diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
index cc873b13c..bfd07edd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
@@ -214,17 +214,7 @@ public class LodBuilder
 			
 			//lodDim.clear(detailLevel, posX, posZ);
 			if (data != null && data.length != 0)
-			{
-				for (int verticalIndex = 0; verticalIndex < lodDim.getMaxVerticalData(detailLevel, posX, posZ); verticalIndex++)
-				{
-					lodDim.addData(detailLevel,
-							posX,
-							posZ,
-							verticalIndex,
-							data[verticalIndex],
-							false);
-				}
-			}
+				lodDim.addVerticalData(detailLevel,	posX, posZ,	data,false);
 		}
 		lodDim.updateData(LodUtil.CHUNK_DETAIL_LEVEL, chunk.getPos().x, chunk.getPos().z);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LevelContainer.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LevelContainer.java
index 018dc396d..bb24a5e80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LevelContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LevelContainer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ public interface LevelContainer
 	 */
 	boolean addData(long data, int posX, int posZ, int index);
 	
+	/**
+	 * With this you can add data to the level container
+	 * @param data actual data to add in an array of long[] format.
+	 * @param posX x position in the detail level
+	 * @param posZ z position in the detail level
+	 * @return true if correctly added, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean addVerticalData(long[] data, int posX, int posZ);
+	
 	/**
 	 * With this you can add data to the level container
 	 * @param data actual data to add in an array of long format.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodDimension.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodDimension.java
index 58eaad3ab..43c7caaff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodDimension.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodDimension.java
@@ -470,6 +470,48 @@ public class LodDimension
 		return nodeAdded;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Add whole column of LODs to this dimension at the coordinate
+	 * stored in the LOD. If an LOD already exists at the given
+	 * coordinate it will be overwritten.
+	 */
+	public Boolean addVerticalData(byte detailLevel, int posX, int posZ, long[] data, boolean dontSave)
+	{
+		int regionPosX = LevelPosUtil.getRegion(detailLevel, posX);
+		int regionPosZ = LevelPosUtil.getRegion(detailLevel, posZ);
+		
+		// don't continue if the region can't be saved
+		LodRegion region = getRegion(regionPosX, regionPosZ);
+		if (region == null)
+			return false;
+		
+		boolean nodeAdded = region.addVerticalData(detailLevel, posX, posZ, data);
+		
+		// only save valid LODs to disk
+		if (!dontSave && fileHandler != null)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				// mark the region as dirty, so it will be saved to disk
+				int xIndex = (regionPosX - center.x) + halfWidth;
+				int zIndex = (regionPosZ - center.z) + halfWidth;
+				
+				isRegionDirty[xIndex][zIndex] = true;
+				regenRegionBuffer[xIndex][zIndex] = true;
+				regenDimensionBuffers = true;
+			}
+			catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
+			{
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				// If this happens, the method was probably
+				// called when the dimension was changing size.
+				// Hopefully this shouldn't be an issue.
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return nodeAdded;
+	}
+	
 	/** marks the region at the given region position to have its buffer rebuilt */
 	public void markRegionBufferToRegen(int xRegion, int zRegion)
 	{
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodRegion.java
index d608ea163..15c98b45b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/LodRegion.java
@@ -105,6 +105,26 @@ public class LodRegion
 		return true;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Inserts the vertical data into the region.
+	 * <p>
+	 * TODO this will always return true unless it has
+	 * @return true if the data was added successfully
+	 */
+	public boolean addVerticalData(byte detailLevel, int posX, int posZ, long[] data)
+	{
+		//position is already relative
+		//posX = LevelPosUtil.getRegionModule(detailLevel, posX);
+		//posZ = LevelPosUtil.getRegionModule(detailLevel, posZ);
+		
+		// The dataContainer could have null entries if the
+		// detailLevel changes.
+		if (this.dataContainer[detailLevel] == null)
+			this.dataContainer[detailLevel] = new VerticalLevelContainer(detailLevel);
+		
+		return this.dataContainer[detailLevel].addVerticalData(data, posX, posZ);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Get the dataPoint at the given relative position.
 	 * @return the data at the relative pos and detail level,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/VerticalLevelContainer.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/VerticalLevelContainer.java
index 87c256f41..41aa64173 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/VerticalLevelContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/objects/VerticalLevelContainer.java
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ public class VerticalLevelContainer implements LevelContainer
 		return true;
 	}
 	
+	public boolean addVerticalData(long[] data, int posX, int posZ)
+	{
+		
+		posX = LevelPosUtil.getRegionModule(detailLevel, posX);
+		posZ = LevelPosUtil.getRegionModule(detailLevel, posZ);
+		for (int verticalIndex = 0; verticalIndex < maxVerticalData; verticalIndex++)
+			dataContainer[posX * size * maxVerticalData + posZ * maxVerticalData + verticalIndex] = data[verticalIndex];
+		return true;
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public boolean addSingleData(long data, int posX, int posZ)
 	{