diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef07d29c4..79afe1193 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,16 @@ build:
     exclude:
       # TODO: There is a lot of duplicate stuff here, try to maybe make it smaller
       - fabric/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - fabric/build/libs/*-dev.jar
       - fabric/build/libs/*-sources.jar
       - quilt/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - quilt/build/libs/*-dev.jar
       - quilt/build/libs/*-sources.jar
       - forge/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - forge/build/libs/*-dev.jar
       - forge/build/libs/*-sources.jar
       - neoforge/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - neoforge/build/libs/*-dev.jar
       - neoforge/build/libs/*-sources.jar
     expire_in: 14 days
     when: always
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 41b3c94a9..95947703b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -164,13 +164,6 @@ subprojects { p ->
             shadowCommon // Don't use shadow from the shadow plugin because we don't want IDEA to index this.
             implementation.extendsFrom common
             implementation.extendsFrom coreProjects
-
-            if (findProject(":fabricLike") && p != project(":fabricLike")) {
-                // Shadow fabricLike
-                fabricLike
-                shadowFabricLike
-                implementation.extendsFrom fabricLike
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -209,9 +202,12 @@ subprojects { p ->
         implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2")
         implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2")
         implementation("junit:junit:4.13")
-        
+
         // JOML
-        shadowMc("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
+        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
+            shadowMc("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
+        else
+            implementation("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
         
         // Compression
         shadowMc("org.lz4:lz4-java:${rootProject.lz4_version}")
@@ -273,12 +269,6 @@ subprojects { p ->
             // Common
             common(project(":common")) { transitive false }
             shadowCommon(project(":common")) { transitive false }
-
-            // FabricLike
-            if (findProject(":fabricLike") && p != project(":fabricLike")) {
-                fabricLike(project(path: ":fabricLike")) { transitive false }
-                shadowFabricLike(project(path: ":fabricLike")) { transitive false }
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -289,11 +279,6 @@ subprojects { p ->
         if (isMinecraftSubProject && p != project(":common")) {
             configurations.push(project.configurations.shadowCommon) // Shadow the common subproject
             relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.common", "loaderCommon.${p.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.common" // Move the loader files to a different location
-
-            if (findProject(":fabricLike") && p != project(":fabricLike")) {
-                configurations.push(project.configurations.shadowFabricLike) // Shadow the fabricLike subproject
-                relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabriclike", "loaderCommon.${p.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabriclike" // Move the loader files to a different location
-            }
         }
         
         
@@ -331,7 +316,20 @@ subprojects { p ->
 
     // Put stuff from gradle.properties into the mod info
     processResources {
-        def resourceTargets = [ // Location of where to inject the properties
+        duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
+        // Include all the resources
+        from project(":common").sourceSets.main.resources
+        from project(":core").sourceSets.main.resources
+        from project(":api").sourceSets.main.resources
+        
+        // Copy accessWideners
+        // FIXME: remove copyCommonLoaderResources and use this instead (and if you are removing that task, also remove copyCoreResources while your at it)
+//        from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+//        into(file(p.file("build/resources/main")))
+//        rename "${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener", "distanthorizons.accesswidener"
+
+        // Location of where to inject the properties
+        def resourceTargets = [
                 // Holds info like git commit
                 // TODO: For some reason this script doesnt work with the core project
                 "build_info.json",
@@ -488,7 +486,7 @@ allprojects { p ->
     javadoc.title = rootProject.mod_name + "-" + project.name
 
     // Some annotations arent "technically" part of the official java standard,
-    // so we define it ourself here
+    //  so we define it ourself here
     javadoc {
         configure( options ) {
             tags(
@@ -575,6 +573,7 @@ allprojects { p ->
         // Set the OS lwjgl is using to the current os
         project.ext.lwjglNatives = "natives-" + os.toFamilyName()
 
+        // TODO: Include Minecraft in core-projects but dont include MC code stuff
         dependencies { // All of these dependencies are in Vanilla Minecraft, but we need to depend on it as we arent importing Minecraft in the core
             // Imports most of lwjgl's libraries (well, only the ones that we need)
             implementation platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}") // TODO: Use Minecraft's version for lwjgl_version (which changes in nearly every version) instead of a hard defined version for all versions
@@ -611,14 +610,6 @@ allprojects { p ->
         from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
         into(file(p.file("build/resources/main")))
         rename "${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener", "distanthorizons.accesswidener"
-
-
-        // Move the fabricLike mixin to its different places for each subproject
-        if (findProject(":fabricLike")) {
-            from project(":fabricLike").file("src/main/resources/DistantHorizons.fabricLike.mixins.json")
-            into(file(p.file("build/resources/main")))
-            rename "DistantHorizons.fabricLike.mixins.json", "DistantHorizons." + p.name + ".fabricLike.mixins.json"
-        }
     }
 
     task copyCoreResources(type: Copy) {
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 9c9cbd392..8579a3916 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ plugins {
 
 
 
+// Throw an error and a little help message if the user forgot to clone the core sub-project
+if (!file("./coreSubProjects/LICENSE.txt").exists()) { // the LICENCE.txt file should always, and only exist if the core-sub-project was cloned
+    println('''
+It seems that the core sub project was not included...
+ please make sure that when you were cloning the repo, you were using the `--recurse-submodules` flag on git.
+ and if its too late now to re-clone the project, please grab the core sub project in whatever way you can from https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons-core.git
+
+If you still need help with compiling, please read the Readme.md
+    ''')
+    throw new GradleException("coreSubProject not found")
+}
+
+
+
+
 /** Loads the VersionProperties fiel for the currently selected Minecraft version. */
 def loadProperties() {
     def defaultMcVersion = "1.20.1" // 1.20.1 is our current most stable version so we use that if no version was defined