+"].");
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							//LOGGER.info("existing beacon ["+existingBeam+"].");
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -357,8 +366,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 				{
 					// beam no longer exists at position, remove from DB
 					this.beaconBeamRepo.deleteWithKey(beaconPos);
-					
-					//LOGGER.info("remove beacon ["+existingBeam+"].");
+					//LOGGER.info("remove beacon ["+beaconPos+"] x["+minBlockX+"]-["+maxBlockX+"] z["+minBlockZ+"]-["+maxBlockZ+"].");
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -372,8 +380,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	@Nullable
 	public BeaconBeamRepo getBeaconBeamRepo() { return this.beaconBeamRepo; }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements I
 	
 	/**
 	 * This queue is used for ensuring fair generation speed for each player. <br>
-	 * Every tick the first player gets used for centering generation, and then is immediately moved into the back of the queue.
+	 * Every tick the first player gets used for centering generation, and then is immediately moved into the back of the queue. <br>
+	 * TODO only add players that actually have something to generate
 	 */
 	protected final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<IServerPlayerWrapper> worldGenPlayerCenteringQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 	
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements I
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean shouldDoWorldGen()
-	{ return Config.Common.WorldGenerator.enableDistantGeneration.get(); }
+	{ return Config.Common.WorldGenerator.enableDistantGeneration.get() && !this.worldGenPlayerCenteringQueue.isEmpty(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public DhBlockPos2D getTargetPosForGeneration()
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.IDataSourceUpdateListen
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.QuadTree.LodQuadTree;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.LodQuadTree;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;

@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
-	private static final IWrapperFactory WRAPPER_FACTORY = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
 	
 	private final IDhClientLevel clientLevel;
 	
@@ -53,12 +51,12 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 	public final AtomicReference<ClientRenderState> ClientRenderStateRef = new AtomicReference<>();
 	/** 
 	 * This is handled outside of the {@link ClientRenderState} to prevent destroying
-	 * the {@link IDhGenericRenderer} when changing render distances or enabling/disabling rendering. <br><br>
+	 * the {@link GenericObjectRenderer} when changing render distances or enabling/disabling rendering. <br><br>
 	 * 
-	 * Destroying the {@link IDhGenericRenderer} would cause any existing bindings to be 
+	 * Destroying the {@link GenericObjectRenderer} would cause any existing bindings to be 
 	 * erroneously removed.
 	 */
-	public final IDhGenericRenderer genericRenderer = WRAPPER_FACTORY.createGenericRenderer();
+	public final GenericObjectRenderer genericRenderer = new GenericObjectRenderer();
 	
 	
 	
@@ -94,19 +92,27 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		// TODO this should probably be handled via a config change listener
 		// recreate the RenderState if the render distance changes
-		if (clientRenderState.viewDiameterInBlocks != ClientRenderState.getViewDiameterInBlocks())
+		if (clientRenderState.quadtree.blockRenderDistanceDiameter != Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodChunkRenderDistanceRadius.get() * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH * 2)
 		{
-			// close the older renderer
-			clientRenderState.close();
-			this.ClientRenderStateRef.set(null);
+			if (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(clientRenderState, null))
+			{
+				return;
+			}
 			
-			// create the new renderer
+			clientRenderState.close();
 			clientRenderState = new ClientRenderState(this.clientLevel, this.clientLevel.getFullDataProvider());
-			this.ClientRenderStateRef.set(clientRenderState);
+			if (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(null, clientRenderState))
+			{
+				//FIXME: How to handle this?
+				LOGGER.warn("Failed to set render state due to concurrency after changing view distance");
+				clientRenderState.close();
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 		
-		clientRenderState.quadtree.tryTick(new DhBlockPos2D(MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos()));
+		clientRenderState.quadtree.tick(new DhBlockPos2D(MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos()));
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -115,13 +121,14 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 	// render //
 	//========//
 	
+	// TODO start rendering during frame request
 	public void startRenderer()
 	{
-		ClientRenderState clientRenderState = new ClientRenderState(this.clientLevel, this.clientLevel.getFullDataProvider());
-		if (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(null, clientRenderState))
+		ClientRenderState ClientRenderState = new ClientRenderState(this.clientLevel, this.clientLevel.getFullDataProvider());
+		if (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(null, ClientRenderState))
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Renderer already started for ["+this+"].");
-			clientRenderState.close();
+			LOGGER.warn("Failed to start renderer due to concurrency");
+			ClientRenderState.close();
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -129,15 +136,23 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 	
 	public void stopRenderer()
 	{
-		ClientRenderState clientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
-		if (clientRenderState == null)
+		LOGGER.info("Stopping renderer for " + this);
+		ClientRenderState ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
+		if (ClientRenderState == null)
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Tried to stop the renderer for [" + this + "] when it was not started.");
+			LOGGER.warn("Tried to stop renderer for " + this + " when it was not started!");
 			return;
 		}
-		
-		this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(clientRenderState, null);
-		clientRenderState.close();
+		// stop the render state
+		while (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(ClientRenderState, null)) // TODO why is there a while loop here?
+		{
+			ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
+			if (ClientRenderState == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		ClientRenderState.close();
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 		ClientRenderState ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
 		if (ClientRenderState != null)
 		{
-			ClientRenderState.quadtree.queuePosToReload(updatedFullDataSource.getPos());
+			ClientRenderState.quadtree.reloadPos(updatedFullDataSource.getPos());
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -165,8 +180,20 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 		ClientRenderState ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
 		if (ClientRenderState != null)
 		{
-			this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(ClientRenderState, null);
-			ClientRenderState.close();
+			// TODO does this have to be in a while loop, if so why?
+			while (!this.ClientRenderStateRef.compareAndSet(ClientRenderState, null))
+			{
+				ClientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
+				if (ClientRenderState == null)
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (ClientRenderState != null)
+			{
+				ClientRenderState.close();
+			}
 		}
 		
 		this.fullDataSourceProvider.removeDataSourceUpdateListener(this);
@@ -198,7 +225,7 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 		ClientRenderState clientRenderState = this.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
 		if (clientRenderState != null && clientRenderState.quadtree != null)
 		{
-			clientRenderState.quadtree.queuePosToReload(pos);
+			clientRenderState.quadtree.reloadPos(pos);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -215,8 +242,6 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 		public final LodQuadTree quadtree;
 		public final RenderBufferHandler renderBufferHandler;
 		
-		public final int viewDiameterInBlocks;
-		
 		
 		
 		//=============//
@@ -227,29 +252,16 @@ public class ClientLevelModule implements Closeable, IDataSourceUpdateListenerFu
 				IDhClientLevel dhClientLevel, 
 				FullDataSourceProviderV2 fullDataSourceProvider)
 		{
-			this.viewDiameterInBlocks = getViewDiameterInBlocks();
-			
 			this.quadtree = new LodQuadTree(
-				dhClientLevel,
-				this.viewDiameterInBlocks,
-				// initial position is (0,0) just in case the player hasn't loaded in yet, the tree will be moved once the level starts ticking
-				0, 0,
-				fullDataSourceProvider);
+					dhClientLevel, 
+					Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodChunkRenderDistanceRadius.get() * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH * 2,
+					// initial position is (0,0) just in case the player hasn't loaded in yet, the tree will be moved once the level starts ticking
+					0, 0,
+					fullDataSourceProvider);
 			
 			this.renderBufferHandler = new RenderBufferHandler(this.quadtree);
 		}
 		
-		/**
-		 * Used both during setup and
-		 * to determine if the render distance changed.
-		 */
-		public static int getViewDiameterInBlocks() 
-		{ 
-			return Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodChunkRenderDistanceRadius.get() 
-				* LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH 
-				* 2; 
-		}
-		
 		
 		
 		//================//
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.V2.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.RemoteFullDataSourceProvider;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
@@ -36,17 +35,19 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.ScopedNetworkEventSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.fullData.FullDataPartialUpdateMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public DhClientLevel(
 		ISaveStructure saveStructure, 
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 					{
 						try
 						{
+							// TODO this has a lock which can cause stuttering/lag issues
 							this.updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(dataSourceDto.pos, message.payload.beaconBeams);
 						}
 						catch (Exception e)
@@ -203,14 +204,11 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		});
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// tick methods //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void clientTick()
@@ -251,14 +249,11 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 	@Override
 	public DhBlockPos2D getTargetPosForGeneration() { return new DhBlockPos2D(MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos()); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// world gen //
 	//===========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void onWorldGenTaskComplete(long pos)
@@ -266,14 +261,11 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		this.clientside.reloadPos(pos);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public IClientLevelWrapper getClientLevelWrapper() { return this.levelWrapper; }
@@ -295,7 +287,7 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 	public ISaveStructure getSaveStructure() { return this.saveStructure; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhGenericRenderer getGenericRenderer() { return this.clientside.genericRenderer; }
+	public GenericObjectRenderer getGenericRenderer() { return this.clientside.genericRenderer; }
 	@Override
 	public RenderBufferHandler getRenderBufferHandler()
 	{
@@ -303,9 +295,6 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		return (renderState != null) ? renderState.renderBufferHandler : null;
 	}
 	
-	@Override 
-	public boolean isRendering() { return this.clientside.isRendering(); }
-	
 	public boolean shouldProcessChunkUpdate(DhChunkPos chunkPos)
 	{
 		if (this.networkState == null || !this.networkState.isReady())
@@ -316,28 +305,18 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		return !this.networkState.sessionConfig.isRealTimeUpdatesEnabled() || this.loadedOnceChunks.add(chunkPos);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// debugging //
 	//===========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void addDebugMenuStringsToList(List<String> messageList)
 	{
-		String o = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE;
-		String y = MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW;
-		String g = MinecraftTextFormat.GREEN;
-		String cf = MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING;
-		
-		
 		String dimName = this.levelWrapper.getDhIdentifier();
 		boolean rendering = this.clientside.isRendering();
-		String renderingString = rendering ? (g+"yes"+cf) : (o+"no"+cf);
-		messageList.add("["+y+dimName+cf+"] rendering: "+renderingString);
+		messageList.add("["+dimName+"] rendering: "+(rendering ? "yes" : "no"));
 		
 		
 		this.remoteDataSourceProvider.addDebugMenuStringsToList(messageList);
@@ -355,14 +334,11 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() { return "DhClientLevel{" + this.getClientLevelWrapper().getDhIdentifier() + "}"; }
@@ -387,14 +363,11 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		LOGGER.info("Closed [" + DhClientLevel.class.getSimpleName() + "] for [" + this.levelWrapper + "]");
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// helper classes //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	private static class LodRequestState extends LodRequestModule.AbstractLodRequestState
 	{
@@ -404,8 +377,4 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		}
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -19,17 +19,20 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.server.ServerPlayerStateManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -46,7 +49,6 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	//region
 	
 	public DhClientServerLevel(
 		ISaveStructure saveStructure, 
@@ -61,42 +63,30 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 		this.runRepoReliantSetup();
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// tick methods //
 	//==============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void clientTick() { this.clientside.clientTick(); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//========//
 	// render //
 	//========//
-	//region
 	
 	public void startRenderer() { this.clientside.startRenderer(); }
 	
 	public void stopRenderer() { this.clientside.stopRenderer(); }
 	
-	@Override
-	public boolean isRendering() { return this.clientside.isRendering(); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// level handling //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Nullable
 	@Override
@@ -105,36 +95,26 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 	@Override
 	public void clearRenderCache() { this.clientside.clearRenderCache(); }
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===========//
 	// debugging //
 	//===========//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void addDebugMenuStringsToList(List<String> messageList)
 	{
 		// header
-		String o = MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE;
-		String y = MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW;
-		String g = MinecraftTextFormat.GREEN;
-		String cf = MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING;
-		
-		
 		String dimName = this.serverLevelWrapper.getDhIdentifier();
 		boolean rendering = this.clientside.isRendering();
-		String renderingString = rendering ? (g+"yes"+cf) : (o+"no"+cf);
-		messageList.add("["+y+dimName+cf+"] rendering: "+renderingString);
+		messageList.add("["+dimName+"] rendering: "+(rendering ? "yes" : "no"));
 		
 		super.addDebugMenuStringsToList(messageList);
 	}
 	
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhGenericRenderer getGenericRenderer() { return this.clientside.genericRenderer; }
+	public GenericObjectRenderer getGenericRenderer() { return this.clientside.genericRenderer; }
 	@Override
 	public RenderBufferHandler getRenderBufferHandler()
 	{
@@ -142,14 +122,11 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 		return (renderState != null) ? renderState.renderBufferHandler : null;
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// data handling //
 	//===============//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public void onWorldGenTaskComplete(long pos)
@@ -158,14 +135,11 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 		this.clientside.reloadPos(pos);
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
-	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() { return "DhClientServerLevel{"+this.serverLevelWrapper.getKeyedLevelDimensionName()+"}"; }
@@ -179,8 +153,4 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel implements IDhCli
 		LOGGER.info("Closed " + this.getClass().getSimpleName() + " for " + this.getServerLevelWrapper());
 	}
 	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.server.ServerPlayerStateManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ public class DhServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel
 	//=======//
 	
 	@Override
-	public boolean shouldDoWorldGen() { return super.shouldDoWorldGen(); }
+	public boolean shouldDoWorldGen()
+	{
+		return true; //todo;
+	}
 	@Override
 	public DhBlockPos2D getTargetPosForGeneration()
 	{
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ public class DhServerLevel extends AbstractDhServerLevel
 	//=========//
 	
 	@Override
-	public IDhGenericRenderer getGenericRenderer() 
+	public GenericObjectRenderer getGenericRenderer() 
 	{ 
 		// server-only levels don't support rendering
 		return null; 
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

@@ -40,12 +39,4 @@ public interface IDhClientLevel extends IDhLevel
 	 */
 	void clearRenderCache();
 	
-	/** 
-	 * returns true if this level is currently rendering. <br>
-	 * Designed for use for debugging and the {@link F3Screen}.
-	 */
-	boolean isRendering();
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.GeneratedFullDataSource
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.BeaconBeamRepo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public interface IDhLevel extends AutoCloseable, GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider
 	 * Not supported on the server-side. 
 	 */
 	@Nullable
-	IDhGenericRenderer getGenericRenderer();
+	GenericObjectRenderer getGenericRenderer();
 	/**
 	 * Will return null if the renderer isn't set up yet. <br>
 	 * Not supported on the server-side. 
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ public class LodRequestModule implements Closeable
 			}
 		}
 		dataFileHandler.clearRetrievalQueue();
-		// synchronized shutdown necessary to make sure the tasks are all handled correctly
-		worldGenState.closeAsync(true).join();
+		worldGenState.closeAsync(true).join(); //TODO: Make it async.
 		dataFileHandler.removeWorldGenCompleteListener(this.onWorldGenCompleteListener);
 	}
 	
@@ -199,8 +198,7 @@ public class LodRequestModule implements Closeable
 			
 			if (worldGenState != null)
 			{
-				// synchronized shutdown necessary to make sure the tasks are all handled correctly
-				worldGenState.closeAsync(true).join();
+				worldGenState.closeAsync(true).join(); //TODO: Make it async.
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ public class LodRequestModule implements Closeable
 			remainingChunkCount += this.retrievalQueue.getQueuedChunkCount();
 			String remainingChunkCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(remainingChunkCount);
 			
-			String message = "DH is generating chunks. " + remainingChunkCountStr + " left."; // TODO getting stuck at 32 chunks remaining
+			String message = "DH is generating chunks. " + remainingChunkCountStr + " left.";
 			
 			// show a message about how to disable progress logging if requested
 			int msToShowDisableInstructions = Config.Common.WorldGenerator.generationProgressDisableMessageDisplayTimeInSeconds.get() * 1_000;
@@ -390,17 +388,17 @@ public class LodRequestModule implements Closeable
 			this.progressUpdateThreadRunning = false;
 			
 			return this.retrievalQueue.startClosingAsync(true, doInterrupt)
-				.exceptionally(e ->
-				{
-					LOGGER.error("Error during first stage of generation queue shutdown, Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
-					return null;
-				}
-				).thenRun(this.retrievalQueue::close)
-				.exceptionally(e ->
-				{
-					LOGGER.error("Error during second stage of generation queue shutdown, Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
-					return null;
-				});
+					.exceptionally(e ->
+							{
+								LOGGER.error("Error during first stage of generation queue shutdown, Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+								return null;
+							}
+					).thenRun(this.retrievalQueue::close)
+					.exceptionally(e ->
+					{
+						LOGGER.error("Error during second stage of generation queue shutdown, Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+						return null;
+					});
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -24,7 +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.enums.EMinecraftColor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
@@ -303,32 +303,32 @@ public class DhLogger implements IConfigListener
 		String prefix = "[" + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + "] ";
 		if (logLevel == Level.ERROR)
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_RED;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.DARK_RED;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.WARN)
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.ORANGE;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.INFO)
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.AQUA;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.AQUA;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.DEBUG)
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.GREEN;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.GREEN;
 		}
 		else if (logLevel == Level.TRACE)
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.DARK_GRAY;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.DARK_GRAY;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.WHITE;
+			prefix += EMinecraftColor.WHITE;
 		}
 		
-		prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.BOLD + "" + MinecraftTextFormat.WHITE;
+		prefix += EMinecraftColor.BOLD + "" + EMinecraftColor.WHITE;
 		prefix += logLevel.name();
-		prefix += MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + " ";
+		prefix += EMinecraftColor.CLEAR_FORMATTING + " ";
 		
 		mc_client.sendChatMessage(prefix + message);
 	}
@@ -23,27 +23,25 @@ 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.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.ModJarInfo;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.AbstractDhWorld;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;

 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;

 public class F3Screen
 {
@@ -83,12 +81,18 @@ public class F3Screen
 	 */
 	public static void addStringToDisplay(List<String> messageList)
 	{
-		String r = MinecraftTextFormat.RED;
-		String y = MinecraftTextFormat.YELLOW;
-		String a = MinecraftTextFormat.AQUA;
-		String cf = MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING;
-		
+		// multi thread pools
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor worldGenPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getWorldGenExecutor();
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor fileHandlerPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor renderLoadingPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getRenderLoadingExecutor();
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor updatePool = ThreadPoolUtil.getUpdatePropagatorExecutor();
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor lodBuilderPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor();
+		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor networkPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getNetworkCompressionExecutor();
 		
+		// single thread pools
+		ThreadPoolExecutor cleanupPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getCleanupExecutor();
+		ThreadPoolExecutor beaconCullingPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getBeaconCullingExecutor();
+		ThreadPoolExecutor migrationPool = ThreadPoolUtil.getFullDataMigrationExecutor();
 		
 		AbstractDhWorld world = SharedApi.getAbstractDhWorld();
 		if (world == null)
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ public class F3Screen
 		// render validation error
 		if (ClientApi.INSTANCE.lastRenderParamValidationMessage != null)
 		{
-			messageList.add("Render Validation Err: " + r + ClientApi.INSTANCE.lastRenderParamValidationMessage + cf);
+			messageList.add("Render Validation Err: " + ClientApi.INSTANCE.lastRenderParamValidationMessage);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -125,10 +129,7 @@ public class F3Screen
 				int detailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(sectionPos);
 				int posX = DhSectionPos.getX(sectionPos);
 				int posZ = DhSectionPos.getZ(sectionPos);
-				messageList.add("LOD Pos: "+y+detailLevel+"*"+posX+","+posZ+cf);
-				
-				AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition renderApiDef = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
-				messageList.add("Rendering API: "+a+renderApiDef.getApiName()+cf);
+				messageList.add("LOD Pos: " + detailLevel + "*"+posX+","+posZ);
 			}
 			messageList.add("");
 		}
@@ -137,23 +138,16 @@ public class F3Screen
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.F3Screen.showThreadPools.get())
 		{
 			// multi thread pools
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("World Gen/Import", ThreadPoolUtil.getWorldGenExecutor()));
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Render Load", ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor()));
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("File Handler", ThreadPoolUtil.getRenderLoadingExecutor()));
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Update Propagator", ThreadPoolUtil.getUpdatePropagatorExecutor()));
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("LOD Builder", ThreadPoolUtil.getChunkToLodBuilderExecutor()));
-			messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Networking", ThreadPoolUtil.getNetworkCompressionExecutor()));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("World Gen/Import", worldGenPool));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Render Load", renderLoadingPool));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("File Handler", fileHandlerPool));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Update Propagator", updatePool));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("LOD Builder", lodBuilderPool));
+			messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Networking", networkPool));
 			//// single thread pools
-			//messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Cleanup", ThreadPoolUtil.getCleanupExecutor()));
-			//messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Beacon Culling", ThreadPoolUtil.getBeaconCullingExecutor()));
-			//messageList.add(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor.getThreadPoolStatString("Migration", ThreadPoolUtil.getFullDataMigrationExecutor()));
-			messageList.add("");
-		}
-		
-		// render thread tasks
-		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.F3Screen.showRenderThreadTasks.get())
-		{
-			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.addDebugMenuStringsToList(messageList);
+			//messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Cleanup", cleanupPool));
+			//messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Beacon Culling", beaconCullingPool));
+			//messageList.add(getThreadPoolStatString("Migration", migrationPool));
 			messageList.add("");
 		}
 		
@@ -173,8 +167,7 @@ public class F3Screen
 		// chunk updates
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.F3Screen.showQueuedChunkUpdateCount.get())
 		{
-			ArrayList<String> chunkQueueList = SharedApi.INSTANCE.getDebugMenuString();
-			messageList.addAll(chunkQueueList);
+			messageList.add(SharedApi.INSTANCE.getDebugMenuString());
 			messageList.add("");
 		}
 		
@@ -185,23 +178,7 @@ public class F3Screen
 			messageList.add("");
 			for (IDhLevel level : levelIterator)
 			{
-				// skip non-rendering levels if requested
-				if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.F3Screen.onlyShowRenderingLevels.get())
-				{
-					if (level instanceof IDhClientLevel)
-					{
-						IDhClientLevel clientLevel = (IDhClientLevel) level;
-						if (!clientLevel.isRendering())
-						{
-							continue;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				
-				
-				
 				level.addDebugMenuStringsToList(messageList);
-				
 				// LOD rendering
 				RenderBufferHandler renderBufferHandler = level.getRenderBufferHandler();
 				if (renderBufferHandler != null)
@@ -213,9 +190,8 @@ public class F3Screen
 						messageList.add(showPassString);
 					}
 				}
-				
 				// Generic rendering
-				IDhGenericRenderer genericRenderer = level.getGenericRenderer();
+				GenericObjectRenderer genericRenderer = level.getGenericRenderer();
 				if (genericRenderer != null)
 				{
 					messageList.add(genericRenderer.getVboRenderDebugMenuString());
@@ -227,4 +203,43 @@ public class F3Screen
 	
 	
 	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	
+	private static String getThreadPoolStatString(String name, PriorityTaskPicker.Executor pool)
+	{
+		String queueSize = (pool != null) ? NUMBER_FORMAT.format(pool.getQueueSize()) : "-";
+		String completedCount = (pool != null) ? NUMBER_FORMAT.format(pool.getCompletedTaskCount()) : "-";
+		
+		String message = name+", Tasks: "+queueSize+", Done: "+completedCount;
+		
+		if (pool != null)
+		{
+			// active threads
+			int activeThreadCount = pool.getRunningTaskCount();
+			int threadCount = pool.getPoolSize();
+			message += ", Active: "+activeThreadCount+"/"+threadCount;
+			
+			// thread runtime
+			String runTimeAvgStr;
+			double runTimeAvgInMs = pool.getAverageRunTimeInMs();
+			if (!Double.isNaN(runTimeAvgInMs))
+			{
+				runTimeAvgStr = NUMBER_FORMAT.format(runTimeAvgInMs);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				runTimeAvgStr = "<0";
+			}
+			
+			message += ", Avg: "+runTimeAvgStr+"ms";
+		}
+		
+		
+		return message;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client;

 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
@@ -18,12 +19,11 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.fullData.FullDataSourceR
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.fullData.FullDataSourceResponseMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
 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;

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 			.build();
 	
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
-	private static final AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer DEBUG_RENDERER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class);
 	
 	private static final int MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 	
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 		this.level = level;
 		this.changedOnly = changedOnly;
 		this.showDebugWireframeConfig = showDebugWireframeConfig;
-		DEBUG_RENDERER.register(this, this.showDebugWireframeConfig);
+		DebugRenderer.register(this, this.showDebugWireframeConfig);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -218,18 +217,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				FullDataSourceResponseMessage.class
 		);
 		requestTask.networkDataSourceFuture = dataSourceNetworkFuture;
-		
-		Executor networkCompressionExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getNetworkCompressionExecutor();
-		if (networkCompressionExecutor == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		dataSourceNetworkFuture.handleAsync((FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable) ->
+		dataSourceNetworkFuture.handle((FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable) ->
 		{
 			this.handleNetResponse(requestTask, response, throwable);
 			return null;
-		}, networkCompressionExecutor);
+		});
 	}
 	private void handleNetResponse(NetRequestTask requestTask, FullDataSourceResponseMessage response, Throwable throwable)
 	{
@@ -386,7 +378,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public void close() { DEBUG_RENDERER.unregister(this, this.showDebugWireframeConfig); }
+	public void close()
+	{
+		DebugRenderer.unregister(this, this.showDebugWireframeConfig);
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -395,7 +390,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	//===========//
 	
 	@Override
-	public void debugRender(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer renderer)
+	public void debugRender(DebugRenderer renderer)
 	{
 		if (MC_CLIENT.getWrappedClientLevel() != this.level.getClientLevelWrapper())
 		{
@@ -426,7 +421,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				}
 			}
 			
-			renderer.renderBox(new AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 64f, 0.05f, color));
+			renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 64f, 0.05f, color));
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 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;
@@ -97,15 +95,6 @@ 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.");
-				}
 			}
 		});
 		
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jim C K Flaten	b0e7c31964	Comment	2026-01-05 21:32:41 +01:00
Jim C K Flaten	2e906b57c4	Channel name should be 20 chars or shorter for compatibility with old version of Minecraft.	2026-01-03 23:36:46 +01:00