Start merging in 1.16.5_QuadTree

The mod does compile and render, however distance LODs don't generate or render correctly and there are other problems as well.

build.gradle

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url = 'https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven' }
         jcenter()
         mavenCentral()
+        // potential replacement in case of problems:
+		// https://dist.creeper.host/Sponge/maven
 		maven { url = 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/' }
-		// potential replacement in case of problems:
-		// https://dist.creeper.host/Sponge/maven 
+		// used to download and compile dependencies from git repos 
+		maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath group: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle', name: 'ForgeGradle', version: '3.+', changing: true
@@ -116,26 +118,47 @@ minecraft {
 // Include resources generated by data generators.
 sourceSets.main.resources { srcDir 'src/generated/resources' }
 
+// this is required so that we can use 
+// jitpack in the dependencies section below 
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+	// used to download and compile dependencies from git repos 
+	maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     // Specify the version of Minecraft to use, If this is any group other then 'net.minecraft' it is assumed
     // that the dep is a ForgeGradle 'patcher' dependency. And it's patches will be applied.
     // The userdev artifact is a special name and will get all sorts of transformations applied to it.
     minecraft 'net.minecraftforge:forge:1.16.5-36.1.0'
 	
-	
-	// these were added to hopefully allow for cloning
-	// configuredFeatures to allow for safe 
-	// multi threaded feature generation. Sadly I couldn't find
-	// a way to duplicate lambda functions (which features use)
-	// so for now I'm not sure what to do. 
-	//implementation 'io.github.kostaskougios:cloning:1.10.3'
-	//
-	//implementation ('com.esotericsoftware:kryo:5.1.1') {
-	//  exclude group: "org.objenesis"
-	//}
-	//implementation 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.2'
-	
-	
+	implementation ('com.github.KaptainWutax:BiomeUtils:-SNAPSHOT'){
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    implementation ('com.github.KaptainWutax:SeedUtils:-SNAPSHOT'){
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    implementation ('com.github.KaptainWutax:MCUtils:-SNAPSHOT'){
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    // not working
+    implementation ('com.github.KaptainWutax:NoiseUtils:-SNAPSHOT'){
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    
+    // these were added to hopefully allow for cloning
+    // configuredFeatures to allow for safe
+    // multi threaded feature generation. Sadly I couldn't find
+    // a way to duplicate lambda functions (which features use)
+    // so for now I'm not sure what to do.
+    //implementation 'io.github.kostaskougios:cloning:1.10.3'
+    //
+    //implementation ('com.esotericsoftware:kryo:5.1.1') {
+    //  exclude group: "org.objenesis"
+    //}
+    //implementation 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.2'
+
+
     // You may put jars on which you depend on in ./libs or you may define them like so..
     // compile "some.group:artifact:version:classifier"
     // compile "some.group:artifact:version"