diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFarFadeRenderer.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFarFadeRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b69e1b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFarFadeRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.renderTest;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcFarFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcVanillaFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * Renders a TODO
+ */
+public class McFarFadeRenderer implements IMcFarFadeRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
+	
+	public static final McFarFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new McFarFadeRenderer();
+	
+	private VertexFormat vertexFormat;
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	public GpuTexture fadeColorTexture;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private McFarFadeRenderer() 
+	{
+		this.vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			.add("vPosition", DhVertexFormat.SCREEN_POS)
+			.build();
+	}
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
+		
+		
+		
+		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:far_fade"));
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/vert"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/dh_fade"));
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uMcColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(this.vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		// upload vertex data
+		{
+			// vertices for a full-screen quad
+			float[] vertices = new float[]
+				{
+					// PosX,Y,
+					-1f, -1f,
+					 1f, -1f,
+					 1f,  1f,
+					-1f,  1f,
+				};
+			
+			
+			Supplier<String> labelSupplier = () -> "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer";
+			int usage = 8 | 32; // is this just using OpenGL VBO flags?, if so I can't find it, supposedly GlDevice on Mojang's side
+			int size = vertices.length * Float.BYTES;
+			this.vboGpuBuffer = gpuDevice.createBuffer(labelSupplier, usage, size);
+			
+			{
+				int offset = 0;
+				int length = vertices.length * Float.BYTES;
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vboGpuBuffer, offset, length);
+				
+				ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(vertices.length * Float.BYTES);
+				// Fill buffer with vertices.
+				byteBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+				byteBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(vertices);
+				byteBuffer.rewind();
+				
+				commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, byteBuffer);
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override // TODO can probably just be DH mvm/proj matricies
+	public void render(Mat4f mcModelViewMatrix, Mat4f mcProjectionMatrix)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		
+		if (McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTexture == null
+			|| McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTexture == null)
+		{
+			return;	
+		}
+		
+		
+		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
+		
+		
+		
+		// textures
+		if (this.fadeColorTexture == null
+			|| this.fadeColorTexture.getWidth(0) != MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth()
+			|| this.fadeColorTexture.getHeight(0) != MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight())
+		{
+			if (this.fadeColorTexture != null)
+			{
+				this.fadeColorTexture.close();
+			}
+			
+			// TODO USAGE_TEXTURE_BINDING = 4
+			int usage = 4 | 8 | 32 | 128;
+			this.fadeColorTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture("FadeColorTexture",
+				usage,
+				TextureFormat.RGBA8,
+				MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth(), MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight(),
+				1, 1
+			);
+		}
+		
+		
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putFloat() // uStartFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat() // uEndFadeBlockDistance
+				.putMat4f() // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			float dhFarClipDistance = RenderUtil.getFarClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks();
+			float fadeStartDistance = dhFarClipDistance * 0.5f;
+			float fadeEndDistance = dhFarClipDistance * 0.9f;
+			
+			
+			Mat4f dhProjectionMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(mcProjectionMatrix);
+			Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(mcModelViewMatrix);
+			
+			Mat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
+			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
+			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
+			Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+			
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putFloat(fadeStartDistance) // uStartFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat(fadeEndDistance) // uEndFadeBlockDistance
+				.putMat4f(inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = UniformHandler.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderFadeToTexture();
+		McCopyRenderer.INSTANCE.render(this.fadeColorTexture, McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTexture);
+		
+	}
+	
+	private void renderFadeToTexture()
+	{
+		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
+		
+		// create a render pass
+		Supplier<String> debugLabelSupplier = () -> "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer";
+		GpuTextureView colorTexture = gpuDevice.createTextureView(this.fadeColorTexture);
+		OptionalInt optionalClearColorAsInt = OptionalInt.empty();
+		GpuTextureView depthTexture = null;
+		OptionalDouble optionalDepthValueAsDouble = OptionalDouble.empty();
+		
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = commandEncoder.createRenderPass(
+			debugLabelSupplier,
+			colorTexture,
+			optionalClearColorAsInt,
+			depthTexture, optionalDepthValueAsDouble))
+		{
+			//renderPass.pushDebugGroup();
+			//renderPass.popDebugGroup();
+			
+			
+			// render pass setup
+			{
+				// bind MC color texture
+				{
+					GpuTextureView textureView = gpuDevice.createTextureView(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+					GpuSampler gpuSampler = gpuDevice.createSampler(
+						AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
+						FilterMode.NEAREST, FilterMode.NEAREST, // minFilter, magFilter
+						1, // maxAnisotropy 
+						OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
+					);
+					renderPass.bindTexture("uMcColorTexture", textureView, gpuSampler);
+				}
+				
+				
+				// bind DH depth texture
+				{
+					GpuTextureView textureView = gpuDevice.createTextureView(McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTexture);
+					GpuSampler gpuSampler = gpuDevice.createSampler(
+						AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
+						FilterMode.NEAREST, FilterMode.NEAREST, // minFilter, magFilter
+						1, // maxAnisotropy 
+						OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
+					);
+					renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", textureView, gpuSampler);
+				}
+				
+				// bind DH color texture
+				{
+					GpuTextureView textureView = gpuDevice.createTextureView(McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTexture);
+					GpuSampler gpuSampler = gpuDevice.createSampler(
+						AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
+						FilterMode.NEAREST, FilterMode.NEAREST, // minFilter, magFilter
+						1, // maxAnisotropy 
+						OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
+					);
+					renderPass.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", textureView, gpuSampler);
+				}
+				
+				
+				
+				renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+				
+				// bind VBO
+				renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+				
+				// set pipeline
+				renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			}
+			
+			// draw render pass
+			{
+				int indexStart = 0;
+				int indexCount = 4;
+				renderPass.draw(indexStart, indexCount);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McGenericObjectRenderer_Textures.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McGenericObjectRenderer_Textures.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 176ff7975..000000000
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McGenericObjectRenderer_Textures.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,779 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.renderTest;
-
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.AddressMode;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.FilterMode;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuSampler;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTextureView;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiBlockMaterial;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderRegister;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3d;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderParams;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.InstancedVboContainer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.RenderableBoxGroup;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcGenericRenderer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
-
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.OptionalDouble;
-import java.util.OptionalInt;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-/**
- * Handles rendering generic groups of {@link DhApiRenderableBox}.
- * 
- * @see IDhApiCustomRenderRegister
- * @see DhApiRenderableBox
- */
-public class McGenericObjectRenderer_Textures implements IMcGenericRenderer
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
-	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
-	
-	private static final DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading DEFAULT_SHADING = DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading.getUnshaded();
-	
-	/** 
-	 * Can be used to troubleshoot the renderer. 
-	 * If enabled several debug objects will render around (0,150,0). 
-	 */
-	public static final boolean RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS = false;
-	
-	/** A box from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 */
-	private static final float[] BOX_VERTICES = {
-		//region
-		// Pos x y z
-		
-		// min X, vertical face
-		0, 0, 0,
-		1, 0, 0,
-		1, 1, 0,
-		0, 1, 0,
-		// max X, vertical face
-		0, 1, 1,
-		1, 1, 1,
-		1, 0, 1,
-		0, 0, 1,
-		
-		// min Z, vertical face
-		0, 0, 1,
-		0, 0, 0,
-		0, 1, 0,
-		0, 1, 1,
-		// max Z, vertical face
-		1, 0, 1,
-		1, 1, 1,
-		1, 1, 0,
-		1, 0, 0,
-		
-		// min Y, horizontal face
-		0, 0, 1,
-		1, 0, 1,
-		1, 0, 0,
-		0, 0, 0,
-		// max Y, horizontal face
-		0, 1, 1,
-		1, 1, 1,
-		1, 1, 0,
-		0, 1, 0,
-		//endregion
-	};
-	
-	private static final int[] BOX_INDICES = {
-		//region
-		// min X, vertical face
-		2, 1, 0,
-		0, 3, 2,
-		// max X, vertical face
-		6, 5, 4,
-		4, 7, 6,
-		
-		// min Z, vertical face
-		10, 9, 8,
-		8, 11, 10,
-		// max Z, vertical face
-		14, 13, 12,
-		12, 15, 14,
-		
-		// min Y, horizontal face
-		18, 17, 16,
-		16, 19, 18,
-		// max Y, horizontal face
-		20, 21, 22,
-		22, 23, 20,
-		//endregion
-	};
-	
-	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, RenderableBoxGroup> boxGroupById = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	
-	
-	// rendering setup
-	private boolean init = false;
-	
-	private VertexFormat vertexFormat;
-	
-	private RenderPipeline opaquePipeline;
-	private RenderPipeline transparentPipeline;
-	
-	private GpuBuffer boxVertexBuffer;
-	private GpuBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
-	
-	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
-	private GpuBuffer vertUniformBuffer;
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	//region
-	
-	public McGenericObjectRenderer_Textures() { }
-	
-	public void init()
-	{
-		if (this.init)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		this.init = true;
-		
-		this.vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", DhVertexFormat.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
-			.build();
-		
-		this.createPipelines();
-		this.createBuffers();
-		
-		if (RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS)
-		{
-			this.addGenericDebugObjects();
-		}
-	}
-	private void createPipelines()
-	{
-		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
-		
-		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.LESS_DEPTH_TEST);
-			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:generic"));
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "generic/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "generic/frag"));
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uColorMap");
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("vertUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(this.vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES);
-		}
-		
-		// opaque
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			this.opaquePipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
-		}
-		
-		// transparent
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT);
-			this.transparentPipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
-		}
-		
-	}
-	private void createBuffers()
-	{
-		// box vertices 
-		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
-		boxVerticesBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
-		boxVerticesBuffer.rewind();
-		MemoryUtil.memFree(boxVerticesBuffer);
-		
-		
-		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
-		
-		// upload vertex data
-		{
-			Supplier<String> labelSupplier = () -> "distantHorizons:McGenericRenderer";
-			int usage = 8 | 32; // is this just using OpenGL VBO flags?, if so I can't find it, supposedly GlDevice on Mojang's side
-			int size = BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
-			this.boxVertexBuffer = gpuDevice.createBuffer(labelSupplier, usage, size);
-			
-			{
-				int offset = 0;
-				int length = BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
-				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.boxVertexBuffer, offset, length);
-				
-				ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
-				// Fill buffer with vertices.
-				byteBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-				byteBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
-				byteBuffer.rewind();
-				
-				commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, byteBuffer);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// box vertex indexes
-		{
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
-			buffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_INDICES);
-			buffer.rewind();
-			
-			
-			// TODO
-			// GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM = 128
-			// GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX = 64
-			int usage = 8 | 32 | 64 | 128; // is this just using OpenGL VBO flags?, if so I can't find it, supposedly GlDevice on Mojang's side
-			this.boxIndexBuffer = gpuDevice.createBuffer(() -> "DH Generic Index Buffer", usage, buffer.capacity());
-			
-			int offset = 0;
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.boxIndexBuffer, offset, buffer.capacity());
-			commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-		}
-	}
-	private void addGenericDebugObjects()
-	{
-		GenericRenderObjectFactory factory = GenericRenderObjectFactory.INSTANCE;
-		
-		
-		// single giant box
-		IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup singleGiantBoxGroup = factory.createForSingleBox(
-				ModInfo.NAME + ":CyanChunkBox",
-				new DhApiRenderableBox(
-						new DhApiVec3d(0,0,0), new DhApiVec3d(16,190,16),
-						new Color(Color.CYAN.getRed(), Color.CYAN.getGreen(), Color.CYAN.getBlue(), 125),
-						EDhApiBlockMaterial.WATER)
-		);
-		singleGiantBoxGroup.setSkyLight(LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT);
-		singleGiantBoxGroup.setBlockLight(LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT);
-		this.add(singleGiantBoxGroup);
-
-
-		// single slender box
-		IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup singleTallBoxGroup = factory.createForSingleBox(
-				ModInfo.NAME + ":GreenBeacon",
-				new DhApiRenderableBox(
-						new DhApiVec3d(16,0,31), new DhApiVec3d(17,2000,32),
-						new Color(Color.GREEN.getRed(), Color.GREEN.getGreen(), Color.GREEN.getBlue(), 125),
-						EDhApiBlockMaterial.ILLUMINATED)
-		);
-		singleTallBoxGroup.setSkyLight(LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT);
-		singleTallBoxGroup.setBlockLight(LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT);
-		this.add(singleTallBoxGroup);
-
-
-		// absolute box group
-		ArrayList<DhApiRenderableBox> absBoxList = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (int i = 0; i < 18; i++)
-		{
-			absBoxList.add(new DhApiRenderableBox(
-					new DhApiVec3d(i,150+i,24), new DhApiVec3d(1+i,151+i,25),
-					new Color(Color.ORANGE.getRed(), Color.ORANGE.getGreen(), Color.ORANGE.getBlue()),
-					EDhApiBlockMaterial.LAVA
-				)
-			);
-		}
-		IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup absolutePosBoxGroup = factory.createAbsolutePositionedGroup(ModInfo.NAME + ":OrangeStairs", absBoxList);
-		this.add(absolutePosBoxGroup);
-
-
-		// relative box group
-		ArrayList<DhApiRenderableBox> relBoxList = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (int i = 0; i < 8; i+=2)
-		{
-			relBoxList.add(new DhApiRenderableBox(
-					new DhApiVec3d(0,i,0), new DhApiVec3d(1,1+i,1),
-					new Color(Color.MAGENTA.getRed(), Color.MAGENTA.getGreen(), Color.MAGENTA.getBlue()),
-					EDhApiBlockMaterial.METAL
-				)
-			);
-		}
-		IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup relativePosBoxGroup = factory.createRelativePositionedGroup(
-				ModInfo.NAME + ":MovingMagentaGroup",
-				new DhApiVec3d(24, 140, 24),
-				relBoxList);
-		relativePosBoxGroup.setPreRenderFunc((event) ->
-		{
-			DhApiVec3d pos = relativePosBoxGroup.getOriginBlockPos();
-			pos.x += event.partialTicks / 2;
-			pos.x %= 32;
-			relativePosBoxGroup.setOriginBlockPos(pos);
-		});
-		this.add(relativePosBoxGroup);
-
-
-		// massive relative box group
-		ArrayList<DhApiRenderableBox> massRelBoxList = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (int x = 0; x < 50*2; x+=2)
-		{
-			for (int z = 0; z < 50*2; z+=2)
-			{
-				massRelBoxList.add(new DhApiRenderableBox(
-						new DhApiVec3d(-x, 0, -z), new DhApiVec3d(1-x, 1, 1-z),
-						new Color(Color.RED.getRed(), Color.RED.getGreen(), Color.RED.getBlue()),
-						EDhApiBlockMaterial.TERRACOTTA
-					)
-				);
-			}
-		}
-		IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup massRelativePosBoxGroup = factory.createRelativePositionedGroup(
-				ModInfo.NAME + ":MassRedGroup",
-				new DhApiVec3d(-25, 140, 0),
-				massRelBoxList);
-		massRelativePosBoxGroup.setPreRenderFunc((event) ->
-		{
-			DhApiVec3d blockPos = massRelativePosBoxGroup.getOriginBlockPos();
-			blockPos.y += event.partialTicks / 4;
-			if (blockPos.y > 150f)
-			{
-				blockPos.y = 140f;
-
-				Color newColor = (massRelativePosBoxGroup.get(0).color == Color.RED) ? Color.RED.darker() : Color.RED;
-				massRelativePosBoxGroup.forEach((box) -> { box.color = newColor; });
-				massRelativePosBoxGroup.triggerBoxChange();
-			}
-
-			massRelativePosBoxGroup.setOriginBlockPos(blockPos);
-		});
-		this.add(massRelativePosBoxGroup);
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//==============//
-	// registration //
-	//==============//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override
-	public void add(IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup iBoxGroup) throws IllegalArgumentException 
-	{
-		if (!(iBoxGroup instanceof RenderableBoxGroup))
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Box group must be of type ["+ RenderableBoxGroup.class.getSimpleName()+"], type received: ["+(iBoxGroup != null ? iBoxGroup.getClass() : "NULL")+"].");
-		}
-		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup = (RenderableBoxGroup) iBoxGroup;
-		
-		
-		long id = boxGroup.getId();
-		if (this.boxGroupById.containsKey(id))
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("A box group with the ID [" + id + "] is already present.");
-		}
-		
-		this.boxGroupById.put(id, boxGroup);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup remove(long id) { return this.boxGroupById.remove(id); }
-	
-	public void clear() { this.boxGroupById.clear(); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//===========//
-	// rendering //
-	//===========//
-	//region
-	
-	/**
-	 * @param renderingWithSsao 
-	 *      if true that means this render call is happening before the SSAO pass
-     *      and any objects rendered in this pass will have SSAO applied to them.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, IProfilerWrapper profiler, boolean renderingWithSsao)
-	{
-		//==============//
-		// render setup //
-		//==============//
-		//#region
-		
-		profiler.push("setup");
-		
-		this.init();
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-		
-		//#endregion
-		
-		if (McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTexture == null
-			|| McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTexture == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		
-		//===========//
-		// rendering //
-		//===========//
-		//#region
-		
-		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
-		
-		Collection<RenderableBoxGroup> boxList = this.boxGroupById.values();
-		for (RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup : boxList)
-		{
-			// validation //
-			
-			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			if (boxGroup == null)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// skip boxes that shouldn't render this pass
-			if (boxGroup.ssaoEnabled != renderingWithSsao)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			profiler.popPush("render prep");
-			boxGroup.preRender(renderEventParam); // called even if the group is inactive, so the group can be activate if desired
-			
-			// ignore inactive groups
-			if (!boxGroup.active)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
-			boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
-			if (cancelRendering)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// update instanced data if needed
-			{
-				boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();
-				
-				// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
-				if (boxGroup.instancedVbos.getState() != InstancedVboContainer.EState.RENDER)
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			
-			DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
-			if (shading == null)
-			{
-				shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
-			}
-			
-			// uniforms
-			{
-				int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-					.putIVec3() // uOffsetChunk
-					.putVec3() // uOffsetSubChunk
-					.putIVec3() // uCameraPosChunk
-					.putVec3() // uCameraPosSubChunk
-					
-					.putMat4f() // uProjectionMvm
-					.putInt() // uSkyLight
-					.putInt() // uBlockLight
-					
-					.putFloat() // uNorthShading
-					.putFloat() // uSouthShading
-					.putFloat() // uEastShading
-					.putFloat() // uWestShading
-					.putFloat() // uTopShading
-					.putFloat() // uBottomShading
-					.get();
-				
-				
-				// create data //
-				
-				Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
-				projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
-				
-				
-				// upload data //
-				
-				ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-				buffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-				buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-					.putIVec3(
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
-					) // uOffsetChunk
-					.putVec3(
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
-					) // uOffsetSubChunk
-					.putIVec3(
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
-					) // uCameraPosChunk
-					.putVec3(
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
-					) // uCameraPosSubChunk
-					
-					.putMat4f(projectionMvmMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uProjectionMvm
-					.putInt(boxGroup.getSkyLight()) // uSkyLight
-					.putInt(boxGroup.getBlockLight()) // uBlockLight
-					
-					.putFloat(shading.north)
-					.putFloat(shading.south)
-					.putFloat(shading.east)
-					.putFloat(shading.west)
-					.putFloat(shading.top)
-					.putFloat(shading.bottom)
-					
-					.get()
-				;
-				
-				this.fragUniformBuffer = UniformHandler.createBuffer("vertUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-				
-				commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-			}
-			
-			
-			
-			
-			// render //
-			
-			profiler.popPush("rendering");
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath());
-			
-			Supplier<String> debugLabelSupplier = () -> "distantHorizons:McTestRenderer";
-			GpuTextureView colorTexture = gpuDevice.createTextureView(McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTexture);
-			OptionalInt optionalClearColorAsInt = OptionalInt.empty();
-			GpuTextureView depthTexture = gpuDevice.createTextureView(McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTexture);
-			OptionalDouble optionalDepthValueAsDouble = OptionalDouble.empty();
-			
-			try (RenderPass renderPass = commandEncoder.createRenderPass(
-				debugLabelSupplier,
-				colorTexture,
-				optionalClearColorAsInt,
-				depthTexture, optionalDepthValueAsDouble))
-			{
-				this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(renderPass, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
-			}
-			
-			profiler.pop(); // resource path
-			profiler.pop(); // resource namespace
-			
-			boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
-		}
-		
-		//#endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//==========//
-		// clean up //
-		//==========//
-		//region
-		
-		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		profiler.pop();
-		
-		//endregion
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=====================//
-	// instanced rendering //
-	//=====================//
-	//region
-	
-	private void renderBoxGroupInstanced(
-		RenderPass renderPass, RenderParams renderEventParam, 
-		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
-		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
-	{
-		// update instance data //
-		
-		profiler.push("vertex setup");
-		
-		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		
-		McInstancedVboContainer_Textures container = (McInstancedVboContainer_Textures) boxGroup.instancedVbos;
-		
-		
-		// bind MC Lightmap
-		{
-			LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
-			
-			GpuTextureView textureView = gpuDevice.createTextureView(lightMapWrapper.gpuTexture);
-			GpuSampler gpuSampler = gpuDevice.createSampler(
-				AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
-				FilterMode.NEAREST, FilterMode.NEAREST, // minFilter, magFilter
-				1, // maxAnisotropy 
-				OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
-			);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", textureView, gpuSampler);
-		}
-		
-		renderPass.setIndexBuffer(this.boxIndexBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
-		
-		
-		
-		// Bind instance data //
-		profiler.popPush("binding");
-		{
-			GpuTextureView colorView = gpuDevice.createTextureView(container.colorTexture);
-			GpuSampler colorSampler = gpuDevice.createSampler(
-				AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
-				FilterMode.NEAREST, FilterMode.NEAREST, // minFilter, magFilter
-				1, // maxAnisotropy 
-				OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
-			);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uColorMap", colorView, colorSampler);
-			
-			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.boxVertexBuffer);
-		}
-		
-		renderPass.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
-		
-		// set pipeline
-		renderPass.setPipeline(this.opaquePipeline); // TODO
-		
-		// Draw instanced
-		profiler.popPush("render");
-		if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
-		{
-			renderPass.drawIndexed(
-				/*indexStart*/ 0,
-				/*firstIndex*/0,
-				/*indexCount*/BOX_INDICES.length,
-				/*instanceCount*/container.uploadedBoxCount);
-			
-		}
-		
-		profiler.pop();
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// F3 menu //
-	//=========//
-	//region
-	
-	public String getVboRenderDebugMenuString()
-	{
-		// get counts
-		int totalGroupCount = this.boxGroupById.size();
-		int totalBoxCount = 0;
-		
-		int activeGroupCount = 0;
-		int activeBoxCount = 0;
-		
-		for (long key : this.boxGroupById.keySet())
-		{
-			RenderableBoxGroup renderGroup = this.boxGroupById.get(key);
-			if (renderGroup.active)
-			{
-				activeGroupCount++;
-				activeBoxCount += renderGroup.size();
-			}
-			totalBoxCount += renderGroup.size();
-		}
-		
-		
-		return "Generic Obj #: " + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(activeGroupCount) + "/" + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(totalGroupCount) + ", " +
-				"Cube #: " + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(activeBoxCount) + "/" + F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(totalBoxCount);
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McInstancedVboContainer_Textures.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McInstancedVboContainer_Textures.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a71d47641..000000000
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McInstancedVboContainer_Textures.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,277 +0,0 @@
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.renderTest;
-
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.TextureFormat;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.glObject.GLProxy;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.IInstancedVboContainer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.generic.RenderableBoxGroup;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.List;
-
-
-/**
- * For use by {@link RenderableBoxGroup}
- *
- * @see RenderableBoxGroup
- */
-public class McInstancedVboContainer_Textures implements IInstancedVboContainer
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
-	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
-	
-	
-	
-	public GpuTexture colorTexture;
-	public GpuTexture scaleTexture;
-	public GpuTexture chunkPosXTexture;
-	public GpuTexture chunkPosYTexture;
-	public GpuTexture chunkPosZTexture;
-	public GpuTexture subChunkPosTexture;
-	public GpuTexture materialTexture;
-	
-	public int[] chunkPosData = new int[0];
-	public float[] subChunkPosData = new float[0];
-	public float[] scaleData = new float[0];
-	public byte[] colorData = new byte[0];
-	public int[] materialData = new int[0];
-	
-	public int uploadedBoxCount = 0;
-	
-	private EState state = EState.NEW;
-	@Override
-	public EState getState() { return this.state; }
-	@Override
-	public void setState(EState state) { this.state = state; }
-	
-	
-	
-	//===========================//
-	// render building/uploading //
-	//===========================//
-	//region
-	
-	public void updateVertexData(List<DhApiRenderableBox> uploadBoxList)
-	{
-		int boxCount = uploadBoxList.size();
-		
-		
-		// recreate the data arrays if their size is different
-		if (this.uploadedBoxCount != boxCount)
-		{
-			this.uploadedBoxCount = boxCount;
-			
-			this.chunkPosData = new int[boxCount * 3]; // 3 elements XYZ
-			this.subChunkPosData = new float[boxCount * 3]; // 3 elements XYZ
-			this.scaleData = new float[boxCount * 3]; // 3 elements XYZ
-			
-			this.colorData = new byte[boxCount * 4]; // 4 elements, RGBA
-			this.materialData = new int[boxCount];
-		}
-		
-		
-		// transformation / scaling //
-		for (int i = 0; i < boxCount; i++)
-		{
-			DhApiRenderableBox box = uploadBoxList.get(i);
-			
-			int dataIndex = i * 3;
-			
-			this.chunkPosData[dataIndex] = LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.x);
-			this.chunkPosData[dataIndex + 1] = LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.y);
-			this.chunkPosData[dataIndex + 2] = LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.z);
-			
-			this.subChunkPosData[dataIndex] = LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.x);
-			this.subChunkPosData[dataIndex + 1] = LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.y);
-			this.subChunkPosData[dataIndex + 2] = LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(box.minPos.z);
-			
-			this.scaleData[dataIndex] = (float) (box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x);
-			this.scaleData[dataIndex + 1] = (float) (box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y);
-			this.scaleData[dataIndex + 2] = (float) (box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z);
-		}
-		
-		
-		// colors/materials //
-		for (int i = 0; i < boxCount; i++)
-		{
-			DhApiRenderableBox box = uploadBoxList.get(i);
-			Color color = box.color;
-			int colorIndex = i * 4;
-			this.colorData[colorIndex] = (byte)color.getRed();
-			this.colorData[colorIndex + 1] = (byte)color.getGreen();
-			this.colorData[colorIndex + 2] = (byte)color.getBlue();
-			this.colorData[colorIndex + 3] = (byte)color.getAlpha();
-			
-			this.materialData[i] = box.material;
-		}
-		
-		this.state = EState.READY_TO_UPLOAD;
-	}
-	
-	public void uploadDataToGpu()
-	{
-		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
-		
-		if (this.colorTexture == null
-			|| this.colorTexture.getWidth(0) < this.uploadedBoxCount)
-		{
-			// TODO USAGE_COPY_DST = 1
-			// TODO USAGE_TEXTURE_BINDING = 4
-			int usage = 1 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 128;
-			String texturePrefix = "DhGenericTexture_";
-			
-			this.colorTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "Color",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.RGBA8,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			
-			this.scaleTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "Scale",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.RGBA8,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			
-			this.chunkPosXTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "ChunkXPos",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.DEPTH32,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			this.chunkPosYTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "ChunkYPos",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.DEPTH32,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			this.chunkPosZTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "ChunkZPos",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.DEPTH32,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			
-			this.subChunkPosTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "SubChunk",
-				usage,
-				TextureFormat.RGBA8,
-				this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-				1, 1
-			);
-			
-			//this.materialTexture = gpuDevice.createTexture(texturePrefix + "Material",
-			//	usage,
-			//	TextureFormat.RED8I, // TODO not valid?
-			//	this.uploadedBoxCount, 1,
-			//	1, 1
-			//);
-		}
-		
-		{
-			// color
-			{
-				ByteBuffer colorBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(this.colorData.length * Float.BYTES);
-				colorBuffer.asFloatBuffer();
-				
-				for (int i = 0; i < this.colorData.length; i++)
-				{
-					colorBuffer.put(this.colorData[i]);
-				}
-				colorBuffer.rewind();
-				
-				commandEncoder.writeToTexture(
-					this.colorTexture,
-					colorBuffer,
-					NativeImage.Format.RGBA, // holds bytes
-					0, //mipLevel
-					0, // depthOrLayer
-					0, // destX
-					0, // destY
-					this.uploadedBoxCount, // width
-					1 // height
-				);
-			}
-			
-			// scale
-			{
-				ByteBuffer scaleBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(this.scaleData.length * Float.BYTES);
-				scaleBuffer.asFloatBuffer();
-				
-				for (int i = 0; i < this.scaleData.length; i++)
-				{ scaleBuffer.putFloat(this.scaleData[i]); }
-				scaleBuffer.rewind();
-				
-				commandEncoder.writeToTexture(
-					this.scaleTexture,
-					scaleBuffer,
-					NativeImage.Format.RGB, // holds bytes
-					0, //mipLevel
-					0, // depthOrLayer
-					0, // destX
-					0, // destY
-					this.uploadedBoxCount, // width
-					1 // height
-				);
-			}
-			
-			
-			//for (int i = 0; i < this.chunkPosData.length; i++)
-			//{ buffer.putInt(this.chunkPosData[i]); }
-			//
-			//for (int i = 0; i < this.subChunkPosData.length; i++)
-			//{ buffer.putFloat(this.subChunkPosData[i]); }
-			//
-			//for (int i = 0; i < this.colorData.length; i++)
-			//{ buffer.putFloat(this.colorData[i]); }
-			//
-			//for (int i = 0; i < this.materialData.length; i++)
-			//{ buffer.putInt(this.materialData[i]); }
-			//
-			//buffer.rewind();
-		}
-		
-		this.state = EState.RENDER;
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//================//
-	// base overrides //
-	//================//
-	//region
-	
-	@Override
-	public void close()
-	{
-		GLProxy.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() ->
-		{
-			if (this.colorTexture != null)
-			{
-				this.colorTexture.close();
-			}
-		});
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McSsaoRenderer.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McSsaoRenderer.java
index 0d2f0ceda..beb159994 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McSsaoRenderer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McSsaoRenderer.java
@@ -34,18 +34,13 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcFadeRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcSsaoRenderer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFadeRenderer.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McVanillaFadeRenderer.java
similarity index 97%
rename from common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFadeRenderer.java
rename to common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McVanillaFadeRenderer.java
index 119b99cb3..d994cfcfb 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McFadeRenderer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/renderTest/McVanillaFadeRenderer.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.IMcVanillaFadeRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
@@ -56,14 +55,14 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 /**
  * Renders a TODO
  */
-public class McFadeRenderer implements IMcFadeRenderer
+public class McVanillaFadeRenderer implements IMcVanillaFadeRenderer
 {
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
 	
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
 	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
 	
-	public static final McFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new McFadeRenderer();
+	public static final McVanillaFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new McVanillaFadeRenderer();
 	
 	private VertexFormat vertexFormat;
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ public class McFadeRenderer implements IMcFadeRenderer
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
-	private McFadeRenderer() 
+	private McVanillaFadeRenderer() 
 	{
 		this.vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
 			.add("vPosition", DhVertexFormat.SCREEN_POS)
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/DependencySetup.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/DependencySetup.java
index 6db5157f0..135e5a81e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/DependencySetup.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/DependencySetup.java
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ public class DependencySetup
 	public static void createRenderBindings()
 	{
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcTestRenderer.class, McTestRenderer.INSTANCE);
-		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcFadeRenderer.class, McFadeRenderer.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcVanillaFadeRenderer.class, McVanillaFadeRenderer.INSTANCE);
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcLodRenderer.class, McLodRenderer.INSTANCE);
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcSsaoRenderer.class, McSsaoRenderer.INSTANCE);
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcFogRenderer.class, McFogRenderer.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMcFarFadeRenderer.class, McFarFadeRenderer.INSTANCE);
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/coreSubProjects b/coreSubProjects
index 225c2df8d..c3dce412f 160000
--- a/coreSubProjects
+++ b/coreSubProjects
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 225c2df8df18a241aed931c81dd260ec55d44f8b
+Subproject commit c3dce412fae3d4247a6852dc1ca64c9a49b83349