Reduce getWorldBlockLightPosList() work for 1.12.2 by skipping empty chunk sections

Try to fix LOD builder task spam for 1.12.2
Try fixing 1.12 compiling in CI
2026-06-09 17:10:10 +02:00 · 2026-06-09 16:49:07 +02:00 · 2026-06-09 07:41:34 -05:00 · 2026-06-09 07:29:28 -05:00 · 2026-06-08 22:06:14 -05:00 · 2026-06-08 07:27:02 -05:00
205 changed files with 8612 additions and 2283 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ image: eclipse-temurin:25

 # all stages need to be defined here
 stages:
+  - translations
  - build
  - api
  - pages
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ variables:

 build:
  stage: build
+  needs:
+    - job: translations
+      artifacts: true
  parallel:
    matrix:
      - MC_VER: [
@@ -41,8 +45,14 @@ build:
      "1.19.4", "1.19.2",
      "1.18.2", 
      "1.17.1", 
-      "1.16.5"
+      "1.16.5",
+      "1.12.2"
      ]
+  before_script:
+    # MC 1.12.2 needs both JDK 25 (for unimined) and JDK 8 (for MC 1.12)
+    # hopefully downloading the JDK 8 like this will solve that problem?
+    - apt-get update -q 
+    - apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk
  script:
    # this both runs the unit tests and assembles the code
    - ./gradlew clean -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
@@ -101,3 +111,17 @@ pages:
      - public
  allow_failure: false
  extends: .build_java
+
+translations:
+  stage: translations
+  needs: []
+  image: crowdin/cli:latest
+  script:
+    - if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA" = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ] || git diff --name-only "$CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA" "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" -- coreSubProjects/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang | grep -q .; then crowdin upload sources; fi
+    - crowdin download --export-only-approved --skip-untranslated-files
+    - for f in coreSubProjects/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/*.json; do [ -e "$f" ] || continue; sed -i 's/\\\\n/\\n/g' "$f"; n="$(basename "$f" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"; [ "$(basename "$f")" = "$n" ] || mv "$f" "$(dirname "$f")/$n"; done
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - coreSubProjects/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/**
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    when: always
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <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" />
+    <toRun name="distant-horizons [fabric:runClient]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <toRun name="distant-horizons [fabric:runServer]" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
    <method v="2" />
  </configuration>
 </component>
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="distant-horizons [cleanroom:runClient]" 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="cleanroom:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugDisabled>false</ExternalSystemDebugDisabled>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <GradleProfilingDisabled>false</GradleProfilingDisabled>
+    <GradleCoverageDisabled>false</GradleCoverageDisabled>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Below is a video demonstrating the system:

 <a href="https://youtu.be/SxQdbtjGEsc" target="_blank">![Distant Horizons - Alpha 2.0](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SxQdbtjGEsc/hqdefault.jpg)</a>

+## Translations
+
+[![Crowdin](https://badges.crowdin.net/distant-horizons/localized.svg)](https://crowdin.com/project/distant-horizons)\
+Crowdin Project: [Distant Horizons](https://crowdin.com/project/distant-horizons)\
+Guidelines: [translations.md](translations.md)
 <br>

 ## Source Code Installation
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ plugins {
 }

 forgix {
-    autoRun = true
    
    // add the mod loaders to the end of the jar
    // put together in the format: "a", "a-b", "a-b-c"
+    int loaderCount = 0;
    String modLoaders = "";
    ((String) gradle.builds_for)
        .split(",")
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ forgix {
            }
            
            modLoaders += loaderName;
+
+            loaderCount++;
        }
+
+    // run if there are multiple launchers that need merging
+    autoRun = (loaderCount > 1);
+    
    // merged jars are named in the format: 
    // "DistantHorizons-3.0.1-b-dev-26.1-fabric-neoforge.jar"
    archiveClassifier = modLoaders
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 import java.util.function.Function
 import java.util.function.Predicate
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

 // Convention plugin for all MC-facing subprojects (common + loaders).
 // Common uses this directly; loaders use it via unimined-fabric/forge/neoforge.
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ plugins {

 def isNotCommonProject = project.name != "common"

+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    evaluationDependsOn(":common")
+}

 // ==================== Version Properties ====================

@@ -121,6 +125,15 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
                'Multi-Release': true,
                'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain',
            )
+            if (project.name == "cleanroom") {
+                attributes(
+                    'ModType': 'CRL',
+                    'MixinConfigs': "${mod_id}.default.mixin.json,${mod_id}.mod.mixin.json",
+                    'FMLCorePlugin': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.DistantHorizonsLoadingPlugin',
+                    'FMLCorePluginContainsFMLMod': true,
+                    'FMLAT': "${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons_at.cfg"
+                )
+            }
        }
    }
 }
@@ -133,8 +146,14 @@ unimined.minecraft(sourceSets.main, true) {

    if (gradle.ext.minecraft_version.startsWith("1.")) { // 26.1+ doesn't use obfuscation
        mappings {
-            mojmap()
-            devNamespace "mojmap"
+            if(gradle.ext.minecraft_version.startsWith("1.12.2")){
+                mcp("stable", "39-1.12")
+            }
+            else{
+                mojmap()
+                devNamespace "mojmap"
+            }
+
        }
    }
 }
@@ -165,18 +184,23 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
        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/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+        if (gradle.ext.minecraft_version.equals("1.12.2")) {
+            cleanroom {
+                loader gradle.ext.cleanroom_loader_version
+                accessTransformer  project.file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons_at.cfg")
+            }
+        } else {
+            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")
@@ -346,12 +370,25 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
        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${File.separator}build") &&
-                !(shadowedPaths.contains(file.path) && !loaderPaths.contains(file.path))
+            if (project.name != "cleanroom") {
+                classpath = files(shadowJar.archiveFile) + classpath.filter { file ->
+                    file != shadowJar.archiveFile.get().asFile &&
+                        !file.path.contains(project.buildDir.path) &&
+                        !file.path.contains("core${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))
+                }
+            } else {
+                // For cleanroom, don't put shadow jar on app classpath.
+                // crl.dev.extrapath loads it via LaunchClassLoader instead.
+                classpath = 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
@@ -367,20 +404,28 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
            }
            runTask.jvmArgs = filteredArgs

-            // fix (Neo)forge debug running
-            doFirst {
-                def modsDir = rootProject.file("run/${isClient ? 'client' : 'server'}/mods")
-                modsDir.mkdirs()
+            if(project.name == "forge" 
+                || project.name == "neoforge" 
+                || project.name == "cleanroom") 
+            {
+                // fix (Neo)forge, Cleanroom debug running
+                doFirst {
+                    def modsDir = rootProject.file("run/${isClient ? 'client' : 'server'}/mods")
+                    modsDir.mkdirs()
                
-                // Remove any stale DH jars before copying the fresh one
-                modsDir.listFiles()?.each { file ->
-                    if (file.name.startsWith(rootProject.mod_name)) file.delete()
-                }
+                    // Remove any stale DH jars before copying the fresh one
+                    modsDir.listFiles()?.each({ file ->
+                        if (file.name.startsWith(rootProject.mod_name))
+                        {
+                            file.delete()
+                        }
+                    });
                
-                // Copy shadow jar into mods folder so (Neo)Forge discovers it properly
-                copy {
-                    from shadowJar.archiveFile
-                    into modsDir
+                    // Copy shadow jar into mods folder so (Neo)Forge discovers it properly
+                    copy {
+                        from shadowJar.archiveFile
+                        into modsDir
+                    }
                }
            }
            
@@ -418,6 +463,10 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
                
            }
        }
+        
+        tasks.downgradeJar.inputFile.set(tasks.named("remapJar").flatMap { it.archiveFile })
+        tasks.jar.finalizedBy(tasks.named("remapJar"))
+        tasks.named("remapJar").configure { finalizedBy(tasks.shadeDowngradedApi) }
    }
 }

@@ -429,16 +478,22 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
        def resourceTargets = [
            "build_info.json",
            "fabric.mod.json",
+            "mcmod.info",
            "quilt.mod.json",
            "META-INF/mods.toml",
            "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml",
        ]

-        def compatible_forgemc_versions = "${rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions}".replaceAll("\"", "").replaceAll("]", ",)")
+        // incoming format: `["26.2.0","26.2-alpha.9"]`
+        // outgoing format: `[26.2.0],[26.2-alpha.9]`
+        def compatible_forgemc_versions = "${rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions}"
+            .replaceAll("\",\"", "],[")
+            .replaceAll("\"", "")

        // Quilt contributors
        def quilt_contributors = []
        def mod_author_list = rootProject.mod_authors.replaceAll("\"", "").replace("[", "").replace("]", "").split(",")
+        def cleanroom_author_list = rootProject.mod_authors.replace('[', '').replace(']', '').split(',').collect({ it.trim().replace('"', '') }).join('", "')
        for (dev in mod_author_list) {
            quilt_contributors.push("\"${dev.strip()}\": \"Developer\"")
        }
@@ -456,9 +511,11 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {

        def replaceProperties = [
            version                      : rootProject.mod_version,
+            mod_id                       : rootProject.mod_id,
            mod_name                     : rootProject.mod_readable_name,
            group                        : rootProject.maven_group,
            authors                      : rootProject.mod_authors,
+            cleanroom_authors            : cleanroom_author_list,
            description                  : rootProject.mod_description,
            homepage                     : rootProject.mod_homepage,
            source                       : rootProject.mod_source,
@@ -476,6 +533,7 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
            fabric_incompatibility_list  : rootProject.fabric_incompatibility_list,
            fabric_recommend_list        : rootProject.fabric_recommend_list,
            neoforge_version_range       : rootProject.neoforge_version_range,
+            logo_path                    : "assets/distanthorizons/icon.png"
        ]

        inputs.properties replaceProperties
@@ -486,7 +544,7 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {

        // Remove unused access wideners
        exclude { file ->
-            if (file.name.contains(".distanthorizons.accesswidener") && file.name != "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener") {
+            if ((file.name.contains(".distanthorizons.accesswidener") && file.name != "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")) {
                return true
            }
            return false
@@ -506,6 +564,26 @@ if (isNotCommonProject) {
        from fileTree(project(":core").file("src/main/resources"))
        into project.file("build/resources/main")
    }
+    
+    tasks.register("convertJsonToLang") {
+        dependsOn(copyCoreResources)
+        
+        File input = project.file("build/resources/main/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json")
+        File output = project.file("build/resources/main/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.lang")
+        inputs.file(input)
+        outputs.file(output)
+        doLast {
+            output.withWriter("UTF-8") { writer ->
+                writer.writeLine("#PARSE_ESCAPES")
+                new JsonSlurper()
+                    .parse(input)
+                    .each { key, value ->
+                        def text = value.toString().replaceAll(/%(?!((\d+)\$)?s|%)/, "%%").replace("\n", "\\n")
+                        writer.writeLine("${key}=${text}")
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+    }


    // ==================== JVMDowngrader ====================
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    cleanroom {
+        loader gradle.ext.cleanroom_loader_version
+        useToolchains = false
+        accessTransformer project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons_at.cfg")
+        runs.all {
+            systemProperty("crl.dev.mixin", "${mod_id}.default.mixin.json,${mod_id}.mod.mixin.json")
+            systemProperty("fml.coreMods.load", "com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.DistantHorizonsLoadingPlugin")
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'unimined-cleanroom'
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Mod Dependency Helper ====================
+
+def addMod(path, enabled) {
+    if (enabled == "2")
+        dependencies { modImplementation(path) }
+    else if (enabled == "1")
+        dependencies { compileOnly(path) }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Dependencies ====================
+
+dependencies {
+  
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Tasks ====================
+
+task deleteResources(type: Delete) {
+    delete file("build/resources/main")
+}
+
+processResources {
+    rename '(.+_at.cfg)', 'META-INF/$1'
+    dependsOn(copyCoreResources)
+    dependsOn(convertJsonToLang)
+    // dependsOn(copyCommonLoaderResources)
+}
+
+tasks.named('runClient') {
+    dependsOn(copyCoreResources)
+    // dependsOn(copyCommonLoaderResources)
+    finalizedBy(deleteResources)
+}
+
+sourcesJar {
+    def commonSources = project(":common").sourcesJar
+    dependsOn commonSources
+    from commonSources.archiveFile.map { zipTree(it) }
+}
+
+
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util.ProxyUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+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.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+import net.minecraftforge.client.event.RenderGameOverlayEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerInteractEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.world.ChunkEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.world.WorldEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.gameevent.InputEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.gameevent.TickEvent;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService;
+
+public class CleanroomClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
+{
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	private static final CleanroomPluginPacketSender PACKET_SENDER = (CleanroomPluginPacketSender) SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IPluginPacketSender.class);
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static World GetEventLevel(WorldEvent e) { return e.getWorld(); }
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void registerEvents()
+	{
+		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
+		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(FMLCommonHandler.instance());
+		CleanroomPluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(ClientApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived);
+	}
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// chunk events //
+	//==============//
+	//region
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void rightClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickBlock event)
+	{
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
+		{
+			World level = event.getWorld();
+			
+			ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(level);
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(wrappedLevel, event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					Chunk chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void leftClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.LeftClickBlock event)
+	{
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
+		{
+			World level = event.getWorld();
+			
+			ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(level);
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(wrappedLevel, event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			AbstractExecutorService executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					Chunk chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void clientChunkLoadEvent(ChunkEvent.Load event)
+	{
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
+		{
+			ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
+			IChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), wrappedLevel);
+			SharedApi.INSTANCE.applyChunkUpdate(chunkWrapper, wrappedLevel);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// key bindings //
+	//==============//
+	//region
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void registerKeyBindings(InputEvent.KeyInputEvent event)
+	{
+	/*	if (Minecraft.getMinecraft().player == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		if (event.getAction() != GLFW.GLFW_PRESS)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		ClientApi.INSTANCE.keyPressedEvent(event.getKey());*/
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// rendering //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void afterLevelRenderEvent(TickEvent.RenderTickEvent event)
+	{
+		if (event.type.equals(TickEvent.RenderTickEvent.Type.RENDER))
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				// should generally only need to be set once per game session
+				// allows DH to render directly to Optifine's level frame buffer,
+				// allowing better shader support
+				MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.finalLevelFrameBufferId = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING);
+			}
+			catch (Exception | Error e)
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("Unexpected error in afterLevelRenderEvent: "+e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void onRenderOverlay(RenderGameOverlayEvent.Text event) 
+	{
+		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
+		if (event.isCanceled() 
+			|| !mc.gameSettings.showDebugInfo)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		F3Screen.addStringToDisplay(event.getRight());
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
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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.cleanroom;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.modAccessor.ModChecker;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands.CommandInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.InternalServerGenerator;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeChunkManager;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.*;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * Initialize and setup the Mod. <br>
+ * If you are looking for the real start of the mod
+ * check out the ClientProxy.
+ */
+@Mod(modid = ModInfo.ID, name = ModInfo.NAME, version = ModInfo.VERSION)
+public class CleanroomMain extends AbstractModInitializer
+{
+	@Mod.Instance
+	public static CleanroomMain instance;
+	
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void preinit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event)
+	{
+		Configurator.setLevel("org.sqlite", Level.INFO);
+		ForgeChunkManager.setForcedChunkLoadingCallback(CleanroomMain.instance, (tickets, world) -> { });	
+	}
+	
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
+	{
+		if (FMLCommonHandler.instance().getEffectiveSide().isClient())
+		{
+			this.onInitializeClient();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.onInitializeServer();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void createInitialSharedBindings()
+	{
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IPluginPacketSender.class, new CleanroomPluginPacketSender());
+	}
+	@Override
+	protected void createInitialClientBindings() { /* no additional setup needed currently */ }
+	
+	@Override
+	protected IEventProxy createClientProxy() { return new CleanroomClientProxy(); }
+	
+	@Override
+	protected IEventProxy createServerProxy(boolean isDedicated) { return new CleanroomServerProxy(isDedicated); }
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void initializeModCompat()
+	{
+		
+	}
+	
+/*	@Override
+	protected void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler)
+	{ MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((RegisterCommandsEvent e) -> { eventHandler.accept(e.getDispatcher()); }); }*/
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void subscribeClientStartedEvent(Runnable eventHandler)
+	{
+		// Just run the event handler, since there are no proper ClientLifecycleEvent for the client 
+		// to signify readiness other than FmlClientSetupEvent
+		eventHandler.run();
+	}
+	
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void onServerStarting(FMLServerStartingEvent event)
+	{
+		event.registerServerCommand(CommandInitializer.initCommands());
+	}
+	
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void onServerAboutToStart(FMLServerAboutToStartEvent event)
+	{
+		if (eventHandlerStartServer != null)
+		{
+			eventHandlerStartServer.accept(event.getServer());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandlerStartServer;
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void subscribeServerStartingEvent(Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandler)
+	{
+		eventHandlerStartServer = eventHandler;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void runDelayedSetup() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.runDelayedSetup(); }
+	
+	// ServerWorldLoadEvent
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void dedicatedWorldLoadEvent(FMLServerAboutToStartEvent event)
+	{
+		ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLoadEvent(event.getServer().isDedicatedServer());
+	}
+	
+	// ServerWorldUnloadEvent
+	@Mod.EventHandler
+	public void serverWorldUnloadEvent(FMLServerStoppingEvent event)
+	{
+		ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverUnloadEvent();
+	}
+}
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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.cleanroom;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.IMessage;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.IMessageHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.MessageContext;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.simpleimpl.SimpleNetworkWrapper;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
+
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class CleanroomPluginPacketSender extends AbstractPluginPacketSender
+{
+	public static final SimpleNetworkWrapper PLUGIN_CHANNEL =
+		NetworkRegistry.INSTANCE.newSimpleChannel(
+			AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE
+		);
+	
+	
+	
+	public static void setPacketHandler(Consumer<AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{ setPacketHandler((player, message) -> consumer.accept(message)); }
+	static BiConsumer<IServerPlayerWrapper, AbstractNetworkMessage> consumerPacket;
+	public static void setPacketHandler(BiConsumer<IServerPlayerWrapper, AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.registerMessage(MessageWrapper.Handler.class, MessageWrapper.class, 0, Side.CLIENT);
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.registerMessage(MessageWrapper.Handler.class, MessageWrapper.class, 0, Side.SERVER);
+		consumerPacket = consumer;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{ PLUGIN_CHANNEL.sendToServer(new MessageWrapper(message)); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToClient(EntityPlayerMP serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{ PLUGIN_CHANNEL.sendTo(new MessageWrapper(message), serverPlayer); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	// Forge doesn't support using abstract classes
+	@SuppressWarnings({"ClassCanBeRecord", "RedundantSuppression"})
+	public static class MessageWrapper implements IMessage
+	{
+		public AbstractNetworkMessage message;
+		
+		
+		//=============//
+		// constructor //
+		//=============//
+		//region
+		
+		public MessageWrapper(AbstractNetworkMessage message) { this.message = message; }
+		
+		public MessageWrapper()
+		{
+			// For reflection
+		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		@Override
+		public void fromBytes(ByteBuf buf) 
+		{
+			int messageId = buf.readByte();
+			message = MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.createMessage(messageId);
+			message.decode(buf);
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public void toBytes(ByteBuf buf) 
+		{
+			buf.writeByte(MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.getMessageId(message));
+			message.encode(buf);
+		}
+		
+		public static class Handler implements IMessageHandler<MessageWrapper, IMessage>
+		{
+			@Override
+			public IMessage onMessage(MessageWrapper wrapper, MessageContext context) 
+			{
+				if (wrapper.message != null)
+				{
+					if (context.side == Side.SERVER)
+					{
+						consumerPacket.accept(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(context.getServerHandler().player), wrapper.message);
+					}
+					else 
+					{
+						consumerPacket.accept(null, wrapper.message);
+					}
+				}
+				
+				return null; // No response needed
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
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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.cleanroom;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands.CommandInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.MixinChunkMapCommon;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util.ProxyUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.InternalServerGenerator;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+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.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeChunkManager;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.world.ChunkDataEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.world.ChunkEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.world.WorldEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLServerAboutToStartEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLServerStartingEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLServerStoppingEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.gameevent.PlayerEvent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.CleanroomMain.instance;
+
+public class CleanroomServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
+{
+	private static final CleanroomPluginPacketSender PACKET_SENDER = (CleanroomPluginPacketSender) SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IPluginPacketSender.class);
+	private static World GetEventLevel(WorldEvent e) { return e.getWorld(); }
+	
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	private final ServerApi serverApi = ServerApi.INSTANCE;
+	private final boolean isDedicated;
+	
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void registerEvents()
+	{
+		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
+		FMLCommonHandler.instance().bus().register(this);
+		if (this.isDedicated)
+		{
+			PACKET_SENDER.setPacketHandler(ServerApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public CleanroomServerProxy(boolean isDedicated) { this.isDedicated = isDedicated; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// events //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	// ServerLevelLoadEvent
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void serverLevelLoadEvent(WorldEvent.Load event)
+	{
+		if (GetEventLevel(event) instanceof WorldServer)
+		{
+			this.serverApi.serverLevelLoadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper((WorldServer) GetEventLevel(event)));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// ServerLevelUnloadEvent
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void serverLevelUnloadEvent(WorldEvent.Unload event)
+	{
+		if (GetEventLevel(event) instanceof WorldServer)
+		{
+			this.serverApi.serverLevelUnloadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper((WorldServer) GetEventLevel(event)));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void serverChunkLoadEvent(ChunkEvent.Load event)
+	{
+		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
+		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), levelWrapper);
+		this.serverApi.serverChunkLoadEvent(chunk, levelWrapper);
+	}
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void serverChunkSaveEvent(ChunkDataEvent.Save event)
+	{
+		if (event.getWorld() instanceof WorldServer worldServer && event.getChunk().dirty)
+		{
+			MixinChunkMapCommon.onChunkSave(worldServer, event.getChunk());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerLoggedInEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event)
+	{ this.serverApi.serverPlayerJoinEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerLoggedOutEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedOutEvent event)
+	{ this.serverApi.serverPlayerDisconnectEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerChangedDimensionEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerChangedDimensionEvent event)
+	{
+		this.serverApi.serverPlayerLevelChangeEvent(
+			getServerPlayerWrapper(event),
+			getServerLevelWrapper(event.fromDim, event),
+			getServerLevelWrapper(event.toDim, event)
+		);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(WorldServer level) { return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level); }
+	
+	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(int dimensionId, PlayerEvent event)
+	{
+		MinecraftServer server = event.player.getServer();
+		if (server == null)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("getServerLevelWrapper: server is null for player {}", event.player.getName());
+			return null;
+		}
+		return getServerLevelWrapper(server.getWorld(dimensionId));
+	}
+	
+	private static ServerPlayerWrapper getServerPlayerWrapper(PlayerEvent event)
+	{ return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper((EntityPlayerMP) event.player); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom;
+
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.extensibility.IMixinConfigPlugin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.extensibility.IMixinInfo;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class DistantHorizonsConfigPlugin implements IMixinConfigPlugin
+{
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onLoad(String mixinPackage)
+	{ }
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean shouldApplyMixin(String targetClassName, String mixinClassName)
+	{
+/*		return switch (mixinClassName.split("\\.")[5]) {
+			case "mist" -> Loader.isModLoaded("mist");
+			default -> true;	
+		};*/
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	@Override public String getRefMapperConfig() { return null; }
+	@Override public void acceptTargets(Set<String> myTargets, Set<String> otherTargets) { }
+	@Override public List<String> getMixins() { return null; }
+	@Override public void preApply(String targetClassName, ClassNode classNode, String mixinClassName, IMixinInfo mixinInfo) { }
+	@Override public void postApply(String targetClassName, ClassNode classNode, String mixinClassName, IMixinInfo mixinInfo) { }
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom;
+
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.IFMLLoadingPlugin;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DistantHorizonsLoadingPlugin implements IFMLLoadingPlugin
+{
+	@Override
+	public @Nullable String[] getASMTransformerClass()
+	{
+		return new String[0];
+	}
+	@Override
+	public @Nullable String getModContainerClass()
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public @Nullable String getSetupClass()
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public void injectData(Map<String, Object> data) { }
+	@Override
+	public @Nullable String getAccessTransformerClass()
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.mixins.client;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.MixinVanillaFogCommon;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.EntityRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.DynamicTexture;
+import net.minecraft.init.MobEffects;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(EntityRenderer.class)
+public class MixinEntityRenderer
+{
+	@Shadow
+	@Final
+	private DynamicTexture lightmapTexture;
+	
+	@Shadow @Final private Minecraft mc;
+	@Shadow @Final private static Logger LOGGER;
+	private static final float A_REALLY_REALLY_BIG_VALUE = 420694206942069.F;
+	private static final float A_EVEN_LARGER_VALUE = 42069420694206942069.F;
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("TAIL"), method = "updateLightmap")
+	public void onUpdateLightmap(float patrialTicks, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		IMinecraftClientWrapper mc = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+		if (mc == null || mc.getWrappedClientLevel() == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		MinecraftRenderWrapper renderWrapper = (MinecraftRenderWrapper)SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+		renderWrapper.setLightmapId(lightmapTexture.getGlTextureId());
+	}
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setupFog")
+	private void disableSetupFog(int startCoords, float partialTicks, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		boolean cancelFog = MixinVanillaFogCommon.cancelFog(startCoords, mc);
+		if (cancelFog)
+		{
+			GlStateManager.setFogStart(A_REALLY_REALLY_BIG_VALUE);
+			GlStateManager.setFogEnd(A_EVEN_LARGER_VALUE);
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.vanillaFogEnabled = false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.vanillaFogEnabled = true;
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.mixins.client;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.DhUpdateScreenBase;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(Minecraft.class)
+public class MixinMinecraft
+{
+	
+	@Inject(method = "init", at = @At("TAIL"))
+	private void onInit(CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		if(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableAutoUpdater.get() && !ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD) // weird lib class not found error can occur if we don't check if we are in dev
+		{
+			DhUpdateScreenBase.tryShowUpdateScreenAndRunAutoUpdateStartup(null);
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.mixins.client;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import net.minecraft.client.network.NetHandlerPlayClient;
+import net.minecraft.network.play.server.SPacketJoinGame;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.ITextComponent;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(NetHandlerPlayClient.class)
+public class MixinNetHandlerPlayClient
+{
+	@Inject(method = "handleJoinGame", at = @At("RETURN"))
+	private void onHandleJoinGameEnd(SPacketJoinGame packet, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyConnected();
+	}
+	
+	@Inject(method = "onDisconnect", at = @At("RETURN"))
+	private void onDisconnect(ITextComponent reason, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyDisconnected();
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.mixins.client;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GetConfigScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.TexturedButtonWidget;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiButton;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiOptions;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiScreen;
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Adds a button to the menu to goto the config
+ *
+ * @author coolGi
+ * @version 12-02-2021
+ */
+@Mixin(GuiOptions.class)
+public class MixinOptionsScreen extends GuiScreen
+{
+	// Get the texture for the button
+	@Unique private static final ResourceLocation ICON_TEXTURE = new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/button.png");
+
+    @Unique private static final int button_id = 99;
+
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "initGui")
+	private void lodconfig$init(CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		if (Config.Client.showDhOptionsButtonInMinecraftUi.get())
+			this.buttonList.add(
+					(new TexturedButtonWidget(
+							button_id,
+							// Where the button is on the screen
+							this.width / 2 - 180, this.height / 6 - 12,
+							// Width and height of the button
+							20, 20,
+							// Offset
+							0, 0,
+							// Some textuary stuff
+							20, ICON_TEXTURE, 20, 40,
+							// Create the button and tell it where to go
+							// For now it goes to the client option by default
+							// Add a title to the button
+							ModInfo.ID + ".title")));
+
+	}
+
+    @Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "actionPerformed", cancellable = true)
+    private void lodconfig$actionPerformed(GuiButton button, CallbackInfo ci)
+    {
+        if (button.id == button_id)
+        {
+            Minecraft.getMinecraft().displayGuiScreen(GetConfigScreen.getScreen(this));
+            ci.cancel();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.mixins.client;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderGlobal;
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockRenderLayer;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+@Mixin(RenderGlobal.class)
+public class MixinRenderGlobal
+{
+	@Shadow private WorldClient world;
+
+	@Inject(method = "renderBlockLayer(Lnet/minecraft/util/BlockRenderLayer;DILnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;)I", at = @At("HEAD"))
+	private void renderChunkLayer(BlockRenderLayer blockLayerIn, double partialTicks, int pass, Entity entityIn, CallbackInfoReturnable<Integer> cir)
+	{
+		if (blockLayerIn == BlockRenderLayer.SOLID)
+		{
+			float[] mcProjMatrixRaw = new float[16];
+			GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX, mcProjMatrixRaw);
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix = new DhMat4f(mcProjMatrixRaw);
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcProjectionMatrix.transpose();
+			
+			float[] mcModelViewRaw = new float[16];
+			GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, mcModelViewRaw);
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix = new DhMat4f(mcModelViewRaw);
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.mcModelViewMatrix.transpose();
+			
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.partialTickTime = (float) partialTicks;
+			ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapperIfDifferent(ClientApi.RENDER_STATE.clientLevelWrapper, this.world);
+			
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.renderLods();
+			
+			//Some 1.12.2 rendering mods breaks if we don't unbind buffers
+			GL32.glBindVertexArray(0);
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+			GL32.glUseProgram(0);
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.mixins.common;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.storage.ThreadedFileIOBase;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
+
+@Mixin(ThreadedFileIOBase.class)
+public class MixinThreadedFileIOBase
+{
+	@Redirect(method = "processQueue", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/lang/Thread;sleep(J)V"))
+	private void reduceSleep(long millis) throws InterruptedException
+	{
+		// 0ms between chunks, 5ms when idle
+		Thread.sleep(millis == 25L ? 5L : 0L);
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ITeleporter;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+@Mixin(EntityPlayerMP.class)
+public abstract class MixinEntityPlayerMP implements IMixinServerPlayer
+{
+	@Shadow 
+	@Final
+	public MinecraftServer server;
+	
+	@Unique
+	@Nullable
+	private volatile WorldServer distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination;
+	
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public WorldServer distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination()
+	{ return this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "changeDimension(ILnet/minecraftforge/common/util/ITeleporter;)Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;")
+	public void setDimensionChangeDestination(int destinationDimensionID, ITeleporter teleporter, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = this.server.getWorld(destinationDimensionID); }
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "clearInvulnerableDimensionChange")
+	public void clearDimensionChangeDestination(CallbackInfo ci)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = null; }
+	
+	
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *    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.cleanroom.modAccessor;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.ModContainer;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class ModChecker implements IModChecker
+{
+	public static final ModChecker INSTANCE = new ModChecker();
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isModLoaded(String modid)
+	{
+		return Loader.isModLoaded(modid);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public File modLocation(String modid)
+	{
+		Stream<ModContainer> foundStream = Loader.instance().getModList().stream().filter(x -> x.getModId().equals(modid));
+		Optional<ModContainer> container = foundStream.findFirst();
+		if (!container.isPresent())
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException("Mod not found: " + modid);
+		}
+		return container.get().getSource();
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "required": true,
+  "package": "com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.mixins",
+  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_8",
+  "target": "@env(DEFAULT)",
+  "mixins": [
+    "common.MixinThreadedFileIOBase"
+  ],
+  "minVersion": "0.8.7",
+  "server": [
+    "server.MixinEntityPlayerMP"
+  ],
+  "client": [
+    "client.MixinEntityRenderer",
+    "client.MixinMinecraft",
+    "client.MixinNetHandlerPlayClient",
+    "client.MixinOptionsScreen",
+    "client.MixinRenderGlobal"
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "required": false,
+    "package": "com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.mixins.mod",
+    "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_8",
+    "target": "@env(MOD)",
+    "mixins": [],
+    "minVersion": "0.8.7",
+    "plugin": "com.seibel.distanthorizons.cleanroom.DistantHorizonsConfigPlugin",
+    "client": [
+    ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[{
+    "modid": "${mod_id}",
+    "name": "${mod_name}",
+    "version": "${version}",
+    "mcversion": "1.12.2",
+    "description": "${description}",
+    "authorList": ["${cleanroom_authors}"],
+    "credits": "",
+    "url": "",
+    "updateJSON": "",
+    "logoFile": "${logo_path}"
+}]
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"pack": {
+		"description": "${mod_name} Resources",
+		"pack_format": 3
+	}
+}
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;

-import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiMcRenderingFadeMode;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode;
 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.MinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.Initializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModAccesso
 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;
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;

+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
+import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+#endif
+
 /**
 * Base for all mod loader initializers 
 * and handles most setup. 
@@ -62,7 +68,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 	protected abstract IEventProxy createServerProxy(boolean isDedicated);
 	protected abstract void initializeModCompat();
 	
+	#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 	protected abstract void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler);
+	#endif
 	
 	protected abstract void subscribeClientStartedEvent(Runnable eventHandler);
 	protected abstract void subscribeServerStartingEvent(Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandler);
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		// Client uses config for auto-updater, so it's initialized here instead of post-init stage
 		this.initConfig();
 		logIncompatibilityWarnings(); // needs to be called after config loading
+		setUnsupportedConfigsBasedOnMcVersion();
 		Initializer.postConfigInit();
 		
 		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " client Initialized.");
@@ -130,8 +139,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		this.initializeModCompat();
 		
 		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server Initialized, adding event subscribers...");
+		#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 		this.commandInitializer = new CommandInitializer();
 		this.subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(dispatcher -> { this.commandInitializer.initCommands(dispatcher); });
+		#endif
 		
 		this.subscribeServerStartingEvent(server -> 
 		{
@@ -141,11 +152,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 			Initializer.postConfigInit();
 			this.postInit();
 			this.postServerInit();
+			#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 			this.commandInitializer.onServerReady();
+			#endif
 			
 			this.checkForUpdates();
 			
-			LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server Initialized at " + server.getServerDirectory());
+			String serverFolderPath;
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			serverFolderPath = server.getDataDirectory() + "";
+			#else
+			serverFolderPath = server.getServerDirectory() + "";
+			#endif
+			
+			LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " server Initialized at " + serverFolderPath);
 		});
 	}
 	
@@ -245,6 +265,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
+				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, e.getMessage(), "ok", "error");
+				MinecraftClientWrapper.INSTANCE.crashMinecraft(e.getMessage(), e);
 				future.completeExceptionally(e);
 			}
 			finally
@@ -368,17 +390,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		if (iris != null)
 		{
 			// get the currently selected rendering API
-			EDhApiRenderApi renderApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
-			if (renderApi == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
+			EDhApiRenderingEngine renderApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.get();
+			if (renderApi == EDhApiRenderingEngine.AUTO)
 			{
 				IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
-				renderApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
+				renderApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingEngine();
 			}
 			
 			// Iris only supports native OpenGL
-			if (renderApi != EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL)
+			if (renderApi != EDhApiRenderingEngine.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 the DH config file.";
+				String irisUnsupportedMessage = "Iris doesn't support DH when using the ["+ EDhApiRenderingEngine.BLAZE_3D+"] rendering engine, this will need to be fixed on Iris end. As a temporary fix please change the rendering engine to ["+ EDhApiRenderingEngine.OPEN_GL+"] in the DH config file.";
 				LOGGER.fatal(irisUnsupportedMessage);
 				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, irisUnsupportedMessage, "ok", "error");
 				
@@ -393,6 +415,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Some Minecraft versions don't support all
+	 * DH options.
+	 * In that case we need to override what options are available.
+	 */
+	private static void setUnsupportedConfigsBasedOnMcVersion()
+	{
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.setMcVersionOverrideValue(EDhApiRenderingEngine.OPEN_GL);
+		Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.vanillaFadeMode.setMcVersionOverrideValue(EDhApiMcRenderingFadeMode.NONE);
+		Config.Common.WorldGenerator.distantGeneratorMode.setMcVersionOverrideValue(EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode.INTERNAL_SERVER);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+		Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.setMcVersionOverrideValue(EDhApiRenderingEngine.OPEN_GL);
+		#else
+		#endif
+	}
+	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
@@ -12,10 +12,17 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSende
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraft.network.PacketBuffer;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+#endif

-#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
@@ -30,7 +37,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginPacketSender implements IPluginPacketSender
 			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logNetworkEventToFile)
 			.build();
 	
-	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_6
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static final String WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE + ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH;
+	#elif 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);
@@ -52,14 +61,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginPacketSender implements IPluginPacketSender
 	@Override
 	public final void sendToClient(IServerPlayerWrapper serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		this.sendToClient((EntityPlayerMP) serverPlayer.getWrappedMcObject(), message);
+		#else
 		this.sendToClient((ServerPlayer) serverPlayer.getWrappedMcObject(), message);
+		#endif
 	}
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public abstract void sendToClient(EntityPlayerMP serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	#else
 	public abstract void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	#endif
+	
 	
 	@Override
 	public abstract void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message);
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public AbstractNetworkMessage decodeMessage(PacketBuffer in)
+	#else
 	public AbstractNetworkMessage decodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf in)
+	#endif
 	{
 		AbstractNetworkMessage message = null;
 		
@@ -100,7 +123,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginPacketSender implements IPluginPacketSender
 		}
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public void encodeMessage(PacketBuffer out, AbstractNetworkMessage message) 
+	#else 
 	public void encodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf out, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// This is intentionally unhandled, because errors related to this are unlikely to appear in wild
 		Objects.requireNonNull(message);
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+public abstract class AbstractCommand {}
+
+#else
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
@@ -100,3 +104,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractCommand
 	}
 	
 }
+#endif
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;
-
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.AbstractConfigBase;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+import net.minecraft.command.CommandBase;
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommand;
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommandSender;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+#else
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+#endif
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 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
@@ -25,6 +39,70 @@ public class CommandInitializer
 	#endif
 	
 	
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static ICommand initCommands()
+	{
+		return new CommandBase()
+		{
+			@Override
+			public String getName() { return "dh"; }
+			
+			@Override
+			public String getUsage(ICommandSender sender) { return "/dh <debug|config|pregen>"; }
+			
+			@Override
+			public void execute(MinecraftServer server, ICommandSender sender, String[] args)
+			{
+				if (args.length == 0)
+				{
+					if (DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE)
+					{
+						sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh <debug|config|crash|pregen>"));
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh <debug|config|pregen"));
+					}
+					return;
+				}
+				
+				switch (args[0])
+				{
+					case "debug":
+						DebugCommand debugCommand = new DebugCommand();
+						debugCommand.execute(sender);
+						break;
+					case "config":
+						ConfigCommand configCommand = new ConfigCommand();
+						configCommand.execute(sender, args);
+						break;
+					case "crash":
+						if (DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE)
+						{
+							CrashCommand crashCommand = new CrashCommand();
+							crashCommand.execute(sender, args);
+						}
+						break;
+					case "pregen":
+						if (!server.isDedicatedServer())
+						{
+							sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Pregen command is only available on dedicated servers"));
+							break;
+						}
+						PregenCommand pregenCommand = new PregenCommand();
+						pregenCommand.execute(server, sender, args);
+						break;
+					default:
+						sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Unknown subcommand: " + args[0]));
+				}
+			}
+		};
+		
+	}
+	
+	#else
+	
 	/**
 	 * A received command dispatcher, which is held until the server is ready to initialize the commands.
 	 */
@@ -80,5 +158,5 @@ public class CommandInitializer
 		
 		commandDispatcher.register(builder);
 	}
-	
+	#endif
 }
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 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;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommandSender;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+#else
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.*;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;

+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;
+#endif
+
+
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -16,16 +28,75 @@ 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
 {
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+	private static void setConfigValue(ConfigEntry<?> configEntry, String value)
+	{
+		Class<?> type = configEntry.getType();
+		
+		if (type == Boolean.class)       ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Boolean.parseBoolean(value));
+		else if (type == Integer.class)  ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Integer.parseInt(value));
+		else if (type == Double.class)   ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Double.parseDouble(value));
+		else if (type == Float.class)    ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Float.parseFloat(value));
+		else if (type == Long.class)     ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Long.parseLong(value));
+		else if (type == String.class)   ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(value);
+		else if (type.isEnum())          ((ConfigEntry) configEntry).set(Enum.valueOf((Class<Enum>) type, value));
+		else throw new RuntimeException("Unsupported config type: " + type.getSimpleName());
+	}
+	public void execute(ICommandSender sender, String[] args)
+	{
+		if (args.length < 2)
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh config <name> [value]"));
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		String configName = args[1];
+		AbstractConfigBase<?> found = null;
+		for (AbstractConfigBase<?> entry : ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configBaseList)
+		{
+			if (entry instanceof ConfigEntry && configName.equals(((ConfigEntry<?>) entry).getChatCommandName()))
+			{
+				found = entry;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (found == null)
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Unknown config: " + configName));
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		ConfigEntry<?> configEntry = (ConfigEntry<?>) found;
+		if (args.length == 2)
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Current value of " + configName + " is " + configEntry.get()));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			String value = args[2];
+			try
+			{
+				setConfigValue(configEntry, value);
+				sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Changed " + configName + " to " + value));
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Invalid value: " + value));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	#else
+	
 	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),
@@ -150,5 +221,6 @@ public class ConfigCommand extends AbstractCommand
 		}
 		
 	}
+	#endif
 	
-}
+}
@@ -1,15 +1,60 @@
 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;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommandSender;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;

 import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+#endif
+

 public class CrashCommand extends AbstractCommand
 {
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public void execute(ICommandSender sender, String[] args)
+	{
+		if (!(sender instanceof EntityPlayerMP))
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("This command can only be run by a player"));
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if (args.length < 2)
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh crash <encode|decode>"));
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if (SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld() == null) return;
+		
+		ServerPlayerState serverPlayerState = SharedApi.tryGetDhServerWorld()
+			.getServerPlayerStateManager()
+			.getConnectedPlayer(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper((EntityPlayerMP) sender));
+		
+		if (serverPlayerState == null) return;
+		
+		switch (args[1])
+		{
+			case "encode":
+				serverPlayerState.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.ENCODE));
+				break;
+			case "decode":
+				serverPlayerState.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.DECODE));
+				break;
+			default:
+				sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh crash <encode|decode>"));
+		}
+	}
+	#else
 	@Override
 	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
 	{
@@ -40,5 +85,6 @@ public class CrashCommand extends AbstractCommand
 							return 1;
 						}));
 	}
+	#endif
 	
 }
@@ -1,25 +1,44 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands;

-import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommandSender;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+#else
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;

+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+#endif
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;

-import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;

 public class DebugCommand extends AbstractCommand
 {
+	private static String getDebugString()
+	{
+		List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
+		F3Screen.addStringToDisplay(lines);
+		return String.join("\n", lines);
+	}
+	
+	#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 	@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);
-				});
+      return literal("debug")
+            .executes(c -> {
+                return this.sendSuccessResponse(c, getDebugString(), false);
+            });
 	}
+	#else
+	public void execute(ICommandSender sender)
+	{
+		sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString(getDebugString()));
+	}
+	#endif
 	
 }
@@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
 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;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.command.ICommandSender;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+#else
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException;
 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;
+#endif
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+

 public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 {
@@ -31,6 +40,101 @@ public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 		return world.getPregenManager();
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public void execute(MinecraftServer server, ICommandSender sender, String[] args)
+	{
+		if (args.length < 2)
+		{
+			sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh pregen <status|start|stop>"));
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		switch (args[1])
+		{
+			case "status":
+			{
+				String statusString = this.getPregenManager().getStatusString();
+				sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString(
+					statusString != null ? statusString : "Pregen is not running"));
+				break;
+			}
+			case "start":
+			{
+				if (args.length < 5)
+				{
+					sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Usage: /dh pregen start <dimension> <x> <z> <chunkRadius>"));
+					return;
+				}
+				
+				try
+				{
+					String dimensionName = args[2];
+					int x = Integer.parseInt(args[3]);
+					int z = Integer.parseInt(args[4]);
+					int chunkRadius = args.length >= 6 ? Integer.parseInt(args[5]) : 32;
+					
+					// find the world by dimension name
+					WorldServer world = null;
+					for (WorldServer w : server.worlds)
+					{
+						if (w.provider.getDimensionType().getName().equals(dimensionName))
+						{
+							world = w;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					
+					if (world == null)
+					{
+						sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Unknown dimension: " + dimensionName));
+						return;
+					}
+					
+					sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Starting pregen. Progress will be in the server console."));
+					
+					final ICommandSender finalSender = sender;
+					CompletableFuture<Void> future = this.getPregenManager().startPregen(
+						ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(world),
+						new DhBlockPos2D(x, z),
+						chunkRadius
+					);
+					
+					future.whenComplete((result, throwable) -> {
+						if (throwable instanceof CancellationException)
+						{
+							finalSender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Pregen is cancelled"));
+							return;
+						}
+						else if (throwable != null)
+						{
+							finalSender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Pregen failed: " + throwable.getMessage()));
+							return;
+						}
+						finalSender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Pregen is complete"));
+					});
+				}
+				catch (NumberFormatException e)
+				{
+					sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Invalid number format"));
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+			case "stop":
+			{
+				CompletableFuture<Void> runningPregen = this.getPregenManager().getRunningPregen();
+				if (runningPregen == null)
+				{
+					sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Pregen is not running"));
+					return;
+				}
+				runningPregen.cancel(true);
+				break;
+			}
+			default:
+				sender.sendMessage(new TextComponentString("Unknown subcommand: " + args[1]));
+		}
+	}
+    #else
 	@Override
 	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
 	{
@@ -110,5 +214,5 @@ public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 		runningPregen.cancel(true);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	
+	#endif
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiUpdateBranch;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.DhScreenUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.updater.UpdateModScreen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
@@ -9,19 +10,25 @@ 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.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiMainMenu;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.TitleScreen;
-
+#endif
 import java.util.ArrayList;

 public class DhUpdateScreenBase
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
+	#else
 	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getInstance();
-	
-	
+	#endif
 	
 	public static void tryShowUpdateScreenAndRunAutoUpdateStartup(Runnable runnable)
 	{
@@ -31,12 +38,6 @@ public class DhUpdateScreenBase
 		{
 			return;
 		}
-
-		if (!Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableAutoUpdater.get())
-		{
-			LOGGER.info("Auto update disabled, ignoring new version...");
-			return;
-		}
 		
 		
 		runnable = () ->
@@ -68,19 +69,31 @@ public class DhUpdateScreenBase
 			}
 			
 			
-			try
+			// running on the render thread is required since setting the MC screen may trigger
+			// before its allowed, silently failing
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Update Screen", () -> 
 			{
-				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()+"].");
-			}
+				try
+				{
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					DhScreenUtil.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
+						new GuiMainMenu(),
+						versionId
+					));
+					#else
+					DhScreenUtil.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
+						new TitleScreen(false),
+						versionId
+					));
+					#endif
+				}
+				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.error("Unable to show DH update screen, reason: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
+				}
+			});
 		};
 		runnable.run();
 	}
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ 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;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ProtoChunk;
+#endif
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;

 public class MixinChunkMapCommon
 {
-	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static void onChunkSave(WorldServer level, Chunk chunk)
+	#else
 	public static void onChunkSave(ServerLevel level, ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
+	#endif
 	{
 		IServerLevelWrapper levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
 		
@@ -37,7 +45,7 @@ public class MixinChunkMapCommon
 		
 		
 		// is this chunk being saved to disk?
-		boolean savingChunkToDisk = ci.getReturnValue();
+		boolean savingChunkToDisk = #if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 true #else ci.getReturnValue() #endif;
 		// true means a chunk was saved to disk
 		if (!savingChunkToDisk)
 		{
@@ -50,7 +58,12 @@ public class MixinChunkMapCommon
 		
 		// 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 MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		if (!chunk.isTerrainPopulated() || !chunk.isLightPopulated())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.getUpgradeData() != null || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
 		{
 			return;
@@ -67,7 +80,12 @@ public class MixinChunkMapCommon
 		// 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 MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		if (chunk. getBiomeArray() == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		if (chunk.getBiomes() == null)
 		{
 			return;
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;
+
+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.modAccessor.AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3d;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+
+public class MixinImmersivePortalsRenderStatesCommon
+{
+	/**
+	 * Used to access variables that will change when rendering
+	 * different levels with Immersive Portals 
+	 * (ie player/camera position level reference)
+	 * but that we only want for the loaded level.
+	 */
+	public static void saveVolatileOriginals()
+	{
+		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
+		
+		AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualLevel = mc.level;
+		
+		
+		// clear everything if the player is missing
+		// (ie the world hasn't loaded yet)
+		if (mc.player == null) 
+		{
+			AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualBlockPos = null;
+			AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualChunkPos = null;
+			AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualCameraPos = null;
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// player block pos
+		BlockPos playerBlockPos = mc.player.blockPosition();
+		AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualBlockPos = new DhBlockPos(playerBlockPos.getX(), playerBlockPos.getY(), playerBlockPos.getZ());
+		
+		// player chunk pos
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+        ChunkPos playerChunkPos = new ChunkPos(mc.player.blockPosition());
+        #else
+		ChunkPos playerChunkPos = mc.player.chunkPosition();
+        #endif
+		AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(playerChunkPos);
+		
+		// camera pos
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+		Vec3 cameraPos = mc.gameRenderer.getMainCamera().getPosition();
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		Vec3 cameraPos = mc.gameRenderer.getMainCamera().position();
+		#else
+		Vec3 cameraPos = mc.gameRenderer.mainCamera().position();
+		#endif
+		AbstractImmersivePortalsAccessorCommon.actualCameraPos = new DhVec3d(cameraPos.x(), cameraPos.y(), cameraPos.z());
+	}
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -7,21 +7,26 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IImmersivePortalsAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;

 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
 import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffects;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
+#endif

-
-import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
-import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffects;
-import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
-import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
-
-#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.entity.EntityPlayerSP;
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.init.MobEffects;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraftforge.fluids.IFluidBlock;
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+#elif MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FluidState;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer.FogMode;
@@ -51,38 +56,58 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FogType;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.fog.FogRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.fog.FogData;
+
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.Operation;
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.WrapOperation;
 #endif


 public class MixinVanillaFogCommon
 {
 	
-	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static boolean cancelFog(int startCoords, Minecraft mc)
+	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
 	public static boolean cancelFog(Camera camera, FogRenderer.FogMode fogMode)
 	#else
 	public static boolean cancelFog()
 	#endif
 	{
 		
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		EntityPlayerSP entity = mc.player;
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
 		Entity entity = camera.getEntity();
 		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 		Camera camera = Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
 		Entity entity = camera.getEntity();
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 		Camera camera = Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
 		Entity entity = camera.entity();	
+		#else
+		Camera camera = Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.mainCamera();
+		Entity entity = camera.entity();	
 		#endif
 		
-		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		boolean cameraNotInFluid = cameraNotInFluid(mc);
+		#else
 		boolean cameraNotInFluid = cameraNotInFluid(camera);
+		#endif
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		boolean isSpecialFog = entity.isPotionActive(MobEffects.BLINDNESS);
+		#else
 		boolean isSpecialFog = (entity instanceof LivingEntity) && ((LivingEntity) entity).hasEffect(MobEffects.BLINDNESS);
+		#endif
 		
 		boolean cancelFog = !isSpecialFog;
 		cancelFog = cancelFog && cameraNotInFluid;
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		cancelFog = cancelFog && startCoords == 0; // 0 = terrain fog
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
 		cancelFog = cancelFog && (fogMode == FogRenderer.FogMode.FOG_TERRAIN);
 		#endif
 		
@@ -90,12 +115,30 @@ public class MixinVanillaFogCommon
 		cancelFog = cancelFog && !Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.enableVanillaFog.get();
 		
 		
+		// since DH won't render through immersive portals 
+		// the vanilla fog should be enabled
+		IImmersivePortalsAccessor immersivePortals = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IImmersivePortalsAccessor.class);
+		if (immersivePortals != null
+			&& immersivePortals.isRenderingPortal())
+		{
+			cancelFog = false;
+		}
+		
 		return cancelFog;
 	}
-	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static boolean cameraNotInFluid(Minecraft mc)
+	#else
 	private static boolean cameraNotInFluid(Camera camera)
+	#endif
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		Entity view = mc.getRenderViewEntity();
+		if (view == null) return true;
+		
+		IBlockState fluidState = mc.world.getBlockState(new BlockPos(view.getPositionEyes(mc.getRenderPartialTicks())));
+		boolean cameraNotInFluid = !(fluidState.getMaterial().isLiquid() || fluidState.getBlock() instanceof IFluidBlock);
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 		FluidState fluidState = camera.getFluidInCamera();
 		boolean cameraNotInFluid = fluidState.isEmpty();
 		#else
@@ -26,34 +26,29 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer {}

 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.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPassWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.util.OptionalDouble;
-import java.util.OptionalInt;

 /**
 * Handles rendering the wireframe particles 
@@ -64,11 +59,10 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	public static BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer();
 	
-	
-	
 	/** A box from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 */
 	private static final float[] BOX_VERTICES = {
 		//region
@@ -103,6 +97,7 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		//endregion
 	};
 	
+	private static final DhMat4f TRANSFORM_MATRIX = new DhMat4f();
 	
 	
 	
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	private GpuBuffer boxVertexBuffer;
 	private GpuBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer uniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper uniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("debugWireframeUniformBlock");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -143,7 +138,14 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		{
 			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			if (RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.FORWARD_Z)
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.GREATER);
+			}
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
 			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.WIREFRAME);
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("uniformBlock");
 			
 			
-			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
 				.build();
 			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
@@ -171,17 +173,17 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		
 		
 		// box vertices 
-		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
 		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);
+			this.boxVertexBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(() -> "distantHorizons:DebugWireframeBox", usage, size);
 			
 			{
 				int length = BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES;
@@ -251,77 +253,56 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		
 		// uniforms
 		{
-			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-				.putMat4f() // uTransform
-				.putVec4() // uColor
-				.get();
-			
-			
 			// create data //
+			DhVec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+			DhVec3f camPosFloatThisFrame = new DhVec3f((float) camPos.x, (float) camPos.y, (float) camPos.z);
 			
-			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-			Vec3f camPosFloatThisFrame = new Vec3f((float) camPos.x, (float) camPos.y, (float) camPos.z);
-			
-			Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(
+			DhMat4f boxTransform = DhMat4f.createTranslateMatrix(
 				box.minPos.x - camPosFloatThisFrame.x,
 				box.minPos.y - camPosFloatThisFrame.y,
 				box.minPos.z - camPosFloatThisFrame.z);
-			boxTransform.multiply(Mat4f.createScaleMatrix(
+			boxTransform.multiply(DhMat4f.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);
+			TRANSFORM_MATRIX.set(this.dhMvmProjMatrixThisFrame);
+			TRANSFORM_MATRIX.multiply(boxTransform);
 			
 			
 			// upload data //
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-				.putMat4f(transformMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uTransform
-				.putVec4(
+			this.uniformBufferWrapper
+				.putMat4f(TRANSFORM_MATRIX) // uTransform
+				.putVec4f(
 					box.color.getRed() / 255.0f,
 					box.color.getGreen() / 255.0f,
 					box.color.getBlue() / 255.0f,
 					box.color.getAlpha() / 255.0f) // uColor
-				.get()
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			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(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper, 
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
 			// 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);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("uniformBlock", this.uniformBufferWrapper);
+			
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.setIndexBuffer(this.boxIndexBuffer);
+			
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.boxVertexBuffer);
+			
+			renderPassWrapper.drawIndexed(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length);
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McDebugRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:DebugRenderer"; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -24,17 +24,10 @@ 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;
@@ -43,41 +36,41 @@ 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.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.blaze.objects.BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3d;
 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;

 /**
@@ -91,6 +84,7 @@ 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 AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
@@ -103,6 +97,10 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	 */
 	public static final boolean RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS = false;
 	
+	private static final DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam EVENT_PARAM = new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam();
+	
+	
+	
 	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, RenderableBoxGroup> boxGroupById = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
 	
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer vertUniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper vertUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("vertUniformBlock");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -143,7 +141,14 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		{
 			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			if (RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.FORWARD_Z)
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.GREATER);
+			}
 			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);
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertUniformBlock");
 			
-			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
 				.add("aColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
 				.add("aMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
@@ -343,9 +348,9 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			this.init();
 			
-			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam.apiCopy);
 			
-			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+			DhVec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
 			
 			//#endregion
 			
@@ -389,7 +394,8 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 				}
 				
 				// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
-				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
+				EVENT_PARAM.update(renderEventParam, boxGroup);
+				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, EVENT_PARAM);
 				if (cancelRendering)
 				{
 					continue;
@@ -415,61 +421,37 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 				
 				// 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);
+					DhMat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
 					projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
 					
 					
 					// upload data //
 					
-					ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-					buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-					buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-						.putIVec3(
+					this.vertUniformBufferWrapper
+						.putVec3i(
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
 						) // uOffsetChunk
-						.putVec3(
+						.putVec3f(
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
 						) // uOffsetSubChunk
-						.putIVec3(
+						.putVec3i(
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
 							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
 						) // uCameraPosChunk
-						.putVec3(
+						.putVec3f(
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
 							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
 						) // uCameraPosSubChunk
 						
-						.putMat4f(projectionMvmMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uProjectionMvm
+						.putMat4f(projectionMvmMatrix) // uProjectionMvm
 						.putInt(boxGroup.getSkyLight()) // uSkyLight
 						.putInt(boxGroup.getBlockLight()) // uBlockLight
 						
@@ -480,13 +462,8 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 						.putFloat(shading.top)
 						.putFloat(shading.bottom)
 						
-						.get()
+						.finishAndUpload()
 					;
-					
-					this.vertUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertUniformBuffer);
-					GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-					
-					COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
 				}
 				
 				
@@ -520,7 +497,7 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			//endregion
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McGenericObjectRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:GenericObjectRenderer"; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -536,12 +513,10 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup,
 		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper,
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
 			
 			// update instance data //
@@ -550,30 +525,26 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
 			BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper);
 			
 			
 			
 			// Bind instance data //
 			
 			
-			renderPass.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.vertUniformBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.vertUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
 			// set pipeline
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-			renderPass.setIndexBuffer(container.indexGpuBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.setIndexBuffer(container.indexGpuBuffer);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, container.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(container.vboGpuBuffer);
 			
 			// Draw instanced
 			if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
 			{
-				renderPass.drawIndexed(
-					/*indexStart*/ 0,
-					/*firstIndex*/0,
-					/*indexCount*/container.uploadedBoxCount * 36, // 36 = 6 faces * 6 verticies per face
-					/*instanceCount*/1);
-				
+				// 36 = 6 faces * 6 verticies per face
+				renderPassWrapper.drawIndexed(container.uploadedBoxCount * 36);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -627,9 +598,9 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		// close is called outside the render thread and buffer closing must be done on the render thread
 		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Generic Obj Cleanup", () ->
 		{
-			if (this.vertUniformBuffer != null)
+			if (this.vertUniformBufferWrapper != null)
 			{
-				this.vertUniformBuffer.close();
+				this.vertUniformBufferWrapper.close();
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiAfterCo
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiTextureCreatedParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	
 	
 	private BlazeDhApplyRenderer applyRenderer;
+	private final float clearDepth;
 	
 	public final BlazeTextureWrapper dhDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("DhDepthTexture");
 	public final BlazeTextureWrapper dhColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhColorTexture");
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	
 	private BlazeDhMetaRenderer() 
 	{
+		AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition renderApiDefinition = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+		this.clearDepth = renderApiDefinition.getRenderDepth().farDepth;
+		
 		this.applyRenderer = new BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
 			"dh_apply_to_mc",
 			null,
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void applyToMcTexture(RenderParams renderParams)
 	{
-		GpuTexture mcColorTexture = Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture();
+		GpuTexture mcColorTexture = MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getColorTexture();
 		this.applyRenderer.render(this.dhColorTextureWrapper.texture, this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.texture, mcColorTexture);
 	}
 	
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void clearDhDepthAndColorTextures(RenderParams renderParams) 
 	{
-		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.clearDepth(1.0f);
+		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.clearDepth(this.clearDepth);
 		
 		Color color = MC_RENDER.getSkyColor();
 		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.clearColor(ColorUtil.toColorInt(color)); 
@@ -111,5 +117,6 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	//endregion
 	
 	
+	
 }
 #endif
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public class BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition {}

 #else

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingApi;
 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;
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing.BlazeVanill
 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.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.EDhRenderDepth;
 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;
@@ -20,6 +23,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodCont
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.*;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+#else
+#endif
+
 public class BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
 {
 	//=========//
@@ -27,7 +34,43 @@ public class BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
 	//=========//
 	//region
 	
-	public String getApiName() { return "Blaze3D"; }
+	private final String engineName;
+	public String getEngineName() { return this.engineName; }
+	
+	public EDhRenderDepth getRenderDepth()
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		return EDhRenderDepth.FORWARD_Z;
+		#else
+		return EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z;
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	
+	private final EDhApiRenderingApi renderApi;
+	public EDhApiRenderingApi getRenderApi() { return renderApi; }
+	public boolean isNativeRenderer() { return false; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition()
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		renderApi = EDhApiRenderingApi.OPEN_GL;
+		#else
+		// Blaze always uses the same rendering API as Minecraft
+		this.renderApi = MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getMcRenderingApi();
+		#endif
+		
+		this.engineName = "Blaze3D: " + this.getRenderApi();
+	}
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -5,68 +5,66 @@ 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.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 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.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
 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.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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 AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
 	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 static final DhVec3f MODEL_POS = new DhVec3f();
+	/** single event object used to reduce GC pressure */
+	private static final DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM = new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam();
+	
 	
 	private RenderPipeline opaquePipeline;
 	private RenderPipeline transparentPipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
-	private GpuBuffer vertSharedUniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("fragUniformBlock");
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper vertSharedUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("vertSharedUniformBlock");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -86,14 +84,28 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 		
 		
 		
-		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper opaquePipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper translucentPipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
+		
+		// apply shared options to both pipelines
+		for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
 		{
+			RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = (i == 0) 
+				? opaquePipelineBuilder 
+				: translucentPipelineBuilder;
+			
 			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			if (RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.FORWARD_Z)
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.GREATER);
+			}
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withName("terrain");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
 			
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock");
 			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
 			
-			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SHORT_XYZ_POS)
 				.add("meta", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.META)
 				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
@@ -120,15 +132,17 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 		
 		// opaque
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			this.opaquePipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
+			opaquePipelineBuilder.withName("opaque_terrain");
+			opaquePipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			this.opaquePipeline = opaquePipelineBuilder.build();
 		}
 		
 		// transparent
 		{
+			translucentPipelineBuilder.withName("transparent_terrain");
 			// 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();
+			translucentPipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT);
+			this.transparentPipeline = translucentPipelineBuilder.build();
 		}
 		
 		this.init = true;
@@ -161,13 +175,13 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 				for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
 				{
 					LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
-					bufferContainer.uniformContainer.tryUpload();
+					bufferContainer.uniformContainer.tryUpload(bufferContainer);
 				}
 			}
 			
 			profiler.popPush("vert share uniforms");
 			{
-				Mat4f combinedMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
+				DhMat4f combinedMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
 				combinedMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
 				
 				float earthCurveRatio = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.earthCurveRatio.get();
@@ -184,53 +198,25 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 				
 				// upload data //
 				
-				int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-					.putInt() // uIsWhiteWorld
-					
-					.putFloat() // uWorldYOffset
-					.putFloat() // uMircoOffset
-					.putFloat() // uEarthRadius
-					
-					.putVec3() // uCameraPos
-					.putMat4f() // uCombinedMatrix
-					.get();
+				int i = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.enableWhiteWorld.get() ? 1 : 0;
 				
-				ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
-				buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-				Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-					.putInt(0) // uIsWhiteWorld
+				this.vertSharedUniformBufferWrapper
+					.putInt(i) // uIsWhiteWorld
 					
 					.putFloat((float) renderEventParam.worldYOffset) // uWorldYOffset
 					.putFloat(0.01f) // uMircoOffset // 0.01 block offset
 					.putFloat(earthCurveRatio) // uEarthRadius
 					
-					.putVec3(
+					.putVec3f(
 						(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);
+					.putMat4f(combinedMatrix) // uCombinedMatrix
+					.finishAndUpload();
 			}
 			
 			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();
@@ -242,24 +228,15 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 				
 				
 				// upload data //
-				
-				ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
-				buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-				buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+				this.fragUniformBufferWrapper
 					.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()
+					.finishAndUpload()
 				;
-				
-				this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-				
-				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
 			}
 			
 			
@@ -268,27 +245,25 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 			{
 				profiler.popPush("rendering");
 				
-				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam.apiCopy);
 				
 				// create a render pass
-				try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+				try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 					this::getRenderPassName,
-					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
-					/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
-					/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty())
+					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper,
+					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper)
 				)
 				{
 					LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
 					BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
-					renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+					renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper);
 					
 					// set pipeline
-					renderPass.setPipeline(opaquePass ? this.opaquePipeline : this.transparentPipeline);
+					renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(opaquePass ? this.opaquePipeline : this.transparentPipeline);
 					
 					// shared uniforms
-					renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
-					renderPass.setUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
+					renderPassWrapper.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
+					renderPassWrapper.setUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", this.vertSharedUniformBufferWrapper);
 					
 					
 					
@@ -312,7 +287,7 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 							}
 						}
 						
-						renderPass.setUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", uniformWrapper.gpuBuffer);
+						renderPassWrapper.setUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", uniformWrapper);
 						
 						
 						
@@ -329,24 +304,21 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 							
 							// fire render event
 							{
-								Vec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
-								Vec3f modelPos = new Vec3f(
+								DhVec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
+								MODEL_POS.set(
 									(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));
+								BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM.update(renderEventParam, MODEL_POS);
+								ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM);
 							}
 							
-							renderPass.setIndexBuffer(bufferWrapper.getIndexGpuBuffer(), VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
-							renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+							renderPassWrapper.setIndexBuffer(bufferWrapper.getIndexGpuBuffer());
+							renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer);
 							
 							if (!bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer.isClosed())
 							{
-								renderPass.drawIndexed(
-									/*indexStart*/ 0,
-									/*firstIndex*/0,
-									/*indexCount*/bufferWrapper.indexCount,
-									/*instanceCount*/1);
+								renderPassWrapper.drawIndexed(bufferWrapper.indexCount);
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -356,7 +328,7 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 		}
 	}
 	private String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:LodIndexBuffer"; }
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McLodRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:TerrainRenderer"; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -29,23 +29,26 @@ 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.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
+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.EDhRenderDepth;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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
@@ -57,13 +60,17 @@ import java.util.OptionalInt;
 */
 public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 {
-	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build(); 
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
 	
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("baseFragUniformBlock");
+	
 	protected GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
 	protected final String name;
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 	 */
 	private final String[] uniformNames;
 	/** will be an empty array if unneeded */
-	private final GpuBuffer[] uniformBuffers;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper[] uniformBufferWrappers;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 		this.fragmentShaderPath = fragmentShaderPath;
 		
 		this.uniformNames = uniformNames;
-		this.uniformBuffers = new GpuBuffer[this.uniformNames.length];
+		this.uniformBufferWrappers = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper[this.uniformNames.length];
 	}
 	
 	private void tryInit(
@@ -179,10 +186,12 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 				pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer(uniformName);
 			}
 			
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("baseFragUniformBlock");
+			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceColorTexture");
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceDepthTexture");
 			
-			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
 				.build();
 			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
@@ -191,7 +200,6 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 	}
 	
-	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 	//========//
 	//region
 	
-	public void setUniform(String uniformName, GpuBuffer uniformBuffer)
+	public void setUniform(String uniformName, BlazeUniformBufferWrapper uniformBufferWrapper)
 	{
 		// the uniform array should be short enough (less than 10 items)
 		// where a sequential search should be plenty fast
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 			String nameAtIndex = this.uniformNames[i];
 			if (nameAtIndex.equals(uniformName))
 			{
-				this.uniformBuffers[i] = uniformBuffer;
+				this.uniformBufferWrappers[i] = uniformBufferWrapper;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -225,32 +233,38 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 		
 		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		
+		this.fragUniformBufferWrapper
+			.putInt((RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z) ? 1 : 0) // uIsReverseZDepth
+			.finishAndUpload();
+		;
+		
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getIdentifierName,
-			this.destinationColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.destinationColorTextureViewWrapper,
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uSourceColorTexture", this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uSourceDepthTexture", this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uSourceColorTexture", this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uSourceDepthTexture", this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper);
 			
 			for (int i = 0; i < this.uniformNames.length; i++)
 			{
 				String uniformName = this.uniformNames[i];
-				GpuBuffer uniformBuffer = this.uniformBuffers[i];
+				BlazeUniformBufferWrapper uniformBuffer = this.uniformBufferWrappers[i];
 				if (uniformBuffer == null)
 				{
 					throw new IllegalStateException("Missing uniform ["+uniformName+"], please set the uniform before rendering.");	
 				}
 				
-				renderPass.setUniform(uniformName, uniformBuffer);
+				renderPassWrapper.setUniform(uniformName, uniformBuffer);
 			}
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer);
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("baseFragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(4);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -258,7 +272,7 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 		// so we can check if they're missing during next frame's rendering
 		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
 		{
-			Arrays.fill(this.uniformBuffers, null);
+			Arrays.fill(this.uniformBufferWrappers, null);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@ 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.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.IDhBlazeTexture;
 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.
 *
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
 		
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McCopyRenderer");
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("CopyRenderer");
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -117,48 +114,28 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
 	//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)
+		IDhBlazeTexture sourceColorTextureWrapper,
+		IDhBlazeTexture destinationColorTextureWrapper)
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
 		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			destinationTextureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			destinationColorTextureWrapper,
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uCopyTexture", sourceTextureView, sourceTextureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uCopyTexture", sourceColorTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
 			
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(4);
 		}
 	}
 	
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McCopyRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:CopyRenderer"; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -25,33 +25,27 @@ 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.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
+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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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
@@ -62,13 +56,14 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	public static final BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer();
 	
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("fragUniformBlock");
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
 		
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFadeRenderer");
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("DhFarFadeRenderer");
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -151,18 +146,11 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 		
 		// textures
 		this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
-		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
 		
 		this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
 		{
-			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-				.putFloat() // uStartFadeBlockDistance
-				.putFloat() // uEndFadeBlockDistance
-				.putMat4f() // uDhInvMvmProj
-				.get();
-			
-			
 			// create data //
 			
 			float dhFarClipDistance = RenderUtil.getFarClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks();
@@ -170,30 +158,14 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 			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)
+			fragUniformBufferWrapper
 				.putFloat(fadeStartDistance) // uStartFadeBlockDistance
 				.putFloat(fadeEndDistance) // uEndFadeBlockDistance
-				.putMat4f(inverseDhMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uDhInvMvmProj
-				.get()
+				.putMat4f(renderParams.dhInverseMvmProjectionMatrix) // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.putInt((RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z) ? 1 : 0) // uIsReverseZDepth
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -204,29 +176,27 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 	
 	private void renderFadeToTexture()
 	{
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper, 
+			this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
 			// MC texture
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uMcColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uMcColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper);
 			
 			// DH textures
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
 			
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(4);
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:DhFarFadeRenderer"; }
 	
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -23,44 +23,44 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing;
 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.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiFogRenderParam;
 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.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.util.math.DhMat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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;
+
+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.RenderSystem;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DestFactor;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.BlendFactor;
+#endif

 /**
 * Renders fog onto the LODs.
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ 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 AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("dh_fog_frag_uniform");
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
@@ -109,11 +108,16 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 		this.init = true;
 		
 		
-		
+		BlendFunction blendFunc;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		blendFunc = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		#else
+		blendFunc = new BlendFunction(BlendFactor.SRC_ALPHA, BlendFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, BlendFactor.ONE, BlendFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		#endif
 		
 		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),
+			blendFunc,
 			"apply/blaze/vert", "apply/blaze/frag"
 		);
 		
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
 		
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFogRenderer");
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("FogRenderer");
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 	//region
 	
 	@Override
-	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams, DhApiFogRenderParam fogRenderParams)
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
@@ -170,144 +174,68 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 		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);
+			DhMat4f inverseMvmProjMatrix = new DhMat4f(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;
+			EDhApiHeightFogMixMode heightFogMixingMode = fogRenderParams.getHeightFogMixingMode();
+			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();
+			Color fogColor = fogRenderParams.getFogColor();
+			
 			
 			
 			// upload data //
 			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-				
+			this.fragUniformBufferWrapper
 				// fog uniforms
-				.putVec4(
+				.putVec4f(
 					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
+				.putFloat(1.f / renderParams.clientLevelWrapper.getMaxHeight()) //uFogVerticalScale
+				.putInt(0) //uFogDebugMode  // 0 = normal // 1 = render everything with fog color // 7 = use debug rendering
+				.putInt(fogRenderParams.getFarFogFalloff().value) //uFogFalloffType
 				
 				// fog config
-				.putFloat(farFogStart) // uFarFogStart
-				.putFloat(farFogEnd - farFogStart) // uFarFogLength
-				.putFloat(farFogMin) // uFarFogMin
-				.putFloat(farFogMax - farFogMin) // uFarFogRange 
-				.putFloat(farFogDensity) // uFarFogDensity
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getFarFogStartPercent()) // uFarFogStart
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getFarFogEndPercent() - fogRenderParams.getFarFogStartPercent()) // uFarFogLength
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness()) // uFarFogMin
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getFarFogMaxThickness() - fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness()) // uFarFogRange 
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getFarFogDensity()) // uFarFogDensity
 				
 				// height fog config
-				.putFloat(heightFogStart) // uHeightFogStart
-				.putFloat(heightFogEnd - heightFogStart) // uHeightFogLength
-				.putFloat(heightFogMin) // uHeightFogMin
-				.putFloat(heightFogMax - heightFogMin) // uHeightFogRange
-				.putFloat(heightFogDensity) // uHeightFogDensity
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogStartPercent()) // uHeightFogStart
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogEndPercent() - fogRenderParams.getHeightFogStartPercent()) // uHeightFogLength
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogMinThickness()) // uHeightFogMin
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogMaxThickness() - fogRenderParams.getHeightFogMinThickness()) // uHeightFogRange
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogDensity()) // 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(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogFalloff().value) // uHeightFogFalloffType
+				.putInt(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogDirection().basedOnCamera ? 1 : 0) // uHeightBasedOnCamera
+				.putFloat(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogBaseHeight()) // uHeightFogBaseHeight
+				.putInt(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogDirection().fogAppliesUp ? 1 : 0) // uHeightFogAppliesUp
+				.putInt(fogRenderParams.getHeightFogDirection().fogAppliesDown ? 1 : 0) // uHeightFogAppliesDown
 				.putInt(useSphericalFog ? 1 : 0) // uUseSphericalFog
 				.putInt(heightFogMixingMode.value) // uHeightFogMixingMode
-				.putFloat((float)MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition().y) // uCameraBlockYPos
+				.putFloat((float)renderParams.exactCameraPosition.y) // uCameraBlockYPos
 				
-				.putMat4f(inverseMvmProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uInvMvmProj
+				.putMat4f(inverseMvmProjMatrix) // uInvMvmProj
 				
-				.get()
+				.putInt((RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z) ? 1 : 0) // uIsReverseZDepth
+				
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -316,42 +244,26 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 		
 	}
 	
-	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(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.fogColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.fogDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.fogColorTextureWrapper, 
+			this.fogDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
 			
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(/*indexCount*/ 4);
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFogRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:FogRenderer"; }
 	
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -23,38 +23,38 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.postProcessing;
 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.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.DhMat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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;
+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.RenderSystem;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DestFactor;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.BlendFactor;
+#endif

 /** Renders SSAO to the DH LODs. */
 public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ 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 AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
 	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
-	private GpuBuffer applyFragUniformBuffer;
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("fragUniformBlock");
+	private final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper applyFragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("applyFragUniformBlock");
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
@@ -101,9 +102,17 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 		this.init = true;
 		
 		
+		
+		BlendFunction blendFunc;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		blendFunc = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.ONE);
+		#else
+		blendFunc = new BlendFunction(BlendFactor.ZERO, BlendFactor.SRC_ALPHA, BlendFactor.ZERO, BlendFactor.ONE);
+		#endif
+		
 		this.applyRenderer = new BlazeDhApplyRenderer(
 			"ssao_apply_to_dh",
-			new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ZERO, DestFactor.ONE),
+			blendFunc,
 			"apply/blaze/vert", "ssao/blaze/apply",
 			/*uniforms*/ new String[] { "applyFragUniformBlock" }
 		);
@@ -163,32 +172,14 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 		
 		// 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);
+			DhMat4f projMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
+			DhMat4f invertedProjMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
 			invertedProjMatrix.invert();
 			
 			
 			// upload data //
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+			this.fragUniformBufferWrapper
 				.putInt(6) // uSampleCount
 				
 				.putFloat(4.0f) // uRadius
@@ -197,27 +188,16 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 				.putFloat(0.02f) // uBias
 				.putFloat(1_600.0f) // uFadeDistanceInBlocks
 				
-				.putMat4f(invertedProjMatrix.createJomlMatrix())
-				.putMat4f(projMatrix.createJomlMatrix())
-				.get()
+				.putMat4f(invertedProjMatrix)
+				.putMat4f(projMatrix)
+				
+				.putInt((RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z) ? 1 : 0) // uIsReverseZDepth
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			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();
@@ -228,51 +208,41 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 			
 			
 			// upload data //
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-				.putVec2(viewWidth, viewHeight) // uViewSize
+			this.applyFragUniformBufferWrapper
+				.putVec2f(viewWidth, viewHeight) // uViewSize
 				.putInt(2) // uBlurRadius
 				.putFloat(nearClipPlane) // uNearClipPlane
 				.putFloat(farClipPlane) // uFarClipPlane
-				.get()
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			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.setUniform("applyFragUniformBlock", this.applyFragUniformBufferWrapper);
 		this.applyRenderer.render(this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.texture, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.texture);
 		
 	}
 	
 	private void renderSsaoToTexture()
 	{
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper,
+			this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer);
 			
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(4);
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McSsaoRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:SsaoRenderer"; }
 	
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -25,40 +25,30 @@ 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.RenderPassWrapper;
 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.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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.DhMat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 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
@@ -69,16 +59,18 @@ 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 AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.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 final BlazeUniformBufferWrapper fragUniformBufferWrapper = new BlazeUniformBufferWrapper("fragUniformBlock");
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
 		
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("McFadeRenderer");
+		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData("VanillaFadeRenderer");
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -164,21 +156,11 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
-		this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
-		this.mcColorTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.tryWrap(MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
+		this.mcColorTextureWrapper.tryWrap(MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
 		
 		
 		{
-			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-				.putInt() // uOnlyRenderLods
-				.putFloat() // uStartFadeBlockDistance
-				.putFloat() // uEndFadeBlockDistance
-				.putFloat() // uMaxLevelHeight
-				.putMat4f() // uDhInvMvmProj
-				.putMat4f() // uMcInvMvmProj
-				.get();
-			
-			
 			// create data //
 			
 			float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
@@ -192,40 +174,30 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 			float fadeEndDistance = dhNearClipDistance * 1.9f;
 			
 			
-			Mat4f inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			DhMat4f inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
 			inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix);
 			inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
-			Mat4f inverseMcMvmProjMatrix = inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+			DhMat4f inverseMcMvmProjMatrix = inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix;
 			
 			
-			Mat4f dhProjectionMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
-			Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix);
-			
-			Mat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
-			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
+			DhMat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParams.dhProjectionMatrix);
+			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(renderParams.dhModelViewMatrix);
 			inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
-			Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+			DhMat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
 			
 			
 			
 			// upload data //
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+			this.fragUniformBufferWrapper
 				.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()
+				.putMat4f(inverseDhMvmProjMatrix) // uDhInvMvmProj
+				.putMat4f(inverseMcMvmProjMatrix) // uMcInvMvmProj
+				.putInt((RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderDepth() == EDhRenderDepth.REVERSE_Z) ? 1 : 0) // uIsReverseZDepth
+				.finishAndUpload()
 			;
-			
-			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -236,28 +208,26 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 	
 	private void renderFadeToTexture()
 	{
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.fadeColorTextureWrapper,
+			this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uMcDepthTexture", this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uCombinedMcDhColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureWrapper.textureView, this.mcColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uMcDepthTexture", this.mcDepthTextureWrapper);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uCombinedMcDhColorTexture", this.mcColorTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
-			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureSampler);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper);
+			renderPassWrapper.bindTexture("uDhColorTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBufferWrapper);
 			
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer);
 			
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 4);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(/*indexCount*/ 4);
 		}
 	}
-	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McFadeRenderer"; }
+	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:VanillaFadeRenderer"; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ 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.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPassWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
 			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("test/blaze/vert");
 			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("test/blaze/frag");
 			
-			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
 				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR)
 				.build();
@@ -164,19 +167,17 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
-		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
-		this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
+		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
 		
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPassWrapper renderPassWrapper = new RenderPassWrapper(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
-			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureView, 
-			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
+			this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper,
+			this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper))
 		{
-			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer);
-			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-			renderPass.draw(/*indexStart*/ 0, /*indexCount*/ 3);
+			renderPassWrapper.setVertexBuffer(this.vboGpuBuffer);
+			renderPassWrapper.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPassWrapper.draw(3);
 		}
 	}
 	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:DhTestRenderer"; }
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util;
 public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil {}

 #else
-	
+
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormatElement;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.GpuFormat;
+#endif
+
 /**
 * @see LodQuadBuilder
 */
@@ -43,14 +48,14 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 	
 	static
 	{
-		EDhApiRenderApi renderingApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
-		if (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
+		EDhApiRenderingEngine renderingApi = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.get();
+		if (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderingEngine.AUTO)
 		{
 			IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
-			renderingApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
+			renderingApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingEngine();
 		}
 		
-		boolean register = (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D);
+		boolean register = (renderingApi == EDhApiRenderingEngine.BLAZE_3D);
 		if (register)
 		{
 			LOGGER.debug("Attempting to register ["+VertexFormatElement.class.getSimpleName()+"]...");
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 				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
+				#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 				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);
 				
@@ -83,6 +88,35 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 				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);
+				#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+				
+				SCREEN_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/22, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.RG32_FLOAT); // 2 floats
+				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/23, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.RGBA32_FLOAT); // 4 floats
+				
+				SHORT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/24, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.RGB16_UINT); // 3 ushorts
+				BYTE_PAD = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/25, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.R8_UINT); // 1 byte
+				
+				META = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/26, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.R16_UINT); // 1 ushort
+				RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/27, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.RGBA8_UNORM); // 4 ubytes
+				IRIS_MATERIAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/28, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.R8_UINT); // 1 byte
+				IRIS_NORMAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/29, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.R8_UINT); // 1 byte
+				
+				FLOAT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/30, /*index*/0, GpuFormat.RGB32_FLOAT); // 3 floats
+				
+				#else
+				
+				SCREEN_POS = new VertexFormatElement("Screen Pos", Float.BYTES * 2, GpuFormat.RG32_FLOAT);
+				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = new VertexFormatElement("RGBA Float Color", Float.BYTES * 4, GpuFormat.RGBA32_FLOAT);
+				
+				SHORT_XYZ_POS = new VertexFormatElement("Short XYZ Pos", Short.BYTES * 3, GpuFormat.RGB16_UINT);
+				BYTE_PAD = new VertexFormatElement("Byte Pad", 1, GpuFormat.R8_UINT);
+				
+				META = new VertexFormatElement("DH Meta", Short.BYTES, GpuFormat.R16_UINT);
+				RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = new VertexFormatElement("Rgba Ubyte Color", 4, GpuFormat.RGBA8_UNORM);
+				IRIS_MATERIAL = new VertexFormatElement("Iris Material", 1, GpuFormat.R8_UINT);
+				IRIS_NORMAL = new VertexFormatElement("Iris Normal", 1, GpuFormat.R8_UINT);
+				
+				FLOAT_XYZ_POS = new VertexFormatElement("Float XYZ Pos", Float.BYTES * 3, GpuFormat.RGB32_FLOAT);
 				#endif
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
@@ -118,5 +152,7 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 	
 	
 	
+	
+	
 }
 #endif
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ 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 com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.BlazeVertexFormatBuilder;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class BlazePostProcessUtil
 	
 	public static VertexFormat createVertexFormat()
 	{
-		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+		VertexFormat vertexFormat = new BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
 			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
 			.build();
 		return vertexFormat;
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class BlazeVertexFormatBuilder {}
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormatElement;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+
+public class BlazeVertexFormatBuilder
+{
+	private final VertexFormat.Builder builder;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeVertexFormatBuilder()
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.builder = VertexFormat.builder();
+		#else
+		this.builder = VertexFormat.builder(0);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// building //
+	//==========//
+	//region
+	
+	public BlazeVertexFormatBuilder add(String name, VertexFormatElement element)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.builder.add(name, element);
+		#else
+		this.builder.addAttribute(name, element.format());
+		#endif
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public VertexFormat build() { return this.builder.build(); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class RenderPassWrapper {}
+#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.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.IDhBlazeTexture;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalDouble;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.IndexType;
+#endif
+
+public class RenderPassWrapper implements AutoCloseable
+{
+	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 final RenderPass renderPass;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public RenderPassWrapper(
+		final Supplier<String> nameGetterFunc, 
+		final IDhBlazeTexture colorTexture, 
+		final IDhBlazeTexture depthTexture)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			nameGetterFunc,
+			colorTexture.getTextureView(),
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			depthTexture.getTextureView(),
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty());
+		#else
+		this.renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			nameGetterFunc,
+			colorTexture.getTextureView(),
+			/*clearColor*/ Optional.empty(),
+			depthTexture.getTextureView(),
+			/*clearDepth*/ OptionalDouble.empty());
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=======//
+	// setup //
+	//=======//
+	//region
+	
+	public void bindTexture(
+		final String name, 
+		final IDhBlazeTexture textureView) 
+	{
+		this.renderPass.bindTexture(
+			name,
+			textureView.getTextureView(),
+			textureView.getTextureSampler());
+	}
+	
+	public void setVertexBuffer(GpuBuffer buffer)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.renderPass.setVertexBuffer(/*slot*/0, buffer);
+		#else
+		this.renderPass.setVertexBuffer(/*slot*/0, buffer.slice());
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	public void setIndexBuffer(GpuBuffer buffer)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.renderPass.setIndexBuffer(buffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+		#else
+		this.renderPass.setIndexBuffer(buffer, IndexType.INT);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	public void setUniform(String uniformName, BlazeUniformBufferWrapper uniformBuffer) { this.renderPass.setUniform(uniformName, uniformBuffer.getGpuBuffer()); }
+	
+	public void setPipeline(RenderPipeline pipeline) { this.renderPass.setPipeline(pipeline); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// rendering //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	public void draw(int vertexCount)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.renderPass.draw(0, vertexCount);
+		#else
+		this.renderPass.draw(vertexCount, /*instanceCount*/1, /*firstVertex*/0, /*firstInstance*/0);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	public void drawIndexed(int indexCount)
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		this.renderPass.drawIndexed(
+			/*indexStart*/ 0,
+			/*firstIndex*/0,
+			indexCount,
+			/*instanceCount*/1);
+		#else
+		this.renderPass.drawIndexed(
+			indexCount,
+			/*instanceCount*/1,
+			/*firstVertex*/0,
+			/*vertexOffset*/0,
+			/*firstInstance*/0);
+		#endif
+		
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void close() { this.renderPass.close(); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper {}

 #else

-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.*;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
@@ -15,14 +14,17 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;

 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
-#else
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.ColorTargetState;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.DepthStencilState;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.GpuFormat;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.PrimitiveTopology;
 #endif

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Optional;

 public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
@@ -130,15 +132,27 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	private final ArrayList<String> samplerNames = new ArrayList<>();
 	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withSampler(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withSampler(name);
+		#else
+		samplerNames.add(name);
+		#endif
+		
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	private final ArrayList<String> uniformBufferNames = new ArrayList<>();
 	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withUniformBuffer(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withUniform(name, UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+		#else
+		uniformBufferNames.add(name);
+		#endif
+		
 		return this;
 	}
 	
@@ -243,18 +257,31 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
 				case LESS:
 					compareOp = CompareOp.LESS_THAN;
 					break;
+				case GREATER:
+					compareOp = CompareOp.GREATER_THAN;
+					break;
 				
 				default:
 					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No depth test defined for type ["+this.depthTest+"].");
 			}
 			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthStencilState(new DepthStencilState(compareOp, this.writeDepth));
 			
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorTargetState(
 				new ColorTargetState(
 					Optional.ofNullable(this.blendFunction), 
 					this.writeColor ? ColorTargetState.WRITE_ALL : ColorTargetState.WRITE_NONE
 				)
 			);
+			#else
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorTargetState(
+				new ColorTargetState(
+					Optional.ofNullable(this.blendFunction),
+					GpuFormat.RGBA8_UNORM,
+					this.writeColor ? ColorTargetState.WRITE_ALL : ColorTargetState.WRITE_NONE
+				)
+			);
+			#endif
 			
 			#endif
 		}
@@ -262,6 +289,7 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
 		
 		// vertex format
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 			VertexFormat.Mode blazeVertexMode;
 			switch (this.vertexMode)
 			{
@@ -280,8 +308,56 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
 			}
 			
 			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, blazeVertexMode);
+			#else
+			
+			PrimitiveTopology primitiveTopology;
+			switch (this.vertexMode)
+			{
+				case TRIANGLES:
+					primitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.TRIANGLES;
+					break;
+				case TRIANGLE_FAN:
+					primitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.TRIANGLE_FAN;
+					break;
+				case LINES:
+					primitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.DEBUG_LINES;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No PrimitiveTopology defined for type ["+this.vertexMode+"].");
+			}
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexBinding(0, vertexFormat);
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withPrimitiveTopology(primitiveTopology);
+			
+			#endif
 		}
 		
+		
+		// uniform buffers
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+			// handled before this point
+			#else
+			
+			BindGroupLayout.Builder bindGroupBuilder = BindGroupLayout.builder();
+			
+			for (String name : this.samplerNames)
+			{
+				bindGroupBuilder.withSampler(name);
+			}
+			
+			for (String name : this.uniformBufferNames)
+			{
+				bindGroupBuilder.withUniform(name, UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			}
+			
+			BindGroupLayout bindGroup = bindGroupBuilder.build();
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withBindGroupLayout(bindGroup);
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		
 		return this.blazePipelineBuilder.build();
 	}
 	
@@ -342,6 +418,7 @@ public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
 	public enum EDhDepthTest
 	{
 		NONE,
+		GREATER,
 		LESS;
 	}
 	
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ 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;
@@ -83,9 +82,6 @@ public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 				
 				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER, /*offset*/ 0, indexBuffer.capacity());
 				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, indexBuffer);
-				
-				MemoryUtil.memFree(indexBuffer);
-				
 			});
 		}
 	}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;

 import java.util.OptionalDouble;

-public class BlazeTextureViewWrapper
+public class BlazeTextureViewWrapper implements IDhBlazeTexture
 {
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ public class BlazeTextureViewWrapper
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
 	
 	
-	public GpuTextureView textureView = null;
-	public GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	private GpuTextureView textureView = null;
+	public GpuTextureView getTextureView() { return this.textureView; }
+	
+	private GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	public GpuSampler getTextureSampler() { return this.textureSampler; }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ 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;
@@ -18,7 +13,19 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRen

 import java.util.OptionalDouble;

-public class BlazeTextureWrapper
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.GpuFormat;
+import org.joml.Vector4f;
+#endif
+
+public class BlazeTextureWrapper implements IDhBlazeTexture
 {
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
@@ -29,11 +36,20 @@ public class BlazeTextureWrapper
 	
 	
 	public final String name;
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 	public final TextureFormat textureFormat;
+	#else
+	public final GpuFormat textureFormat;
+	#endif
 	
 	public GpuTexture texture = null;
-	public GpuTextureView textureView = null;
-	public GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	
+	private GpuTextureView textureView = null;
+	public GpuTextureView getTextureView() { return this.textureView; }
+	
+	private GpuSampler textureSampler = null;
+	public GpuSampler getTextureSampler() { return this.textureSampler; }
+	
 	
 	private int width = -1;
 	private int height = -1;
@@ -45,10 +61,27 @@ public class BlazeTextureWrapper
 	//==============//
 	//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); }
+	public static BlazeTextureWrapper createDepth(String name) 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, TextureFormat.DEPTH32);
+		#else
+		return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, GpuFormat.D32_FLOAT);
+		#endif 
+	}
+	public static BlazeTextureWrapper createColor(String name) 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, TextureFormat.RGBA8);
+		#else
+		return new BlazeTextureWrapper(name, GpuFormat.RGBA8_UNORM);
+		#endif 
+	}
 	
-	private BlazeTextureWrapper(String name, TextureFormat textureFormat)
+	private BlazeTextureWrapper(
+		String name, 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2 TextureFormat #else GpuFormat #endif textureFormat
+		)
 	{
 		this.name = name;
 		this.textureFormat = textureFormat;
@@ -116,11 +149,13 @@ public class BlazeTextureWrapper
 			| GpuTexture.USAGE_TEXTURE_BINDING
 			| GpuTexture.USAGE_COPY_SRC
 			| GpuTexture.USAGE_RENDER_ATTACHMENT;
-		this.texture = GPU_DEVICE.createTexture(this.name,
+		
+		this.texture = GPU_DEVICE.createTexture(
+			this.name,
 			usage,
 			this.textureFormat,
 			viewWidth, viewHeight,
-			/*depthOrLayers*/ 1,  /*mipLevels*/ 1
+			/*depthOrLayers*/ 1, /*mipLevels*/ 1
 		);
 		this.textureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(this.texture);
 		
@@ -156,7 +191,18 @@ public class BlazeTextureWrapper
 	{
 		if (this.texture != null)
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 			COMMAND_ENCODER.clearColorTexture(this.texture, clearArgbColor);
+			#else
+			Vector4f clearColor = new Vector4f(
+				// color values should be between 0.0 and 1.0
+				ColorUtil.getRed(clearArgbColor) / 255.0f,
+				ColorUtil.getGreen(clearArgbColor) / 255.0f,
+				ColorUtil.getBlue(clearArgbColor) / 255.0f,
+				ColorUtil.getAlpha(clearArgbColor) / 255.0f
+			);
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.clearColorTexture(this.texture, clearColor);
+			#endif
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture;
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public interface IDhBlazeTexture {}
+#else
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuSampler;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTextureView;
+
+public interface IDhBlazeTexture
+{
+	
+	GpuTextureView getTextureView();
+	GpuSampler getTextureSampler();
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ 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.util.math.DhVec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper;

-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper extends BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper
 {
 	
@@ -37,35 +33,22 @@ public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper extends BlazeUniformBufferWrapper impl
 	//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()
+	public void tryUpload(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer)
 	{
 		if (this.uploaded)
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		this.upload();
+		DhVec3f modelOffset = new DhVec3f(
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX()),
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY()),
+			(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ()));
+		
+		// upload data //
+		this
+			.putVec3f(modelOffset.x, modelOffset.y, modelOffset.z) // uModelOffset
+			.finishAndUpload();
 		
 		this.uploaded = true;
 	}
@@ -7,17 +7,22 @@ public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper {}

 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.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IUniformBufferWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;

-public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements IUniformBufferWrapper
+public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements AutoCloseable
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
@@ -27,11 +32,22 @@ public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements IUniformBufferWrapper
 	
 	private final String name;
 	
-	private int cpuBufferSize = 0;
-	private int gpuBufferSize = 0;
+	/** measured in bytes */
+	private int bufferSize = 0;
 	
 	private ByteBuffer cpuBuffer = null;
-	public GpuBuffer gpuBuffer = null;
+	
+	private GpuBuffer gpuBuffer = null;
+	public GpuBuffer getGpuBuffer() { return this.gpuBuffer; }
+	private GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = null;
+	
+	/** the element count the current CPU Buffer is sized for */
+	private int previousElementCount = 0;
+	/** how many elements are currently in flight (ie being added to the buffer right now) */
+	private int elementCount = 0;
+	/** used to resize the buffers dur first-time setup */
+	private final ArrayList<EUniformElement> uniformElementTypes = new ArrayList<>(0);
+	private Std140Builder uniformBufferBuilder = null;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -46,63 +62,135 @@ public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements IUniformBufferWrapper
 	
 	
 	
-	//========//
-	// render //
-	//========//
+	//=================//
+	// element builder //
+	//=================//
 	//region
 	
-	protected ByteBuffer getOrCreateBuffer(int size)
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putVec2f(float x, float y)
 	{
-		if (this.cpuBuffer == null 
-			|| this.cpuBufferSize != size)
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.VEC2f);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putVec2(x,y);
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putVec3i(int x, int y, int z)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.VEC3i);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putIVec3(x,y,z);
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putVec3f(float x, float y, float z)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.VEC3f);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putVec3(x,y,z);
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putVec4f(float x, float y, float z, float w)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.VEC4f);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putVec4(x,y,z,w);
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putMat4f(DhApiMat4f matrix)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.MAT4f);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putMat4f(DhMat4f.createJomlMatrix(matrix));
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putFloat(float f)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.FLOAT);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putFloat(f);
+		return this;
+	}
+	public BlazeUniformBufferWrapper putInt(int i)
+	{
+		this.putElement(EUniformElement.INT);
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder.putInt(i);
+		return this;
+	}
+	private void putElement(EUniformElement elementTypeEnum)
+	{
+		this.uniformElementTypes.add(elementTypeEnum);
+		
+		boolean createNewBuilder = (this.elementCount == 0);
+		this.elementCount++;
+		if (this.elementCount > this.previousElementCount)
 		{
-			this.cpuBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
-			this.cpuBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			
-			this.cpuBufferSize = size;
+			this.recreateCpuBuffer();
+			createNewBuilder = true;
 		}
 		
-		return this.cpuBuffer;
+		if (createNewBuilder)
+		{
+			this.uniformBufferBuilder = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(this.cpuBuffer);
+		}
+	}
+	private void recreateCpuBuffer()
+	{
+		ByteBuffer oldBuffer = this.cpuBuffer;
+		
+		int size = calcBufferSize(this.uniformElementTypes);
+		this.cpuBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
+		this.cpuBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+		
+		if (oldBuffer != null)
+		{
+			oldBuffer.position(0);
+			this.cpuBuffer.put(oldBuffer);
+		}
+		
+		this.bufferSize = size;
+		this.previousElementCount = this.elementCount;
+	}
+	private static int calcBufferSize(ArrayList<EUniformElement> uniformElements)
+	{
+		Std140SizeCalculator calculator = new Std140SizeCalculator();
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < uniformElements.size(); i++)
+		{
+			EUniformElement element = uniformElements.get(i);
+			switch (element)
+			{
+				case VEC2f -> calculator.putVec2();
+				case VEC3i -> calculator.putIVec3();
+				case VEC3f -> calculator.putVec3();
+				case VEC4f -> calculator.putVec4();
+				case MAT4f -> calculator.putMat4f();
+				case INT -> calculator.putInt();
+				case FLOAT -> calculator.putFloat();
+				
+				default -> throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No definition for element type ["+element.name()+"]");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return calculator.get();
 	}
 	
-	@Override
-	public void upload() throws IllegalStateException
+	
+	
+	public void finishAndUpload()
 	{
-		if (this.cpuBuffer == null)
+		// re-create the GPU buffer if needed
+		GpuBuffer oldGpuBuffer = this.gpuBuffer;
+		this.gpuBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer(this.name, this.bufferSize, this.gpuBuffer);
+		
+		boolean createNewBufferSlice = (this.bufferSlice == null || this.gpuBuffer != oldGpuBuffer);
+		if (createNewBufferSlice)
 		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Upload called before buffer was created");
+			this.bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.gpuBuffer, 0, this.bufferSize);
 		}
 		
-		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;
-		}
+		// upload to GPU
+		this.cpuBuffer.position(0);
+		COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(this.bufferSlice, this.cpuBuffer);
 		
 		
-		
-		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");
-		}
+		// clear the element tracking for next time
+		this.elementCount = 0;
+		this.uniformElementTypes.clear();
+		this.uniformBufferBuilder = null;
 	}
-	private String getBufferName() { return this.name; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -126,5 +214,24 @@ public class BlazeUniformBufferWrapper implements IUniformBufferWrapper
 	
 	
 	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private enum EUniformElement
+	{
+		VEC2f,
+		VEC3f,
+		VEC3i,
+		VEC4f,
+		MAT4f,
+		INT,
+		FLOAT,
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
 }
 #endif
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ 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 com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ public class GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	@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));
+		DhMat4f boxTransform = DhMat4f.createTranslateMatrix(box.minPos.x - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.x, box.minPos.y - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.y, box.minPos.z - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.z);
+		boxTransform.multiply(DhMat4f.createScaleMatrix(box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x, box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y, box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z));

-		Mat4f transformMatrix = this.dhMvmProjMatrixThisFrame.copy();
+		DhMat4f transformMatrix = this.dhMvmProjMatrixThisFrame.copy();
 		transformMatrix.multiply(boxTransform);
 		this.basicShader.setUniform(this.basicShader.getUniformLocation("uTransform"), transformMatrix);

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	/** used in case there's an API override */
 	public IDhApiShaderProgram shaderProgramForThisFrame;
 	
+	/** Older MC versions assume GL state is unchanged, so we must restore it after DH rendering */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private int previousBoundTextureId;
+	private int previousDepthFunc;
+	#endif
 	
 	
 	//============//
@@ -113,6 +118,11 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 		DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam,
 		boolean firstPass)
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		this.previousBoundTextureId = GLMC.getActiveTexture();
+		this.previousDepthFunc = GLMC.getActiveDepthFunc();
+		#endif
+		
 		//===================//
 		// framebuffer setup //
 		//===================//
@@ -357,7 +367,9 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 			}
 		}
 		
-		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		GLMC.glDepthFunc(previousDepthFunc);
+		#endif
 		this.unbindLightmap();
 		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.unbind();
 	}
@@ -455,8 +467,12 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	
 	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); 
+		// 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)
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(previousBoundTextureId);
+		#else
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(0);
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
 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;
@@ -8,8 +10,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fade.GlDhF
 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.EDhRenderDepth;
 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;
@@ -24,7 +26,17 @@ public class GlDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
 	//=========//
 	//region
 	
-	public String getApiName() { return "OpenGL"; }
+	public String getEngineName() { return "OpenGL"; }
+	
+	public EDhRenderDepth getRenderDepth() 
+	{
+		// reversed Z shouldn't be supported on OpenGL due
+		// to that breaking Iris shaders
+		return EDhRenderDepth.FORWARD_Z; 
+	}
+	
+	public EDhApiRenderingApi getRenderApi() { return EDhApiRenderingApi.OPEN_GL; }
+	public boolean isNativeRenderer() { return true; }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 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.util.math.DhVec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhGenericRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.OverrideInjector;
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ 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.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	
 	private static final DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading DEFAULT_SHADING = DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading.getUnshaded();
 	
+	private static final DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam EVENT_PARAM = new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam();
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Can be used to troubleshoot the renderer. 
@@ -225,22 +226,22 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	private void createBuffers()
 	{
 		// box vertices 
-		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		ByteBuffer boxVerticesBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		boxVerticesBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
 		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);
+		ByteBuffer solidIndexBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
+		solidIndexBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
 		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()
 	{
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			this.init();
 			
-			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam.apiCopy);
 			
 			
 			boolean renderWireframe = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.renderWireframe.get();
@@ -449,8 +450,6 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			this.boxIndexBuffer.bind();
 			
-			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-			
 			
 			
 			// rendering //
@@ -482,7 +481,8 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 				}
 				
 				// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
-				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
+				EVENT_PARAM.update(renderEventParam, boxGroup);
+				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, EVENT_PARAM);
 				if (cancelRendering)
 				{
 					continue;
@@ -510,11 +510,11 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 				{
 					if (this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
 					{
-						this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+						this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition, profiler);
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						this.renderBoxGroupDirect(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+						this.renderBoxGroupDirect(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition, profiler);
 					}
 				}
 				
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			
 			profiler.popPush("cleanup");
 			
-			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam.apiCopy);
 			
 			if (renderWireframe)
 			{
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	
 	private void renderBoxGroupInstanced(
 			IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram, DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam, 
-			RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
+			RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, DhVec3d camPos,
 			IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
 		try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock render_profile = profiler.push("vertex setup"))
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	private void renderBoxGroupDirect(
 		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram, 
 		DhApiRenderParam renderEventParam, 
-		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
+		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, DhVec3d camPos,
 		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
 		profiler.popPush("shared uniforms");
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.
 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;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3f;

 public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram
 {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDh
 			DhApiVec3d camPos
 		)
 	{
-		Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		DhMat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
 		projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
 		
 		super.bind();
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDh
 						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
 				));
 		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderOffsetSubChunkUniform,
-				new Vec3f(
+				new DhVec3f(
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDh
 						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
 				));
 		this.setUniform(this.instancedShaderCameraSubChunkPosUniform,
-				new Vec3f(
+				new DhVec3f(
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
 						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ public class GlGenericObjectShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDh
 			IDhApiRenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, DhApiRenderableBox box, 
 			DhApiVec3d camPos)
 	{
-		Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		DhMat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
 		projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
 		
-		Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(
+		DhMat4f boxTransform = DhMat4f.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(
+		boxTransform.multiply(DhMat4f.createScaleMatrix(
 				(float) (box.maxPos.x - box.minPos.x),
 				(float) (box.maxPos.y - box.minPos.y),
 				(float) (box.maxPos.z - box.minPos.z)));
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ 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.api.enums.config.EDhApiLoggerLevel;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ 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.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL;
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 public class GLProxy
 {
 	private static final IIrisAccessor IRIS_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IIrisAccessor.class);
+	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_API_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
 	
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER;
 	static
@@ -126,13 +130,22 @@ public class GLProxy
 	
 	private GLProxy() throws IllegalStateException
 	{
+		if (RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderApi() != EDhApiRenderingApi.OPEN_GL)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalStateException("[" + GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + "] was created with the wrong Rendering API ["+RENDER_API_DEF.getRenderApi()+"]!"); 
+		}
+		
+		
 		// 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!");
+			String message = "[" + GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + "] was created outside the render thread!";
+			IllegalStateException exception = new IllegalStateException(message);
+			MC_CLIENT.crashMinecraft(message, exception);
+			throw exception;
 		}
 		
-		LOGGER.info("Creating " + GLProxy.class.getSimpleName() + "... If this is the last message you see there must have been an OpenGL error.");
+		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) + "].");
 		
 		
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ public class GLState implements AutoCloseable
 		{
 			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);
+			
+			int depthType = GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE);
+			this.frameBufferDepthTexture = (depthType == GL32.GL_TEXTURE) ? GL32.glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME) : 0;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -179,9 +181,21 @@ public class GLState implements AutoCloseable
 		// 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);
+			if (GL32.glIsTexture(this.frameBufferTexture0))
+			{
+				GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.frameBufferTexture0, 0);
+			}
+			
+			if (this.frameBufferTexture1 != 0 && GL32.glIsTexture(this.frameBufferTexture1))
+			{
+				GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT1, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.frameBufferTexture1, 0);
+			}
+			
+			if (GL32.glIsTexture(this.frameBufferDepthTexture))
+			{
+				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);
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.ILodCont
 */
 public class GlDummyUniformData implements ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper
 {
-	@Override public void createUniformData(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer) { }
-	@Override public void tryUpload() { }
-	@Override public void upload() { }
+	@Override public void tryUpload(LodBufferContainer bufferContainer) { }
 	@Override public void close() { }
 	
 }
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexB
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;

 /**
 * This is a container for a OpenGL
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 				
 				ByteBuffer buffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(maxQuadCount);
 				GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO.upload(buffer, maxQuadCount);
-				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
 			});
 		}
 	}
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ 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;

@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.nio.FloatBuffer;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
 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;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3f;


 /**
@@ -181,27 +182,51 @@ public class GlShaderProgram
 	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); } }
+	public void setUniform(int location, DhVec3f value) { GL32.glUniform3f(location, value.x, value.y, value.z); }
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, DhVec3f) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, DhVec3f 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) */
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, DhApiMat4f) */
 	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)
+	public void setUniform(int location, DhApiMat4f value)
 	{
 		try (MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackPush())
 		{
-			FloatBuffer buffer = stack.mallocFloat(4 * 4);
-			value.store(buffer);
+			FloatBuffer buffer = stack.mallocFloat(16);
+			storeMatrixInBuffer(value, 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); } }
+	private static void storeMatrixInBuffer(DhApiMat4f matrix, FloatBuffer floatBuffer)
+	{
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(0, 0), matrix.m00);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(0, 1), matrix.m01);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(0, 2), matrix.m02);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(0, 3), matrix.m03);
+		
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(1, 0), matrix.m10);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(1, 1), matrix.m11);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(1, 2), matrix.m12);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(1, 3), matrix.m13);
+		
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(2, 0), matrix.m20);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(2, 1), matrix.m21);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(2, 2), matrix.m22);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(2, 3), matrix.m23);
+		
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(3, 0), matrix.m30);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(3, 1), matrix.m31);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(3, 2), matrix.m32);
+		floatBuffer.put(bufferIndex(3, 3), matrix.m33);
+	}
+	private static int bufferIndex(int xIndex, int zIndex) { return (zIndex * 4) + xIndex; }
+	
+	/** @see GlShaderProgram#setUniform(int, DhApiMat4f) */
+	public void trySetUniform(int location, DhMat4f value) { if (location != -1) { this.setUniform(location, value); } }
 	
 	/**
 	 * Converts the color's RGBA values into values between 0 and 1. <br>
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexB
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlAbstractVertexAttribute;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlVertexPointer;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;

 /**
 * Renders a full-screen textured quad to the screen. 
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ public class GlScreenQuad
 	}
 	private void createBuffer()
 	{
-		ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
+		buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
 		buffer.asFloatBuffer().put(BOX_VERTICES);
 		buffer.rewind();
 		
 		this.boxBuffer = new GLVertexBuffer(false);
 		this.boxBuffer.bind();
 		this.boxBuffer.uploadBuffer(buffer, BOX_VERTICES.length, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_VERTICES.length * Float.BYTES);
-		MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class GlDhApplyShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	}
 	private void renderToMcTexture()
 	{
-		int targetColorTextureId = MC_RENDER.getColorTextureId();
+		int targetColorTextureId = MC_RENDER.getGlColorTextureId();
 		if (targetColorTextureId == -1)
 		{
 			return;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 			
 			
 			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer = this.fadeFramebuffer;
-			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix, renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams);
 			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams);
 			
 			GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.fadeTexture = this.fadeTexture;
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.util.GlAbstractShaderRenderer;
 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 org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	
 	public int frameBuffer = -1;
 	
-	private Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix;
+	private DhApiMat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix;
 	
 	
 	// Uniforms
@@ -110,15 +109,9 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 		
 	}
 	
-	public void setProjectionMatrix(DhApiMat4f mcModelViewMatrix, DhApiMat4f mcProjectionMatrix)
+	public void setProjectionMatrix(RenderParams renderParams)
 	{
-		Mat4f dhProjectionMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(mcProjectionMatrix);
-		Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(mcModelViewMatrix);
-		
-		Mat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
-		inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
-		inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
-		this.inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+		this.inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = renderParams.dhInverseMvmProjectionMatrix;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -153,7 +146,7 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uDhDepthTexture, 0);
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE1);
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getColorTextureId());
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getGlColorTextureId());
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uMcColorTexture, 1);
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE2);
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.util.GlAbstractShaderRenderer;
 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 org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ public class GlDhVanillaFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	
 	public int frameBuffer = -1;
 	
-	private Mat4f inverseMcMvmProjMatrix;
-	private Mat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix;
+	private DhApiMat4f inverseMcMvmProjMatrix;
+	private DhApiMat4f inverseDhMvmProjMatrix;
 	private float levelMaxHeight;
 	
 	
@@ -136,21 +135,10 @@ public class GlDhVanillaFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uOnlyRenderLods, Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get());
 	}
 	
-	public void setProjectionMatrix(DhApiMat4f mcModelViewMatrix, DhApiMat4f mcProjectionMatrix)
+	public void setProjectionMatrix(RenderParams renderParams)
 	{
-		Mat4f inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(mcProjectionMatrix);
-		inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(mcModelViewMatrix);
-		inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
-		this.inverseMcMvmProjMatrix = inverseMcModelViewProjectionMatrix;
-		
-		
-		Mat4f dhProjectionMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(mcProjectionMatrix);
-		Mat4f dhModelViewMatrix = RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(mcModelViewMatrix);
-		
-		Mat4f inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix = new Mat4f(dhProjectionMatrix);
-		inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.multiply(dhModelViewMatrix);
-		inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix.invert();
-		this.inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = inverseDhModelViewProjectionMatrix;
+		this.inverseMcMvmProjMatrix = renderParams.mcInverseMvmProjectionMatrix;
+		this.inverseDhMvmProjMatrix = renderParams.dhInverseMvmProjectionMatrix;
 	}
 	public void setLevelMaxHeight(int levelMaxHeight) { this.levelMaxHeight = levelMaxHeight; }
 	
@@ -185,7 +173,7 @@ public class GlDhVanillaFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 		GLMC.disableBlend();
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0);
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getDepthTextureId());
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getGlDepthTextureId());
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uMcDepthTexture, 0);
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE1);
@@ -193,7 +181,7 @@ public class GlDhVanillaFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uDhDepthTexture, 1);
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE2);
-		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getColorTextureId());
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(MC_RENDER.getGlColorTextureId());
 		GL32.glUniform1i(this.uCombinedMcDhColorTexture, 2);
 		
 		GLMC.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE3);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class GlVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, MC_RENDER.getColorTextureId(), 0);
+			GL32.glFramebufferTexture2D(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL32.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, MC_RENDER.getGlColorTextureId(), 0);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class GlVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 			
 			
 			GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer = this.fadeFramebuffer;
-			GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix, renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
+			GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams);
 			GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.setLevelMaxHeight(renderParams.clientLevelWrapper.getMaxHeight());
 			GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams);
 			
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fog;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiFogRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public class GlDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 	//region
 	
 	@Override
-	public void render(RenderParams renderParams)
+	public void render(RenderParams renderParams, DhApiFogRenderParam fogRenderParams)
 	{
 		// GLState needed in MC 1.16.5 probably due to MC not manually setting each GL state they need before the next rendering step
 		try (GLState state = new GLState())
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class GlDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 			}
 			
 			GlDhFogShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer = this.fogFramebuffer;
-			GlDhFogShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams.dhMvmProjMatrix);
+			GlDhFogShader.INSTANCE.prepUniformObjects(renderParams.dhMvmProjMatrix, fogRenderParams);
 			GlDhFogShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams);
 			
 			GlDhFogApplyShader.INSTANCE.fogTexture = this.fogTexture;
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.fog;

-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.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiFogRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.GlDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader.GlShaderProgram;
@@ -33,24 +33,21 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.util.GlAbstractShaderRend
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

-import java.awt.*;
-
 public class GlDhFogShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 {
 	public static final GlDhFogShader INSTANCE = new GlDhFogShader();
 	
-	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
-	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
 	
 	
 	
 	public int frameBuffer;
-	private Mat4f inverseMvmProjMatrix; 
+	private DhMat4f inverseMvmProjMatrix; 
+	private DhApiFogRenderParam fogRenderParams;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -167,95 +164,58 @@ public class GlDhFogShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	{
 		int lodDrawDistance = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodChunkRenderDistanceRadius.get() * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH;
 		
-		
-		
-		if (this.inverseMvmProjMatrix != null)
-		{
-			this.shader.setUniform(this.uInvMvmProj, this.inverseMvmProjMatrix);
-		}
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uInvMvmProj, this.inverseMvmProjMatrix);
 		
 		
 		// Fog uniforms
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogColor, this.getFogColor(renderParams.partialTicks));
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogColor, this.fogRenderParams.getFogColor());
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogScale, 1.f / lodDrawDistance);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogVerticalScale, 1.f / MC.getWrappedClientLevel().getMaxHeight());
-		// only used for debugging
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogDebugMode, 0); // 1 = render everything with fog color // 7 = use debug rendering
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogFalloffType, Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.farFogFalloff.get().value);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogVerticalScale, 1.f / renderParams.clientLevelWrapper.getMaxHeight());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogDebugMode, 0); // 0 = normal // 1 = render everything with fog color // 7 = use debug rendering
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFogFalloffType, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogFalloff().value);
 		
 		
 		// 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;
-		}
-		
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogStart, farFogStart);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogLength, farFogEnd - farFogStart);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogMin, farFogMin);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogRange, farFogMax - farFogMin);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogDensity, farFogDensity);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogStart, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogStartPercent());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogLength, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogEndPercent() - this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogStartPercent());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogMin, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogRange, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMaxThickness() - this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uFarFogDensity, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogDensity());
 		
 		
 		// height config
-		EDhApiHeightFogMixMode heightFogMixingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogMixMode.get();
-		boolean heightFogEnabled = heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.SPHERICAL && heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.CYLINDRICAL;
+		EDhApiHeightFogMixMode heightFogMixingMode = this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogMixingMode();
+		boolean heightFogEnabled = 
+			heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.SPHERICAL 
+			&& heightFogMixingMode != EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.CYLINDRICAL;
 		boolean useSphericalFog = heightFogMixingMode == EDhApiHeightFogMixMode.SPHERICAL;
-		EDhApiHeightFogDirection heightFogCameraDirection = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogDirection.get();
+		EDhApiHeightFogDirection heightFogDirection = this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogDirection();
 		
-		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();
-		
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogStart, heightFogStart);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogLength, heightFogEnd - heightFogStart);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogMin, heightFogMin);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogRange, heightFogMax - heightFogMin);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogDensity, heightFogDensity);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogStart, this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogStartPercent());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogLength, this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogEndPercent() - this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogStartPercent());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogMin, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogRange, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMaxThickness() - this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogMinThickness());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogDensity, this.fogRenderParams.getFarFogDensity());
 		
 		
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogEnabled, heightFogEnabled);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogFalloffType, Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogFalloff.get().value);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogBaseHeight, Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.HeightFog.heightFogBaseHeight.get());
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightBasedOnCamera, heightFogCameraDirection.basedOnCamera);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogAppliesUp, heightFogCameraDirection.fogAppliesUp);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogAppliesDown, heightFogCameraDirection.fogAppliesDown);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogFalloffType, this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogFalloff().value);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogBaseHeight, this.fogRenderParams.getHeightFogBaseHeight());
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightBasedOnCamera, heightFogDirection.basedOnCamera);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogAppliesUp, heightFogDirection.fogAppliesUp);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogAppliesDown, heightFogDirection.fogAppliesDown);
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uUseSphericalFog, useSphericalFog);
 		this.shader.setUniform(this.uHeightFogMixingMode, heightFogMixingMode.value);
-		this.shader.setUniform(this.uCameraBlockYPos, (float)MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition().y);
+		this.shader.setUniform(this.uCameraBlockYPos, (float)renderParams.exactCameraPosition.y);
 		
 	}
-	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;
-	}
 	
-	public void setProjectionMatrix(DhApiMat4f modelViewProjectionMatrix)
+	public void prepUniformObjects(DhApiMat4f modelViewProjectionMatrix, DhApiFogRenderParam fogRenderParams)
 	{
-		this.inverseMvmProjMatrix = new Mat4f(modelViewProjectionMatrix);
+		this.inverseMvmProjMatrix = new DhMat4f(modelViewProjectionMatrix);
 		this.inverseMvmProjMatrix.invert();
+		
+		this.fogRenderParams = fogRenderParams;
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.GlScreenQu
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.util.GlAbstractShaderRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

 /**
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public class GlDhSSAOShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	
 	public int frameBuffer;
 	
-	private Mat4f projection;
-	private Mat4f invertedProjection;
+	private DhMat4f projection;
+	private DhMat4f invertedProjection;
 	
 	
 	// uniforms
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ public class GlDhSSAOShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	
 	public void setProjectionMatrix(DhApiMat4f projectionMatrix)
 	{
-		this.projection = new Mat4f(projectionMatrix);
+		this.projection = new DhMat4f(projectionMatrix);
 		
-		this.invertedProjection = new Mat4f(projectionMatrix);
+		this.invertedProjection = new DhMat4f(projectionMatrix);
 		this.invertedProjection.invert();
 	}
 	
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ 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.util.math.Vec3d;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3d;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhVec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
 	private static final IIrisAccessor IRIS_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IIrisAccessor.class);
 	
+	private static final DhVec3f MODEL_POS = new DhVec3f();
+	/** single event object used to reduce GC pressure */
+	private static final DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM = new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam();
+	
+	
 	
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	@Override
 	public void fillUniformData(DhApiRenderParam renderParameters)
 	{
-		Mat4f combinedMatrix = new Mat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
+		DhMat4f combinedMatrix = new DhMat4f(renderParameters.dhProjectionMatrix);
 		combinedMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
 		
 		super.bind();
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public void setModelOffsetPos(DhApiVec3f modelOffsetPos) { this.setUniform(this.uModelOffset, new Vec3f(modelOffsetPos)); }
+	public void setModelOffsetPos(DhApiVec3f modelOffsetPos) { this.setUniform(this.uModelOffset, new DhVec3f(modelOffsetPos)); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getId() { return this.id; }
@@ -289,9 +294,13 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 			GLMC.disableBlend();
 		}
 		
+		// needs to be explicitly called since Iris may disable color rendering and not re-enable it
+		// when boats are rendered in the scene (due to rendering out water inside the boat)
+		GL32.glColorMask(true, true, true, true);
+		
 		// needs to be triggered after DH attempts to set the GL state so that Iris 
 		// can override it as needed
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam.apiCopy);
 		
 		
 		
@@ -323,16 +332,17 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 				
 				// set uniforms and fire events
 				{
-					Vec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
-					Vec3f modelPos = new Vec3f(
+					DhVec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
+					MODEL_POS.set(
 						(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX() - camPos.x),
 						(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY() - camPos.y),
 						(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ() - camPos.z));
+					BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM.update(renderEventParam, MODEL_POS);
 					
 					GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.shaderProgramForThisFrame.bind();
-					GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.shaderProgramForThisFrame.setModelOffsetPos(modelPos);
+					GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.shaderProgramForThisFrame.setModelOffsetPos(MODEL_POS);
 					
-					ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, modelPos));
+					ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, BEFORE_BUFFER_RENDER_EVENT_PARAM);
 				}
 				
 				IVertexBufferWrapper[] vertexBuffers = (opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vboOpaqueWrappers : bufferContainer.vboTransparentWrappers);
@@ -22,23 +22,34 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;
-
+#endif
 public class ProxyUtil
 {
 	
-	public static ILevelWrapper getLevelWrapper(LevelAccessor level)
+	public static ILevelWrapper getLevelWrapper(
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 World #else LevelAccessor #endif level
+		)
 	{
 		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper;
-		if (level instanceof ServerLevel)
+		if (level instanceof #if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 WorldServer #else ServerLevel #endif)
 		{
-			levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ServerLevel) level);
+			levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 (WorldServer) #else (ServerLevel) #endif level
+			);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			levelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ClientLevel) level);
+			levelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 (WorldClient) #else (ClientLevel) #endif level
+			);
 		}
 		
 		return levelWrapper;
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.GlDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig.ClassicConfigGUI;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.LangWrapper;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class DependencySetup
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(ILangWrapper.class, LangWrapper.INSTANCE);
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IVersionConstants.class, VersionConstants.INSTANCE);
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IWrapperFactory.class, WrapperFactory.INSTANCE);
-		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IKeyedClientLevelManager.class, KeyedClientLevelManager.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IKeyedClientLevelManager.class, new KeyedClientLevelManager());
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IDhApiCustomRenderObjectFactory.class, GenericRenderObjectFactory.INSTANCE);
 	}
 	
@@ -94,25 +95,25 @@ public class DependencySetup
 		
 		
 		
-		EDhApiRenderApi renderingApiEnum = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
-		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
+		EDhApiRenderingEngine renderingApiEnum = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.get();
+		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderingEngine.AUTO)
 		{
 			IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
-			renderingApiEnum = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
+			renderingApiEnum = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingEngine();
 		}
 		
-		LOGGER.info("Setting DH Rendering API to: ["+renderingApiEnum+"].");
+		LOGGER.info("Setting DH Rendering API to: ["+renderingApiEnum+"]...");
 		
 		
 		
 		boolean validApi;
 		AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition renderDefinition;
-		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL)
+		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderingEngine.OPEN_GL)
 		{
 			validApi = true;
 			renderDefinition = new GlDhRenderApiDefinition();
 		}
-		else if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D)
+		else if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderingEngine.BLAZE_3D)
 		{
 			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 			validApi = false;
@@ -133,14 +134,24 @@ public class DependencySetup
 		// crash if an invalid API is set
 		if (!validApi)
 		{
-			String message = "["+renderingApiEnum+"] is not supported on this version of Minecraft, reverting to ["+EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO+"].";
+			String message = "The Distant Horizons rendering engine ["+renderDefinition.getEngineName()+"]-["+renderingApiEnum+"] is not supported with this Minecraft config, reverting to ["+ EDhApiRenderingEngine.AUTO+"].";
+			LOGGER.fatal(message);
+			Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingEngine.set(EDhApiRenderingEngine.AUTO);
+			throw new IllegalStateException(message);
+		}
+		
+		// crash if the rendering API set doesn't match Minecraft's
+		EDhApiRenderingApi mcRenderApi = MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.getMcRenderingApi();
+		if (mcRenderApi != renderDefinition.getRenderApi())
+		{
+			String message = "The Distant Horizons rendering engine ["+renderDefinition.getEngineName()+"]-["+renderDefinition.getRenderApi().name()+"] cannot be used since it's API doesn't match what Minecraft is currently set to use ["+mcRenderApi.name()+"]. Please either change Minecraft's rendering API or Distant Horizons'.";
 			LOGGER.fatal(message);
-			Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.set(EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO);
 			throw new IllegalStateException(message);
 		}
 		
 		
 		renderDefinition.bindRenderers();
+		LOGGER.info("DH Rendering successfully bound to: ["+renderDefinition.getEngineName()+"]...");
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@ import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.DhMat4f;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.ChunkPos;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+#endif

 /**
 * This class converts to and from Minecraft objects (Ex: Matrix4f)
@@ -39,15 +45,17 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
 */
 public class McObjectConverter
 {
-	private static int bufferIndex(int x, int y)
-	{
-		return y * 4 + x;
-	}
 	
 	
+	//========//
+	// matrix //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
 	/** 4x4 float matrix converter */
-	public static Mat4f Convert(
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4 com.mojang.math.Matrix4f 
+	public static DhMat4f Convert(
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 org.joml.Matrix4f
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4 com.mojang.math.Matrix4f 
 			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6 org.joml.Matrix4f
 			#else org.joml.Matrix4fc 
 			#endif 
@@ -55,22 +63,25 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 	{
 		FloatBuffer buffer = FloatBuffer.allocate(16);
 		storeMatrix(mcMatrix, buffer);
-		Mat4f matrix = new Mat4f(buffer);
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		DhMat4f matrix = new DhMat4f(buffer);
+        #if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2 && MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 		matrix.transpose(); // In 1.19.3 and later, we no longer need to transpose it
        #endif
 		return matrix;
 	}
 	/** Taken from Minecraft's com.mojang.math.Matrix4f class from 1.18.2 */
 	private static void storeMatrix(
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4 com.mojang.math.Matrix4f 
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 org.joml.Matrix4f
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4 com.mojang.math.Matrix4f 
 			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6 org.joml.Matrix4f 
 			#else org.joml.Matrix4fc 
 			#endif
 			matrix, 
 			FloatBuffer buffer)
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		matrix.get(buffer);
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 		matrix.store(buffer);
        #else
 		// Mojang starts to use joml's Matrix4f libary in 1.19.3 so we copy their store method and use it here if its newer than 1.19.3
@@ -92,37 +103,85 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 		buffer.put(bufferIndex(3, 3), matrix.m33());
        #endif
 	}
+	private static int bufferIndex(int x, int y) { return y * 4 + x; }
+	
+	//endregion
 	
 	
-	static final Direction[] directions;
-	static final EDhDirection[] lodDirections;
+	
+	//===========//
+	// direction //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static final EnumFacing[] mcDirections;
+	#else
+	private static final Direction[] mcDirections;
+	#endif
+	
+	private static final EDhDirection[] dhDirections;
 	static
 	{
 		EDhDirection[] lodDirs = EDhDirection.values();
-		directions = new Direction[lodDirs.length];
-		lodDirections = new EDhDirection[lodDirs.length];
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		mcDirections = new EnumFacing[lodDirs.length];
+		#else
+		mcDirections = new Direction[lodDirs.length];
+		#endif
+		
+		dhDirections = new EDhDirection[lodDirs.length];
 		for (EDhDirection lodDir : lodDirs)
 		{
-			Direction dir;
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 
+			EnumFacing dir;
+			#else 
+			Direction dir; 
+			#endif
 			switch (lodDir.name().toUpperCase())
 			{
 				case "DOWN":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.DOWN;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.DOWN;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				case "UP":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.UP;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.UP;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				case "NORTH":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.NORTH;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.NORTH;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				case "SOUTH":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.SOUTH;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.SOUTH;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				case "WEST":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.WEST;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.WEST;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				case "EAST":
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					dir = EnumFacing.EAST;
+					#else 
 					dir = Direction.EAST;
+					#endif
 					break;
 				default:
 					dir = null;
@@ -131,13 +190,37 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 			
 			if (dir == null)
 			{
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid direction on init mapping: " + lodDir);
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid direction on init mapping: [" + lodDir + "].");
 			}
-			directions[lodDir.ordinal()] = dir;
-			lodDirections[dir.ordinal()] = lodDir;
+			mcDirections[lodDir.ordinal()] = dir;
+			dhDirections[dir.ordinal()] = lodDir;
 		}
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static EnumFacing Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection)
+	#else
+	public static Direction Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection)
+	#endif
+	{ return mcDirections[lodDirection.ordinal()]; }
+	
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static EDhDirection Convert(EnumFacing direction) 
+	#else
+	public static EDhDirection Convert(Direction direction) 
+	#endif
+	{ return dhDirections[direction.ordinal()]; }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// position objects //
+	//==================//
+	//region
+	
 	public static BlockPos Convert(DhBlockPos wrappedPos) { return new BlockPos(wrappedPos.getX(), wrappedPos.getY(), wrappedPos.getZ()); }
 	
 	public static ChunkPos Convert(DhChunkPos wrappedPos) { return new ChunkPos(wrappedPos.getX(), wrappedPos.getZ()); }
@@ -150,7 +233,8 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 		#endif
 	}
 	
-	public static Direction Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection) { return directions[lodDirection.ordinal()]; }
-	public static EDhDirection Convert(Direction direction) { return lodDirections[direction.ordinal()]; }
+	//endregion
+	
+	
 	
 }
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiRenderingEngine;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;

 public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 		// it can't load client classes when running as a dedicated server,
 		// which was how we were dynamically accessing the MC version string
 		
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+		#if MC_VER == MC_1_12_2
+			return "1.12.2";
+		
+		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
 			return "1.16.5";
 		
 		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 			return "1.21.11";
 		#elif MC_VER == MC_26_1_2
 			return "26.1.2";
+		#elif MC_VER == MC_26_2_0
+			return "26.2.0";
 		#else
 			ERROR MC version constant missing
 		#endif
@@ -102,12 +107,12 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public EDhApiRenderApi getDefaultRenderingApi()
+	public EDhApiRenderingEngine getDefaultRenderingEngine()
 	{
 		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
-			return EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL;
+		return EDhApiRenderingEngine.OPEN_GL;
 		#else
-			return EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D;
+		return EDhApiRenderingEngine.BLAZE_3D;
 		#endif
 	}
 	
@@ -46,17 +46,30 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.worldGeneration.IBatchGeneratorEnvironmentWrapper;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectOpenHashSet;
-import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
+
 #if MC_VER > MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
 #endif
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.biome.Biome;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+#endif

 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;

 /**
 * This handles creating abstract wrapper objects.
@@ -115,7 +128,7 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 			throw new ClassCastException("levelWrapper must be returned by DH and of type ["+ILevelWrapper.class.getName()+"].");
 		}
 		
-		return BiomeWrapper.deserialize(resourceLocationString, (ILevelWrapper)levelWrapper); 
+		return BiomeWrapper.deserialize(resourceLocationString, (ILevelWrapper)levelWrapper);
 	}
 	@Override
 	public IDhApiBlockStateWrapper getDefaultBlockStateWrapper(String resourceLocationString, IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException, ClassCastException
@@ -125,19 +138,19 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 			throw new ClassCastException("Invalid ["+IDhApiLevelWrapper.class.getSimpleName()+"] value given. Level wrapper object must be one given by the DH API (it can't be a custom implementation), specifically of type ["+ILevelWrapper.class.getName()+"].");
 		}
 		
-		return BlockStateWrapper.deserialize(resourceLocationString, (ILevelWrapper)levelWrapper); 
+		return BlockStateWrapper.deserialize(resourceLocationString, (ILevelWrapper)levelWrapper);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public IBiomeWrapper deserializeBiomeWrapper(String str, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException { return BiomeWrapper.deserialize(str, levelWrapper); }
-	@Override 
+	@Override
 	public IBiomeWrapper getPlainsBiomeWrapper(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			return BiomeWrapper.deserialize(BiomeWrapper.PLAINS_RESOURCE_LOCATION_STRING, levelWrapper);
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) 
+		catch (IOException e)
 		{
 			throw new LodUtil.AssertFailureException("Unable to parse plains resource string ["+BiomeWrapper.PLAINS_RESOURCE_LOCATION_STRING+"], error:\n " + e.getMessage());
 		}
@@ -172,7 +185,8 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	 */
 	public IChunkWrapper createChunkWrapper(Object[] objectArray) throws ClassCastException
 	{
-		if (objectArray.length == 1 && objectArray[0] instanceof IChunkWrapper)
+		if (objectArray.length == 1 
+			&& objectArray[0] instanceof IChunkWrapper)
 		{
 			try
 			{
@@ -186,41 +200,102 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 			}
 		}
 		
-		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
-		else if (objectArray.length == 2)
-		{
-			// correct number of parameters from the API
-			
-			// chunk
-			if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof ChunkAccess))
-			{
-				throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
-			}
-			ChunkAccess chunk = (ChunkAccess) objectArray[0];
-			
-			// level / light source
-			if (!(objectArray[1] instanceof Level))
-			{
-				throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
-			}
-			// the level is needed for the DH level wrapper...
-			Level level = (Level) objectArray[1];
-			
-			
-			// level wrapper
-			ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = level.isClientSide()
-					? ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ClientLevel)level)
-					: ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ServerLevel)level);
-			
-			
-			return new ChunkWrapper(chunk, levelWrapper);
-		}
-		// incorrect number of parameters from the API
-		else
+		else if (objectArray.length != 2)
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
-		//#endif
+		
+		
+		// correct number of parameters from the API
+		
+		//=======//
+		// chunk //
+		//=======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean chunkClassCorrect;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		chunkClassCorrect = (objectArray[0] instanceof Chunk);
+		#else
+		chunkClassCorrect = (objectArray[0] instanceof ChunkAccess);
+		#endif
+		if (!chunkClassCorrect)
+		{
+			throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
+		}
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		Chunk chunk = (Chunk) objectArray[0];
+		#else
+		ChunkAccess chunk = (ChunkAccess) objectArray[0];
+		#endif
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//=======//
+		// level //
+		//=======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean levelClassCorrect;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		levelClassCorrect = (objectArray[1] instanceof World);
+		#else
+		levelClassCorrect = (objectArray[1] instanceof Level);
+		#endif
+		
+		if (!levelClassCorrect)
+		{
+			throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
+		}
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		World level = (World) objectArray[1];
+		#else
+		Level level = (Level) objectArray[1];
+		#endif
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//===============//
+		// level wrapper //
+		//===============//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isClientSide;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isClientSide = !level.isRemote;
+		#else
+		isClientSide = level.isClientSide();
+		#endif
+		
+		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper;
+		if (isClientSide)
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			levelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((WorldClient)level);
+			#else
+			levelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ClientLevel)level);
+			#endif
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((WorldServer)level);
+			#else
+			levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ServerLevel)level);
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		return new ChunkWrapper(chunk, levelWrapper);
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Note: when this is updated for different MC versions,
@@ -230,13 +305,19 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	{
 		String[] expectedClassNames;
 		
-		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
-		expectedClassNames = new String[] 
-		{
-			ChunkAccess.class.getName(),
-			"[ServerLevel] or [ClientLevel]" // Classes are not referenced by names to avoid exception when one of them is missing
-		};
-		//#endif
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		expectedClassNames = new String[]
+			{
+				Chunk.class.getName(),
+				"[WorldClient] or [WorldServer]" // Classes are not referenced by names to avoid exception when one of them is missing
+			};
+		#else
+		expectedClassNames = new String[]
+			{
+				ChunkAccess.class.getName(),
+				"[ServerLevel] or [ClientLevel]" // Classes are not referenced by names to avoid exception when one of them is missing
+			};
+		#endif
 		
 		return createWrapperErrorMessage("Chunk wrapper", expectedClassNames, objectArray);
 	}
@@ -258,7 +339,7 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	
 	// documentation should be in the API interface
 	
-	public IDhApiBiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(Object[] objectArray, IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper) 
+	public IDhApiBiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(Object[] objectArray, IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
 		// confirm the API level wrapper is also a Core wrapper 
 		if (!(levelWrapper instanceof ILevelWrapper))
@@ -322,19 +403,29 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		
 		
 		
-		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
 		if (objectArray.length != 1)
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createBlockStateWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
-		if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof BlockState))
+		
+		boolean blockClassCorrect;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		blockClassCorrect = (objectArray[0] instanceof IBlockState);
+		#else
+		blockClassCorrect = (objectArray[0] instanceof BlockState);
+		#endif
+		if (!blockClassCorrect)
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createBlockStateWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
 		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		IBlockState blockState = (IBlockState) objectArray[0];
+		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(blockState, coreLevelWrapper);
+		#else
 		BlockState blockState = (BlockState) objectArray[0];
 		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(blockState, coreLevelWrapper);
-		//#endif
+		#endif
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Note: when this is updated for different MC versions,
@@ -344,7 +435,9 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	{
 		String[] expectedClassNames;
 		
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		expectedClassNames = new String[] { IBlockState.class.getName() };
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Biome.class.getName() };
 		#else
 		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Holder.class.getName()+"<"+Biome.class.getName()+">" };
@@ -357,7 +450,6 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	
 	
 	
-	
 	//================//
 	// helper methods //
 	//================//
@@ -367,8 +459,8 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	{
 		// error header
 		StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder(
-				wrapperName + " creation failed. \n" +
-						"Expected object array parameters: \n");
+			wrapperName + " creation failed. \n" +
+				"Expected object array parameters: \n");
 		
 		
 		// expected parameters
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
-
+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.BlockBiomeWrapperPair;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FullDataPointUtil;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.world.biome.Biome;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.ColorResolver;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
+#endif

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
@@ -45,8 +49,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
    #endif
 	
 	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<BlockBiomeWrapperPair, Integer> COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	/** returned if the color cache is incomplete */
-	public static final int INVALID_COLOR = -1;
 	
 	
 	protected BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper;
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 	 * Can be called by DH directly, skipping some of MC's logic
 	 * to speed up tint getting slightly.
 	 * 
-	 * @return {@link AbstractDhTintGetter#INVALID_COLOR} if any of the biomes needed for this position
+	 * @return {@link ClientBlockStateColorCache#INVALID_COLOR} if any of the biomes needed for this position
 	 *          were not cached. In that case calling {@link AbstractDhTintGetter#getBlockTint(BlockPos, ColorResolver)}
 	 *          will need to be called by MC's ColorResolver so we can
 	 *          populate the color cache.
@@ -159,9 +161,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 				int id = FullDataPointUtil.getId(dataPoint);
 				BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper = (BiomeWrapper) this.fullDataSource.mapping.getBiomeWrapper(id);
 				int color = this.tryGetClientBiomeColor(colorResolver, biomeWrapper);
-				if (color == INVALID_COLOR)
+				if (color == ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
 				{
-					return INVALID_COLOR;
+					return ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR;
 				}
 				
 				
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 			// no color resolver is present,
 			// the cache needs to be populated before 
 			// we can use the fast path
-			return INVALID_COLOR;
+			return ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR;
 		}
 		
 		
@@ -343,9 +345,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 	
 	
 	
-	//===========//
-	// set color //
-	//===========//
+	//=================//
+	// static handlers //
+	//=================//
 	//region
 	
 	/** 
@@ -358,8 +360,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 		COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR.put(pair, colorInt);
 	}
 	
+	public static void clear() { COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR.clear(); }
+	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
 	
 }
+#endif
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
-
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;

-#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+#endif
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+#elif MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.core.Registry;
 #elif MC_VER == MC_1_18_2 || MC_VER == MC_1_19_2
 import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
@@ -45,14 +48,21 @@ import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentMap;
 #endif

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.world.biome.Biome;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
+#endif
+

 #if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biomes;
@@ -108,8 +118,13 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 	//==============//
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
+	//region
 	
-	public static BiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
+	public static BiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(Biome biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#else
+	public static BiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(Holder<Biome> biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#endif
 	{
 		if (biome == null)
 		{
@@ -129,7 +144,12 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 			return newWrapper;
 		}
 	}
-	private BiomeWrapper(#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	
+	#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
+	private BiomeWrapper(Biome biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#else
+	private BiomeWrapper(Holder<Biome> biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#endif
 	{
 		this.biome = biome;
 		this.serialString = this.serialize(levelWrapper);
@@ -138,11 +158,14 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		//LOGGER.trace("Created BiomeWrapper ["+this.serialString+"] for ["+biome+"]");
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// methods //
 	//=========//
+	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String getName()
@@ -188,11 +211,14 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 	@Override
 	public String toString() { return this.getSerialString(); }
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//=======================//
 	// serialization methods //
 	//=======================//
+	//region
 	
 	public String serialize(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
@@ -219,8 +245,10 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		
 		// generate the serial string //
 		
+		#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 		Level level = (Level)levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
 		net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registryAccess = level.registryAccess();
+		#endif
 		
 		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 		ResourceLocation resourceLocation;
@@ -228,7 +256,9 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		Identifier resourceLocation;
 		#endif
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		resourceLocation = biome.getRegistryName();
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).getKey(this.biome);
 		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).getKey(this.biome.value());
@@ -293,11 +323,16 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		{
 			try
 			{
+				#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 				Level level = (Level) levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
 				net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registryAccess = level.registryAccess();
-				
+				#endif
+
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				BiomeDeserializeResult deserializeResult = deserializeBiome(resourceLocationString);
+				#else
 				BiomeDeserializeResult deserializeResult = deserializeBiome(resourceLocationString, registryAccess);
-				
+				#endif				
 				
 				
 				if (!deserializeResult.success)
@@ -325,7 +360,11 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		}
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static BiomeDeserializeResult deserializeBiome(String resourceLocationString) throws IOException
+	#else
 	public static BiomeDeserializeResult deserializeBiome(String resourceLocationString, net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registryAccess) throws IOException
+	#endif
 	{
 		// parse the resource location
 		int separatorIndex = resourceLocationString.indexOf(":");
@@ -356,7 +395,10 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		
 		
 		boolean success;
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		Biome biome = Biome.REGISTRY.getObject(resourceLocation);
+		success = (biome != null);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		Biome biome = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).get(resourceLocation);
 		success = (biome != null);
 		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
@@ -400,10 +442,14 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		return new BiomeDeserializeResult(success, biome);
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
 	
 	//================//
 	// helper classes //
 	//================//
+	//region
 	
 	public static class BiomeDeserializeResult
 	{
@@ -413,14 +459,21 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		public final Biome biome;
 		#else
 		public final Holder<Biome> biome;
-    #endif
+        #endif
 		
-		public BiomeDeserializeResult(boolean success, #if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif biome)
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
+		public BiomeDeserializeResult(boolean success, Biome biome)
+		#else
+		public BiomeDeserializeResult(boolean success, Holder<Biome> biome)
+		#endif
 		{
 			this.success = success;
 			this.biome = biome;
 		}
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
 	
 }
@@ -32,12 +32,20 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrappe
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectOpenHashSet;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.block.*;
+import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.block.properties.IProperty;
+import net.minecraftforge.fluids.IFluidBlock;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.tags.BlockTags;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BeaconBeamBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.SoundType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+#endif
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;

 import java.awt.*;
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Registry;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.EmptyBlockGetter;
-#else
+#elif MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import net.minecraft.tags.TagKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
@@ -70,12 +78,15 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.EmptyBlockGetter;
 import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation; 
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 #endif

+
 public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 {
 	/** example "minecraft:water" */
@@ -87,7 +98,11 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	// must be defined before AIR, otherwise a null pointer will be thrown
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static final ConcurrentHashMap<IBlockState, BlockStateWrapper> WRAPPER_BY_BLOCK_STATE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	#else
    public static final ConcurrentHashMap<BlockState, BlockStateWrapper> WRAPPER_BY_BLOCK_STATE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	#endif
    public static final ConcurrentHashMap<String, BlockStateWrapper> WRAPPER_BY_RESOURCE_LOCATION = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
 	public static final String AIR_STRING = "AIR";
@@ -114,7 +129,11 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	// properties //
 	
 	@Nullable
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public final IBlockState blockState;
+	#else
 	public final BlockState blockState;
+	#endif
 	/** technically final, but since it requires a method call to generate it can't be marked as such */
 	private String serialString;
 	private final int hashCode;
@@ -139,27 +158,71 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
 	//region
-	
 	/**
-	 * Can be faster than {@link BlockStateWrapper#fromBlockState(BlockState, ILevelWrapper)}
+	 * Can be faster than BlockStateWrapper#fromBlockState(BlockState, ILevelWrapper)
 	 * in cases where the same block state is expected to be referenced multiple times.
 	 */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static BlockStateWrapper fromBlockState(IBlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, IBlockStateWrapper guess)
+	#else
 	public static BlockStateWrapper fromBlockState(BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, IBlockStateWrapper guess)
+	#endif
 	{
-		BlockState guessBlockState = (guess == null || guess.isAir()) ? null : (BlockState) guess.getWrappedMcObject();
-		BlockState inputBlockState = (blockState == null || blockState.isAir()) ? null : blockState;
-		
-		if (guess instanceof BlockStateWrapper
-			&& guessBlockState == inputBlockState)
-		{
-			return (BlockStateWrapper) guess;
-		}
-		else
+		if (guess == null)
 		{
 			return fromBlockState(blockState, levelWrapper);
 		}
+		
+		
+		// guess block state
+		BlockStateWrapper wrapperGuess = (BlockStateWrapper) guess;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		IBlockState guessBlockState;
+		#else
+		BlockState guessBlockState;
+		#endif
+		if(isAir(wrapperGuess.blockState))
+		{
+			guessBlockState = null;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			guessBlockState = (IBlockState) guess.getWrappedMcObject();
+			#else 
+			guessBlockState = (BlockState) guess.getWrappedMcObject();
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		// input block state
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		IBlockState inputBlockState;
+		#else
+		BlockState inputBlockState;
+		#endif
+		if (isAir(blockState))
+		{
+			inputBlockState = null;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			inputBlockState = blockState;
+		}
+		
+		
+		if (guessBlockState == inputBlockState)
+		{
+			return (BlockStateWrapper) guess;
+		}
+		
+		return fromBlockState(blockState, levelWrapper);
 	}
+
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static BlockStateWrapper fromBlockState(@Nullable IBlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#else
 	public static BlockStateWrapper fromBlockState(@Nullable BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// air is a special case
 		if (isAir(blockState))
@@ -208,9 +271,12 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	private BlockStateWrapper(
-		@Nullable BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, 
-		@Nullable DhApiBlockStateWrapperCreatedEvent.EventParam overrideEventParam)
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private BlockStateWrapper(@Nullable IBlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, @Nullable DhApiBlockStateWrapperCreatedEvent.EventParam overrideEventParam)
+	#else
+	private BlockStateWrapper(@Nullable BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, @Nullable DhApiBlockStateWrapperCreatedEvent.EventParam overrideEventParam)
+	#endif	
 	{
 		this.blockState = blockState;
 		this.serialString = serialize(blockState, levelWrapper);
@@ -228,11 +294,13 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			}
 			else
 			{
-	        #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-			this.isLiquid = this.blockState.getMaterial().isLiquid() || !this.blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty();
-	        #else
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				this.isLiquid = this.blockState.getMaterial().isLiquid() || this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof IFluidBlock;
+				#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+				this.isLiquid = this.blockState.getMaterial().isLiquid() || !this.blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty();
+				#else
 				this.isLiquid = !this.blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty();
-	        #endif
+				#endif
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -332,9 +400,21 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 				&& !this.isBeaconBlock)
 			{
 				Block block = this.blockState.getBlock();
+				int colorInt;
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				if (block instanceof BlockStainedGlass)
+				{
+					colorInt = blockState.getValue(BlockStainedGlass.COLOR).getColorValue();
+					beaconTintColor = ColorUtil.toColorObjRGB(colorInt);
+				}
+				else if (block instanceof BlockStainedGlassPane)
+				{
+					colorInt = blockState.getValue(BlockStainedGlassPane.COLOR).getColorValue();
+					beaconTintColor = ColorUtil.toColorObjRGB(colorInt);
+				}
+				#else
 				if (block instanceof BeaconBeamBlock)
 				{
-					int colorInt;
 					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_19_4
 					colorInt = ((BeaconBeamBlock) block).getColor().getMaterialColor().col;
 					#else
@@ -343,6 +423,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 					
 					beaconTintColor = ColorUtil.toColorObjRGB(colorInt);
 				}
+				#endif
 			}
 			this.beaconTintColor = beaconTintColor;
 			
@@ -392,8 +473,10 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			if (this.blockState != null)
 			{
 				int mcColor = 0;
-			
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+				
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				mcColor = this.blockState.getMaterial().getMaterialMapColor().colorValue;
+				#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 				mcColor = this.blockState.getMaterial().getColor().col;
 		        #else
 				mcColor = this.blockState.getMapColor(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO).col;
@@ -420,7 +503,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	        #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 			this.isSolid = this.blockState.getMaterial().isSolid();
 	        #else
-				this.isSolid = !this.blockState.getCollisionShape(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO).isEmpty();
+			this.isSolid = !this.blockState.getCollisionShape(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO).isEmpty();
            #endif
 			}
 		}
@@ -431,76 +514,193 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	// static constructor helpers //
 	//region
 	
-	private static EDhApiBlockMaterial calculateEDhApiBlockMaterialId(
-		@Nullable BlockState blockState,
-		String lowercaseSerialString,
-		boolean isLiquid
-	)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static EDhApiBlockMaterial calculateEDhApiBlockMaterialId(@Nullable IBlockState blockState, String lowercaseSerialString, boolean isLiquid)
+	#else
+	private static EDhApiBlockMaterial calculateEDhApiBlockMaterialId(@Nullable BlockState blockState, String lowercaseSerialString, boolean isLiquid)
+	#endif
 	{
-		if (blockState == null)
+		if (isAir(blockState))
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.AIR;
 		}
 		
 		
-		if (blockState.is(BlockTags.LEAVES)
+		
+		//========//
+		// leaves //
+		//========//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isLeafBlock;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isLeafBlock = blockState.getBlock() instanceof BlockLeaves;
+		#else 
+		isLeafBlock = blockState.is(BlockTags.LEAVES);
+		#endif
+		if (isLeafBlock
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("bamboo")
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("cactus")
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("chorus_flower")
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("mushroom")
-		)
+			)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.LEAVES;
 		}
-		else if (blockState.is(Blocks.LAVA))
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//======//
+		// lava //
+		//======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isLavaBlock;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isLavaBlock = blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.LAVA || blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.FLOWING_LAVA;
+		#else
+		isLavaBlock = blockState.is(Blocks.LAVA);
+		#endif
+		if (isLavaBlock)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.LAVA;
 		}
-		else if (isLiquid
-			|| blockState.is(Blocks.WATER))
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//=======//
+		// water //
+		//=======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isWaterBlock;
+	    #if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isWaterBlock = blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.WATER || blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.FLOWING_WATER;
+		#else
+		isWaterBlock = blockState.is(Blocks.WATER);
+		#endif
+		if (isLiquid
+			|| isWaterBlock)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.WATER;
 		}
-		else if (blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.WOOD
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//======//
+		// wood //
+		//======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isWoodSoundingBlock;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isWoodSoundingBlock = blockState.getBlock().getSoundType() == SoundType.WOOD;
+		#else 
+		isWoodSoundingBlock = blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.WOOD;
+		#endif
+		
+		boolean isCherryWood;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
+		isCherryWood = false;
+		#else
+		isCherryWood = blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.CHERRY_WOOD;
+		#endif
+		
+		if (isWoodSoundingBlock
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("root")
-			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_4
-			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.CHERRY_WOOD
-			#endif
-		)
+			|| isCherryWood
+			)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.WOOD;
 		}
-		else if (blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.METAL
-			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
-			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER
-			#endif
-			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_4
-			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER_BULB
-			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER_GRATE
-			#endif
-		)
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//=======//
+		// metal //
+		//=======//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isMetalSoundingBlock;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isMetalSoundingBlock = blockState.getBlock().getSoundType() == SoundType.METAL;
+		#else
+		isMetalSoundingBlock = blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.METAL;
+		#endif
+		
+		boolean isCopperSounding;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_18_2
+		isCopperSounding = false;
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_20_2
+		isCopperSounding = blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER;
+		#else
+		isCopperSounding
+		    = blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER
+				|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER_BULB
+				|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.COPPER_GRATE;
+		#endif
+		
+		if (isMetalSoundingBlock
+			|| isCopperSounding)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.METAL;
 		}
-		else if (
-			lowercaseSerialString.contains("grass_block")
-				|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("grass_slab")
-		)
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//=======//
+		// grass //
+		//=======//
+		//region
+		
+		if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("grass_block")
+			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("grass_slab")
+			)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.GRASS;
 		}
-		else if (
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//======//
+		// dirt //
+		//======//
+		//region
+		
+		if (
 			lowercaseSerialString.contains("dirt")
-				|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("gravel")
-				|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("mud")
-				|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("podzol")
-				|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("mycelium")
-		)
+			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("gravel")
+			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("mud")
+			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("podzol")
+			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("mycelium")
+			)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.DIRT;
 		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//===========//
+		// deepslate //
+		//===========//
+		//region
+		
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
-		else if (blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.DEEPSLATE
+		if (blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.DEEPSLATE
 			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.DEEPSLATE_BRICKS
 			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.DEEPSLATE_TILES
 			|| blockState.getSoundType() == SoundType.POLISHED_DEEPSLATE
@@ -509,41 +709,75 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.DEEPSLATE;
 		} 
 		#endif
-		else if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("snow"))
-		{
-			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.SNOW;
-		}
-		else if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("sand"))
-		{
-			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.SAND;
-		}
-		else if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("terracotta"))
-		{
-			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.TERRACOTTA;
-		}
-		else if (blockState.is(BlockTags.BASE_STONE_NETHER))
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//============//
+		// netherrack //
+		//============//
+		//region
+		
+		boolean isNetherRack;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		isNetherRack = blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.NETHERRACK;
+		#else
+		isNetherRack = blockState.is(BlockTags.BASE_STONE_NETHER);
+		#endif
+		
+		if (isNetherRack)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.NETHER_STONE;
 		}
-		else if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("stone")
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//=============//
+		// misc/simple //
+		//=============//
+		//region
+		
+		if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("snow"))
+		{
+			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.SNOW;
+		}
+		
+		if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("sand"))
+		{
+			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.SAND;
+		}
+		
+		if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("terracotta"))
+		{
+			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.TERRACOTTA;
+		}
+		
+		if (lowercaseSerialString.contains("stone")
 			|| lowercaseSerialString.contains("ore"))
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.STONE;
 		}
-		else if (blockState.getLightEmission() > 0)
+		
+		if (getLightEmission(blockState) > 0)
 		{
 			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.ILLUMINATED;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			return EDhApiBlockMaterial.UNKNOWN;
-		}
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		return EDhApiBlockMaterial.UNKNOWN;
 	}
 	
-	private static int calculateOpacity(
-		@Nullable BlockState blockState,
-		boolean isAir, boolean isLiquid
-	)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static int calculateOpacity(@Nullable IBlockState blockState, boolean isAir, boolean isLiquid)
+	#else
+	private static int calculateOpacity(@Nullable BlockState blockState, boolean isAir, boolean isLiquid)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// get block properties (defaults to the values used by air)
 		boolean canOcclude = getCanOcclude(blockState);
@@ -582,24 +816,40 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		
 		return opacity;
 	}
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static boolean getCanOcclude(@Nullable IBlockState blockState)
+	#else
 	private static boolean getCanOcclude(@Nullable BlockState blockState)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// defaults to the value used by air
 		boolean canOcclude = false;
 		if (blockState != null)
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			canOcclude = blockState.getMaterial().isSolid();
+			#else
 			canOcclude = blockState.canOcclude();
+			#endif
 		}
 		
 		return canOcclude;
 	}
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static boolean getPropagatesSkyLightDown(@Nullable IBlockState blockState)
+	#else
 	private static boolean getPropagatesSkyLightDown(@Nullable BlockState blockState)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// defaults to the value used by air
 		boolean propagatesSkyLightDown = true;
 		if (blockState != null)
 		{
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			propagatesSkyLightDown = blockState.getBlock().getLightOpacity(blockState) == 0;
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 			propagatesSkyLightDown = blockState.propagatesSkylightDown(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO);
 			#else
 			propagatesSkyLightDown = blockState.propagatesSkylightDown();
@@ -659,8 +909,10 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			return waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks;
 		}
 		
-		ObjectOpenHashSet<String> baseIgnoredBlock = new ObjectOpenHashSet<>();
-		waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks = getAllBlockWrappers(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.waterSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv, baseIgnoredBlock, levelWrapper);
+		ObjectOpenHashSet<String> baseIgnoredBlockResourceSet = new ObjectOpenHashSet<>();
+		waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks = getAllBlockWrappers(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.waterSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv, baseIgnoredBlockResourceSet, levelWrapper);
+		waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks.remove(AIR);
+		
 		return waterSurfaceReplacementBlocks;
 	}
 	public static ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> getWaterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
@@ -671,8 +923,12 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			return waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks;
 		}
 		
-		ObjectOpenHashSet<String> baseIgnoredBlock = new ObjectOpenHashSet<>();
-		waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks = getAllBlockWrappers(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.waterSubSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv, baseIgnoredBlock, levelWrapper);
+		ObjectOpenHashSet<String> baseIgnoredBlockResourceSet = new ObjectOpenHashSet<>();
+		waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks = getAllBlockWrappers(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Culling.waterSubSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv, baseIgnoredBlockResourceSet, levelWrapper);
+		// air will be present if any invalid resource locations are present
+		// but we don't want to replace air with water, that'll cause monoliths
+		waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks.remove(AIR);
+		
 		return waterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks;
 	}
 	public static IBlockStateWrapper getWaterBlockStateWrapper(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
@@ -740,8 +996,17 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 				if (defaultBlockStateToIgnore != AIR)
 				{
 					// add all possible blockstates (to account for light blocks with different light values and such)
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					List<IBlockState> blockStatesToIgnore = defaultBlockStateToIgnore.blockState.getBlock().getBlockState().getValidStates();
+					#else
 					List<BlockState> blockStatesToIgnore = defaultBlockStateToIgnore.blockState.getBlock().getStateDefinition().getPossibleStates();
+					#endif
+
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					for (IBlockState blockState : blockStatesToIgnore)
+					#else
 					for (BlockState blockState : blockStatesToIgnore)
+					#endif
 					{
 						BlockStateWrapper newBlockToIgnore = fromBlockState(blockState, levelWrapper);
 						blockStateWrappers.add(newBlockToIgnore);
@@ -788,7 +1053,25 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	public int getOpacity() { return this.opacity; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getLightEmission() { return (this.blockState != null) ? this.blockState.getLightEmission() : 0; }
+	public int getLightEmission() { return getLightEmission(this.blockState); }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static int getLightEmission(IBlockState blockState)
+	#else
+	public static int getLightEmission(BlockState blockState)
+	#endif
+	{
+		if (blockState == null)
+		{
+			return 0;
+		}
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 
+		return blockState.getLightValue();
+		#else
+		return blockState.getLightEmission();
+		#endif
+	}
+	
 	
 	@Override
 	public String getSerialString() { return this.serialString; }
@@ -798,7 +1081,23 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean isAir() { return isAir(this.blockState); }
-	public static boolean isAir(BlockState blockState) { return blockState == null || blockState.isAir(); }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static boolean isAir(IBlockState blockState) 
+	#else
+	public static boolean isAir(BlockState blockState) 
+	#endif
+	{
+		if (blockState == null)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return blockState.getBlock() == Blocks.AIR;
+		#else
+		return blockState.isAir();
+		#endif
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean isSolid() { return this.isSolid; }
@@ -832,7 +1131,11 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	//=======================//
 	//region
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static String serialize(IBlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#else
 	private static String serialize(BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
+	#endif
 	{
 		if (blockState == null)
 		{
@@ -854,7 +1157,9 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		Identifier resourceLocation;
 		#endif
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		resourceLocation = blockState.getBlock().getRegistryName();
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		resourceLocation = Registry.BLOCK.getKey(blockState.getBlock());
 		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BLOCK_REGISTRY).getKey(blockState.getBlock());
@@ -953,7 +1258,9 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 				#endif
 				
 				Block block;
-				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				block = Block.REGISTRY.getObject(resourceLocation);
+				#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 				block = Registry.BLOCK.get(resourceLocation);
 				#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
 				net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registryAccess = level.registryAccess();
@@ -982,11 +1289,24 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 				
 				
 				// attempt to find the blockstate from all possibilities
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				IBlockState foundState = null;
+				#else
 				BlockState foundState = null;
+				#endif
 				if (blockStatePropertiesString != null)
 				{
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					List<IBlockState> possibleStateList = block.getBlockState().getValidStates();
+					#else
 					List<BlockState> possibleStateList = block.getStateDefinition().getPossibleStates();
+					#endif
+					
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					for (IBlockState possibleState : possibleStateList)
+					#else
 					for (BlockState possibleState : possibleStateList)
+					#endif
 					{
 						String possibleStatePropertiesString = serializeBlockStateProperties(possibleState);
 						if (possibleStatePropertiesString.equals(blockStatePropertiesString))
@@ -1010,7 +1330,12 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 						}
 					}
 					
-					foundState = block.defaultBlockState();
+					
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					foundState = block.getDefaultState(); 
+					#else 
+					foundState = block.defaultBlockState(); 
+					#endif
 				}
 				
 				foundWrapper = fromBlockState(foundState, levelWrapper);
@@ -1035,26 +1360,44 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	}
 	
 	/** used to compare and save BlockStates based on their properties */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static String serializeBlockStateProperties(IBlockState blockState)
+	#else
 	private static String serializeBlockStateProperties(BlockState blockState)
+	#endif
 	{
 		// get the property list for this block (doesn't contain this block state's values, just the names and possible values)
-		java.util.Collection<net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?>> blockPropertyCollection = blockState.getProperties();
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		java.util.Collection<IProperty<?>> blockPropertyCollection = blockState.getPropertyKeys();
+		List<IProperty<?>> sortedBlockPropteryList = new ArrayList<>(blockPropertyCollection);
+		#else
+		java.util.Collection<net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?>> blockPropertyCollection = blockState.getProperties();;
+		List<net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?>> sortedBlockPropteryList = new ArrayList<>(blockPropertyCollection);
+		#endif
 		
 		// alphabetically sort the list so they are always in the same order
-		List<net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?>> sortedBlockPropteryList = new ArrayList<>(blockPropertyCollection);
 		sortedBlockPropteryList.sort((a, b) -> a.getName().compareTo(b.getName()));
 		
 		
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		for (IProperty<?> property : sortedBlockPropteryList)
+		#else
 		for (net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?> property : sortedBlockPropteryList)
+		#endif
 		{
 			String propertyName = property.getName();
 			
 			String value = "NULL";
+			
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			value = blockState.getValue(property).toString();
+			#else
 			if (blockState.hasProperty(property))
 			{
 				value = blockState.getValue(property).toString();
 			}
+			#endif
 			
 			stringBuilder.append("{");
 			stringBuilder.append(propertyName).append(RESOURCE_LOCATION_SEPARATOR).append(value);
@@ -32,22 +32,31 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapp
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumBlockRenderType;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
+import net.minecraft.block.BlockRotatedPillar;
+import net.minecraft.block.*;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.color.BlockColors;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.*;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.SlabType;
+#endif
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

 #if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
 import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
 #else
-import java.util.Random;
 #endif

 #if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
@@ -64,19 +73,32 @@ import net.minecraft.client.color.block.BlockTintSource;

 /**
 * This stores and calculates the colors
- * the given {@link BlockState} should have based
+ * the given BlockState should have based
 * on the given {@link IClientLevelWrapper}.
- * 
+ *
 * @see ColorUtil
 */
 public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
+	#else
 	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getInstance();
+	#endif
 	
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	#else
 	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL = new HashSet<>();
+	#endif
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static final HashSet<IBlockState> BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES = new HashSet<>();
+	#else
 	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES = new HashSet<>();
+	#endif
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Methods using MC's "RandomSource" object aren't thread safe <br>
@@ -88,18 +110,33 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	 */
 	private static final ReentrantLock RESOLVE_LOCK = new ReentrantLock();
 	
+	public static final int INVALID_COLOR = -1;
+	
 	
 	/** This is the order each direction on a block is processed when attempting to get the texture/color */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static final @Nullable EnumFacing[] COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER = 
+		{
+			EnumFacing.UP,
+			null, // null represents "unculled" faces, IE the top of farmland
+			EnumFacing.NORTH,
+			EnumFacing.EAST,
+			EnumFacing.WEST,
+			EnumFacing.SOUTH,
+			EnumFacing.DOWN
+		};
+	#else
 	private static final @Nullable Direction[] COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER = 
-		{ 
+		{
 			Direction.UP,
 			null, // null represents "unculled" faces, IE the top of farmland
-			Direction.NORTH, 
-			Direction.EAST, 
-			Direction.WEST, 
-			Direction.SOUTH, 
-			Direction.DOWN 
+			Direction.NORTH,
+			Direction.EAST,
+			Direction.WEST,
+			Direction.SOUTH,
+			Direction.DOWN
 		};
+	#endif
 	
 	private static final int FLOWER_COLOR_SCALE = 5;
 	
@@ -113,7 +150,11 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	#endif
 	
 	private final IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper;
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private final IBlockState blockState;
+	#else
 	private final BlockState blockState;
+	#endif
 	private final BlockStateWrapper blockStateWrapper;
 	
 	private boolean isColorResolved = false;
@@ -191,8 +232,10 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		};
 	
 	// these are threadlocals since AbstractDhTintGetter use local variables to handle color queries
+	#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 	private static final ThreadLocal<TintWithoutLevelOverrider> TintWithoutLevelOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(TintWithoutLevelOverrider::new);
 	private static final ThreadLocal<TintGetterOverride> TintOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(TintGetterOverride::new);
+	#endif
 	private static final ThreadLocal<DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam> ColorOverrideEventParamGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam::new);
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -204,7 +247,11 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public ClientBlockStateColorCache(IBlockState blockState, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper)
+	#else
 	public ClientBlockStateColorCache(BlockState blockState, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper)
+	#endif
 	{
 		this.blockState = blockState;
 		this.blockStateWrapper = BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(blockState, clientLevelWrapper);
@@ -220,6 +267,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	//===================//
 	// color calculation //
 	//===================//
+	//region
 	
 	private void resolveColors()
 	{
@@ -233,17 +281,57 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			// getQuads() isn't thread safe so we need to put this logic in a lock
 			RESOLVE_LOCK.lock();
 			
-			if (this.blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty())
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			if (this.blockState.getRenderType() == EnumBlockRenderType.ENTITYBLOCK_ANIMATED)
+			{
+				this.needPostTinting = false;
+				this.tintIndex = 0;
+				this.baseColor = ColorUtil.argbToInt(255,
+					this.blockStateWrapper.getMapColor().getRed(),
+					this.blockStateWrapper.getMapColor().getGreen(),
+					this.blockStateWrapper.getMapColor().getBlue());
+				this.isColorResolved = true;
+				return;
+			}
+			#endif
+			
+			if (!this.blockStateWrapper.isLiquid())
 			{
 				// look for the first non-empty direction
 				List<BakedQuad> quads = null;
-				for (Direction direction : COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER)
+				
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2 
+				EnumFacing direction; 
+				#else 
+				Direction direction;
+				#endif
+				
+				for (int i = 0; i < COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER.length; i++)
 				{
-					quads = this.getQuadsForDirection(direction);
-					if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty()
+					direction = COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER[i];
+					try
+					{
+						quads = this.getQuadsForDirection(direction);
+					}
+					catch (Exception ignore)
+					{
+						// failing to get quads can happen in the block is invalid
+						// (i.e. AIR is somehow passed in)
+					}
+					
+					// return for the first valid direction we find
+					if (quads != null 
+						&& !quads.isEmpty()
+						// for rotated blocks (ie logs) we want the side instead of the top,
+						// so logs use their bark side instead of their cut/inner side
 						&& !(
+							#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+							this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof BlockRotatedPillar
+							&& direction == EnumFacing.UP
+							#else
 							this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof RotatedPillarBlock
 							&& direction == Direction.UP
+							#endif
 							)
 						)
 					{
@@ -253,7 +341,15 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				
 				if (quads == null || quads.isEmpty())
 				{
-					quads = this.getUnculledQuads();
+					try
+					{
+						quads = this.getUnculledQuads();
+					}
+					catch (Exception ignore)
+					{
+						// failing to get quads can happen in the block is invalid
+						// (i.e. AIR is somehow passed in)
+					}
 				}
 				
 				if (quads != null 
@@ -263,8 +359,10 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					try
 					{
 						BakedQuad firstQuad = quads.get(0);
-					
-						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+						
+						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+						this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.hasTintIndex();						
+						#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 						this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.isTinted();
 						#else
 						this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.materialInfo().isTinted();
@@ -278,7 +376,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 						this.tintIndex = firstQuad.materialInfo().tintIndex();
 						#endif
 						
-						#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+						#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1 && MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 						this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
 	                        firstQuad.sprite,
 							EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
@@ -329,6 +427,23 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			
 			this.isColorResolved = true;
 		}
+		catch (Exception resolveError)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Failed to get color for block ["+this.blockStateWrapper.getSerialString()+"], error: ["+resolveError.getMessage()+"]. Attempting to use particle icon color...", resolveError);
+			
+			this.needPostTinting = true;
+			this.tintIndex = 0;
+			
+			try
+			{
+				this.baseColor = this.getParticleIconColor();
+			}
+			catch (Exception getParticleIconError)
+			{
+				LOGGER.warn("Failed to get particle icon color for block ["+this.blockStateWrapper.getSerialString()+"], error: ["+getParticleIconError.getMessage()+"], block will render as hot pink.", getParticleIconError);
+				this.baseColor = ColorUtil.HOT_PINK;
+			}
+		}
 		finally
 		{
 			RESOLVE_LOCK.unlock();
@@ -336,22 +451,81 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	}
 	
 	@Nullable
-	private List<BakedQuad> getUnculledQuads() { return this.getQuadsForDirection(null); }
+	private List<BakedQuad> getUnculledQuads() throws Exception { return this.getQuadsForDirection(null); }
+	/** 
+	 * throws Exception is to document that rarely MC will throw errors if this method
+	 * is called on the wrong block (even though in that case it should just return null).
+	 */
 	@Nullable
-	private List<BakedQuad> getQuadsForDirection(@Nullable Direction direction)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private List<BakedQuad> getQuadsForDirection(@Nullable EnumFacing direction) throws Exception
+	#else
+	private List<BakedQuad> getQuadsForDirection(@Nullable Direction direction) throws Exception
+	#endif
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		IBlockState effectiveBlockState = this.blockState;
+		#else
 		BlockState effectiveBlockState = this.blockState;
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+		//=========================//
+		// specific state handling //
+		//=========================//
+		//region
 		
 		// if this block is a slab, use it's double variant so we can get the top face,
 		// otherwise the color will use the side, which isn't as accurate
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		if (this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof BlockSlab && !((BlockSlab) this.blockState.getBlock()).isDouble())
+		{
+			effectiveBlockState = this.blockState.withProperty(BlockSlab.HALF, BlockSlab.EnumBlockHalf.TOP);
+		}
+		#else
 		if (this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof SlabBlock)
 		{
 			effectiveBlockState = this.blockState.setValue( SlabBlock.TYPE, SlabType.DOUBLE );
 		}
+		#endif
+		
+		// huge mushroom block sides will show the inner color,
+		// which isn't what you want to see at a distance,
+		// you want to see the primary color (ie red for red mushrooms)
+		// which is shown on all sides for the default state
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		if (this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof BlockHugeMushroom)
+		{
+			effectiveBlockState = this.blockState.getBlock().getDefaultState(); 
+		}
+		#else
+		if (this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof HugeMushroomBlock)
+		{
+			effectiveBlockState = this.blockState.getBlock().defaultBlockState(); 
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		//endregion
+		
+		
+		
+		//===============//
+		// quad handling //
+		//===============//
+		//region
 		
 		List<BakedQuad> quads;
 		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		try {
+			quads = MC.getBlockRendererDispatcher().getModelForState(effectiveBlockState).getQuads(effectiveBlockState, direction, RANDOM.nextLong());
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			quads = Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		quads = MC.getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
 			getBlockModel(effectiveBlockState).getQuads(effectiveBlockState, direction, RANDOM);
 		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
@@ -380,6 +554,8 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		}
 		#endif
 		
+		//endregion
+		
 		return quads;
 	}
 	
@@ -408,10 +584,18 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					//_ OpenGL RGBA format Java Order: 0xAA BB GG RR
 					tempColor = TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper.getPixelRGBA(texture, 0, u, v);
 					
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+					int b = (tempColor & 0x000000FF);
+					int g = (tempColor & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8;
+					int r = (tempColor & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16;
+					int a = (tempColor & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
+					#else
 					int r = (tempColor & 0x000000FF);
 					int g = (tempColor & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8;
 					int b = (tempColor & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16;
 					int a = (tempColor & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
+					#endif
+					
 					int scale = 1;
 					if (colorMode == EColorMode.Leaves)
 					{
@@ -468,7 +652,9 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	}
 	private static int getTextureWidth(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return texture.getIconWidth();
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 		return texture.getWidth();
        #else
 		return texture.contents().width();
@@ -476,7 +662,9 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	}
 	private static int getTextureHeight(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return texture.getIconHeight();
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 		return texture.getHeight();
        #else
 		return texture.contents().height();
@@ -509,8 +697,19 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	
 	private int getParticleIconColor()
 	{
+		// Air can be null which will cause issues below,
+		// just use a static color, it shouldn't be rendered anyway.
+		// This is just to capture a rare bug state where we attempt
+		// to get air's color.
+		if (BlockStateWrapper.isAir(this.blockState))
+		{
+			return ColorUtil.INVISIBLE;
+		}
+		
 		return calculateColorFromTexture(
-			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			Minecraft.getMinecraft().getBlockRendererDispatcher().getBlockModelShapes().getTexture(this.blockState),
+			#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 			Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
 			#else
 			Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockStateModelSet().get(this.blockState).particleMaterial().sprite(),
@@ -518,16 +717,22 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
 	// public getter //
 	//===============//
+	//region
 	
-	public int getColor(BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper, FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource, DhBlockPos blockPos)
+	public int getColor(
+		BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper, FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource, DhBlockPos blockPos,
+		boolean allowApiOverride)
 	{
 		// only get the tint if the block needs to be tinted
-		int tintColor = AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR;
+		int tintColor = ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR;
+		
 		if (this.needPostTinting)
 		{
 			// don't try tinting blocks that don't support our method of tint getting
@@ -540,28 +745,62 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			// attempt to get the tint
 			try
 			{
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+				// 1.12.2 doesn't have BlockAndTintGetter -> get tintColor from biome
+				WorldClient world = (WorldClient) this.clientLevelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
+				BlockPos mcPos = new BlockPos(blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ());
+				
+				Block block = this.blockState.getBlock();
+				if (block instanceof BlockGrass 
+					|| block instanceof BlockBush)
+				{
+					tintColor = biomeWrapper.biome.getGrassColorAtPos(mcPos);
+				}
+				else if (block instanceof BlockLeaves)
+				{
+					tintColor = biomeWrapper.biome.getFoliageColorAtPos(mcPos);
+				}
+				else if (block instanceof BlockLiquid) // We don't want lava to fall into the else block
+				{
+					if(block == Blocks.WATER 
+						|| block == Blocks.FLOWING_WATER)
+					{
+						tintColor = biomeWrapper.biome.getWaterColor();
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					BlockColors blockColors = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getBlockColors();
+					tintColor = blockColors.colorMultiplier(blockState, world, mcPos, this.tintIndex);
+					
+					if (tintColor == ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
+					{
+						tintColor = blockColors.getColor(blockState, world, mcPos);
+					}
+				}
+				#else
 				// try to use the fast tint getter logic first
 				if (!BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
 				{
 					try
-					{
+					{					
 						TintWithoutLevelOverrider tintOverride = TintWithoutLevelOverrideGetter.get();
 						tintOverride.update(biomeWrapper, this.blockStateWrapper, fullDataSource, this.clientLevelWrapper);
 						
 						// try using DH's cached tint values first if possible
 						tintColor = tintOverride.tryGetBlockTint(new DhBlockPosMutable(blockPos));
-						if (tintColor == AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR)
+						if (tintColor == ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
 						{
 							// one or more tint values weren't calculated,
 							// we need MC's color resolver
-						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
-						tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance()
+							#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+							tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance()
 								.getBlockColors()
 								.getColor(this.blockState,
 										tintOverride, // tintOverride will save the result of this query to speed up future queries
 										McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos),
 										this.tintIndex);
-						#else
+							#else
 							BlockTintSource tintSource = Minecraft.getInstance()
 								.getBlockColors()
 								.getTintSource(this.blockState, this.tintIndex);
@@ -572,18 +811,12 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 							{
 								BlockPos mcPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos);
 								tintColor = tintSource.colorInWorld(this.blockState, tintOverride, mcPos);
-								if (tintColor == -1)
+								if (tintColor == ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
 								{
 									tintColor = tintSource.colorAsTerrainParticle(this.blockState, tintOverride, mcPos);
 								}
 							}
 							
-							if (tintColor == -1)
-							{
-								// no color found, use the base color
-								tintColor = AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR;
-							}
-							
 							// save this color to speed up future queries
 							TintWithoutLevelOverrider.setStaticColor(this.blockStateWrapper, biomeWrapper, tintColor);
 							// try to get the blended color with this new information
@@ -593,44 +826,47 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					}
 					catch (Exception e)
 					{
-					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
-					// this exception generally occurs if the tint requires other blocks besides itself
-					LOGGER.debug("Unable to use ["+ TintWithoutLevelOverrider.class.getSimpleName()+"] to get the block tint for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biomeWrapper + "] at pos: " + blockPos + ". Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]. Attempting to use backup method...", e);
-					BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.add(this.blockState);
-					#else
+						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+						// this exception generally occurs if the tint requires other blocks besides itself
+						LOGGER.debug("Unable to use ["+ TintWithoutLevelOverrider.class.getSimpleName()+"] to get the block tint for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biomeWrapper + "] at pos: " + blockPos + ". Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]. Attempting to use backup method...", e);
+						BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.add(this.blockState);
+						#else
 						// only display the error once per block/biome type to reduce log spam
 						if (!BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
 						{
 							LOGGER.warn("Failed to get block color for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biomeWrapper + "] at pos: " + blockPos + ". Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]. Note: future errors for this block/biome will be ignored.", e);
 							BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.add(this.blockState);
 						}
-					#endif
+						#endif
 					}
 				}
+				#endif
+				
 				
 				// level-specific logic is only needed for MC 1.21.11 and older
-			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
-			// use the level logic only if requested
-			if (BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
-			{
-				// the level shouldn't be used all the time due to it breaking some blocks tinting
-				// specifically oceans don't render correctly
-				
-				TintGetterOverride tintOverride = TintOverrideGetter.get();
-				tintOverride.update(biomeWrapper, this.blockStateWrapper, fullDataSource, this.clientLevelWrapper);
-				
-				tintColor = tintOverride.tryGetBlockTint(new DhBlockPosMutable(blockPos));
-				if (tintColor == AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR)
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11 && MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
+				// use the level logic only if requested
+				if (BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
 				{
-					tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance()
-							.getBlockColors()
-							.getColor(this.blockState,
-									tintOverride,
-									McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos),
-									this.tintIndex);
+					// the level shouldn't be used all the time due to it breaking some blocks tinting
+					// specifically oceans don't render correctly
+					
+					TintGetterOverride tintOverride = TintOverrideGetter.get();
+					tintOverride.update(biomeWrapper, this.blockStateWrapper, fullDataSource, this.clientLevelWrapper);
+					
+					tintColor = tintOverride.tryGetBlockTint(new DhBlockPosMutable(blockPos));
+					if (tintColor == ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
+					{
+						tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance()
+								.getBlockColors()
+								.getColor(this.blockState,
+										tintOverride,
+										McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos),
+										this.tintIndex);
+					}
 				}
-			}
-			#endif
+				#endif
+				
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -645,7 +881,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		
 		
 		int returnColor;
-		if (tintColor != AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR)
+		if (tintColor != ClientBlockStateColorCache.INVALID_COLOR)
 		{
 			returnColor = ColorUtil.multiplyARGBwithRGB(this.baseColor, tintColor);
 		}
@@ -656,14 +892,17 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		}
 		
 		
-		// only fire an API event if needed
-		// (this is done to reduce GC pressure and speed up color getting)
-		if (this.blockStateWrapper.allowApiColorOverride())
+		// only fire the API event if allowed
+		// (done to prevent infinite loops if called during by another color resolution event)
+		if (allowApiOverride
+			// if the API event is requested
+			// (this is done to reduce GC pressure and speed up color getting)
+			&& this.blockStateWrapper.allowApiColorOverride())
 		{
 			DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam eventParam = ColorOverrideEventParamGetter.get();
 			eventParam.update(
-				this.clientLevelWrapper,
-				this.blockStateWrapper, returnColor,
+				this.clientLevelWrapper, fullDataSource,
+				this.blockStateWrapper, biomeWrapper, returnColor,
 				blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ()
 			);
 			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.class, eventParam);
@@ -675,6 +914,25 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		return returnColor;
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// cleanup //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public static void clearCachedTints() 
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		#else
+		AbstractDhTintGetter.clear(); 
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -692,14 +950,54 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		
 		static EColorMode getColorMode(Block block)
 		{
-			if (block instanceof LeavesBlock)
+			
+			
+			
+			//========//
+			// leaves //
+			//========//
+			//region
+			
+			boolean isLeavesBlock;
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			isLeavesBlock = block instanceof BlockLeaves;
+	        #else
+			isLeavesBlock = block instanceof LeavesBlock;
+	        #endif
+			if (isLeavesBlock)
 			{
 				return Leaves;
 			}
-			if (block instanceof FlowerBlock)
+			
+			//endregion
+
+
+
+			//========//
+			// flower //
+			//========//
+			//region
+			
+			boolean isFlowerBlock;
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			isFlowerBlock = block instanceof BlockFlower;
+			#else
+			isFlowerBlock = block instanceof FlowerBlock;
+			#endif
+			if (isFlowerBlock)
 			{
 				return Flower;
 			}
+
+			//endregion
+			
+			
+			
+			//=============//
+			// misc/simple //
+			//=============//
+			//region
+			
 			if (block.toString().contains("glass"))
 			{
 				return Glass;
@@ -708,6 +1006,11 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			{
 				return Chisel;
 			}
+			
+			//endregion
+			
+			
+			
 			return Default;
 		}
 	}
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ public class TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper
 {
 	public static int getPixelRGBA(TextureAtlasSprite sprite, int frameIndex, int x, int y)
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		int[][] frameData = sprite.getFrameTextureData(frameIndex);
+		return frameData[0][y * sprite.getIconWidth() + x];
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
        return sprite.mainImage[0].getPixelRGBA(
                x + sprite.framesX[frameIndex] * sprite.getWidth(),
                y + sprite.framesY[frameIndex] * sprite.getHeight());
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 */

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
-
+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
@@ -189,3 +189,4 @@ public class TintGetterOverride extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	
 	
 }
+#endif
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 */

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
-
+#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ public class TintWithoutLevelOverrider extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	
 	
 }
+#endif
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.ChunkLightStorage
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IMutableBlockPosWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;
-
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.storage.ExtendedBlockStorage;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ProtoChunk;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+#endif

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;

@@ -67,9 +74,10 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunkSection;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunkSection;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_4
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_20_4
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus;
-#else
+#elif MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 #endif

@@ -86,8 +94,12 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	
 	private static boolean heightmapThreadWarningLogged = false;
 	
-	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private final Chunk chunk;
+	#else
 	private final ChunkAccess chunk;
+	#endif
+	
 	private final DhChunkPos chunkPos;
 	private final ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel;
 	
@@ -112,13 +124,17 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
-	
+	//region
 	/**
 	 * Note: this constructor should be very
 	 * fast since it will be called frequently on the MC
 	 * server thread and a slow method will cause server lag.
 	 */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public ChunkWrapper(Chunk chunk, ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel)
+	#else
 	public ChunkWrapper(ChunkAccess chunk, ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel)
+	#endif
 	{
 		this.chunk = chunk;
 		this.wrappedLevel = wrappedLevel;
@@ -133,15 +149,22 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	@Override
 	public ChunkWrapper copy() { return new ChunkWrapper(this.chunk, this.wrappedLevel); }
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
 	// getters //
 	//=========//
+	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getHeight() { return getHeight(this.chunk); }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static int getHeight(Chunk chunk)
+	#else
 	public static int getHeight(ChunkAccess chunk)
+	#endif
 	{
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 		return 255;
@@ -152,7 +175,11 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getInclusiveMinBuildHeight() { return getInclusiveMinBuildHeight(this.chunk); }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static int getInclusiveMinBuildHeight(Chunk chunk)
+	#else
 	public static int getInclusiveMinBuildHeight(ChunkAccess chunk)
+	#endif
 	{
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 		return 0;
@@ -165,9 +192,15 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight() { return getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight(this.chunk); }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static int getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight(Chunk chunk) 
+	#else
 	public static int getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight(ChunkAccess chunk) 
+	#endif
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return 256;
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 		return chunk.getMaxBuildHeight();
 		#else
 		// +1 since Minecraft made the max value inclusive
@@ -188,7 +221,11 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		this.minNonEmptyHeight = this.getInclusiveMinBuildHeight();
 		
 		// determine the lowest empty section (bottom up)
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] sections = this.chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		#else
 		LevelChunkSection[] sections = this.chunk.getSections();
+		#endif
 		for (int index = 0; index < sections.length; index++)
 		{
 			if (sections[index] == null)
@@ -220,7 +257,11 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		this.maxNonEmptyHeight = this.getExclusiveMaxBuildHeight();
 		
 		// determine the highest empty section (top down)
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] sections = this.chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		#else
 		LevelChunkSection[] sections = this.chunk.getSections();
+		#endif
 		for (int index = sections.length-1; index >= 0; index--)
 		{
 			// update at each position to fix using the max height if the chunk is empty
@@ -240,11 +281,13 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		
 		return this.maxNonEmptyHeight;
 	}
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	private static boolean isChunkSectionEmpty(ExtendedBlockStorage section)
+	#else
 	private static boolean isChunkSectionEmpty(LevelChunkSection section)
+	#endif
 	{
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
-		return section.isEmpty();
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		return section.isEmpty();
 		#else
 		return section.hasOnlyAir();
@@ -322,7 +365,11 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		// will be null if we want to use MC heightmaps
 		if (this.solidHeightMap == null)
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			return this.chunk.getHeightValue(xRel, zRel);
+			#else
 			return this.chunk.getOrCreateHeightmapUnprimed(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE).getFirstAvailable(xRel, zRel);	
+			#endif
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -337,19 +384,30 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		
 		if (this.lightBlockingHeightMap == null)
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			return this.chunk.getHeightValue(xRel, zRel);
+			#else
 			return this.chunk.getOrCreateHeightmapUnprimed(Heightmap.Types.MOTION_BLOCKING).getFirstAvailable(xRel, zRel);
+			#endif
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			return this.lightBlockingHeightMap[xRel][zRel];
-		} 
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
 	@Override
 	public IBiomeWrapper getBiome(int relX, int relY, int relZ)
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		BlockPos.MutableBlockPos blockPos = MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_REF.get();
+		blockPos.setPos(relX, relY, relZ);
+		
+		World world = (World) this.wrappedLevel.getWrappedMcObject();
+		
+		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.chunk.getBiome(blockPos, world.getBiomeProvider()), wrappedLevel);
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.chunk.getBiomes().getNoiseBiome(
 				relX >> 2, relY >> 2, relZ >> 2),
 				this.wrappedLevel);
@@ -357,10 +415,6 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.chunk.getBiomes().getNoiseBiome(
 				QuartPos.fromBlock(relX), QuartPos.fromBlock(relY), QuartPos.fromBlock(relZ)),
 				this.wrappedLevel);
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
-		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.chunk.getNoiseBiome(
-				QuartPos.fromBlock(relX), QuartPos.fromBlock(relY), QuartPos.fromBlock(relZ)),
-				this.wrappedLevel);
 		#else 
 		//Now returns a Holder<Biome> instead of Biome
 		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.chunk.getNoiseBiome(
@@ -376,9 +430,13 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		
 		BlockPos.MutableBlockPos blockPos = MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_REF.get();
 		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		blockPos.setPos(relX, relY, relZ);
+		#else
 		blockPos.setX(relX);
 		blockPos.setY(relY);
 		blockPos.setZ(relZ);
+		#endif
 		
 		try
 		{
@@ -401,9 +459,13 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		this.throwIndexOutOfBoundsIfRelativePosOutsideChunkBounds(relX, relY, relZ);
 		
 		BlockPos.MutableBlockPos pos = (BlockPos.MutableBlockPos)mcBlockPos.getWrappedMcObject();
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		pos.setPos(relX, relY, relZ);
+		#else
 		pos.setX(relX);
 		pos.setY(relY);
 		pos.setZ(relZ);
+		#endif
 	
 		try
 		{
@@ -513,8 +575,14 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	@Override
 	public DhChunkPos getChunkPos() { return this.chunkPos; }
 	
-	public ChunkAccess getChunk() { return this.chunk; }
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public Chunk getChunk()
+	#else
+	public ChunkAccess getChunk()
+	#endif
+	{ return this.chunk; }
 	
+	#if MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 	public void trySetStatus(ChunkStatus status) { trySetStatus(this.getChunk(), status); }
 	/** does nothing if the chunk object doesn't support setting it's status */
 	public static void trySetStatus(ChunkAccess chunk, ChunkStatus status)
@@ -538,21 +606,53 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		return chunk.getPersistedStatus(); 
 		#endif
 	}
+	#endif
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getMaxBlockX() { return this.chunk.getPos().getMaxBlockX(); }
+	public int getMaxBlockX() 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getXEnd();
+		#else
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getMaxBlockX();
+		#endif 
+	}
 	@Override
-	public int getMaxBlockZ() { return this.chunk.getPos().getMaxBlockZ(); }
+	public int getMaxBlockZ() 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getZEnd();
+		#else
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getMaxBlockZ();
+		#endif
+	}
 	@Override
-	public int getMinBlockX() { return this.chunk.getPos().getMinBlockX(); }
+	public int getMinBlockX() 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getXStart();
+		#else
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getMinBlockX();
+		#endif
+	}
 	@Override
-	public int getMinBlockZ() { return this.chunk.getPos().getMinBlockZ(); }
+	public int getMinBlockZ() 
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getZStart();
+		#else
+		return this.chunk.getPos().getMinBlockZ();
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
 	
 	
 	
 	//==========//
 	// lighting //
 	//==========//
+	//region
 	
 	@Override 
 	public void setIsDhSkyLightCorrect(boolean isDhLightCorrect) { this.isDhSkyLightCorrect = isDhLightCorrect; }
@@ -629,8 +729,32 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		{
 			this.blockLightPosList = new ArrayList<>();
 			
-			
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+			//1.12.2 doesn't store lights we must bruteforce it
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+			for (ExtendedBlockStorage section : this.chunk.getBlockStorageArray()) {
+				if (section == null || section.isEmpty())
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				int baseY = section.getYLocation();
+				
+				for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+				{
+					for (int z = 0; z < 16; z++)
+					{
+						for (int y = 0; y < 16; y++)
+						{
+							IBlockState blockState = section.get(x, y, z);
+							if (blockState.getLightValue() > 0)
+							{
+								this.blockLightPosList.add(new DhBlockPos(this.chunk.getPos().getXStart() + x, baseY + y, this.chunk.getPos().getZStart() + z));
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 			this.chunk.getLights().forEach((blockPos) ->
 			{
 				this.blockLightPosList.add(new DhBlockPos(blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ()));
@@ -652,11 +776,14 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		return this.blockLightPosList;
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//================//
 	// base overrides //
 	//================//
+	//region
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() { return this.chunk.getClass().getSimpleName() + this.chunk.getPos(); }
@@ -672,4 +799,8 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	//	return this.blockBiomeHashCode;
 	//}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
 }
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiButton;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiScreen;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.ITextComponent;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.Font;

 import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+#endif

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
 #elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
@@ -16,26 +23,73 @@ import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;

 import java.util.List;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+public class DhScreen extends GuiScreen
+#else
 public class DhScreen extends Screen
+#endif
 {
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	protected ITextComponent title;
+	#endif
 	
-	protected DhScreen(Component $$0)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	protected DhScreen(ITextComponent title)
 	{
-		super($$0);
+		this.title = title;
 	}
+	#else
+	protected DhScreen(Component title)
+	{
+		super(title);
+	}
+	#endif
 	
 	// addRenderableWidget in 1.17 and over
 	// addButton in 1.16 and below
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	protected GuiButton addBtn(GuiButton button)
+	#else
 	protected Button addBtn(Button button)
+	#endif
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		this.buttonList.add(button);
+		return button;
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
        return this.addButton(button);
 		#else
 		return this.addRenderableWidget(button);
 		#endif
 	}
 	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	@Override
+	protected void actionPerformed(GuiButton button)
+	{
+		OnPressed handler = GuiHelper.HANDLER_BY_BUTTON.get(button);
+		if (handler != null)
+		{
+			handler.pressed(button);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected void DhDrawCenteredString(ITextComponent text, int x, int y, int color) {
+		drawCenteredString(fontRenderer, text.getFormattedText(), x, y, color);
+	}
+	
+	protected void DhDrawString(ITextComponent text, int x, int y, int color) {
+		drawString(fontRenderer, text.getFormattedText(), x, y, color);
+	}
+	
+	protected void DhRenderComponentTooltip(List<ITextComponent> list, int x, int y) {
+		drawHoveringText(list.stream().map(ITextComponent::getFormattedText).toList(), x, y, fontRenderer);
+	}
+	
+	protected void DhRenderTooltip(ITextComponent text, int x, int y) {
+		drawHoveringText(List.of(text.getFormattedText()), x, y, fontRenderer);
+	}
+	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 	protected void DhDrawCenteredString(PoseStack guiStack, Font font, Component text, int x, int y, int color)
 	{
 		drawCenteredString(guiStack, font, text, x, y, color);
@@ -112,7 +166,4 @@ public class DhScreen extends Screen
 		guiStack.setTooltipForNextFrame(font, text, x, y);
 	}
    #endif
-	
-	
-	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiScreen;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
+#endif
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DhScreenUtil
+{
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static void setScreen(GuiScreen screen)
+	#else
+	public static void setScreen(Screen screen)
+	#endif
+	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		Objects.requireNonNull(Minecraft.getMinecraft()).displayGuiScreen(screen);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
+		Objects.requireNonNull(Minecraft.getInstance()).setScreen(screen);
+		#else
+		Objects.requireNonNull(Minecraft.getInstance()).setScreenAndShow(screen);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
@@ -4,14 +4,22 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig.ClassicConfi
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiScreen;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
+#endif
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;

 public class GetConfigScreen
 {
 	protected static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static GuiScreen getScreen(GuiScreen parent)
+	#else 
 	public static Screen getScreen(Screen parent)
+	#endif
 	{
 		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
 		{
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;

+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiButton;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiTextField;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.ITextComponent;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
+import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentTranslation;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.AbstractWidget;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.MutableComponent;
+#endif

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2 && MC_VER > MC_1_12_2
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.TranslatableComponent;
 #endif
@@ -15,57 +25,99 @@ public class GuiHelper
 	/**
 	 * Helper static methods for versional compat
 	 */
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static final Map<GuiButton, OnPressed> HANDLER_BY_BUTTON = new HashMap<>();
+	#endif
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static GuiButton MakeBtn(ITextComponent base, int posX, int posZ, int width, int height, OnPressed action)
+	#else
 	public static Button MakeBtn(Component base, int posX, int posZ, int width, int height, Button.OnPress action)
+	#endif
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		GuiButton button = new GuiButton(HANDLER_BY_BUTTON.size(), posX, posZ, width, height, base.getFormattedText());
+		HANDLER_BY_BUTTON.put(button, action);
+		return button;
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 		return new Button(posX, posZ, width, height, base, action);
        #else
 		return Button.builder(base, action).bounds(posX, posZ, width, height).build();
        #endif
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static ITextComponent TextOrLiteral(String text)
+	#else
 	public static MutableComponent TextOrLiteral(String text)
+	#endif
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return new TextComponentString(text);
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 		return new TextComponent(text);
        #else
 		return Component.literal(text);
        #endif
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static ITextComponent TextOrTranslatable(String text)
+	#else
 	public static MutableComponent TextOrTranslatable(String text)
+	#endif
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return new TextComponentString(text);
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 		return new TextComponent(text);
        #else
 		return Component.translatable(text);
        #endif
 	}
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static ITextComponent Translatable(String text, Object... args)
+	#else
 	public static MutableComponent Translatable(String text, Object... args)
+	#endif
 	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return new TextComponentTranslation(text, args);
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 		return new TranslatableComponent(text, args);
        #else
 		return Component.translatable(text, args);
        #endif
 	}
 	
-	public static void SetX(AbstractWidget w, int x)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static void SetX(GuiButton widget, int x) 
+	#else 
+	public static void SetX(AbstractWidget widget, int x)
+	#endif
 	{
        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-		w.x = x;
+		widget.x = x;
        #else
-		w.setX(x);
+		widget.setX(x);
        #endif
 	}
 	
-	public static void SetY(AbstractWidget w, int y)
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static void SetY(GuiTextField textField, int y) { textField.y = y; }
+	#endif
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+	public static void SetY(GuiButton widget, int y)
+	#else
+	public static void SetY(AbstractWidget widget, int y)
+	#endif
 	{
        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-		w.y = y;
+		widget.y = y;
        #else
-		w.setY(y);
+		widget.setY(y);
        #endif
 	}
 	
@@ -1,21 +1,40 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.ILangWrapper;
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+import net.minecraft.client.resources.I18n;
+#else
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.language.I18n;
+#endif

 public class LangWrapper implements ILangWrapper
 {
 	public static final LangWrapper INSTANCE = new LangWrapper();
+	
 	@Override
 	public boolean langExists(String str)
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return I18n.hasKey(str);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_26_1_2
 		return I18n.exists(str);
+		#else
+		String translated = getLang(str);
+		return translated != null 
+			// if this isn't translatable it will generally return
+			// the same string as was passed in
+			&& !translated.equalsIgnoreCase(str);
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public String getLang(String str)
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_12_2
+		return I18n.format(str);
+		#else
 		return I18n.get(str);
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 }
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Vojtěch Šokala	4f3aaecae2	Reduce getWorldBlockLightPosList() work for 1.12.2 by skipping empty chunk sections	2026-06-09 17:10:10 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	e53622d17c	Try to fix LOD builder task spam for 1.12.2	2026-06-09 16:49:07 +02:00
James Seibel	516dab0d29	Try fixing 1.12 compiling in CI	2026-06-09 07:41:34 -05:00
James Seibel	98d68704e1	Fix generic object rendering	2026-06-09 07:29:28 -05:00
James Seibel	a13e06d600	Fix Iris boats disabling DH water rendering Fixes !1262	2026-06-08 22:06:14 -05:00
James Seibel	eb82ab1439	Fully generate chunks when using Internal Server a bit slower than just doing FEATURES, but allows other mods to use the chunks DH generates	2026-06-08 07:27:02 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	00b47fc776	Implement auto-updater screen for 1.12.2	2026-06-07 23:01:08 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	1d7cb1e6fc	Fix camera fluid check in 1.12.2 to use eye position instead of entity position	2026-06-07 22:39:53 +02:00
s809	3da97f75d7	Fix level requests not being sent more than once per session	2026-06-07 14:30:53 +05:00
James Seibel	ab7a34be54	Fix auto updater checking when disabled Fixes !1105	2026-06-06 19:39:07 -05:00
James Seibel	e412ec2409	Remove MemUtil references due to native crashing	2026-06-06 18:11:20 -05:00
s809	4a2f7178ee	Add original level resource to level init	2026-06-07 01:32:52 +05:00
James Seibel	656bf17191	DH cloud culling/color changes	2026-06-06 11:05:03 -05:00
James Seibel	068399fd2f	Fix huge mushroom colors	2026-06-06 10:39:44 -05:00
James Seibel	be95801640	Fix underwater fog rendering	2026-06-06 09:13:59 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	41e2912de7	Restore texture and depthFunc in GlDhMetaRenderer instead of in CleanroomRenderMixin	2026-06-06 12:21:50 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	f64072eeab	Fix 1.12.2 not compiling	2026-06-06 11:09:09 +02:00
s809	17af90d4e8	Make level key requests work kinda	2026-06-04 23:05:19 +05:00
James Seibel	0dfbcb3c6d	Render engine validation cleanup and 26.2.0 prep	2026-06-03 07:45:31 -05:00
James Seibel	19df5c10cb	Add error messages if DB becomes corrupted	2026-06-02 21:42:31 -05:00
James Seibel	b25afa4ef5	add useCameraPositionForQualityDropOff config/api	2026-06-02 18:05:20 -05:00
James Seibel	9e092091d2	Fix camera position off-by-one with immersive portals	2026-06-02 17:40:58 -05:00
James Seibel	2afefd03b4	fix some MC version compiling	2026-06-02 07:17:11 -05:00
James Seibel	4c65c710f2	add Dh prefix to DH math objects	2026-06-01 22:07:08 -05:00
James Seibel	88710bde46	Fix LOD clouds not showing the correct colors	2026-06-01 21:48:40 -05:00
James Seibel	1ef6382582	remove unused standalone jar files	2026-06-01 19:11:54 -05:00
James Seibel	0393375fae	apply immersive portals mixins	2026-06-01 19:05:05 -05:00
James Seibel	608fbd5952	change fabric run client/server to use gradle	2026-06-01 19:04:47 -05:00
James Seibel	a94cd91a97	Merge branch 'immersivePortals' Thanks Acuadragon100!	2026-06-01 07:45:25 -05:00
James Seibel	de33cbce2b	Clarify the world gen progress message	2026-05-30 19:44:32 -05:00
James Seibel	2b5f621ff8	Fix old MC version compiling	2026-05-30 16:45:16 -05:00
James Seibel	1681adc10b	Add the option for 3 layer clouds	2026-05-30 16:39:00 -05:00
James Seibel	f606f2b7c2	remove deprecated items	2026-05-30 11:39:45 -05:00
James Seibel	e3f9b66994	reduce GC pressure during LOD loading slightly	2026-05-30 11:32:59 -05:00
James Seibel	ec3ff260fe	Reduce render event GC pressure	2026-05-30 09:17:46 -05:00
James Seibel	fafab30a09	clean up blaze buffer uniform creation	2026-05-22 14:09:47 -05:00
James Seibel	707352ce51	fix native GL instanced generic rendering	2026-05-22 12:51:15 -05:00
James Seibel	a9f5dafefe	re-add fabric modMenuIntegration	2026-05-22 09:59:59 -05:00
James Seibel	291ffd311b	fix renderingEngine lang	2026-05-22 09:59:47 -05:00
James Seibel	0e8c0b459b	Fix 1.21.11 and older MC compiling	2026-05-22 09:55:25 -05:00
James Seibel	c575a2968b	update core	2026-05-22 09:37:45 -05:00
James Seibel	0b297b4cd7	add DhApiBeforeFogRenderEvent	2026-05-22 09:37:12 -05:00
Ran	b8c90985ce	Merge branch 'translations' into 'main' Trans :3 lations See merge request distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons!96	2026-05-21 12:46:52 +00:00
Ran	b924576983	Trans :3 lations	2026-05-21 12:46:51 +00:00
James Seibel	a8b62b31a1	fix 3+ version number ranges	2026-05-20 17:30:33 -05:00
James Seibel	95b2d5a908	fix pre 26.2 compiling	2026-05-20 17:30:13 -05:00
James Seibel	7d2ccc302d	fix render api vs engine enum	2026-05-20 07:28:04 -05:00
James Seibel	1ba1bff859	document openGL interfaces not used on Blaze3D Also add API logic to determine if DH is handling the rendering natively or using an interpretation layer	2026-05-19 21:52:15 -05:00
James Seibel	9409841c89	fix logger GC warning and running wilderwild in dev	2026-05-19 21:16:22 -05:00
James Seibel	6c4e8021d6	Fix DH world gen not priming CARVER heightmaps Fixes some world gen mods not having access to the necessary heightmaps	2026-05-19 21:04:51 -05:00
James Seibel	4b1623e8c0	Add world gen getBlockState() Y pos validation	2026-05-19 21:03:56 -05:00
James Seibel	a1e88bff70	26.1.2 up fabric API 0.145 -> 0.149	2026-05-19 20:58:03 -05:00
James Seibel	f3c20cde30	clean up config menu, remove fake transparency	2026-05-19 19:18:15 -05:00
James Seibel	eb601d9276	Fix unit test compiling	2026-05-19 07:26:14 -05:00
James Seibel	17a13993cc	Fix holes on LOD borders	2026-05-18 22:24:33 -05:00
James Seibel	16e7254179	add IDhApiLevelWrapper.getBlockColorPreApi()	2026-05-18 19:59:56 -05:00
James Seibel	ab055f1a0e	fix compiling for MC 1.20 and older	2026-05-18 07:21:34 -05:00
James Seibel	0cb3716dc7	move remaining blaze pipeline methods to wrapper	2026-05-17 18:39:13 -05:00
James Seibel	71e9877808	blaze3D renderPassWrapper	2026-05-17 18:30:36 -05:00
James Seibel	f05e424c49	lang wrapper update	2026-05-17 18:27:44 -05:00
James Seibel	646882e1a9	update 26.2 snapshot 5 -> 7	2026-05-17 18:20:27 -05:00
James Seibel	482311fe48	Improve ColorCache resolution errors	2026-05-17 18:04:26 -05:00
James Seibel	97a80ed887	Fix renderingString for disabled dimensions	2026-05-16 19:08:02 -05:00
James Seibel	0e547c80a9	Merge branch 'main' of gitlab.com:distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons	2026-05-16 18:58:46 -05:00
James Seibel	b792487b60	fix auto update screen on MC 26.2	2026-05-16 18:55:52 -05:00
James Seibel	7920415d18	Improve incorrect rendering API error handling	2026-05-16 18:25:48 -05:00
James Seibel	ada7668c28	fix reverseZDepth uniform name	2026-05-16 17:54:46 -05:00
James Seibel	e7a34f9498	fix Blaze3D GL pipelines	2026-05-16 17:03:43 -05:00
James Seibel	2a5c465923	BlazeDhRenderApi handle GL and Vulkan	2026-05-16 16:16:15 -05:00
James Seibel	a14a558f0d	blaze3D shaders work on both GL and Vulkan	2026-05-16 15:50:25 -05:00
James Seibel	66db5f0df1	add reverse Z java code	2026-05-16 10:49:12 -05:00
James Seibel	2dc4ba20fb	fix DH Far Fade renderer name	2026-05-16 10:20:24 -05:00
James Seibel	2f14d7ac27	remove forgix workaround	2026-05-16 10:20:09 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	6cc659bda5	Make renderingString show correct value if rendering is disabled for this dimension	2026-05-16 13:33:43 +02:00
James Seibel	206e492e7c	use DhScreenUtil.setScreen when possible	2026-05-15 22:28:25 -05:00
James Seibel	09289e72a1	Merge branch 'Vulkan'	2026-05-15 22:25:14 -05:00
James Seibel	7861b63c99	Fix auto update screen not appearing on MC 26.1.2 May also be necessary for old MC versions	2026-05-15 22:13:46 -05:00
James Seibel	965b9c948e	update api test method name	2026-05-15 22:03:07 -05:00
James Seibel	ae4ca8cd6b	Mark vertigo as incompatible	2026-05-15 21:45:58 -05:00
James Seibel	2dec862c3b	up api version 6.1.1 -> 7.0.0	2026-05-15 21:41:25 -05:00
James Seibel	f9d8073e80	Remove fabric-gametest-api from release	2026-05-15 21:35:25 -05:00
James Seibel	2ca99c29d2	config reset button don't change menu	2026-05-15 18:30:12 -05:00
James Seibel	2e4477b533	fix color tints not clearing with other colors	2026-05-15 18:29:53 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	b0c7919dda	Rewrite 1.12.2 world gen	2026-05-15 20:04:57 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	398c14ee96	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main'	2026-05-15 18:59:42 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	422e54b488	ChangelogScreen for 1.12.2	2026-05-15 18:59:34 +02:00
James Seibel	36f1c49f49	Add MC Version locking to the config	2026-05-15 07:44:22 -05:00
James Seibel	271f4e8b21	Fix compiling MC 1.16.5+	2026-05-14 20:52:36 -05:00
James Seibel	b164e4646d	add 1.12.2 to the build script	2026-05-14 20:13:22 -05:00
James Seibel	14fd5729e2	use ModInfo packet path	2026-05-14 20:11:41 -05:00
James Seibel	7c3e279237	preprocessor cleanup	2026-05-14 20:11:32 -05:00
James Seibel	2884094dee	refactoring and cleanup	2026-05-14 07:49:32 -05:00
James Seibel	817c268491	Tint color cleanup	2026-05-14 07:11:44 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	071a306f14	Preprocessor cleanup	2026-05-14 13:03:32 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	c97fea6d0a	Fix compile of modern	2026-05-14 07:53:00 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	d94faf828d	Preprocessor cleanup + colored beacons for 1.12.2	2026-05-13 23:59:09 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	0d6d4b133e	Fix compile of modern	2026-05-13 23:58:25 +02:00
James Seibel	5ab6bfb663	preprocessor cleanup	2026-05-13 07:49:18 -05:00
James Seibel	e087dbc878	temp unit test disable	2026-05-12 21:56:30 -05:00
James Seibel	391e96ad3d	abstract mod init cleanup	2026-05-12 21:54:03 -05:00
James Seibel	fbf812091d	MC 1.12.2 refactoring and cleanup	2026-05-12 21:38:07 -05:00
James Seibel	7448483f84	revert option screen name for consistency	2026-05-12 08:02:26 -05:00
James Seibel	e3d6e1bcc6	use vanilla fog common	2026-05-12 07:32:57 -05:00
James Seibel	fbbcd1b95b	fix forgix running on only a single modloader	2026-05-12 07:28:59 -05:00
James Seibel	d8e7325044	minor gradle cleanup	2026-05-12 07:28:45 -05:00
James Seibel	f17aeca79c	add cleanroom run config	2026-05-12 07:28:37 -05:00
James Seibel	ac3a223114	add missing licensing headers	2026-05-12 07:28:25 -05:00
James Seibel	e4312c2f8b	reformat 1.12.2 version prop	2026-05-12 07:28:11 -05:00
James Seibel	17bde631ac	Put back jvmdowngrader	2026-05-12 07:02:04 -05:00
James Seibel	64d8f7ee2d	update blaze 3d api use	2026-05-11 22:00:07 -05:00
James Seibel	d8b3aee9dc	temp disable forgix	2026-05-11 22:00:07 -05:00
James Seibel	fce94fa4bf	update screen mixin update	2026-05-11 22:00:07 -05:00
James Seibel	254d671629	basic mixin updates	2026-05-11 21:58:33 -05:00
James Seibel	e66e7e627a	disable mod compat code	2026-05-11 21:55:30 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	578efbf15f	Fix compile of 1.21.6+	2026-05-08 02:19:45 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	8b6bb228e3	Put 26.1.2 back in mcVer	2026-05-08 01:17:19 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	611c4606d7	Fix 1.12.2 bugs, fill mcmod.info	2026-05-08 01:15:13 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	05bdaf0390	Prevent air transforming into water if waterSubSurfaceBlockReplacementCsv contains invalid resource location	2026-05-07 15:39:14 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	eb8fcaee36	Fix compilation of modern	2026-05-07 15:34:26 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	32a71933d6	Bump forge version on 1.20.1, 1.20.4 for Java 26 support	2026-05-07 15:34:01 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	a4baf9ca0a	make cleanroom work in dev	2026-05-07 12:23:01 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	72bfd0a2bb	fix color resolve for liquid blocks	2026-05-07 03:39:49 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	7ae4a9f460	1.12.2 compiles again	2026-05-06 20:51:08 +02:00
Vojtěch Šokala	9bd6fb0105	merge upstream	2026-05-05 10:00:18 +02:00
James Seibel	1f1024251b	up version number 3.0.3 -> 3.0.4	2026-05-04 07:41:48 -05:00
Vojtěch Šokala	9fea29cbb6	Put canvas back	2026-03-17 15:46:00 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	7e1e5a56e2	Set back 1.21.11 as default mcVer	2026-03-15 23:41:13 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	059293ebe0	Add missing shaders into cleanroom project	2026-03-15 23:31:35 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	4f9d4e2a14	Fix compile error	2026-03-15 23:31:13 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	6bd3c825c3	Merge branch 'main' of https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons # Conflicts: # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/InternalServerGenerator.java	2026-03-15 23:27:20 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	c75595a5e2	[1.12.2] implement pregen command	2026-03-15 23:17:12 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	266d463873	fix compile errors	2026-03-15 23:14:54 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	73c718c676	[1.12.2] improve config gui to match other versions	2026-03-15 22:13:07 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	3df5c04759	Fix issue when MC framebuffer is using renderbuffer for depth	2026-03-15 22:10:03 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	d72c34a926	Merge branch 'main' of https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons # Conflicts: # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/AbstractModInitializer.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/commands/PregenCommand.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.java	2026-03-15 15:49:41 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	8991338be1	[1.12.2] add support for 3.0.0b	2026-03-15 15:42:08 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	6b32ab02d3	Merge branch 'main' of https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons # Conflicts: # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/AbstractModInitializer.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/WrapperFactory.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BlockStateWrapper.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/minecraft/MinecraftGLWrapper.java # common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/misc/LightMapWrapper.java	2026-03-11 09:42:18 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	c5adc3f72a	1.12.2 working in dev	2026-03-11 09:20:32 +01:00
Vojtěch Šokala	1d0d67d215	1.12.2 buildscript	2026-02-20 15:00:13 +01:00