diff --git a/src/main/java/backsun/lod/objects/LodChunk.java b/src/main/java/backsun/lod/objects/LodChunk.java
index 2c7d18e6d..bc12ec6a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/backsun/lod/objects/LodChunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/backsun/lod/objects/LodChunk.java
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ import net.minecraft.world.chunk.storage.ExtendedBlockStorage;
  * and color data for an LOD object.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 09-29-2020
+ * @version 10-06-2020
  */
 public class LodChunk
 {
+	/** how many different pieces of data are in one line */
+	private static final int DATA_DELIMITER_COUNT = 28;
+
 	/** This is what separates each piece of data in the toData method */
 	public static final char DATA_DELIMITER = ',';
 	
@@ -53,6 +56,16 @@ public class LodChunk
 	
 	
 	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// constructors //
+	//==============//
+	
+	
 	public LodChunk()
 	{
 		x = 0;
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 	
 	/**
 	 * Creates an LodChunk from the string
-	 * created by the toData method.
+	 * generated by the toData method.
 	 * 
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the data isn't valid to create a LodChunk
 	 * @throws NumberFormatException if the data can't be converted into an int at any point
@@ -135,8 +148,6 @@ public class LodChunk
 		 * 5,8, 4,4,4,4, 0,0,0,0, 255,255,255, 255,255,255, 255,255,255, 255,255,255, 255,255,255, 255,255,255,
 		 */
 		
-		
-		
 		// make sure there are the correct number of entries
 		// in the data string (28)
 		int count = 0;
@@ -149,9 +160,9 @@ public class LodChunk
 			}
 		}
 		
-		if(count != 28)
+		if(count != DATA_DELIMITER_COUNT)
 		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("LodChunk constructor givin an invalid string. The data given had " + count + " delimiters when it should have had 28.");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("LodChunk constructor givin an invalid string. The data given had " + count + " delimiters when it should have had " + DATA_DELIMITER_COUNT + ".");
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -222,6 +233,17 @@ public class LodChunk
 	}
 	
 	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====================//
+	// constructor helpers //
+	//=====================//
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * If invalid/null/empty chunks are given 
 	 * crashes may occur.
@@ -486,6 +508,20 @@ public class LodChunk
 	
 	
 	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// output //
+	//========//
+	
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Outputs all data in csv format
 	 * with the given delimiter.