fix blaze3d rendering

will probably break old MC versions, the CI script will probably need some tweaking.

.dockerignore

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+**/.git
+**/.gitlab
+**/.cache
+
+buildAllJars
+
+**/_Misc Files
+*.bat
+*.md
+*.sh
+*.txt
+
+coreSubProjects/*.md
+coreSubProjects/*.txt
+
+**/.gitignore
+**/.gitattributes
+**/.gitlab-cy.yml
+**/.gitmodules

.editorconfig

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+# DH Main
+root = true
+
+# Note: please keep this and the core .editorconfig in sync
+
+[*]
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+ij_formatter_on_tag = @formatter:on
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+ij_smart_tabs = false
+ij_visual_guides = none
+ij_wrap_on_typing = false
+
+[*.java]
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+ij_groovy_space_before_colon = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_comma = false
+ij_groovy_space_before_do_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_else_keyword = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_else_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_finally_keyword = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_finally_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_for_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_for_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_for_semicolon = false
+ij_groovy_space_before_if_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_if_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_method_call_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_space_before_method_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_method_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_space_before_quest = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_record_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_space_before_switch_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_switch_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_synchronized_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_synchronized_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_try_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_try_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_while_keyword = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_while_left_brace = true
+ij_groovy_space_before_while_parentheses = true
+ij_groovy_space_in_named_argument = true
+ij_groovy_space_in_named_argument_before_colon = false
+ij_groovy_space_within_empty_array_initializer_braces = false
+ij_groovy_space_within_empty_method_call_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_additive_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_assignment_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_bitwise_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_equality_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_lambda_arrow = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_logical_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_multiplicative_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_regex_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_relational_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_around_shift_operators = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_annotation_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_array_initializer_braces = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_braces = true
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_brackets = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_cast_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_catch_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_for_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_gstring_injection_braces = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_if_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_list_or_map = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_method_call_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_method_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_switch_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_synchronized_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_try_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_tuple_expression = false
+ij_groovy_spaces_within_while_parentheses = false
+ij_groovy_special_else_if_treatment = true
+ij_groovy_ternary_operation_wrap = off
+ij_groovy_throws_keyword_wrap = off
+ij_groovy_throws_list_wrap = off
+ij_groovy_use_flying_geese_braces = false
+ij_groovy_use_fq_class_names = false
+ij_groovy_use_fq_class_names_in_javadoc = true
+ij_groovy_use_relative_indents = false
+ij_groovy_use_single_class_imports = true
+ij_groovy_variable_annotation_wrap = off
+ij_groovy_while_brace_force = never
+ij_groovy_while_on_new_line = false
+ij_groovy_wrap_chain_calls_after_dot = false
+ij_groovy_wrap_long_lines = false
+
+[{*.har,*.json,*.png.mcmeta,mcmod.info,pack.mcmeta}]
+indent_size = 4
+ij_json_array_wrapping = split_into_lines
+ij_json_keep_blank_lines_in_code = 0
+ij_json_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+ij_json_keep_line_breaks = true
+ij_json_keep_trailing_comma = false
+ij_json_object_wrapping = split_into_lines
+ij_json_property_alignment = do_not_align
+ij_json_space_after_colon = true
+ij_json_space_after_comma = true
+ij_json_space_before_colon = false
+ij_json_space_before_comma = false
+ij_json_spaces_within_braces = false
+ij_json_spaces_within_brackets = false
+ij_json_wrap_long_lines = false
+
+[{*.htm,*.html,*.sht,*.shtm,*.shtml}]
+ij_html_add_new_line_before_tags = body,div,p,form,h1,h2,h3
+ij_html_align_attributes = true
+ij_html_align_text = false
+ij_html_attribute_wrap = normal
+ij_html_block_comment_add_space = false
+ij_html_block_comment_at_first_column = true
+ij_html_do_not_align_children_of_min_lines = 0
+ij_html_do_not_break_if_inline_tags = title,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p
+ij_html_do_not_indent_children_of_tags = html,body,thead,tbody,tfoot
+ij_html_enforce_quotes = false
+ij_html_inline_tags = a,abbr,acronym,b,basefont,bdo,big,br,cite,cite,code,dfn,em,font,i,img,input,kbd,label,q,s,samp,select,small,span,strike,strong,sub,sup,textarea,tt,u,var
+ij_html_keep_blank_lines = 2
+ij_html_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+ij_html_keep_line_breaks = true
+ij_html_keep_line_breaks_in_text = true
+ij_html_keep_whitespaces = false
+ij_html_keep_whitespaces_inside = span,pre,textarea
+ij_html_line_comment_at_first_column = true
+ij_html_new_line_after_last_attribute = never
+ij_html_new_line_before_first_attribute = never
+ij_html_quote_style = double
+ij_html_remove_new_line_before_tags = br
+ij_html_space_after_tag_name = false
+ij_html_space_around_equality_in_attribute = false
+ij_html_space_inside_empty_tag = false
+ij_html_text_wrap = normal
+
+[{*.kt,*.kts}]
+ij_kotlin_align_in_columns_case_branch = false
+ij_kotlin_align_multiline_binary_operation = false
+ij_kotlin_align_multiline_extends_list = false
+ij_kotlin_align_multiline_method_parentheses = false
+ij_kotlin_align_multiline_parameters = true
+ij_kotlin_align_multiline_parameters_in_calls = false
+ij_kotlin_allow_trailing_comma = false
+ij_kotlin_allow_trailing_comma_on_call_site = false
+ij_kotlin_assignment_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_blank_lines_after_class_header = 0
+ij_kotlin_blank_lines_around_block_when_branches = 0
+ij_kotlin_blank_lines_before_declaration_with_comment_or_annotation_on_separate_line = 1
+ij_kotlin_block_comment_add_space = false
+ij_kotlin_block_comment_at_first_column = true
+ij_kotlin_call_parameters_new_line_after_left_paren = false
+ij_kotlin_call_parameters_right_paren_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_call_parameters_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_catch_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_class_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_for_chained_calls = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_for_expression_bodies = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_argument_lists = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_elvis = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_if_conditions = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_parameter_lists = true
+ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_supertype_lists = true
+ij_kotlin_else_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_enum_constants_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_extends_list_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_field_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
+ij_kotlin_finally_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_if_rparen_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_import_nested_classes = false
+ij_kotlin_imports_layout = *,java.**,javax.**,kotlin.**,^
+ij_kotlin_insert_whitespaces_in_simple_one_line_method = true
+ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_before_right_brace = 2
+ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_in_code = 2
+ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_in_declarations = 2
+ij_kotlin_keep_first_column_comment = true
+ij_kotlin_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+ij_kotlin_keep_line_breaks = true
+ij_kotlin_lbrace_on_next_line = false
+ij_kotlin_line_break_after_multiline_when_entry = true
+ij_kotlin_line_comment_add_space = false
+ij_kotlin_line_comment_add_space_on_reformat = false
+ij_kotlin_line_comment_at_first_column = true
+ij_kotlin_method_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
+ij_kotlin_method_call_chain_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_method_parameters_new_line_after_left_paren = false
+ij_kotlin_method_parameters_right_paren_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_method_parameters_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_name_count_to_use_star_import = 5
+ij_kotlin_name_count_to_use_star_import_for_members = 3
+ij_kotlin_packages_to_use_import_on_demand = java.util.*,kotlinx.android.synthetic.**,io.ktor.**
+ij_kotlin_parameter_annotation_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_space_after_comma = true
+ij_kotlin_space_after_extend_colon = true
+ij_kotlin_space_after_type_colon = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_catch_parentheses = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_comma = false
+ij_kotlin_space_before_extend_colon = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_for_parentheses = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_if_parentheses = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_lambda_arrow = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_type_colon = false
+ij_kotlin_space_before_when_parentheses = true
+ij_kotlin_space_before_while_parentheses = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_additive_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_assignment_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_equality_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_function_type_arrow = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_logical_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_multiplicative_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_range = false
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_relational_operators = true
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_unary_operator = false
+ij_kotlin_spaces_around_when_arrow = true
+ij_kotlin_variable_annotation_wrap = off
+ij_kotlin_while_on_new_line = false
+ij_kotlin_wrap_elvis_expressions = 1
+ij_kotlin_wrap_expression_body_functions = 0
+ij_kotlin_wrap_first_method_in_call_chain = false
+
+[{*.markdown,*.md}]
+ij_markdown_force_one_space_after_blockquote_symbol = true
+ij_markdown_force_one_space_after_header_symbol = true
+ij_markdown_force_one_space_after_list_bullet = true
+ij_markdown_force_one_space_between_words = true
+ij_markdown_format_tables = true
+ij_markdown_insert_quote_arrows_on_wrap = true
+ij_markdown_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+ij_markdown_keep_line_breaks_inside_text_blocks = true
+ij_markdown_max_lines_around_block_elements = 1
+ij_markdown_max_lines_around_header = 1
+ij_markdown_max_lines_between_paragraphs = 1
+ij_markdown_min_lines_around_block_elements = 1
+ij_markdown_min_lines_around_header = 1
+ij_markdown_min_lines_between_paragraphs = 1
+ij_markdown_wrap_text_if_long = true
+ij_markdown_wrap_text_inside_blockquotes = true
+
+[{*.toml,Cargo.lock,Cargo.toml.orig,Gopkg.lock,Pipfile,poetry.lock}]
+ij_toml_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+
+[{*.yaml,*.yml}]
+indent_size = 4
+ij_yaml_align_values_properties = do_not_align
+ij_yaml_autoinsert_sequence_marker = true
+ij_yaml_block_mapping_on_new_line = false
+ij_yaml_indent_sequence_value = true
+ij_yaml_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
+ij_yaml_keep_line_breaks = true
+ij_yaml_sequence_on_new_line = false
+ij_yaml_space_before_colon = false
+ij_yaml_spaces_within_braces = true
+ij_yaml_spaces_within_brackets = true

.gitignore

@@ -1,31 +1,3 @@
-# eclipse
-bin
-*.launch
-.settings
-.metadata
-.classpath
-.project
-
-# idea
-out
-*.ipr
-*.iws
-*.iml
-.idea
-
-# gradle
-build
-.gradle
-
-# other
-eclipse
-run
-
-# Files from Forge MDK
-logs
-forge*changelog.txt
-
-.architectury-transformer/
 build/
 *.ipr
 run/
@@ -33,9 +5,11 @@ run/
 out/
 *.iml
 .gradle/
+.gradle-cache/
 output/
 bin/
 libs/
+.architectury-transformer/
 
 .classpath
 .project
@@ -45,9 +19,28 @@ classes/
 .vscode
 .settings
 *.launch
+hs_err_pid*
 
 **/src/generated/
 Merged/
+# Folder created by the buildAll scripts
+buildAllJars/
+
+relocate_natives/.venv/
+relocate_natives/__pycache__/
+relocate_natives/apple-codesign/
 
 # file from notepad++
 *.bak
+
+# file genearated via MC version switching using preprocessor
+build.properties
+
+# Sqlite databases
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite-journal
+*.sqlite-shm
+*.sqlite-wal
+
+# Don't add access transformers to git as they're dynamically generated
+accesstransformer.cfg

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,132 +1,103 @@
 # use Eclipse's JDK
-image: gradle:eclipse-temurin
+# The ci should always use a unix(-like) OS to work
+image: eclipse-temurin:25
 
 # all stages need to be defined here
 stages:
-  - gradleSetup
   - build
-  - merge
+  - api
+  - pages
 
 variables:
-    # Disable the Gradle daemon for Continuous Integration servers as correctness
+  # Pull core when building
-    # is usually a priority over speed in CI environments. Using a fresh
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
-    # runtime for each build is more reliable since the runtime is completely
-    # isolated from any previous builds.
-    GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-    # Pull core when building
-    GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 
 
-before_script:
+# These can be extended so code is a bit less duplicated
-    - echo $CI_JOB_ID
+.build_java:
-    # Writing GE_JOB_ID variable to environment file, will need the value in the next stage.
+  #image: eclipse-temurin:17
-    - echo GE_JOB_ID=$CI_JOB_ID >> generate_jars.env
+  cache:
+    key: "gradleCache_$CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG"
+    policy: pull-push
+    paths:
+      - .gradle
+      - cache/
+  allow_failure: true
+  retry:
+      max: 2
+      when:
+          - runner_system_failure
+          - stuck_or_timeout_failure
 
 
-
-
-# first stage
-# This prevents us from re-downloading Gradle every stage
-gradleSetup:
-    stage: gradleSetup
-    script: ./gradlew --build-cache --gradle-user-home cache/ check
-    # build using Java 17
-    image: eclipse-temurin:17
-    cache:
-        key:
-          files:
-            - gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties 
-        policy: push
-        paths:
-          - cache/
-
-
-
-# second stage
 build:
-    stage: build
+  stage: build
-    script: ./gradlew build --gradle-user-home cache/
+  parallel:
-    # build using Java 17
+    matrix:
-    image: eclipse-temurin:17
+      - MC_VER: [
-    cache:
+      "1.26.1",
-        key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+      "1.21.11", "1.21.10", "1.21.9", "1.21.8", "1.21.6", "1.21.5", "1.21.4", "1.21.3", "1.21.1", 
-        policy: pull-push
+      "1.20.6", "1.20.4", "1.20.2", "1.20.1", 
-        paths:
+      "1.19.4", "1.19.2",
-            - .architectury-transformer
+      "1.18.2", 
-            - .gradle
+      "1.17.1", 
-            - build
+      "1.16.5"
-            - common/.gradle
+      ]
-            - common/build
+  script:
-            - core/.gradle
+    # this both runs the unit tests and assembles the code
-            - core/build
+    - ./gradlew clean -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
-            - fabric/.gradle
+    - ./gradlew build -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
-            - fabric/src/generated
+    - cp ./fabric/build/libs/* ./forge/build/libs/* ./neoforge/build/libs/* ./build/forgix/* . || true
-            - forge/.gradle
+  artifacts:
-            - forge/src/generated
+    name: "NightlyBuild_${MC_VER}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
-            - build
+    paths:
-            - .gradle
+      - ./*.jar
-            - cache/
+    exclude:
-    artifacts:
+      - ./*-all.jar
-        name: "NightlyBuild-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"  
+      - ./*-dev.jar
-        paths:
+      - ./*-sources.jar
-            # relative to the root directory
+    expire_in: 14 days
-            - fabric/build/libs
+    when: always
-            - forge/build/libs
+  extends: .build_java
-        exclude:
-            - fabric/build/libs/*-dev.jar
-            - fabric/build/libs/*-dev-shadow.jar
-            - fabric/build/libs/*-sources-dev.jar
-            - fabric/build/libs/*-sources.jar
-            - forge/build/libs/*-dev.jar
-            - forge/build/libs/*-dev-shadow.jar
-            - forge/build/libs/*-sources-dev.jar
-            - forge/build/libs/*-sources.jar
-        reports:
-            # To ensure we've access to these files in the next stage
-            dotenv: generate_jars.env
-        expire_in: 1 day
-
-# third stage
-merge:
-    stage: merge
-    script: ./gradlew merge --gradle-user-home cache/ 
-    # build using Java 17
-    image: eclipse-temurin:17
-    cache:
-        key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-        policy: pull-push
-        paths:
-            - build
-            - .gradle
-            - cache/
-    artifacts:
-        name: "Merged_NightlyBuild-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"  
-        paths:
-            # relative to the root directory
-            - Merged
-        expire_in: 1 day
 
 
-## forth stage
+api:
-#deploy:
+  stage: api
-#    stage: deploy
+  needs: []
-#    image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  script:
-#    script:
+    # this should only run for the API
-#        - echo 'running release_job'
+    - ./gradlew api:clean --gradle-user-home cache/;
-#        - echo 'Previous Job ID is printed below'
+    # this also runs unit tests
-#        - echo $GE_JOB_ID
+    - ./gradlew api:build --gradle-user-home cache/;
-#    # Specifying that this job requires artifacts from the previous job to succeed
+    - ./gradlew api:addSourcesToCompiledJar --gradle-user-home cache/;
-#    needs:
+    - cp ./coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/merged/* .
-#        - job: build
+  artifacts:
-#          artifacts: true
+    name: "NightlyBuild_Api-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
-#    release:
+    paths:
-#        name: 'Unstable Jars for Latest Commit' #: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
+      - ./*.jar
-#        description: 'Created automatically using the release-cli.'
+    exclude:
-#        # tag_name is a mendatory field and can not be an empty string
+      - ./*-all.jar
-#        tag_name: 'Unstable-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
+      - ./*-dev.jar
-#        assets:
+      - ./*-sources.jar
-#            links:
+    expire_in: 1 day
-#                - name: 'Fabric Jars'
+    when: always
-#                  url: 'https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/cw/-/jobs/${GE_JOB_ID}/artifacts/file/fabric/build/libs'
+  extends: .build_java
-#                - name: 'Forge Jars'
+
-#                  url: 'https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/cw/-/jobs/${GE_JOB_ID}/artifacts/file/forge/build/libs' 
+
+# generate and publish API javadocs
+pages:
+  stage: pages
+  needs: []
+  script:
+    # this should only run for the API
+    - ./gradlew api:clean --gradle-user-home cache/;
+    # this also runs unit tests
+    - ./gradlew api:build --gradle-user-home cache/;
+    - ./gradlew api:javadoc --gradle-user-home cache/;
+    - mkdir public
+    - cp -r $CI_PROJECT_DIR/coreSubProjects/api/build/docs/javadoc/. public
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - public
+  allow_failure: false
+  extends: .build_java

.gitlab/issue_templates/Bug.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+## Check off each item in this list before submitting:
+
+<!-- 
+To mark a section as complete either put an "x" in between the square brackets, example: "[x]" 
+Or click the checkbox once the issue has been created.
+-->
+
+1. [ ] Check the FAQ to see if your issue has already been reported and has a solution:
+    [Problems-and-solutions](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/2-problems-and-solutions/Problems-and-Solutions)
+
+2. [ ] Make sure you are not using any mods on the incompatible list:
+    [Mod support FAQ](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/4-mod-support/Mod-Support)
+
+3. [ ] Check the existing issues to verify that your bug hasn't already been submitted: 
+    [Issues](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues)
+
+4. [ ] Upload Minecraft's crash report and/or log. \
+   Minecraft crash reports are located in: `.minecraft/crash-reports` \
+   Minecraft logs are located in: `.minecraft/logs`
+
+5. [ ] Upload your Distant Horizons Config. \
+     The config is found in: `.minecraft/configs/DistantHorizons.toml`
+
+ 6. [ ] Fill out the information below:
+
+ * **minecraft version**:
+
+ * **Distant Horizons version**:
+
+ * **Mod loader**:
+
+ * **Installed mods (list the smallest number of mods that you can use to re-create the bug)**:
+ 
+ * **Describe the bug**:
+
+ * **Steps to reproduce the bug**:
+

.gitlab/issue_templates/Default.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+## Check off each item in this list before submitting:
+
+<!-- 
+To mark a section as complete either put an "x" in between the square brackets, example: "[x]" 
+Or click the checkbox once the issue has been created.
+-->
+
+1. [ ] Check the FAQ to see if your issue has already been reported and has a solution:
+    [Problems-and-solutions](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/2-problems-and-solutions/Problems-and-Solutions)
+
+2. [ ] Make sure you are not using any mods on the incompatible list:
+    [Mod support FAQ](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/4-mod-support/Mod-Support)
+
+3. [ ] Check the existing issues to verify that your bug hasn't already been submitted: 
+    [Issues](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues)
+
+4. [ ] Upload Minecraft's crash report and/or log. \
+   Minecraft crash reports are located in: `.minecraft/crash-reports` \
+   Minecraft logs are located in: `.minecraft/logs`
+
+5. [ ] Upload your Distant Horizons Config. \
+     The config is found in: `.minecraft/configs/DistantHorizons.toml`
+
+ 6. [ ] Fill out the information below:
+
+ * **minecraft version**:
+
+ * **Distant Horizons version**:
+
+ * **Mod loader**:
+
+ * **Installed mods (list the smallest number of mods that you can use to re-create the bug)**:
+ 
+ * **Describe the bug**:
+
+ * **Steps to reproduce the bug**:
+

.gitlab/issue_templates/FeatureRequest.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- [ ] Check the existing [feature requests](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Feature) to verify that your feature hasn't already been suggested.
+
+1. **Describe the feature**:
+
+2. **Describe why this feature should be added**:

.gitlab/issue_templates/ImprovementRequest.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+1. Check the existing [improvement requests](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues?sort=updated_desc&state=all&label_name%5B%5D=Improvement) to verify that your improvement hasn't already been suggested.
+
+2. **Describe the improvement**:

.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "core"]
+[submodule "coreSubProjects"]
-	path = core
+	path = coreSubProjects
 	url = https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons-core.git

.mailmap

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+# See mailmap docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap
+# Test with git shortlog --summary --email
+# Keep sorted for easier editing and smaller diffs
+
+Ada Aster <an.ada.poirier@gmail.com>
+CodeF53 <fseusb@gmail.com> <37855219+CodeF53@users.noreply.github.com>
+coolGi <me@coolgi.dev> <sasanaps@hotmail.com>
+James Seibel <jeseibel@gondtc.com> <jseibel@vertsys.com>
+Morippi <leoleo97@libero.it> <leoloe97@libero.it>
+Morippi <leoleo97@libero.it> <Morippi>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <10044908-_Ran@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <43445785+RanCraftPlayz@users.noreply.github.com>
+TomTheFurry <tomlee92502@yahoo.com>
+TomTheFurry <tomlee92502@yahoo.com> <46843632+TomTheFurry@users.noreply.github.com>
+Yeshi <yeshi@newengine.org>

.run/Fabric Client & Server.run.xml

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+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Fabric Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Fabric Client (:fabric)" type="Application" />
+    <toRun name="Fabric Server (:fabric)" type="Application" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Forge Client & Server.run.xml

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+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Forge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <toRun name="Forge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Forge Client (gradle).run.xml

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+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="forge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Forge Server (gradle).run.xml

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+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="forge:runServer" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Neoforge Client & Server.run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Neoforge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <toRun name="Neoforge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Neoforge Client (gradle).run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="neoforge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/Neoforge Server (gradle).run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="neoforge:runServer" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [build].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [build]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="build" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [clean].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [clean]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="clean" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [core_build].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [core:build]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="core:build" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [fabric_runClient].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [fabric:runClient]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="fabric:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [forge_runClient].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [forge:runClient]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="forge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [mergeJars].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [mergeJars]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="mergeJars" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [neoforge_runClient].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [neoforge:runClient]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="neoforge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

.run/distant-horizons [test].run.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [test]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="test" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM eclipse-temurin:25-jdk
+
+WORKDIR /home/build/
+COPY ./gradlew .
+RUN chmod +x ./gradlew
+CMD echo "\r========== [CLEAN: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
+    ./gradlew clean -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
+    echo "\r========== [BUILD: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
+    ./gradlew build -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
+    echo "\r========== [MERGE: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
+    ./gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
+    echo "\r========== [DONE:  $MC_VER] =========="

LICENSE-LOGOS.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Distant Horizons logos © 2024 by Pankakes are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 

LICENSE.LESSER.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+                   GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                       Version 3, 29 June 2007
+
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+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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+
+
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Readme.md

@@ -1,87 +1,210 @@
-# Distant Horizons
+# <img src="https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons-core/-/raw/main/_Misc%20Files/logo%20files/new/SVG/Distant-Horizons.svg" height="128px"> 
+_See farther without turning your game into a slide show._
 
-This mod adds a Level Of Detail (LOD) system to Minecraft.\
+<br>
-This implementation renders simplified chunks outside the normal render distance\
-allowing for an increased view distance without harming performance.
 
-Or in other words: this mod lets you see farther without turning your game into a slide show.\
+# What is Distant Horizons?
-If you want to see a quick demo, check out a video covering the mod here:
 
-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2tnvEVbO1c" target="_blank">![Minecraft Level Of Detail (LOD) mod - Alpha 1.5](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/H2tnvEVbO1c/mqdefault.webp)</a>
+Distant Horizons is a mod which implements a [Level of Detail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_detail_(computer_graphics)) system to Minecraft.\
+This allows for far greater render distances without harming performance by gradually lowering the quality of distant terrain.
 
-Architectury version: 3.4-SNAPSHOT\
+Below is a video demonstrating the system:
-Forge version: 39.0.5 and 38.0.14\
-Fabric version: 0.12.12\
-Fabric API version: 0.44.0+1.18
 
-Modmenu version: 3.0.0\
+<a href="https://youtu.be/SxQdbtjGEsc" target="_blank">![Distant Horizons - Alpha 2.0](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SxQdbtjGEsc/hqdefault.jpg)</a>
-Sodium version: mc1.18-0.4.0-alpha5
 
-Notes:\
+<br>
-This version has been confirmed to work in Eclipse and Retail Minecraft.\
-(Retail running forge version 1.18.1-39.0.5 and fabric version 1.18-0.12.12 and 1.18.1-0.12.12)
 
+## Minecraft and Library Versions
 
-## source code installation
+### This branch supports the following versions of Minecraft:
 
-See the Fabric Documentation online for more detailed instructions:\
+#### 1.20.4, 1.20.3 (Default)
-https://fabricmc.net/wiki/tutorial:setup
+Fabric: 0.15.1\
+Fabric API: 0.91.2+1.20.4\
+Forge: 49.0.30\
+NeoForge: 118-beta\
+Parchment: 1.20.2:2023.12.10\
+Modmenu: 9.0.0-pre.1
+
+#### 1.20.2
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.90.4+1.20.2\
+Forge: 48.0.13\
+Parchment: 1.20.1:2023.09.03\
+Modmenu: 8.0.0
+
+#### 1.20.1, 1.20
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.90.4+1.20.1\
+Forge: 47.2.1\
+Parchment: 1.20.1:2023.09.03\
+Modmenu: 7.2.2
+
+#### 1.19.4
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.87.1+1.19.4\
+Forge: 45.2.4\
+Parchment: 1.19.4:2023.06.26\
+Modmenu: 6.3.1
+
+#### 1.19.2
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.76.1+1.19.2\
+Forge: 43.3.2\
+Parchment: 1.19.2:2022.11.27\
+Modmenu: 4.2.0-beta.2
+
+#### 1.18.2
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.76.0+1.18.2\
+Forge: 40.2.10\
+Parchment: 1.18.2:2022.11.06\
+Modmenu: 3.2.5
+
+#### 1.17.1, 1.17
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.46.1+1.17\
+Forge: 37.1.1\
+Parchment: 1.17.1:2021.12.12\
+Modmenu: 2.0.14
+
+#### 1.16.5, 1.16.4
+Fabric: 0.14.24\
+Fabric API: 0.42.0+1.16\
+Forge: 36.2.39\
+Parchment: 1.16.5:2022.03.06\
+Modmenu: 1.16.22
+
+### Versions no longer supported
+- 1.18.1, 1.18
+- 1.19.1, 1.19
+- 1.19.3
+
+<br>
+
+### Plugin and Library versions
+
+Gradle: 8.5\
+Fabric loom: 1.4-SNAPSHOT\
+Architectury loom (Forge gradle replacement): 1.4-SNAPSHOT\
+Sponge vanilla gradle: 0.2.1-SNAPSHOT\
+Java Preprocessor plugin: Manifold Preprocessor
+
+<br>
+
+## Source Code Installation
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* A Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java 17 (recommended) or newer. Visit https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ for installers.
+* A Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java 17 (recommended) or newer. <br>
-* Git or someway to clone git projects. Visit https://git-scm.com/ for installers.
+  Visit https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ for installers.
-* (Not required) Any Java IDE, for example Intellij IDEA and Eclipse. You may also use any other code editors, such as Visual Studio Code. (Optional)
+* Git or someway to clone git projects. <br> 
-It's better to use IntelliJ IDEA since Eclipse is not supported by Architectury, but it still works.
+  Visit https://git-scm.com/ for installers.
+* (Not required) Any Java IDE with plugins that support Manifold, for example IntelliJ IDEA.
 
 **If using IntelliJ:**
-1. open IDEA and import the build.gradle
+1. Install the Manifold plugin
-2. refresh the Gradle project in IDEA if required
+2. Open IDEA and import the build.gradle
+3. Refresh the Gradle project in IDEA if required
 
-**If using Ecplise:**
+**If using Eclipse: (Note that Eclipse doesn't support Manifold's preprocessor!)**
-1. run the command: `./gradlew geneclipseruns`
+1. Run the command: `./gradlew geneclipseruns`
-2. run the command: `./gradlew eclipse`
+2. Run the command: `./gradlew eclipse`
 3. Make sure eclipse has the JDK 17 installed. (This is needed so that eclipse can run minecraft)
 4. Import the project into eclipse
 
+<br>
+
+## Switching Versions
+
+To switch between different Minecraft versions, change `mcVer=1.?` in the `gradle.properties` file.
+
+If running in an IDE, to ensure the IDE noticed the version change, run any gradle command to refresh gradle.\
+In IntelliJ, you will also need to do a gradle sync if it didn't happen automatically.
+
+<br>
+
 ## Compiling
 
-**Using GUI**
+Prerequisites:
-1. Open a command line in the project folder
+- JDK 17 or newer
-2. Run the command: `./gradlew build`
-3. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `fabric/build/libs/` and `forge/build/libs/`
 
-**If in terminal:**
+From the File Explorer:
-1. `git clone -b 1.18.X --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod.git`
+1. Download and extract the project zip
-2. `cd minecraft-lod-mod`
+2. Download the core from https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons-core and extract into a folder called `coreSubProjects`
-3. `./gradlew assemble` or `./gradlew build`
+3. Open a terminal emulator in the project folder (On Windows you can type `cmd` in the title bar)
-4. The build should be in `fabric/build/libs/` and `forge/build/libs/`
+4. Run the commands: `./gradlew assemble` (You may need to use a `.\` on Windows)
+5. Merge the jars with `./gradlew mergeJars`
+6. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `Merged`
 
+From the command line:
+1. `git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons.git`
+2. `cd distant-horizons`
+3. `./gradlew assemble`
+4. `./gradlew mergeJars`
+5. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `Merged`
+
+Run tests with: `./gradlew test`
+
+>Note: You can add the argument `-PmcVer=?` to tell gradle to build a selected MC version instead of having to modify the `gradle.properties` file.\
+> For example: `./gradlew assemble -PmcVer=1.18.2`
+
+<br>
+
+## Compiling with Docker
+
+`./compile <version>`
+
+You can also locally compile the DH jars without a Java environment by using Docker. Where `<version>` is the version of Minecraft to compile for (ie `1.20.1`), or the keyword `all`. See [Versions](#minecraft-and-library-versions) for a list of all supported values.
+
+<br>
 
 ## Other commands
 
 `./gradlew --refresh-dependencies` to refresh local dependencies.
 
-`./gradlew clean` to reset everything (this does not affect your code) and then start the process again.
+`./gradlew clean` to delete any compiled code.
 
+<br>
 
 ## Note to self
 
 The Minecraft source code is NOT added to your workspace in an editable way. Minecraft is treated like a normal Library. Sources are there for documentation and research purposes only.
 
-Source code uses Mojang mappings.
+Source code uses Mojang mappings & [Parchment](https://parchmentmc.org/) mappings.
 
-## Useful commands
+To generate the source code run `./gradlew genSources` <br>
+If your IDE fails to auto-detect the source jars when browsing Minecraft classes; manually select the JAR file ending with -sources.jar when prompted by your IDE. <br>
+(In IntelliJ it's at the top where it says "choose sources" when browsing a Minecraft class)
 
-Build only Fabric: `./gradlew fabric:assemble` or `./gradlew fabric:build`\
+<br>
-Build only Forge: `./gradlew fabric:assemble` or `./gradlew forge:build`\
+
-Run the Fabric client (for debugging): `./gradlew fabric:runClient`\
+## Other Useful commands
-Run the Forge client (for debugging): `./gradlew forge:runClient`
+
+Run the standalone jar: `./gradlew run` <br>
+Build the standalone jar: `./gradlew core:build` <br>
+Only build Fabric: `./gradlew fabric:assemble` or `./gradlew fabric:build` <br>
+Only build Forge: `./gradlew forge:assemble` or `./gradlew forge:build` <br>
+Run the Fabric client (for debugging): `./gradlew fabric:runClient` <br>
+Run the Forge client (for debugging): `./gradlew forge:runClient` <br>
+
+To build all versions: `./buildAll` (all builds will end up in the `Merged` folder)
+
+<br>
 
 ## Open Source Acknowledgements
 
-XZ for Java (data compression)\
+Forgix (To merge multiple mod versions into one jar) [_Formerly_ [_DHJarMerger_](https://github.com/Ran-helo/DHJarMerger)]\
-https://tukaani.org/xz/java.html
+https://github.com/PacifistMC/Forgix
 
-DHJarMerger (To merge multiple mod versions into one jar)\
+LZ4 for Java (data compression)\
-https://github.com/Ran-helo/DHJarMerger
+https://github.com/lz4/lz4-java
+
+NightConfig for JSON & TOML (config handling)\
+https://github.com/TheElectronWill/night-config
+
+SVG Salamander for SVG support (not being used atm)\
+https://github.com/blackears/svgSalamander
+
+sqlite-jdbc\
+https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc

build.gradle

@@ -1,151 +1,8 @@
-import io.github.ran.jarmerger.JarMergerPlugin
-
-buildscript {
-    dependencies{
-        classpath files('plugins/DHJarMerger-1.0.jar')
-    }
-}
-
 plugins {
-    id "architectury-plugin" version "3.4-SNAPSHOT"
+    id 'root'
-    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "0.10.0-SNAPSHOT" apply false
+    id 'io.github.pacifistmc.forgix' version '2.+'
 }
 
-apply plugin: JarMergerPlugin
+forgix {
-
+    autoRun = true
-architectury {
-    minecraft = rootProject.minecraft_version
-}
-
-subprojects { p ->
-    apply plugin: "dev.architectury.loom"
-
-    loom {
-        silentMojangMappingsLicense()
-    }
-
-    configurations {
-        common
-        shadowMe
-        implementation.extendsFrom shadowMe
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:${rootProject.minecraft_version}"
-        // The following line declares the mojmap mappings
-        mappings loom.officialMojangMappings()
-
-        // Toml
-        implementation("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.toml_version}")
-
-        if (p != project(":forge")) {
-            // We depend on fabric loader here to use the fabric @Environment annotations and get the mixin dependencies
-            // Do NOT use other classes from fabric loader unless working with fabric
-            modImplementation "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:${rootProject.fabric_loader_version}"
-        }
-
-
-        if (p != project(":core")) {
-            common(project(":core")) { transitive false }
-            shadowMe(project(":core")) { transitive false }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-allprojects { p ->
-    apply plugin: "java"
-    apply plugin: "architectury-plugin"
-    apply plugin: "maven-publish"
-
-    archivesBaseName = rootProject.archives_base_name
-    version = rootProject.mod_version
-    group = rootProject.maven_group
-
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        // used to download and compile dependencies from git repos
-        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
-
-        // Required for importing Modrinth mods
-        maven {
-            name = "Modrinth"
-            url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "maven.modrinth"
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Required for importing CursedForge mods
-        maven {
-            url "https://www.cursemaven.com"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "curse.maven"
-            }
-        }
-
-        // These 2 are for importing mods that arnt on CursedForge, Modrinth, GitHub, GitLab or anywhere opensource
-        flatDir {
-            dirs "${rootDir}/mods/fabric"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "fabric-mod"
-            }
-        }
-        flatDir {
-            dirs "${rootDir}/mods/forge"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "forge-mod"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    // Put stuff from gradle.properties into the mod info
-    processResources {
-        def resourceTargets = ["fabric.mod.json", "META-INF/mods.toml"] // Location of where to put
-        def intoTargets = ["$buildDir/resources/main/"] // Location of the built resources folder
-        def replaceProperties = [
-                version: mod_version,
-                mod_name: mod_name,
-                authors: mod_authors,
-                description: mod_description,
-                homepage: mod_homepage,
-                source: mod_source,
-                issues: mod_issues
-        ]   // The left side is what gets replaced in the mod info and the right side is where to get it from in the gradle.properties
-
-        inputs.properties replaceProperties
-        replaceProperties.put 'project', project
-        filesMatching(resourceTargets) {
-            expand replaceProperties
-        }
-
-        intoTargets.each { target ->
-            if (file(target).exists()) {
-                copy {
-                    from(sourceSets.main.resources) {
-                        include resourceTargets
-                        expand replaceProperties
-                    }
-                    into target
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
-        if (p != project(":core")) {
-            // Minecraft 1.18 (1.18-pre2) upwards uses Java 17.
-            options.release = 17
-        }
-    }
-
-    java {
-        withSourcesJar()
-    }
-
-    if (p == project(":core") || p == project(":common")) {
-        runClient.enabled = false
-        runServer.enabled = false
-    }
 }

buildAll

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ===================="
+mkdir -p buildAllJars
+rm -rf buildAllJars/*
+
+# Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
+for d in versionProperties/*; do
+  # Get the name of the version that is going to be compiled
+  version=$(echo "$d" | sed "s/versionProperties\///" | sed "s/.properties//")
+
+  # Clean out the folders, build it, and merge it
+  # (We could use "./" to run gradlew, but as it is a shell script im going to be running it with the "sh" command)
+  echo "==================== Cleaning workspace to build $version ===================="
+  sh gradlew clean -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+
+  echo "====================Building $version ===================="
+  sh gradlew build -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+
+  echo "==================== Merging $version ===================="
+  sh gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+  
+  echo "==================== Moving jar ===================="
+  mv build/merged/*.jar buildAllJars/
+done

buildAll.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+@echo off & setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
+@rem Note for devs: If this script doesnt work, please look at the unix buildAll script
+@rem This script was originally created on linux, so there may be some problems with this translation
+
+
+echo ==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ====================
+mkdir buildAllJars
+del buildAllJars/*
+
+@rem Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
+for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do (
+    @rem Get the name of the version that is going to be compiled
+    set version=%%~nf
+
+    @rem Clean out the folders, build it, and merge it
+    echo ==================== Cleaning workspace to build !version! ====================
+    call .\gradlew.bat clean
+    
+	echo ==================== Building !version! ====================
+    call .\gradlew.bat build -PmcVer="!version!"
+    
+	echo ==================== Merging !version! ====================
+    call .\gradlew.bat mergeJars -PmcVer="!version!"
+	
+    echo ==================== Moving jar ====================
+    move build\merged\*.jar buildAllJars\
+)
+
+endlocal

buildSrc/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'groovy-gradle-plugin'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.wagyourtail.xyz/releases' } // Jvmdowngrader & unimined libs
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.outlands.top/releases' } // Hosts the kappa fork of unimined
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.wagyourtail.xyz/snapshots' } // The manifold gradle plugin we use
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.architectury.dev/' } // Minecraft mod libs
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.fabricmc.net/' } // Fabric
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/' } // NeoForge
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.minecraftforge.net/' } // Forge
+    maven { url = 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/repository/maven-public/' } // Hosts minecraft libs
+    maven { url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' } // Hosts a few dependencies we use
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:9.0.0'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail.unimined:xyz.wagyourtail.unimined.gradle.plugin:1.4.17-kappa'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail:manifold-gradle:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader:xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader.gradle.plugin:1.3.4'
+}

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/dh-loader.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,467 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.ResourceTransformer
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.TransformerContext
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull
+import java.util.function.Function
+import java.util.function.Predicate
+
+// Convention plugin for all MC-facing subprojects (common + loaders).
+// Common uses this directly; loaders use it via unimined-fabric/forge/neoforge.
+// IMPORTANT: unimined MUST be applied before shadow/jvmdowngrader
+// so its afterEvaluate runs first and can modify configs.
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'maven-publish'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.unimined'
+    id 'com.gradleup.shadow'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.manifold'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader'
+}
+
+def isNotCommonProject = project.name != "common"
+
+
+// ==================== Version Properties ====================
+
+project.gradle.ext.getProperties().each { prop ->
+    rootProject.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
+}
+
+manifold {
+    version = rootProject.manifold_version
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Repositories ====================
+
+repositories {
+    maven { url "https://libraries.minecraft.net/" }
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://repo.enonic.com/public/" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.parchmentmc.org" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.architectury.dev" }
+    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
+    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+    maven {
+        name = "Modrinth"
+        url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven"
+        content { includeGroup "maven.modrinth" }
+    }
+    maven {
+        url "https://www.cursemaven.com"
+        content { includeGroup "curse.maven" }
+    }
+    maven { url "https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.terraformersmc.com/" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/" }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/fabric"
+        content { includeGroup "fabric-mod" }
+    }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/quilt"
+        content { includeGroup "quilt-mod" }
+    }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/forge"
+        content { includeGroup "forge-mod" }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Java Config ====================
+
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+    options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+}
+
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(gradle.ext.java_version as Integer)
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(gradle.ext.java_version as Integer)
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Loader-Only Config ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    base { archivesName = rootProject.mod_name }
+    rootProject.ext.versionStr = rootProject.mod_version + "-" + rootProject.minecraft_version
+    version = project.name + "-" + rootProject.versionStr
+    group = rootProject.maven_group
+
+    javadoc.title = rootProject.mod_name + "-" + project.name
+
+    tasks.withType(GenerateModuleMetadata).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+    tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+    compileTestJava.enabled = false
+    tasks.withType(Sign).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+
+    jar {
+        from "LICENSE.txt"
+        manifest {
+            attributes(
+                'Implementation-Title': rootProject.mod_name,
+                'Implementation-Version': rootProject.mod_version,
+                'Multi-Release': true,
+                'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain',
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Unimined Minecraft Config ====================
+
+unimined.minecraft(sourceSets.main, true) {
+    version gradle.ext.minecraft_version
+
+    if (gradle.ext.minecraft_version.startsWith("1.")) { // 26.1+ doesn't use obfuscation
+        mappings {
+            mojmap()
+            devNamespace "mojmap"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    // Mixin remapping and common project wiring
+    unimined.minecraft(sourceSets.main, true) {
+        mods.modImplementation {
+            mixinRemap {
+                reset()
+                enableBaseMixin()
+                enableMixinExtra()
+            }
+            // Some Fabric API modules ship AW in 'named' namespace instead of 'intermediary'
+            catchAWNamespaceAssertion()
+        }
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        implementation(project(":common"))
+    }
+
+    processResources {
+        from project(":common").sourceSets.main.resources
+    }
+
+    tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+        source(project(":common").sourceSets.main.allSource)
+    }
+} else {
+    // Common: fabric for compilation + access widener, no jar remapping or runs
+    unimined.minecraft {
+        fabric {
+            loader gradle.ext.fabric_loader_version
+            accessWidener project.file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+        }
+        defaultRemapJar = false
+        runs.off = true
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Configurations ====================
+
+evaluationDependsOn(":core")
+
+configurations {
+    shadowMe
+    coreProjects
+    shadowMe.extendsFrom(coreProjects)
+    implementation.extendsFrom(shadowMe)
+    
+    common
+    implementation.extendsFrom(common)
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Dependencies ====================
+
+// Copy core's compileOnly deps so MC-provided deps are visible without redeclaring them.
+project(":core").configurations.compileOnly.allDependencies.each { dep ->
+    if (!(dep instanceof ProjectDependency))
+        dependencies.add("compileOnly", dep)
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    // Manifold preprocessor & strings
+    annotationProcessor(manifold.module("preprocessor"))
+
+    // NightConfig: implementation in core (bundled) but Unimined strips it from compile classpath
+    compileOnly("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
+
+    // Core & API projects — bundled into shadow jar
+    coreProjects(project(":core"))
+    coreProjects(project(":api"))
+
+    // JOML: shadow for old MC versions that don't bundle it (core has it compileOnly already)
+    if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
+        shadowMe("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
+
+    // Common project dependency
+    if (isNotCommonProject)
+        common(project(":common")) { transitive false }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== NativeTransformer ====================
+
+class NativeTransformer implements ResourceTransformer {
+    private Predicate<String> fileMatcher
+    private Function<String, String> filePathMapper
+
+    private final HashMap<String, String> replacements = new HashMap()
+    private final HashMap<String, byte[]> rewrittenFiles = new HashMap()
+    private nativeRelocator
+
+    public File rootDir
+
+    void matchFiles(Predicate<String> matcher) {
+        fileMatcher = matcher
+    }
+
+    void mapPaths(Function<String, String> mapper) {
+        filePathMapper = mapper
+    }
+
+    void relocateNative(String target, String replacement) {
+        if (replacement.length() > target.length()) {
+            throw new GradleException("Length of value \"${replacement}\" exceeds the length of \"${target}\": ${replacement.length()} > ${target.length()}")
+        }
+        replacements.put(target, replacement)
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    boolean canTransformResource(@Nonnull FileTreeElement element) {
+        return fileMatcher != null && fileMatcher.test(element.relativePath.pathString)
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void transform(@Nonnull TransformerContext context) {
+        byte[] content = context.inputStream.readAllBytes()
+
+        if (nativeRelocator == null) {
+            nativeRelocator = new NativeRelocator(rootDir.toPath().resolve("relocate_natives"))
+        }
+
+        try {
+            String path = filePathMapper != null
+                ? filePathMapper.apply(context.path)
+                : context.path
+            content = nativeRelocator.processBinary(path, content, replacements)
+            rewrittenFiles.put(path, content)
+        }
+        catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new GradleException("Failed to relocate", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    boolean hasTransformedResource() { return !rewrittenFiles.isEmpty() }
+
+    @Override
+    void modifyOutputStream(@Nonnull ZipOutputStream os, boolean preserveFileTimestamps) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, byte[]> rewrittenFile : rewrittenFiles.entrySet()) {
+            os.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(rewrittenFile.key))
+            os.write(rewrittenFile.value)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Shadow JAR (loaders only) ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    shadowJar {
+        configurations = [project.configurations.shadowMe]
+        relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.common", "loaderCommon.${project.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.common"
+        def librariesLocation = "DistantHorizons.libraries"
+
+        // LZ4
+        relocate "net.jpountz", "${librariesLocation}.jpountz"
+
+        // SLF4J
+        relocate "org.slf4j", "${librariesLocation}.slf4j"
+
+        // SQLite
+        relocate "org.sqlite", "dh_sqlite", { exclude "org/sqlite/native/**" }
+        relocate "jdbc:sqlite", "jdbc:dh_sqlite"
+
+        transform(NativeTransformer) {
+            rootDir = project.rootDir
+            matchFiles { it.startsWith("org/sqlite") }
+            mapPaths { it.replace("org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite") }
+            relocateNative "org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite"
+            relocateNative "org_sqlite", "dh_1sqlite"
+        }
+
+        // ZStd
+        relocate "com.github.luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+        relocate "libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh"
+        relocate "zstd-jni", "zstd-jni_dh"
+
+        transform(NativeTransformer) {
+            rootDir = project.rootDir
+            matchFiles { it.contains("libzstd-jni") && !it.contains("aix/ppc64") }
+            mapPaths { it.replace("libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh") }
+            relocateNative "com/github/luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+            relocateNative "com_github_luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+        }
+
+        // JOML (conditional)
+        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
+            relocate "org.joml", "${librariesLocation}.joml"
+
+        // NightConfig
+        relocate "com.electronwill.nightconfig", "${librariesLocation}.electronwill.nightconfig"
+
+        mergeServiceFiles()
+    }
+    afterEvaluate {
+        tasks.named("remapJar").configure {
+            dependsOn(shadowJar)
+            inputFile.set(shadowJar.archiveFile)
+        }
+
+        // Make run tasks use the shadow jar so relocated deps work in dev.
+        // Filter out jars bundled in the shadow jar, but keep jars that the loader also
+        // needs (e.g. NightConfig — DH relocates it, but NeoForge needs the original).
+        def shadowedPaths = configurations.shadowMe.resolve().collect { it.path }.toSet()
+        def loaderPaths = configurations.minecraftLibraries.resolve().collect { it.path }.toSet()
+        tasks.withType(JavaExec).configureEach { runTask ->
+            dependsOn(shadowJar)
+            classpath = files(shadowJar.archiveFile) + classpath.filter { file ->
+                !file.path.contains(project.buildDir.path) &&
+                !file.path.contains("core${File.separator}build") &&
+                !file.path.contains("api${File.separator}build") &&
+                !file.path.contains("common${File.separator}build") &&
+                !(shadowedPaths.contains(file.path) && !loaderPaths.contains(file.path))
+            }
+
+            // Shared run directory so all loaders use the same worlds
+            def isClient = runTask.name.toLowerCase().contains("client")
+            runTask.workingDir = rootProject.file("run/${isClient ? 'client' : 'server'}")
+
+            // JVM args
+            runTask.jvmArgs(
+                "-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced",
+                //"-XX:+UseZGC",
+                //"-XX:+ZGenerational",
+            )
+            if (isClient) {
+                runTask.jvmArgs(
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.auth.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.account.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.session.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.services.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                )
+                runTask.args("--username", "Dev", "--renderDebugLabels", "--tracy")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Process Resources (loaders only) ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    processResources {
+        def resourceTargets = [
+            "build_info.json",
+            "fabric.mod.json",
+            "quilt.mod.json",
+            "META-INF/mods.toml",
+            "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml",
+        ]
+
+        def compatible_forgemc_versions = "${rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions}".replaceAll("\"", "").replaceAll("]", ",)")
+
+        // Quilt contributors
+        def quilt_contributors = []
+        def mod_author_list = rootProject.mod_authors.replaceAll("\"", "").replace("[", "").replace("]", "").split(",")
+        for (dev in mod_author_list) {
+            quilt_contributors.push("\"${dev.strip()}\": \"Developer\"")
+        }
+        quilt_contributors.reverse()
+
+        try {
+            if (rootProject.infoGitCommit == "null")
+                rootProject.ext.infoGitCommit = 'git rev-parse --verify HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
+            if (rootProject.infoGitBranch == "null")
+                rootProject.ext.infoGitBranch = 'git symbolic-ref --short HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            rootProject.ext.infoGitCommit = "Git not found"
+            rootProject.ext.infoGitBranch = "Git not found"
+        }
+
+        def replaceProperties = [
+            version                      : rootProject.mod_version,
+            mod_name                     : rootProject.mod_readable_name,
+            group                        : rootProject.maven_group,
+            authors                      : rootProject.mod_authors,
+            description                  : rootProject.mod_description,
+            homepage                     : rootProject.mod_homepage,
+            source                       : rootProject.mod_source,
+            issues                       : rootProject.mod_issues,
+            discord                      : rootProject.mod_discord,
+            minecraft_version            : rootProject.minecraft_version,
+            compatible_minecraft_versions: rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions,
+            compatible_forgemc_versions  : compatible_forgemc_versions,
+            java_version                 : rootProject.java_version,
+            quilt_contributors           : "{" + quilt_contributors.join(", ") + "}",
+            info_git_commit              : rootProject.infoGitBranch,
+            info_git_branch              : rootProject.infoGitCommit,
+            info_build_source            : rootProject.infoBuildSource,
+            fabric_incompatibility_list  : rootProject.fabric_incompatibility_list,
+            fabric_recommend_list        : rootProject.fabric_recommend_list,
+            neoforge_version_range       : rootProject.neoforge_version_range,
+        ]
+
+        inputs.properties replaceProperties
+        replaceProperties.put "project", project
+        filesMatching(resourceTargets) {
+            expand replaceProperties
+        }
+
+        // Remove unused access wideners
+        exclude { file ->
+            if (file.name.contains(".distanthorizons.accesswidener") && file.name != "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener") {
+                return true
+            }
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // ==================== Resource Copy Tasks ====================
+
+    task copyCommonLoaderResources(type: Copy) {
+        from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+        into(file(project.file("build/resources/main")))
+        rename "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener", "distanthorizons.accesswidener"
+    }
+
+    task copyCoreResources(type: Copy) {
+        from fileTree(project(":core").file("src/main/resources"))
+        into project.file("build/resources/main")
+    }
+
+
+    // ==================== JVMDowngrader ====================
+
+    jvmdg.downgradeTo = JavaVersion.toVersion(rootProject.java_version)
+    downgradeJar.archiveClassifier.set(null)
+    shadeDowngradedApi.archiveClassifier.set(null)
+}

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/root.gradle

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+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+// Transfer version properties from settings.gradle to project
+project.gradle.ext.getProperties().each { prop ->
+    rootProject.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
+}
+
+// Version string for archives
+rootProject.ext.versionStr = rootProject.mod_version + "-" + rootProject.minecraft_version
+rootProject.allprojects {
+    version = (it == rootProject ? "" : it.name + "-") + rootProject.versionStr
+    group = rootProject.maven_group
+
+    // Custom javadoc tags for all subprojects
+    plugins.withType(JavaPlugin) {
+        javadoc {
+            options.tags(
+                'todo:X"',
+                'apiNote:a:API Note:',
+                'implSpec:a:Implementation Requirements:',
+                'implNote:a:Implementation Note:'
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Create build.properties with preprocessor definitions
+def writePreprocessorDefinitions() {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
+    sb.append("# DON'T TOUCH THIS FILE, This is handled by the build script\n")
+
+    gradle.ext.mcVers.eachWithIndex { ver, idx ->
+        sb.append("MC_${ver.replace('.', '_')}=${idx}\n")
+        if (gradle.ext.mcIndex == idx)
+            sb.append("MC_VER=${idx}\n")
+    }
+
+    if (rootProject.mod_version.toLowerCase().contains("dev")) {
+        sb.append("DEV_BUILD=\n")
+    }
+
+    new File(rootDir, "build.properties").text = sb.toString()
+}
+writePreprocessorDefinitions()
+
+// Wire JVMDowngrader to process remapped jars
+gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+    rootProject.subprojects.each {
+        if (it.tasks.findByName('remapJar') == null) return
+        it.tasks.downgradeJar.inputFile = it.tasks.remapJar.archiveFile
+        it.tasks.jar.finalizedBy(it.tasks.remapJar)
+        it.tasks.remapJar.finalizedBy(it.tasks.shadeDowngradedApi)
+    }
+}

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/unimined-fabric.gradle

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+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    fabric {
+        loader gradle.ext.fabric_loader_version
+        accessWidener project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/unimined-forge.gradle

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+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+def awFile = project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    forge {
+        loader gradle.ext.forge_version
+        useToolchains = false
+        mixinConfig("DistantHorizons.forge.mixins.json")
+        accessTransformer aw2at(awFile)
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/unimined-neoforge.gradle

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+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+def awFile = project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    neoForged {
+        loader gradle.ext.neoforge_version
+        useToolchains = false
+        accessTransformer aw2at(awFile)
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

buildSrc/src/main/java/AWToAT.java

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+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class AWToAT {
+	private static final Map<String, String> ACCESS_POINT_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+	
+	static {
+		ACCESS_POINT_MAP.put("accessible", "public");
+		ACCESS_POINT_MAP.put("extendable", "public-f");
+		ACCESS_POINT_MAP.put("mutable", "public-f");
+	}
+	
+	public String minecraftVersion;
+	
+	public File remap(File file, String minecraftVersion) {
+		this.minecraftVersion = minecraftVersion.replace("_", ".");
+		File atFile = createATFile(file);
+		processFile(file, atFile);
+		return atFile;
+	}
+	
+	private File createATFile(File file) {
+		File metaInf = new File(file.getParentFile(), "META-INF");
+		if (!metaInf.exists() && !metaInf.mkdir()) throw new RuntimeException("Error creating META-INF folder");
+		File atFile = new File(metaInf, "accesstransformer.cfg");
+		try {
+			atFile.createNewFile();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Error creating new file", e);
+		}
+		return atFile;
+	}
+	
+	private void processFile(File file, File atFile) {
+		/* Validates if we need to recreate the Access Transformer file if it's out of date */
+		// Get the hash of the file
+		String fileHash = getFileHash(file);
+		try (Scanner atScanner = new Scanner(atFile)) {
+			// Check if the AT file is up-to-date by comparing the hash of the file with the hash stored in the AT file
+			boolean hashFound = false;
+			while (atScanner.hasNextLine()) {
+				String line = atScanner.nextLine();
+				if (hashCheck(line, fileHash)) {
+					hashFound = true;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			// If the AT file is up-to-date, print a message and return
+			if (hashFound) {
+				System.out.println("Access Transformer file is already up to date.");
+				return;
+			}
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) {
+			// If the AT file does not exist, continue
+		}
+		
+		/* Creates the Access Transformer file */
+		// Opens a scanner for reading the Access Widener file and a writer for writing to the Access Transformer file
+		try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file); FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(atFile)) {
+			// Create an ExecutorService with a fixed thread pool size equal to the number of available processors
+			ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
+			// List to hold Future objects representing results of computation
+			List<Future<String>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+			
+			// Write the hash of the file to the AT file
+			writer.write("#DH_MAPPING_HASH:" + fileHash + "\n");
+			
+			// Read each line from the file
+			while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
+				String line = scanner.nextLine();
+				// Skip lines starting with "accessWidener", "#" or blank lines
+				if (line.startsWith("accessWidener") || line.startsWith("#") || line.isBlank()) continue;
+				
+				// Submit the line to the executor service for processing
+				// The processing is done by the processLine method
+				futures.add(executor.submit(() -> processLine(line.split(" "))));
+			}
+			
+			// Write the results to the output file
+			// The results are obtained by calling the get method on each Future
+			for (Future<String> future : futures) {
+				writer.write(future.get());
+			}
+			
+			// Shutdown the executor service to free up resources
+			executor.shutdown();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Error reading or writing to file", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private String processLine(String[] fields) {
+		// fields[0] = access point like "accessible", "extendable", "mutable"
+		// fields[1] = type like "field", "method", "class"
+		// fields[2] = class name
+		// fields[3] = field/method name
+		// fields[4] = field/method descriptor
+		
+		try {
+			// Store the original field/method name
+			String originalName = "";
+			
+			// If there is a class name, replace the slashes with dots in the package name
+			if (fields.length > 2) fields[2] = fields[2].replace("/", ".");
+			
+			// If there is a field/method name, store the original name and remap it to SRG
+			if (fields.length > 3) {
+				originalName = fields[3];
+				fields[3] = remapToSRG(fields[2], fields[3]);
+			}
+			
+			StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder(ACCESS_POINT_MAP.getOrDefault(fields[0], "public")).append(" ");
+			switch (fields[1]) {
+				case "field":
+					line.append(fields[2]).append(" ").append(fields[3]).append(" #").append(originalName);
+					// It'll be like: access-point class-name field-name-SRG # field-name-Mojmap
+					// Eg: public net.minecraft.client.Minecraft f_90981_ # instance
+					break;
+				case "method":
+					line.append(fields[2]).append(" ").append(fields[3]).append(fields[4]).append(" #").append(originalName);
+					// It'll be like: access-point class-name method-name-SRG method-descriptor # method-name-Mojmap
+					// Eg: public net.minecraft.client.Minecraft m_172797_()Lnet/minecraft/client/Minecraft; # getInstance
+					break;
+				default:
+					line.append(fields[2]);
+					// It'll be like: access-point class-name
+					// Eg: public net.minecraft.client.Minecraft
+					break;
+			}
+			line.append("\n");
+			return line.toString();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Error processing line", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private boolean hashCheck(String line, String fileHash) {
+		if (line.startsWith("#DH_MAPPING_HASH:")) {
+			String hash = line.substring(17);
+			return hash.equals(fileHash);
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	public String getFileHash(File file) {
+		try {
+			MessageDigest shaDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
+			try (InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+				byte[] byteArray = new byte[1024];
+				int bytesCount;
+				
+				// Read file data and update in message digest
+				while ((bytesCount = fis.read(byteArray)) != -1) {
+					shaDigest.update(byteArray, 0, bytesCount);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			byte[] bytes = shaDigest.digest();
+			
+			// Convert byte array into signum representation
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			for (byte aByte : bytes) {
+				sb.append(Integer.toString((aByte & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
+			}
+			
+			// Return complete hash
+			return sb.toString();
+		} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	// WARNING: BELOW LIES HIGHLY CURSED CODE AND MIGHT EVEN BE ILLEGAL
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	// Flag to track if there was an error in the GET request
+	boolean error = false;
+	
+	/**
+	 * This method returns a field or method name from Mojang mappings as SRG mappings.
+	 * It makes a GET request to the Linkie API to fetch the SRG name.
+	 *
+	 * @param clazz The class name
+	 * @param name The field or method name
+	 * @return The SRG name
+	 * @throws Exception If there is an error in the GET request or the SRG name is not found in the response
+	 */
+	private String remapToSRG(String clazz, String name) throws Exception {
+		// Encode the class and field/method name to be used in the URL
+		String query = URLEncoder.encode(clazz + "." + name, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		// Construct the URL for the GET request
+		String urlString = "https://linkieapi.shedaniel.me/api/search?namespace=mojang&query=" + query + "&version=" + this.minecraftVersion + "&limit=1&allowClasses=false&allowFields=true&allowMethods=true&translate=mojang_srg";
+		URL url = new URI(urlString).toURL();
+		HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+		conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
+		int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
+		if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
+			String inputLine;
+			StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
+			// Read the response line by line
+			while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
+				content.append(inputLine);
+			}
+			in.close();
+			conn.disconnect();
+			// Regex to find the SRG name in the response
+			Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\"l\"\\s*:\\s*\\{[^}]*\"i\"\\s*:\\s*\"([^\"]*)\"");
+			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(content.toString());
+			if (matcher.find()) return matcher.group(1);
+			else throw new Exception("Couldn't find the SRG mapping for name: " + name + "\nCould not find 'i' in 'l' object in the response"); // `i` is the SRG name which is stored in the `l` JSON object
+		} else {
+			if (error) {
+				// If there was an error in the GET request, and we already tried again, throw an exception
+				throw new Exception("The GET request failed");
+			}
+			// If there was an error in the GET request, wait 2.5 seconds and try again as we probably got rate limited
+			error = true;
+			Thread.sleep(2500);
+			return remapToSRG(clazz, name);
+		}
+	}
+}

buildSrc/src/main/java/NativeRelocator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+class NativeRelocator
+{
+	private final Path rootDirectory;
+	private final Path cacheRoot;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the NativeRelocator by preparing the environment if necessary.
+	 * Executes the appropriate preparation script based on the OS.
+	 */
+	NativeRelocator(Path rootDirectory)
+	{
+		this.rootDirectory = rootDirectory;
+		this.cacheRoot = this.rootDirectory.resolve("cache");
+	}
+	
+	private void prepare() throws Exception
+	{
+		if (this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv").toFile().exists())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+		processBuilder.directory(this.rootDirectory.toFile());
+		
+		String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+		if (os.contains("win"))
+		{
+			processBuilder.command("powershell", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "./prepare.ps1");
+		}
+		else if (os.contains("nix") 
+				|| os.contains("nux") 
+				|| os.contains("mac")
+				|| os.contains("freebsd"))
+		{
+			processBuilder.command("./prepare.sh");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported operating system: " + os);
+		}
+		
+		Process process = processBuilder.start();
+		CompletableFuture<Void> outputFuture = readOutputStreams(process);
+		
+		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+		outputFuture.get();
+		
+		if (exitCode != 0)
+		{
+			throw new Exception("Prepare failed: " + exitCode);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Reads and prints the output and error streams of a process asynchronously.
+	 *
+	 * @param process The process whose streams should be read.
+	 * @return A CompletableFuture that completes once all output has been processed.
+	 */
+	private static CompletableFuture<Void> readOutputStreams(Process process)
+	{
+		return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
+			try
+			{
+				while (process.isAlive() || process.getInputStream().available() > 0 || process.getErrorStream().available() > 0)
+				{
+					if (process.getInputStream().available() > 0)
+					{
+						byte[] data = new byte[process.getInputStream().available()];
+						//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
+						process.getInputStream().read(data);
+						System.out.write(data);
+					}
+					if (process.getErrorStream().available() > 0)
+					{
+						byte[] data = new byte[process.getErrorStream().available()];
+						//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
+						process.getErrorStream().read(data);
+						System.err.write(data);
+					}
+					
+					//noinspection BusyWait
+					Thread.sleep(100);
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Throwable ignored)
+			{
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Replaces occurrences of a target string in a byte array, ensuring null termination.
+	 *
+	 * @param byteArray The byte array where replacements should occur.
+	 * @param target The string to replace.
+	 * @param replacement The replacement string (must not be longer than the target).
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the replacement is longer than the target.
+	 */
+	private void replaceInNullTerminatedStrings(byte[] byteArray, String target, String replacement)
+	{
+		if (target.length() < replacement.length())
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Replacement must be the same length or shorter than the target.");
+		}
+		
+		byte[] targetBytes = target.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+		byte[] replacementBytes = replacement.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+		
+		byte nullByte = 0;
+		
+		for (int endPos = 0; endPos < byteArray.length - targetBytes.length - 1; endPos++)
+		{
+			int startPos = endPos;
+			int targetPos = 0;
+			while (targetPos < targetBytes.length && byteArray[endPos] == targetBytes[targetPos])
+			{
+				targetPos++;
+				endPos++;
+			}
+			
+			if (targetPos == targetBytes.length)
+			{
+				System.arraycopy(replacementBytes, 0, byteArray, startPos, replacementBytes.length);
+				
+				startPos = startPos + replacementBytes.length;
+				while (byteArray[endPos] != nullByte)
+				{
+					byteArray[startPos] = byteArray[endPos];
+					endPos++;
+					startPos++;
+				}
+				byteArray[startPos] = nullByte;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Runs an external script to fix a modified binary and returns the processed content.
+	 *
+	 * @param outputFilePath Path to store the processed binary.
+	 * @param content The original binary content.
+	 * @return The modified binary content.
+	 * @throws Exception if the process execution fails.
+	 */
+	public byte[] fixModifiedBinary(Path outputFilePath, byte[] content) throws Exception
+	{
+		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+		processBuilder.directory(this.rootDirectory.toFile());
+		
+		processBuilder.command(
+				this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/Scripts").toFile().exists()
+						? this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/Scripts/python.exe").toString()
+						: this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/bin/python").toString(),
+				"./fix_modified_binary.py",
+				outputFilePath.toString()
+		);
+		
+		Process process = processBuilder.start();
+		CompletableFuture<Void> outputFuture = readOutputStreams(process);
+		
+		process.getOutputStream().write(content);
+		process.getOutputStream().close();
+		
+		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+		outputFuture.get();
+		
+		if (exitCode != 0)
+		{
+			throw new Exception("Process failed: " + exitCode);
+		}
+		
+		return Files.readAllBytes(outputFilePath);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Processes a binary file, applying string replacements and fixing modifications.
+	 *
+	 * @param outputPath The output file path relative to the cache directory.
+	 * @param content The binary content to process.
+	 * @param replacements A map of string replacements to apply.
+	 * @return The modified binary content.
+	 * @throws Exception if processing fails.
+	 */
+	public byte[] processBinary(String outputPath, byte[] content, Map<String, String> replacements) throws Exception
+	{
+		Path outputFilePath = this.cacheRoot.resolve(outputPath);
+		//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
+		outputFilePath.getParent().toFile().mkdirs();
+		
+		if (outputFilePath.toFile().exists())
+		{
+			return Files.readAllBytes(outputFilePath);
+		}
+		
+		System.out.println("Relocating to " + outputPath + "...");
+		this.prepare();
+		
+		for (Map.Entry<String, String> replacement : replacements.entrySet())
+		{
+			this.replaceInNullTerminatedStrings(content, replacement.getKey(), replacement.getValue());
+		}
+		
+		return this.fixModifiedBinary(outputFilePath, content);
+	}
+	
+}

code_of_conduct.md

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+
+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to make participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
+level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+  advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+  address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies within all project spaces, and it also applies when
+an individual is representing the project or its community in public spaces.
+Examples of representing a project or community include using an official
+project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting
+as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of
+a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the team lead James Seibel through Discord at `@backsun`. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
+

common/build.gradle

@@ -1,29 +1,3 @@
-loom {
+plugins {
-    accessWidenerPath.set(file("src/main/resources/lod.accesswidener"))
+    id 'dh-loader'
-}
-
-architectury {
-    common()
-}
-
-afterEvaluate {
-    tasks {
-        remapJar {
-            remapAccessWidener.set(false)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        mavenCommon(MavenPublication) {
-            artifactId = rootProject.archives_base_name
-            from components.java
-        }
-    }
-
-    // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html for information on how to set up publishing.
-    repositories {
-        // Add repositories to publish to here.
-    }
 }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/AbstractModInitializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiAfterDhInitEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands.CommandInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.DependencySetup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.DhDebugScreenEntry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.presets.ThreadPresetConfigEventHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.ModJarInfo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.updater.SelfUpdater;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.StubDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NativeDialogUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.DhThreadFactory;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModAccessor;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * Base for all mod loader initializers 
+ * and handles most setup. 
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
+{
+	protected static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private CommandInitializer commandInitializer;
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// abstract methods //
+	//==================//
+	//region
+	
+	protected abstract void createInitialSharedBindings();
+	protected abstract void createInitialClientBindings();
+	protected abstract IEventProxy createClientProxy();
+	protected abstract IEventProxy createServerProxy(boolean isDedicated);
+	protected abstract void initializeModCompat();
+	
+	protected abstract void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler);
+	
+	protected abstract void subscribeClientStartedEvent(Runnable eventHandler);
+	protected abstract void subscribeServerStartingEvent(Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandler);
+	protected abstract void runDelayedSetup();
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===================//
+	// initialize events //
+	//===================//
+	//region
+	
+	public void onInitializeClient()
+	{
+		DependencySetup.createClientBindings();
+		this.createInitialClientBindings();
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Initializing " + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " client, firing DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent...");
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.class, null);
+		
+		this.startup();
+		this.logBuildInfo();
+		
+		this.createClientProxy().registerEvents();
+		this.createServerProxy(false).registerEvents();
+		
+		this.initializeModCompat();
+		
+		// Client uses config for auto-updater, so it's initialized here instead of post-init stage
+		this.initConfig();
+		logModIncompatibilityWarnings(); // needs to be called after config loading
+		
+		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " client Initialized.");
+		
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_9
+		// debug screen rendering handled via a mixin
+		#else
+		DhDebugScreenEntry.register();
+		#endif
+		
+		this.subscribeClientStartedEvent(this::postInit);
+		this.subscribeClientStartedEvent(this::postClientInit);
+	}
+	
+	public void onInitializeServer()
+	{
+		DependencySetup.createServerBindings();
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Initializing " + ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server, firing DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent event...");
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.class, null);
+		
+		this.startup();
+		this.logBuildInfo();
+		
+		// This prevents returning uninitialized Config values,
+		// resulting from a circular reference mid-initialization in a static class
+		// noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
+		ThreadPresetConfigEventHandler.INSTANCE.toString();
+		
+		this.createServerProxy(true).registerEvents();
+		
+		this.initializeModCompat();
+		
+		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server Initialized, adding event subscribers...");
+		this.commandInitializer = new CommandInitializer();
+		this.subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(dispatcher -> { this.commandInitializer.initCommands(dispatcher); });
+		
+		this.subscribeServerStartingEvent(server -> 
+		{
+			MinecraftServerWrapper.INSTANCE.dedicatedServer = (DedicatedServer)server;
+			
+			this.initConfig();
+			this.postInit();
+			this.postServerInit();
+			this.commandInitializer.onServerReady();
+			
+			this.checkForUpdates();
+			
+			LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server Initialized at " + server.getServerDirectory());
+		});
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========================//
+	// inner initializer methods //
+	//===========================//
+	//region
+	
+	private void startup()
+	{
+		DependencySetup.createSharedBindings();
+		SharedApi.init();
+		this.createInitialSharedBindings();
+	}
+	
+	private void logBuildInfo()
+	{
+		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + ", Version: " + ModInfo.VERSION);
+		
+		// if the build is stable the branch/commit/etc shouldn't be needed
+		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
+		{
+			LOGGER.info("DH Branch: " + ModJarInfo.Git_Branch);
+			LOGGER.info("DH Commit: " + ModJarInfo.Git_Commit);
+			LOGGER.info("DH Jar Build Source: " + ModJarInfo.Build_Source);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected <T extends IModAccessor> void tryCreateModCompatAccessor(String modId, Class<? super T> accessorClass, Supplier<T> accessorConstructor)
+	{
+		IModChecker modChecker = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
+		if (modChecker.isModLoaded(modId))
+		{
+			//noinspection unchecked
+			ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.bind((Class<? extends IModAccessor>) accessorClass, accessorConstructor.get());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			LOGGER.debug("Skipping mod compatibility accessor for: ["+modId+"]");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void initConfig()
+	{
+		ConfigHandler.tryRunFirstTimeSetup();
+		Config.completeDelayedSetup();
+		DhLogger.runDelayedConfigSetup();
+	}
+	
+	private void checkForUpdates()
+	{
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableAutoUpdater.get())
+		{
+			if (Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableSilentUpdates.get())
+			{
+				LOGGER.info("Silent updates are not allowed for dedicated servers; force disabling.");
+				Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableSilentUpdates.set(false);
+			}
+			
+			SelfUpdater.onStart();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void postInit()
+	{
+		LOGGER.info("Running Delayed setup...");
+		this.runDelayedSetup();
+		
+		if (ConfigHandler.INSTANCE == null)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Config was not initialized. Make sure to call LodCommonMain.initConfig() before calling this method.");
+		}
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Delayed setup complete, firing DhApiAfterDhInitEvent event...");
+		
+		// should be fired after all delayed setup so singletons and config can be accessed
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterDhInitEvent.class, null);
+	}
+	
+	private void postClientInit() 
+	{
+		CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		
+		// This method may be called from either the render thread,
+		// or some other random setup thread depending on the mod loader.
+		// In order to avoid confusion/inconsistent problems, we're always going 
+		// to run setup on our own thread.
+		Thread dhSetupThread = new Thread(() -> 
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				DependencySetup.setRenderingApiBindings();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				future.completeExceptionally(e);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				future.complete(null);
+			}
+		});
+		dhSetupThread.setName(ThreadUtil.THREAD_NAME_PREFIX + "PostClientInit Thread");
+		dhSetupThread.start();
+		
+		future.join();
+	}
+	private void postServerInit() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class, new StubDebugWireframeRenderer()); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================================//
+	// mod partial compatibility checks //
+	//==================================//
+	//region
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Some mods will work with a few tweaks
+	 * or will partially work but have some known issues we can't solve.
+	 * This method will log (and display to chat if enabled)
+	 * these warnings and potential fixes.
+	 */
+	private static void logModIncompatibilityWarnings()
+	{
+		boolean showChatWarnings = Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showModCompatibilityWarningsOnStartup.get();
+		IModChecker modChecker = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
+		
+		String startingString = "Partially Incompatible Distant Horizons mod detected: ";
+		
+		
+		
+		// Alex's caves
+		//region
+		if (modChecker.isModLoaded("alexscaves"))
+		{
+			// There've been a few reports about this mod breaking DH at a few different points in time
+			// the fixes for said breakage changes depending on the version so unfortunately
+			// all we can do is log a warning so the user can handle it.
+			
+			if (showChatWarnings)
+			{
+				String message =
+					MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Alex's Cave detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING +
+								"You may have to change Alex's config for DH to render. ";
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+			}
+			
+			LOGGER.warn(startingString + "[Alex's Caves] may require some config changes in order to render Distant Horizons correctly.");
+		}
+		//endregion
+		
+		// William Wythers' Overhauled Overworld (WWOO)
+		//region
+		if (modChecker.isModLoaded("wwoo"))
+		{
+			// WWOO has a bug with it's world gen that can't be fixed by DH or WWOO
+			// (at least that is what James learned after talking with WWOO)
+			// WWOO will cause grid lines to appear in the world when DH generates the chunks
+			// this might be due to how WWOO uses features for everything when generating
+			// and said features don't always get to the edge of said chunks.
+			
+			String wwooWarning = "LODs generated by DH may have grid lines between sections. Disabling either WWOO or DH's distant generator will fix the problem.";
+			
+			if (showChatWarnings)
+			{
+				String message =
+					MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: WWOO detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+								wwooWarning;
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+			}
+			
+			LOGGER.warn(startingString + "[WWOO] "+ wwooWarning);
+		}
+		//endregion
+		
+		// Chunky //
+		//region
+		
+		boolean chunkyPresent = false;
+		try
+		{
+			Class.forName("org.popcraft.chunky.api.ChunkyAPI");
+			chunkyPresent = true;
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore) { }
+		
+		if (chunkyPresent)
+		{
+			// Chunky can generate chunks faster than DH can process them,
+			// causing holes in the LODs.
+			// Generally it's better and faster to use DH's world generator.
+			
+			String chunkyWarning = "Chunky can cause DH LODs to have holes " +
+					"since Chunky can generate chunks faster than DH can process them. \n" +
+					"Using DH's distant generator instead of chunky or increasing DH's CPU thread count can resolve the issue.";
+			
+			if (showChatWarnings)
+			{
+				String message =
+					MinecraftTextFormat.ORANGE + "Distant Horizons: Chunky detected." + MinecraftTextFormat.CLEAR_FORMATTING + "\n" +
+								chunkyWarning;
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+			}
+			
+			LOGGER.warn(startingString + "[Chunky] "+ chunkyWarning);
+		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		// iris //
+		//region
+		
+		IIrisAccessor iris = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IIrisAccessor.class);
+		if (iris != null)
+		{
+			// get the currently selected rendering API
+			EDhApiRenderApi renderApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
+			if (renderApi == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
+			{
+				IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
+				renderApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
+			}
+			
+			// Iris only supports nataive OpenGL
+			if (renderApi != EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL)
+			{
+				String irisUnsupportedMessage = "Iris doesn't support DH when using the ["+EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D+"] rendering API, this will need to be fixed on Iris' end. As a temporary fix please change the rendering API to ["+EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL+"] in DH's config file.";
+				LOGGER.fatal(irisUnsupportedMessage);
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, irisUnsupportedMessage, "ok", "error");
+				
+				IMinecraftClientWrapper mc = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+				String errorMessage = "loading Distant Horizons. "+irisUnsupportedMessage;
+				String exceptionError = "Distant Horizons conditional mod config Exception";
+				mc.crashMinecraft(errorMessage, new Exception(exceptionError));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	public interface IEventProxy
+	{
+		void registerEvents();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/AbstractPluginPacketSender.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.internal.IncompatibleMessageInternalEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.internal.ProtocolErrorInternalEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.base.CloseReasonMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+#endif
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public abstract class AbstractPluginPacketSender implements IPluginPacketSender
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logNetworkEventToFile)
+			.build();
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_6
+	public static final ResourceLocation WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH);
+	#elif  MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+	public static final ResourceLocation WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH);
+	#else
+	public static final Identifier WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH);
+	#endif
+	
+	// "Forge byte" is an unused packet ID. We have our own system which works with all mod loaders,
+	// so we're just accounting for it by reading the protocol version as a byte instead of a short in Forge, to keep cross-loader compatibility
+	private final boolean forgeByteInProtocolVersion;
+	
+	
+	public AbstractPluginPacketSender() { this(false); }
+	public AbstractPluginPacketSender(boolean forgeByteInProtocolVersion)
+	{
+		this.forgeByteInProtocolVersion = forgeByteInProtocolVersion;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public final void sendToClient(IServerPlayerWrapper serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		this.sendToClient((ServerPlayer) serverPlayer.getWrappedMcObject(), message);
+	}
+	public abstract void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	
+	@Override
+	public abstract void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	
+	public AbstractNetworkMessage decodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf in)
+	{
+		AbstractNetworkMessage message = null;
+		
+		try
+		{
+			in.markReaderIndex();
+			
+			int protocolVersion = this.forgeByteInProtocolVersion ? in.readByte() : in.readShort();
+			if (protocolVersion != ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+			{
+				return new IncompatibleMessageInternalEvent(protocolVersion);
+			}
+			
+			message = MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.createMessage(in.readUnsignedShort());
+			message.decode(in);
+			
+			if (in.isReadable())
+			{
+				throw new IOException("Buffer has not been fully read");
+			}
+			
+			return message;
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			in.resetReaderIndex();
+			
+			LOGGER.error("Failed to decode message", e);
+			LOGGER.error("Buffer: ["+in+"]");
+			LOGGER.error("Buffer contents: ["+ByteBufUtil.hexDump(in)+"]");
+			
+			return new ProtocolErrorInternalEvent(e, message, true);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			// Prevent connection crashing if not entire buffer has been read
+			in.readerIndex(in.writerIndex());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void encodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf out, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		// This is intentionally unhandled, because errors related to this are unlikely to appear in wild
+		Objects.requireNonNull(message);
+		
+		if (this.forgeByteInProtocolVersion)
+		{
+			out.writeByte(ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			out.writeShort(ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		}
+		
+		try
+		{
+			out.markWriterIndex();
+			out.writeShort(MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.getMessageId(message));
+			message.encode(out);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Failed to encode message", e);
+			LOGGER.error("Message: ["+message+"]");
+			
+			message.getSession().tryHandleMessage(new ProtocolErrorInternalEvent(e, message, false));
+			
+			// Encode close reason message instead
+			out.resetWriterIndex();
+			message = new CloseReasonMessage("Internal error on other side");
+			out.writeShort(MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.getMessageId(message));
+			message.encode(out);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/CommonPacketPayload.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+public record CommonPacketPayload(@Nullable AbstractNetworkMessage message) implements CustomPacketPayload
+{
+	public static final Type<CommonPacketPayload> TYPE = new Type<>(AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE);
+	private static final AbstractPluginPacketSender PACKET_SENDER = (AbstractPluginPacketSender) SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IPluginPacketSender.class);
+	
+	@NotNull
+	@Override
+	public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() { return TYPE; }
+	
+	
+	public static class Codec implements StreamCodec<FriendlyByteBuf, CommonPacketPayload>
+	{
+		@NotNull
+		@Override
+		public CommonPacketPayload decode(@NotNull FriendlyByteBuf in)
+		{ return new CommonPacketPayload(PACKET_SENDER.decodeMessage(in)); }
+		
+		@Override
+		public void encode(@NotNull FriendlyByteBuf out, CommonPacketPayload payload)
+		{ PACKET_SENDER.encodeMessage(out, payload.message()); }
+		
+	}
+	
+}
+
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/AbstractCommand.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+#else // < 1.19.2
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException;
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class providing common functionality for DH's commands.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractCommand
+{
+	public abstract LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand();
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sends a success response to the player with the given text.
+	 *
+	 * @param commandContext The command context to send the response to.
+	 * @param text The text to display in the success message.
+	 * @return 1, indicating that the command was successful.
+	 */
+	protected int sendSuccessResponse(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> commandContext, String text, boolean notifyAdmins)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+		commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal(text), notifyAdmins);
+		#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+		commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(Component.literal(text), notifyAdmins);
+		#else
+		commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(new TranslatableComponent(text), notifyAdmins);
+		#endif
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sends a failure response to the player with the given text.
+	 *
+	 * @param commandContext The command context to send the response to.
+	 * @param text The text to display in the failure message.
+	 * @return 1, indicating that the command was successful.
+	 */
+	protected int sendFailureResponse(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> commandContext, String text)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+		commandContext.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal(text));
+		#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+		commandContext.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal(text));
+		#else
+		commandContext.getSource().sendFailure(new TranslatableComponent(text));
+		#endif
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the server player from a command context.
+	 *
+	 * @param commandContext The command context to get the server player from.
+	 * @return The server player wrapper for the player who sent the command.
+	 */
+	protected IServerPlayerWrapper getSourcePlayer(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> commandContext) #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2 throws CommandSyntaxException #endif
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+		return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(Objects.requireNonNull(commandContext.getSource().getPlayer()));
+		#else
+		return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(commandContext.getSource().getPlayerOrException());
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the source of a command is a player.
+	 *
+	 * @param source The source of the command to check.
+	 * @return True if the source is a player, false otherwise.
+	 */
+	protected boolean isPlayerSource(CommandSourceStack source)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+		return source.isPlayer();
+		#else
+		try
+		{
+			source.getPlayerOrException();
+			return true;
+		}
+		catch (CommandSyntaxException e)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/CommandInitializer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry.DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+#else
+import net.minecraft.server.permissions.PermissionCheck;
+import net.minecraft.server.permissions.Permissions;
+#endif
+
+public class CommandInitializer
+{
+	private boolean serverReady = false;
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+	private static final int REQUIRED_PERMISSION_LEVEL = 4;
+	#else
+	private static final PermissionCheck COMMAND_PERMISSION_CHECK = new PermissionCheck.Require(Permissions.COMMANDS_OWNER);
+	#endif
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * A received command dispatcher, which is held until the server is ready to initialize the commands.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	private CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack> commandDispatcher;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Notify the command initializer that the game is ready to accept commands.
+	 * If {@link CommandInitializer#initCommands(CommandDispatcher)} has been fired before it was ready, it will also initialize the commands.
+	 */
+	public void onServerReady()
+	{
+		this.serverReady = true;
+		if (this.commandDispatcher != null)
+		{
+			this.initCommands(this.commandDispatcher);
+			this.commandDispatcher = null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Initializes all available commands.
+	 * If the game is not ready yet, it stores the dispatcher to initialize the commands later.
+	 *
+	 * @param commandDispatcher The command dispatcher to register commands to.
+	 */
+	public void initCommands(CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack> commandDispatcher)
+	{
+		if (!this.serverReady)
+		{
+			this.commandDispatcher = commandDispatcher;
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> builder = literal("dh")
+				.requires((source) ->
+				{
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+					return source.hasPermission(REQUIRED_PERMISSION_LEVEL);
+					#else
+					return COMMAND_PERMISSION_CHECK.check(source.permissions());
+					#endif
+				});
+		
+		builder.then(new ConfigCommand().buildCommand());
+		builder.then(new DebugCommand().buildCommand());
+		builder.then(new PregenCommand().buildCommand());
+		
+		if (DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE)
+		{
+			builder.then(new CrashCommand().buildCommand());
+		}
+		
+		commandDispatcher.register(builder);
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/ConfigCommand.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.*;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.AbstractConfigBase;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.function.ToIntBiFunction;
+
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.DoubleArgumentType.doubleArg;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType.integer;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.argument;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+/**
+ * Command for managing config.
+ */
+public class ConfigCommand extends AbstractCommand
+{
+	private static final List<CommandArgumentData<?>> commandArguments = Arrays.asList(
+			new CommandArgumentData<>(Integer.class, configEntry -> integer(configEntry.getMin(), configEntry.getMax()), IntegerArgumentType::getInteger),
+			new CommandArgumentData<>(Double.class, configEntry -> doubleArg(configEntry.getMin(), configEntry.getMax()), DoubleArgumentType::getDouble),
+			new CommandArgumentData<>(Boolean.class, BoolArgumentType::bool, BoolArgumentType::getBool),
+			new CommandArgumentData<>(String.class, StringArgumentType::string, StringArgumentType::getString)
+	);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds a command tree.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
+	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
+	{
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> builder = literal("config");
+		HashSet<String> addedCommands = new HashSet<>();
+		
+		for (AbstractConfigBase<?> type : ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configBaseList)
+		{
+			// Skip non-config entries
+			if (!(type instanceof ConfigEntry))
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			//noinspection PatternVariableCanBeUsed
+			ConfigEntry configEntry = (ConfigEntry) type;
+			if (configEntry.getChatCommandName() == null)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			if (!addedCommands.add(configEntry.getChatCommandName()))
+			{
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Duplicate command name: " + configEntry.getChatCommandName());
+			}
+			
+			LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> subcommand = literal(configEntry.getChatCommandName())
+					.executes(commandContext -> this.sendSuccessResponse(commandContext,
+							"\n" +
+									"Description of §l" + configEntry.getChatCommandName() + "§r:\n" +
+									"§o" + configEntry.getComment().trim() + "§r\n" +
+									"§7Config file name: §f" + configEntry.name + "§7, category: §f" + configEntry.category + "\n" +
+									"\n" +
+									"Current value of " + configEntry.getChatCommandName() + " is §n" + configEntry.get() + "§r",
+							false
+					));
+			
+			ToIntBiFunction<CommandContext<CommandSourceStack>, Object> updateConfigValue = (commandContext, value) -> {
+				configEntry.set(value);
+				return this.sendSuccessResponse(commandContext, "Changed the value of [" + configEntry.getChatCommandName() + "] to [" + value + "]", true);
+			};
+			
+			// Enum type needs a special case since enums aren't represented by existing argument type
+			// and need literals for each individual value
+			if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(configEntry.getType()))
+			{
+				for (Object choice : configEntry.getType().getEnumConstants())
+				{
+					subcommand.then(
+							literal(choice.toString())
+									.executes(c -> updateConfigValue.applyAsInt(c, choice))
+					);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				boolean setterAdded = false;
+				for (CommandArgumentData<?> commandArgumentData : commandArguments)
+				{
+					if (!commandArgumentData.argumentClass.isAssignableFrom(configEntry.getType()))
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					subcommand.then(argument("value", commandArgumentData.getArgumentType(configEntry))
+							.executes(c -> updateConfigValue.applyAsInt(c, commandArgumentData.getValue(c, "value"))));
+					
+					setterAdded = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				if (!setterAdded)
+				{
+					throw new RuntimeException("Config type of " + type.getName() + " is not supported: " + configEntry.getType().getSimpleName());
+				}
+			}
+			
+			builder.then(subcommand);
+		}
+		
+		return builder;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	private static class CommandArgumentData<T>
+	{
+		public final Class<T> argumentClass;
+		public final Function<ConfigEntry<T>, ArgumentType<T>> argumentTypeFunction;
+		private final BiFunction<CommandContext<CommandSourceStack>, String, T> valueGetter;
+		
+		public CommandArgumentData(Class<T> argumentClass, Supplier<ArgumentType<T>> argumentTypeSupplier, BiFunction<CommandContext<CommandSourceStack>, String, T> valueGetter)
+		{
+			this(argumentClass, configEntry -> argumentTypeSupplier.get(), valueGetter);
+		}
+		public CommandArgumentData(Class<T> argumentClass, Function<ConfigEntry<T>, ArgumentType<T>> argumentTypeFunction, BiFunction<CommandContext<CommandSourceStack>, String, T> valueGetter)
+		{
+			this.argumentClass = argumentClass;
+			this.argumentTypeFunction = argumentTypeFunction;
+			this.valueGetter = valueGetter;
+		}
+		
+		public ArgumentType<T> getArgumentType(ConfigEntry<T> configEntry)
+		{
+			return this.argumentTypeFunction.apply(configEntry);
+		}
+		
+		public T getValue(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> commandContext, String argumentName)
+		{
+			return this.valueGetter.apply(commandContext, argumentName);
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/CrashCommand.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.multiplayer.server.ServerPlayerState;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.base.CodecCrashMessage;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+public class CrashCommand extends AbstractCommand
+{
+	@Override
+	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
+	{
+		return literal("crash")
+				.requires(this::isPlayerSource)
+				.then(literal("encode")
+						.executes(c -> {
+							assert SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld() != null;
+							
+							ServerPlayerState serverPlayerState = SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld().getServerPlayerStateManager()
+									.getConnectedPlayer(this.getSourcePlayer(c));
+							if (serverPlayerState != null)
+							{
+								serverPlayerState.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.ENCODE));
+							}
+							return 1;
+						}))
+				.then(literal("decode")
+						.executes(c -> {
+							assert SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld() != null;
+							
+							ServerPlayerState serverPlayerState = SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld().getServerPlayerStateManager()
+									.getConnectedPlayer(this.getSourcePlayer(c));
+							if (serverPlayerState != null)
+							{
+								serverPlayerState.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.DECODE));
+							}
+							return 1;
+						}));
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/DebugCommand.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+public class DebugCommand extends AbstractCommand
+{
+	@Override
+	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
+	{
+		return literal("debug")
+				.executes(c -> {
+					List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
+					F3Screen.addStringToDisplay(lines);
+					return this.sendSuccessResponse(c, String.join("\n", lines), false);
+				});
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/PregenCommand.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.PregenManager;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhServerWorld;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import net.minecraft.commands.arguments.DimensionArgument;
+import net.minecraft.commands.arguments.coordinates.ColumnPosArgument;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ColumnPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType.getInteger;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType.integer;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.argument;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
+{
+	private PregenManager getPregenManager()
+	{
+		DhServerWorld world = (DhServerWorld) Objects.requireNonNull(SharedApi.getAbstractDhWorld());
+		return world.getPregenManager();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
+	{
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> statusCommand = literal("status")
+				.executes(this::pregenStatus);
+		
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> startCommand = literal("start")
+				.then(argument("dimension", DimensionArgument.dimension())
+						.then(argument("origin", ColumnPosArgument.columnPos())
+								.then(argument("chunkRadius", integer(32))
+										.executes(this::pregenStart))));
+		
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> stopCommand = literal("stop")
+				.executes(this::pregenStop);
+		
+		return literal("pregen")
+				.then(statusCommand)
+				.then(startCommand)
+				.then(stopCommand);
+	}
+	
+	
+	private int pregenStatus(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> c)
+	{
+		String statusString = this.getPregenManager().getStatusString();
+		//noinspection ReplaceNullCheck
+		if (statusString != null)
+		{
+			return this.sendSuccessResponse(c, statusString, false);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return this.sendSuccessResponse(c, "Pregen is not running", false);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private int pregenStart(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> c) throws CommandSyntaxException
+	{
+		this.sendSuccessResponse(c, "Starting pregen. Progress will be in the server console.", true);
+		
+		ServerLevel level = DimensionArgument.getDimension(c, "dimension");
+		ColumnPos origin = ColumnPosArgument.getColumnPos(c, "origin");
+		int chunkRadius = getInteger(c, "chunkRadius");
+		
+		CompletableFuture<Void> future = this.getPregenManager().startPregen(
+				ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level),
+				new DhBlockPos2D(#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2 origin.x(), origin.z() #else origin.x, origin.z #endif),
+				chunkRadius
+		);
+		
+		future.whenComplete((result, throwable) -> {
+			if (throwable instanceof CancellationException)
+			{
+				this.sendSuccessResponse(c, "Pregen is cancelled", true);
+				return;
+			}
+			else if (throwable != null)
+			{
+				this.sendFailureResponse(c, "Pregen failed: " + throwable.getMessage() + "\n Check the logs for more details.");
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			this.sendSuccessResponse(c, "Pregen is complete", true);
+		});
+		
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	private int pregenStop(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> c)
+	{
+		CompletableFuture<Void> runningPregen = this.getPregenManager().getRunningPregen();
+		if (runningPregen == null)
+		{
+			return this.sendFailureResponse(c, "Pregen is not running");
+		}
+		
+		runningPregen.cancel(true);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commonMixins/DhUpdateScreenBase.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiUpdateBranch;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.updater.UpdateModScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.GitlabGetter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.ModrinthGetter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.updater.SelfUpdater;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.TitleScreen;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class DhUpdateScreenBase
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getInstance();
+	
+	
+	
+	public static void tryShowUpdateScreenAndRunAutoUpdateStartup(Runnable runnable)
+	{
+		// always needs to be called, otherwise auto update setup won't be completed
+		boolean newUpdateAvailable = SelfUpdater.onStart();
+		if (!newUpdateAvailable)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableAutoUpdater.get())
+		{
+			LOGGER.info("Auto update disabled, ignoring new version...");
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		runnable = () ->
+		{
+			String versionId;
+			EDhApiUpdateBranch updateBranch = EDhApiUpdateBranch.convertAutoToStableOrNightly(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.updateBranch.get());
+			if (updateBranch == EDhApiUpdateBranch.STABLE)
+			{
+				versionId = ModrinthGetter.getLatestIDForVersion(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class).getMinecraftVersion());
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				ArrayList<com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.Config> pipelines = GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines;
+				if (pipelines != null
+					&& pipelines.size() > 0)
+				{
+					versionId = pipelines.get(0).get("sha");
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					versionId = null;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (versionId == null)
+			{
+				LOGGER.info("Unable to find new DH update for the ["+updateBranch+"] branch. Assuming DH is up to date...");
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			
+			try
+			{
+				MC.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
+					new TitleScreen(false),
+					versionId
+				));
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
+				// there isn't a new DH version available
+				LOGGER.info("Unable to show DH update screen, reason: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
+			}
+		};
+		runnable.run();
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commonMixins/MixinChunkMapCommon.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ProtoChunk;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+public class MixinChunkMapCommon
+{
+	
+	public static void onChunkSave(ServerLevel level, ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
+	{
+		IServerLevelWrapper levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
+		
+		int chunkPosX;
+		int chunkPosZ;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		chunkPosX = chunk.getPos().x;
+		chunkPosZ = chunk.getPos().z;
+		#else
+		chunkPosX = chunk.getPos().x();
+		chunkPosZ = chunk.getPos().z();
+		#endif
+		
+		// is this position already being updated?
+		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(levelWrapper, chunkPosX, chunkPosZ))
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// is this chunk being saved to disk?
+		boolean savingChunkToDisk = ci.getReturnValue();
+		// true means a chunk was saved to disk
+		if (!savingChunkToDisk)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// corrupt/incomplete chunk validation //
+		
+		// MC has a tendency to try saving incomplete or corrupted chunks (which show up as empty or black chunks)
+		// this logic should prevent that from happening
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.getUpgradeData() != null || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#else
+		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.isUpgrading() || !chunk.isLightCorrect() || chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+		// biome validation //
+		
+		// some chunks may be missing their biomes, which cause issues when attempting to save them
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+		if (chunk.getBiomes() == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#else
+		try
+		{
+			// this will throw an exception if the biomes aren't set up
+			chunk.getNoiseBiome(0,0,0);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+		// submit the update event
+		ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverChunkSaveEvent(
+			new ChunkWrapper(chunk, levelWrapper),
+			levelWrapper
+		);
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+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.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.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+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.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/**
+ * Handles rendering the wireframe particles 
+ * that are used for seeing what the system's doing.
+ */
+public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	public static BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer();
+	
+	
+	
+	/** A box from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 */
+	private static final float[] BOX_VERTICES = {
+		//region
+		// Pos x y z
+		0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0,
+		1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1,
+		1, 0, 1,
+		1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 1,
+		//endregion
+	};
+	
+	private static final int[] BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES = {
+		//region
+		0, 1,
+		1, 2,
+		2, 3,
+		3, 0,
+		
+		4, 5,
+		5, 6,
+		6, 7,
+		7, 4,
+		
+		0, 4,
+		1, 5,
+		2, 6,
+		3, 7,
+		//endregion
+	};
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	// rendering setup
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer boxVertexBuffer;
+	private GpuBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer uniformBuffer;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer() { }
+	
+	public void init()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		this.createPipelines();
+		this.createBuffers();
+		
+	}
+	private void createPipelines()
+	{
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.WIREFRAME);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("debug_wireframe_renderer");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("debug/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("debug/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("uniformBlock");
+			
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.LINES);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+	}
+	private void createBuffers()
+	{
+		GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+		
+		
+		// box vertices 
+		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.rewind();
+		MemoryUtil.memFree(boxVerticesBuffer);
+		
+		// upload vertex data
+		{
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+			int size = BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
+			this.boxVertexBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(() -> "distantHorizons:McDebugWireframeBox", usage, size);
+			
+			{
+				int length = BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.boxVertexBuffer, /*offset*/ 0, length);
+				
+				ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+				byteBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+				byteBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
+				byteBuffer.rewind();
+				
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, byteBuffer);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// box vertex indexes
+		{
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES);
+			buffer.rewind();
+			
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX 
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
+			this.boxIndexBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(() -> "DH Debug Index Buffer", usage, buffer.capacity());
+			
+			int offset = 0;
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.boxIndexBuffer, offset, buffer.capacity());
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// rendering //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void renderBox(Box box)
+	{
+		this.init();
+		
+		//if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+		//	|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		//{
+		//	return;
+		//}
+		
+		// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+		if (box == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// delayed getters since this class may be initialized before
+		// the GPU device has been set
+		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
+		
+		
+		
+		// uniforms
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putMat4f() // uTransform
+				.putVec4() // uColor
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+			Vec3f camPosFloatThisFrame = new Vec3f((float) camPos.x, (float) camPos.y, (float) camPos.z);
+			
+			Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(
+				box.minPos.x - camPosFloatThisFrame.x,
+				box.minPos.y - camPosFloatThisFrame.y,
+				box.minPos.z - camPosFloatThisFrame.z);
+			boxTransform.multiply(Mat4f.createScaleMatrix(
+				box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x,
+				box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y,
+				box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z));
+			
+			Mat4f transformMatrix = this.dhMvmProjMatrixThisFrame.copy();
+			transformMatrix.multiply(boxTransform);
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putMat4f(transformMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uTransform
+				.putVec4(
+					box.color.getRed() / 255.0f,
+					box.color.getGreen() / 255.0f,
+					box.color.getBlue() / 255.0f,
+					box.color.getAlpha() / 255.0f) // uColor
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.uniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("uniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.uniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.uniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// render //
+		
+		//try (RenderPass renderPass = commandEncoder.createRenderPass(
+		//	this::getRenderPassName,
+		//	BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+		//	/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+		//	BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+		//	/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		//{
+		//	// Bind instance data //
+		//	renderPass.setUniform("uniformBlock", this.uniformBuffer);
+		//	
+		//	renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+		//	renderPass.setIndexBuffer(this.boxIndexBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+		//	
+		//	renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.boxVertexBuffer);
+		//	
+		//	renderPass.drawIndexed(
+		//		/*indexStart*/ 0,
+		//		/*firstIndex*/0,
+		//		/*indexCount*/BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length,
+		//		/*instanceCount*/1);
+		//}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McDebugRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+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.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.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.render.blaze.objects.BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+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.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.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.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+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;
+
+/**
+ * Handles rendering generic groups of {@link DhApiRenderableBox}.
+ * 
+ * @see IDhApiCustomRenderRegister
+ * @see DhApiRenderableBox
+ */
+public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	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;
+	
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, RenderableBoxGroup> boxGroupById = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	
+	
+	// rendering setup
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vertUniformBuffer;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer() { }
+	
+	public void init()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		this.createPipelines();
+		
+		if (RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS)
+		{
+			this.addGenericDebugObjects();
+		}
+	}
+	private void createPipelines()
+	{
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT); // TRANSLUCENT = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("generic_objects");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("generic/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("generic/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertUniformBlock");
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
+				.add("aColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
+				.add("aMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
+				
+				.add("paddingOne", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingTwo", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingThree", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+	}
+	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;
+		if (boxGroup.size() != 0)
+		{
+			// trigger a box change to make sure the initial data is uploaded
+			boxGroup.triggerBoxChange();
+		}
+		
+		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 (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		//===========//
+		// rendering //
+		//===========//
+		//#region
+		
+		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.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer.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
+					
+					.putVec3() // aTranslateChunk
+					.putVec3() // aTranslateSubChunk
+					
+					.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.nativeOrder());
+				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.vertUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertUniformBuffer);
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+				
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			
+			// render //
+			
+			profiler.popPush("rendering");
+			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
+			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath());
+			
+			this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(renderEventParam, boxGroup, 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
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McGenericObjectRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====================//
+	// instanced rendering //
+	//=====================//
+	//region
+	
+	private void renderBoxGroupInstanced(
+		RenderParams renderEventParam, 
+		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup,
+		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			
+			// update instance data //
+			
+			profiler.push("vertex setup");
+			
+			BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer) boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer;
+			
+			LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
+			BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			
+			
+			// Bind instance data //
+			profiler.popPush("binding");
+			
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.vertUniformBuffer);
+			
+			// set pipeline
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.setIndexBuffer(container.indexGpuBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, container.vboGpuBuffer);
+			
+			// Draw instanced
+			profiler.popPush("render");
+			if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
+			{
+				renderPass.drawIndexed(
+					/*indexStart*/ 0,
+					/*firstIndex*/0,
+					/*indexCount*/container.uploadedBoxCount * 36, // 36 = 6 faces * 6 verticies per face
+					/*instanceCount*/1);
+				
+			}
+		}
+		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
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDhMetaRenderer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
+{
+	public static final BlazeDhMetaRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhMetaRenderer();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	
+	private BlazeDhApplyRenderer applyRenderer;
+	
+	public final BlazeTextureWrapper dhDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("DhDepthTexture");
+	public final BlazeTextureWrapper dhColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhColorTexture");
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhMetaRenderer() 
+	{
+		this.applyRenderer = new BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
+			"dh_apply_to_mc",
+			null,
+			"apply/blaze/vert", "apply/blaze/frag"
+		);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=================//
+	// pre/post render //
+	//=================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void runRenderPassSetup(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		// textures
+		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void runRenderPassCleanup(RenderParams renderParams) {}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void applyToMcTexture(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		GpuTexture mcColorTexture = Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture();
+		this.applyRenderer.render(this.dhColorTextureWrapper.texture, this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.texture, mcColorTexture);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// clear textures //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void clearDhDepthAndColorTextures(RenderParams renderParams) 
+	{
+		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.clearDepth(1.0f);
+		
+		Color color = MC_RENDER.getSkyColor();
+		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.clearColor(ColorUtil.toColorInt(color)); 
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.objects.BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing.BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing.BlazeDhFogRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing.BlazeDhSsaoRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing.BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.test.BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.buffer.BlazeVertexBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.*;
+
+public class BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
+{
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public String getApiName() { return "Blaze3D"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// singletons //
+	//============//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override public IDhMetaRenderer getMetaRenderer() { return BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhTerrainRenderer getTerrainRenderer() { return BlazeDhTerrainRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhSsaoRenderer getSsaoRenderer() { return BlazeDhSsaoRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhFogRenderer getFogRenderer() { return BlazeDhFogRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhFarFadeRenderer getFarFadeRenderer() { return BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer getDebugWireframeRenderer() { return BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	
+	@Override public IDhVanillaFadeRenderer getVanillaFadeRenderer() { return BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhTestTriangleRenderer getTestTriangleRenderer() { return BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// factories //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override public IDhGenericRenderer createGenericRenderer() { return new BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer(); }
+	
+	@Override public IVertexBufferWrapper createVboWrapper(String name) { return new BlazeVertexBufferWrapper(name); }
+	@Override public ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper createLodContainerUniformWrapper() { return new BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper(); }
+	@Override public IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer createGenericVboContainer() { return new BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer(); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDhTerrainRenderer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+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.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.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.buffer.BlazeVertexBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTerrainRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/** Renders rendering DH's LOD terrain. */
+public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhTerrainRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhTerrainRenderer();
+	
+	
+	private RenderPipeline opaquePipeline;
+	private RenderPipeline transparentPipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	private GpuBuffer vertSharedUniformBuffer;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhTerrainRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("terrain");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("lod/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("lod/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertUniqueUniformBlock");
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock");
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SHORT_XYZ_POS)
+				.add("meta", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.META)
+				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
+				.add("irisMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
+				.add("irisNormal", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_NORMAL)
+				.add("paddingTwo", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingThree", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD) // padding is to make sure the format is a multiple of 4
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
+		}
+		
+		// opaque
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			this.opaquePipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		}
+		
+		// transparent
+		{
+			// TRANSLUCENT = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT);
+			this.transparentPipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		}
+		
+		this.init = true;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(
+		RenderParams renderEventParam, 
+		boolean opaquePass,
+		SortedArraySet<LodBufferContainer> bufferContainers,
+		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		
+		profiler.push("vert unique uniforms");
+		{
+			// create data //
+			
+			for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
+			{
+				LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
+				bufferContainer.uniformContainer.tryUpload();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		profiler.popPush("vert share uniforms");
+		{
+			Mat4f combinedMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
+			combinedMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
+			
+			float earthCurveRatio = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.earthCurveRatio.get();
+			if (earthCurveRatio < -1.0f || earthCurveRatio > 1.0f)
+			{
+				earthCurveRatio = /*6371KM*/ 6371000.0f / earthCurveRatio;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// disable curvature if the config value is between -1 and 1
+				earthCurveRatio = 0.0f;
+			}
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putInt() // uIsWhiteWorld
+				
+				.putFloat() // uWorldYOffset
+				.putFloat() // uMircoOffset
+				.putFloat() // uEarthRadius
+				
+				.putVec3() // uCameraPos
+				.putMat4f() // uCombinedMatrix
+				.get();
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putInt(0) // uIsWhiteWorld
+				
+				.putFloat((float) renderEventParam.worldYOffset) // uWorldYOffset
+				.putFloat(0.01f) // uMircoOffset // 0.01 block offset
+				.putFloat(earthCurveRatio) // uEarthRadius
+				
+				.putVec3(
+					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.x,
+					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.y,
+					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.z) // uCameraPos
+				.putMat4f(combinedMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uCombinedMatrix
+				.get();
+			
+			this.vertSharedUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertSharedUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+			
+			MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+		}
+		
+		profiler.popPush("set frag uniforms");
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putFloat() // uClipDistance
+				.putFloat() // uNoiseIntensity
+				.putInt() // uNoiseSteps
+				.putInt() // uNoiseDropoff
+				.putInt() // uDitherDhRendering
+				.putInt() // uNoiseEnabled
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
+			if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())
+			{
+				// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
+				dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
+			}
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putFloat(dhNearClipDistance) // uClipDistance
+				.putFloat(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseIntensity.get()) // uNoiseIntensity
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseSteps.get()) // uNoiseSteps
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseDropoff.get()) // uNoiseDropoff
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.ditherDhFade.get() ? 1 : 0) // uDitherDhRendering
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.enableNoiseTexture.get() ? 1 : 0) // uNoiseEnabled
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+			MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// render pass setup
+		{
+			profiler.popPush("setup");
+			
+			// create a render pass
+			try(RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+				this::getRenderPassName,
+				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+				/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+				/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty())
+				)
+			{
+				LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
+				BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
+				renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+				
+				// set pipeline
+				renderPass.setPipeline(opaquePass ? this.opaquePipeline : this.transparentPipeline);
+				
+				// shared uniforms
+				renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+				renderPass.setUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
+				
+				
+				
+				for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
+				{
+					profiler.popPush("binding");
+					
+					LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
+					BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper uniformWrapper = (BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper)bufferContainer.uniformContainer;
+					
+					boolean columnBuilderDebugEnabled = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugEnable.get();
+					if (columnBuilderDebugEnabled)
+					{
+						if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugDetailLevel.get()
+							&& DhSectionPos.getX(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugXPos.get()
+							&& DhSectionPos.getZ(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugZPos.get())
+						{
+							int breakpoint = 0;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							continue;
+						}
+					}
+					
+					renderPass.setUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", uniformWrapper.gpuBuffer);
+					
+					
+					
+					profiler.popPush("rendering");
+					
+					// render each buffer
+					IVertexBufferWrapper[] bufferWrapperList = opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vboOpaqueWrappers : bufferContainer.vboTransparentWrappers;
+					for (int i = 0; i < bufferWrapperList.length; i++)
+					{
+						BlazeVertexBufferWrapper bufferWrapper = (BlazeVertexBufferWrapper) bufferWrapperList[i];
+						if (!bufferWrapper.uploaded
+							|| bufferWrapper.vertexCount == 0)
+						{
+							continue;
+						}
+						
+						// fire render event
+						{
+							Vec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
+							Vec3f modelPos = new Vec3f(
+								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX() - camPos.x),
+								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY() - camPos.y),
+								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ() - camPos.z));
+							ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, modelPos));
+						}
+						
+						renderPass.setIndexBuffer(bufferWrapper.getIndexGpuBuffer(), VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+						renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+						
+						if (!bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer.isClosed())
+						{
+							renderPass.drawIndexed(
+								/*indexStart*/ 0,
+								/*firstIndex*/0,
+								/*indexCount*/bufferWrapper.indexCount,
+								/*instanceCount*/1);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+		}
+		
+		profiler.pop();
+	}
+	private String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:LodIndexBuffer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McLodRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/apply/BlazeDhApplyRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.apply;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+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.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/**
+ * Copies the given color texture
+ * where the depth (or another attribute) is valid.
+ * Often used to apply post processing effects or
+ * the DH texture to MC's color texture. <br><br>
+ * 
+ * @see BlazeDhCopyRenderer
+ */
+public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	
+	protected GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	protected final String name;
+	protected final String identifierName;
+	public String getIdentifierName() { return this.identifierName; }
+	
+	@Nullable
+	private final BlendFunction blendFunction;
+	private final String vertexShaderPath;
+	private final String fragmentShaderPath;
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper sourceColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper destinationColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dummyDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("apply_dummy_depth");
+	
+	
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Can be set for special application shaders that need 
+	 * extra information. <br><br>
+	 * 
+	 * will be an empty array if unneeded 
+	 */
+	private final String[] uniformNames;
+	/** will be an empty array if unneeded */
+	private final GpuBuffer[] uniformBuffers;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	public BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
+		String name,
+		@Nullable BlendFunction blendFunction,
+		String vertexShaderPath, String fragmentShaderPath
+		)
+	{
+		this(
+			name,
+			blendFunction,
+			vertexShaderPath, fragmentShaderPath,
+			new String[0] // no extra uniforms
+		);
+	}
+	public BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
+		String name,
+		@Nullable BlendFunction blendFunction,
+		String vertexShaderPath, String fragmentShaderPath,
+		String[] uniformNames
+		)
+	{
+		this.name = name;
+		this.identifierName = "distanthorizons:"+this.name;
+		this.blendFunction = blendFunction;
+		
+		this.vertexShaderPath = vertexShaderPath;
+		this.fragmentShaderPath = fragmentShaderPath;
+		
+		this.uniformNames = uniformNames;
+		this.uniformBuffers = new GpuBuffer[this.uniformNames.length];
+	}
+	
+	private void tryInit(
+		GpuTexture sourceColorTexture,
+		GpuTexture sourceDepthTexture,
+		GpuTexture destinationColorTexture)
+	{
+		// one-time setup
+		if (this.pipeline == null)
+		{
+			this.createPipeline();
+			this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData(this.name);
+		}
+		
+		this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(sourceColorTexture);
+		this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(sourceDepthTexture);
+		
+		this.destinationColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(destinationColorTexture);
+		
+	}
+	private void createPipeline()
+	{
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			
+			if (this.blendFunction != null)
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withBlend(this.blendFunction);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			}
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName(this.name);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(this.vertexShaderPath);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(this.fragmentShaderPath);
+			
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.uniformNames.length; i++)
+			{
+				String uniformName = this.uniformNames[i];
+				pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer(uniformName);
+			}
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceColorTexture");
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceDepthTexture");
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	public void setUniform(String uniformName, GpuBuffer uniformBuffer)
+	{
+		// the uniform array should be short enough (less than 10 items)
+		// where a sequential search should be plenty fast
+		for (int i = 0; i < this.uniformNames.length; i++)
+		{
+			String nameAtIndex = this.uniformNames[i];
+			if (nameAtIndex.equals(uniformName))
+			{
+				this.uniformBuffers[i] = uniformBuffer;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void render(
+		GpuTexture sourceColorTexture,
+		GpuTexture sourceDepthTexture,
+		GpuTexture destinationColorTexture)
+	{
+		this.tryInit(sourceColorTexture, sourceDepthTexture, destinationColorTexture);
+		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getIdentifierName,
+			this.destinationColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uSourceColorTexture", this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uSourceDepthTexture", this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.uniformNames.length; i++)
+			{
+				String uniformName = this.uniformNames[i];
+				GpuBuffer uniformBuffer = this.uniformBuffers[i];
+				if (uniformBuffer == null)
+				{
+					throw new IllegalStateException("Missing uniform ["+uniformName+"], please set the uniform before rendering.");	
+				}
+				
+				renderPass.setUniform(uniformName, uniformBuffer);
+			}
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+		
+		
+		// clear the uniforms after rendering
+		// so we can check if they're missing during next frame's rendering
+		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
+		{
+			Arrays.fill(this.uniformBuffers, null);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/apply/BlazeDhCopyRenderer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.apply;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+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.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/**
+ * Blindly copies one texture into another.
+ *
+ * @see BlazeDhApplyRenderer
+ */
+public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhCopyRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhCopyRenderer();
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	private BlazeTextureWrapper dummyDepthTextureWrapper;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhCopyRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_copy_depth_texture");
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("copy");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("copy/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("copy/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uCopyTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McCopyRenderer");
+		
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	public void render(
+		BlazeTextureWrapper sourceColorTextureWrapper,
+		BlazeTextureViewWrapper destinationColorTextureWrapper)
+	{
+		this.render(
+			sourceColorTextureWrapper.textureView, sourceColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler,
+			destinationColorTextureWrapper.textureView);
+	}
+	public void render(
+		BlazeTextureWrapper sourceColorTextureWrapper,
+		BlazeTextureWrapper destinationColorTextureWrapper)
+	{
+		this.render(
+			sourceColorTextureWrapper.textureView, sourceColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler,
+			destinationColorTextureWrapper.textureView);
+	}
+	
+	private void render(
+		GpuTextureView sourceTextureView,
+		GpuSampler sourceTextureSampler,
+		GpuTextureView destinationTextureView)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			destinationTextureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uCopyTexture", sourceTextureView, sourceTextureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McCopyRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/objects/BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.objects;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer {}
+
+#else
+	
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderableBoxGroup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * For use by {@link RenderableBoxGroup} 
+ * 
+ * @see RenderableBoxGroup
+ */
+public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	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
+	};
+	
+	
+	
+	public GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	public GpuBuffer indexGpuBuffer;
+	
+	private ByteBuffer vertexBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(0);
+	private ByteBuffer indexBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(0);
+	
+	public int uploadedBoxCount = 0;
+	
+	private EState state = EState.NEW;
+	@Override
+	public IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer.EState getState() { return this.state; }
+	@Override
+	public void setState(IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer.EState state) { this.state = state; }
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========================//
+	// render building/uploading //
+	//===========================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	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;
+			
+			int vertexBufferSize = this.vertexBufferSize();
+			this.vertexBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(vertexBufferSize);
+			this.vertexBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			
+			int indexBufferSize = this.indexBufferSize();
+			this.indexBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(indexBufferSize);
+			this.indexBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+		}
+		this.vertexBuffer.position(0);
+		this.indexBuffer.position(0);
+		
+		
+		
+		for (int boxIndex = 0; boxIndex < boxCount; boxIndex++)
+		{
+			// index
+			int indexOffset = (boxIndex * 24 /*24 is the number of vertices in a box*/);
+			for (int i = 0; i < BOX_INDICES.length; i++)
+			{
+				this.indexBuffer.putInt(BOX_INDICES[i] + indexOffset);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			
+			// vertex
+			DhApiRenderableBox box = uploadBoxList.get(boxIndex);
+			
+			final double[] boxVertices = 
+			{
+				//region
+				// Pos x y z
+				
+				// min X, vertical face
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				// max X, vertical face
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				
+				// min Z, vertical face
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				// max Z, vertical face
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				
+				// min Y, horizontal face
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.minPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				// max Y, horizontal face
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.maxPos.z,
+				box.maxPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y, box.minPos.z,
+				//endregion
+			};
+			
+			for (int vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < boxVertices.length; vertexIndex+=3)
+			{
+				this.vertexBuffer.putFloat((float)boxVertices[vertexIndex]); // x
+				this.vertexBuffer.putFloat((float)boxVertices[vertexIndex+1]); // y
+				this.vertexBuffer.putFloat((float)boxVertices[vertexIndex+2]); // z
+				
+				int color = ColorUtil.toColorInt(box.color);
+				byte r = (byte) ColorUtil.getRed(color);
+				byte g = (byte) ColorUtil.getGreen(color);
+				byte b = (byte) ColorUtil.getBlue(color);
+				byte a = (byte) ColorUtil.getAlpha(color);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put(r);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put(g);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put(b);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put(a);
+				
+				this.vertexBuffer.put(box.material);
+				
+				// padding so the vertex format's byte count is a multiple of 4
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
+			}
+		}
+		this.vertexBuffer.flip();
+		this.indexBuffer.flip();
+	}
+	
+	private int vertexBufferSize()
+	{
+		// minimum of 1 box to prevent trying to create a buffer of size 0
+		int boxCount = Math.max(this.uploadedBoxCount, 1);
+		
+		int faceCount = boxCount * 6; // 6 faces on a cube
+		int vertexCount = faceCount * 6; // 6 vertices per cube
+		
+		int byteSize = vertexCount * 3 * Float.BYTES; // x,y,z
+		byteSize += vertexCount * 4; // r,g,b,a
+		byteSize += 1; // material
+		return byteSize;
+	}
+	private int indexBufferSize()
+	{
+		// minimum of 1 box to prevent trying to create a buffer of size 0
+		int boxCount = Math.max(this.uploadedBoxCount, 1);
+		
+		int quadCount = boxCount * 6 * 6; // 6 faces with 6 vertices each
+		int byteSize = quadCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT);
+		return byteSize;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadDataToGpu()
+	{
+		// vertex
+		{
+			int totalVertexByteSize = this.vertexBufferSize();
+			if (this.vboGpuBuffer == null
+				// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+				// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+				|| this.vboGpuBuffer.size() != totalVertexByteSize)
+			{
+				if (this.vboGpuBuffer != null)
+				{
+					this.vboGpuBuffer.close();
+				}
+				
+				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+				this.vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getVertexBufferName, usage, totalVertexByteSize);
+			}
+			
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vboGpuBuffer, /*offset*/0, totalVertexByteSize);
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, this.vertexBuffer);
+		}
+		
+		// index
+		{
+			int totalVertexByteSize = this.indexBufferSize();
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null
+				// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+				// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+				|| this.indexGpuBuffer.size() != totalVertexByteSize)
+			{
+				if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+				{
+					this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+				}
+				
+				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
+				this.indexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getIndexBufferName, usage, totalVertexByteSize);
+			}
+			
+			int offset = 0;
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.indexGpuBuffer, offset, totalVertexByteSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, this.indexBuffer);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getVertexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:GenericVertexBuffer"; }
+	private String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:GenericIndexBuffer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer close", () -> 
+		{
+			if (this.vboGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.vboGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/postProcessing/BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.postProcessing;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer {}
+
+#else
+	
+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.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhCopyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhFarFadeRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/**
+ * Fades out DH's far clip plane
+ */
+public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer();
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dhFadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_far_fade_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_far_fade_depth_texture");
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("far_fade");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fade/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fade/blaze/dh_fade");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uMcColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFadeRenderer");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		
+		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		{
+			return;	
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// textures
+		this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		
+		this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		{
+			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(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix);
+			
+			Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
+			inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
+			inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.invert();
+			
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putFloat(fadeStartDistance) // uStartFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat(fadeEndDistance) // uEndFadeBlockDistance
+				.putMat4f(inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderFadeToTexture();
+		BlazeDhCopyRenderer.INSTANCE.render(this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper);
+		
+	}
+	
+	private void renderFadeToTexture()
+	{
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			// MC texture
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uMcColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			// DH textures
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer"; }
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/postProcessing/BlazeDhFogRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.postProcessing;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhFogRenderer {}
+
+#else
+	
+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.DestFactor;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
+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.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiFogColorMode;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiHeightFogDirection;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiHeightFogMixMode;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+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.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhFogRenderer;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/**
+ * Renders fog onto the LODs.
+ */
+public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhFogRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhFogRenderer();
+	
+	
+	private BlazeDhApplyRenderer applyRenderer;
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fogColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_fog_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fogDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_fog_depth_texture");
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhFogRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		this.applyRenderer = new BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
+			"fog_apply_to_dh",
+			new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA),
+			"apply/blaze/vert", "apply/blaze/frag"
+		);
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("fog_render");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fog/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fog/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFogRenderer");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		
+		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		{
+			return;	
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		this.fogColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.fogDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				
+				// fog uniforms
+				.putVec4() // uFogColor
+				.putFloat() //uFogScale
+				.putFloat() //uFogVerticalScale
+				// only used for debugging
+				.putInt() //uFogDebugMode  // 1 = render everything with fog color // 7 = use debug rendering
+				.putInt() //uFogFalloffType
+				
+				// fog config
+				.putFloat() // uFarFogStart
+				.putFloat() // uFarFogLength
+				.putFloat() // uFarFogMin
+				.putFloat() // uFarFogRange 
+				.putFloat() // uFarFogDensity
+				
+				// height fog config
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogStart
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogLength
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogMin
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogRange
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogDensity
+				
+				// ??
+				.putInt() // uHeightFogEnabled
+				.putInt() // uHeightFogFalloffType
+				.putInt() // uHeightBasedOnCamera
+				.putFloat() // uHeightFogBaseHeight
+				.putInt() // uHeightFogAppliesUp
+				.putInt() // uHeightFogAppliesDown
+				.putInt() // uUseSphericalFog
+				.putInt() // uHeightFogMixingMode
+				.putFloat() // uCameraBlockYPos
+				
+				.putMat4f() // uInvMvmProj
+				
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			
+			int lodDrawDistance = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodChunkRenderDistanceRadius.get() * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
+			
+			
+			Mat4f inverseMvmProjMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParams.dhMvmProjMatrix);
+			inverseMvmProjMatrix.invert();
+			
+			if (renderParams.dhMvmProjMatrix == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			
+			Color fogColor = this.getFogColor(renderParams.partialTicks);
+			
+			// fog config
+			float farFogStart = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogStart.get();
+			float farFogEnd = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogEnd.get();
+			float farFogMin = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMin.get();
+			float farFogMax = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogMax.get();
+			float farFogDensity = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogDensity.get();
+			
+			// override fog if underwater
+			if (MC_RENDER.isFogStateSpecial())
+			{
+				// hide everything behind fog
+				farFogStart = 0.0f;
+				farFogEnd = 0.0f;
+			}
+			
+			
+			// height config
+			EDhApiHeightFogMixMode heightFogMixingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMixMode.get();
+			boolean heightFogEnabled = heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.SPHERICAL && heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.CYLINDRICAL;
+			boolean useSphericalFog = heightFogMixingMode == EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.SPHERICAL;
+			EDhApiHeightFogDirection heightFogCameraDirection = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDirection.get();
+			
+			float heightFogStart = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogStart.get();
+			float heightFogEnd = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogEnd.get();
+			float heightFogMin = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMin.get();
+			float heightFogMax = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMax.get();
+			float heightFogDensity = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDensity.get();
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				
+				// fog uniforms
+				.putVec4(
+					fogColor.getRed() / 255.0f, 
+					fogColor.getGreen() / 255.0f, 
+					fogColor.getBlue() / 255.0f, 
+					fogColor.getAlpha() / 255.0f) // uFogColor
+				.putFloat(1.f / lodDrawDistance) //uFogScale
+				.putFloat(1.f / MC.getWrappedClientLevel().getMaxHeight()) //uFogVerticalScale
+				// only used for debugging
+				.putInt(0) //uFogDebugMode  // 1 = render everything with fog color // 7 = use debug rendering
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogFalloff.get().value) //uFogFalloffType
+				
+				// fog config
+				.putFloat(farFogStart) // uFarFogStart
+				.putFloat(farFogEnd - farFogStart) // uFarFogLength
+				.putFloat(farFogMin) // uFarFogMin
+				.putFloat(farFogMax - farFogMin) // uFarFogRange 
+				.putFloat(farFogDensity) // uFarFogDensity
+				
+				// height fog config
+				.putFloat(heightFogStart) // uHeightFogStart
+				.putFloat(heightFogEnd - heightFogStart) // uHeightFogLength
+				.putFloat(heightFogMin) // uHeightFogMin
+				.putFloat(heightFogMax - heightFogMin) // uHeightFogRange
+				.putFloat(heightFogDensity) // uHeightFogDensity
+				
+				// ??
+				.putInt(heightFogEnabled ? 1 : 0) // uHeightFogEnabled
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogFalloff.get().value) // uHeightFogFalloffType
+				.putInt(heightFogCameraDirection.basedOnCamera ? 1 : 0) // uHeightBasedOnCamera
+				.putFloat(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogBaseHeight.get()) // uHeightFogBaseHeight
+				.putInt(heightFogCameraDirection.fogAppliesUp ? 1 : 0) // uHeightFogAppliesUp
+				.putInt(heightFogCameraDirection.fogAppliesDown ? 1 : 0) // uHeightFogAppliesDown
+				.putInt(useSphericalFog ? 1 : 0) // uUseSphericalFog
+				.putInt(heightFogMixingMode.value) // uHeightFogMixingMode
+				.putFloat((float)MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition().y) // uCameraBlockYPos
+				
+				.putMat4f(inverseMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uInvMvmProj
+				
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderFogToTexture();
+		this.applyRenderer.render(this.fogColorTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.texture);
+		
+	}
+	
+	private Color getFogColor(float partialTicks)
+	{
+		Color fogColor;
+		
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.colorMode.get() == EDhApiFogColorMode.USE_SKY_COLOR)
+		{
+			fogColor = MC_RENDER.getSkyColor();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			fogColor = MC_RENDER.getFogColor(partialTicks);
+		}
+		
+		return fogColor;
+	}
+	
+	private void renderFogToTexture()
+	{
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			this.fogColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.fogDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFogRenderer"; }
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/postProcessing/BlazeDhSsaoRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.postProcessing;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer {}
+
+#else
+	
+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.DestFactor;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
+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.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+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.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhSsaoRenderer;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+/** Renders SSAO to the DH LODs. */
+public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhSsaoRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhSsaoRenderer();
+	
+	
+	private BlazeDhApplyRenderer applyRenderer;
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	private GpuBuffer applyFragUniformBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper ssaoColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_ssao_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper ssaoDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_ssao_depth_texture");
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhSsaoRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		this.applyRenderer = new BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
+			"ssao_apply_to_dh",
+			new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.ONE),
+			"apply/blaze/vert", "ssao/blaze/apply",
+			/*uniforms*/ new String[] { "applyFragUniformBlock" }
+		);
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("ssao_render");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("ssao/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("ssao/blaze/frag");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McSsao");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		
+		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		{
+			return;	
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// textures
+		this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		// frag uniforms
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putInt() // uSampleCount\
+				
+				.putFloat() // uRadius
+				.putFloat() // uStrength
+				.putFloat() // uMinLight
+				.putFloat() // uBias
+				.putFloat() // uFadeDistanceInBlocks
+				
+				.putMat4f() // uInvProj
+				.putMat4f() // uProj
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			Mat4f projMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
+			Mat4f invertedProjMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
+			invertedProjMatrix.invert();
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putInt(6) // uSampleCount
+				
+				.putFloat(4.0f) // uRadius
+				.putFloat(0.2f) // uStrength
+				.putFloat(0.25f) // uMinLight
+				.putFloat(0.02f) // uBias
+				.putFloat(1_600.0f) // uFadeDistanceInBlocks
+				
+				.putMat4f(invertedProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix())
+				.putMat4f(projMatrix.createJomlMatrix())
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		// apply frag uniforms
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putVec2() // uViewSize
+				.putInt() // uBlurRadius
+				.putFloat() // uNearClipPlane
+				.putFloat() // uFarClipPlane
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			float viewWidth = (float)MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+			float viewHeight = (float)MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+			
+			float nearClipPlane = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
+			float farClipPlane = RenderUtil.getFarClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks();
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putVec2(viewWidth, viewHeight) // uViewSize
+				.putInt(2) // uBlurRadius
+				.putFloat(nearClipPlane) // uNearClipPlane
+				.putFloat(farClipPlane) // uFarClipPlane
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.applyFragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("applyFragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.applyFragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.applyFragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderSsaoToTexture();
+		
+		this.applyRenderer.setUniform("applyFragUniformBlock", this.applyFragUniformBuffer);
+		this.applyRenderer.render(this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.texture);
+		
+	}
+	
+	private void renderSsaoToTexture()
+	{
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McSsaoRenderer"; }
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/postProcessing/BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.postProcessing;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer {}
+
+#else
+	
+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.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.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhCopyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+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.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhVanillaFadeRenderer;
+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;
+
+/**
+ * Fades the vanilla chunks
+ * into DH's LODs.
+ */
+public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer();
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	public final BlazeTextureWrapper fadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhVanillaFadeColorTexture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fadeDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("DhVanillaFadeDepthTexture");
+	
+	
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcDepthTextureWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("vanilla_fade");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fade/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fade/blaze/vanilla_fade");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uMcDepthTexture");
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uCombinedMcDhColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
+			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhColorTexture");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFadeRenderer");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		{
+			return;	
+		}
+		
+		
+		// textures
+		this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
+		this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
+		this.mcColorTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		
+		
+		{
+			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+				.putInt() // uOnlyRenderLods
+				.putFloat() // uStartFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat() // uEndFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat() // uMaxLevelHeight
+				.putMat4f() // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.putMat4f() // uMcInvMvmProj
+				.get();
+			
+			
+			// create data //
+			
+			float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
+			// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
+			dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
+			
+			// measured in blocks
+			// these multipliers in James' tests should provide a fairly smooth transition
+			// without having underdraw issues
+			float fadeStartDistance = dhNearClipDistance * 1.5f;
+			float fadeEndDistance = dhNearClipDistance * 1.9f;
+			
+			
+			Mat4f inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix);
+			inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
+			Mat4f inverseMcMvmProjMatrix = inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+			
+			
+			Mat4f dhProjectionMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix);
+			
+			Mat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
+			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
+			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
+			Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+			
+			
+			
+			// upload data //
+			
+			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get() ? 1 : 0) // uOnlyRenderLods
+				.putFloat(fadeStartDistance) // uStartFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat(fadeEndDistance) // uEndFadeBlockDistance
+				.putFloat(renderParams.clientLevelWrapper.getMaxHeight()) // uMaxLevelHeight
+				.putMat4f(inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.putMat4f(inverseMcMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uMcInvMvmProj
+				.get()
+			;
+			
+			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderFadeToTexture();
+		BlazeDhCopyRenderer.INSTANCE.render(this.fadeColorTextureWrapper, this.mcColorTextureWrapper);
+		
+	}
+	
+	private void renderFadeToTexture()
+	{
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uMcDepthTexture", this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uCombinedMcDhColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureWrapper.textureView, this.mcColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/test/BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.blaze.test;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer {}
+
+#else
+	
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
+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.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTestTriangleRenderer;
+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;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.DepthStencilState;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Renders the OpenGL/Vulkan triangle
+ * to the center of the screen to confirm DH's
+ * apply shader is running correctly
+ */
+public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	public static final BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer();
+	
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcDepthTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	
+	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer() { }
+	
+	private void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		{
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("triangle_test");
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("test/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("test/blaze/frag");
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
+				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
+		}
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+		
+		this.uploadVertexData();
+	}
+	private void uploadVertexData()
+	{
+		// vertices for the OpenGL/Vulkan Triangle
+		float[] vertices = new float[]
+			{
+				// PosX,Y,    ColorR,G,B,A
+				-0.5f, -0.5f,   1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
+				0.5f, -0.5f,   0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
+				0.0f,  0.5f,   0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
+			};
+		
+		
+		int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+			| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+		int size = vertices.length * Float.BYTES;
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getRenderPassName, 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();
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, byteBuffer);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.tryInit();
+		
+		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
+		
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureView, 
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+		{
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 3);
+		}
+	}
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:DhTestRenderer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/util/BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil {}
+
+#else
+	
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormatElement;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+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.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * @see LodQuadBuilder
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("DataFlowIssue") // ignore null setter warnings in the static constructor (those will only be null if the render API is GL and in that case we should never use these objects)
+public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement SCREEN_POS;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR;
+	
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement SHORT_XYZ_POS;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement BYTE_PAD;
+	/** contains light and micro-offset */
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement META;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_MATERIAL;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_NORMAL;
+	
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement FLOAT_XYZ_POS;
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	static
+	{
+		EDhApiRenderApi renderingApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
+		if (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
+		{
+			IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
+			renderingApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
+		}
+		
+		boolean register = (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D);
+		if (register)
+		{
+			LOGGER.debug("Attempting to register ["+VertexFormatElement.class.getSimpleName()+"]...");
+			
+			try
+			{
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+				SCREEN_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/22, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.POSITION, /*count*/ 2);
+				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/23, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.COLOR, /*count*/ 4);
+				
+				SHORT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/24, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.POSITION, /*count*/ 3);
+				BYTE_PAD = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/25, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, VertexFormatElement.Usage.GENERIC, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				META = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/26, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.GENERIC, /*count*/ 1);
+				RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/27, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.UBYTE, VertexFormatElement.Usage.COLOR, /*count*/ 4);
+				IRIS_MATERIAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/28, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, VertexFormatElement.Usage.GENERIC, /*count*/ 1);
+				IRIS_NORMAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/29, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, VertexFormatElement.Usage.GENERIC, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				FLOAT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/30, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.POSITION, /*count*/ 3);
+				#else
+				SCREEN_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/22, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 2);
+				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/23, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 4);
+				
+				SHORT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/24, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, false, /*count*/ 3);
+				BYTE_PAD = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/25, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				META = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/26, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/27, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.UBYTE, true, /*count*/ 4);
+				IRIS_MATERIAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/28, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				IRIS_NORMAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/29, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				FLOAT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/30, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 3);
+				#endif
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				String message = "Unable to register one or more ["+VertexFormatElement.class.getSimpleName()+"] this is likely caused by another mod registering their own custom ["+VertexFormatElement.class.getSimpleName()+"]'s. This should be fixed in the next major Minecraft version.";
+				
+				IMinecraftClientWrapper mc = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+				mc.crashMinecraft(message, new Exception(message, e));
+				
+				// here to make the compiler happy, the process should shut down before this
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+			
+			LOGGER.debug("Successfully registered ["+VertexFormatElement.class.getSimpleName()+"].");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// set to null so we can fail fast with a null pointer if we ever attempt to incorrectly use these
+			SCREEN_POS = null;
+			RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = null;
+			
+			SHORT_XYZ_POS = null;
+			BYTE_PAD = null;
+			
+			META = null;
+			RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = null;
+			IRIS_MATERIAL = null;
+			IRIS_NORMAL = null;
+			
+			FLOAT_XYZ_POS = null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/util/BlazePostProcessUtil.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazePostProcessUtil {}
+
+#else
+	
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/** Contains code that's used by all post-processing effects. */
+public class BlazePostProcessUtil
+{
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	// vertices for a full-screen quad
+	private static final float[] VERTICES = new float[]
+		{
+			// PosX,Y,
+			-1f, -1f,
+			1f, -1f,
+			1f,  1f,
+			-1f,  1f,
+		};
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public static GpuBuffer createAndUploadScreenVertexData(String name)
+	{
+		Supplier<String> labelSupplier = () -> "distantHorizons:"+name;
+		
+		int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+			| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+		int size = VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
+		GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(labelSupplier, usage, size);
+		
+		{
+			int length = VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(vboGpuBuffer, /*offset*/ 0, length);
+			
+			ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+			// Fill buffer with vertices.
+			byteBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			byteBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(VERTICES);
+			byteBuffer.rewind();
+			
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, byteBuffer);
+		}
+		
+		return vboGpuBuffer;
+	}
+	
+	public static VertexFormat createVertexFormat()
+	{
+		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
+			.build();
+		return vertexFormat;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/util/BlazeUniformUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeUniformUtil {}
+
+#else
+	
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+
+public class BlazeUniformUtil
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	
+	public static GpuBuffer createBuffer(String uniformName, int size, GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer)
+	{
+		// create VBO if needed
+		if (vboGpuBuffer == null
+			|| vboGpuBuffer.size() < size)
+		{
+			if (vboGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				vboGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
+			vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(() -> uniformName, usage, size);
+		}
+		
+		return vboGpuBuffer;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.ColorTargetState;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.DepthStencilState;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
+{
+	public static final String NAME_PREFIX = "distanthorizons:";
+	
+	private static final String SHADER_RESOURCE_FOLDER = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/";
+	
+	private static final ClassLoader CLASS_LOADER = RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.class.getClassLoader();
+	
+	
+	private final RenderPipeline.Builder blazePipelineBuilder;
+	
+	// variables for specific builder options should be put next to their builder methods for simpler organization
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper()
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// building //
+	//==========//
+	//region
+	
+	private boolean writeDepth = false;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withDepthWrite(boolean write)
+	{
+		this.writeDepth = write;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean writeColor = false;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withColorWrite(boolean write)
+	{
+		this.writeColor = write;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private BlendFunction blendFunction = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withBlend(BlendFunction blendFunction)
+	{
+		this.blendFunction = blendFunction;
+		return this;
+	}
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withoutBlend()
+	{
+		this.blendFunction = null;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private EDhDepthTest depthTest;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withDepthTest(EDhDepthTest depthTest)
+	{
+		this.depthTest = depthTest;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withFaceCulling(boolean culling)
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withCull(culling);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withPolygonMode(EDhPolygonMode dhMode)
+	{
+		PolygonMode blazeMode;
+		switch (dhMode)
+		{
+			case FILL:
+				blazeMode = PolygonMode.FILL;
+				break;
+			case WIREFRAME:
+				blazeMode = PolygonMode.WIREFRAME;
+				break;
+				
+			default:
+				throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No polygonMode defined for type ["+dhMode+"].");
+		}
+		
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(blazeMode);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		// Identifiers must be of a specific format
+		if (!isValidIdentifier(name))
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Non [a-z0-9/._-] character in name: ["+name+"].");
+		}
+		
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + name));
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withSampler(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withSampler(name);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withUniformBuffer(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withUniform(name, UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private VertexFormat vertexFormat = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexFormat(VertexFormat vertexFormat)
+	{
+		this.vertexFormat = vertexFormat;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private EDhVertexMode vertexMode = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexMode(EDhVertexMode vertexMode)
+	{
+		this.vertexMode = vertexMode;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexShader(String scriptResourcePath) { return this.withShader(EDhShaderType.VERTEX, scriptResourcePath); }
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withFragmentShader(String scriptResourcePath) { return this.withShader(EDhShaderType.FRAGMENT, scriptResourcePath); }
+	private RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withShader(EDhShaderType shaderType, String scriptResourcePath)
+	{
+		String fullShaderResourcePath = SHADER_RESOURCE_FOLDER + scriptResourcePath + shaderType.fileExtension;
+		
+		// confirm the shader file exists
+		try (InputStream scriptListInputStream = CLASS_LOADER.getResourceAsStream(fullShaderResourcePath))
+		{
+			if (scriptListInputStream == null)
+			{
+				throw new NullPointerException("Failed to find the SQL Script list file [" + fullShaderResourcePath + "], no auto update scripts can be run.");
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException e)
+		{
+			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected issue closing resource stream for shader type: ["+shaderType+"] at: ["+fullShaderResourcePath+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		if (shaderType == EDhShaderType.VERTEX)
+		{
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + scriptResourcePath));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + scriptResourcePath));
+		}
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====//
+	// end //
+	//=====//
+	//region
+	
+	public RenderPipeline build() throws UnsupportedOperationException
+	{
+		// depth/color
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(this.writeDepth);
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(this.writeColor);
+			
+			if (this.blendFunction != null)
+			{
+				this.blazePipelineBuilder.withBlend(this.blendFunction);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.blazePipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			}
+			
+			switch (this.depthTest)
+			{
+				case NONE:
+					
+					break;
+				case LESS:
+					break;
+			}
+			this.blazepipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
+			
+			#else
+			
+			CompareOp compareOp;
+			switch (this.depthTest)
+			{
+				case NONE:
+					compareOp = CompareOp.ALWAYS_PASS;
+					break;
+				case LESS:
+					compareOp = CompareOp.LESS_THAN;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No depth test defined for type ["+this.depthTest+"].");
+			}
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthStencilState(new DepthStencilState(compareOp, this.writeDepth));
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorTargetState(
+				new ColorTargetState(
+					Optional.ofNullable(this.blendFunction), 
+					this.writeColor ? ColorTargetState.WRITE_ALL : ColorTargetState.WRITE_NONE
+				)
+			);
+			
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		
+		// vertex format
+		{
+			VertexFormat.Mode blazeVertexMode;
+			switch (this.vertexMode)
+			{
+				case TRIANGLES:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES;
+					break;
+				case TRIANGLE_FAN:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN;
+					break;
+				case LINES:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.DEBUG_LINES;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No vertex mode defined for type ["+this.vertexMode+"].");
+			}
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, blazeVertexMode);
+		}
+		
+		return this.blazePipelineBuilder.build();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private static boolean isValidIdentifier(String identifier)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < identifier.length(); i++)
+		{
+			char ch = identifier.charAt(i);
+			if (!isValidNamespaceChar(ch))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	private static boolean isValidNamespaceChar(final char ch)
+	{
+		return ch == '_' 
+			|| ch == '-' 
+			// only lower case characters
+			|| (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') 
+			|| (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') 
+			|| ch == '.';
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	public enum EDhPolygonMode
+	{
+		FILL,
+		WIREFRAME;
+	}
+	
+	public enum EDhVertexMode
+	{
+		TRIANGLES,
+		TRIANGLE_FAN,
+		LINES;
+	}
+	
+	public enum EDhDepthTest
+	{
+		NONE,
+		LESS;
+	}
+	
+	private enum EDhShaderType
+	{
+		FRAGMENT(".fsh"),
+		VERTEX(".vsh");
+		
+		
+		public final String fileExtension;
+		
+		EDhShaderType(String fileExtension)
+		{
+			this.fileExtension = fileExtension;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/buffer/BlazeVertexBufferWrapper.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.buffer;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.IndexBufferBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+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.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper implements IVertexBufferWrapper
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	private static final AtomicInteger BUFFER_COUNT_REF = new AtomicInteger(0);
+	
+	
+	public final String name;
+	public String getName() { return this.name; }
+	
+	public GpuBuffer vertexGpuBuffer = null;
+	
+	public int vertexCount = -1;
+	public int indexCount = -1;
+	public boolean uploaded = false;
+	
+	
+	private GpuBuffer indexGpuBuffer = null;
+	private static GpuBuffer GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER = null;
+	public GpuBuffer getIndexGpuBuffer()
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			return GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return this.indexGpuBuffer;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	static
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Global IBO Creation", () ->
+			{
+				int maxSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
+				int maxVertexCount = maxSize / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
+				int maxQuadCount = (maxVertexCount / 4);
+				ByteBuffer indexBuffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(maxQuadCount);
+				
+				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
+				GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(BlazeVertexBufferWrapper::getIndexBufferName, usage, indexBuffer.capacity());
+				
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER, /*offset*/ 0, indexBuffer.capacity());
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, indexBuffer);
+				
+				MemoryUtil.memFree(indexBuffer);
+				
+			});
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public BlazeVertexBufferWrapper(String name) { this.name = name; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// upload //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadVertexBuffer(ByteBuffer vertexBuffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		int oldVertexCount = this.vertexCount;
+		
+		this.vertexCount = vertexCount;
+		// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
+		this.indexCount = (int)(vertexCount * 1.5);
+		this.uploaded = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		if (this.vertexGpuBuffer == null
+			// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+			// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+			|| oldVertexCount != vertexCount)
+		{
+			if (this.vertexGpuBuffer == null)
+			{
+				BUFFER_COUNT_REF.incrementAndGet();
+				//LOGGER.info("Create, count: ["+BUFFER_COUNT_REF.get()+"]");
+			}
+			
+			if (this.vertexGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.vertexGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+			int byteSize = (vertexBuffer.limit() - vertexBuffer.position());
+			this.vertexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getName, usage, byteSize);
+			
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertexGpuBuffer, /*offset*/0, byteSize);
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, vertexBuffer);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void uploadIndexBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		int oldIndexCount = this.indexCount;
+		// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
+		this.indexCount = (int)(vertexCount * 1.5);
+		
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			// ignore index uploading when running a single IBO
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+		// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+		if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null
+			|| oldIndexCount != this.indexCount)
+		{
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null)
+			{
+				BUFFER_COUNT_REF.incrementAndGet();
+			}
+
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			ByteBuffer indexBuffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(this.vertexCount);
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
+			this.indexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(BlazeVertexBufferWrapper::getIndexBufferName, usage, indexBuffer.capacity());
+			
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.indexGpuBuffer, /*offset*/ 0, indexBuffer.capacity());
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, indexBuffer);
+			
+			MemoryUtil.memFree(indexBuffer);
+			
+		}
+	}
+	private static String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:LodIndexBuffer"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		if (this.vertexGpuBuffer != null)
+		{
+			BUFFER_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
+			this.vertexGpuBuffer.close();
+		}
+		
+		if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+		{
+			BUFFER_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
+			this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+		}
+		
+		//LOGGER.info("Close, count: ["+BUFFER_COUNT_REF.get()+"]");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/texture/BlazeTextureViewWrapper.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeTextureViewWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+
+public class BlazeTextureViewWrapper
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	
+	public GpuTextureView textureView = null;
+	public GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=======//
+	// setup //
+	//=======//
+	//region
+	
+	/** does nothing if the texture is already wrapped */
+	public void tryWrap(GpuTexture texture)
+	{
+		this.tryRecreateTextureView(texture);
+		this.tryCreateSampler();
+	}
+	private void tryRecreateTextureView(GpuTexture texture)
+	{
+		if (this.textureView == null
+			|| this.textureView.texture() != texture)
+		{
+			if (this.textureView != null)
+			{
+				this.textureView.close();
+			}
+			
+			this.textureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(texture);
+		}
+	}
+	private void tryCreateSampler()
+	{
+		if (this.textureSampler == null)
+		{
+			this.textureSampler = GPU_DEVICE.createSampler(
+				AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
+				FilterMode.LINEAR, FilterMode.LINEAR, // minFilter, magFilter
+				1, // maxAnisotropy 
+				OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
+			);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/texture/BlazeTextureWrapper.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeTextureWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
+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.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+
+public class BlazeTextureWrapper
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	
+	public final String name;
+	public final TextureFormat textureFormat;
+	
+	public GpuTexture texture = null;
+	public GpuTextureView textureView = null;
+	public GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	
+	private int width = -1;
+	private int height = -1;
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// constructors //
+	//==============//
+	//region
+	
+	public static BlazeTextureWrapper createDepth(String name) { return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, TextureFormat.DEPTH32); }
+	public static BlazeTextureWrapper createColor(String name) { return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, TextureFormat.RGBA8); }
+	
+	private BlazeTextureWrapper(String name, TextureFormat textureFormat)
+	{
+		this.name = name;
+		this.textureFormat = textureFormat;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public boolean isEmpty() { return this.texture == null; }
+	
+	/** @return -1 if the texture is null */
+	public int getWidth() { return this.width; }
+	/** @return -1 if the texture is null */
+	public int getHeight() { return this.height; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=======//
+	// setup //
+	//=======//
+	//region
+	
+	/** does nothing if the texture is already created and the correct size */
+	public void tryCreateOrResize()
+	{
+		this.tryCreateTexture();
+		this.tryCreateSampler();
+	}
+	private void tryCreateTexture()
+	{
+		int viewWidth = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+		int viewHeight = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+		
+		if (this.texture == null
+			|| this.width != viewWidth
+			|| this.height != viewHeight)
+		{
+			if (this.texture != null)
+			{
+				this.texture.close();
+				this.textureView.close();
+			}
+			
+			this.width = viewWidth;
+			this.height = viewHeight;
+			
+			int usage = GpuTexture.USAGE_COPY_DST 
+				| GpuTexture.USAGE_TEXTURE_BINDING
+				| GpuTexture.USAGE_COPY_SRC
+				| GpuTexture.USAGE_RENDER_ATTACHMENT;
+			this.texture = GPU_DEVICE.createTexture(this.name,
+				usage,
+				this.textureFormat,
+				viewWidth, viewHeight,
+				/*depthOrLayers*/ 1,  /*mipLevels*/ 1
+			);
+			this.textureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(this.texture);
+		}
+	}
+	private void tryCreateSampler()
+	{
+		if (this.textureSampler == null)
+		{
+			this.textureSampler = GPU_DEVICE.createSampler(
+				AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, AddressMode.CLAMP_TO_EDGE, // U,V
+				FilterMode.LINEAR, FilterMode.LINEAR, // minFilter, magFilter
+				1, // maxAnisotropy 
+				OptionalDouble.empty() // maxLod
+			);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// clearing //
+	//==========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Will throw an exception if not a color texture.
+	 * @see ColorUtil#argbToInt 
+	 */
+	public void clearColor(int clearArgbColor) 
+	{
+		if (this.texture != null)
+		{
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.clearColorTexture(this.texture, clearArgbColor);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/** Will throw an exception if not a depth texture. */
+	public void clearDepth(float depth) 
+	{
+		if (this.texture != null)
+		{
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.clearDepthTexture(this.texture, depth);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/uniform/BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper extends BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper
+{
+	
+	private boolean uploaded = false;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper() { super(BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper.class.getName()); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// upload //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void createUniformData(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer)
+	{
+		Vec3f modelOffset = new Vec3f(
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX()),
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY()),
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ()));
+		
+		// upload data //
+		
+		int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+			.putVec3() // uModelOffset
+			.get();
+		
+		ByteBuffer buffer = this.getOrCreateBuffer(uniformBufferSize);
+		Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+			.putVec3(modelOffset.x, modelOffset.y, modelOffset.z) // uModelOffset
+			.get();
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void tryUpload()
+	{
+		if (this.uploaded)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.upload();
+		
+		this.uploaded = true;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/wrappers/uniform/BlazeUniformBufferWrapper.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IUniformBufferWrapper;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements IUniformBufferWrapper
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	
+	
+	private final String name;
+	
+	private int cpuBufferSize = 0;
+	private int gpuBufferSize = 0;
+	
+	private ByteBuffer cpuBuffer = null;
+	public GpuBuffer gpuBuffer = null;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper(String name) { this.name = name; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	protected ByteBuffer getOrCreateBuffer(int size)
+	{
+		if (this.cpuBuffer == null 
+			|| this.cpuBufferSize != size)
+		{
+			this.cpuBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
+			this.cpuBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+			
+			this.cpuBufferSize = size;
+		}
+		
+		return this.cpuBuffer;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void upload() throws IllegalStateException
+	{
+		if (this.cpuBuffer == null)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Upload called before buffer was created");
+		}
+		
+		if (this.gpuBuffer == null
+			|| this.gpuBufferSize != this.cpuBufferSize)
+		{
+			if (this.gpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.gpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
+			this.gpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getBufferName, usage, this.cpuBufferSize);
+			
+			this.gpuBufferSize = this.cpuBufferSize;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		int byteSize = (this.cpuBuffer.limit() - this.cpuBuffer.position());
+		GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.gpuBuffer, /*offset*/0, byteSize);
+		if (!bufferSlice.buffer().isClosed())
+		{
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, this.cpuBuffer);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Uploading to buffer ["+this.name+"] failed due to already being closed");
+		}
+	}
+	private String getBufferName() { return this.name; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		if (this.gpuBuffer != null)
+		{
+			this.gpuBuffer.close();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLIndexBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader.GlShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlAbstractVertexAttribute;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlVertexPointer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+/**
+ * Handles rendering the wireframe particles 
+ * that are used for seeing what the system's doing.
+ */
+public class GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
+{
+	public static GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer INSTANCE = new GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer();
+	
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	
+	// rendering setup
+	private GlShaderProgram basicShader;
+	private GLVertexBuffer vertexBuffer;
+	private GLIndexBuffer indexBuffer;
+	private GlAbstractVertexAttribute va;
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	
+	
+	/** A box from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 */
+	private static final float[] BOX_VERTICES = {
+		//region
+			// Pos x y z
+			0, 0, 0,
+			1, 0, 0,
+			1, 1, 0,
+			0, 1, 0,
+			0, 0, 1,
+			1, 0, 1,
+			1, 1, 1,
+			0, 1, 1,
+		//endregion
+	};
+
+	private static final int[] BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES = {
+		//region
+			0, 1,
+			1, 2,
+			2, 3,
+			3, 0,
+
+			4, 5,
+			5, 6,
+			6, 7,
+			7, 4,
+
+			0, 4,
+			1, 5,
+			2, 6,
+			3, 7,
+		//endregion
+	};
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer() { }
+	
+	public void init()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+
+		this.va = GlAbstractVertexAttribute.create();
+		this.va.bind();
+		// Pos
+		this.va.setVertexAttribute(0, 0, GlVertexPointer.addVec3Pointer(false));
+		this.va.completeAndCheck(Float.BYTES * 3);
+		this.basicShader = new GlShaderProgram(
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/debug/gl/vert.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/debug/gl/frag.frag",
+			"vPosition"
+		);
+		this.createBuffer();
+	}
+	
+	private void createBuffer()
+	{
+		// box vertices 
+		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+		boxVerticesBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.rewind();
+		this.vertexBuffer = new GLVertexBuffer(false);
+		this.vertexBuffer.bind();
+		this.vertexBuffer.uploadBuffer(boxVerticesBuffer, 8, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		
+		
+		// outline vertex indexes
+		ByteBuffer boxOutlineBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
+		boxOutlineBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+		boxOutlineBuffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES);
+		boxOutlineBuffer.rewind();
+		this.indexBuffer = new GLIndexBuffer(false);
+		this.indexBuffer.uploadBuffer(boxOutlineBuffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES, GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// rendering //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		this.init();
+		
+		GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_LINE);
+		GLMC.enableDepthTest();
+		
+		this.basicShader.bind();
+		this.va.bind();
+		this.va.bindBufferToAllBindingPoints(this.vertexBuffer.getId());
+		
+		this.indexBuffer.bind();
+		
+		super.render(renderParams);
+		
+		// revert to prevent issues with the following passes
+		GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void renderBox(Box box)
+	{
+		Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(box.minPos.x - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.x, box.minPos.y - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.y, box.minPos.z - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.z);
+		boxTransform.multiply(Mat4f.createScaleMatrix(box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z));
+
+		Mat4f transformMatrix = this.dhMvmProjMatrixThisFrame.copy();
+		transformMatrix.multiply(boxTransform);
+		this.basicShader.setUniform(this.basicShader.getUniformLocation("uTransform"), transformMatrix);
+
+		this.basicShader.setUniform(this.basicShader.getUniformLocation("uColor"), box.color);
+
+		GL32.glDrawElements(GL32.GL_LINES, BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/GlDhMetaRenderer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiRenderPass;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiFramebuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiTextureCreatedParam;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GlDhFramebuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.apply.GlDhApplyShader;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.terrain.GlDhTerrainShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
+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.render.DhApiRenderProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.AbstractOptifineAccessor;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.OverrideInjector;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+		.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererEventToFile)
+		.build();
+	
+	public static final DhLogger RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+		.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererEventToFile)
+		.maxCountPerSecond(4)
+		.build();
+	
+	public static final GlDhMetaRenderer INSTANCE = new GlDhMetaRenderer();
+	
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	private int activeFramebufferId = -1;
+	private int activeColorTextureId = -1;
+	private int activeDepthTextureId = -1;
+	private int textureWidth;
+	private int textureHeight;
+	
+	
+	// framebuffer and texture ID's for this renderer
+	private IDhApiFramebuffer framebuffer;
+	/** will be null if MC's framebuffer is being used since MC already has a color texture */
+	@Nullable
+	private GlDhColorTexture nullableColorTexture;
+	private GlDhDepthTexture depthTexture;
+	/**
+	 * If true the {@link GlDhMetaRenderer#framebuffer} is the same as MC's.
+	 * This should only be true in the case of Optifine so LODs won't be overwritten when shaders are enabled.
+	 */
+	private boolean usingMcFramebuffer = false;
+	
+	private boolean renderObjectsCreated = false;
+	/** used in case there's an API override */
+	public IDhApiShaderProgram shaderProgramForThisFrame;
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// pre render //
+	//============//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void runRenderPassSetup(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		boolean firstPass =
+			(renderParams.renderPass == EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE
+			|| renderParams.renderPass == EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE_AND_TRANSPARENT);
+		
+		if (!this.renderObjectsCreated)
+		{
+			boolean setupSuccess = this.createRenderObjects();
+			if (!setupSuccess)
+			{
+				// shouldn't normally happen, but just in case
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			this.renderObjectsCreated = true;
+		}
+		
+		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame = GlDhTerrainRenderer.INSTANCE.getTerrainShaderProgram();
+		IDhApiShaderProgram lodShaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiShaderProgram.class);
+		if (lodShaderProgramOverride != null && this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.overrideThisFrame())
+		{
+			this.shaderProgramForThisFrame = lodShaderProgramOverride;
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.setGLState(renderParams, firstPass);
+		
+		this.bindLightmap(renderParams.lightmap);
+	}
+	private void setGLState(
+		DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam,
+		boolean firstPass)
+	{
+		//===================//
+		// framebuffer setup //
+		//===================//
+		
+		// get the active framebuffer
+		IDhApiFramebuffer framebuffer = this.framebuffer;
+		IDhApiFramebuffer framebufferOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiFramebuffer.class);
+		if (framebufferOverride != null && framebufferOverride.overrideThisFrame())
+		{
+			framebuffer = framebufferOverride;
+		}
+		this.setActiveFramebufferId(framebuffer.getId());
+		framebuffer.bind();
+		
+		
+		
+		//==========//
+		// bindings //
+		//==========//
+		
+		// by default draw everything as triangles
+		GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+		GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
+		
+		GLMC.glBlendFunc(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		GLMC.glBlendFuncSeparate(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE, GL32.GL_ZERO);
+		
+		GL32.glDisable(GL32.GL_SCISSOR_TEST);
+		
+		// Enable depth test and depth mask
+		GLMC.enableDepthTest();
+		GLMC.glDepthFunc(GL32.GL_LESS);
+		GLMC.enableDepthMask();
+		
+		// This is required for MC versions 1.21.5+
+		// due to MC updating the lightmap by changing the viewport size
+		GL32.glViewport(0, 0, this.textureWidth, this.textureHeight);
+		
+		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.bind();
+		
+		
+		
+		//==========//
+		// uniforms //
+		//==========//
+		
+		IDhApiShaderProgram shaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiShaderProgram.class);
+		if (shaderProgramOverride != null)
+		{
+			shaderProgramOverride.fillUniformData(renderEventParam);
+		}
+		
+		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.fillUniformData(renderEventParam);
+		
+		
+		
+		//===============//
+		// texture setup //
+		//===============//
+		
+		// resize the textures if needed
+		if (MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth() != this.textureWidth
+			|| MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight() != this.textureHeight)
+		{
+			// just resizing the textures doesn't work when Optifine is present,
+			// so recreate the textures with the new size instead
+			this.createAndBindTextures();
+		}
+		
+		
+		// set the active textures
+		int depthTextureId = this.depthTexture.getTextureId();
+		this.setActiveDepthTextureId(depthTextureId);
+		
+		if (this.nullableColorTexture != null)
+		{
+			int colorTextureId = this.nullableColorTexture.getTextureId();
+			this.setActiveColorTextureId(colorTextureId);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// get MC's color texture 
+			int colorTextureId = GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
+			this.setActiveColorTextureId(colorTextureId);
+		}
+		
+		
+		// needs to be fired after all the textures have been created/bound
+		boolean clearTextures = !ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeTextureClearEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+		if (clearTextures)
+		{
+			GL32.glClearDepth(1.0);
+			
+			float[] clearColorValues = new float[4];
+			GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_COLOR_CLEAR_VALUE, clearColorValues);
+			GL32.glClearColor(clearColorValues[0], clearColorValues[1], clearColorValues[2], 1.0f);
+			
+			if (this.usingMcFramebuffer && framebufferOverride == null)
+			{
+				// Due to using MC/Optifine's framebuffer we need to re-bind the depth texture,
+				// otherwise we'll be writing to MC/Optifine's depth texture which causes rendering issues
+				framebuffer.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
+				
+				
+				// don't clear the color texture, that removes the sky 
+				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+			}
+			else if (firstPass)
+			{
+				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private boolean createRenderObjects()
+	{
+		if (this.renderObjectsCreated)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Renderer setup called but it has already completed setup!");
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		// GLProxy should have already been created by this point, but just in case create it now
+		GLProxy.getInstance();
+		
+		
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Setting up renderer");
+		
+		
+		// create or get the frame buffer
+		if (AbstractOptifineAccessor.optifinePresent())
+		{
+			// use MC/Optifine's default Framebuffer so shaders won't remove the LODs
+			int currentFramebufferId = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebuffer();
+			this.framebuffer = new GlDhFramebuffer(currentFramebufferId);
+			this.usingMcFramebuffer = true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// normal use case
+			this.framebuffer = new GlDhFramebuffer();
+			this.usingMcFramebuffer = false;
+		}
+		
+		// create and bind the necessary textures
+		this.createAndBindTextures();
+		
+		if(this.framebuffer.getStatus() != GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE)
+		{
+			// This generally means something wasn't bound, IE missing either the color or depth texture
+			LOGGER.warn("Framebuffer ["+this.framebuffer.getId()+"] isn't complete.");
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Renderer setup complete");
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // done to ignore DhApiColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent
+	private void createAndBindTextures()
+	{
+		int oldWidth = this.textureWidth;
+		int oldHeight = this.textureHeight;
+		this.textureWidth = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+		this.textureHeight = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+		
+		DhApiTextureCreatedParam textureCreatedParam = new DhApiTextureCreatedParam(
+			oldWidth, oldHeight,
+			this.textureWidth, this.textureHeight
+		);
+		
+		
+		// DhApiColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent needs to be kept around since old versions of Iris need it
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent.class, new DhApiColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent.EventParam(textureCreatedParam));
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent.class, textureCreatedParam);
+		
+		
+		// also update the framebuffer override if present
+		IDhApiFramebuffer framebufferOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiFramebuffer.class);
+		
+		
+		this.depthTexture = new GlDhDepthTexture(this.textureWidth, this.textureHeight, EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F);
+		this.framebuffer.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
+		if (framebufferOverride != null)
+		{
+			framebufferOverride.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
+		}
+		
+		
+		// if we are using MC's frame buffer, a color texture is already present and shouldn't need to be bound
+		if (!this.usingMcFramebuffer)
+		{
+			this.nullableColorTexture = GlDhColorTexture.builder()
+				.setDimensions(this.textureWidth, this.textureHeight)
+				.setInternalFormat(EGlDhInternalTextureFormat.RGBA8)
+				.setPixelType(EGlDhPixelType.UNSIGNED_BYTE)
+				.setPixelFormat(EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA)
+				.build();
+			
+			this.framebuffer.addColorAttachment(0, this.nullableColorTexture.getTextureId());
+			if (framebufferOverride != null)
+			{
+				framebufferOverride.addColorAttachment(0, this.nullableColorTexture.getTextureId());
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.nullableColorTexture = null;
+		}
+		
+		
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent.class, textureCreatedParam);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// post render //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void runRenderPassCleanup(RenderParams renderParams)
+	{
+		boolean runningDeferredPass = (renderParams.renderPass == EDhApiRenderPass.TRANSPARENT);
+		if (!runningDeferredPass)
+		{
+			//===================//
+			// optifine clean up //
+			//===================//
+			
+			if (this.usingMcFramebuffer)
+			{
+				// If MC's framebuffer is being used the depth needs to be cleared to prevent rendering on top of MC.
+				// This should only happen when Optifine shaders are being used.
+				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.unbindLightmap();
+		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.unbind();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void applyToMcTexture(RenderParams renderParams) { GlDhApplyShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// clear textures //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void clearDhDepthAndColorTextures(RenderParams renderParams) 
+	{
+		IDhApiFramebuffer framebufferOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiFramebuffer.class);
+		
+		boolean firstPass =
+			(renderParams.renderPass == EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE
+			|| renderParams.renderPass == EDhApiRenderPass.OPAQUE_AND_TRANSPARENT);
+		
+		
+		
+		// needs to be fired after all the textures have been created/bound
+		boolean clearTextures = !ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeTextureClearEvent.class, renderParams);
+		if (clearTextures)
+		{
+			GL32.glClearDepth(1.0);
+			
+			float[] clearColorValues = new float[4];
+			GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_COLOR_CLEAR_VALUE, clearColorValues);
+			GL32.glClearColor(clearColorValues[0], clearColorValues[1], clearColorValues[2], 1.0f);
+			
+			if (this.usingMcFramebuffer 
+				&& framebufferOverride == null)
+			{
+				//// Due to using MC/Optifine's framebuffer we need to re-bind the depth texture,
+				//// otherwise we'll be writing to MC/Optifine's depth texture which causes rendering issues
+				//this.framebuffer.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
+				
+				
+				// don't clear the color texture, that removes the sky 
+				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+			}
+			else if (firstPass)
+			{
+				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===============//
+	// API functions //
+	//===============//
+	//region
+	
+	public void setActiveFramebufferId(int id) { this.activeFramebufferId = id; }
+	/** @return -1 if no frame buffer has been bound yet */
+	public int getActiveFramebufferId() { return this.activeFramebufferId; }
+	
+	public void setActiveColorTextureId(int id)
+	{
+		this.activeColorTextureId = id;
+		DhApiRenderProxy.activeOpenGlDhColorTextureId = id;
+	}
+	/** @return -1 if no texture has been bound yet */
+	public int getActiveColorTextureId() { return this.activeColorTextureId; }
+	
+	public void setActiveDepthTextureId(int id)
+	{
+		this.activeDepthTextureId = id;
+		DhApiRenderProxy.activeOpenGlDhDepthTextureId = id;
+	}
+	/** @return -1 if no texture has been bound yet */
+	public int getActiveDepthTextureId() { return this.activeDepthTextureId; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	public void bindLightmap(ILightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper)
+	{
+		LightMapWrapper lightMap = (LightMapWrapper)lightMapWrapper;
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0 + LightMapWrapper.GL_BOUND_INDEX);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(lightMap.getOpenGlId());
+	}
+	
+	public void unbindLightmap() 
+	{
+		// strange that we don't call "glActiveTexture" here but since it's working James isn't going to change it right now (2026-03-10) 
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(0); 
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/GlDhRenderApiDefinition.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.generic.GlGenericObjectRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.generic.GlGenericObjectVertexContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GlDummyUniformData;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fade.GlDhFarFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fade.GlVanillaFadeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fog.GlDhFogRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.ssao.GlDhSSAORenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.terrain.GlDhTerrainShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.test.GlTestTriangleRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.*;
+
+public class GlDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
+{
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public String getApiName() { return "OpenGL"; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// singletons //
+	//============//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override public IDhMetaRenderer getMetaRenderer() { return GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhTerrainRenderer getTerrainRenderer() { return GlDhTerrainRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhSsaoRenderer getSsaoRenderer() { return GlDhSSAORenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhFogRenderer getFogRenderer() { return GlDhFogRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhFarFadeRenderer getFarFadeRenderer() { return GlDhFarFadeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer getDebugWireframeRenderer() { return GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	
+	@Override public IDhVanillaFadeRenderer getVanillaFadeRenderer() { return GlVanillaFadeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhTestTriangleRenderer getTestTriangleRenderer() { return GlTestTriangleRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// factories //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override public IDhGenericRenderer createGenericRenderer() { return new GlGenericObjectRenderer(); }
+	
+	@Override public IVertexBufferWrapper createVboWrapper(String name) { return new GLVertexBuffer(); }
+	@Override public ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper createLodContainerUniformWrapper() { return new GlDummyUniformData(); }
+	@Override public IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer createGenericVboContainer() { return new GlGenericObjectVertexContainer(); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/GlDhTerrainRenderer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.terrain.GlDhTerrainShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTerrainRenderer;
+
+public class GlDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
+{
+	public static final GlDhTerrainRenderer INSTANCE = new GlDhTerrainRenderer();
+	
+	private GlDhTerrainShaderProgram terrainShaderProgram = null;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private GlDhTerrainRenderer() {}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** must be called on the render thread the first time so GL can run it's setup */
+	public GlDhTerrainShaderProgram getTerrainShaderProgram()
+	{
+		if (this.terrainShaderProgram == null)
+		{
+			this.terrainShaderProgram = new GlDhTerrainShaderProgram();
+		}
+		
+		return this.terrainShaderProgram;
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, boolean opaquePass, SortedArraySet<LodBufferContainer> bufferContainers, IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		this.getTerrainShaderProgram();
+		
+		this.terrainShaderProgram.tryInit();
+		this.terrainShaderProgram.render(renderEventParam, opaquePass, bufferContainers, profiler);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/generic/GlGenericObjectRenderer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.generic;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiBlockMaterial;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderRegister;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
+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.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLIndexBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
+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.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderableBoxGroup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.OverrideInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBInstancedArrays;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL33;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Handles rendering generic groups of {@link DhApiRenderableBox}.
+ * 
+ * @see IDhApiCustomRenderRegister
+ * @see DhApiRenderableBox
+ */
+public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	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;
+	
+	
+	// rendering setup
+	private boolean init = false;
+	
+	private IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram instancedShaderProgram;
+	private IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram directShaderProgram;
+	private GLVertexBuffer boxVertexBuffer;
+	private GLIndexBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
+	
+	private boolean instancedRenderingAvailable;
+	private boolean vertexAttribDivisorSupported;
+	private boolean instancedArraysSupported;
+	
+	
+	
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, RenderableBoxGroup> boxGroupById = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	
+	
+	
+	/** 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
+	};
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public GlGenericObjectRenderer() { }
+	
+	public void init()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		this.init = true;
+		
+		
+		
+		//===================================//
+		// is instanced rendering available? //
+		//===================================//
+		
+		this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported = GLProxy.getInstance().vertexAttribDivisorSupported;
+		this.instancedArraysSupported = GLProxy.getInstance().instancedArraysSupported;
+		boolean isMac = (EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS);
+		if (isMac)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Generic rendering not supported by Mac. Clouds, beacons, and some other effects will be disabled.");
+			Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.enableGenericRendering.setApiValue(false);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.instancedRenderingAvailable = (this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported || this.instancedArraysSupported) && !isMac;
+		if (!this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Instanced rendering not supported by this GPU, falling back to direct rendering. Generic object rendering will be slow and some effects may be disabled.");
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		//======================//
+		// startup the renderer //
+		//======================//
+		
+		this.instancedShaderProgram = new GlGenericObjectShaderProgram(true);
+		this.directShaderProgram = new GlGenericObjectShaderProgram(false);
+		
+		this.createBuffers();
+		
+		if (RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS)
+		{
+			this.addGenericDebugObjects();
+		}
+	}
+	private void createBuffers()
+	{
+		// box vertices 
+		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.rewind();
+		this.boxVertexBuffer = new GLVertexBuffer(false);
+		this.boxVertexBuffer.bind();
+		this.boxVertexBuffer.uploadBuffer(boxVerticesBuffer, 8, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		MemoryUtil.memFree(boxVerticesBuffer);
+		
+		// box vertex indexes
+		ByteBuffer solidIndexBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
+		solidIndexBuffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_INDICES);
+		solidIndexBuffer.rewind();
+		this.boxIndexBuffer = new GLIndexBuffer(false);
+		this.boxIndexBuffer.uploadBuffer(solidIndexBuffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES, GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		this.boxIndexBuffer.bind();
+		MemoryUtil.memFree(solidIndexBuffer);
+	}
+	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;
+		if (boxGroup.size() != 0)
+		{
+			// trigger a box change to make sure the initial data is uploaded
+			boxGroup.triggerBoxChange();
+		}
+		
+		
+		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)
+	{
+		// generic rendering (both instanced and direct) is extremely unstable on Mac, so don't render anything
+		if (EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// render setup //
+		profiler.push("setup");
+		
+		this.init();
+		
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+		
+		
+		boolean renderWireframe = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.renderWireframe.get();
+		if (renderWireframe)
+		{
+			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_LINE);
+			GLMC.disableFaceCulling();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+			GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
+		}
+		
+		GLMC.enableBlend();
+		GL32.glBlendEquation(GL32.GL_FUNC_ADD);
+		GLMC.glBlendFuncSeparate(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		
+		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram = this.instancedRenderingAvailable ? this.instancedShaderProgram : this.directShaderProgram;
+		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram.class);
+		if (shaderProgramOverride != null && shaderProgram.overrideThisFrame())
+		{
+			shaderProgram = shaderProgramOverride;
+		}
+		
+		shaderProgram.bind(renderEventParam);
+		shaderProgram.bindVertexBuffer(this.boxVertexBuffer.getId());
+		
+		this.boxIndexBuffer.bind();
+		
+		Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+		
+		
+		
+		// rendering //
+		
+		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
+			if (this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
+			{
+				boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();	
+				
+				// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
+				if (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != GlGenericObjectVertexContainer.EState.RENDER)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			// render //
+			
+			profiler.popPush("rendering");
+			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
+			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath());
+			if (this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
+			{
+				this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.renderBoxGroupDirect(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+			}
+			profiler.pop(); // resource path
+			profiler.pop(); // resource namespace
+			
+			boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		//==========//
+		// clean up //
+		//==========//
+		
+		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
+		
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+		
+		if (renderWireframe)
+		{
+			// default back to GL_FILL since all other rendering uses it 
+			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+			GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
+		}
+		
+		shaderProgram.unbind();
+		
+		profiler.pop();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====================//
+	// instanced rendering //
+	//=====================//
+	//region
+	
+	private void renderBoxGroupInstanced(
+			IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam, 
+			RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
+			IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		// update instance data //
+		
+		profiler.push("vertex setup");
+		
+		DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
+		if (shading == null)
+		{
+			shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
+		}
+		
+		shaderProgram.fillIndirectUniformData(
+				renderEventParam,
+				shading, boxGroup,
+				camPos);
+		
+		
+		
+		// Bind instance data //
+		profiler.popPush("binding");
+		
+		GlGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (GlGenericObjectVertexContainer)(boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer);
+		
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.color);
+		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
+		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(1, 4, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 4 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+		this.vertexAttribDivisor(1, 1);
+		
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.scale);
+		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
+		this.vertexAttribDivisor(2, 1);
+		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(2, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+		
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.chunkPos);
+		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
+		this.vertexAttribDivisor(3, 1);
+		GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(3, 3, GL32.GL_INT, 3 * Integer.BYTES, 0);
+		
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.subChunkPos);
+		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
+		this.vertexAttribDivisor(4, 1);
+		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(4, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+		
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.material);
+		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);
+		this.vertexAttribDivisor(5, 1);
+		GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(5, 1, GL32.GL_BYTE, Byte.BYTES, 0);
+		
+		
+		// Draw instanced
+		profiler.popPush("render");
+		if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
+		{
+			GL32.glDrawElementsInstanced(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, BOX_INDICES.length, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0, container.uploadedBoxCount);
+		}
+		
+		
+		// Clean up
+		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
+		
+		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(1);
+		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);
+		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
+		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);
+		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(5);
+		
+		profiler.pop();
+	}
+	/** 
+	 * Clean way to handle both {@link GL33#glVertexAttribDivisor} and {@link ARBInstancedArrays#glVertexAttribDivisorARB}
+	 * based on which one is supported.
+	 */
+	private void vertexAttribDivisor(int index, int divisor)
+	{
+		if (this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported)
+		{
+			GL33.glVertexAttribDivisor(index, divisor);	
+		}
+		else if(this.instancedArraysSupported)
+		{
+			ARBInstancedArrays.glVertexAttribDivisorARB(index, divisor);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Instanced rendering isn't supported by this machine. Direct rendering should have been used instead.");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// direct rendering //
+	//==================//
+	//region
+	
+	private void renderBoxGroupDirect(
+		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram, 
+		DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam, 
+		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
+		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		profiler.popPush("shared uniforms");
+		DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
+		if (shading == null)
+		{
+			shading = DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading.getUnshaded();
+		}
+		
+		shaderProgram.fillSharedDirectUniformData(renderEventParam, shading, boxGroup, camPos);
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < boxGroup.size(); i++)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				DhApiRenderableBox box = boxGroup.get(i);
+				if (box != null)
+				{
+					profiler.popPush("direct uniforms");
+					shaderProgram.fillDirectUniformData(renderEventParam, boxGroup, box, camPos);
+					
+					profiler.popPush("render");
+					GL32.glDrawElements(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, BOX_INDICES.length, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
+			{
+				// Concurrency issue, the list was modified while rendering
+				// this can probably be ignored.
+				// However, if it does become a problem we can add locks to the box group. 
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		profiler.pop();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #init()} function hasn't been called yet */
+	public boolean getInstancedRenderingAvailable() throws IllegalStateException
+	{
+		if (!this.init)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("GL initialization hasn't been completed.");
+		}
+		
+		return this.instancedRenderingAvailable; 
+	}
+	
+	//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
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/generic/GlGenericObjectShaderProgram.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.generic;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3i;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader.GlShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlAbstractVertexAttribute;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlVertexPointer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+
+public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram
+{
+	public static final String VERTEX_SHADER_INSTANCED_PATH = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/generic/gl/instanced/vert.vert";
+	public static final String VERTEX_SHADER_DIRECT_PATH = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/generic/gl/direct/vert.vert";
+	public static final String FRAGMENT_SHADER_INSTANCED_PATH = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/generic/gl/instanced/frag.frag";
+	public static final String FRAGMENT_SHADER_DIRECT_PATH = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/generic/gl/direct/frag.frag";
+	
+	public final GlAbstractVertexAttribute va;
+	
+	
+	// shader uniforms
+	private final int directShaderTransformUniform;
+	private final int directShaderColorUniform;
+	
+	private final int instancedShaderOffsetChunkUniform;
+	private final int instancedShaderOffsetSubChunkUniform;
+	private final int instancedShaderCameraChunkPosUniform;
+	private final int instancedShaderCameraSubChunkPosUniform;
+	private final int instancedShaderProjectionModelViewMatrixUniform;
+	
+	private final int lightMapUniform;
+	private final int skyLightUniform;
+	private final int blockLightUniform;
+	
+	private final int northShadingUniform;
+	private final int southShadingUniform;
+	private final int eastShadingUniform;
+	private final int westShadingUniform;
+	private final int topShadingUniform;
+	private final int bottomShadingUniform;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public GlGenericObjectShaderProgram(boolean useInstancedRendering)
+	{
+		super(
+				useInstancedRendering ? VERTEX_SHADER_INSTANCED_PATH : VERTEX_SHADER_DIRECT_PATH,
+				useInstancedRendering ? FRAGMENT_SHADER_INSTANCED_PATH : FRAGMENT_SHADER_DIRECT_PATH,
+				"vPosition"
+		);
+		
+		this.va = GlAbstractVertexAttribute.create();
+		this.va.bind();
+		// Pos
+		this.va.setVertexAttribute(0, 0, GlVertexPointer.addVec3Pointer(false));
+		this.va.completeAndCheck(Float.BYTES * 3);
+		
+		this.directShaderTransformUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uTransform");
+		this.directShaderColorUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uColor");
+		
+		this.instancedShaderOffsetChunkUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uOffsetChunk");
+		this.instancedShaderOffsetSubChunkUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uOffsetSubChunk");
+		this.instancedShaderCameraChunkPosUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uCameraPosChunk");
+		this.instancedShaderCameraSubChunkPosUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uCameraPosSubChunk");
+		this.instancedShaderProjectionModelViewMatrixUniform = this.tryGetUniformLocation("uProjectionMvm");
+		
+		this.lightMapUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uLightMap");
+		this.skyLightUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uSkyLight");
+		this.blockLightUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uBlockLight");
+		this.northShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uNorthShading");
+		this.southShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uSouthShading");
+		this.eastShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uEastShading");
+		this.westShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uWestShading");
+		this.topShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uTopShading");
+		this.bottomShadingUniform = this.getUniformLocation("uBottomShading");
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	
+	@Override
+	public void bind(DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam)
+	{
+		super.bind();
+		this.va.bind();
+	}
+	@Override
+	public void unbind()
+	{
+		super.unbind();
+		this.va.unbind();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void free()
+	{
+		this.va.free();
+		super.free();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void bindVertexBuffer(int vbo) { this.va.bindBufferToAllBindingPoints(vbo); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void fillIndirectUniformData(
+			DhApiRenderParam renderParameters,
+			DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading, IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup boxGroup,
+			DhApiVec3d camPos
+		)
+	{
+		Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
+		
+		super.bind();
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderOffsetChunkUniform,
+				new DhApiVec3i(
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
+				));
+		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderOffsetSubChunkUniform,
+				new Vec3f(
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
+				));
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderCameraChunkPosUniform,
+				new DhApiVec3i(
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
+						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
+				));
+		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderCameraSubChunkPosUniform,
+				new Vec3f(
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
+						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
+				));
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderProjectionModelViewMatrixUniform, projectionMvmMatrix);
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.lightMapUniform, LightMapWrapper.GL_BOUND_INDEX);
+		this.setUniform(this.skyLightUniform, boxGroup.getSkyLight());
+		this.setUniform(this.blockLightUniform, boxGroup.getBlockLight());
+		
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.northShadingUniform, shading.north);
+		this.setUniform(this.southShadingUniform, shading.south);
+		this.setUniform(this.eastShadingUniform, shading.east);
+		this.setUniform(this.westShadingUniform, shading.west);
+		this.setUniform(this.topShadingUniform, shading.top);
+		this.setUniform(this.bottomShadingUniform, shading.bottom);
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void fillSharedDirectUniformData(
+			DhApiRenderParam renderParameters, 
+			DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading, IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, 
+			DhApiVec3d camPos)
+	{
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.lightMapUniform, LightMapWrapper.GL_BOUND_INDEX);
+		this.setUniform(this.skyLightUniform, boxGroup.getSkyLight());
+		this.setUniform(this.blockLightUniform, boxGroup.getBlockLight());
+		
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.northShadingUniform, shading.north);
+		this.setUniform(this.southShadingUniform, shading.south);
+		this.setUniform(this.eastShadingUniform, shading.east);
+		this.setUniform(this.westShadingUniform, shading.west);
+		this.setUniform(this.topShadingUniform, shading.top);
+		this.setUniform(this.bottomShadingUniform, shading.bottom);
+		
+	}
+	
+	public void fillDirectUniformData(
+			DhApiRenderParam renderParameters,
+			IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, DhApiRenderableBox box, 
+			DhApiVec3d camPos)
+	{
+		Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
+		
+		Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(
+				(float) (box.minPos.x + boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x - camPos.x),
+				(float) (box.minPos.y + boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y - camPos.y),
+				(float) (box.minPos.z + boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z - camPos.z));
+		boxTransform.multiply(Mat4f.createScaleMatrix(
+				(float) (box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x),
+				(float) (box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y),
+				(float) (box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z)));
+		projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(boxTransform);
+		this.setUniform(this.directShaderTransformUniform, projectionMvmMatrix);
+		
+		this.setUniform(this.directShaderColorUniform, box.color);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getId() { return this.id; }
+	
+	/** The base DH render program should always render */
+	@Override
+	public boolean overrideThisFrame() { return true; }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/generic/GlGenericObjectVertexContainer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.generic;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderableBoxGroup;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * For use by {@link RenderableBoxGroup} 
+ * 
+ * @see RenderableBoxGroup
+ */
+public class GlGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	
+	public int chunkPos = 0;
+	public int subChunkPos = 0;
+	public int scale = 0;
+	public int color = 0;
+	public int material = 0;
+	
+	public int[] chunkPosData = new int[0];
+	public float[] subChunkPosData = new float[0];
+	public float[] scalingData = new float[0];
+	public float[] colorData = new float[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.scalingData = new float[boxCount * 3]; // 3 elements XYZ
+			
+			this.colorData = new float[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.scalingData[dataIndex] = (float) (box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x);
+			this.scalingData[dataIndex + 1] = (float) (box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y);
+			this.scalingData[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] = color.getRed() / 255.0f;
+			this.colorData[colorIndex + 1] = color.getGreen() / 255.0f;
+			this.colorData[colorIndex + 2] = color.getBlue() / 255.0f;
+			this.colorData[colorIndex + 3] = color.getAlpha() / 255.0f;
+			
+			this.materialData[i] = box.material;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadDataToGpu()
+	{
+		this.tryCreateBuffers();
+		
+		// Upload transformation matrices
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.chunkPos);
+		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.chunkPosData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.subChunkPos);
+		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.subChunkPosData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.scale);
+		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.scalingData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+		
+		// Upload colors
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.color);
+		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.colorData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+		
+		// Upload materials
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.material);
+		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.materialData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+	}
+	/** needs to be done on the render thread */
+	private void tryCreateBuffers()
+	{
+		if (this.chunkPos == 0)
+		{
+			this.chunkPos = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+			this.subChunkPos = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+			this.scale = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+			this.color = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+			this.material = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		tryDeleteBuffer(this.chunkPos);
+		tryDeleteBuffer(this.subChunkPos);
+		tryDeleteBuffer(this.scale);
+		tryDeleteBuffer(this.color);
+		tryDeleteBuffer(this.material);
+	}
+	private static void tryDeleteBuffer(int bufferId)
+	{
+		// usually unnecessary, but just in case
+		if (bufferId != 0)
+		{
+			GLMC.glDeleteBuffers(bufferId);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/GLProxy.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.GLMessages.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GLCapabilities;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GLUtil;
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * A singleton that holds references to different openGL contexts
+ * and GPU capabilities.
+ */
+public class GLProxy
+{
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToFile)
+			.chatLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToChat)
+			.build();
+	
+	public static final Set<String> LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>());
+	
+	
+	
+	private static GLProxy instance = null;
+	
+	
+	/** Minecraft's GL capabilities */
+	public final GLCapabilities glCapabilities;
+	
+	public boolean namedObjectSupported = false; // ~OpenGL 4.5 (UNUSED CURRENTLY)
+	public boolean bufferStorageSupported = false; // ~OpenGL 4.4
+	public boolean vertexAttributeBufferBindingSupported = false; // ~OpenGL 4.3
+	public boolean instancedArraysSupported = false;
+	public boolean vertexAttribDivisorSupported = false; // OpenGL 3.3 or newer
+	
+	private final EDhApiGpuUploadMethod preferredUploadMethod;
+	
+	public final GLMessageBuilder vanillaDebugMessageBuilder = 
+		new GLMessageBuilder(
+			(type) ->
+			{
+				if (type == EGLMessageType.POP_GROUP)
+					return false;
+				else if (type == EGLMessageType.PUSH_GROUP)
+					return false;
+				else if (type == EGLMessageType.MARKER)
+					return false;
+				else
+					return true;
+			},
+			(severity) ->
+			{
+				// notifications can generally be ignored (if they are logged at all)
+				if (severity == EGLMessageSeverity.NOTIFICATION)
+					return false;
+				else
+					return true;
+			},
+			null
+	);
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private GLProxy() throws IllegalStateException
+	{
+		// this must be created on minecraft's render context to work correctly
+		if (GLFW.glfwGetCurrentContext() == 0L)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException(GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + " was created outside the render thread!");
+		}
+		
+		LOGGER.info("Creating " + GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + "... If this is the last message you see there must have been an OpenGL error.");
+		LOGGER.info("Lod Render OpenGL version [" + GL32.glGetString(GL32.GL_VERSION) + "].");
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		//============================//
+		// get Minecraft's GL context //
+		//============================//
+		
+		// get Minecraft's capabilities
+		this.glCapabilities = GL.getCapabilities();
+		
+		// crash the game if the GPU doesn't support OpenGL 3.2
+		if (!this.glCapabilities.OpenGL32)
+		{
+			String supportedVersionInfo = this.getFailedVersionInfo(this.glCapabilities);
+			
+			// See full requirement at above.
+			String errorMessage = ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " was initializing " + GLProxy.class.getSimpleName()
+					+ " and discovered this GPU doesn't meet the OpenGL requirements. Sorry I couldn't tell you sooner :(\n" +
+					"Additional info:\n" + supportedVersionInfo;
+			IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+			MC.crashMinecraft(errorMessage, new UnsupportedOperationException("Distant Horizon OpenGL requirements not met"));
+		}
+	 	LOGGER.info("minecraftGlCapabilities:\n" + this.versionInfoToString(this.glCapabilities));
+		
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.overrideVanillaGLLogger.get())
+		{
+			GLUtil.setupDebugMessageCallback(new PrintStream(new GLMessageOutputStream(GLProxy::logMessage, this.vanillaDebugMessageBuilder), true));
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		//======================//
+		// get GPU capabilities //
+		//======================//
+		
+		// UNUSED currently
+		// Check if we can use the named version of all calls, which is available in GL4.5 or after
+		this.namedObjectSupported = this.glCapabilities.glNamedBufferData != 0L; //Nullptr
+		
+		// Check if we can use the Buffer Storage, which is available in GL4.4 or after
+		this.bufferStorageSupported = this.glCapabilities.glBufferStorage != 0L; // Nullptr
+		if (!this.bufferStorageSupported)
+		{
+			LOGGER.info("This GPU doesn't support Buffer Storage (OpenGL 4.4), falling back to using other methods.");
+		}
+		
+		// Check if we can use the make-over version of Vertex Attribute, which is available in GL4.3 or after
+		this.vertexAttributeBufferBindingSupported = this.glCapabilities.glBindVertexBuffer != 0L; // Nullptr
+		
+		// used by instanced rendering
+		this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported = this.glCapabilities.OpenGL33;
+		// denotes if ARBInstancedArrays.glVertexAttribDivisorARB() is available or not
+		// can be used as a backup if MC didn't create a GL 3.3+ context
+		this.instancedArraysSupported = this.glCapabilities.GL_ARB_instanced_arrays;
+		
+		// get the best automatic upload method
+		String vendor = GL32.glGetString(GL32.GL_VENDOR).toUpperCase(); // example return: "NVIDIA CORPORATION"
+		if (EPlatform.get() != EPlatform.MACOS)
+		{
+			if (vendor.contains("NVIDIA") || vendor.contains("GEFORCE"))
+			{
+				// NVIDIA card
+				this.preferredUploadMethod = this.bufferStorageSupported ? EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.BUFFER_STORAGE : EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.SUB_DATA;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// AMD or Intel card
+				this.preferredUploadMethod = this.bufferStorageSupported ? EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.BUFFER_STORAGE : EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Mac may have an issue with Buffer Storage, so default to the most basic
+			// form of uploading
+			this.preferredUploadMethod = EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA;
+		}
+		LOGGER.info("GPU Vendor [" + vendor + "] with OS [" + EPlatform.get().getName() + "], Preferred upload method is [" + this.preferredUploadMethod + "].");
+		
+		
+		
+		//==========//
+		// clean up //
+		//==========//
+		
+		// GLProxy creation success
+		LOGGER.info(GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + " creation successful. OpenGL smiles upon you this day.");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public static boolean hasInstance() { return instance != null; }
+	/** @throws IllegalStateException if the Proxy hasn't been created yet and this is called outside the render thread */
+	public static GLProxy getInstance() throws IllegalStateException
+	{
+		if (instance == null)
+		{
+			instance = new GLProxy();
+		}
+		
+		return instance;
+	}
+	
+	public EDhApiGpuUploadMethod getGpuUploadMethod() { return this.preferredUploadMethod; }
+	
+	public static boolean runningOnRenderThread()
+	{
+		long currentContext = GLFW.glfwGetCurrentContext();
+		return currentContext != 0L; // if the context isn't null, it's the MC context
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// logging //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** this method is called on the render thread at the point of the GL Error */
+	private static void logMessage(GLMessage msg)
+	{
+		EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode errorHandlingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.glErrorHandlingMode.get();
+		if (errorHandlingMode == EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode.IGNORE)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		boolean onlyLogOnce = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.onlyLogGlErrorsOnce.get();
+		String errorMessage = "GL ERROR [" + msg.id + "] from [" + msg.source + "]: [" + msg.message + "]"+(onlyLogOnce ? " this message will only be logged once" : "")+".";
+		if (onlyLogOnce
+			&& !LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES.add(errorMessage))
+		{
+			// this message has already been logged
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		// create an exception so we get a stacktrace of where the message was triggered from
+		RuntimeException exception = new RuntimeException(errorMessage);
+		
+		if (msg.type == EGLMessageType.ERROR || msg.type == EGLMessageType.UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR)
+		{
+			// critical error
+			
+			LOGGER.error(exception.getMessage(), exception);
+			
+			if (errorHandlingMode == EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode.LOG_THROW)
+			{
+				// will probably crash the game,
+				// good for quickly checking if there's a problem while preventing log spam
+				throw exception;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// non-critical log
+			
+			EGLMessageSeverity severity = msg.severity;
+			if (severity == null)
+			{
+				// just in case the message was malformed
+				severity = EGLMessageSeverity.LOW;
+			}
+			
+			switch (severity)
+			{
+				case HIGH:
+					LOGGER.error(exception.getMessage(), exception);
+					break;
+				case MEDIUM:
+					LOGGER.warn(exception.getMessage(), exception);
+					break;
+				case LOW:
+					LOGGER.info(exception.getMessage(), exception);
+					break;
+				case NOTIFICATION:
+					LOGGER.debug(exception.getMessage(), exception);
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private String getFailedVersionInfo(GLCapabilities c)
+	{
+		return "Your OpenGL support:\n" +
+				"openGL version 3.2+: [" + c.OpenGL32 + "] <- REQUIRED\n" +
+				"Vertex Attribute Buffer Binding: [" + (c.glVertexAttribBinding != 0) + "] <- optional improvement\n" +
+				"Buffer Storage: [" + (c.glBufferStorage != 0) + "] <- optional improvement\n" +
+				"If you noticed that your computer supports higher OpenGL versions"
+				+ " but not the required version, try running the game in compatibility mode."
+				+ " (How you turn that on, I have no clue~)";
+	}
+	
+	private String versionInfoToString(GLCapabilities c)
+	{
+		return "Your OpenGL support:\n" +
+				"openGL version 3.2+: [" + c.OpenGL32 + "] <- REQUIRED\n" +
+				"Vertex Attribute Buffer Binding: [" + (c.glVertexAttribBinding != 0) + "] <- optional improvement\n" +
+				"Buffer Storage: [" + (c.glBufferStorage != 0) + "] <- optional improvement\n";
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/GLState.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+public class GLState implements AutoCloseable
+{
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	public int program;
+	public int vao;
+	public int vbo;
+	public int ebo;
+	public int fbo;
+	public int texture2D;
+	/** IE: GL_TEXTURE0, GL_TEXTURE1, etc. */
+	public int activeTextureNumber;
+	public int texture0;
+	public int texture1;
+	public int texture2;
+	public int texture3;
+	public int frameBufferTexture0;
+	public int frameBufferTexture1;
+	public int frameBufferDepthTexture;
+	public boolean blend;
+	public boolean scissor;
+	public int blendEqRGB;
+	public int blendEqAlpha;
+	public int blendSrcColor;
+	public int blendSrcAlpha;
+	public int blendDstColor;
+	public int blendDstAlpha;
+	public boolean depth;
+	public boolean writeToDepthBuffer;
+	public int depthFunc;
+	public boolean stencil;
+	public int stencilFunc;
+	public int stencilRef;
+	public int stencilMask;
+	public int[] view;
+	public boolean cull;
+	public int cullMode;
+	public int polyMode;
+	
+	
+	
+	public GLState() { this.saveState(); }
+	
+	public void saveState()
+	{
+		this.program = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_CURRENT_PROGRAM);
+		this.vao = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY_BINDING);
+		this.vbo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING);
+		this.ebo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING);
+		
+		this.fbo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING);
+		
+		this.texture2D = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+		this.activeTextureNumber = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ACTIVE_TEXTURE);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0);
+		this.texture0 = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE1);
+		this.texture1 = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE2); // problem with Iris
+		this.texture2 = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE3);
+		this.texture3 = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(this.activeTextureNumber);
+		
+		if (this.fbo != 0)
+		{
+			this.frameBufferTexture0 = GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
+			this.frameBufferTexture1 = GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT1, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
+			this.frameBufferDepthTexture = GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// attempting to get values from the default framebuffer can throw errors on Linux
+			this.frameBufferTexture0 = 0;
+			this.frameBufferTexture1 = 0;
+			this.frameBufferDepthTexture = 0;
+		}
+		
+		this.blend = GL32.glIsEnabled(GL32.GL_BLEND);
+		this.scissor = GL32.glIsEnabled(GL32.GL_SCISSOR_TEST);
+		this.blendEqRGB = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_EQUATION_RGB);
+		this.blendEqAlpha = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_EQUATION_ALPHA);
+		this.blendSrcColor = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_SRC_RGB);
+		this.blendSrcAlpha = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA);
+		this.blendDstColor = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_DST_RGB);
+		this.blendDstAlpha = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_BLEND_DST_ALPHA);
+		this.depth = GL32.glIsEnabled(GL32.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+		this.writeToDepthBuffer = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_DEPTH_WRITEMASK) == GL32.GL_TRUE;
+		this.depthFunc = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_DEPTH_FUNC);
+		this.stencil = GL32.glIsEnabled(GL32.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+		this.stencilFunc = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_STENCIL_FUNC);
+		this.stencilRef = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_STENCIL_REF);
+		this.stencilMask = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_STENCIL_VALUE_MASK);
+		this.view = new int[4];
+		GL32.glGetIntegerv(GL32.GL_VIEWPORT, this.view);
+		this.cull = GL32.glIsEnabled(GL32.GL_CULL_FACE);
+		this.cullMode = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_CULL_FACE_MODE);
+		this.polyMode = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_POLYGON_MODE);
+	}
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void close()
+	{
+		// explicitly unbinding the frame buffer is necessary to prevent GL_CLEAR calls from hitting the wrong buffer
+		GLMC.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
+		boolean frameBufferSet = false;
+		
+		if (this.fbo != 0 && GL32.glIsFramebuffer(this.fbo))
+		{
+			GLMC.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.fbo);
+			frameBufferSet = true;
+		}
+		
+		
+		if (this.blend)
+		{
+			GLMC.enableBlend();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GLMC.disableBlend();
+		}
+		
+		if (this.scissor)
+		{
+			GLMC.enableScissorTest();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GLMC.disableScissorTest();
+		}
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(GL32.glIsTexture(this.texture0) ? this.texture0 : 0);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE1);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(GL32.glIsTexture(this.texture1) ? this.texture1 : 0);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE2);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(GL32.glIsTexture(this.texture2) ? this.texture2 : 0);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE3);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(GL32.glIsTexture(this.texture3) ? this.texture3 : 0);
+		
+		GLMC.glActiveTexture(this.activeTextureNumber);
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(GL32.glIsTexture(this.texture2D) ? this.texture2D : 0);
+		
+		// attempting to set textures on the default frame buffer (ID 0) will throw errors
+		if (frameBufferSet)
+		{
+			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.frameBufferTexture0, 0);
+			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT1, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.frameBufferTexture1, 0);
+			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.frameBufferDepthTexture, 0);
+		}
+		
+		GL32.glBindVertexArray(GL32.glIsVertexArray(this.vao) ? this.vao : 0);
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, GL32.glIsBuffer(this.vbo) ? this.vbo : 0);
+		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, GL32.glIsBuffer(this.ebo) ? this.ebo: 0);
+		GL32.glUseProgram(GL32.glIsProgram(this.program) ? this.program : 0);
+		
+		if (this.writeToDepthBuffer)
+		{
+			GLMC.enableDepthMask();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GLMC.disableDepthMask();
+		}
+		
+		GLMC.glBlendFunc(this.blendSrcColor, this.blendDstColor);
+		GL32.glBlendEquationSeparate(this.blendEqRGB, this.blendEqAlpha);
+		GLMC.glBlendFuncSeparate(this.blendSrcColor, this.blendDstColor, this.blendSrcAlpha, this.blendDstAlpha);
+		
+		if (this.depth)
+		{
+			GLMC.enableDepthTest();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GLMC.disableDepthTest();
+		}
+		GLMC.glDepthFunc(this.depthFunc);
+		
+		if (this.stencil)
+		{
+			GL32.glEnable(GL32.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GL32.glDisable(GL32.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+		}
+		GL32.glStencilFunc(this.stencilFunc, this.stencilRef, this.stencilMask);
+		
+		GL32.glViewport(this.view[0], this.view[1], this.view[2], this.view[3]);
+		if (this.cull)
+		{
+			GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GLMC.disableFaceCulling();
+		}
+		GL32.glCullFace(this.cullMode);
+		GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, this.polyMode);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		return "GLState{" +
+			"program=" + this.program + ", vao=" + this.vao + ", vbo=" + this.vbo + ", ebo=" + this.ebo + ", fbo=" + this.fbo +
+			", text=" + GLEnums.getString(this.texture2D) + "@" + this.activeTextureNumber + ", text0=" + GLEnums.getString(this.texture0) +
+			", FB text0=" + this.frameBufferTexture0 +
+			", FB text1=" + this.frameBufferTexture1 +
+			", FB depth=" + this.frameBufferDepthTexture +
+			", blend=" + this.blend + ", scissor=" + this.scissor + ", blendMode=" + GLEnums.getString(this.blendSrcColor) + "," + GLEnums.getString(this.blendDstColor) +
+			", depth=" + this.depth +
+			", depthFunc=" + GLEnums.getString(this.depthFunc) + ", stencil=" + this.stencil +
+			", stencilFunc=" + GLEnums.getString(this.stencilFunc) + ", stencilRef=" + this.stencilRef + ", stencilMask=" + this.stencilMask +
+			", view={x:" + this.view[0] + ", y:" + this.view[1] +
+			", w:" + this.view[2] + ", h:" + this.view[3] + "}" + ", cull=" + this.cull +
+			", cullMode=" + GLEnums.getString(this.cullMode) + ", polyMode=" + GLEnums.getString(this.polyMode) +
+			'}';
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/GlDhFramebuffer.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiFramebuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+public class GlDhFramebuffer implements IDhApiFramebuffer
+{
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	private int id;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public GlDhFramebuffer() { this.id = GL32.glGenFramebuffers(); }
+
+	/** For internal use by Iris, do not remove. */
+	public GlDhFramebuffer(int id) { this.id = id; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void addDepthAttachment(int textureId, boolean isCombinedStencil) 
+	{
+		this.bind();
+		
+		int depthAttachment = isCombinedStencil ? GL32.GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT : GL32.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT;
+		GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, depthAttachment, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureId, 0);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void addColorAttachment(int textureIndex, int textureId)
+	{
+		this.bind();
+		
+		GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0 + textureIndex, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureId, 0);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void bind()
+	{
+		if (this.id == -1)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Framebuffer does not exist!");
+		} 
+		GLMC.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.id);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void destroy()
+	{
+		GL32.glDeleteFramebuffers(this.id); 
+		this.id = -1;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getStatus()
+	{
+		this.bind(); 
+		int status = GL32.glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER);
+		return status;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getId() { return this.id; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// API methods //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public boolean overrideThisFrame() { return true; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/GlDummyUniformData.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;
+
+/**
+ * With OpenGL all uniform data is uploaded during the rendering phase
+ * so nothing is needed here.
+ */
+public class GlDummyUniformData implements ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper
+{
+	@Override public void createUniformData(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer) { }
+	@Override public void tryUpload() { }
+	@Override public void upload() { }
+	@Override public void close() { }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/buffer/GLBuffer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLState;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL44;
+
+import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
+import java.lang.ref.Reference;
+import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToFile)
+			.chatLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToChat)
+			.build();
+	
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	public static final double BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER = 1.3;
+	public static final double BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER = BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER * BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER;
+	/** the number of active buffers, can be used for debugging */
+	public static AtomicInteger bufferCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+	
+	private static final int PHANTOM_REF_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS = 5 * 1000;
+	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer>, Integer> PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer>> BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private static final ReferenceQueue<GLBuffer> PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE = new ReferenceQueue<>();
+	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor CLEANUP_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("GLBuffer Cleanup");
+	
+	
+	protected int id;
+	public final int getId() { return this.id; }
+	protected int size = 0;
+	public int getSize() { return this.size; }
+	protected boolean bufferStorage;
+	public final boolean isBufferStorage() { return this.bufferStorage; }
+	protected boolean isMapped = false;
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// constructors //
+	//==============//
+	//region
+	
+	static { CLEANUP_THREAD.execute(() -> runPhantomReferenceCleanupLoop()); }
+	
+	public GLBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { this.destroyOldAndCreate(isBufferStorage); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	// Should be override by subclasses
+	public int getBufferBindingTarget() { return GL32.GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER; }
+	
+	public void bind() { GL32.glBindBuffer(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), this.id); }
+	public void unbind() { GL32.glBindBuffer(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), 0); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//====================//
+	// create and destroy //
+	//====================//
+	//region
+	
+	protected void destroyOldAndCreate(boolean asBufferStorage)
+	{
+		if (!GLProxy.runningOnRenderThread())
+		{
+			LodUtil.assertNotReach("Thread ["+Thread.currentThread()+"] tried to create a GLBuffer outside the MC render thread.");
+		}
+		
+		// destroy the old buffer if one is present
+		if (this.id != 0)
+		{
+			destroyBufferIdNow(this.id);
+		}
+		
+		this.id = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+		this.bufferStorage = asBufferStorage;
+		bufferCount.getAndIncrement();
+		
+		PhantomReference<GLBuffer> phantom = new PhantomReference<>(this, PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE);
+		PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.put(phantom, this.id);
+		BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.put(this.id, phantom);
+		
+	}
+	
+	protected void destroyAsync()
+	{
+		if (this.id == 0)
+		{
+			// the buffer has already been closed
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		final int idToDelete = this.id; // saving the ID to a separate variable is necessary so it can be captured by the lambda
+		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("GLBuffer destroyAsync", () -> { destroyBufferIdNow(idToDelete); });
+		
+		this.id = 0;
+		this.size = 0;
+	}
+	private static void destroyBufferIdNow(int id)
+	{
+		// only delete valid buffers
+		if (id == 0)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Attempted to destroy a buffer with ID 0, VRAM memory leaks may occur.");
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// remove and clear the phantom reference if present
+		if (BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.containsKey(id))
+		{
+			Reference<? extends GLBuffer> phantom = BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.get(id);
+			
+			// if we are manually closing this buffer, we don't want the phantom reference to accidentally close it again
+			// this can cause a race condition were we accidentally delete an in-use buffer and cause NVIDIA
+			// to throw an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION when we attempt to render it
+			phantom.clear();
+			
+			PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.remove(phantom);
+			BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.remove(id);
+		}
+		
+		bufferCount.decrementAndGet();
+		
+		// destroy the buffer if it exists,
+		// the buffer may not exist if the destroy method is called twice
+		if (GL32.glIsBuffer(id))
+		{
+			GLMC.glDeleteBuffers(id);
+			
+			if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.logBufferGarbageCollection.get())
+			{
+				LOGGER.info("destroyed buffer [" + id + "], remaining: [" + BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.size() + "]");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// buffer uploading //
+	//==================//
+	//region
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Assumes the GL Context is already bound. <br> 
+	 * Will create the VBO if one exist.
+	 */
+	public void uploadBuffer(ByteBuffer bb, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod, int maxExpansionSize, int bufferHint)
+	{
+		LodUtil.assertTrue(!uploadMethod.useEarlyMapping, "UploadMethod signal that this should use Mapping instead of uploadBuffer!");
+		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
+		if (bbSize > maxExpansionSize) 
+		{ 
+			LodUtil.assertNotReach("maxExpansionSize is [" + maxExpansionSize + "] but buffer size is [" + bbSize + "]!"); 
+		}
+		
+		// Don't upload an empty buffer
+		if (bbSize == 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// re-binding the old VBO is necessary for old MC versions (IE 1.16.5 and older)
+		// otherwise the screen may be black when on the home menu
+		int previousBoundVbo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING);
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// make sure the buffer is ready for uploading
+			this.createOrChangeBufferTypeForUpload(uploadMethod);
+			
+			switch (uploadMethod)
+			{
+				case AUTO:
+					LodUtil.assertNotReach("GpuUploadMethod AUTO must be resolved before call to uploadBuffer()!");
+				case BUFFER_STORAGE:
+					this.uploadBufferStorage(bb);
+					break;
+				case DATA:
+					this.uploadBufferData(bb, bufferHint);
+					break;
+				case SUB_DATA:
+					this.uploadSubData(bb, maxExpansionSize, bufferHint);
+					break;
+				default:
+					LodUtil.assertNotReach("Unknown GpuUploadMethod!");
+			}
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, GL32.glIsBuffer(previousBoundVbo) ? previousBoundVbo : 0);
+		}
+	}
+	/** Requires the buffer to be bound */
+	protected void uploadBufferStorage(ByteBuffer bb)
+	{
+		LodUtil.assertTrue(this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is not bufferStorage but its trying to use bufferStorage upload method!");
+		
+		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
+		this.destroyOldAndCreate(true);
+		this.bind();
+		GL44.glBufferStorage(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), bb, 0);
+		this.size = bbSize;
+	}
+	/** Requires the buffer to be bound */
+	protected void uploadBufferData(ByteBuffer bb, int bufferDataHint)
+	{
+		LodUtil.assertTrue(!this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is bufferStorage but its trying to use bufferData upload method!");
+		
+		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
+		GL32.glBufferData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), bb, bufferDataHint);
+		this.size = bbSize;
+	}
+	/** Requires the buffer to be bound */
+	protected void uploadSubData(ByteBuffer bb, int maxExpansionSize, int bufferDataHint)
+	{
+		LodUtil.assertTrue(!this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is bufferStorage but its trying to use subData upload method!");
+		
+		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
+		if (this.size < bbSize || this.size > bbSize * BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER)
+		{
+			int newSize = (int) (bbSize * BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER);
+			if (newSize > maxExpansionSize) newSize = maxExpansionSize;
+			GL32.glBufferData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), newSize, bufferDataHint);
+			this.size = newSize;
+		}
+		GL32.glBufferSubData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), 0, bb);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close() { this.destroyAsync(); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		return (this.bufferStorage ? "" : "Static-") + this.getClass().getSimpleName() +
+				"[id:" + this.id + ",size:" + this.size + (this.isMapped ? ",MAPPED" : "") + "]";
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Makes sure the buffer exists and is of the correct format
+	 * before uploading.
+	 */
+	private void createOrChangeBufferTypeForUpload(EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod)
+	{
+		// create/change the buffer type if necessary
+		if (uploadMethod.useBufferStorage != this.bufferStorage)
+		{
+			// recreate if the buffer storage type changed
+			this.bind();
+			destroyBufferIdNow(this.id);
+			this.destroyOldAndCreate(uploadMethod.useBufferStorage);
+			this.bind();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Prevent uploading to the null buffer (ID 0).
+			// This can happen if the buffer was deleted previously.
+			if (this.id == 0)
+			{
+				this.destroyOldAndCreate(this.bufferStorage);
+			}
+			
+			this.bind();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// static cleanup //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private static void runPhantomReferenceCleanupLoop()
+	{
+		while (true)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					Thread.sleep(PHANTOM_REF_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS);
+				}
+				catch (InterruptedException ignore) { }
+				
+				
+				Reference<? extends GLBuffer> phantomRef = PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE.poll();
+				while (phantomRef != null)
+				{
+					// destroy the buffer if it hasn't been cleared yet
+					if (PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.containsKey(phantomRef))
+					{
+						int id = PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.get(phantomRef);
+						RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("GLBuffer phantom destroy", () -> { destroyBufferIdNow(id); });
+						//LOGGER.warn("Buffer Phantom collected, ID: ["+id+"]");
+					}
+					
+					phantomRef = PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE.poll();
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unexpected error in buffer cleanup thread: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/buffer/GLIndexBuffer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
+
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+/**
+ * AKA the GLElementBuffer
+ *
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 11-20-2021
+ */
+public class GLIndexBuffer extends GLBuffer
+{
+	/**
+	 * When uploading to a buffer that is too small, recreate it this many times
+	 * bigger than the upload payload
+	 */
+	protected int indicesCount = 0;
+	protected int glType = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
+	public int getGlType() { return this.glType; }
+	
+	public GLIndexBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage)
+	{
+		super(isBufferStorage);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void destroyAsync()
+	{
+		super.destroyAsync();
+		this.indicesCount = 0;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getBufferBindingTarget() { return GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER; }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/buffer/GLVertexBuffer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+
+/**
+ * This is a container for a OpenGL
+ * VBO (Vertex Buffer Object).
+ *
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 11-20-2021
+ */
+public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
+{
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
+	/**
+	 * When uploading to a buffer that is too small, recreate it this many times
+	 * bigger than the upload payload
+	 */
+	protected int vertexCount = 0;
+	public int getVertexCount() { return this.vertexCount; }
+	
+	
+	private GlQuadIndexBuffer quadIBO = null;
+	private static GlQuadIndexBuffer GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO = null;
+	public GlQuadIndexBuffer getQuadIBO()
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			return GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return this.quadIBO;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	static
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Global IBO Creation", () ->
+			{
+				GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO = new GlQuadIndexBuffer();
+				
+				int maxSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
+				int maxVertexCount = maxSize / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
+				int maxQuadCount = (maxVertexCount / 4);
+				GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO.upload(maxQuadCount);
+			});
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public GLVertexBuffer() { this(GLProxy.getInstance().getGpuUploadMethod() == EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.BUFFER_STORAGE); }
+	public GLVertexBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { super(isBufferStorage); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//======================//
+	// uploading/destroying //
+	//======================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getBufferBindingTarget() { return GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER; }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadVertexBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod = GLProxy.getInstance().getGpuUploadMethod();
+		int maxBufferSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
+		this.uploadBuffer(buffer, vertexCount, uploadMethod, maxBufferSize);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * bufferSize is the number of shared verticies. <br>
+	 * This number will be higher when actually rendered since each box's face needs 2 triangles 
+	 * with 2 shared verticies. 
+	 */
+	public void uploadBuffer(ByteBuffer byteBuffer, int vertexCount, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod, int maxExpansionSize)
+	{
+		if (vertexCount < 0)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("vertexCount is negative!");
+		}
+		
+		// If size is zero, just ignore it.
+		if (byteBuffer.limit() - byteBuffer.position() != 0)
+		{
+			super.uploadBuffer(byteBuffer, uploadMethod, maxExpansionSize, uploadMethod.useBufferStorage ? 0 : GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		}
+		
+		this.vertexCount = vertexCount;
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadIndexBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			// ignore index uploading when running a single IBO
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// If size is zero, just ignore it.
+		if (vertexCount == 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		if (this.quadIBO != null)
+		{
+			this.quadIBO.close();
+		}
+		
+		this.quadIBO = new GlQuadIndexBuffer();
+		
+		int quadCount = (vertexCount / 4);
+		this.quadIBO.upload(quadCount);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close() { this.destroyAsync(); }
+	@Override
+	public void destroyAsync()
+	{
+		super.destroyAsync();
+		if (this.quadIBO != null)
+		{
+			this.quadIBO.destroyAsync();
+		}
+		this.vertexCount = 0;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/buffer/GlQuadIndexBuffer.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.IndexBufferBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/** aka GlQuadElementBuffer */
+public class GlQuadIndexBuffer extends GLIndexBuffer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public GlQuadIndexBuffer() { super(false); }
+	
+	public void upload(int quadCount)
+	{
+		if (quadCount < 0)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("quadCount must be greater than 0");
+		}
+		if (quadCount == 0)
+		{
+			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.indicesCount = quadCount * 6; // 2 triangles per quad
+		if (this.indicesCount >= this.getCapacity()
+			&& this.indicesCount < this.getCapacity() * BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.glType = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
+		ByteBuffer buffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(quadCount);
+		this.bind();
+		super.uploadBuffer(buffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA,
+			this.indicesCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.glType), GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		
+		MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public int getCapacity() { return super.getSize() / GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.getGlType()); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/enums/EGlVersion.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums;
+
+public enum EGlVersion 
+{
+	GL_11,
+	GL_12,
+	GL_30,
+	GL_31
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/enums/GLEnums.java

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.enums;
+
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL46.*;
+
+// Turns GL int enums back to readable strings
+public class GLEnums
+{
+	
+	public static String getString(int glEnum)
+	{
+		// blend stuff
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_ZERO:
+				return "GL_ZERO";
+			case GL_ONE:
+				return "GL_ONE";
+			case GL_SRC_COLOR:
+				return "GL_SRC_COLOR";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR";
+			case GL_DST_COLOR:
+				return "GL_DST_COLOR";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR";
+			case GL_SRC_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_SRC_ALPHA";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA";
+			case GL_DST_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_DST_ALPHA";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA";
+			case GL_CONSTANT_COLOR:
+				return "GL_CONSTANT_COLOR";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR";
+			case GL_CONSTANT_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_CONSTANT_ALPHA";
+			case GL_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA:
+				return "GL_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// shader stuff
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_VERTEX_SHADER:
+				return "GL_VERTEX_SHADER";
+			case GL_GEOMETRY_SHADER:
+				return "GL_GEOMETRY_SHADER";
+			case GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER:
+				return "GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// stencil stuff
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_KEEP:
+				return "GL_KEEP";
+			case GL_ZERO:
+				return "GL_ZERO";
+			case GL_REPLACE:
+				return "GL_REPLACE";
+			case GL_INCR:
+				return "GL_INCR";
+			case GL_DECR:
+				return "GL_DECR";
+			case GL_INVERT:
+				return "GL_INVERT";
+			case GL_INCR_WRAP:
+				return "GL_INCR_WRAP";
+			case GL_DECR_WRAP:
+				return "GL_DECR_WRAP";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// depth stuff
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_NEVER:
+				return "GL_NEVER";
+			case GL_LESS:
+				return "GL_LESS";
+			case GL_EQUAL:
+				return "GL_EQUAL";
+			case GL_LEQUAL:
+				return "GL_LEQUAL";
+			case GL_GREATER:
+				return "GL_GREATER";
+			case GL_NOTEQUAL:
+				return "GL_NOTEQUAL";
+			case GL_GEQUAL:
+				return "GL_GEQUAL";
+			case GL_ALWAYS:
+				return "GL_ALWAYS";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// Texture binding points
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_TEXTURE0:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE0";
+			case GL_TEXTURE1:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE1";
+			case GL_TEXTURE2:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE2";
+			case GL_TEXTURE3:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE3";
+			case GL_TEXTURE4:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE4";
+			case GL_TEXTURE5:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE5";
+			case GL_TEXTURE6:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE6";
+			case GL_TEXTURE7:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE7";
+			case GL_TEXTURE8:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE8";
+			case GL_TEXTURE9:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE9";
+			case GL_TEXTURE10:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE10";
+			case GL_TEXTURE11:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE11";
+			case GL_TEXTURE12:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE12";
+			case GL_TEXTURE13:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE13";
+			case GL_TEXTURE14:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE14";
+			case GL_TEXTURE15:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE15";
+			case GL_TEXTURE16:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE16";
+			case GL_TEXTURE17:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE17";
+			case GL_TEXTURE18:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE18";
+			case GL_TEXTURE19:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE19";
+			case GL_TEXTURE20:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE20";
+			case GL_TEXTURE21:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE21";
+			case GL_TEXTURE22:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE22";
+			case GL_TEXTURE23:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE23";
+			case GL_TEXTURE24:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE24";
+			case GL_TEXTURE25:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE25";
+			case GL_TEXTURE26:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE26";
+			case GL_TEXTURE27:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE27";
+			case GL_TEXTURE28:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE28";
+			case GL_TEXTURE29:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE29";
+			case GL_TEXTURE30:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE30";
+			case GL_TEXTURE31:
+				return "GL_TEXTURE31";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// Polygon modes
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_POINT:
+				return "GL_POINT";
+			case GL_LINE:
+				return "GL_LINE";
+			case GL_FILL:
+				return "GL_FILL";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// Culling modes
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_FRONT:
+				return "GL_FRONT";
+			case GL_BACK:
+				return "GL_BACK";
+			case GL_FRONT_AND_BACK:
+				return "GL_FRONT_AND_BACK";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		// Types
+		switch (glEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_BYTE:
+				return "GL_BYTE";
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE:
+				return "GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE";
+			case GL_SHORT:
+				return "GL_SHORT";
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
+				return "GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT";
+			case GL_INT:
+				return "GL_INT";
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_INT:
+				return "GL_UNSIGNED_INT";
+			case GL_FLOAT:
+				return "GL_FLOAT";
+			case GL_DOUBLE:
+				return "GL_DOUBLE";
+			default:
+		}
+		
+		return "GL_UNKNOWN(" + glEnum + ")";
+	}
+	
+	public static int getTypeSize(int glTypeEnum)
+	{
+		switch (glTypeEnum)
+		{
+			case GL_BYTE:
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE:
+				return 1;
+			case GL_SHORT:
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
+				return 2;
+			case GL_INT:
+			case GL_UNSIGNED_INT:
+				return 4;
+			case GL_FLOAT:
+				return 4;
+			case GL_DOUBLE:
+				return 8;
+			default:
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown type enum: " + getString(glTypeEnum));
+		}
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/shader/GlShader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.shader;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import org.lwjgl.PointerBuffer;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32C;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+import org.lwjgl.system.NativeType;
+
+/**
+ * This object holds a OpenGL reference to a shader
+ * and allows for reading in and compiling a shader file.
+ */
+public class GlShader
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToFile)
+			.chatLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToChat)
+			.build();
+	
+	
+	/** OpenGL shader ID */
+	public final int id;
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// constructors //
+	//==============//
+	//region
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a shader with specified type.
+	 *
+	 * @param type Either GL_VERTEX_SHADER or GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER.
+	 * @param sourceString File path of the shader
+	 * @throws RuntimeException if the shader fails to compile
+	 */
+	public GlShader(int type, String sourceString)
+	{
+		LOGGER.info("Loading shader with type: ["+type+"]");
+		LOGGER.debug("Source: \n["+sourceString+"]");
+		if (sourceString == null || sourceString.isEmpty())
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("No shader source given.");
+		}
+		
+		// Create an empty shader object
+		this.id = GL32.glCreateShader(type);
+		if (this.id == 0)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to create shader with type ["+type+"] and Source: \n["+sourceString+"].");
+		}
+		
+		safeShaderSource(this.id, sourceString);
+		GL32.glCompileShader(this.id);
+		// check if the shader compiled
+		int status = GL32.glGetShaderi(this.id, GL32.GL_COMPILE_STATUS);
+		if (status != GL32.GL_TRUE)
+		{
+			
+			String message = "Shader compiler error. Details: [" + GL32.glGetShaderInfoLog(this.id) + "]\n";
+			message += "Source: \n[" + sourceString + "]";
+			this.free(); // important!
+			throw new RuntimeException(message);
+		}
+		LOGGER.info("Shader loaded sucessfully.");
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// helpers //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	/**
+	 * Identical in function to {@link GL32C#glShaderSource(int, CharSequence)} but
+	 * passes a null pointer for string length to force the driver to rely on the null
+	 * terminator for string length.  This is a workaround for an apparent flaw with some
+	 * AMD drivers that don't receive or interpret the length correctly, resulting in
+	 * an access violation when the driver tries to read past the string memory.
+	 *
+	 * <p>Hat tip to fewizz for the find and the fix.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>Source: https://github.com/vram-guild/canvas/commit/820bf754092ccaf8d0c169620c2ff575722d7d96
+	 */
+	private static void safeShaderSource(@NativeType("GLuint") int glId, @NativeType("GLchar const **") CharSequence source)
+	{
+		final MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackGet();
+		final int stackPointer = stack.getPointer();
+
+		try
+		{
+			final ByteBuffer sourceBuffer = MemoryUtil.memUTF8(source, true);
+			final PointerBuffer pointers = stack.mallocPointer(1);
+			pointers.put(sourceBuffer);
+
+			GL32.nglShaderSource(glId, 1, pointers.address0(), 0);
+			org.lwjgl.system.APIUtil.apiArrayFree(pointers.address0(), 1);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			stack.setPointer(stackPointer);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void free() { GL32.glDeleteShader(this.id); }
+	
+	public static String loadFile(String path, boolean absoluteFilePath)
+	{
+		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// open the file
+			InputStream in;
+			if (absoluteFilePath)
+			{
+				// Throws FileNotFoundException
+				in = new FileInputStream(path); // Note: this should use OS path seperator
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				in = GlShader.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path); // Note: path seperator should be '/'
+				if (in == null)
+				{
+					throw new FileNotFoundException("Shader file not found in resource: " + path);
+				}
+			}
+			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
+			
+			// read in the file
+			String line;
+			while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
+			{
+				stringBuilder.append(line).append("\n");
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException e)
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to load shader from file [" + path + "]. Error: " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+		
+		return stringBuilder.toString();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/shader/GlShaderProgram.java

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+/*
+ *    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.render.openGl.glObject.shader;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3i;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+
+
+/**
+ * This object holds the reference to a OpenGL shader program
+ * and contains a few methods that can be used with OpenGL shader programs.
+ * The reason for many of these simple wrapper methods is as reminders of what
+ * can (and needs to be) done with a shader program.
+ */
+public class GlShaderProgram
+{
+	/** Stores the handle of the program. */
+	public final int id;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public GlShaderProgram(String vertResourcePath, String fragResourcePath, String attribute) { this(vertResourcePath, fragResourcePath, new String[]{ attribute }); }
+	/**
+	 * @param vertResourcePath the relative path the vertex shader should be found 
+	 * @param fragResourcePath the relative path the fragment shader should be found 
+	 */
+	public GlShaderProgram(String vertResourcePath, String fragResourcePath, String[] attributes)
+	{
+		this.id = GL32.glCreateProgram();
+		
+		{
+			String shaderString = GlShader.loadFile(vertResourcePath, false);
+			GlShader vertShader = new GlShader(GL32.GL_VERTEX_SHADER, shaderString);
+			GL32.glAttachShader(this.id, vertShader.id);
+			vertShader.free();
+		}
+		
+		{
+			String shaderString = GlShader.loadFile(fragResourcePath, false);
+			GlShader fragShader = new GlShader(GL32.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, shaderString);
+			GL32.glAttachShader(this.id, fragShader.id);
+			fragShader.free();
+		}
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++)
+		{
+			GL32.glBindAttribLocation(this.id, i, attributes[i]);
+		}
+		GL32.glLinkProgram(this.id);
+		
+		int status = GL32.glGetProgrami(this.id, GL32.GL_LINK_STATUS);
+		if (status != GL32.GL_TRUE)
+		{
+			String message = "Shader Link Error. Details: " + GL32.glGetProgramInfoLog(this.id);
+			this.free(); // important!
+			throw new RuntimeException(message);
+		}
+		GL32.glUseProgram(this.id); // This HAVE to be a direct call to prevent calling the overloaded version
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// binding //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public void bind() { GL32.glUseProgram(this.id); }
+	public void unbind() { GL32.glUseProgram(0); }
+	
+	public void free() { GL32.glDeleteProgram(this.id); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// attributes //
+	//============//
+	//region
+	
+	/**
+	 * WARNING: Slow native call! Cache it if possible!
+	 * Gets the location of an attribute variable with specified name.
+	 * Calls GL20.glGetAttribLocation(id, name)
+	 *
+	 * @param name Attribute name
+	 * @return Location of the attribute
+	 * @throws RuntimeException if attribute not found
+	 */
+	public int getAttributeLocation(CharSequence name)
+	{
+		int i = GL32.glGetAttribLocation(id, name);
+		if (i == -1) throw new RuntimeException("Attribute name not found: " + name);
+		return i;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Same as above but without throwing errors. <br>
+	 * Returns -1 if the attribute doesn't exist or has been optimized out.
+	 */
+	public int tryGetAttributeLocation(CharSequence name)
+	{ return GL32.glGetAttribLocation(this.id, name); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// uniforms //
+	//==========//
+	//region
+	
+	/**
+	 * WARNING: Slow native call! Cache it if possible!
+	 * Gets the location of a uniform variable with specified name.
+	 * Calls GL20.glGetUniformLocation(id, name)
+	 *
+	 * @param name Uniform name
+	 * @return Location of the Uniform
+	 * @throws RuntimeException if uniform not found
+	 */
+	public int getUniformLocation(CharSequence name) throws RuntimeException
+	{
+		int i = GL32.glGetUniformLocation(id, name);
+		if (i == -1)
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException("Uniform name not found: " + name);
+		}
+		return i;
+	}
+	
+	// Same as above but without throwing errors.
+	// Return -1 if uniform doesn't exist or has been optimized out
+	public int tryGetUniformLocation(CharSequence name)
+	{ return GL32.glGetUniformLocation(this.id, name); }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, boolean value) { GL32.glUniform1i(location, value ? 1 : 0); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, boolean) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, boolean value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, int value) { GL32.glUniform1i(location, value); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, int) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, int value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, float value) { GL32.glUniform1f(location, value); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, float) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, float value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, Vec3f value) { GL32.glUniform3f(location, value.x, value.y, value.z); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, Vec3f) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, Vec3f value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, DhApiVec3i value) { GL32.glUniform3i(location, value.x, value.y, value.z); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, Mat4f) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, DhApiVec3i value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/** Requires a bound ShaderProgram. */
+	public void setUniform(int location, Mat4f value)
+	{
+		try (MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackPush())
+		{
+			FloatBuffer buffer = stack.mallocFloat(4 * 4);
+			value.store(buffer);
+			GL32.glUniformMatrix4fv(location, false, buffer);
+		}
+	}
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, Mat4f) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, Mat4f value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	/**
+	 * Converts the color's RGBA values into values between 0 and 1. <br>
+	 * Requires a bound ShaderProgram.
+	 */
+	public void setUniform(int location, Color value)
+	{
+		GL32.glUniform4f(location, 
+				value.getRed()   / 256.0f, 
+				value.getGreen() / 256.0f, 
+				value.getBlue()  / 256.0f, 
+				value.getAlpha() / 256.0f);
+	}
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, Color) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, Color value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL30C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL43C;
+
+public enum EGlDhDepthBufferFormat
+{
+	DEPTH(false),
+	DEPTH16(false),
+	DEPTH24(false),
+	DEPTH32(false),
+	DEPTH32F(false),
+	DEPTH_STENCIL(true),
+	DEPTH24_STENCIL8(true),
+	DEPTH32F_STENCIL8(true);
+	
+	
+	
+	private final boolean combinedStencil;
+	
+	EGlDhDepthBufferFormat(boolean combinedStencil) { this.combinedStencil = combinedStencil; }
+	
+	
+	
+	@Nullable
+	public static EGlDhDepthBufferFormat fromGlEnum(int glenum)
+	{
+		switch (glenum)
+		{
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH16;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT24:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH24;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32F:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH_STENCIL:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH_STENCIL;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH24_STENCIL8;
+			case GL30C.GL_DEPTH32F_STENCIL8:
+				return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F_STENCIL8;
+			default:
+				return null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static EGlDhDepthBufferFormat fromGlEnumOrDefault(int glenum)
+	{
+		EGlDhDepthBufferFormat format = fromGlEnum(glenum);
+		if (format == null)
+		{
+			// yolo, just assume it's GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT
+			return EGlDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH;
+		}
+		return format;
+	}
+	
+	public int getGlInternalFormat()
+	{
+		switch (this)
+		{
+			case DEPTH:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT;
+			case DEPTH16:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16;
+			case DEPTH24:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT24;
+			case DEPTH32:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32;
+			case DEPTH32F:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32F;
+			case DEPTH_STENCIL:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH_STENCIL;
+			case DEPTH24_STENCIL8:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8;
+			case DEPTH32F_STENCIL8:
+				return GL30C.GL_DEPTH32F_STENCIL8;
+		}
+		
+		throw new AssertionError("unreachable");
+	}
+	
+	public int getGlType() { return isCombinedStencil() ? GL30C.GL_DEPTH_STENCIL : GL30C.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT; }
+	
+	public int getGlFormat()
+	{
+		switch (this)
+		{
+			case DEPTH:
+			case DEPTH16:
+				return GL43C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT;
+			case DEPTH24:
+			case DEPTH32:
+				return GL43C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
+			case DEPTH32F:
+				return GL30C.GL_FLOAT;
+			case DEPTH_STENCIL:
+			case DEPTH24_STENCIL8:
+				return GL30C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8;
+			case DEPTH32F_STENCIL8:
+				return GL30C.GL_FLOAT_32_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_REV;
+		}
+		
+		throw new AssertionError("unreachable");
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isCombinedStencil() { return combinedStencil; }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/EGlDhInternalTextureFormat.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.EGlVersion;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL30C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL31C;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public enum EGlDhInternalTextureFormat
+{
+	RGBA(GL11C.GL_RGBA, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 8-bit normalized
+	R8(GL30C.GL_R8, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG8(GL30C.GL_RG8, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB8(GL11C.GL_RGB8, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA8(GL11C.GL_RGBA8, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 8-bit signed normalized
+	R8_SNORM(GL31C.GL_R8_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG8_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RG8_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB8_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RGB8_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA8_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RGBA8_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 16-bit normalized
+	R16(GL30C.GL_R16, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG16(GL30C.GL_RG16, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB16(GL11C.GL_RGB16, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA16(GL11C.GL_RGBA16, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 16-bit signed normalized
+	R16_SNORM(GL31C.GL_R16_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG16_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RG16_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB16_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RGB16_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA16_SNORM(GL31C.GL_RGBA16_SNORM, EGlVersion.GL_31, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 16-bit float
+	R16F(GL30C.GL_R16F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG16F(GL30C.GL_RG16F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB16F(GL30C.GL_RGB16F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA16F(GL30C.GL_RGBA16F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 32-bit float
+	R32F(GL30C.GL_R32F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED),
+	RG32F(GL30C.GL_RG32F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG),
+	RGB32F(GL30C.GL_RGB32F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGBA32F(GL30C.GL_RGBA32F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	
+	// 8-bit integer
+	R8I(GL30C.GL_R8I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG8I(GL30C.GL_RG8I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB8I(GL30C.GL_RGB8I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA8I(GL30C.GL_RGBA8I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// 8-bit unsigned integer
+	R8UI(GL30C.GL_R8UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG8UI(GL30C.GL_RG8UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB8UI(GL30C.GL_RGB8UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA8UI(GL30C.GL_RGBA8UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// 16-bit integer
+	R16I(GL30C.GL_R16I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG16I(GL30C.GL_RG16I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB16I(GL30C.GL_RGB16I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA16I(GL30C.GL_RGBA16I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// 16-bit unsigned integer
+	R16UI(GL30C.GL_R16UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG16UI(GL30C.GL_RG16UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB16UI(GL30C.GL_RGB16UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA16UI(GL30C.GL_RGBA16UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// 32-bit integer
+	R32I(GL30C.GL_R32I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG32I(GL30C.GL_RG32I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB32I(GL30C.GL_RGB32I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA32I(GL30C.GL_RGBA32I, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// 32-bit unsigned integer
+	R32UI(GL30C.GL_R32UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RED_INTEGER),
+	RG32UI(GL30C.GL_RG32UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RG_INTEGER),
+	RGB32UI(GL30C.GL_RGB32UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB_INTEGER),
+	RGBA32UI(GL30C.GL_RGBA32UI, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA_INTEGER),
+	
+	// Mixed
+	R3_G3_B2(GL11C.GL_R3_G3_B2, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGB5_A1(GL11C.GL_RGB5_A1, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	RGB10_A2(GL11C.GL_RGB10_A2, EGlVersion.GL_11, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA),
+	R11F_G11F_B10F(GL30C.GL_R11F_G11F_B10F, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB),
+	RGB9_E5(GL30C.GL_RGB9_E5, EGlVersion.GL_30, EGlDhPixelFormat.RGB);
+	
+	
+	
+	private final int glFormat;
+	private final EGlVersion minimumGlVersion;
+	private final EGlDhPixelFormat expectedPixelFormat;
+	
+	
+	
+	EGlDhInternalTextureFormat(int glFormat, EGlVersion minimumGlVersion, EGlDhPixelFormat expectedPixelFormat)
+	{
+		this.glFormat = glFormat;
+		this.minimumGlVersion = minimumGlVersion;
+		this.expectedPixelFormat = expectedPixelFormat;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	public static Optional<EGlDhInternalTextureFormat> fromString(String name)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return Optional.of(EGlDhInternalTextureFormat.valueOf(name.toUpperCase(Locale.US)));
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
+		{
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public int getGlFormat() { return this.glFormat; }
+	
+	public EGlDhPixelFormat getPixelFormat() { return this.expectedPixelFormat; }
+	
+	public EGlVersion getMinimumGlVersion() { return this.minimumGlVersion; }
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/EGlDhPixelFormat.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.EGlVersion;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL12C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL30C;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public enum EGlDhPixelFormat
+{
+	RED(GL11C.GL_RED, EGlVersion.GL_11, false),
+	RG(GL30C.GL_RG, EGlVersion.GL_30, false),
+	RGB(GL11C.GL_RGB, EGlVersion.GL_11, false),
+	BGR(GL12C.GL_BGR, EGlVersion.GL_12, false),
+	RGBA(GL11C.GL_RGBA, EGlVersion.GL_11, false),
+	BGRA(GL12C.GL_BGRA, EGlVersion.GL_12, false),
+	RED_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_RED_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true),
+	RG_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_RG_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true),
+	RGB_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_RGB_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true),
+	BGR_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_BGR_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true),
+	RGBA_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_RGBA_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true),
+	BGRA_INTEGER(GL30C.GL_BGRA_INTEGER, EGlVersion.GL_30, true);
+	
+	
+	
+	private final int glFormat;
+	private final EGlVersion minimumGlVersion;
+	private final boolean isInteger;
+	
+	
+	
+	EGlDhPixelFormat(int glFormat, EGlVersion minimumGlVersion, boolean isInteger)
+	{
+		this.glFormat = glFormat;
+		this.minimumGlVersion = minimumGlVersion;
+		this.isInteger = isInteger;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	public static Optional<EGlDhPixelFormat> fromString(String name)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return Optional.of(EGlDhPixelFormat.valueOf(name.toUpperCase(Locale.US)));
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
+		{
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public int getGlFormat() { return this.glFormat; }
+	
+	public EGlVersion getMinimumGlVersion() { return this.minimumGlVersion; }
+	
+	public boolean isInteger() { return this.isInteger; }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/EGlDhPixelType.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.EGlVersion;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL12C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL30C;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public enum EGlDhPixelType
+{
+	BYTE(GL11C.GL_BYTE, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	SHORT(GL11C.GL_SHORT, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	INT(GL11C.GL_INT, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	HALF_FLOAT(GL30C.GL_HALF_FLOAT, EGlVersion.GL_30),
+	FLOAT(GL11C.GL_FLOAT, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	UNSIGNED_BYTE(GL11C.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT(GL11C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_INT(GL11C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, EGlVersion.GL_11),
+	UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2, EGlVersion.GL_12),
+	UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV(GL12C.GL_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV, EGlVersion.GL_12);
+	
+	
+	
+	private final int glFormat;
+	private final EGlVersion minimumGlVersion;
+	
+	
+	
+	EGlDhPixelType(int glFormat, EGlVersion minimumGlVersion)
+	{
+		this.glFormat = glFormat;
+		this.minimumGlVersion = minimumGlVersion;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	public static Optional<EGlDhPixelType> fromString(String name)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return Optional.of(EGlDhPixelType.valueOf(name.toUpperCase(Locale.US)));
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
+		{
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public int getGlFormat() { return glFormat; }
+	
+	public EGlVersion getMinimumGlVersion() { return minimumGlVersion; }
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/GlDhColorTexture.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import org.joml.Vector2i;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL13C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL43C;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class GlDhColorTexture
+{
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	private final EGlDhInternalTextureFormat internalFormat;
+	private final EGlDhPixelFormat format;
+	private final EGlDhPixelType type;
+	private int width;
+	private int height;
+
+	private boolean isValid;
+	/** AKA, the OpenGL name of this texture */
+	private final int id;
+
+	private static final ByteBuffer NULL_BUFFER = null;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public GlDhColorTexture(Builder builder)
+	{
+		this.isValid = true;
+		
+		this.internalFormat = builder.internalFormat;
+		this.format = builder.format;
+		this.type = builder.type;
+		
+		this.width = builder.width;
+		this.height = builder.height;
+		
+		this.id = GL43C.glGenTextures();
+		
+		boolean isPixelFormatInteger = builder.internalFormat.getPixelFormat().isInteger();
+		this.setupTexture(this.id, builder.width, builder.height, !isPixelFormatInteger); // this binds the texture
+		
+		// Clean up after ourselves
+		// This is strictly defensive to ensure that other buggy code doesn't tamper with our textures
+		GL43C.glBindTexture(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	
+	private void setupTexture(int id, int width, int height, boolean allowsLinear)
+	{
+		this.resizeTexture(id, width, height);
+		
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, allowsLinear ? GL11C.GL_LINEAR : GL11C.GL_NEAREST);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, allowsLinear ? GL11C.GL_LINEAR : GL11C.GL_NEAREST);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL13C.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL13C.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+		
+		// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+	}
+	
+	private void resizeTexture(int texture, int width, int height)
+	{
+		GL43C.glBindTexture(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
+		GL43C.glTexImage2D(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, this.internalFormat.getGlFormat(), width, height, 0, this.format.getGlFormat(), this.type.getGlFormat(), NULL_BUFFER);
+	}
+	
+	void resize(Vector2i textureScaleOverride) { this.resize(textureScaleOverride.x, textureScaleOverride.y); }
+	
+	// Package private, call CompositeRenderTargets#resizeIfNeeded instead.
+	public void resize(int width, int height)
+	{
+		this.throwIfInvalid();
+		
+		this.width = width;
+		this.height = height;
+		
+		this.resizeTexture(this.id, width, height);
+	}
+	
+	public EGlDhInternalTextureFormat getInternalFormat() { return this.internalFormat; }
+	
+	public int getTextureId()
+	{
+		this.throwIfInvalid();
+		return this.id;
+	}
+	
+	public int getWidth() { return this.width; }
+	
+	public int getHeight() { return this.height; }
+	
+	public void destroy()
+	{
+		this.throwIfInvalid();
+		this.isValid = false;
+		
+		GLMC.glDeleteTextures(this.id);
+	}
+	
+	/** @throws IllegalStateException if the texture isn't valid */
+	private void throwIfInvalid()
+	{
+		if (!this.isValid)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Attempted to use a deleted composite render target");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static Builder builder() { return new Builder(); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	
+	public static class Builder
+	{
+		private EGlDhInternalTextureFormat internalFormat = EGlDhInternalTextureFormat.RGBA8;
+		private int width = 0;
+		private int height = 0;
+		private EGlDhPixelFormat format = EGlDhPixelFormat.RGBA;
+		private EGlDhPixelType type = EGlDhPixelType.UNSIGNED_BYTE;
+		
+		private Builder()
+		{
+			// No-op
+		}
+		
+		public Builder setInternalFormat(EGlDhInternalTextureFormat format)
+		{
+			this.internalFormat = format;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder setDimensions(int width, int height)
+		{
+			if (width <= 0)
+			{
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Width must be greater than zero");
+			}
+			
+			if (height <= 0)
+			{
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Height must be greater than zero");
+			}
+			
+			this.width = width;
+			this.height = height;
+			
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder setPixelFormat(EGlDhPixelFormat pixelFormat)
+		{
+			this.format = pixelFormat;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder setPixelType(EGlDhPixelType pixelType)
+		{
+			this.type = pixelType;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public GlDhColorTexture build() { return new GlDhColorTexture(this); }
+		
+	}
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/glObject/texture/GlDhDepthTexture.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL13C;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL43C;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class GlDhDepthTexture
+{
+	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	private int id;
+	public GlDhDepthTexture(int width, int height, EGlDhDepthBufferFormat format)
+	{
+		this.id = GL43C.glGenTextures();
+		
+		this.resize(width, height, format);
+		
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL11C.GL_NEAREST);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL11C.GL_NEAREST);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL13C.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL13C.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+		
+		// disable mip-mapping since DH is just going to draw straight to the screen
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
+		GL43C.glTexParameteri(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
+		
+		GL43C.glBindTexture(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+	}
+	
+	// For internal use by Iris for copying data. Do not use this in DH.
+	public GlDhDepthTexture(int id) { this.id = id; }
+	
+	public void resize(int width, int height, EGlDhDepthBufferFormat format)
+	{
+		GL43C.glBindTexture(GL43C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.getTextureId());
+		GL43C.glTexImage2D(GL11C.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, format.getGlInternalFormat(), width, height, 0,
+				format.getGlType(), format.getGlFormat(), (ByteBuffer) null);
+	}
+	
+	public int getTextureId()
+	{
+		if (this.id == -1)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Depth texture does not exist!");
+		}
+		
+		return this.id;
+	}
+	
+	public void destroy()
+	{
+		GLMC.glDeleteTextures(this.getTextureId());
+		this.id = -1;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}