remove dev from version number

I thought this was only an issue for N-sized generation, but in testing found it to still be an issue for max-detail retrieval as well.
This will have to be looked into more another time

api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/enums/worldGeneration/EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration;
 
 /**
+ * DOWN_SAMPLED, <br>
+ * 
  * EMPTY, <br>
  * STRUCTURE_START, <br>
  * STRUCTURE_REFERENCE, <br>
@@ -37,6 +39,14 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration;
  */
 public enum EDhApiWorldGenerationStep
 {
+	/** 
+	 * Only used when using N-sized world generators or server-side retrieval.
+	 * This denotes that the given datasource was created using lower quality LOD data from above it in the quad tree. <br>
+	 * 
+	 * This isn't a valid option for queuing world generation.
+	 */
+	DOWN_SAMPLED(-1, "down_sampled"),
+	
 	EMPTY(0, "empty"),
 	STRUCTURE_START(1, "structure_start"),
 	STRUCTURE_REFERENCE(2, "structure_reference"),

api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/methods/events/abstractEvents/DhApiBeforeRenderEvent.java

@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhAp
 
 /**
  * Called before Distant Horizons starts rendering a frame. <br>
- * Canceling the event will prevent DH from rendering that frame.
+ * Canceling the event will prevent DH from rendering that frame. <br> <br>
+ * 
+ * This is called before DH starts modifying the GL state.
+ * If you want to inject into DH's rendering pass, use {@link DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent} instead.
  *
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 2023-6-23
  * @since API 1.0.0
+ * 
+ * @see DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent
  */
 public abstract class DhApiBeforeRenderEvent implements IDhApiCancelableEvent<DhApiRenderParam>
 {

api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/objects/config/DhApiConfigValue.java

@@ -87,7 +87,20 @@ public class DhApiConfigValue<coreType, apiType> implements IDhApiConfigValue<ap
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public boolean clearValue() { return this.setValue(null); }
+	public boolean clearValue()
+	{
+		if (this.configEntry.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.configEntry.setApiValue(null);
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
 	
 	public boolean getCanBeOverrodeByApi() { return this.configEntry.getAllowApiOverride(); }
 	

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

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ public final class ModInfo
 	public static final String DEDICATED_SERVER_INITIAL_PATH = "dedicated_server_initial";
 	
 	/** Incremented every time any packets are added, changed or removed, with a few exceptions. */
-	public static final int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 9;
+	public static final int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 10;
 	public static final String WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH = "message";
 	
 	/** 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 = "2.3.0-b-dev";
+	public static final String VERSION = "2.3.0-b";
 	/** Returns true if the current build is an unstable developer build, false otherwise. */
 	public static final boolean IS_DEV_BUILD = VERSION.toLowerCase().contains("dev");
 	

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

@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ public class ClientApi
 						// orange text		
 						"\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Low memory detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
 						"Stuttering or low FPS may occur. \n" +
-						"Please increase Minecraft's available memory to 4 gigabytes. \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";
 				MC_CLIENT.sendChatMessage(message);
 			}

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

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.Initializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 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;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 /** Contains code and variables used by both {@link ClientApi} and {@link ServerApi} */
 public class SharedApi
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ public class SharedApi
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		if (dhLevel instanceof DhClientLevel)
+		{
+			if (!((DhClientLevel) dhLevel).shouldProcessChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		
 		// shoudln't normally happen, but just in case
 		if (UPDATE_POS_MANAGER.contains(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
 		{
@@ -491,11 +499,9 @@ public class SharedApi
 	/** keeps track of which chunks need to be updated */
 	private static class UpdateChunkPosManager
 	{
-		private final PriorityQueue<DhChunkPos> closestQueue;
-		private final PriorityQueue<DhChunkPos> furthestQueue;
-		private final HashMap<DhChunkPos, UpdateChunkData> updateDataByChunkPos;
-		
-		private final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
+		private final PriorityBlockingQueue<DhChunkPos> closestQueue;
+		private final PriorityBlockingQueue<DhChunkPos> furthestQueue;
+		private final ConcurrentHashMap<DhChunkPos, UpdateChunkData> updateDataByChunkPos;
 		
 		private DhChunkPos center;
 		private int maxSize = 500;
@@ -508,9 +514,9 @@ public class SharedApi
 		
 		public UpdateChunkPosManager()
 		{
-			this.closestQueue = new PriorityQueue<>(Comparator.comparingDouble(pos -> pos.squaredDistance(this.center)));
-			this.furthestQueue = new PriorityQueue<>(Comparator.comparingDouble(pos -> ((DhChunkPos)pos).squaredDistance(this.center)).reversed());
-			this.updateDataByChunkPos = new HashMap<>();
+			this.closestQueue = new PriorityBlockingQueue<>(500, Comparator.comparingDouble(pos -> pos.squaredDistance(this.center)));
+			this.furthestQueue = new PriorityBlockingQueue<>(500, Comparator.comparingDouble(pos -> ((DhChunkPos)pos).squaredDistance(this.center)).reversed());
+			this.updateDataByChunkPos = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 			// defaulting to 0,0 is fine since it'll be updated once we start adding items 
 			this.center = new DhChunkPos(0, 0);
 		}
@@ -521,50 +527,20 @@ public class SharedApi
 		// list/set methods //
 		//==================//
 		
-		public boolean contains(DhChunkPos pos)
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				return this.updateDataByChunkPos.containsKey(pos);
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
-			}
-		}
+		public boolean contains(DhChunkPos pos) { return this.updateDataByChunkPos.containsKey(pos); }
 		
 		public void clear()
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				this.updateDataByChunkPos.clear();
-				this.closestQueue.clear();
-				this.furthestQueue.clear();
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
-			}
+			this.updateDataByChunkPos.clear();
+			this.closestQueue.clear();
+			this.furthestQueue.clear();
 		}
 		
 		public void removeItem(DhChunkPos pos)
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(pos);
-				this.closestQueue.remove(pos);
-				this.furthestQueue.remove(pos);
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
-			}
+			this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(pos);
+			this.closestQueue.remove(pos);
+			this.furthestQueue.remove(pos);
 		}
 		
 		/**
@@ -575,35 +551,29 @@ public class SharedApi
 		 */
 		public int addItem(DhChunkPos pos, UpdateChunkData updateData)
 		{
-			try
+			int remainingSlots = this.maxSize - this.updateDataByChunkPos.size();
+			if (this.updateDataByChunkPos.containsKey(pos))
 			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				int remainingSlots = this.maxSize - this.updateDataByChunkPos.size();
-				if (this.updateDataByChunkPos.containsKey(pos))
+				// Chunk is already present in queue, no need to insert
+				return remainingSlots;
+			}
+			
+			// If no slots are left, get one by removing the item furthest from the center
+			if (remainingSlots <= 0)
+			{
+				DhChunkPos furthest = this.furthestQueue.poll();
+				if (furthest != null)
 				{
-					// Chunk is already present in queue, no need to insert
-					return remainingSlots;
-				}
-				
-				// If no slots are left, get one by removing the item furthest from the center
-				if (remainingSlots <= 0)
-				{
-					DhChunkPos furthest = this.furthestQueue.poll();
 					this.closestQueue.remove(furthest);
 					this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(furthest);
 				}
-				
-				this.updateDataByChunkPos.put(pos, updateData);
-				this.closestQueue.add(pos);
-				this.furthestQueue.add(pos);
-				
-				return remainingSlots;
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
 			}
+			
+			this.updateDataByChunkPos.put(pos, updateData);
+			this.closestQueue.add(pos);
+			this.furthestQueue.add(pos);
+			
+			return remainingSlots;
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -622,46 +592,33 @@ public class SharedApi
 				return;
 			}
 			
-			try
+			this.center = newCenter;
+			
+			// rebuild the priority queues to match the new center
+			this.closestQueue.clear();
+			this.furthestQueue.clear();
+			for (DhChunkPos pos : this.updateDataByChunkPos.keySet())
 			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				this.center = newCenter;
-				
-				// rebuild the priority queues to match the new center
-				this.closestQueue.clear();
-				this.furthestQueue.clear();
-				for (DhChunkPos pos : this.updateDataByChunkPos.keySet())
-				{
-					this.closestQueue.add(pos);
-					this.furthestQueue.add(pos);
-				}
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
+				this.closestQueue.add(pos);
+				this.furthestQueue.add(pos);
 			}
 		}
 		
 		public UpdateChunkData popClosest()
 		{
-			try
+			if (this.closestQueue.isEmpty())
 			{
-				this.lock.lock();
-				
-				if (this.closestQueue.isEmpty())
-				{
-					return null;
-				}
-				
-				DhChunkPos closest = this.closestQueue.poll();
-				this.furthestQueue.remove(closest);
-				return this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(closest);
+				return null;
 			}
-			finally
+			
+			DhChunkPos closest = this.closestQueue.poll();
+			if (closest == null)
 			{
-				this.lock.unlock();
+				return null;
 			}
+			
+			this.furthestQueue.remove(closest);
+			return this.updateDataByChunkPos.remove(closest);
 		}
 		
 	}

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

@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ public class Config
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
+					public static ConfigEntry<Integer> beaconRenderHeight = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+							.setMinDefaultMax(1, 6000, 6_000_000)
+							.comment(""
+									+ "Sets the maximum height at which beacons will render."
+									+ "This will only affect new beacons coming into LOD render distance."
+									+ "Beacons currently visible in LOD chunks will not be affected."
+									+ "")
+							.build();
+					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableCloudRendering = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(true)
 							.comment(""
@@ -699,16 +708,15 @@ public class Config
 					
 					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableCaveCulling = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 							.set(true)
+							.setPerformance(EConfigEntryPerformance.HIGH)
 							.comment(""
-									+ "If enabled caves will be culled \n"
+									+ "If enabled caves won't be rendered. \n"
 									+ "\n"
-									+ "NOTE: This feature is under development and \n"
-									+ " it is VERY experimental! Please don't report \n"
-									+ " any issues related to this feature. \n"
-									+ "\n"
-									+ "Additional Info: Currently this cull all faces \n"
-									+ " with skylight value of 0 in dimensions that \n"
-									+ " does not have a ceiling.")
+									+ " Note: for some world types this can cause \n"
+									+ " overhangs or walls for floating objects. \n"
+									+ " Tweaking the caveCullingHeight, can resolve some \n"
+									+ " of those issues. \n"
+									+ "")
 							.addListener(ReloadLodsConfigEventHandler.INSTANCE)
 							.build();
 					
@@ -753,20 +761,26 @@ public class Config
 									+ "Disable this if shadows render incorrectly.")
 							.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.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"
-									+ "Note: air is always included in this list. \n"
+									+ "Air is always included in this list. \n"
+									+ "Requires a restart to change. \n"
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
-					public static ConfigEntry<String> ignoredRenderCaveBlockCsv = new ConfigEntry.Builder<String>()
-							.set("minecraft:glow_lichen,minecraft:rail,minecraft:water,minecraft:lava,minecraft:bubble_column")
+					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"
-									+ "Note: air is always included in this list. \n"
+									+ "Air is always included in this list. \n"
+									+ "Requires a restart to change. \n"
 									+ "")
 							.build();
 					
@@ -1273,6 +1287,14 @@ public class Config
 							+ "")
 					.build();
 			
+			public static ConfigEntry<Integer> generationProgressDisableMessageDisplayTimeInSeconds = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
+					.setMinDefaultMax(0, 20, 60 * 60) // max = 1 hour
+					.comment(""
+							+ "For how many seconds should instructions for disabling the distant generator progress be displayed? \n"
+							+ "Setting this to 0 hides the instructional message so the world gen progress is shown immediately when it starts. \n"
+							+ "")
+					.build();
+			
 		}
 		
 		public static class LodBuilding
@@ -1386,6 +1408,30 @@ public class Config
 							+ "")
 					.build();
 			
+			public static ConfigCategory experimental = new ConfigCategory.Builder().set(Experimental.class).build();
+			
+			
+			
+			public static class Experimental
+			{
+				public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+						.set(false)
+						.comment(""
+								+ "When active DH will attempt to fill missing LOD data \n"
+								+ "with any data that is present in the tree, preventing holes when moving \n"
+								+ "when a N-sized generator (or server) is active. \n"
+								+ "\n"
+								+ "This is only used when N-sized world generation is available \n"
+								+ "and/or when on a server where [generateOnlyInHighestDetail] is false. \n"
+								+ "\n"
+								+ "Experimental:\n"
+								+ "Enabling this option will increase CPU and harddrive use\n"
+								+ "and may cause rendering bugs.\n"
+								+ "\n"
+								+ "")
+						.build();
+			}
+			
 		}
 		
 		public static class MultiThreading
@@ -1569,14 +1615,6 @@ public class Config
 				.setPerformance(EConfigEntryPerformance.HIGH)
 				.build();
 		
-		public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> generateOnlyInHighestDetail = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-				.setChatCommandName("generation.highestDetailOnly")
-				.set(false)
-				.comment(""
-						+ "Makes the server reject all generation requests for detail levels below the highest one.\n"
-						+ "")
-				.build();
-		
 		public static ConfigEntry<Integer> generationBoundsX = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Integer>()
 				.setChatCommandName("generation.bounds.x")
 				.setAppearance(EConfigEntryAppearance.ONLY_IN_FILE)
@@ -1662,6 +1700,23 @@ public class Config
 						+ "")
 				.build();
 		
+		public static ConfigCategory experimental = new ConfigCategory.Builder().set(Experimental.class).build();
+		
+		
+		
+		public static class Experimental
+		{
+			public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> enableNSizedGeneration = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
+					.setChatCommandName("generation.nSized")
+					.set(false)
+					.comment(""
+							+ "When enabled on the client, this allows loading lower detail levels as needed to speed up terrain generation.\n"
+							+ "This must also be enabled on the server; otherwise, it will have no effect.\n"
+							+ "For better performance when switching LOD detail levels, enabling [upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles] is recommended.\n"
+							+ "")
+					.build();
+		}
+		
 	}
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/eventHandlers/QuickRenderToggleConfigEventHandler.java

@@ -35,8 +35,17 @@ public class QuickRenderToggleConfigEventHandler
 	/** private since we only ever need one handler at a time */
 	private QuickRenderToggleConfigEventHandler()
 	{
-		this.quickRenderChangeListener = new ConfigChangeListener<>(Config.Client.quickEnableRendering, (val) -> { Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.set(Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.get() ? EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT : EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED); });
-		this.rendererModeChangeListener = new ConfigChangeListener<>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode, (val) -> { Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.set(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED); });
+		this.quickRenderChangeListener = new ConfigChangeListener<>(Config.Client.quickEnableRendering,
+				(val) -> {
+					Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.set(Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.get()
+							? EDhApiRendererMode.DEFAULT
+							: EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED);
+				});
+		this.rendererModeChangeListener = new ConfigChangeListener<>(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode,
+				(val) -> {
+					Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.set(
+							Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED);
+				});
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -45,7 +54,8 @@ public class QuickRenderToggleConfigEventHandler
 	 */
 	public void setUiOnlyConfigValues()
 	{
-		Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.set(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED);
+		boolean enableRendering = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.rendererMode.get() != EDhApiRendererMode.DISABLED;
+		Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.set(enableRendering);
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/eventHandlers/presets/QuickShowWorldGenProgressConfigEventHandler.java

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public class QuickShowWorldGenProgressConfigEventHandler
 	 */
 	public void setUiOnlyConfigValues()
 	{
-		Config.Client.quickEnableRendering.set(Config.Common.WorldGenerator.showGenerationProgress.get() != EDhApiDistantGeneratorProgressDisplayLocation.DISABLED);
+		boolean showProgress = Config.Common.WorldGenerator.showGenerationProgress.get() != EDhApiDistantGeneratorProgressDisplayLocation.DISABLED;
+		Config.Client.quickShowWorldGenProgress.set(showProgress);
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/types/ConfigEntry.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.listeners.IConfigListener;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.EConfigEntryAppearance;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.EConfigEntryPerformance;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.interfaces.config.IConfigEntry;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigType<T, ConfigEntry<T>> implem
 	 * and any get() method calls will return the apiValue if it is set.
 	 */
 	public final boolean allowApiOverride;
+	/** Will be null if un-set */
+	@Nullable
 	private T apiValue;
 	
 	
@@ -132,9 +135,9 @@ public class ConfigEntry<T> extends AbstractConfigType<T, ConfigEntry<T>> implem
 	@Override
 	public T get()
 	{
-		if (allowApiOverride && apiValue != null)
+		if (this.allowApiOverride && this.apiValue != null)
 		{
-			return apiValue;
+			return this.apiValue;
 		}
 		
 		return super.get();

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/fullData/FullDataPointIdMap.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
 /**
@@ -63,15 +64,12 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	private static final String BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING = "_DH-BSW_";
 	
 	
-	/** used when the data point map is running normally */
-	private final ReentrantReadWriteLock readWriteLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
-	
 	/** should only be used for debugging */
 	private long pos;
 	
 	/** The index should be the same as the Entry's ID */
 	private final ArrayList<Entry> entryList = new ArrayList<>();
-	private final HashMap<Entry, Integer> idMap = new HashMap<>();
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Entry, Integer> idMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
 	private int cachedHashCode = 0;
 	
@@ -89,34 +87,25 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
 	
-	/** @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the given ID isn't in the {@link FullDataPointIdMap#entryList} */
-	private Entry getEntry(int id) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			this.readWriteLock.readLock().lock();
-			Entry entry;
-			try
-			{
-				entry = this.entryList.get(id);
-			}
-			catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
-			{
-				throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("FullData ID Map out of sync for pos: "+this.pos+". ID: ["+id+"] greater than the number of known ID's: ["+this.entryList.size()+"].");
-			}
-			
-			return entry;
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			this.readWriteLock.readLock().unlock();
-		}
-	}
-	
 	/** @see FullDataPointIdMap#getEntry(int) */
 	public IBiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(int id) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException { return this.getEntry(id).biome; }
 	/** @see FullDataPointIdMap#getEntry(int) */
 	public IBlockStateWrapper getBlockStateWrapper(int id) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException { return this.getEntry(id).blockState; }
+	/** @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the given ID isn't in the {@link FullDataPointIdMap#entryList} */
+	private Entry getEntry(int id) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+	{
+		Entry entry;
+		try
+		{
+			entry = this.entryList.get(id);
+		}
+		catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
+		{
+			throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("FullData ID Map out of sync for pos: "+this.pos+". ID: ["+id+"] greater than the number of known ID's: ["+this.entryList.size()+"].");
+		}
+		
+		return entry;
+	}
 	
 	
 	/** @return -1 if the list is empty */
@@ -137,74 +126,37 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	 * If an entry with the given values already exists nothing will
 	 * be added but the existing item's ID will still be returned.
 	 */
-	public int addIfNotPresentAndGetId(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState) { return this.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(Entry.getEntry(biome, blockState), true); }
-	/** @param useWriteLocks should only be false if this method is already in a write lock to prevent unlocking at the wrong time */
-	private int addIfNotPresentAndGetId(Entry biomeBlockStateEntry, boolean useWriteLocks)
+	public int addIfNotPresentAndGetId(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState) { return this.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(Entry.getEntry(biome, blockState)); }
+	private int addIfNotPresentAndGetId(Entry biomeBlockStateEntry)
 	{
-		try
+		// try getting the existing ID
+		Integer nullableId = this.idMap.get(biomeBlockStateEntry);
+		if (nullableId != null)
 		{
-			if (useWriteLocks)
-			{
-				this.readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
-			}
-			
-			
-			int id;
-			if (this.idMap.containsKey(biomeBlockStateEntry))
-			{
-				// use the existing ID
-				id = this.idMap.get(biomeBlockStateEntry);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				// Add the new ID
-				id = this.entryList.size();
-				this.entryList.add(biomeBlockStateEntry);
-				this.idMap.put(biomeBlockStateEntry, id);
-				
-				// invalidate the cached hash code
-				this.cachedHashCode = 0;
-			}
-			
-			return id;
+			return nullableId;
 		}
-		finally
+		
+		
+		// create the new ID
+		return this.idMap.compute(biomeBlockStateEntry, (Entry newBiomeBlockStateEntry, Integer currentId) -> 
 		{
-			if (useWriteLocks)
+			if (currentId != null)
 			{
-				this.readWriteLock.writeLock().unlock();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/** allows for adding duplicate {@link Entry} */
-	private void add(Entry biomeBlockStateEntry, boolean useWriteLocks)
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			if (useWriteLocks)
-			{
-				this.readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
+				return currentId;
 			}
 			
 			
-			int id = this.entryList.size();
+			// Add the new ID
+			currentId = this.entryList.size();
 			this.entryList.add(biomeBlockStateEntry);
-			this.idMap.put(biomeBlockStateEntry, id);
 			
 			// invalidate the cached hash code
 			this.cachedHashCode = 0;
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			if (useWriteLocks)
-			{
-				this.readWriteLock.writeLock().unlock();
-			}
-		}
+			
+			return currentId;
+		});
 	}
 	
-	
 	/**
 	 * Adds every {@link Entry} from inputMap into this map. <br>
 	 * Allows duplicate entries. <br><br>
@@ -216,28 +168,23 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	 */
 	public void addAll(FullDataPointIdMap inputMap)
 	{
-		try
+		ArrayList<Entry> entriesToMerge = inputMap.entryList;
+		for (int i = 0; i < entriesToMerge.size(); i++)
 		{
-			//LOGGER.trace("adding {" + this.pos + ", " + this.entryList.size() + "} and {" + inputMap.pos + ", " + inputMap.entryList.size() + "}");
-			
-			inputMap.readWriteLock.readLock().lock();
-			this.readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
-			
-			ArrayList<Entry> entriesToMerge = inputMap.entryList;
-			for (int i = 0; i < entriesToMerge.size(); i++)
-			{
-				Entry entity = entriesToMerge.get(i);
-				this.add(entity, false);
-			}
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			this.readWriteLock.writeLock().unlock();
-			inputMap.readWriteLock.readLock().unlock();
-			
-			//LOGGER.trace("finished merging {" + this.pos + ", " + this.entryList.size() + "} and {" + inputMap.pos + ", " + inputMap.entryList.size() + "}");
+			Entry entity = entriesToMerge.get(i);
+			this.add(entity);
 		}
 	}
+	/** allows for adding duplicate {@link Entry} */
+	private void add(Entry biomeBlockStateEntry)
+	{
+		int id = this.entryList.size();
+		this.entryList.add(biomeBlockStateEntry);
+		this.idMap.put(biomeBlockStateEntry, id);
+		
+		// invalidate the cached hash code
+		this.cachedHashCode = 0;
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Adds each entry from the given map to this map. <br><br>
@@ -250,31 +197,16 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	 */
 	public int[] mergeAndReturnRemappedEntityIds(FullDataPointIdMap inputMap)
 	{
-		try
+		ArrayList<Entry> entriesToMerge = inputMap.entryList;
+		int[] remappedEntryIds = new int[entriesToMerge.size()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < entriesToMerge.size(); i++)
 		{
-			//LOGGER.trace("merging {" + this.pos + ", " + this.entryList.size() + "} and {" + inputMap.pos + ", " + inputMap.entryList.size() + "}");
-			
-			inputMap.readWriteLock.readLock().lock();
-			this.readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
-			
-			ArrayList<Entry> entriesToMerge = inputMap.entryList;
-			int[] remappedEntryIds = new int[entriesToMerge.size()];
-			for (int i = 0; i < entriesToMerge.size(); i++)
-			{
-				Entry entity = entriesToMerge.get(i);
-				int id = this.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(entity, false);
-				remappedEntryIds[i] = id;
-			}
-			
-			return remappedEntryIds;
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			this.readWriteLock.writeLock().unlock();
-			inputMap.readWriteLock.readLock().unlock();
-			
-			//LOGGER.trace("finished merging {" + this.pos + ", " + this.entryList.size() + "} and {" + inputMap.pos + ", " + inputMap.entryList.size() + "}");
+			Entry entity = entriesToMerge.get(i);
+			int id = this.addIfNotPresentAndGetId(entity);
+			remappedEntryIds[i] = id;
 		}
+		
+		return remappedEntryIds;
 	}
 	
 	/** Should only be used if this map is going to be reused, otherwise bad things will happen. */
@@ -295,38 +227,29 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	/** Serializes all contained entries into the given stream, formatted in UTF */
 	public void serialize(DhDataOutputStream outputStream) throws IOException
 	{
-		try
+		outputStream.writeInt(this.entryList.size());
+		
+		// only used when debugging
+		HashMap<String, FullDataPointIdMap.Entry> dataPointEntryBySerialization = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		for (Entry entry : this.entryList)
 		{
-			this.readWriteLock.readLock().lock();
-			outputStream.writeInt(this.entryList.size());
+			String entryString = entry.serialize();
+			outputStream.writeUTF(entryString);
 			
-			// only used when debugging
-			HashMap<String, FullDataPointIdMap.Entry> dataPointEntryBySerialization = new HashMap<>();
-			
-			for (Entry entry : this.entryList)
+			if (RUN_SERIALIZATION_DUPLICATE_VALIDATION)
 			{
-				String entryString = entry.serialize();
-				outputStream.writeUTF(entryString);
-				
-				if (RUN_SERIALIZATION_DUPLICATE_VALIDATION)
+				if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsKey(entryString))
 				{
-					if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsKey(entryString))
-					{
-						LOGGER.error("Duplicate serialized entry found with serial: " + entryString);
-					}
-					if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsValue(entry))
-					{
-						LOGGER.error("Duplicate serialized entry found with value: " + entry.serialize());
-					}
-					dataPointEntryBySerialization.put(entryString, entry);
+					LOGGER.error("Duplicate serialized entry found with serial: " + entryString);
 				}
+				if (dataPointEntryBySerialization.containsValue(entry))
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Duplicate serialized entry found with value: " + entry.serialize());
+				}
+				dataPointEntryBySerialization.put(entryString, entry);
 			}
 		}
-		finally
-		{
-			this.readWriteLock.readLock().unlock();
-			//LOGGER.trace("serialize " + this.pos + " " + this.entryList.size());
-		}
 	}
 	
 	/** Creates a new IdBiomeBlockStateMap from the given UTF formatted stream */
@@ -429,7 +352,7 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 	{
 		private static final IWrapperFactory WRAPPER_FACTORY = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
 		
-		private static final Int2ReferenceOpenHashMap<ArrayList<Entry>> ENTRY_POOL = new Int2ReferenceOpenHashMap<>();
+		private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Entry> ENTRY_BY_HASH = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 		/** lock is necessary since {@link Int2ReferenceOpenHashMap} isn't concurrent and concurrent threads can cause infinite loops */
 		private static final ReentrantReadWriteLock ENTRY_POOL_LOCK = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
 		
@@ -437,6 +360,7 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		public final IBlockStateWrapper blockState;
 		
 		private Integer hashCode = null;
+		private String serialString = null;
 		
 		
 		
@@ -446,62 +370,25 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		
 		public static Entry getEntry(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState)
 		{
-			int entryHash = getHashCode(biome, blockState);
+			int entryHash = generateHashCode(biome, blockState);
 			
-			// try getting the existing entry
-			try
+			// try getting the existing Entry
+			Entry entry = ENTRY_BY_HASH.get(entryHash);
+			if (entry != null)
 			{
-				ENTRY_POOL_LOCK.readLock().lock();
-				
-				// check if an entry already exists
-				ArrayList<Entry> entryList = ENTRY_POOL.get(entryHash);
-				if (entryList != null)
-				{
-					// at least one entry exists with this hash code
-					for (int i = 0; i < entryList.size(); i++)
-					{
-						Entry entry = entryList.get(i);
-						if (entry.biome.equals(biome) && entry.blockState.equals(blockState))
-						{
-							return entry;
-						}
-					}
-					
-					// if we got here, then there was a hash collision and this entry wasn't present in the array
-				}
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				ENTRY_POOL_LOCK.readLock().unlock();
+				return entry;
 			}
 			
-			
-			// no entry exists,
-			// create a new one
-			try
+			// create the missing entry
+			return ENTRY_BY_HASH.compute(entryHash, (Integer newHash, Entry currentEntry) ->
 			{
-				ENTRY_POOL_LOCK.writeLock().lock();
-				
-				ArrayList<Entry> entryList = ENTRY_POOL.get(entryHash);
-				if (entryList == null)
+				if (currentEntry != null)
 				{
-					// no entries exist for this hash code
-					
-					// we assume that hash collisions should basically never happen, 
-					// so the array starts with an initial capacity of 1.
-					// However, since collisions will eventually happen, using an arrayList prevents unexpected bugs caused by collisions.
-					entryList = new ArrayList<>(1);
-					ENTRY_POOL.put(entryHash, entryList);
+					return currentEntry;
 				}
 				
-				Entry newEntry = new Entry(biome, blockState);
-				entryList.add(newEntry);
-				return newEntry;
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				ENTRY_POOL_LOCK.writeLock().unlock();
-			}
+				return new Entry(biome, blockState);
+			});
 		}
 		private Entry(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState)
 		{
@@ -515,8 +402,19 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		// overrides //
 		//===========//
 		
-		public static int getHashCode(Entry entry) { return getHashCode(entry.biome, entry.blockState); }
-		public static int getHashCode(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState)
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode()
+		{
+			// cache the hash code to improve speed
+			if (this.hashCode == null)
+			{
+				this.hashCode = generateHashCode(this);
+			}
+			
+			return this.hashCode;
+		}
+		private static int generateHashCode(Entry entry) { return generateHashCode(entry.biome, entry.blockState); }
+		private static int generateHashCode(IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState)
 		{
 			final int prime = 31;
 			
@@ -527,17 +425,6 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 			result = prime * result + (blockState == null ? 0 : blockState.hashCode());
 			return result;
 		}
-		@Override
-		public int hashCode()
-		{
-			// cache the hash code to improve speed
-			if (this.hashCode == null)
-			{
-				this.hashCode = getHashCode(this);
-			}
-			
-			return this.hashCode;
-		}
 		
 		@Override
 		public boolean equals(Object otherObj)
@@ -562,7 +449,15 @@ public class FullDataPointIdMap
 		// (de)serializing //
 		//=================//
 		
-		public String serialize() { return this.biome.getSerialString() + BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING + this.blockState.getSerialString(); }
+		public String serialize() 
+		{
+			if (this.serialString == null)
+			{
+				this.serialString = this.biome.getSerialString() + BLOCK_STATE_SEPARATOR_STRING + this.blockState.getSerialString();
+			}
+			
+			return this.serialString;
+		}
 		
 		public static Entry deserialize(String str, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws DataCorruptedException
 		{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/fullData/sources/FullDataSourceV2.java

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	
 	public static final byte DATA_FORMAT_VERSION = 1;
 	
-	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("FullDataV2", false);
+	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("FullDataV2");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	public final LongArrayList[] dataPoints;
 	
 	public boolean isEmpty;
-	public boolean applyToParent = false;
+	/** Will be null if we don't want to update this value in the DB */
+	@Nullable
+	public Boolean applyToParent = null;
+	/** Will be null if we don't want to update this value in the DB */
+	@Nullable
+	public Boolean applyToChildren = null;
 	
 	/** should only be used by methods exposed via the DH API */
 	private boolean runApiChunkValidation = false;
@@ -269,11 +274,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		{
 			ListUtil.clearAndSetSize(this.columnWorldCompressionMode, WIDTH * WIDTH);
 		}
-		
-		
-		// the pooled arrays have all been set,
-		// the checkout object is no longer needed
-		this.pooledArraysCheckout = null;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -306,10 +306,47 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		if (inputDetailLevel == thisDetailLevel)
 		{
 			dataChanged = this.updateFromSameDetailLevel(inputDataSource, remappedIds);
+			
+			// same detail level, propagate parent/children update flags from input
+			if (this.applyToParent != null || inputDataSource.applyToParent != null)
+			{
+				this.applyToParent =
+						// copy over application flag if either are set to continue propagating
+						(BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToParent) || BoolUtil.falseIfNull(inputDataSource.applyToParent))
+						// don't propagate past the top of the tree
+						&& (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) < AbstractDataSourceHandler.TOP_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+			}
+			
+			// null check to prevent setting a flag we don't want to save in the DB
+			if (this.applyToChildren != null || inputDataSource.applyToChildren != null)
+			{
+				this.applyToChildren =
+						(BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToChildren) || BoolUtil.falseIfNull(inputDataSource.applyToChildren))
+						// don't propagate past the bottom of the tree
+						&& (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) > AbstractDataSourceHandler.MIN_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+			}
 		}
 		else if (inputDetailLevel + 1 == thisDetailLevel)
 		{
 			dataChanged = this.updateFromOneBelowDetailLevel(inputDataSource, remappedIds);
+			
+			// propagating up, parent will need changes
+			this.applyToParent =
+					dataChanged
+					&& (BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToParent) || BoolUtil.falseIfNull(inputDataSource.applyToParent))
+					&& (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) < AbstractDataSourceHandler.TOP_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+			
+		}
+		else if (inputDetailLevel - 1 == thisDetailLevel)
+		{
+			dataChanged = this.downsampleFromOneAboveDetailLevel(inputDataSource, remappedIds);
+			
+			// propagating down, children will need changes
+			
+			this.applyToChildren =
+					dataChanged
+					&& (BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToChildren) || BoolUtil.falseIfNull(inputDataSource.applyToChildren))
+					&& (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) > AbstractDataSourceHandler.MIN_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -317,12 +354,9 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 			// and would lead to edge cases that don't necessarily need to be supported 
 			// (IE what do you do when the input is smaller than a single datapoint in the receiving data source?)
 			// instead it's better to just percolate the updates up
-			throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported data source update. Expected input detail level of ["+thisDetailLevel+"] or ["+(thisDetailLevel+1)+"], received detail level ["+inputDetailLevel+"].");
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported data source update. Expected input detail level of ["+(thisDetailLevel-1)+"], ["+thisDetailLevel+"], or ["+(thisDetailLevel+1)+"], received detail level ["+inputDetailLevel+"].");
 		}
 		
-		// determine if this data source should be applied to its parent
-		this.applyToParent = (dataChanged && DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) < AbstractDataSourceHandler.TOP_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-		
 		if (dataChanged)
 		{
 			// update the hash code
@@ -331,6 +365,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		
 		return dataChanged;
 	}
+	
 	public boolean updateFromSameDetailLevel(FullDataSourceV2 inputDataSource, int[] remappedIds)
 	{
 		// both data sources should have the same detail level
@@ -353,9 +388,31 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 				{
 					byte thisGenState = this.columnGenerationSteps.getByte(index);
 					byte inputGenState = inputDataSource.columnGenerationSteps.getByte(index);
+				
 					
-					if (inputGenState != EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value
-						&& thisGenState <= inputGenState)
+					// determine if this column should be updated
+					boolean genStateAllowsUpdating = false;
+					// if the input is downsampled, we only want to replace empty or downsampled values
+					if (inputGenState == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED.value
+						&&
+						(
+							thisGenState == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value
+							|| thisGenState == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED.value
+						))
+					{
+						genStateAllowsUpdating = true;
+					}
+					// if the input is any other non-empty value,
+					// replace anything that is less-complete
+					else if (inputGenState != EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value
+							&& thisGenState <= inputGenState)
+					{
+						// don't apply less-complete generation data
+						genStateAllowsUpdating = true;
+					}
+					
+					
+					if (genStateAllowsUpdating)
 					{
 						// check if the data changed
 						if (this.dataPoints[index] == null)
@@ -835,6 +892,101 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 		return value;
 	}
 	
+	/** 
+	 * Only downsamples into a given column if this data source doesn't
+	 * already contain data in that column.
+	 * This is done to prevent accidentally downsampling onto already present higher-detail data.
+	 */
+	public boolean downsampleFromOneAboveDetailLevel(FullDataSourceV2 inputDataSource, int[] remappedIds)
+	{
+		if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(inputDataSource.pos) - 1 != DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos))
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input data source must be exactly 1 detail level above this data source. Expected [" + (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(this.pos) - 1) + "], received [" + DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(inputDataSource.pos) + "].");
+		}
+		
+		// input is one detail level higher (lower detail)
+		// so 1x1 input data points will be converted into 2x2 recipient data point
+		
+		
+		// determine where in this data source should be read from
+		// since the input is one detail level above this will be one of input position's 4 children
+		int minParentXPos = DhSectionPos.getX(DhSectionPos.getChildByIndex(inputDataSource.pos, 0));
+		int inputOffsetX = (DhSectionPos.getX(this.pos) == minParentXPos) ? 0 : (WIDTH / 2);
+		int minParentZPos = DhSectionPos.getZ(DhSectionPos.getChildByIndex(inputDataSource.pos, 0));
+		int inputOffsetZ = (DhSectionPos.getZ(this.pos) == minParentZPos) ? 0 : (WIDTH / 2);
+		
+		
+		
+		// merge the input's data points
+		// into this data source's
+		boolean dataChanged = false;
+		for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++)
+		{
+			for (int z = 0; z < WIDTH; z++)
+			{
+				// recipient index is 1-to-1
+				int recipientIndex = relativePosToIndex(x, z);
+				
+				int inputX = (x / 2) + inputOffsetX;
+				int inputZ = (z / 2) + inputOffsetZ;
+				int inputIndex = relativePosToIndex(inputX, inputZ);
+				
+				
+				// world gen //
+				
+				// a separate generation step needs to be used so can replace
+				// this data with higher-quality data when it is available
+				byte inputGenStep = EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED.value;
+				this.columnGenerationSteps.set(recipientIndex, inputGenStep);
+				
+				
+				// world compression //
+				byte worldCompressionMode = inputDataSource.columnWorldCompressionMode.getByte(recipientIndex);
+				this.columnWorldCompressionMode.set(recipientIndex, worldCompressionMode);
+				
+				
+				
+				// data points //
+				
+				// check if this column should be downsampled
+				boolean downSampleColumn;
+				if (this.dataPoints[recipientIndex] == null)
+				{
+					downSampleColumn = true;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					downSampleColumn = true; // assume empty until we find non-empty data
+					for (long dataPoint : this.dataPoints[recipientIndex])
+					{
+						if (dataPoint != FullDataPointUtil.EMPTY_DATA_POINT)
+						{
+							downSampleColumn = false;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+				if (downSampleColumn)
+				{
+					LongArrayList inputDataArray = inputDataSource.dataPoints[inputIndex];
+					this.dataPoints[recipientIndex] = inputDataArray;
+					this.remapDataColumn(recipientIndex, remappedIds);
+					
+					if (RUN_DATA_ORDER_VALIDATION)
+					{
+						throwIfDataColumnInWrongOrder(inputDataSource.pos, this.dataPoints[recipientIndex]);
+					}
+					
+					dataChanged = true;
+				}
+				
+				this.isEmpty = false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return dataChanged;
+	}
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -866,6 +1018,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	 */
 	public static void throwIfDataColumnInWrongOrder(long pos, LongArrayList dataArray) throws IllegalStateException
 	{
+		if (dataArray.size() < 2)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		long firstDataPoint = dataArray.getLong(0);
 		int firstBottomY = FullDataPointUtil.getBottomY(firstDataPoint);
 		
@@ -884,6 +1041,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 	 */
 	private static void ensureDataColumnOrder(LongArrayList dataColumn)
 	{
+		if (dataColumn.size() < 2)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		long firstDataPoint = dataColumn.getLong(0);
 		int firstBottomY = FullDataPointUtil.getBottomY(firstDataPoint);
 		
@@ -972,7 +1134,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2
 			LongArrayList packedDataPoints = LodDataBuilder.convertApiDataPointListToPackedLongArray(columnDataPoints, this, 0);
 			
 			// TODO there should be an "unknown" compression and generation step, or be defined via the datapoints
-			this.setSingleColumn(packedDataPoints, relX, relZ, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIGHT, EDhApiWorldCompressionMode.MERGE_SAME_BLOCKS);
+			this.setSingleColumn(packedDataPoints, relX, relZ, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.SURFACE, EDhApiWorldCompressionMode.MERGE_SAME_BLOCKS);
 			
 			return columnDataPoints;
 		}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/CachedColumnRenderSource.java

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render;
+
+import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.transformers.FullDataToRenderDataTransformer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+/** 
+ * Wrapper for {@link ColumnRenderSource} that handles reference counting
+ * and cache tracking.
+ */
+public class CachedColumnRenderSource implements AutoCloseable
+{
+	/** an externally handled future that will complete once the {@link CachedColumnRenderSource#columnRenderSource} has finished loading */
+	public final CompletableFuture<CachedColumnRenderSource> loadFuture;
+	/** will be null initially, should be non-null once the corresponding load future is done */
+	@Nullable
+	public ColumnRenderSource columnRenderSource = null;
+	
+	private final AtomicInteger referenceCount;
+	private final Cache<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos;
+	private final ReentrantLock getterLock;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public CachedColumnRenderSource(
+			@NotNull CompletableFuture<CachedColumnRenderSource> loadFuture,
+			@NotNull ReentrantLock getterLock,
+			@NotNull Cache<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos)
+	{
+		this.loadFuture = loadFuture;
+		this.getterLock = getterLock;
+		this.referenceCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
+		this.cachedRenderSourceByPos = cachedRenderSourceByPos;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//====================//
+	// reference counting //
+	//====================//
+	
+	public void markInUse() { this.referenceCount.getAndIncrement(); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Will be called multiple times,
+	 * however it will only close the underlying data once
+	 * all references have closed.
+	 */
+	@Override 
+	public void close() throws IllegalStateException
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			// lock to prevent other threads for accessing the cache if we invalidate it
+			this.getterLock.lock();
+			
+			// should only happen if something goes wrong up-stream
+			if (this.columnRenderSource == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			
+			// only close once everyone is done with this datasource
+			int refCount = this.referenceCount.decrementAndGet();
+			if (refCount == 0)
+			{
+				this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.invalidate(this.columnRenderSource.pos);
+				this.columnRenderSource.close();
+			}
+			else if (refCount < 0)
+			{
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Render source ["+this.columnRenderSource.pos+"] reference count incorrect. Object already closed.");
+			}
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			this.getterLock.unlock();
+		}
+	}
+	
+}

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

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 
 /**
  * Used to populate the buffers in a {@link ColumnRenderSource} object.

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 			//====================//
 			
 			boolean ignoreBlock = blockStatesToIgnore.contains(block);
-			boolean caveBlock = caveBlockStatesToIgnore.contains(block);
+			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

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/LodDataBuilder.java

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class LodDataBuilder
 		
 		FullDataSourceV2 dataSource = FullDataSourceV2.createEmpty(pos);
 		dataSource.isEmpty = false;
+		// chunk updates always propagate up
+		dataSource.applyToParent = true;
 		
 		
 		
@@ -175,7 +177,12 @@ public class LodDataBuilder
 					
 					
 					// determine the starting Y Pos
-					int y = chunkWrapper.getLightBlockingHeightMapValue(relBlockX, relBlockZ);
+					int y = Math.max(
+							// max between both heightmaps to account for solid invisible blocks (glass)
+							// and non-solid opaque blocks (at one point this was stairs, not sure what would fit this now)
+							chunkWrapper.getLightBlockingHeightMapValue(relBlockX, relBlockZ),
+							chunkWrapper.getSolidHeightMapValue(relBlockX, relBlockZ)
+						);
 					// go up until we reach open air or the world limit
 					IBlockStateWrapper topBlockState = previousBlockState = chunkWrapper.getBlockState(relBlockX, y, relBlockZ, mcBlockPos, previousBlockState);
 					while (!topBlockState.isAir() && y < chunkWrapper.getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight())

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/beacon/BeaconBeamDataHandler.java

@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.beacon;
-
-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.BeaconRenderHandler;
-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.util.KeyedLockContainer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
-
-public class BeaconBeamDataHandler
-{
-	private final BeaconBeamRepo beaconBeamRepo;
-	
-	@Nullable
-	private BeaconRenderHandler beaconRenderHandler;
-	
-	private final KeyedLockContainer<Long> updateLockContainer = new KeyedLockContainer<>();
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	
-	public BeaconBeamDataHandler(@NotNull BeaconBeamRepo beaconBeamRepo, @Nullable GenericObjectRenderer renderer)
-	{
-		this.beaconBeamRepo = beaconBeamRepo;
-		
-		if (renderer != null)
-		{
-			this.beaconRenderHandler = new BeaconRenderHandler(renderer);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	//==========//
-	// updating //
-	//==========//
-	
-	public void setBeaconBeamsForChunk(DhChunkPos chunkPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList)
-	{
-		long sectionPos = DhSectionPos.encode(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL, chunkPos.getX(), chunkPos.getZ());
-		this.setBeaconBeamsForPos(sectionPos, activeBeamList);
-	}
-	
-	public void setBeaconBeamsForPos(long sectionPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList)
-	{
-		// locked to prevent two threads from updating the same section at the same time
-		ReentrantLock lock = this.updateLockContainer.getLockForPos(sectionPos);
-		try
-		{
-			lock.lock();
-			
-			HashSet<DhBlockPos> allPosSet = new HashSet<>();
-			
-			// sort new beams
-			HashMap<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamByPos = new HashMap<>(activeBeamList.size());
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : activeBeamList)
-			{
-				activeBeamByPos.put(beam.blockPos, beam);
-				allPosSet.add(beam.blockPos);
-			}
-			
-			// get existing beams
-			List<BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamList = this.beaconBeamRepo.getAllBeamsForPos(sectionPos);
-			HashMap<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamByPos = new HashMap<>(existingBeamList.size());
-			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : existingBeamList)
-			{
-				existingBeamByPos.put(beam.blockPos, beam);
-				allPosSet.add(beam.blockPos);
-			}
-			
-			
-			
-			for (DhBlockPos beaconPos : allPosSet)
-			{
-				if (!DhSectionPos.contains(sectionPos, beaconPos))
-				{
-					// don't update beacons outside the updated chunk
-					continue;
-				}
-				
-				BeaconBeamDTO existingBeam = existingBeamByPos.get(beaconPos);
-				BeaconBeamDTO activeBeam = activeBeamByPos.get(beaconPos);
-				
-				
-				if (activeBeam != null)
-				{
-					if (existingBeam == null)
-					{
-						// new beam found, add to DB
-						this.beaconBeamRepo.save(activeBeam);
-						if (this.beaconRenderHandler != null)
-						{
-							this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(activeBeam);
-						}
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						// beam still exists in chunk
-						if (!existingBeam.color.equals(activeBeam.color))
-						{
-							// beam colors were changed
-							this.beaconBeamRepo.save(activeBeam);
-							if (this.beaconRenderHandler != null)
-							{
-								this.beaconRenderHandler.updateBeaconColor(activeBeam);
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				else if (existingBeam != null)
-				{
-					// beam no longer exists at position, remove from DB
-					this.beaconBeamRepo.deleteWithKey(beaconPos);
-					if (this.beaconRenderHandler != null)
-					{
-						this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beaconPos);
-					}
-				}
-				
-			}
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			lock.unlock();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	//===================//
-	// loading/unloading //
-	//===================//
-	
-	public void loadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos)
-	{
-		if (this.beaconRenderHandler == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// get all beams in pos
-		List<BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamList = this.beaconBeamRepo.getAllBeamsForPos(pos);
-		for (BeaconBeamDTO newBeam : existingBeamList)
-		{
-			this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(newBeam);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos)
-	{
-		if (this.beaconRenderHandler == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// get all beams in pos
-		List<BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamList = this.beaconBeamRepo.getAllBeamsForPos(pos);
-		for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : existingBeamList)
-		{
-			this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beam.blockPos);
-		}
-	}
-	
-}

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

@@ -106,14 +106,12 @@ public class DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache implements AutoCloseable
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public int getUnsavedCount() { return (int)this.dataSourceByPosition.size(); }
-	
-	
 	public void handleDataSourceRemoval(RemovalNotification<Long, FullDataSourceV2> removalNotification)
 	{
 		RemovalCause cause = removalNotification.getCause();
 		if (cause == RemovalCause.EXPIRED
 			|| cause == RemovalCause.COLLECTED
+			|| cause == RemovalCause.EXPLICIT
 			|| cause == RemovalCause.SIZE)
 		{
 			// close the data source after it has expired from the cache
@@ -144,6 +142,35 @@ public class DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	
 	
+	//==============//
+	// List methods //
+	//==============//
+	
+	public int getUnsavedCount() { return (int)this.dataSourceByPosition.size(); }
+	
+	/** Removes everything from the memory cache and fires the {@link DelayedFullDataSourceSaveCache#onSaveTimeoutAsyncFunc} for each. */
+	public void flush()
+	{
+		Set<Long> keySet = this.dataSourceByPosition.asMap().keySet();
+		for (Long pos : keySet)
+		{
+			ReentrantLock lock = this.saveLockContainer.getLockForPos(pos);
+			try
+			{
+				lock.lock();
+				
+				this.dataSourceByPosition.invalidate(pos);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				lock.unlock();
+			}
+			
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
 	//================//
 	// static cleanup //
 	//================//

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/fullDatafile/FullDataSourceProviderV2.java

@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 	
-	protected static final int NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD = 50;
+	protected static final int NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD = 5;
 	/** how many parent update tasks can be in the queue at once */
-	protected static final int MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT = NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD * Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get();
+	protected static int getMaxUpdateTaskCount() { return NUMBER_OF_PARENT_UPDATE_TASKS_PER_THREAD* Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads.get(); } 
 	
 	/** indicates how long the update queue thread should wait between queuing ticks */
 	protected static final int UPDATE_QUEUE_THREAD_DELAY_IN_MS = 250;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2
 	 * Tracks which positions are currently being updated
 	 * to prevent duplicate concurrent updates.
 	 */
-	public final Set<Long> parentUpdatingPosSet = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+	public final Set<Long> updatingPosSet = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
 	
 	// TODO only run thread if modifications happened recently
 	/** 
@@ -225,106 +225,11 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2
 					targetBlockPos = MC_CLIENT.getPlayerBlockPos(); 
 				}
 				
-				// queue parent updates
-				if (executor.getQueueSize() < MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT
-					&& this.parentUpdatingPosSet.size() < MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT)
+				this.runParentUpdates(executor, targetBlockPos);
+				
+				if (Config.Common.LodBuilding.Experimental.upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles.get())
 				{
-					// get the positions that need to be applied to their parents
-					LongArrayList parentUpdatePosList = this.repo.getPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPos.getX(), targetBlockPos.getZ(), MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT);
-					
-					// 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.parentUpdatingPosSet.size() > MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT
-							|| !this.parentUpdatingPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos))
-						{
-							break;
-						}
-						
-						try
-						{
-							executor.execute(() ->
-							{
-								ReentrantLock parentWriteLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(parentUpdatePos);
-								boolean parentLocked = false;
-								try
-								{
-									//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())
-									{
-										parentLocked = true;
-										this.lockedPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos);
-										
-										// apply each child pos to the parent
-										for (Long childPos : updatePosByParentPos.get(parentUpdatePos))
-										{
-											ReentrantLock childReadLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(childPos);
-											try
-											{
-												childReadLock.lock();
-												this.lockedPosSet.add(childPos);
-												
-												try (FullDataSourceV2 dataSource = this.get(childPos))
-												{
-													// can return null when the file handler is being shut down
-													if (dataSource != null)
-													{
-														this.updateDataSourceAtPos(parentUpdatePos, dataSource, false);
-														this.repo.setApplyToParent(childPos, false);
-													}
-												}
-											}
-											catch (Exception e)
-											{
-												LOGGER.error("Unexpected in update for parent pos: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos) + "] Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-											}
-											finally
-											{
-												childReadLock.unlock();
-												this.lockedPosSet.remove(childPos);
-											}
-										}
-									}
-								}
-								finally
-								{
-									if (parentLocked)
-									{
-										parentWriteLock.unlock();
-										this.lockedPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
-									}
-									
-									this.parentUpdatingPosSet.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.parentUpdatingPosSet.remove(parentUpdatePos);
-							throw e;
-						}
-					}
+					this.runChildUpdates(executor, targetBlockPos);
 				}
 				
 			}
@@ -340,6 +245,248 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Update thread ["+Thread.currentThread().getName()+"] terminated.");
 	}
+	/** will always apply updates */
+	private void runParentUpdates(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor executor, DhBlockPos targetBlockPos)
+	{
+		int maxUpdateTaskCount = getMaxUpdateTaskCount();
+		
+		// queue parent updates
+		if (executor.getQueueSize() < maxUpdateTaskCount
+			&& this.updatingPosSet.size() < maxUpdateTaskCount)
+		{
+			// get the positions that need to be applied to their parents
+			LongArrayList parentUpdatePosList = this.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
+					|| !this.updatingPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos))
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				try
+				{
+					executor.execute(() ->
+					{
+						ReentrantLock parentWriteLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(parentUpdatePos);
+						boolean parentLocked = false;
+						try
+						{
+							//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())
+							{
+								parentLocked = true;
+								this.lockedPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos);
+								
+								try (FullDataSourceV2 parentDataSource = this.get(parentUpdatePos))
+								{
+									// will return null if the file handler is shutting down
+									if (parentDataSource != null)
+									{
+										// apply each child pos to the parent
+										for (Long childPos : updatePosByParentPos.get(parentUpdatePos))
+										{
+											ReentrantLock childReadLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(childPos);
+											try
+											{
+												childReadLock.lock();
+												this.lockedPosSet.add(childPos);
+												
+												try (FullDataSourceV2 childDataSource = this.get(childPos))
+												{
+													// can return null when the file handler is being shut down
+													if (childDataSource != null)
+													{
+														parentDataSource.update(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
+											{
+												childReadLock.unlock();
+												this.lockedPosSet.remove(childPos);
+											}
+										}
+										
+										
+										if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(parentUpdatePos) < TOP_SECTION_DETAIL_LEVEL)
+										{
+											parentDataSource.applyToParent = true;
+										}
+										
+										this.updateDataSourceAtPos(parentUpdatePos, parentDataSource, false);
+										for (Long childPos : updatePosByParentPos.get(parentUpdatePos))
+										{
+											this.repo.setApplyToParent(childPos, false);
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						finally
+						{
+							if (parentLocked)
+							{
+								parentWriteLock.unlock();
+								this.lockedPosSet.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;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	/** stops if it finds any LOD data */
+	private void runChildUpdates(PriorityTaskPicker.Executor executor, DhBlockPos targetBlockPos)
+	{
+		int maxUpdateTaskCount = getMaxUpdateTaskCount();
+		
+		// queue child updates
+		if (executor.getQueueSize() < maxUpdateTaskCount
+			&& this.updatingPosSet.size() < maxUpdateTaskCount)
+		{
+			// get the positions that need to be applied to their children
+			LongArrayList childUpdatePosList = this.repo.getChildPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPos.getX(), targetBlockPos.getZ(), maxUpdateTaskCount);
+			
+			// queue the updates
+			for (long parentUpdatePos : childUpdatePosList)
+			{
+				// stop if there are already a bunch of updates queued
+ 				if (this.updatingPosSet.size() > maxUpdateTaskCount
+					    || executor.getQueueSize() > maxUpdateTaskCount)
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				// skip already updating positions
+				if (!this.updatingPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos))
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				try
+				{
+					executor.execute(() ->
+					{
+						ReentrantLock parentReadLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(parentUpdatePos);
+						boolean parentLocked = false;
+						try
+						{
+							//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 (parentReadLock.tryLock())
+							{
+								parentLocked = true;
+								this.lockedPosSet.add(parentUpdatePos);
+								
+								try (FullDataSourceV2 parentDataSource = this.get(parentUpdatePos))
+								{
+									// will return null if the file handler is shutting down
+									if (parentDataSource != null)
+									{
+										// apply parent to each child
+										for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+										{
+											long childPos = DhSectionPos.getChildByIndex(parentUpdatePos, i);
+											
+											ReentrantLock childWriteLock = this.updateLockProvider.getLock(childPos);
+											try
+											{
+												childWriteLock.lock();
+												this.lockedPosSet.add(childPos);
+												
+												try (FullDataSourceV2 childDataSource = this.get(childPos))
+												{
+													// will return null if the file handler is shutting down
+													if (childDataSource != null)
+													{
+														childDataSource.update(parentDataSource);
+														
+														// don't propagate child updates past the bottom of the tree
+														if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(childPos) != DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL)
+														{
+															childDataSource.applyToChildren = true;
+														}
+														
+														this.updateDataSourceAtPos(childPos, childDataSource, false);
+													}
+												}
+											}
+											catch (Exception e)
+											{
+												LOGGER.error("Unexpected in child update propagation for parent pos: ["+DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos)+"], child pos: [" + DhSectionPos.toString(parentUpdatePos) + "], Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+											}
+											finally
+											{
+												childWriteLock.unlock();
+												this.lockedPosSet.remove(childPos);
+											}
+										}
+										
+										this.repo.setApplyToChild(parentUpdatePos, false);
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						finally
+						{
+							if (parentLocked)
+							{
+								parentReadLock.unlock();
+								this.lockedPosSet.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;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -645,7 +792,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceProviderV2
 		
 		this.queuedUpdateCountsByPos
 				.forEach((pos, updateCountRef) -> { renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f + (updateCountRef.get() * 16f), 0.20f, Color.WHITE)); });
-		this.parentUpdatingPosSet
+		this.updatingPosSet
 				.forEach((pos) -> { renderer.renderBox(new DebugRenderer.Box(pos, -32f, 80f, 0.20f, Color.MAGENTA)); });
 	}
 	

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

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ 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.DebugRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
@@ -88,8 +87,20 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	// event listeners //
 	//=================//
 	
-	public void addWorldGenCompleteListener(IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener) { this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners.add(listener); }
-	public void removeWorldGenCompleteListener(IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener) { this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners.remove(listener); }
+	public void addWorldGenCompleteListener(IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener) 
+	{
+		synchronized (this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
+		{
+			this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners.add(listener);
+		}
+	}
+	public void removeWorldGenCompleteListener(IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener) 
+	{
+		synchronized (this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
+		{
+			this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners.remove(listener);
+		}
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -129,10 +140,14 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	// TODO only fire after the section has finished generated or once every X seconds
 	private void fireOnGenPosSuccessListeners(long pos)
 	{
-		// fire the event listeners 
-		for (IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener : this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
+		// synchronized to prevent a rare issue where the world generator is being shut down while this listener is firing
+		synchronized (this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
 		{
-			listener.onWorldGenTaskComplete(pos);
+			// fire the event listeners 
+			for (IOnWorldGenCompleteListener listener : this.onWorldGenTaskCompleteListeners)
+			{
+				listener.onWorldGenTaskComplete(pos);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -195,16 +210,8 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 		}
 		
 		
-		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor updateExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getUpdatePropagatorExecutor();
-		if (updateExecutor == null || updateExecutor.getQueueSize() >= MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT / 2)
-		{
-			// don't queue additional world gen requests if the updater is behind
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-		
 		PriorityTaskPicker.Executor fileExecutor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
-		if (fileExecutor == null || fileExecutor.getQueueSize() >= MAX_UPDATE_TASK_COUNT / 2)
+		if (fileExecutor == null || fileExecutor.getQueueSize() >= getMaxUpdateTaskCount() / 2)
 		{
 			// don't queue additional world gen requests if the file handler is overwhelmed,
 			// otherwise LODs may not load in properly
@@ -229,6 +236,11 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 			// don't queue additional world gen requests if there are
 			// a lot of data sources in memory 
 			// (this is done to prevent infinite memory growth)
+			
+			// clear out the data sources that are in memory so
+			// we can start queuing new world gen tasks
+			this.delayedFullDataSourceSaveCache.flush();
+			
 			return false;
 		}
 		
@@ -298,7 +310,12 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 	public boolean isFullyGenerated(ByteArrayList columnGenerationSteps)
 	{
 		return IntStream.range(0, columnGenerationSteps.size())
-				.noneMatch(i -> columnGenerationSteps.getByte(i) == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value);
+				.noneMatch(i ->
+				{
+					byte value = columnGenerationSteps.getByte(i);
+					return value == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value
+							|| value == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED.value;
+				});
 	}
 	
 	public static final PhantomArrayListPool ARRAY_LIST_POOL = new PhantomArrayListPool("Generated Provider");
@@ -328,7 +345,8 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 					// check if any positions are ungenerated
 					for (int i = 0; i < columnGenStepArray.size(); i++)
 					{
-						if (columnGenStepArray.getByte(i) == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value)
+						if (columnGenStepArray.getByte(i) == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY.value
+							|| columnGenStepArray.getByte(i) == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED.value)
 						{
 							positionFullyGenerated = false;
 							break;
@@ -393,7 +411,8 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 								}
 							}
 							
-							if (currentMinWorldGenStep == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY)
+							if (currentMinWorldGenStep == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY 
+								|| currentMinWorldGenStep == EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED)
 							{
 								// queue the task
 								break checkWorldGenLoop;
@@ -402,7 +421,8 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 					}
 				}
 				
-				if (currentMinWorldGenStep != EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY)
+				if (currentMinWorldGenStep != EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY
+					&& currentMinWorldGenStep != EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.DOWN_SAMPLED)
 				{
 					// no world gen needed for this position
 					return;
@@ -455,6 +475,23 @@ public class GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider extends FullDataSourceProviderV2 im
 			};
 		}
 		
+		@Override
+		public CompletableFuture<Boolean> shouldGenerateSplitChild(long pos)
+		{
+			return GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider.this.getAsync(pos).thenApply(fullDataSource ->
+			{
+				//noinspection TryFinallyCanBeTryWithResources
+				try
+				{
+					return !GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider.this.isFullyGenerated(fullDataSource.columnGenerationSteps);
+				}
+				finally
+				{
+					fullDataSource.close();
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		
 	}
 	private CompletableFuture<Void> onDataSourceSaveAsync(FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource) 
 	{

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

@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ public class RemoteFullDataSourceProvider extends GeneratedFullDataSourceProvide
 		Long timestamp = this.getTimestampForPos(pos);
 		if (timestamp != null)
 		{
-			this.syncOnLoadRequestQueue.submitRequest(pos, timestamp, this::updateDataSource);
+			this.syncOnLoadRequestQueue.submitRequest(pos, timestamp, fullDataSource ->
+			{
+				this.updateDataSourceAsync(fullDataSource).whenComplete((result, throwable) -> fullDataSource.close());
+			});
 		}
 		
 		return super.get(pos);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/structure/ClientOnlySaveStructure.java

@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ public class ClientOnlySaveStructure implements ISaveStructure
 		});
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public File getPre23SaveFolder(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	{
+		// Allow API users to override the save folder
+		IDhApiSaveStructure saveStructureOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiSaveStructure.class);
+		if (saveStructureOverride != null)
+		{
+			return this.getSaveFolder(levelWrapper);
+		}
+		
+		return getSaveFolderByLevelId(levelWrapper.getDimensionType().getName());
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	//================//

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/structure/ISaveStructure.java

@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ public interface ISaveStructure extends AutoCloseable
 	 */
 	File getSaveFolder(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper);
 	
+	File getPre23SaveFolder(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper);
+	
 }
 

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/file/structure/LocalSaveStructure.java

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ public class LocalSaveStructure implements ISaveStructure
 		});
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public File getPre23SaveFolder(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return this.getSaveFolder(levelWrapper); }
 	
 	
 	//==================//

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

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class BatchGenerator implements IDhApiWorldGenerator
 				targetStep = EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.FEATURES;
 				break;
 			case INTERNAL_SERVER:
-				targetStep = EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIGHT;  // TODO using something other than LIGHT would be good for clarity
+				targetStep = EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIGHT;
 				break;
 		}
 		

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

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.GeneratedFullDataSource
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FormatUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.RollingAverage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
@@ -167,17 +168,15 @@ public class PregenManager
 			this.generatedPercentage.update((double) this.nextSectionSpiralIndex.get() / this.sectionsToGenerate);
 			
 			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());
 			
-			return MessageFormat.format("Generated radius: {0,number,#.###} / {1,number,#.#} chunks ({2,number,#.###%}), ETA: {3}",
+			return MessageFormat.format("Generated radius: {0,number,#.###} / {1,number,#.#} chunks ({2} cps, {3,number,#.###%}), ETA: {4}",
 					this.generatedRadius.getValue(),
 					chunksToGenerate,
+					chunkRatePerSecond,
 					this.generatedPercentage.getValue(),
-					Duration.ofMillis((long) etaMs).toString()
-							.substring(2)
-							.replaceAll("(\\d[HMS])(?!$)", "$1 ")
-							.replaceAll("\\.\\d+", "")
-							.toLowerCase()
+					FormatUtil.formatEta(Duration.ofMillis((long) etaMs))
 			);
 		}
 		

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

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
 public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDebugRenderable
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 	public void startAndSetTargetPos(DhBlockPos2D targetPos) { super.tick(targetPos); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public byte lowestDataDetail() { return LodUtil.BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL + 12; } // TODO should be the same as what the server's update propgator can provide
+	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; }
 	
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 	{
 		long generationStartMsTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 		
-		return super.submitRequest(sectionPos, tracker.getDataSourceConsumer())
+		
+		return super.submitRequest(sectionPos, fullDataSource -> {
+					Objects.requireNonNull(tracker.getDataSourceConsumer()).accept(fullDataSource);
+					fullDataSource.close();
+				})
 				.thenApply(requestResult ->
 				{
 					long totalGenTimeInMs = System.currentTimeMillis() - generationStartMsTime;
@@ -74,7 +79,14 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 							return WorldGenResult.CreateFail();
 						case REQUIRES_SPLITTING:
 							List<CompletableFuture<WorldGenResult>> childFutures = new ArrayList<>(4);
-							DhSectionPos.forEachChild(sectionPos, childPos -> childFutures.add(this.submitRetrievalTask(childPos, requiredDataDetail, tracker)));
+							DhSectionPos.forEachChild(sectionPos, childPos -> {
+								tracker.shouldGenerateSplitChild(childPos).thenAccept(shouldGenerate -> {
+									if (shouldGenerate)
+									{
+										childFutures.add(this.submitRetrievalTask(childPos, requiredDataDetail, tracker));
+									}
+								});
+							});
 							return WorldGenResult.CreateSplit(childFutures);
 					}
 					
@@ -101,8 +113,8 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 		if (this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsRadius() > 0)
 		{
 			if (DhSectionPos.getChebyshevSignedBlockDistance(sectionPos, new DhBlockPos2D(
-					this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsX(),
-					this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsZ()
+					(int) (this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsX() / this.level.levelWrapper.getDimensionType().getCoordinateScale()),
+					(int) (this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsZ() / this.level.levelWrapper.getDimensionType().getCoordinateScale())
 			)) > this.networkState.sessionConfig.getGenerationBoundsRadius())
 			{
 				return false;
@@ -111,6 +123,18 @@ public class RemoteWorldRetrievalQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQue
 		
 		return DhSectionPos.getChebyshevSignedBlockDistance(sectionPos, targetPos) <= this.networkState.sessionConfig.getMaxGenerationRequestDistance() * 16;
 	}
+	@Override
+	protected boolean onBeforeRequest(long sectionPos, CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> future)
+	{
+		if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(sectionPos) > DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL
+				&& !Config.Server.Experimental.enableNSizedGeneration.get())
+		{
+			future.complete(ERequestResult.REQUIRES_SPLITTING);
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected String getQueueName() { return "World Remote Generation Queue"; }

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

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ 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.AbstractDataSourceHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.IWorldGenTaskTracker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.InProgressWorldGenTaskGroup;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks.WorldGenResult;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 	private int estimatedRemainingTaskCount = 0;
 	private int estimatedRemainingChunkCount = 0;
 	
-	private final RollingAverage rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs = new RollingAverage(1_000);
+	private final RollingAverage rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs = new RollingAverage(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 500);
 	public RollingAverage getRollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs() { return this.rollingAverageChunkGenTimeInMs; }
 	
 	
@@ -439,9 +440,8 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 					ThreadPoolUtil.getWorldGenExecutor(),
 					(DhApiChunk dataPoints) ->
 					{
-						try
+						try(FullDataSourceV2 dataSource = LodDataBuilder.createFromApiChunkData(dataPoints, this.generator.runApiValidation()))
 						{
-							FullDataSourceV2 dataSource = LodDataBuilder.createFromApiChunkData(dataPoints, this.generator.runApiValidation());
 							dataSourceConsumer.accept(dataSource);
 						}
 						catch (DataCorruptedException | IllegalArgumentException e)
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 				// set here so the API user doesn't have to pass in this value anywhere themselves
 				pooledDataSource.setRunApiChunkValidation(this.generator.runApiValidation());
 				
+				// 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;
+				pooledDataSource.applyToParent = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pooledDataSource.getPos()) < DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL + 12;
+				
+				
 				return this.generator.generateLod(
 						chunkPosMin.getX(), chunkPosMin.getZ(),
 						DhSectionPos.getX(requestPos), DhSectionPos.getZ(requestPos),
@@ -471,11 +476,19 @@ public class WorldGenerationQueue implements IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue, IDeb
 						pooledDataSource,
 						generatorMode,
 						ThreadPoolUtil.getWorldGenExecutor(),
-						(IDhApiFullDataSource dataSource) ->
+						(IDhApiFullDataSource apiDataSource) ->
 						{
 							try
 							{
-								dataSourceConsumer.accept((FullDataSourceV2)dataSource);
+								FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = (FullDataSourceV2) apiDataSource;
+								try
+								{
+									dataSourceConsumer.accept(fullDataSource);
+								}
+								finally
+								{
+									fullDataSource.close();
+								}
 							}
 							catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
 							{

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

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.tasks;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 /**
@@ -33,4 +34,6 @@ public interface IWorldGenTaskTracker
 	@Nullable
 	Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> getDataSourceConsumer();
 	
+	CompletableFuture<Boolean> shouldGenerateSplitChild(long pos);
+	
 }

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

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.GitlabGetter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.ModrinthGetter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.WebDownloader;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
@@ -42,8 +43,12 @@ import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.zip.CRC32;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 
 /**
  * Used to update the mod automatically
@@ -253,94 +258,177 @@ public class SelfUpdater
 			
 			deleteOldJarOnJvmShutdown = true;
 			
-			LOGGER.info("Distant Horizons successfully updated. It will apply on game's relaunch");
+			String message = "Distant Horizons successfully updated. It will apply on game's relaunch"; 
+			LOGGER.info(message);
 			new Thread(() -> 
 			{
-				String message = "Distant Horizons updated, this will be applied on game restart.";
-				if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless())
+				try
 				{
 					TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, message, "ok", "info", false);
 				}
-				else
-				{
-					LOGGER.info(message);
-				}
+				catch (Exception ignore) { }
 			}).start();
 			return true;
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Failed to update Distant Horizons to version [" + ModrinthGetter.getLatestNameForVersion(minecraftVersion) + "], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			// delete the update file to prevent issues with a corrupt jar floating around
+			try
+			{
+				Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
+			}
+			catch (Exception deleteCorruptFileException)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unable to delete corrupted update file at ["+file.toPath()+"], error: ["+deleteCorruptFileException.getMessage()+"].", deleteCorruptFileException);
+			}
+			
+			
+			String message = "Failed to update Distant Horizons to version [" + ModrinthGetter.getLatestNameForVersion(minecraftVersion) + "], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].";
+			
+			LOGGER.error(message, e);
+			try
+			{
+				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, message, "ok", "error", false);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ignore) { }
+			
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public static boolean updateNightlyMod(String minecraftVersion, File file)
 	{
-		if (GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.size() == 0)
+		if (GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.isEmpty())
 		{
 			LOGGER.warn("Failed to find any nightly builds for the minecraft version ["+minecraftVersion+"] update canceled.");
 			return false;
 		}
 		
 		
+		Path mergedZipPath = null;
 		try
 		{
 			LOGGER.info("Attempting to auto update Distant Horizons.");
 			
 			Files.createDirectories(file.getParentFile().toPath());
 			
-			File mergedZip = file.getParentFile().toPath().resolve("merged.zip").toFile();
+			mergedZipPath = file.getParentFile().toPath().resolve("merged.zip");
+			WebDownloader.downloadAsFile(GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.getDownloads(GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("id")).get(minecraftVersion), mergedZipPath.toFile());
 			
-			WebDownloader.downloadAsFile(GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.getDownloads(GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("id")).get(minecraftVersion), mergedZip);
-			
-			ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(new FileInputStream(mergedZip));
-			ZipEntry zipEntry = zis.getNextEntry();
-			while (zipEntry != null)
+			try (ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(mergedZipPath.toFile()))
 			{
-				if (!zipEntry.isDirectory() && zipEntry.getName().contains("Merged")) // Look until the merged jar is found
+				ZipEntry zipEntry = 
+						Collections.list(zipFile.entries()).stream()
+						.max(Comparator.comparingInt(entry -> entry.getName().length()))
+						// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+						.orElseThrow(() -> new Exception("Unable to find jar in zip. Is the downloaded zip empty?"));
+				
+				// expected values as defined by the zip
+				long expectedCheckSum = zipEntry.getCrc();
+				int expectedSize = (int)zipEntry.getSize();
+				
+				
+				// read in the file content
+				byte[] buffer = new byte[expectedSize];
+				CRC32 crcCheckSumGenerator = new CRC32();
+				InputStream inputStream = zipFile.getInputStream(zipEntry);
+				
+				int byteReadIndex = 0;
+				try
 				{
-					// write file content
-					FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
-					byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+					NumberFormat outputFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
 					
-					int len;
-					while ((len = zis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
-						fos.write(buffer, 0, len);
-					}
-					fos.close();
-					
-					deleteOldJarOnJvmShutdown = true;
-					
-					LOGGER.info("Distant Horizons successfully updated. It will apply on game's relaunch");
-					new Thread(() -> 
+					int nextByte = inputStream.read();
+					while (nextByte != -1)
 					{
-						String message = "Distant Horizons updated, this will be applied on game restart.";
-						if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless())
+						buffer[byteReadIndex] = (byte) nextByte;
+						crcCheckSumGenerator.update(nextByte);
+						nextByte = inputStream.read();
+						byteReadIndex++;
+						
+						// 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)
 						{
-							TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, message, "ok", "info", false);
+							LOGGER.info("Decompressing ["+outputFormat.format(((double)byteReadIndex / expectedSize)*100.0)+"]%");
 						}
-						else
-						{
-							LOGGER.info(message);
-						}
-					}).start();
-					
-					zis.close();
-					Files.deleteIfExists(newFileLocation.getParentFile().toPath().resolve("merged.zip"));
-					
-					return true;
+					}
+				}
+				catch (EOFException ignore) { /* shouldn't happen, but just in case */ }
+				
+				// confirm we read the whole file
+				if (byteReadIndex != expectedSize) // +1 on the index isn't necessary since the readIndex will always end +1 from where it started
+				{
+					LOGGER.warn("Distant Horizons update decompression failed, aborting install");
+					throw new Exception("Decompression failed");
 				}
 				
-				zipEntry = zis.getNextEntry();
+				// confirm the checksum is correct (IE we decompressed correctly)
+				long actualChecksum = crcCheckSumGenerator.getValue();
+				if (actualChecksum != expectedCheckSum)
+				{
+					LOGGER.warn("Distant Horizons checksum mismatch, aborting install");
+					throw new Exception("Checksum Mismatch");
+				}
+				
+				Files.write(file.toPath(), buffer);
 			}
-			zis.close();
 			
-			return false;
+			Files.deleteIfExists(mergedZipPath);
+			
+			deleteOldJarOnJvmShutdown = true;
+			
+			
+			String message = "Distant Horizons updated, this will be applied on game restart.";
+			LOGGER.info(message);
+			new Thread(() ->
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, message, "ok", "info", false);
+				}
+				catch (Exception ignore) { }
+			}).start();
+			
+			return true;
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Failed to update [" + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + "] to version [" + GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha") + "].", e);
+			// delete the update jar to prevent issues with a corrupt jar floating around
+			try
+			{
+				Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
+			}
+			catch (Exception deleteCorruptFileException)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unable to delete corrupted update jar file at ["+file.toPath()+"], error: ["+deleteCorruptFileException.getMessage()+"].", deleteCorruptFileException);
+			}
+			
+			// delete the update zip so we can clean up
+			try
+			{
+				if (mergedZipPath != null)
+				{
+					Files.deleteIfExists(mergedZipPath);
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception deleteCorruptFileException)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unable to delete corrupted update zip file at ["+mergedZipPath+"], error: ["+deleteCorruptFileException.getMessage()+"].", deleteCorruptFileException);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			String message = "Failed to update [" + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + "] to version [" + GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha") + "], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].";
+			
+			LOGGER.error(message, e);
+			try
+			{
+				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, message, "ok", "error", false);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ignore) { }
+			
 			return false;
 		}
 	}

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/AbstractDhLevel.java

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiChunkModifiedEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.beacon.BeaconBeamDataHandler;
 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.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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.KeyedLockContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
@@ -43,10 +44,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 {
@@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	@Nullable
 	public BeaconBeamRepo beaconBeamRepo;
 	
+	protected final KeyedLockContainer<Long> beaconUpdateLockContainer = new KeyedLockContainer<>();
+	
 	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<>();
@@ -67,7 +72,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	/** Will be null if clouds shouldn't be rendered for this level. */
 	@Nullable
 	protected CloudRenderHandler cloudRenderHandler;
-	protected BeaconBeamDataHandler beaconBeamDataHandler;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -126,13 +130,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		
-		
-		// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-		if (this.beaconBeamRepo != null)
-		{
-			this.beaconBeamDataHandler = new BeaconBeamDataHandler(this.beaconBeamRepo, genericRenderer);
-		}
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -228,31 +225,139 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhLevel implements IDhLevel
 	//=================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public void updateBeaconBeamsForChunk(IChunkWrapper chunkToUpdate, ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList)
+	public void updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(long sectionPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList)
 	{
-		if (this.beaconBeamDataHandler != null)
+		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);
+		
+		this.updateBeaconBeamsBetweenBlockPos(
+				sectionPos,
+				minBlockX, maxBlockX,
+				minBlockZ, maxBlockZ,
+				activeBeamList
+		);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void updateBeaconBeamsForChunkPos(DhChunkPos chunkPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> 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(
+			long sectionPosForLock,
+			int minBlockX, int maxBlockX,
+			int minBlockZ, int maxBlockZ,
+			List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList
+		) // TODO min/max block pos instead
+	{
+		if (this.beaconBeamRepo == null)
 		{
-			List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList = chunkToUpdate.getAllActiveBeacons(nearbyChunkList);
-			this.beaconBeamDataHandler.setBeaconBeamsForChunk(chunkToUpdate.getChunkPos(), activeBeamList);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		// locked to prevent two threads from updating the same section at the same time
+		ReentrantLock lock = this.beaconUpdateLockContainer.getLockForPos(sectionPosForLock);
+		try
+		{
+			lock.lock();
+			
+			HashSet<DhBlockPos> allPosSet = new HashSet<>();
+			
+			// sort new beams
+			HashMap<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamByPos = new HashMap<>(activeBeamList.size());
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : activeBeamList)
+			{
+				activeBeamByPos.put(beam.blockPos, beam);
+				allPosSet.add(beam.blockPos);
+			}
+			
+			// get existing beams
+			List<BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamList = this.beaconBeamRepo.getAllBeamsInBlockPosRange(
+					minBlockX, maxBlockX,
+					minBlockZ, maxBlockZ);
+			HashMap<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO> existingBeamByPos = new HashMap<>(existingBeamList.size());
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : existingBeamList)
+			{
+				existingBeamByPos.put(beam.blockPos, beam);
+				allPosSet.add(beam.blockPos);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			
+			for (DhBlockPos beaconPos : allPosSet)
+			{
+				if (minBlockX <= beaconPos.getX() && beaconPos.getX() <= maxBlockX
+					&& minBlockZ <= beaconPos.getZ() && beaconPos.getZ() <= maxBlockZ)
+				{
+					//// don't modify beacons outside the updated range
+					//continue;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				
+				BeaconBeamDTO existingBeam = existingBeamByPos.get(beaconPos);
+				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);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						// beam still exists in chunk
+						if (!existingBeam.color.equals(activeBeam.color))
+						{
+							// beam colors were changed
+							this.beaconBeamRepo.save(activeBeam);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				else if (existingBeam != null)
+				{
+					// beam no longer exists at position, remove from DB
+					this.beaconBeamRepo.deleteWithKey(beaconPos);
+					//LOGGER.info("remove beacon ["+beaconPos+"] x["+minBlockX+"]-["+maxBlockX+"] z["+minBlockZ+"]-["+maxBlockZ+"].");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			lock.unlock();
 		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public void loadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos)
-	{
-		if (this.beaconBeamDataHandler != null)
-		{
-			this.beaconBeamDataHandler.loadBeaconBeamsInPos(pos);
-		}
-	}
-	@Override
-	public void unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos)
-	{
-		if (this.beaconBeamDataHandler != null)
-		{
-			this.beaconBeamDataHandler.unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(pos);
-		}
-	}
+	@Nullable
+	public BeaconBeamRepo getBeaconBeamRepo() { return this.beaconBeamRepo; }
 	
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/AbstractDhServerLevel.java

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
 public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhServerLevel
@@ -153,8 +151,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements I
 				
 				if (Config.Server.generationBoundsRadius.get() > 0)
 				{
+					double coordinateScale = this.serverLevelWrapper.getDimensionType().getCoordinateScale();
 					if (DhSectionPos.getChebyshevSignedBlockDistance(message.sectionPos, new DhBlockPos2D(
-							Config.Server.generationBoundsX.get(), Config.Server.generationBoundsZ.get()
+							(int) (Config.Server.generationBoundsX.get() / coordinateScale),
+							(int) (Config.Server.generationBoundsZ.get() / coordinateScale)
 					)) > Config.Server.generationBoundsRadius.get())
 					{
 						message.sendResponse(new RequestOutOfRangeException("Section out of allowed bounds"));
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements I
 					}
 				}
 				
-				if (Config.Server.generateOnlyInHighestDetail.get() && DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(message.sectionPos) != DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL)
+				if (!Config.Server.Experimental.enableNSizedGeneration.get() && DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(message.sectionPos) != DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL)
 				{
 					message.sendResponse(new SectionRequiresSplittingException("Only highest-detail sections are allowed"));
 					return;
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhServerLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements I
 						
 						Vec3d playerPosition = serverPlayerState.getServerPlayer().getPosition();
 						int distanceFromPlayer = DhSectionPos.getChebyshevSignedBlockDistance(data.getPos(), new DhBlockPos2D((int) playerPosition.x, (int) playerPosition.z)) / 16;
-						if (distanceFromPlayer >= serverPlayerState.getServerPlayer().getViewDistance()
-								&& distanceFromPlayer <= serverPlayerState.sessionConfig.getMaxUpdateDistanceRadius())
+						if (distanceFromPlayer <= serverPlayerState.sessionConfig.getMaxUpdateDistanceRadius())
 						{
 							serverPlayerState.fullDataPayloadSender.sendInChunks(payload, () ->
 							{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/DhClientLevel.java

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level;
 
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.AppliedConfigState;
 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.file.beacon.BeaconBeamDataHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.FullDataSourceProviderV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.fullDatafile.RemoteFullDataSourceProvider;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ISaveStructure;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client.ClientNetworkState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.client.SyncOnLoadRequestQueue;
 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.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderBufferHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
@@ -52,8 +53,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /** The level used when connected to a server */
 public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
@@ -71,6 +75,13 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 	@Nullable
 	private final ScopedNetworkEventSource networkEventSource;
 	
+	private final Set<DhChunkPos> loadedOnceChunks = Collections.newSetFromMap(
+			CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+					.expireAfterWrite(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+					.<DhChunkPos, Boolean>build()
+					.asMap()
+	);
+	
 	public final WorldGenModule worldGenModule;
 	public final AppliedConfigState<Boolean> worldGeneratorEnabledConfig;
 	
@@ -87,10 +98,21 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 	{ this(saveStructure, clientLevelWrapper, null, true, networkState); }
 	public DhClientLevel(ISaveStructure saveStructure, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper, @Nullable File fullDataSaveDirOverride, boolean enableRendering, @Nullable ClientNetworkState networkState)
 	{
-		if (saveStructure.getSaveFolder(clientLevelWrapper).mkdirs())
+		File saveFolder = saveStructure.getSaveFolder(clientLevelWrapper);
+		File pre23Folder = saveStructure.getPre23SaveFolder(clientLevelWrapper);
+		
+		if (pre23Folder.exists())
+		{
+			if (!pre23Folder.renameTo(saveFolder))
+			{
+				throw new RuntimeException("Could not move old save data folder: " + pre23Folder.getAbsolutePath() + " to " + saveFolder.getAbsolutePath());
+			}
+		}
+		else if (saveStructure.getSaveFolder(clientLevelWrapper).mkdirs())
 		{
 			LOGGER.warn("unable to create data folder.");
 		}
+		
 		this.levelWrapper = clientLevelWrapper;
 		this.levelWrapper.setParentLevel(this);
 		this.saveStructure = saveStructure;
@@ -142,11 +164,10 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 					return;
 				}
 				
-				this.beaconBeamDataHandler.setBeaconBeamsForPos(dataSourceDto.pos, message.payload.beaconBeams);
-				try (FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = dataSourceDto.createDataSource(this.levelWrapper))
-				{
-					this.updateDataSourcesAsync(fullDataSource);
-				}
+				this.updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(dataSourceDto.pos, message.payload.beaconBeams);
+				
+				FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = dataSourceDto.createDataSource(this.levelWrapper);
+				this.updateDataSourcesAsync(fullDataSource).whenComplete((result, e) -> fullDataSource.close());
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -284,7 +305,16 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhLevel implements IDhClientLevel
 		ClientLevelModule.ClientRenderState renderState = this.clientside.ClientRenderStateRef.get();
 		return (renderState != null) ? renderState.renderBufferHandler : null;
 	}
-	public BeaconBeamDataHandler getBeaconBeamDataHandler() { return this.beaconBeamDataHandler; }
+	
+	public boolean shouldProcessChunkUpdate(DhChunkPos chunkPos)
+	{
+		if (this.networkState == null || !this.networkState.isReady())
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return !this.networkState.sessionConfig.isRealTimeUpdatesEnabled() || this.loadedOnceChunks.add(chunkPos);
+	}
 	
 	
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/IDhLevel.java

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ 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.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -50,9 +52,16 @@ public interface IDhLevel extends AutoCloseable, GeneratedFullDataSourceProvider
 	int getChunkHash(DhChunkPos pos);
 	void updateChunkAsync(IChunkWrapper chunk, int newChunkHash);
 	
-	void loadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos);
-	void updateBeaconBeamsForChunk(IChunkWrapper chunkToUpdate, ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList);
-	void unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(long pos);
+	default void updateBeaconBeamsForChunk(IChunkWrapper chunkToUpdate, ArrayList<IChunkWrapper> nearbyChunkList)
+	{
+		List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList = chunkToUpdate.getAllActiveBeacons(nearbyChunkList);
+		this.updateBeaconBeamsForChunkPos(chunkToUpdate.getChunkPos(), activeBeamList);
+	}
+	void updateBeaconBeamsForChunkPos(DhChunkPos chunkPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList);
+	void updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(long sectionPos, List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeamList);
+	
+	@Nullable
+	BeaconBeamRepo getBeaconBeamRepo();
 	
 	FullDataSourceProviderV2 getFullDataProvider();
 	

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/level/WorldGenModule.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue;
 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.util.FormatUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.RollingAverage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhApiWorldProxy;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -220,6 +222,9 @@ public class WorldGenModule implements Closeable
 	/** Handles the {@link IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue} and any other necessary world gen information. */
 	public static abstract class AbstractWorldGenState
 	{
+		/** static so we only send the disable message once per session */
+		private static long firstProgressMessageSentMs = 0;
+		
 		public IFullDataSourceRetrievalQueue worldGenerationQueue;
 		
 		private static final ThreadPoolExecutor PROGRESS_UPDATER_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("World Gen Progress Updater");
@@ -280,23 +285,40 @@ public class WorldGenModule implements Closeable
 		}
 		private void sendRetrievalProgress()
 		{
+			// format the remaining chunks
 			int remainingChunkCount = this.worldGenerationQueue.getRetrievalEstimatedRemainingChunkCount();
 			remainingChunkCount += this.worldGenerationQueue.getQueuedChunkCount();
 			String remainingChunkCountStr = F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(remainingChunkCount);
 			
-			String message = "DH Gen/Import: " + remainingChunkCountStr + " chunks";
+			String message = "DH Gen/Import: " + remainingChunkCountStr + " chunks left.";
 			
+			// show a message about how to disable progress logging if requested
+			int msToShowDisableInstructions = Config.Common.WorldGenerator.generationProgressDisableMessageDisplayTimeInSeconds.get() * 1_000;
+			if (msToShowDisableInstructions > 0)
+			{
+				long timeSinceFirstMessageInMs = (System.currentTimeMillis() - firstProgressMessageSentMs);
+				// always show this message for the first tick
+				if (firstProgressMessageSentMs == 0
+						// show this message if there is still time
+						|| timeSinceFirstMessageInMs < msToShowDisableInstructions)
+				{
+					// append to the current message
+					message += " This message can be hidden in the DH config.";
+				}
+			}
 			
+			// add the remaining time estimate if available
 			double chunksPerSec = this.getEstimatedChunksPerSecond();
 			if (chunksPerSec > 0)
 			{
 				long estimatedRemainingTime = (long) (remainingChunkCount / chunksPerSec);
-				message += " Estimated Time: " + formatSeconds(estimatedRemainingTime);//+ " at " + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(chunksPerSec) + " chunks/sec";
+				message += " ETA: " + FormatUtil.formatEta(Duration.ofSeconds(estimatedRemainingTime));//+ " at " + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(chunksPerSec) + " chunks/sec";
 			}
 			
-			
+			// only log if there are chunks needing to be generated
 			if (remainingChunkCount != 0)
 			{
+				// determine where to log
 				EDhApiDistantGeneratorProgressDisplayLocation displayLocation = Config.Common.WorldGenerator.showGenerationProgress.get();
 				if (displayLocation == EDhApiDistantGeneratorProgressDisplayLocation.OVERLAY)
 				{
@@ -311,33 +333,14 @@ public class WorldGenModule implements Closeable
 					LOGGER.info(message);
 				}
 				
+				
+				// mark when the first message was sent
+				if (firstProgressMessageSentMs == 0)
+				{
+					firstProgressMessageSentMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		private static String formatSeconds(long totalSeconds) 
-		{
-			long days = totalSeconds / (24 * 3600);  // 24 hours in a day
-			long hours = (totalSeconds % (24 * 3600)) / 3600;  // Hours
-			long minutes = (totalSeconds % 3600) / 60;  // Minutes
-			long seconds = totalSeconds % 60;  // Seconds
-			
-			
-			String timeString = "";
-			if (days > 0)
-			{
-				timeString += days+" ";
-			}
-			if (hours > 0)
-			{
-				timeString += hours+":";
-			}
-			if (minutes > 0)
-			{
-				timeString += String.format("%02d", minutes)+":";
-			}
-			timeString += String.format("%02d", seconds);
-			
-			return timeString;
-		}
 		
 		/** @return -1 if this method isn't supported or available */
 		public double getEstimatedChunksPerSecond()

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

@@ -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;
@@ -71,6 +72,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	
 	private final SupplierBasedRateLimiter<Void> rateLimiter = new SupplierBasedRateLimiter<>(this::getRequestRateLimit);
 	
+	private final Set<Long> succeededPositions = Collections.newSetFromMap(CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+			.expireAfterWrite(20, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+			.<Long, Boolean>build()
+			.asMap());
+	
+	private final Set<Long> requiresSplittingPositions = Collections.newSetFromMap(CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+			.expireAfterWrite(20, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+			.<Long, Boolean>build()
+			.asMap());
+	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
@@ -96,6 +107,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	
 	protected abstract int getRequestRateLimit();
 	protected abstract boolean isSectionAllowedToGenerate(long sectionPos, DhBlockPos2D targetPos);
+	protected abstract boolean onBeforeRequest(long sectionPos, CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> future);
 	
 	protected abstract String getQueueName();
 	
@@ -105,12 +117,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	// request submitting //
 	//====================//
 	
-	public CompletableFuture<RequestResult> submitRequest(long sectionPos, Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> dataSourceConsumer)
+	public CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> submitRequest(long sectionPos, Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> dataSourceConsumer)
 	{ return this.submitRequest(sectionPos, null, dataSourceConsumer); }
-	public CompletableFuture<RequestResult> submitRequest(long sectionPos, @Nullable Long clientTimestamp, Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> dataSourceConsumer)
+	public CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> submitRequest(long sectionPos, @Nullable Long clientTimestamp, Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> dataSourceConsumer)
 	{
+		if (this.succeededPositions.contains(sectionPos))
+		{
+			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(ERequestResult.FAILED);
+		}
+		
+		if (this.requiresSplittingPositions.contains(sectionPos))
+		{
+			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(ERequestResult.REQUIRES_SPLITTING);
+		}
+		
 		AtomicBoolean added = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-		RequestQueueEntry entry = this.waitingTasksBySectionPos.compute(sectionPos, (k, existingQueueEntry) ->
+		RequestQueueEntry entry = this.waitingTasksBySectionPos.compute(sectionPos, (pos, existingQueueEntry) ->
 		{
 			if (existingQueueEntry != null)
 			{
@@ -126,8 +148,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				{
 					case SUCCEEDED:
 						this.finishedRequests.incrementAndGet();
+						this.succeededPositions.add(pos);
 						return;
 					case REQUIRES_SPLITTING:
+						this.requiresSplittingPositions.add(sectionPos);
 						return;
 					case FAILED:
 						this.failedRequests.incrementAndGet();
@@ -147,7 +171,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 		
 		if (!added.get())
 		{
-			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(RequestResult.FAILED);
+			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(ERequestResult.FAILED);
 		}
 		
 		return entry.future;
@@ -204,6 +228,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		if (!this.onBeforeRequest(sectionPos, entry.future))
+		{
+			this.pendingTasksSemaphore.release();
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		Long offsetEntryTimestamp = entry.updateTimestamp != null
 				? entry.updateTimestamp + this.networkState.getServerTimeOffset()
 				: null;
@@ -228,6 +258,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				{
 					FullDataSourceV2DTO dataSourceDto = this.networkState.fullDataPayloadReceiver.decodeDataSourceAndReleaseBuffer(response.payload);
 					
+					// set application flags based on the received detail level,
+					// this is needed so the data sources propagate correctly
+					dataSourceDto.applyToChildren = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dataSourceDto.pos) > DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL;
+					dataSourceDto.applyToParent = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dataSourceDto.pos) < DhSectionPos.SECTION_BLOCK_DETAIL_LEVEL + 12;
+					
 					AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getNetworkCompressionExecutor();
 					if (executor == null)
 					{
@@ -240,11 +275,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 					{
 						try
 						{
-							this.level.getBeaconBeamDataHandler().setBeaconBeamsForPos(dataSourceDto.pos, response.payload.beaconBeams);
-							try (FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = dataSourceDto.createDataSource(this.level.getLevelWrapper()))
-							{
-								entry.dataSourceConsumer.accept(fullDataSource);
-							}
+							this.level.updateBeaconBeamsForSectionPos(dataSourceDto.pos, response.payload.beaconBeams);
+							
+							FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = dataSourceDto.createDataSource(this.level.getLevelWrapper());
+							entry.dataSourceConsumer.accept(fullDataSource);
 						}
 						catch (Exception e)
 						{
@@ -263,7 +297,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 			}
 			catch (SectionRequiresSplittingException ignored)
 			{
-				return entry.future.complete(RequestResult.REQUIRES_SPLITTING);
+				return entry.future.complete(ERequestResult.REQUIRES_SPLITTING);
 			}
 			catch (SessionClosedException | CancellationException ignored)
 			{
@@ -272,11 +306,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 			catch (RequestRejectedException e)
 			{
 				LOGGER.info("Request rejected by the server: " + e.getMessage());
-				return entry.future.complete(RequestResult.FAILED);
+				return entry.future.complete(ERequestResult.FAILED);
 			}
 			catch (RateLimitedException e)
 			{
-				LOGGER.warn("Rate limited by server, re-queueing task [" + DhSectionPos.toString(sectionPos) + "]: " + e.getMessage());
+				LOGGER.info("Rate limited by server, re-queueing task [" + DhSectionPos.toString(sectionPos) + "]: " + e.getMessage());
 				
 				// Skip all requests for 1 second
 				this.rateLimiter.acquireAll();
@@ -304,11 +338,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					return entry.future.complete(RequestResult.FAILED);
+					return entry.future.complete(ERequestResult.FAILED);
 				}
 			}
 			
-			return entry.future.complete(RequestResult.SUCCEEDED);
+			return entry.future.complete(ERequestResult.SUCCEEDED);
 		});
 	}
 	
@@ -421,7 +455,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 	protected static class RequestQueueEntry
 	{
 		/** encapsulates the entire request, including client side queuing and the actual server request */
-		public final CompletableFuture<RequestResult> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		public final CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
 		public final Consumer<FullDataSourceV2> dataSourceConsumer;
 		/** will be null if we want to retrieve the LOD regardless of when it was last updated */
 		@Nullable
@@ -451,7 +485,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue implements IDebugRende
 		
 	}
 	
-	public enum RequestResult
+	public enum ERequestResult
 	{
 		SUCCEEDED,
 		REQUIRES_SPLITTING,

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

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
 /** 
  * This queue only handles LOD updates for
  * LODs that were changed when the player wasn't online
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ public class SyncOnLoadRequestQueue extends AbstractFullDataNetworkRequestQueue
 	{
 		return DhSectionPos.getChebyshevSignedBlockDistance(sectionPos, targetPos) <= this.networkState.sessionConfig.getMaxSyncOnLoadDistance() * 16;
 	}
+	@Override
+	protected boolean onBeforeRequest(long sectionPos, CompletableFuture<ERequestResult> future) { return true; }
 	
 	@Override
 	protected String getQueueName() { return "Sync On Login Queue"; }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/multiplayer/server/FullDataSourceRequestHandler.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceRequestHandler
 		// the server timestamp will be null if no LOD data exists for this position
 		Long serverTimestamp = this.fullDataSourceProvider().getTimestampForPos(message.sectionPos);
 		if (serverTimestamp == null
-				|| serverTimestamp <= clientTimestamp)
+			|| serverTimestamp <= clientTimestamp)
 		{
 			// either no data exists to sync, or the client is already up to date
 			rateLimiterSet.syncOnLoginRateLimiter.release();
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public class FullDataSourceRequestHandler
 					rateLimiterSet.syncOnLoginRateLimiter.release();
 				});
 			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue getting request for pos ["+DhSectionPos.toString(message.sectionPos)+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			}
 		}, executor);
 	}
 	

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

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.ShortArrayList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 /**
  * This keeps track of all the poolable
@@ -20,7 +22,16 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 {
 	/** defines which pool the arrays should be returned too */
+	@NotNull
 	private final PhantomArrayListPool owningPool;
+
+	/** 
+	 * soft reference used by the {@link PhantomArrayListPool} so this checkout can be
+	 * freed if there isn't enough memory.
+	 */
+	@NotNull
+	public final SoftReference<PhantomArrayListCheckout> ownerSoftReference;
+	
 	/** Will be null if the parent pool doesn't want leak stack tracing */
 	@Nullable
 	public final String allocationStackTrace;
@@ -28,7 +39,6 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 	private final ArrayList<ByteArrayList> byteArrayLists = new ArrayList<>();
 	private final ArrayList<ShortArrayList> shortArrayLists = new ArrayList<>();
 	private final ArrayList<LongArrayList> longArrayLists = new ArrayList<>();
-	private final ArrayList<SoftReference<LongArrayList>> longArrayRefLists = new ArrayList<>();
 	
 	
 	
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
 	
-	public PhantomArrayListCheckout(PhantomArrayListPool owningPool)
+	public PhantomArrayListCheckout(@NotNull PhantomArrayListPool owningPool)
 	{
 		if (owningPool.logGarbageCollectedStacks)
 		{
@@ -50,6 +60,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 		}
 		
 		this.owningPool = owningPool;
+		this.ownerSoftReference = new SoftReference<>(this);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -60,11 +71,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	public void addByteArrayList(ByteArrayList list) { this.byteArrayLists.add(list); }
 	public void addShortArrayList(ShortArrayList list) { this.shortArrayLists.add(list); }
-	public void addLongArrayListRef(LongArrayList list, SoftReference<LongArrayList> listRef) 
-	{
-		this.longArrayLists.add(list);
-		this.longArrayRefLists.add(listRef); 
-	}
+	public void addLongArrayListRef(LongArrayList list) { this.longArrayLists.add(list); }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -100,7 +107,6 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 	public ArrayList<ByteArrayList> getAllByteArrays() { return this.byteArrayLists; }
 	public ArrayList<ShortArrayList> getAllShortArrays() { return this.shortArrayLists; }
 	public ArrayList<LongArrayList> getAllLongArrays() { return this.longArrayLists; }
-	public ArrayList<SoftReference<LongArrayList>> getAllLongArrayRefs() { return this.longArrayRefLists; }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -109,10 +115,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListCheckout implements AutoCloseable
 	//================//
 	
 	@Override 
-	public void close()
-	{
-		this.owningPool.returnCheckout(this);
-	}
+	public void close() { this.owningPool.returnCheckout(this); }
 	
 	
 	

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

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public abstract class PhantomArrayListParent implements AutoCloseable
 	 * It's recommended to set this as null after the child's constructor 
 	 * finishes to show the pooled arrays have all been accessed 
 	 */
-	protected PhantomArrayListCheckout pooledArraysCheckout; 
+	protected final PhantomArrayListCheckout pooledArraysCheckout; 
 	
 	
 	
@@ -57,19 +57,7 @@ public abstract class PhantomArrayListParent implements AutoCloseable
 	//================//
 	
 	@Override 
-	public void close() //throws Exception
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			this.phantomReference.clear();
-			PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = this.phantomArrayListPool.phantomRefToCheckout.remove(this.phantomReference);
-			this.phantomArrayListPool.returnCheckout(checkout);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unable to close Phantom Array", e);
-		}
-	}
+	public void close() { this.phantomArrayListPool.returnParentPhantomRef(this.phantomReference); }
 	
 	
 }

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

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.ShortArrayList;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 /**
  * DH uses a lot of potentially large arrays of {@link Byte}s and {@link Long}s.
@@ -46,6 +45,12 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
  * This is less efficient since it may allow a lot of additional arrays to
  * be created while we wait for the garbage collector to run, but 
  * does prevent any leaks from {@link PhantomArrayListParent} that weren't closed.
+ * 
+ * <br><br>
+ * <strong>Use Notes: </strong><br>
+ * If possible all checkouts for a given pool should be the same size,
+ * since {@link PhantomArrayListCheckout}'s are shared, getting the same size checkout each time
+ * prevents accidentally returning a larger checkout than necessary, which wastes memory.
  */
 public class PhantomArrayListPool
 {
@@ -83,10 +88,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	public final ReferenceQueue<PhantomArrayListParent> phantomRefQueue = new ReferenceQueue<>();
 	
 	
-	
-	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ByteArrayList> pooledByteArrays = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ShortArrayList> pooledShortArrays = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<SoftReference<LongArrayList>> pooledLongArrays = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+	private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<SoftReference<PhantomArrayListCheckout>> pooledCheckoutsRefs = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 	
 	/** counts how many byte arrays have been created by this pool */
 	private final AtomicInteger totalByteArrayCountRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
@@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	/** used for debugging, represents an estimate for how many bytes the long[] pool contains */
 	private long lastLongPoolSizeInBytes = -1;
 	
+	/** used for debugging, represents an estimate for how many byte[]'s are currently in this pool*/
+	private int lastBytePoolCount = 0;
+	/** used for debugging, represents an estimate for how many short[]'s are currently in this pool*/
+	private int lastShortPoolCount = 0;
+	/** used for debugging, represents an estimate for how many long[]'s are currently in this pool*/
+	private int lastLongPoolCount = 0;
+	/** used for debugging, represents an estimate for how many checkouts are currently in this pool*/
+	private int lastCheckoutPoolCount = 0;
+	
 	/** For pools backed by {@link SoftReference}'s we may need to decrease the size when elements are garbage collected */
 	private boolean clearLastRefPoolSizes = false;
 	
@@ -132,30 +143,77 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	// get checkout //
 	//==============//
 	
+	/** 
+	 * If possible all checkouts for a given pool should be the same size,
+	 * since {@link PhantomArrayListCheckout}'s are shared, returning the same size
+	 * prevents accidentally returning a larger checkout than necessary, which wastes memory.
+	 */
 	public PhantomArrayListCheckout checkoutArrays(int byteArrayCount, int shortArrayCount, int longArrayCount)
 	{
-		PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = new PhantomArrayListCheckout(this);
+		PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = null;
+		while (checkout == null)
+		{
+			SoftReference<PhantomArrayListCheckout> checkoutRef = this.pooledCheckoutsRefs.poll();
+			if (checkoutRef == null)
+			{
+				// pool is empty, create new checkout
+				checkout = new PhantomArrayListCheckout(this);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				checkout = checkoutRef.get();
+				if (checkout != null)
+				{
+					// use pooled checkout
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// this reference is pointing to null,
+					// the checkout must have been garbage collected,
+					// that means we don't have enough memory
+					if (!lowMemoryWarningLogged)
+					{
+						lowMemoryWarningLogged = true;
+						
+						// orange text
+						String message = "\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Insufficient memory detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
+								"This may cause stuttering or crashing. \n" +
+								"Potential causes: \n" +
+								"1. your allocated memory isn't high enough \n" +
+								"2. your DH CPU preset is too high \n" +
+								"3. your DH quality preset is too high";
+						
+						LOGGER.warn(message);
+						if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showPoolInsufficientMemoryWarning.get())
+						{
+							ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+						}
+					}
+					
+					this.clearLastRefPoolSizes = true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		// get any missing arrays
 		
 		// byte
-		for (int i = 0; i < byteArrayCount; i++)
+		for (int i = checkout.getByteArrayCount(); i < byteArrayCount; i++)
 		{
-			checkout.addByteArrayList(getPooledArray(this.pooledByteArrays, () -> this.createEmptyByteArrayList()));
+			checkout.addByteArrayList(this.createEmptyByteArrayList());
 		}
 		
 		// short
-		for (int i = 0; i < shortArrayCount; i++)
+		for (int i = checkout.getShortArrayCount(); i < shortArrayCount; i++)
 		{
-			checkout.addShortArrayList(getPooledArray(this.pooledShortArrays, () -> this.createEmptyShortArrayList()));
+			checkout.addShortArrayList(this.createEmptyShortArrayList());
 		}
 		
 		// long
-		for (int i = 0; i < longArrayCount; i++)
+		for (int i = checkout.getLongArrayCount(); i < longArrayCount; i++)
 		{
-			addRefPooledArray(
-					this.pooledLongArrays,
-					this::createEmptyLongArrayList,
-					this::onLongArrayListGarbageCollected,
-					checkout::addLongArrayListRef);
+			checkout.addLongArrayListRef(this.createEmptyLongArrayList());
 		}
 		
 		return checkout;
@@ -184,91 +242,6 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	}
 	
 	
-	// garbage collection handlers //
-	
-	/** should only happen if Java doesn't have enough memory */
-	private void onLongArrayListGarbageCollected()
-	{
-		this.clearLastRefPoolSizes = true;
-		this.totalLongArrayCountRef.getAndDecrement();
-	}
-	
-	
-	// internal pool handlers //
-	
-	private static <T extends List<?>> T getPooledArray(ConcurrentLinkedQueue<T> pool, Supplier<T> emptyArrayCreatorFunc)
-	{
-		T array = pool.poll();
-		if (array != null)
-		{
-			array.clear();
-			return array;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// no pooled sources exist
-			return emptyArrayCreatorFunc.get();
-		}
-	}
-	private static <T extends List<?>> void addRefPooledArray(
-			ConcurrentLinkedQueue<SoftReference<T>> arrayPool, 
-			Supplier<T> emptyArrayCreatorFunc,
-			Runnable arrayGarbageCollectedFunc,
-			BiConsumer<T, SoftReference<T>> putArrayFunc)
-	{
-		T array = null;
-		SoftReference<T> arrayRef = arrayPool.poll();
-		
-		// find the first non-null pooled array
-		while (arrayRef != null && array == null)
-		{
-			array = arrayRef.get();
-			if (array == null)
-			{
-				// this reference is pointing to null,
-				// the array must have been garbage collected,
-				// that means we don't have enough memory
-				if (!lowMemoryWarningLogged)
-				{
-					lowMemoryWarningLogged = true;
-					
-					// orange text
-					String message = "\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Insufficient memory detected." + "\u00A7r \n" +
-							"This may cause stuttering or crashing. \n" +
-							"Either: your allocated memory isn't high enough, \n" +
-							"your DH CPU preset is too high, or your DH quality preset is too high.";
-					
-					LOGGER.warn(message);
-					if (Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showPoolInsufficientMemoryWarning.get())
-					{
-						ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
-					}
-				}
-				
-				arrayGarbageCollectedFunc.run();
-				
-				// try the next reference
-				arrayRef = arrayPool.poll();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		
-		if (array != null)
-		{
-			LodUtil.assertTrue(arrayRef != null, "How did we get an array without it's reference?");
-			array.clear();
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// no pooled sources exist
-			array = emptyArrayCreatorFunc.get();
-			arrayRef = new SoftReference<>(array);
-		}
-		
-		putArrayFunc.accept(array, arrayRef);
-	}
-	
-	
 	
 	//==================//
 	// phantom recovery //
@@ -405,21 +378,29 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	// return checkout //
 	//=================//
 	
-	public void returnCheckout(PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout)
+	public void returnParentPhantomRef(@NotNull PhantomReference<PhantomArrayListParent> parentRef)
 	{
+		try
+		{
+			parentRef.clear();
+			// will be null if the this parent has already been returned
+			PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout = this.phantomRefToCheckout.remove(parentRef);
+			this.returnCheckout(checkout);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Unable to close Phantom Array, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+		}
+	}
+	public void returnCheckout(@Nullable PhantomArrayListCheckout checkout)
+	{ 
 		if (checkout == null)
 		{
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null phantom checkout, object is being closed multiple times.");
 		}
 		
-		
-		// In James' testing pooling the checkout object wasn't necessary
-		// since it is relatively small and short lived, thus
-		// the GC can handle quickly discarding it.
-		
-		this.pooledByteArrays.addAll(checkout.getAllByteArrays());
-		this.pooledShortArrays.addAll(checkout.getAllShortArrays());
-		this.pooledLongArrays.addAll(checkout.getAllLongArrayRefs());
+		SoftReference<PhantomArrayListCheckout> checkoutRef = checkout.ownerSoftReference;
+		this.pooledCheckoutsRefs.add(checkoutRef);
 		
 		//LOGGER.info("Returned ["+checkout.byteArrayLists.size()+"/"+this.pooledByteArrays.size()+"] bytes and ["+checkout.longArrayLists.size()+"/"+this.pooledLongArrays.size()+"] longs.");\
 	}
@@ -444,9 +425,9 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 			totalShortArrayCount += pool.totalShortArrayCountRef.get();
 			totalLongArrayCount += pool.totalLongArrayCountRef.get();
 			
-			pooledByteArraySize += pool.pooledByteArrays.size();
-			pooledShortArraySize += pool.pooledShortArrays.size();
-			pooledLongArraySize += pool.pooledLongArrays.size();
+			pooledByteArraySize += pool.lastBytePoolCount;
+			pooledShortArraySize += pool.lastShortPoolCount;
+			pooledLongArraySize += pool.lastLongPoolCount;
 			
 			lastBytePoolSizeInBytes += pool.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes;
 			lastShortPoolSizeInBytes += pool.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes;
@@ -475,7 +456,7 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 		addDebugMenuStringsToList(messageList,
 			this.name,
 			this.totalByteArrayCountRef.get(), this.totalShortArrayCountRef.get(), this.totalLongArrayCountRef.get(),
-			this.pooledByteArrays.size(), this.pooledShortArrays.size(), this.pooledLongArrays.size(),
+			this.lastBytePoolCount, this.lastShortPoolCount, this.lastLongPoolCount,
 			this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes, this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes, this.lastLongPoolSizeInBytes
 		);
 	}
@@ -529,25 +510,60 @@ public class PhantomArrayListPool
 	 */
 	public void recalculateSizeForDebugging()
 	{
-		// byte
-		long bytePoolByteSize = estimateMemoryUsage(this.pooledByteArrays, Byte.BYTES);
-		this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes = Math.max(bytePoolByteSize, this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes);
+		long bytePoolByteSize = 0;
+		long shortPoolByteSize = 0;
+		long longPoolByteSize = 0;
 		
-		// short
-		long shortPoolByteSize = estimateMemoryUsage(this.pooledShortArrays, Short.BYTES);
-		this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes = Math.max(shortPoolByteSize, this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes);
+		int bytePoolCount = 0;
+		int shortPoolCount = 0;
+		int longPoolCount = 0;
 		
-		// long
+		
+		// checkouts //
+		for (SoftReference<PhantomArrayListCheckout> pooledCheckoutRef : this.pooledCheckoutsRefs)
+		{
+			PhantomArrayListCheckout pooledCheckout = pooledCheckoutRef.get();
+			if (pooledCheckout == null)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			bytePoolByteSize += estimateMemoryUsage(pooledCheckout.getAllByteArrays(), Byte.BYTES);
+			bytePoolCount += pooledCheckout.getAllByteArrays().size();
+			shortPoolByteSize += estimateMemoryUsage(pooledCheckout.getAllShortArrays(), Short.BYTES);
+			shortPoolCount += pooledCheckout.getAllShortArrays().size();
+			longPoolByteSize += estimateMemoryUsage(pooledCheckout.getAllLongArrays(), Long.BYTES);
+			longPoolCount += pooledCheckout.getAllLongArrays().size();
+		}
+		
+		
+		// clear old values if something was garbage collected
 		if (this.clearLastRefPoolSizes)
 		{
+			this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes = 0;
+			this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes = 0;
 			this.lastLongPoolSizeInBytes = 0;
 			this.clearLastRefPoolSizes = false;
 		}
-		long longPoolByteSize = estimateRefMemoryUsage(this.pooledLongArrays, Long.BYTES);
+		
+		this.lastCheckoutPoolCount = this.pooledCheckoutsRefs.size();
+		
+		// byte //
+		// math.max is used since the pool should only grow until a soft reference is freed, 
+		// and it's easier to understand if this constantly grows instead of jumping around
+		this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes = Math.max(bytePoolByteSize, this.lastBytePoolSizeInBytes);
+		this.lastBytePoolCount = bytePoolCount;
+		
+		// short //
+		this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes = Math.max(shortPoolByteSize, this.lastShortPoolSizeInBytes);
+		this.lastShortPoolCount = shortPoolCount;
+		
+		// long //
 		this.lastLongPoolSizeInBytes = Math.max(longPoolByteSize, this.lastLongPoolSizeInBytes);
+		this.lastLongPoolCount = longPoolCount;
 	}
 	
-	private static <T extends Collection<?>> long estimateMemoryUsage(ConcurrentLinkedQueue<T> pool, long elementSizeInBytes)
+	private static <T extends Collection<?>> long estimateMemoryUsage(Iterable<T> pool, long elementSizeInBytes)
 	{
 		long longByteSize = 0;
 		for (T array : pool)

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/pos/DhChunkPos.java

@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ public class DhChunkPos
 	public int getMinBlockX() { return this.x << 4; }
 	public int getMinBlockZ() { return this.z << 4; }
 	
+	public int getMaxBlockX() 
+	{
+		int minBlockPos = this.getMinBlockX() + LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
+		minBlockPos += (minBlockPos < 0) ? -1 : 0;
+		return minBlockPos;
+	}
+	public int getMaxBlockZ() 
+	{
+		int minBlockPos = this.getMinBlockZ() + LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
+		minBlockPos += (minBlockPos < 0) ? -1 : 0;
+		return minBlockPos;
+	}
+	
 	public DhBlockPos2D getMinBlockPos() { return new DhBlockPos2D(this.x << 4, this.z << 4); }
 	
 	public boolean contains(DhBlockPos pos)
@@ -92,8 +105,8 @@ public class DhChunkPos
 		int maxBlockX = minBlockX + LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 		int maxBlockZ = minBlockZ + LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 		
-		return minBlockX <= pos.getX() && pos.getX() < maxBlockX
-				&& minBlockZ <= pos.getZ() && pos.getZ() < maxBlockZ;
+		return minBlockX >= pos.getX() && pos.getX() < maxBlockX
+				&& minBlockZ >= pos.getZ() && pos.getZ() < maxBlockZ;
 	}
 	
 	public double distance(DhChunkPos other)

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

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.google.common.cache.RemovalCause;
 import com.google.common.cache.RemovalNotification;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.CachedColumnRenderSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.ColumnRenderBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
 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.render.renderer.generic.BeaconRenderHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericObjectRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.KeyedLockContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.MathUtil;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongIterator;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.annotation.WillNotClose;
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 /**
@@ -95,48 +100,29 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 	 * caching the loaded positions significantly improves initial loading performance
 	 * since the same position doesn't need to be loaded 5 times.
 	 */
-	private final Cache<Long, ColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos
+	private final Cache<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos
 			= CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
 			// availableProcessors() : each process may need to be loading a render source
 			// +1 : add 1 thread count buffer to reduce the chance of accidentally unloading a render source before it's used
 			// *5 : each render source needs it's 4 adjacent sides, so a total of 5 render sources are needed per load
 			.maximumSize((Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() + 1) * 5L)
-			.removalListener((RemovalNotification<Long, ColumnRenderSource> removalNotification) ->
-			{
-				RemovalCause cause = removalNotification.getCause();
-				if (cause == RemovalCause.EXPLICIT
-					|| cause == RemovalCause.EXPIRED
-					|| cause == RemovalCause.COLLECTED
-					|| cause == RemovalCause.SIZE)
-				{
-					// cleanup needs to be handled on a different thread to prevent locking up the main loading threads
-					ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getCleanupExecutor();
-					executor.execute(() ->
-					{
-						// close the render source after it's been 
-						ColumnRenderSource renderSource = removalNotification.getValue();
-						if (renderSource != null)
-						{
-							ReentrantLock lock = renderLoadLockContainer.getLockForPos(renderSource.getPos());
-							try
-							{
-								lock.lock();
-								renderSource.close();
-							}
-							finally
-							{
-								lock.unlock();
-							}
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-							LOGGER.error("Unable to close null cached render source.");
-						}
-					});
-				}
-			})
-			.<Long, ColumnRenderSource>build();
+			// No closing logic since the CachedColumnRenderSource is in charge
+			// of freeing the underlying ColumnRenderSource.
+			// That way we don't have to worry about accidentally closing an in-use object.
+			.<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource>build();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Used to limit how many upload tasks are queued at once.
+	 * If all the upload tasks are queued at once, they will start uploading nearest
+	 * to the player, however if the player moves, that order is no longer valid and holes may appear
+	 * as further sections are loaded before closer ones.
+	 * Only queuing a few of the sections at a time solves this problem.
+	 */
+	public final AtomicInteger uploadTaskCountRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
+	
+	
+	@Nullable
+	public final BeaconRenderHandler beaconRenderHandler;
 	
 	
 	/** the smallest numerical detail level number that can be rendered */
@@ -167,6 +153,10 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 		this.level = level;
 		this.fullDataSourceProvider = fullDataSourceProvider;
 		this.blockRenderDistanceDiameter = viewDiameterInBlocks;
+		
+		GenericObjectRenderer genericObjectRenderer = this.level.getGenericRenderer();
+		this.beaconRenderHandler = (genericObjectRenderer != null) ? new BeaconRenderHandler(genericObjectRenderer) : null;
+		
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -247,7 +237,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 			long rootPos = rootPosIterator.nextLong();
 			if (this.getNode(rootPos) == null)
 			{
-				this.setValue(rootPos, new LodRenderSection(rootPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer));
+				this.setValue(rootPos, new LodRenderSection(rootPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.uploadTaskCountRef, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer));
 			}
 			
 			QuadNode<LodRenderSection> rootNode = this.getNode(rootPos);
@@ -286,7 +276,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 		// create the node
 		if (quadNode == null && this.isSectionPosInBounds(sectionPos)) // the position bounds should only fail when at the edge of the user's render distance
 		{
-			rootNode.setValue(sectionPos, new LodRenderSection(sectionPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer));
+			rootNode.setValue(sectionPos, new LodRenderSection(sectionPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.uploadTaskCountRef, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer));
 			quadNode = rootNode.getNode(sectionPos);
 		}
 		if (quadNode == null)
@@ -299,7 +289,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 		LodRenderSection renderSection = quadNode.value;
 		if (renderSection == null)
 		{
-			renderSection = new LodRenderSection(sectionPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer);
+			renderSection = new LodRenderSection(sectionPos, this, this.level, this.fullDataSourceProvider, this.uploadTaskCountRef, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos, this.renderLoadLockContainer);
 			quadNode.setValue(sectionPos, renderSection);
 		}
 		
@@ -340,9 +330,11 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				// onRenderingDisabled() needs to be fired before the children are enabled so beacons render correctly
+				// children are all loaded, unload this and parents
+				
 				if (renderSection.getRenderingEnabled())
 				{
+					// needs to be fired before the children are enabled so beacons render correctly
 					renderSection.onRenderingDisabled();
 					
 					
@@ -407,14 +399,9 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 			// prepare this section for rendering
 			if (!renderSection.gpuUploadInProgress()
 				&& renderSection.renderBuffer == null
-				&& 
-				(
-					// this check is specifically for N-sized world generators where the higher quality
-					// data source may not exist yet, this is done to prevent holes while waiting for said generator
-					renderSection.getFullDataSourceExists()
-					// if we can't request generation we don't want to check for full data existing
-					// since that will prevent server LODs from loading high-detail LODs where quadrants haven't been generated.
-					|| !this.fullDataSourceProvider.canQueueRetrieval())
+				// this check is specifically for N-sized world generators where the higher quality
+				// data source may not exist yet, this is done to prevent holes while waiting for said generator
+				&& renderSection.getFullDataSourceExists()
 				)
 			{
 				nodesNeedingLoading.add(renderSection);
@@ -463,7 +450,7 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 						}
 					});
 					
-					// onRenderingEnabled() needs to be fired after the children are disabled so beacons render correctly
+					// needs to be fired after the children are disabled so beacons render correctly
 					renderSection.onRenderingEnabled();
 					
 				}
@@ -643,7 +630,22 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 	 */
 	public void reloadPos(long pos)
 	{
-		this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.invalidate(pos); // TODO will this cause issues? we may need to lock this invalidation if the cached data source is currently in use
+		// clear cache //
+		
+		this.clearRenderCacheForPos(pos);
+		for (EDhDirection direction : EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS)
+		{
+			long adjacentPos = DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(pos, direction);
+			this.clearRenderCacheForPos(adjacentPos);
+		}
+		
+		
+		// queue reloads //
+		
+		// only queue each section for reloading
+		// after the cache has been cleared,
+		// this is done to prevent accidentally using old cached data
+		
 		this.sectionsToReload.add(pos);
 		
 		// the adjacent locations also need to be updated to make sure lighting
@@ -652,10 +654,24 @@ public class LodQuadTree extends QuadTree<LodRenderSection> implements IDebugRen
 		for (EDhDirection direction : EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS)
 		{
 			long adjacentPos = DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(pos, direction);
-			this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.invalidate(adjacentPos); // TODO will this cause issues? we may need to lock this invalidation if the cached data source is currently in use
 			this.sectionsToReload.add(adjacentPos);
 		}
 	}
+	private void clearRenderCacheForPos(long pos)
+	{
+		// locking is needed to prevent another thread
+		// from accessing the cache while it's being cleared
+		ReentrantLock lock = this.renderLoadLockContainer.getLockForPos(pos);
+		try
+		{
+			lock.lock();
+			this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.invalidate(pos);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			lock.unlock();
+		}
+	}
 	
 	
 	

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

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.CachedColumnRenderSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.ColumnRenderSource;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.ColumnRenderBufferBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.IDebugRenderable;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.ColumnRenderBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.DebugRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.BeaconRenderHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.BeaconBeamRepo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.KeyedLockContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.PriorityTaskPicker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.WillNotClose;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -63,15 +68,6 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 	
-	/**
-	 * Used to limit how many upload tasks are queued at once.
-	 * If all the upload tasks are queued at once, they will start uploading nearest
-	 * to the player, however if the player moves, that order is no longer valid and holes may appear
-	 * as further sections are loaded before closer ones.
-	 * Only queuing a few of the sections at a time solves this problem.
-	 */
-	public static final AtomicInteger GLOBAL_UPLOAD_TASKS_COUNT_REF = new AtomicInteger(0);
-	
 	
 	
 	public final long pos;
@@ -81,8 +77,18 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	private final FullDataSourceProviderV2 fullDataSourceProvider;
 	private final LodQuadTree quadTree;
 	private final KeyedLockContainer<Long> renderLoadLockContainer;
-	private final Cache<Long, ColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos;
+	private final Cache<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos;
+	private final AtomicInteger uploadTaskCountRef;
 	
+	/** 
+	 * contains the list of beacons currently being rendered in this section 
+	 * if this list is modified the {@link LodRenderSection#beaconRenderHandler} should be updated to match.
+	 */
+	private final List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeaconList = new ArrayList<>();
+	@Nullable
+	public final BeaconRenderHandler beaconRenderHandler;
+	@Nullable
+	public final BeaconBeamRepo beaconBeamRepo;
 	
 	
 	private boolean renderingEnabled = false;
@@ -112,10 +118,15 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	 */
 	private CompletableFuture<ColumnRenderBuffer> bufferUploadFuture = null;
 
-	/** should be an empty array if no positions need to be generated */
+	/** 
+	 * should be an empty array if no positions need to be generated
+	 * 
+	 * @deprecated see the comment where this variable is set
+	 */
 	@Nullable
-	private Supplier<LongArrayList> missingGenerationPos;
-	private LongArrayList getMissingGenerationPos() { return this.missingGenerationPos != null ? this.missingGenerationPos.get() : null; }
+	@Deprecated
+	private Supplier<LongArrayList> missingGenerationPosFunc;
+	private LongArrayList getMissingGenerationPos() { return this.missingGenerationPosFunc != null ? this.missingGenerationPosFunc.get() : null; }
 	
 	private boolean checkedIfFullDataSourceExists = false;
 	private boolean fullDataSourceExists = false;
@@ -129,8 +140,9 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	public LodRenderSection(
 			long pos, 
 			LodQuadTree quadTree, 
-			IDhClientLevel level, FullDataSourceProviderV2 fullDataSourceProvider, 
-			Cache<Long, ColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos, KeyedLockContainer<Long> renderLoadLockContainer)
+			IDhClientLevel level, FullDataSourceProviderV2 fullDataSourceProvider,
+			AtomicInteger uploadTaskCountRef,
+			Cache<Long, CachedColumnRenderSource> cachedRenderSourceByPos, KeyedLockContainer<Long> renderLoadLockContainer)
 	{
 		this.pos = pos;
 		this.quadTree = quadTree;
@@ -138,6 +150,10 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		this.renderLoadLockContainer = renderLoadLockContainer;
 		this.level = level;
 		this.fullDataSourceProvider = fullDataSourceProvider;
+		this.uploadTaskCountRef = uploadTaskCountRef;
+		
+		this.beaconRenderHandler = this.quadTree.beaconRenderHandler;
+		this.beaconBeamRepo = this.level.getBeaconBeamRepo();
 		
 		DebugRenderer.register(this, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showRenderSectionStatus);
 	}
@@ -174,32 +190,35 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		// this means the closer (higher priority) tasks will load first.
 		// This also prevents issues where the nearby tasks are canceled due to
 		// LOD detail level changing, and having holes in the world
-		if (GLOBAL_UPLOAD_TASKS_COUNT_REF.getAndIncrement() > executor.getPoolSize())
+		if (this.uploadTaskCountRef.getAndIncrement() > executor.getPoolSize())
 		{
-			GLOBAL_UPLOAD_TASKS_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
+			this.uploadTaskCountRef.decrementAndGet();
 			return false;
 		}
 		
 		try
 		{
 			CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
-			this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture = future;
+			this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture = future; // TODO should use a setter/getter to guard against replacing an incomplete future
 			future.handle((voidObj, throwable) -> 
 			{
 				// this has to fire are the end of every added future, otherwise we'll lock up and nothing will load
-				GLOBAL_UPLOAD_TASKS_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet(); 
+				this.uploadTaskCountRef.decrementAndGet(); // TODO there is an issue where this variable isn't decremented properly, preventing LODs from loading in, or loading much slower
 				return null; 
 			});
 			
 			this.getAndBuildRenderDataRunnable = () ->
 			{
-				this.getAndUploadRenderDataToGpu();
-				
-				// the future is passed in separate to prevent any possible race condition null pointers
-				future.complete(null);
-				// the task is done, we don't need to track these anymore
-				this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture = null;
-				this.getAndBuildRenderDataRunnable = null;
+				this.getAndRefreshRenderingBeacons();
+				this.getAndUploadRenderDataToGpuAsync()
+					.thenRun(() -> 
+					{
+						// the future is passed in separately (IE not using the local var) to prevent any possible race condition null pointers
+						future.complete(null);
+						// the task is done, we don't need to track these anymore
+						this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture = null;
+						this.getAndBuildRenderDataRunnable = null;
+					});
 			};
 			executor.execute(this.getAndBuildRenderDataRunnable);
 			
@@ -215,83 +234,138 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
-	private void getAndUploadRenderDataToGpu()
+	private CompletableFuture<Void> getAndUploadRenderDataToGpuAsync()
 	{
-		try
-		{
-			ColumnRenderSource renderSource = this.getRenderSourceForPos(this.pos);
-			if (renderSource == null)
+		// get the center pos data
+		return this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos)
+			.thenCompose((CachedColumnRenderSource cachedRenderSource) -> 
 			{
-				// nothing needs to be rendered
-				// TODO how doesn't this cause infinite file handler loops?
-				//  to trigger an upload we check if the buffer is null, and we aren't
-				//  setting the render buffer here
-				return;
-			}
-			
-			
-			boolean enableTransparency = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.transparency.get().transparencyEnabled;
-			LodQuadBuilder lodQuadBuilder = new LodQuadBuilder(enableTransparency, this.level.getClientLevelWrapper());
-			
-			// load adjacent render sources
-			{
-				ColumnRenderSource northRenderSource = this.getRenderSourceForPos(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.NORTH));
-				ColumnRenderSource southRenderSource = this.getRenderSourceForPos(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.SOUTH));
-				ColumnRenderSource eastRenderSource = this.getRenderSourceForPos(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.EAST));
-				ColumnRenderSource westRenderSource = this.getRenderSourceForPos(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.WEST));
-				
-				ColumnRenderSource[] adjacentRenderSections = new ColumnRenderSource[EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS.length];
-				adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.NORTH.ordinal() - 2] = northRenderSource;
-				adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.SOUTH.ordinal() - 2] = southRenderSource;
-				adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.EAST.ordinal() - 2] = eastRenderSource;
-				adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.WEST.ordinal() - 2] = westRenderSource;
-				
-				boolean[] adjIsSameDetailLevel = new boolean[EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS.length];
-				adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.NORTH.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.NORTH);
-				adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.SOUTH.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.SOUTH);
-				adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.EAST.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.EAST);
-				adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.WEST.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.WEST);
-				
-				// the render sources are only needed in this synchronous method,
-				// then they can be closed
-				ColumnRenderBufferBuilder.makeLodRenderData(lodQuadBuilder, renderSource, this.level, adjacentRenderSections, adjIsSameDetailLevel);
-			}
-			
-			this.uploadToGpuAsync(lodQuadBuilder);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error while loading LodRenderSection ["+DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos)+"], Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
-		}
+				try
+				{
+					if (cachedRenderSource == null || cachedRenderSource.columnRenderSource == null)
+					{
+						// nothing needs to be rendered
+						// TODO how doesn't this cause infinite file handler loops?
+						//  to trigger an upload we check if the buffer is null, and we aren't
+						//  setting the render buffer here
+						return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+					}
+					ColumnRenderSource thisRenderSource = cachedRenderSource.columnRenderSource;
+					
+					
+					boolean enableTransparency = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.transparency.get().transparencyEnabled;
+					LodQuadBuilder lodQuadBuilder = new LodQuadBuilder(enableTransparency, this.level.getClientLevelWrapper());
+					
+					
+					// get the adjacent positions
+					// needs to be done async to prevent threads waiting on the same positions to be processed
+					final CompletableFuture<CachedColumnRenderSource>[] adjacentLoadFutures = new CompletableFuture[4];
+					adjacentLoadFutures[0] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.NORTH));
+					adjacentLoadFutures[1] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.SOUTH));
+					adjacentLoadFutures[2] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.EAST));
+					adjacentLoadFutures[3] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(DhSectionPos.getAdjacentPos(this.pos, EDhDirection.WEST));
+					return CompletableFuture.allOf(adjacentLoadFutures).thenRun(() ->
+					{
+						try (CachedColumnRenderSource northRenderSource = adjacentLoadFutures[0].get();
+								CachedColumnRenderSource southRenderSource = adjacentLoadFutures[1].get();
+								CachedColumnRenderSource eastRenderSource = adjacentLoadFutures[2].get();
+								CachedColumnRenderSource westRenderSource = adjacentLoadFutures[3].get())
+						{
+							ColumnRenderSource[] adjacentRenderSections = new ColumnRenderSource[EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS.length];
+							adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.NORTH.ordinal() - 2] = (northRenderSource != null) ? northRenderSource.columnRenderSource : null;
+							adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.SOUTH.ordinal() - 2] = (southRenderSource != null) ? southRenderSource.columnRenderSource : null;
+							adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.EAST.ordinal() - 2] = (eastRenderSource != null) ? eastRenderSource.columnRenderSource : null;
+							adjacentRenderSections[EDhDirection.WEST.ordinal() - 2] = (westRenderSource != null) ? westRenderSource.columnRenderSource : null;
+							
+							boolean[] adjIsSameDetailLevel = new boolean[EDhDirection.ADJ_DIRECTIONS.length];
+							adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.NORTH.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.NORTH);
+							adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.SOUTH.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.SOUTH);
+							adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.EAST.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.EAST);
+							adjIsSameDetailLevel[EDhDirection.WEST.ordinal() - 2] = this.isAdjacentPosSameDetailLevel(EDhDirection.WEST);
+							
+							// the render sources are only needed by this synchronous method,
+							// then they can be closed
+							ColumnRenderBufferBuilder.makeLodRenderData(lodQuadBuilder, thisRenderSource, this.level, adjacentRenderSections, adjIsSameDetailLevel);
+							this.uploadToGpuAsync(lodQuadBuilder);
+						}
+						catch (Exception e)
+						{
+							LOGGER.error("Unexpected error while loading LodRenderSection [" + DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos) + "] adjacent data, Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+						}
+						finally
+						{
+							// can only be closed after the data has been processed and uploaded to the GPU
+							cachedRenderSource.close();
+						}
+					});
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Unexpected error while loading LodRenderSection ["+DhSectionPos.toString(this.pos)+"], Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+					return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+				}
+			});
 	}
-	@Nullable
-	private ColumnRenderSource getRenderSourceForPos(long pos) 
+	/** async is done so each thread can run without waiting on others */
+	private CompletableFuture<CachedColumnRenderSource> getRenderSourceForPosAsync(long pos) 
 	{
 		ReentrantLock lock = this.renderLoadLockContainer.getLockForPos(pos);
 		try
 		{
-			// we don't want multiple threads attempting to load the same position at the same time
+			// we don't want multiple threads attempting to load the same position at the same time,
+			// and we don't want to access the cache while invalidating it on a different thread
 			lock.lock();
 			
 			// use the cached data if possible
-			ColumnRenderSource renderSource = this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.getIfPresent(pos);
-			if (renderSource != null)
+			CachedColumnRenderSource existingCachedRenderSource = this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.getIfPresent(pos);
+			if (existingCachedRenderSource != null)
 			{
-				return renderSource;
+				existingCachedRenderSource.markInUse();
+				return existingCachedRenderSource.loadFuture;
 			}
 			
-			// generate new render source
-			try (FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = this.fullDataSourceProvider.get(pos))
+			
+			
+			PriorityTaskPicker.Executor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor == null || executor.isTerminated())
 			{
-				renderSource = FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.transformFullDataToRenderSource(fullDataSource, this.level);
-				// only add valid data to the cache (to prevent null pointers)
-				if (renderSource != null)
+				// should only happen if the threadpool is actively being re-sized
+				return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+			}
+			
+			
+			// queue loading the render data
+			CompletableFuture<CachedColumnRenderSource> loadFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
+			final CachedColumnRenderSource newCachedRenderSource = new CachedColumnRenderSource(loadFuture, lock, this.cachedRenderSourceByPos);
+			executor.execute(() ->
+			{
+				// generate new render source
+				try (FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource = this.fullDataSourceProvider.get(pos))
 				{
-					this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.put(pos, renderSource);
+					newCachedRenderSource.columnRenderSource = FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.transformFullDataToRenderSource(fullDataSource, this.level);
 				}
-			}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue creating render data for pos: ["+DhSectionPos.toString(pos)+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+				}
+				finally
+				{
+					loadFuture.complete(newCachedRenderSource);
+				}
+			});
+			this.cachedRenderSourceByPos.put(pos, newCachedRenderSource);
 			
-			return renderSource;
+			return loadFuture;
+		}
+		catch (RejectedExecutionException ignore)
+		{
+			// the thread pool was probably shut down because it's size is being changed, just wait a sec and it should be back
+			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue getting and creating render data for pos: ["+DhSectionPos.toString(pos)+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
 		}
 		finally
 		{
@@ -350,25 +424,24 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	public void setRenderingEnabled(boolean enabled) { this.renderingEnabled = enabled;}
 	
 	/** @see LodRenderSection#setRenderingEnabled */
-	public void onRenderingEnabled() { this.level.loadBeaconBeamsInPos(this.pos); }
+	public void onRenderingEnabled() { this.startRenderingBeacons(); }
 	/** @see LodRenderSection#setRenderingEnabled */
 	public void onRenderingDisabled() 
 	{
-		this.level.unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(this.pos);
+		this.stopRenderingBeacons();
 		
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.DebugWireframe.showRenderSectionStatus.get())
 		{
 			// show that this position has just been disabled
 			DebugRenderer.makeParticle(
-					new DebugRenderer.BoxParticle(
-							new DebugRenderer.Box(this.pos, 128f, 156f, 0.09f, Color.CYAN.darker()),
-							0.2, 32f
-					)
+				new DebugRenderer.BoxParticle(
+					new DebugRenderer.Box(this.pos, 128f, 156f, 0.09f, Color.CYAN.darker()),
+					0.2, 32f
+				)
 			);
 		}
 	}
 	
-	
 	public boolean gpuUploadInProgress() { return this.getAndBuildRenderDataFuture != null; }
 	
 	
@@ -433,10 +506,14 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		if (this.fullDataSourceProvider.canRetrieveMissingDataSources() && this.fullDataSourceProvider.canQueueRetrieval())
 		{
 			// calculate the missing positions if not already done
-			if (this.missingGenerationPos == null)
+			if (this.missingGenerationPosFunc == null)
 			{
-				//this.missingGenerationPos = Suppliers.memoize(() -> this.fullDataSourceProvider.getPositionsToRetrieve(this.pos));
-				this.missingGenerationPos = Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration(() -> this.fullDataSourceProvider.getPositionsToRetrieve(this.pos), 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
+				// TODO memoization is needed for multiplayer, otherwise
+				//  new retrieval requests won't be submitted.
+				//  TODO why is that the case? Shouldn't the missing positions be un-changing?
+				this.missingGenerationPosFunc = Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration(
+						() -> this.fullDataSourceProvider.getPositionsToRetrieve(this.pos),
+						15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 			}
 			
 			LongArrayList missingGenerationPos = this.getMissingGenerationPos();
@@ -465,6 +542,85 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 	
 	
 	
+	//=================//
+	// beacon handling //
+	//=================//
+	
+	/** gets the active beacon list and stops/starts beacon rendering as necessary */
+	private void getAndRefreshRenderingBeacons()
+	{
+		// do nothing if beacon rendering or repos are unavailable
+		if (this.beaconBeamRepo == null 
+			|| this.beaconRenderHandler == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		// Synchronized to prevent two threads for starting/stopping rendering at once
+		// Shouldn't be necessary, but just in case.
+		synchronized (this.activeBeaconList)
+		{
+			List<BeaconBeamDTO> activeBeacons = this.beaconBeamRepo.getAllBeamsForPos(this.pos);
+			
+			
+			// stop rendering current beacons
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			{
+				this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beam.blockPos);
+			}
+			
+			// swap old and new active beacon list
+			this.activeBeaconList.clear();
+			this.activeBeaconList.addAll(activeBeacons);
+			
+			// start rendering new beacon list
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			{
+				this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(beam);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void stopRenderingBeacons()
+	{
+		// do nothing if beacon rendering is unavailable
+		if (this.beaconRenderHandler == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		synchronized (this.activeBeaconList)
+		{
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			{
+				this.beaconRenderHandler.stopRenderingBeaconAtPos(beam.blockPos);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void startRenderingBeacons()
+	{
+		// do nothing if beacon rendering is unavailable 
+		if (this.beaconRenderHandler == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		synchronized (this.activeBeaconList)
+		{
+			for (BeaconBeamDTO beam : this.activeBeaconList)
+			{
+				this.beaconRenderHandler.startRenderingBeacon(beam);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
 	//==============//
 	// base methods //
 	//==============//
@@ -514,7 +670,7 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		}
 		
 		
-		this.level.unloadBeaconBeamsInPos(this.pos);
+		this.stopRenderingBeacons();
 		
 		if (this.renderBuffer != null)
 		{
@@ -551,6 +707,7 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 		// while this should generally be a fast operation 
 		// this is run on a separate thread to prevent lag on the render thread
 		executor.execute(() -> this.fullDataSourceProvider.removeRetrievalRequestIf((genPos) -> DhSectionPos.contains(this.pos, genPos)));
+		
 	}
 	
 	

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

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.BeaconBeamDTO;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
 	
-	private static final int BEAM_TOP_Y = 6_000;
-	
 	/** how often should we check if a beacon should be culled? */
 	private static final int MAX_CULLING_FREQUENCY_IN_MS = 1_000;
 	
@@ -98,9 +97,10 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 			
 			if (this.beaconBlockPosSet.add(beacon.blockPos))
 			{
+				int maxBeaconBeamHeight = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.beaconRenderHeight.get();
 				DhApiRenderableBox beaconBox = new DhApiRenderableBox(
 						new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX(), beacon.blockPos.getY() + 1, beacon.blockPos.getZ()),
-						new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX() + 1, BEAM_TOP_Y, beacon.blockPos.getZ() + 1),
+						new DhApiVec3d(beacon.blockPos.getX() + 1, maxBeaconBeamHeight, beacon.blockPos.getZ() + 1),
 						beacon.color,
 						EDhApiBlockMaterial.ILLUMINATED
 				);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class BeaconRenderHandler
 						double mcRenderDistance = MC_RENDER.getRenderDistance() * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 						// multiplying by overdraw prevention helps reduce beacons from rendering strangely
 						// on the border of DH's render distance
-						mcRenderDistance *= Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.overdrawPrevention.get();
+						mcRenderDistance *= RenderUtil.getAutoOverdrawPrevention();
 						
 						
 						// Clear the existing box group so we can re-populate it.

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

@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ public class DbConnectionClosedException extends SQLException
 	
 	// helper methods //
 	
-	public static boolean IsClosedException(SQLException e) 
+	public static boolean isClosedException(SQLException e) 
 	{
 		// TODO long term we should prevent using repos that are closed, but for now this is the easier solution
 		String message = e.getMessage().toLowerCase();
-		return message.contains("connection closed") || message.contains("pointer is closed") || message.contains("database has been closed");
+		return message.contains("connection closed")
+				|| message.contains("pointer is closed")
+				|| message.contains("stmt pointer is closed")
+				|| message.contains("database has been closed");
 	}
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/dto/FullDataSourceV2DTO.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListParent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pooling.PhantomArrayListPool;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.INetworkObject;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.BoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FullDataPointUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ListUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
@@ -70,7 +72,12 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 	public byte dataFormatVersion;
 	public byte compressionModeValue;
 	
-	public boolean applyToParent;
+	/** Will be null if we don't want to update this value in the DB */
+	@Nullable
+	public Boolean applyToParent;
+	/** Will be null if we don't want to update this value in the DB */
+	@Nullable
+	public Boolean applyToChildren;
 	
 	public long lastModifiedUnixDateTime;
 	public long createdUnixDateTime;
@@ -97,12 +104,15 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 		// populate individual variables
 		{
 			dto.pos = dataSource.getPos();
-			dto.dataChecksum = (dataSource.mapping.hashCode() * 4217) + dataSource.hashCode();
+			// the mapping hash isn't included since it takes significantly longer to calculate and 
+			// as of the time of this comment (2025-1-22) the checksum isn't used for anything so changing it shouldn't cause any issues
+			dto.dataChecksum = dataSource.hashCode();
 			dto.dataFormatVersion = FullDataSourceV2.DATA_FORMAT_VERSION;
 			dto.compressionModeValue = compressionModeEnum.value;
 			dto.lastModifiedUnixDateTime = dataSource.lastModifiedUnixDateTime;
 			dto.createdUnixDateTime = dataSource.createdUnixDateTime;
 			dto.applyToParent = dataSource.applyToParent;
+			dto.applyToChildren = dataSource.applyToChildren;
 			dto.levelMinY = dataSource.levelMinY;
 		}
 		
@@ -121,8 +131,6 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 		this.compressedColumnGenStepByteArray = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getByteArray(1, 0);
 		this.compressedWorldCompressionModeByteArray = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getByteArray(2, 0);
 		this.compressedMappingByteArray = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getByteArray(3, 0);
-		
-		this.pooledArraysCheckout = null;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -195,6 +203,15 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 		
 		dataSource.isEmpty = false;
 		
+		if (this.applyToParent != null)
+		{
+			dataSource.applyToParent = this.applyToParent;
+		}
+		if (this.applyToChildren != null)
+		{
+			dataSource.applyToChildren = this.applyToChildren;
+		}
+		
 		return dataSource;
 	}
 	
@@ -379,7 +396,8 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 		out.writeByte(this.dataFormatVersion);
 		out.writeByte(this.compressionModeValue);
 		
-		out.writeBoolean(this.applyToParent);
+		out.writeBoolean(BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToParent));
+		out.writeBoolean(BoolUtil.falseIfNull(this.applyToChildren));
 		
 		out.writeLong(this.lastModifiedUnixDateTime);
 		out.writeLong(this.createdUnixDateTime);
@@ -406,6 +424,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 		this.compressionModeValue = in.readByte();
 		
 		this.applyToParent = in.readBoolean();
+		this.applyToChildren = in.readBoolean();
 		
 		this.lastModifiedUnixDateTime = in.readLong();
 		this.createdUnixDateTime = in.readLong();
@@ -444,6 +463,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2DTO
 				.add("dataFormatVersion", this.dataFormatVersion)
 				.add("compressionModeValue", this.compressionModeValue)
 				.add("applyToParent", this.applyToParent)
+				.add("applyToChildren", this.applyToChildren)
 				.add("lastModifiedUnixDateTime", this.lastModifiedUnixDateTime)
 				.add("createdUnixDateTime", this.createdUnixDateTime)
 				.toString();

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/repo/AbstractDhRepo.java

@@ -23,20 +23,17 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.DatabaseUpdater;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.DbConnectionClosedException;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.IBaseDTO;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.phantoms.AutoClosableTrackingWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.KeyedLockContainer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.State;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 /**
@@ -55,8 +52,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Connection> CONNECTIONS_BY_CONNECTION_STRING = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<AbstractDhRepo<?, ?>, String> ACTIVE_CONNECTION_STRINGS_BY_REPO = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
-	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor WAL_FLUSH_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("Abstract Repo WAL Flush");
-	private static final AtomicBoolean FLUSH_THREAD_QUEUED = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 	
 	
 	private final String connectionString;
@@ -65,6 +60,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 	public final String databaseType;
 	public final File databaseFile;
 	
+	public final Set<AutoClosableTrackingWrapper> openClosables = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+	
 	public final Class<? extends TDTO> dtoClass;
 	
 	protected final KeyedLockContainer<TKey> saveLockContainer = new KeyedLockContainer<>();
@@ -189,7 +186,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 		}
 		catch (SQLException | IOException e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Unexpected issue deserializing DTO ["+this.dtoClass.getSimpleName()+"] with primary key ["+primaryKey+"]. Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			if (e instanceof SQLException 
+				&& DbConnectionClosedException.isClosedException((SQLException)e))
+			{
+				//LOGGER.warn("Attempted to get ["+this.dtoClass.getSimpleName()+"] with primary key ["+primaryKey+"] on closed repo ["+this.connectionString+"].");	
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				LOGGER.warn("Unexpected issue deserializing DTO ["+this.dtoClass.getSimpleName()+"] with primary key ["+primaryKey+"]. Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);	
+			}
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
@@ -310,65 +315,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 	}
 	
 	
-	protected void tryTriggerWalFlush()
-	{
-		if (FLUSH_THREAD_QUEUED.compareAndSet(false, true))
-		{
-			WAL_FLUSH_THREAD.execute(() -> 
-			{
-				try
-				{
-					Thread.sleep(10_000);
-					this.triggerWalFlush();
-				}
-				catch (InterruptedException ignore) { }
-				finally
-				{
-					FLUSH_THREAD_QUEUED.set(false);
-				}
-			});
-		}
-	}
-	protected void triggerWalFlush()
-	{
-		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(PASSIVE)");
-			ResultSet result = this.query(statement))
-		{
-			if (result == null)
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-			
-			int busyInt = result.getInt("busy"); // usually 0 but will be 1 if a RESTART or FULL or TRUNCATE checkpoint was blocked from completing
-			boolean checkpointWasBlocked = (busyInt == 1);
-			int modifiedPageCount = result.getInt("log"); // number of modified pages that have been written to the write-ahead log file
-			int numberOfPagesWrittenToDb = result.getInt("checkpointed"); // number of pages in the write-ahead log file that have been successfully moved back into the database file at the conclusion of the checkpoint
-			
-			if (!checkpointWasBlocked)
-			{
-				LOGGER.info("WAL flushed, modified pages: ["+modifiedPageCount+"], written pages: ["+numberOfPagesWrittenToDb+"].");
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				LOGGER.warn("WAL flush blocked, modified pages: ["+modifiedPageCount+"], written pages: ["+numberOfPagesWrittenToDb+"].");
-			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			if (e instanceof SQLException && DbConnectionClosedException.IsClosedException((SQLException)e))
-			{
-				LOGGER.warn("DB closed");
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				LOGGER.error("unexpected error", e);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// low level DB //
@@ -409,7 +355,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 			
 			// Note: this can only handle 1 command at a time
 			boolean resultSetPresent = statement.execute(sql);
-			try (ResultSet resultSet = statement.getResultSet())
+			try (ResultSet resultSet = AutoClosableTrackingWrapper.wrap(ResultSet.class, statement.getResultSet(), this.openClosables))
 			{
 				return this.convertResultSetToDictionaryList(resultSet, resultSetPresent);
 			}
@@ -419,7 +365,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 			// SQL exceptions generally only happen when something is wrong with 
 			// the database or the query and should cause the system to blow up to notify the developer
 			
-			if (DbConnectionClosedException.IsClosedException(e))
+			if (DbConnectionClosedException.isClosedException(e))
 			{
 				throw new DbConnectionClosedException(e);
 			}
@@ -458,7 +404,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 			boolean resultSetPresent = statement.execute();
 			if (resultSetPresent)
 			{
-				return statement.getResultSet();
+				ResultSet resultSet = statement.getResultSet(); 
+				return AutoClosableTrackingWrapper.wrap(ResultSet.class, resultSet, this.openClosables);
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -470,7 +417,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 			// SQL exceptions generally only happen when something is wrong with 
 			// the database or the query and should cause the system to blow up to notify the developer
 			
-			if (DbConnectionClosedException.IsClosedException(e))
+			if (DbConnectionClosedException.isClosedException(e))
 			{
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -496,11 +443,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 		{
 			PreparedStatement statement = this.connection.prepareStatement(sql);
 			statement.setQueryTimeout(TIMEOUT_SECONDS);
-			return statement;
+			return AutoClosableTrackingWrapper.wrap(PreparedStatement.class, statement, this.openClosables);
 		}
 		catch(SQLException e)
 		{
-			if (DbConnectionClosedException.IsClosedException(e))
+			if (DbConnectionClosedException.isClosedException(e))
 			{
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -581,6 +528,32 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 				{
 					CONNECTIONS_BY_CONNECTION_STRING.remove(this.connectionString);
 					
+					
+					// log any leaked objects
+					int openClosableCount = this.openClosables.size();
+					if (openClosableCount != 0)
+					{
+						LOGGER.warn("[" + openClosableCount + "] objects not closed for repo [" + this.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]-[" + this.getTableName() + "] with connection: [" + this.connectionString + "]. A memory leak may be present and closing this connection may take longer than normal.");
+						
+						// header
+						StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+						stringBuilder.append("Unclosed objects: \n");
+						
+						// leaked objects
+						HashMap<String, AtomicInteger> unclosedObjectCountsByString = this.getUnclosedObjectStringsAndCounts();
+						for (String objString : unclosedObjectCountsByString.keySet())
+						{
+							AtomicInteger countRef = unclosedObjectCountsByString.get(objString);
+							if (countRef != null)
+							{
+								stringBuilder.append("[" + countRef.get() + "] - [" + objString + "] \n");
+							}
+						}
+						
+						LOGGER.warn(stringBuilder.toString());
+					}
+					
+					
 					if (!this.connection.isClosed())
 					{
 						LOGGER.info("Closing database connection: [" + this.connectionString + "]...");
@@ -675,6 +648,49 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhRepo<TKey, TDTO extends IBaseDTO<TKey>> implemen
 		return list;
 	}
 	
+	/** used for logging leaked objects */
+	public HashMap<String, AtomicInteger> getUnclosedObjectStringsAndCounts()
+	{
+		HashMap<String, AtomicInteger> closableCountsByToString = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		for (AutoClosableTrackingWrapper closableWrapper : this.openClosables)
+		{
+			// custom to-strings for better merging
+			String str = closableWrapper.wrappedClosable.getClass().getSimpleName();
+			if (closableWrapper.wrappedClosable instanceof ResultSet)
+			{
+				str += " @ " + closableWrapper.wrappedClosable.toString();
+			}
+			else if (closableWrapper.wrappedClosable instanceof PreparedStatement)
+			{
+				String sql = closableWrapper.wrappedClosable.toString();
+				int parametersIndex = sql.indexOf("\n parameters="); // remove Sqlite parameters so queries aren't separated by properties
+				if (parametersIndex != -1)
+				{
+					sql = sql.substring(0, parametersIndex);
+				}
+				str += " @ " + sql;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				str += " @ " + closableWrapper.wrappedClosable.toString();
+			}
+			
+			
+			closableCountsByToString.compute(str, (stringVal, countRef) ->
+			{
+				if (countRef == null)
+				{
+					countRef = new AtomicInteger(0);
+				}
+				countRef.incrementAndGet();
+				return countRef;
+			});
+		}
+		
+		return closableCountsByToString;
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	//==================//

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/repo/BeaconBeamRepo.java

@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ public class BeaconBeamRepo extends AbstractDhRepo<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO>
 		int maxBlockZ = minBlockZ + LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 		
 		return this.getAllBeamsInBlockPosRange(
-				minBlockX, minBlockZ,
-				maxBlockX, maxBlockZ
+				minBlockX, maxBlockX,
+				minBlockZ, maxBlockZ
 		);
 	}
 	
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ public class BeaconBeamRepo extends AbstractDhRepo<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO>
 		int maxBlockZ = minBlockZ + DhSectionPos.getBlockWidth(pos);
 		
 		return this.getAllBeamsInBlockPosRange(
-				minBlockX, minBlockZ,
-				maxBlockX, maxBlockZ
+				minBlockX, maxBlockX,
+				minBlockZ, maxBlockZ
 			);
 	}
 	
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ public class BeaconBeamRepo extends AbstractDhRepo<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO>
 			"? <= BlockPosX AND BlockPosX <= ? AND " +
 			"? <= BlockPosZ AND BlockPosZ <= ?";
 	public List<BeaconBeamDTO> getAllBeamsInBlockPosRange(
-			int minBlockX, int minBlockZ,
-			int maxBlockX, int maxBlockZ
+			int minBlockX, int maxBlockX,
+			int minBlockZ, int maxBlockZ
 		)
 	{
 		ArrayList<BeaconBeamDTO> beamList = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ public class BeaconBeamRepo extends AbstractDhRepo<DhBlockPos, BeaconBeamDTO>
 			
 			int i = 1;
 			statement.setInt(i++, minBlockX);
-			statement.setInt(i++, minBlockZ);
 			statement.setInt(i++, maxBlockX);
+			statement.setInt(i++, minBlockZ);
 			statement.setInt(i++, maxBlockZ);
 			
 			

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/repo/FullDataSourceV2Repo.java

@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.DbConnectionClosedException;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.dto.FullDataSourceV2DTO;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.BoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ListUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.dataStreams.DhDataInputStream;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.bytes.ByteArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.ArrayUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	
 	
 	
-	@Nullable
+	@Override @Nullable
 	public FullDataSourceV2DTO convertResultSetToDto(ResultSet resultSet) throws ClassCastException, IOException, SQLException
 	{
 		//======================//
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 		byte dataFormatVersion = resultSet.getByte("DataFormatVersion");
 		byte compressionModeValue = resultSet.getByte("CompressionMode");
 		
+		// while these values can be null in the DB, null would just equate to false
 		boolean applyToParent = (resultSet.getInt("ApplyToParent")) == 1;
+		boolean applyToChildren = (resultSet.getInt("ApplyToChildren")) == 1;
 		
 		long lastModifiedUnixDateTime = resultSet.getLong("LastModifiedUnixDateTime");
 		long createdUnixDateTime = resultSet.getLong("CreatedUnixDateTime");
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 			dto.lastModifiedUnixDateTime = lastModifiedUnixDateTime;
 			dto.createdUnixDateTime = createdUnixDateTime;
 			dto.applyToParent = applyToParent;
+			dto.applyToChildren = applyToChildren;
 			dto.levelMinY = minY;
 		}
 		return dto;
@@ -139,13 +142,13 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 		"   DetailLevel, PosX, PosZ, \n" +
 		"   MinY, DataChecksum, \n" +
 		"   Data, ColumnGenerationStep, ColumnWorldCompressionMode, Mapping, \n" +
-		"   DataFormatVersion, CompressionMode, ApplyToParent, \n" +
+		"   DataFormatVersion, CompressionMode, ApplyToParent, ApplyToChildren, \n" +
 		"   LastModifiedUnixDateTime, CreatedUnixDateTime) \n" +
 		"VALUES( \n" +
 		"    ?, ?, ?, \n" +
 		"    ?, ?, \n" +
 		"    ?, ?, ?, ?, \n" +
-		"    ?, ?, ?, \n" +
+		"    ?, ?, ?, ?, \n" +
 		"    ?, ? \n" +
 		");";
 	@Override
@@ -159,51 +162,63 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 		
 		
 		int i = 1;
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dto.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getX(dto.pos));
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getZ(dto.pos));
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dto.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getX(dto.pos));
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getZ(dto.pos));
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.levelMinY);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.dataChecksum);
+		statement.setInt(i++, dto.levelMinY);
+		statement.setInt(i++, dto.dataChecksum);
 		
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedDataByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedDataByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedColumnGenStepByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedColumnGenStepByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedWorldCompressionModeByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedWorldCompressionModeByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedMappingByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedMappingByteArray.size());
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.dataFormatVersion);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.compressionModeValue);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.applyToParent);
+		statement.setByte(i++, dto.dataFormatVersion);
+		statement.setByte(i++, dto.compressionModeValue);
+		// if nothing is present assume we don't need/want to propagate updates
+		statement.setBoolean(i++, BoolUtil.falseIfNull(dto.applyToParent));
+		statement.setBoolean(i++, BoolUtil.falseIfNull(dto.applyToChildren));
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // last modified unix time
-		statement.setObject(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // created unix time
+		statement.setLong(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // last modified unix time
+		statement.setLong(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // created unix time
 		
 		return statement;
 	}
 	
-	private final String updateSqlTemplate =
-			"UPDATE "+this.getTableName()+" \n" +
-			"SET \n" +
-			"    MinY = ? \n" +
-			"   ,DataChecksum = ? \n" +
-			
-			"   ,Data = ? \n" +
-			"   ,ColumnGenerationStep = ? \n" +
-			"   ,ColumnWorldCompressionMode = ? \n" +
-			"   ,Mapping = ? \n" +
-			
-			"   ,DataFormatVersion = ? \n" +
-			"   ,CompressionMode = ? \n" +
-			"   ,ApplyToParent = ? \n" +
-			
-			"   ,LastModifiedUnixDateTime = ? \n" +
-			"   ,CreatedUnixDateTime = ? \n" +
-			
-			"WHERE DetailLevel = ? AND PosX = ? AND PosZ = ?"; 
 	@Override
 	public PreparedStatement createUpdateStatement(FullDataSourceV2DTO dto) throws SQLException
 	{
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.updateSqlTemplate);
+		// Dynamic string so we can update one, both, or neither
+		// of the applyTo... flags.
+		// This is necessary to prevent concurrent modifications when
+		// update propagation is run.
+		String updateSqlTemplate = (
+				"UPDATE "+this.getTableName()+" \n" +
+				"SET \n" +
+				"    MinY = ? \n" +
+				"   ,DataChecksum = ? \n" +
+				
+				"   ,Data = ? \n" +
+				"   ,ColumnGenerationStep = ? \n" +
+				"   ,ColumnWorldCompressionMode = ? \n" +
+				"   ,Mapping = ? \n" +
+				
+				"   ,DataFormatVersion = ? \n" +
+				"   ,CompressionMode = ? \n" +
+					// only update these values if they're present
+					(dto.applyToParent != null ? "   ,ApplyToParent = ? \n" : "" ) +
+					(dto.applyToChildren != null ? "   ,ApplyToChildren = ? \n" : "" ) +
+				
+				"   ,LastModifiedUnixDateTime = ? \n" +
+				"   ,CreatedUnixDateTime = ? \n" +
+				
+				"WHERE DetailLevel = ? AND PosX = ? AND PosZ = ?"
+			// intern should help reduce memory overhead due to this string being dynamic
+			).intern();
+		
+		
+		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(updateSqlTemplate);
 		if (statement == null)
 		{
 			return null;
@@ -211,24 +226,31 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 		
 		
 		int i = 1;
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.levelMinY);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.dataChecksum);
+		statement.setInt(i++, dto.levelMinY);
+		statement.setInt(i++, dto.dataChecksum);
 		
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedDataByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedDataByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedColumnGenStepByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedColumnGenStepByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedWorldCompressionModeByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedWorldCompressionModeByteArray.size());
 		statement.setBinaryStream(i++, new ByteArrayInputStream(dto.compressedMappingByteArray.elements()), dto.compressedMappingByteArray.size());
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.dataFormatVersion);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.compressionModeValue);
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.applyToParent);
+		statement.setByte(i++, dto.dataFormatVersion);
+		statement.setByte(i++, dto.compressionModeValue);
+		if (dto.applyToParent != null)
+		{
+			statement.setBoolean(i++, dto.applyToParent);
+		}
+		if (dto.applyToChildren != null)
+		{
+			statement.setBoolean(i++, dto.applyToChildren);
+		}
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // last modified unix time
-		statement.setObject(i++, dto.createdUnixDateTime);
+		statement.setLong(i++, System.currentTimeMillis()); // last modified unix time
+		statement.setLong(i++, dto.createdUnixDateTime);
 		
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dto.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getX(dto.pos));
-		statement.setObject(i++, DhSectionPos.getZ(dto.pos));
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(dto.pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getX(dto.pos));
+		statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getZ(dto.pos));
 		
 		return statement;
 	}
@@ -239,23 +261,35 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	// updates //
 	//=========//
 	
+	/** should be be very similar to {@link FullDataSourceV2Repo#setApplyToChildrenSql} */
 	private final String setApplyToParentSql = 
 			"UPDATE "+this.getTableName()+" \n" +
 			"SET ApplyToParent = ? \n" +
 			"WHERE DetailLevel = ? AND PosX = ? AND PosZ = ?";
 	public void setApplyToParent(long pos, boolean applyToParent)
+	{ this.setApplyToFlag(pos, applyToParent, true); }
+	
+	/** should be be very similar to {@link FullDataSourceV2Repo#setApplyToParentSql} */
+	private final String setApplyToChildrenSql =
+			"UPDATE "+this.getTableName()+" \n" +
+					"SET ApplyToChildren = ? \n" +
+					"WHERE DetailLevel = ? AND PosX = ? AND PosZ = ?";
+	public void setApplyToChild(long pos, boolean applyToChild)
+	{ this.setApplyToFlag(pos, applyToChild, false); }
+	
+	private void setApplyToFlag(long pos, boolean applyFlag, boolean applyToParent)
 	{
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.setApplyToParentSql);
-		if (statement == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		try
+		String sql = applyToParent ? this.setApplyToParentSql : this.setApplyToChildrenSql;
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(sql))
 		{
+			if (statement == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			
 			int i = 1;
-			statement.setBoolean(i++, applyToParent);
+			statement.setBoolean(i++, applyFlag);
 			
 			int detailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL;
 			statement.setInt(i++, detailLevel);
@@ -273,26 +307,43 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 		}
 	}
 	
-	private final String getPositionsToUpdateSql =
+	
+	
+	/** should be be very similar to {@link FullDataSourceV2Repo#getChildPositionsToUpdateSql} */
+	private final String getParentPositionsToUpdateSql =
 			"SELECT DetailLevel, PosX, PosZ, " +
-			"   (sqrt(pow(PosX - ?, 2) + pow(PosZ - ?, 2))) AS Distance " +
-			"FROM "+this.getTableName()+" " +
-			"WHERE ApplyToParent = 1 " +
-			"ORDER BY Distance ASC " +
-			"LIMIT ?; ";
+					"   abs((PosX << (6 + DetailLevel)) - ?) + abs((PosZ << (6 + DetailLevel)) - ?) AS Distance " +
+					"FROM " + this.getTableName() + " " +
+					"WHERE ApplyToParent = 1 " +
+					"ORDER BY DetailLevel ASC, Distance ASC " +
+					"LIMIT ?; ";
 	public LongArrayList getPositionsToUpdate(int targetBlockPosX, int targetBlockPosZ, int returnCount)
+	{ return this.getPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPosX, targetBlockPosZ, returnCount, true); }
+	
+	/** should be be very similar to {@link FullDataSourceV2Repo#getParentPositionsToUpdateSql} */
+	private final String getChildPositionsToUpdateSql =
+			"SELECT DetailLevel, PosX, PosZ, " +
+					"   abs((PosX << (6 + DetailLevel)) - ?) + abs((PosZ << (6 + DetailLevel)) - ?) AS Distance " +
+					"FROM " + this.getTableName() + " " +
+					"WHERE ApplyToChildren = 1 " +
+					"ORDER BY DetailLevel ASC, Distance ASC " +
+					"LIMIT ?; ";
+	public LongArrayList getChildPositionsToUpdate(int targetBlockPosX, int targetBlockPosZ, int returnCount)
+	{ return this.getPositionsToUpdate(targetBlockPosX, targetBlockPosZ, returnCount, false); }
+	
+	private LongArrayList getPositionsToUpdate(int targetBlockPosX, int targetBlockPosZ, int returnCount, boolean getParentUpdates)
 	{
 		LongArrayList list = new LongArrayList();
 		
-		
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getPositionsToUpdateSql);
-		if (statement == null)
-		{
-			return list;
-		}
-		
-		try
+		String sql = getParentUpdates ? this.getParentPositionsToUpdateSql : this.getChildPositionsToUpdateSql;
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(sql))
 		{
+			if (statement == null)
+			{
+				return list;
+			}
+			
+			
 			int i = 1;
 			statement.setInt(i++, targetBlockPosX);
 			statement.setInt(i++, targetBlockPosZ);
@@ -322,6 +373,7 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	}
 	
 	
+	
 	private final String getColumnGenerationStepSql =
 			"select ColumnGenerationStep, CompressionMode " +
 			"from "+this.getTableName()+" " +
@@ -329,15 +381,14 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	/** @return null if nothing exists for this position */
 	public void getColumnGenerationStepForPos(long pos, ByteArrayList outputByteArray)
 	{
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getColumnGenerationStepSql);
-		if (statement == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		try
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getColumnGenerationStepSql))
 		{
+			if (statement == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			
 			int detailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL;
 			
 			
@@ -395,9 +446,8 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	@Nullable
 	public Long getTimestampForPos(long pos)
 	{
-		try
+		try(PreparedStatement preparedStatement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTimestampForPosSql))
 		{
-			PreparedStatement preparedStatement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTimestampForPosSql);
 			if (preparedStatement == null)
 			{
 				return null;
@@ -437,9 +487,8 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 			"AND PosZ BETWEEN ? AND ?;";
 	public Map<Long, Long> getTimestampsForRange(byte detailLevel, int startPosX, int startPosZ, int endPosX, int endPosZ)
 	{
-		try
+		try(PreparedStatement preparedStatement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTimestampForRangeSql))
 		{
-			PreparedStatement preparedStatement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTimestampForRangeSql);
 			if (preparedStatement == null)
 			{
 				return new HashMap<>();
@@ -487,28 +536,30 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	public LongArrayList getAllPositions()
 	{
 		LongArrayList list = new LongArrayList();
-
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(getAllPositionsSql);
-		if (statement == null)
-		{
-			return list;
-		}
 		
-		
-		try(ResultSet result = this.query(statement))
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getAllPositionsSql))
 		{
-			while (result != null && result.next())
+			if (statement == null)
 			{
-				byte detailLevel = result.getByte("DetailLevel");
-				byte sectionDetailLevel = (byte) (detailLevel + DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
-				int posX = result.getInt("PosX");
-				int posZ = result.getInt("PosZ");
-				
-				long pos = DhSectionPos.encode(sectionDetailLevel, posX, posZ);
-				list.add(pos);
+				return list;
 			}
 			
-			return list;
+			
+			try(ResultSet result = this.query(statement))
+			{
+				while (result != null && result.next())
+				{
+					byte detailLevel = result.getByte("DetailLevel");
+					byte sectionDetailLevel = (byte) (detailLevel + DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL);
+					int posX = result.getInt("PosX");
+					int posZ = result.getInt("PosZ");
+					
+					long pos = DhSectionPos.encode(sectionDetailLevel, posX, posZ);
+					list.add(pos);
+				}
+				
+				return list;
+			}
 		}
 		catch (SQLException e)
 		{
@@ -529,14 +580,13 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	{
 		int detailLevel = DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(pos) - DhSectionPos.SECTION_MINIMUM_DETAIL_LEVEL;
 		
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getDataSizeInBytesSql);
-		if (statement == null)
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getDataSizeInBytesSql))
 		{
-			return 0L;
-		}
+			if (statement == null)
+			{
+				return 0L;
+			}
 		
-		try
-		{
 			int i = 1;
 			statement.setInt(i++, detailLevel);
 			statement.setInt(i++, DhSectionPos.getX(pos));
@@ -565,9 +615,8 @@ public class FullDataSourceV2Repo extends AbstractDhRepo<Long, FullDataSourceV2D
 	/** @return the total size in bytes of the full data for this entire database */
 	public long getTotalDataSizeInBytes()
 	{
-		PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTotalDataSizeInBytesSql);
-		
-		try(ResultSet result = this.query(statement))
+		try (PreparedStatement statement = this.createPreparedStatement(this.getTotalDataSizeInBytesSql);
+			ResultSet result = this.query(statement))
 		{
 			if (result == null || !result.next())
 			{

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/sql/repo/phantoms/AutoClosableTrackingWrapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.phantoms;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * This is used to detect leaks
+ * with our JDBC implementation, specifically
+ * to make sure all {@link AutoCloseable} objects
+ * are inside try-finally resources.
+ */
+public class AutoClosableTrackingWrapper implements InvocationHandler
+{
+	//private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
+	/** 
+	 * should be enabled during development to
+	 * notify if any resources are being leaked.
+	 */
+	public static final boolean TRACK_WRAPPERS = ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD;
+	
+	@NotNull
+	public final AutoCloseable wrappedClosable;
+	@NotNull
+	public final Set<AutoClosableTrackingWrapper> parentTrackingSet;
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// constructors //
+	//==============//
+	
+	@Nullable
+	public static <TStatic extends AutoCloseable> TStatic wrap(
+			@NotNull Class<?> clazz,
+			@Nullable TStatic wrappedClosable,
+			@NotNull Set<AutoClosableTrackingWrapper> trackingSet)
+	{
+		if (!TRACK_WRAPPERS)
+		{
+			return wrappedClosable;
+		}
+		
+		// done to prevent null pointers
+		if (wrappedClosable == null)
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		return (TStatic) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+				wrappedClosable.getClass().getClassLoader(),
+				new Class[]{ clazz },
+				new AutoClosableTrackingWrapper(wrappedClosable, trackingSet)
+		);
+	}
+	
+	private AutoClosableTrackingWrapper(@NotNull AutoCloseable wrappedClosable, @NotNull Set<AutoClosableTrackingWrapper> trackingSet)
+	{
+		this.wrappedClosable = wrappedClosable;
+		this.parentTrackingSet = trackingSet;
+		this.parentTrackingSet.add(this);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// reflection //
+	//============//
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable
+	{
+		// Track the close() method
+		if ("close".equals(method.getName()))
+		{
+			this.wrappedClosable.close();
+			this.parentTrackingSet.remove(this);
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// Delegate all other methods to the wrapped object
+			return method.invoke(this.wrappedClosable, args);	
+		}
+		catch (InvocationTargetException e)
+		{
+			// get the target so we can filter the exception correctly up-stream
+			throw e.getTargetException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util;
+
+public class BoolUtil
+{
+	/** Used to prevent null {@link Boolean} objects in if statements */
+	public static boolean falseIfNull(Boolean value) 
+	{
+		if (value == null)
+		{
+			// default to false since null doesn't mean true in any context
+			// (Even in JavaScript)
+			return false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+	
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+public class FormatUtil
+{
+	public static String formatEta(Duration duration)
+	{
+		return duration.toString()
+				.substring(2)
+				.replaceAll("(\\d[HMS])(?!$)", "$1 ")
+				.replaceAll("\\.\\d+", "")
+				.toLowerCase();
+	}
+	
+}

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

@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ public class RenderDataPointReducingList extends PhantomArrayListParent
 			this.sortingArray = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getShortArray(0, 0);
 			if (ASSERTS) this.checkLinks();
 			
-			this.pooledArraysCheckout = null;
-			
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -154,8 +152,6 @@ public class RenderDataPointReducingList extends PhantomArrayListParent
 		java.util.Arrays.fill(this.links.elements(), DEFAULT_LINKS);
 		this.data = this.pooledArraysCheckout.getLongArray(1, arrayCapacity);
 		
-		this.pooledArraysCheckout = null;
-		
 		int sizeWithoutAir = 0;
 		for (int index = 0; index < size; index++) 
 		{

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

@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ public class RenderUtil
 		// but far enough the fading will rarely overlap (IE only at extreme FOV)
 		return getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(partialTicks, 0.2f); 
 	}
-	public static float getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(float partialTicks)
+	/** TODO this should be moved into the config file or something, this is confusing and obtuse to use */
+	@Deprecated
+	public static float getAutoOverdrawPrevention()
 	{
 		float overdraw = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.overdrawPrevention.get().floatValue();
 		
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@ public class RenderUtil
 			}
 		}
 		
+		return overdraw;
+	}
+	public static float getNearClipPlaneInBlocksForFading(float partialTicks)
+	{
+		float overdraw = getAutoOverdrawPrevention();
 		return getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(partialTicks, overdraw);
 	}
 	private static float getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(float partialTicks, float overdrawPreventionPercent)
@@ -223,6 +230,9 @@ public class RenderUtil
 			return "No Client World Loaded";
 		}
 		
+		// TODO changing to getOrLoadClientLevel() fixes Immersive Portals only rendering the level the user starts in
+		//  however this may break how other level handling is done so James doesn't want to change it.
+		//  Special handling may be necessary when Immersive Portals is present, although additional testing is needed.
 		IDhClientLevel level = clientWorld.getClientLevel(levelWrapper);
 		if (level == null)
 		{

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

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 public class PositionalLockProvider
 {
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
-	
-	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor LOCK_CLEANUP_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool("Positional Lock Cleanup");
+
+	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor LOCK_CLEANUP_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("Positional Lock Cleanup");
 	private static final int CLEANUP_THREAD_MAX_FREQUENCY_IN_MS = 1000;
 	
 	/** How long a lock can be unused before it is eligible for deletion */

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

@@ -2,18 +2,23 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.RollingAverage;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.BitShiftUtil;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 public class PriorityTaskPicker
 {
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
+	
 	private final ConfigEntry<Integer> threadCountConfig = Config.Common.MultiThreading.numberOfThreads;
 	
 	private final RateLimitedThreadPoolExecutor threadPoolExecutor = new RateLimitedThreadPoolExecutor(
@@ -22,18 +27,15 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 			new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(this.threadCountConfig.getMax())
 	);
 	
-	// Queue of executors, used to distribute tasks across executors based on priority
-	private final ArrayList<Executor> executorQueue = new ArrayList<>();
-	private int nextExecutorQueuePos = 0;
+	// List of executors
+	private final ArrayList<Executor> executors = new ArrayList<>();
 	
 	// Lock to ensure task picking logic is thread-safe
 	private final ReentrantLock taskPickerLock = new ReentrantLock();
-	// Indicates whether a task picking attempt is needed
-	private final AtomicBoolean shouldPickTask = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 	// Tracks the number of active threads
 	private final AtomicInteger occupiedThreads = new AtomicInteger(0);
 	
-	private volatile boolean isShutDown = false;
+	private final AtomicBoolean isShutDownRef = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 	
 	
 	
@@ -42,26 +44,14 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 	//==================//
 	
 	/**
-	 * Creates an executor with a specific priority.
-	 * Higher priority executors have more exponentially entries in the distribution queue, giving them a greater chance to run tasks.
+	 * Creates an executor.
 	 *
-	 * @param priority the priority level of the executor
 	 * @return a newly created Executor
 	 */
-	public Executor createExecutor(int priority)
+	public Executor createExecutor()
 	{
 		Executor executor = new Executor();
-		
-		int entriesToAdd = BitShiftUtil.powerOfTwo(priority);
-		int gapBetweenEntries = (int) (1 / (double) entriesToAdd * this.executorQueue.size());
-		
-		// Distribute the executor's entries in the queue, ensuring fair distribution
-		for (; entriesToAdd > 0; entriesToAdd--)
-		{
-			this.executorQueue.add(executor);
-			Collections.rotate(this.executorQueue, -gapBetweenEntries);
-		}
-		
+		this.executors.add(executor);
 		return executor;
 	}
 	
@@ -71,33 +61,16 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 	 */
 	private void tryStartNextTask()
 	{
-		this.shouldPickTask.set(true);
-		
-		while (this.taskPickerLock.tryLock())
+		if (this.taskPickerLock.tryLock())
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				// Exit if there's no longer a need to pick a task
-				if (!this.shouldPickTask.compareAndSet(true, false))
+				// TODO limit based on thread count so visual VM is easier to parse
+				for (Executor executor : (Iterable<? extends Executor>) this.executors.stream().sorted(Comparator.comparingLong(executor -> executor.totalRuntimeNanos.get()))::iterator)
 				{
-					// There is a small chance for a task to end up in a 'limbo' state,
-					// when this.shouldPickTask got set to true right here and this.taskPickerLock is not unlocked yet,
-					// but we'll disregard that since tasks get added often enough for this to not be an issue
+					TrackedRunnable task;
 					
-					return;
-				}
-				
-				// Iterate over the executors in the queue, attempting to start tasks
-				for (
-						int taskPickAttempts = 0;
-						taskPickAttempts < this.executorQueue.size() && this.occupiedThreads.get() < this.threadCountConfig.get();
-						taskPickAttempts++, this.nextExecutorQueuePos = (this.nextExecutorQueuePos + 1) % this.executorQueue.size()
-				)
-				{
-					Executor executor = this.executorQueue.get(this.nextExecutorQueuePos);
-					
-					TrackedRunnable task = executor.tasks.poll();
-					if (task != null)
+					while (this.occupiedThreads.get() < this.threadCountConfig.get() && (task = executor.tasks.poll()) != null)
 					{
 						try
 						{
@@ -107,13 +80,10 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 							// Update variables related to task status
 							this.occupiedThreads.getAndIncrement();
 							executor.runningTasks.getAndIncrement();
-							
-							// Prevent exiting early since there might be more than this.executorQueue.size() tasks waiting in queue
-							taskPickAttempts = 0;
 						}
 						catch (RejectedExecutionException e)
 						{
-							if (this.isShutDown)
+							if (this.isShutDownRef.get())
 							{
 								// Clear executor's tasks since we no longer expect anything to execute
 								// Tasks from other executors will be cleared by the outer for loop
@@ -136,12 +106,11 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Shuts down the thread pool immediately, stopping all tasks.
-	 */
+	/** Shuts down the thread pool immediately, stopping all tasks. */
 	public void shutdown()
 	{
-		this.isShutDown = true;
+		LOGGER.info("Shutting down PriorityTaskPicker thread pool...");
+		this.isShutDownRef.set(true);
 		
 		try
 		{
@@ -170,6 +139,7 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 		private final AtomicInteger runningTasks = new AtomicInteger(0);
 		private final AtomicInteger completedTasks = new AtomicInteger(0);
 		private final RollingAverage runTimeInMsRollingAverage = new RollingAverage(200);
+		private final AtomicLong totalRuntimeNanos = new AtomicLong(0);
 		
 		
 		@Override
@@ -241,6 +211,7 @@ public class PriorityTaskPicker
 				PriorityTaskPicker.this.occupiedThreads.getAndDecrement();
 				this.executor.runningTasks.getAndDecrement();
 				this.executor.completedTasks.getAndIncrement();
+				this.executor.totalRuntimeNanos.addAndGet(timeElapsed);
 				
 				// Attempt to start another task
 				PriorityTaskPicker.this.tryStartNextTask();

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

@@ -92,18 +92,11 @@ public class ThreadPoolUtil
 		// thread pools
 		taskPicker = new PriorityTaskPicker();
 		
-		// IO should never be stuck waiting for something else to complete
-		networkCompressionThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor(4);
-		fileHandlerThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor(4);
-		
-		// Normal priority tasks
-		chunkToLodBuilderThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor(3);
-		updatePropagatorThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor(2);
-		
-		// World gen tasks are heavy and nothing strictly depends on them, so they may wait a bit
-		worldGenThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor(0);
-		
-		
+		networkCompressionThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor();
+		fileHandlerThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor();
+		chunkToLodBuilderThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor();
+		updatePropagatorThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor();
+		worldGenThreadPool = taskPicker.createExecutor();
 		
 		// single thread pools
 		beaconCullingThreadPool = ThreadUtil.makeSingleThreadPool(BEACON_CULLING_THREAD_NAME);

core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/wrapperInterfaces/IVersionConstants.java

@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.interfaces.dependencyInjection.IBindab
  */
 public interface IVersionConstants extends IBindable
 {
-	/** @return the minimum height blocks can be generated */
-	@Deprecated // This changes per world!
-	int getMinimumWorldHeight();
-	
-	/** @return the number of generations call per thread. */
-	@Deprecated // No longer used
-	default int getWorldGenerationCountPerThread()
-	{
-		return 8;
-	}
-	
-	boolean isVanillaRenderedChunkSquare();
-	
 	String getMinecraftVersion();
 	
 }

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

@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ public interface IMinecraftClientWrapper extends IBindable
 	
 	String getUsername();
 	
+	// TODO returning null would be easier to understand but might make things harder to parse in some cases
+	/** @return (0,0,0) if no player is loaded */
 	DhBlockPos getPlayerBlockPos();
 	
+	// TODO returning null would be easier to understand but might make things harder to parse in some cases
+	/** @return (0,0) if no player is loaded */
 	DhChunkPos getPlayerChunkPos();
 	
 	/**

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

@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ public interface IDimensionTypeWrapper extends IDhApiDimensionTypeWrapper, IBind
 	@Override
 	boolean hasCeiling();
 	
+	String getName();
+	
 	@Override
 	boolean hasSkyLight();
 	
 	boolean isTheEnd();
 	
+	double getCoordinateScale();
+	
 }

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

@@ -203,13 +203,16 @@
 
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering":
     "Generic Object Rendering",
-
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableGenericRendering":
     "Enable Rendering",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableGenericRendering.@tooltip":
     "If true non terrain objects will be rendered in DH's terrain. \nThis includes beacon beams and clouds.",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableBeaconRendering":
     "Enable Beacon Rendering",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.beaconRenderHeight": 
+    "Beacon render height",
+  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.beaconRenderHeight.@tooltip":
+    "Sets the maximum height at which beacons will render. \nThis will only affect new beacons coming into LOD render distance. \nBeacons currently visible in LOD chunks will not be affected.",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableBeaconRendering.@tooltip":
     "If true LOD beacon beams will be rendered.",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.genericRendering.enableCloudRendering":
@@ -587,6 +590,10 @@
     "Progress Display Interval In Seconds",
   "distanthorizons.config.common.worldGenerator.generationProgressDisplayIntervalInSeconds.@tooltip":
     "Determines how long between progress update displays.",
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.worldGenerator.generationProgressDisableMessageDisplayTimeInSeconds":
+    "Seconds To Show Progress Hiding Instructions",
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.worldGenerator.generationProgressDisableMessageDisplayTimeInSeconds.@tooltip":
+    "For how many seconds should instructions for disabling the distant generator progress be displayed? \nSetting this to 0 hides the instructional message so the world gen progress is shown immediately when it starts.",
 
 
   "distanthorizons.config.common.lodBuilding":
@@ -619,6 +626,16 @@
   "distanthorizons.config.common.lodBuilding.showMigrationChatWarning":
     "Log Migration In Chat",
 
+  
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.lodBuilding.experimental":
+    "Experimental",
+
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.lodBuilding.experimental.upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles":
+    "Upsample Lower Detail LODs To Fill Holes",
+  "distanthorizons.config.common.lodBuilding.experimental.upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles.@tooltip":
+    "When active DH will attempt to fill missing LOD data \nwith any data that is present in the tree, preventing holes when moving \nwhen a N-sized generator (or server) is active. \n\n§6EXPERIMENTAL§r Will increase harddrive use and may cause rendering issues. \nSee the config file for more details.",
+
+
 
 
   "distanthorizons.config.common.multiThreading":
@@ -727,6 +744,15 @@
     "Maximum speed for uploading LODs to the clients, in KB/s.\nValue of 0 disables the limit.",
 
 
+  "distanthorizons.config.server.experimental":
+    "Experimental",
+
+  "distanthorizons.config.server.experimental.enableNSizedGeneration":
+    "Enable N-sized generation",
+  "distanthorizons.config.server.experimental.enableNSizedGeneration.@tooltip":
+    "When enabled on the client, this allows loading lower detail levels as needed to speed up terrain generation.\nThis must also be enabled on the server; otherwise, it will have no effect.\nFor better performance when switching LOD detail levels, enabling [upsampleLowerDetailLodsToFillHoles] is recommended.",
+
+
   
   
     

core/src/main/resources/sqlScripts/0080-sqlite-addApplyToChildrenColumn.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+-- Applying to children is needed to fix a bug with N-sized generation.
+-- If we don't fill the whole tree with data, it's possible to render empty/incomplete LODs, which looks bad.
+alter table FullData add column ApplyToChildren BIT NULL;
+
+--batch--
+
+-- significantly speeds up update handling
+create index FullDataApplyToChildrenIndex on FullData (ApplyToChildren) where ApplyToChildren = 1;

core/src/main/resources/sqlScripts/scriptList.txt

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 0050-sqlite-addApplyToParentIndex.sql
 0060-sqlite-createChunkHashTable.sql
 0070-sqlite-createBeaconBeamTable.sql
+0080-sqlite-addApplyToChildrenColumn.sql

core/src/test/java/tests/DhRepoSqliteTest.java

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 
 package tests;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.DatabaseUpdater;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.sql.repo.AbstractDhRepo;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -34,13 +36,14 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Validates {@link AbstractDhRepo} is set up correctly.
  */
 public class DhRepoSqliteTest
 {
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
 	public static String DATABASE_TYPE = "jdbc:sqlite";
 	public static String DB_FILE_NAME = "test.sqlite";
 	
@@ -208,5 +211,128 @@ public class DhRepoSqliteTest
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/** 
+	 * leak detection is done to make sure {@link ResultSet} and {@link PreparedStatement}'s
+	 * are properly cleaned up.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testRepoLeakDetection()
+	{
+		TestPrimaryKeyRepo primaryKeyRepo = null;
+		try
+		{
+			primaryKeyRepo = new TestPrimaryKeyRepo(DATABASE_TYPE, new File(DB_FILE_NAME));
+			
+			int insertCount = 10;
+			int readCount = 10;
+			
+			
+			
+			Assert.assertEquals(0, primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.size());
+			
+			
+			//=============================//
+			// correctly closed statements //
+			//=============================//
+			
+			{
+				// insert
+				for (int i = 0; i < insertCount; i++)
+				{
+					TestSingleKeyDto insertDto = new TestSingleKeyDto(i, "a", 0L, (byte) 0);
+					
+					try (PreparedStatement statement = primaryKeyRepo.createInsertStatement(insertDto))
+					{
+						primaryKeyRepo.query(statement);
+						
+						if (i % 1_000 == 0)
+						{
+							System.out.println(i + " / " + insertCount);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+				Assert.assertEquals("Insert leaks", 0, primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.size());
+				
+				
+				
+				// read
+				TestSingleKeyDto expectedReadDto = new TestSingleKeyDto(1, "a", 0L, (byte) 0);
+				for (int i = 0; i < readCount; i++)
+				{
+					try (PreparedStatement statement = primaryKeyRepo.createSelectStatementByKey(1);
+						ResultSet resultSet = primaryKeyRepo.query(statement))
+					{
+						TestSingleKeyDto readDto = primaryKeyRepo.convertResultSetToDto(resultSet);
+						Assert.assertEquals(expectedReadDto.id, readDto.id);
+						
+						if (i % 1_000 == 0)
+						{
+							System.out.println(i + " / " + readCount);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+				Assert.assertEquals("read leaks", 0, primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.size());
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			//===================//
+			// leaked statements //
+			//===================//
+			{	
+				// nuke the DB so we can insert without worries
+				primaryKeyRepo.deleteAll();
+				
+				// insert
+				for (int i = 0; i < insertCount; i++)
+				{
+					TestSingleKeyDto insertDto = new TestSingleKeyDto(i, "a", 0L, (byte) 0);
+					PreparedStatement statement = primaryKeyRepo.createInsertStatement(insertDto);
+					primaryKeyRepo.query(statement);
+					
+					if (i % 1_000 == 0)
+					{
+						System.out.println(i + " / " + insertCount);
+					}
+				}
+				
+				//Assert.assertNotEquals(0, primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.size()); // TODO fails when built for release due to tracking being disabled
+				primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.clear();
+				
+				
+				
+				// read
+				for (int i = 0; i < readCount; i++)
+				{
+					PreparedStatement statement = primaryKeyRepo.createSelectStatementByKey(1);
+					ResultSet resultSet = primaryKeyRepo.query(statement);
+					
+					TestSingleKeyDto readDto = primaryKeyRepo.convertResultSetToDto(resultSet);
+					Assert.assertEquals(1, readDto.id);
+					
+					if (i % 1_000 == 0)
+					{
+						System.out.println(i + " / " + readCount);
+					}
+				}
+				
+				//Assert.assertNotEquals(0, primaryKeyRepo.openClosables.size());
+			}
+		}
+		catch (SQLException e)
+		{
+			Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			if (primaryKeyRepo != null)
+			{
+				primaryKeyRepo.close();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 	
 }