remove dev from version number

This reverts commit 1a1eaca280.

.dockerignore

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-**/.git
-**/.gitlab
-**/.cache
-
-buildAllJars
-
-**/_Misc Files
-*.bat
-*.md
-*.sh
-*.txt
-
-coreSubProjects/*.md
-coreSubProjects/*.txt
-
-**/.gitignore
-**/.gitattributes
-**/.gitlab-cy.yml
-**/.gitmodules

.gitignore

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ hs_err_pid*
 Merged/
 # Folder created by the buildAll scripts
 buildAllJars/
+_buildAllJars/
+_buildWorkers/
 
 relocate_natives/.venv/
 relocate_natives/__pycache__/

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # use Eclipse's JDK
 # The ci should always use a unix(-like) OS to work
-image: eclipse-temurin:21
+image: eclipse-temurin:25
 
 # all stages need to be defined here
 stages:
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ build:
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - MC_VER: [
+      "26.1.2",
       "1.21.11", "1.21.10", "1.21.9", "1.21.8", "1.21.6", "1.21.5", "1.21.4", "1.21.3", "1.21.1", 
       "1.20.6", "1.20.4", "1.20.2", "1.20.1", 
       "1.19.4", "1.19.2",
@@ -46,8 +47,7 @@ build:
     # 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/;
     - ./gradlew build -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
-    - ./gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
-    - cp ./fabric/build/libs/* ./forge/build/libs/* ./neoforge/build/libs/* ./build/merged/* . || true
+    - cp ./fabric/build/libs/* ./forge/build/libs/* ./neoforge/build/libs/* ./build/forgix/* . || true
   artifacts:
     name: "NightlyBuild_${MC_VER}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
     paths:

.mailmap

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# See mailmap docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap
+# Test with git shortlog --summary --email
+# Keep sorted for easier editing and smaller diffs
+
+Ada Aster <an.ada.poirier@gmail.com>
+CodeF53 <fseusb@gmail.com> <37855219+CodeF53@users.noreply.github.com>
+coolGi <me@coolgi.dev> <sasanaps@hotmail.com>
+James Seibel <jeseibel@gondtc.com> <jseibel@vertsys.com>
+Morippi <leoleo97@libero.it> <leoloe97@libero.it>
+Morippi <leoleo97@libero.it> <Morippi>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <10044908-_Ran@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com>
+Ran <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com> <43445785+RanCraftPlayz@users.noreply.github.com>
+TomTheFurry <tomlee92502@yahoo.com>
+TomTheFurry <tomlee92502@yahoo.com> <46843632+TomTheFurry@users.noreply.github.com>
+Yeshi <yeshi@newengine.org>

Dockerfile

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk
-
-WORKDIR /home/build/
-COPY ./gradlew .
-RUN chmod +x ./gradlew
-CMD echo "\r========== [CLEAN: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
-    ./gradlew clean -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
-    echo "\r========== [BUILD: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
-    ./gradlew build -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
-    echo "\r========== [MERGE: $MC_VER] ==========" && \
-    ./gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer="$MC_VER" --gradle-user-home .gradle-cache/ && \
-    echo "\r========== [DONE:  $MC_VER] =========="

Readme.md

@@ -14,89 +14,11 @@ Below is a video demonstrating the system:
 
 <br>
 
-## Minecraft and Library Versions
-
-### This branch supports the following versions of Minecraft:
-
-#### 1.20.4, 1.20.3 (Default)
-Fabric: 0.15.1\
-Fabric API: 0.91.2+1.20.4\
-Forge: 49.0.30\
-NeoForge: 118-beta\
-Parchment: 1.20.2:2023.12.10\
-Modmenu: 9.0.0-pre.1
-
-#### 1.20.2
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.90.4+1.20.2\
-Forge: 48.0.13\
-Parchment: 1.20.1:2023.09.03\
-Modmenu: 8.0.0
-
-#### 1.20.1, 1.20
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.90.4+1.20.1\
-Forge: 47.2.1\
-Parchment: 1.20.1:2023.09.03\
-Modmenu: 7.2.2
-
-#### 1.19.4
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.87.1+1.19.4\
-Forge: 45.2.4\
-Parchment: 1.19.4:2023.06.26\
-Modmenu: 6.3.1
-
-#### 1.19.2
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.76.1+1.19.2\
-Forge: 43.3.2\
-Parchment: 1.19.2:2022.11.27\
-Modmenu: 4.2.0-beta.2
-
-#### 1.18.2
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.76.0+1.18.2\
-Forge: 40.2.10\
-Parchment: 1.18.2:2022.11.06\
-Modmenu: 3.2.5
-
-#### 1.17.1, 1.17
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.46.1+1.17\
-Forge: 37.1.1\
-Parchment: 1.17.1:2021.12.12\
-Modmenu: 2.0.14
-
-#### 1.16.5, 1.16.4
-Fabric: 0.14.24\
-Fabric API: 0.42.0+1.16\
-Forge: 36.2.39\
-Parchment: 1.16.5:2022.03.06\
-Modmenu: 1.16.22
-
-### Versions no longer supported
-- 1.18.1, 1.18
-- 1.19.1, 1.19
-- 1.19.3
-
-<br>
-
-### Plugin and Library versions
-
-Gradle: 8.5\
-Fabric loom: 1.4-SNAPSHOT\
-Architectury loom (Forge gradle replacement): 1.4-SNAPSHOT\
-Sponge vanilla gradle: 0.2.1-SNAPSHOT\
-Java Preprocessor plugin: Manifold Preprocessor
-
-<br>
-
 ## Source Code Installation
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* A Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java 17 (recommended) or newer. <br>
+* A Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java 25 (recommended) or newer. <br>
   Visit https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ for installers.
 * Git or someway to clone git projects. <br> 
   Visit https://git-scm.com/ for installers.
@@ -104,15 +26,10 @@ Java Preprocessor plugin: Manifold Preprocessor
 
 **If using IntelliJ:**
 1. Install the Manifold plugin
+   - https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10057-manifold-ij
 2. Open IDEA and import the build.gradle
 3. Refresh the Gradle project in IDEA if required
 
-**If using Eclipse: (Note that Eclipse doesn't support Manifold's preprocessor!)**
-1. Run the command: `./gradlew geneclipseruns`
-2. Run the command: `./gradlew eclipse`
-3. Make sure eclipse has the JDK 17 installed. (This is needed so that eclipse can run minecraft)
-4. Import the project into eclipse
-
 <br>
 
 ## Switching Versions
@@ -127,72 +44,42 @@ In IntelliJ, you will also need to do a gradle sync if it didn't happen automati
 ## Compiling
 
 Prerequisites:
-- JDK 17 or newer
-
-From the File Explorer:
-1. Download and extract the project zip
-2. Download the core from https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons-core and extract into a folder called `coreSubProjects`
-3. Open a terminal emulator in the project folder (On Windows you can type `cmd` in the title bar)
-4. Run the commands: `./gradlew assemble` (You may need to use a `.\` on Windows)
-5. Merge the jars with `./gradlew mergeJars`
-6. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `Merged`
+- JDK 25 or newer
 
 From the command line:
 1. `git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons.git`
 2. `cd distant-horizons`
 3. `./gradlew assemble`
-4. `./gradlew mergeJars`
-5. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `Merged`
+5. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `\build\libs`
 
-Run tests with: `./gradlew test`
+From the File Explorer:
+1. Download and extract the project zip
+2. Download the core from https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons-core and extract into a folder called `coreSubProjects`
+3. Open command prompt/terminal in the project folder
+4. Run the commands: `./gradlew assemble`
+6. The compiled jar file will be in the folder `\build\libs`
 
 >Note: You can add the argument `-PmcVer=?` to tell gradle to build a selected MC version instead of having to modify the `gradle.properties` file.\
 > For example: `./gradlew assemble -PmcVer=1.18.2`
 
 <br>
 
-## Compiling with Docker
-
-`./compile <version>`
-
-You can also locally compile the DH jars without a Java environment by using Docker. Where `<version>` is the version of Minecraft to compile for (ie `1.20.1`), or the keyword `all`. See [Versions](#minecraft-and-library-versions) for a list of all supported values.
-
-<br>
-
 ## Other commands
 
-`./gradlew --refresh-dependencies` to refresh local dependencies.
-
-`./gradlew clean` to delete any compiled code.
-
-<br>
-
-## Note to self
-
-The Minecraft source code is NOT added to your workspace in an editable way. Minecraft is treated like a normal Library. Sources are there for documentation and research purposes only.
-
-Source code uses Mojang mappings & [Parchment](https://parchmentmc.org/) mappings.
-
-To generate the source code run `./gradlew genSources` <br>
-If your IDE fails to auto-detect the source jars when browsing Minecraft classes; manually select the JAR file ending with -sources.jar when prompted by your IDE. <br>
-(In IntelliJ it's at the top where it says "choose sources" when browsing a Minecraft class)
-
-<br>
-
-## Other Useful commands
-
 Run the standalone jar: `./gradlew run` <br>
 Build the standalone jar: `./gradlew core:build` <br>
 Only build Fabric: `./gradlew fabric:assemble` or `./gradlew fabric:build` <br>
 Only build Forge: `./gradlew forge:assemble` or `./gradlew forge:build` <br>
 Run the Fabric client (for debugging): `./gradlew fabric:runClient` <br>
 Run the Forge client (for debugging): `./gradlew forge:runClient` <br>
+Delete all compiled code: `./gradlew clean` <br>
+Refresh local dependencies: `./gradlew --refresh-dependencies`
 
-To build all versions: `./buildAll` (all builds will end up in the `Merged` folder)
+To build all versions: `./buildAll`
 
 <br>
 
-## Open Source Acknowledgements
+## Open Source Libraries
 
 Forgix (To merge multiple mod versions into one jar) [_Formerly_ [_DHJarMerger_](https://github.com/Ran-helo/DHJarMerger)]\
 https://github.com/PacifistMC/Forgix
@@ -208,3 +95,18 @@ https://github.com/blackears/svgSalamander
 
 sqlite-jdbc\
 https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc
+
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Distant Horizons has been graciously provided an open source license for <a href="https://www.yourkit.com/java/profiler/">YourKit Java Profiler</a>.  
+
+> <img src="https://www.yourkit.com/images/yklogo.png">
+>
+> YourKit supports open source projects with innovative and intelligent tools
+for monitoring and profiling Java and .NET applications.
+YourKit is the creator of <a href="https://www.yourkit.com/java/profiler/">YourKit Java Profiler</a>,
+<a href="https://www.yourkit.com/dotnet-profiler/">YourKit .NET Profiler</a>,
+and <a href="https://www.yourkit.com/youmonitor/">YourKit YouMonitor</a>.
+
+

build.gradle

@@ -1,684 +1,28 @@
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.Transformer
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.TransformerContext
-import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry
-
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull
-import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
-
-import java.util.function.Function
-import java.util.function.Predicate
-
-
 plugins {
-    id "java"
-
-    // Plugin to put dependencies inside our final jar
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version '8.1.1' apply false
-
-    // Plugin to create merged jars
-    id "io.github.pacifistmc.forgix" version "1.3.4"
-
-    // Manifold preprocessor
-    id "systems.manifold.manifold-gradle-plugin" version "0.0.2-alpha"
-
-    // Architectury is used here only as a replacement for forge's own loom
-    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "1.13-SNAPSHOT" apply false
+    id 'root'
+    id 'io.github.pacifistmc.forgix' version '2.+'
 }
 
-
-/**
- * Creates the list of preprocessors to use.
- *
- * @param mcVers array of all MC versions
- * @param mcIndex array index of the currently active MC version
- */
-def writeBuildGradlePredefine(List<String> mcVers, int mcIndex)
-{
-    // Build the list of preprocessors to use
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
-    sb.append("# DON'T TOUCH THIS FILE, This is handled by the build script\n");
+forgix {
+    autoRun = true
     
-    
-    for (int i = 0; i < mcVers.size(); i++)
-    {
-        String verStr = mcVers[i].replace(".", "_");
-        sb.append("MC_" + verStr + "=" + i.toString() + "\n");
-        
-        if (mcIndex == i) 
-        {
-            sb.append("MC_VER=" + i.toString() + "\n");
-        }
-    }
-    
-
-    // Check if this is a development build
-    if (mod_version.toLowerCase().contains("dev"))
-    {
-        // WARNING: only use this for logging, we don't want to have confusion
-        // when a method doesn't work correctly in the release build.
-        sb.append("DEV_BUILD=\n");
-    }
-
-    new File(projectDir, "build.properties").text = sb.toString()
-}
-
-
-// Transfers the values set in settings.gradle to the rest of the project
-project.gradle.ext.getProperties().each { prop ->
-    rootProject.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
-    //println "Added prop [key:" + prop.key + ", value:" + prop.value + "]"
-}
-// Sets up manifold stuff
-writeBuildGradlePredefine(rootProject.mcVers, rootProject.mcIndex)
-
-// Sets up the version string (the name we use for our jar)
-rootProject.versionStr = rootProject.mod_version + "-" + rootProject.minecraft_version // + "-" + new Date().format("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm")
-
-class NativeTransformer implements Transformer {
-    private Predicate<String> fileMatcher
-    private Function<String, String> filePathMapper
-
-    private final HashMap<String, String> replacements = new HashMap()
-    private final HashMap<String, byte[]> rewrittenFiles = new HashMap()
-    private var nativeRelocator
-
-    public File rootDir
-
-    void matchFiles(Predicate<String> matcher) {
-        fileMatcher = matcher
-    }
-
-    void mapPaths(Function<String, String> mapper) {
-        filePathMapper = mapper
-    }
-
-    void relocateNative(String target, String replacement) {
-        if (replacement.length() > target.length()) {
-            throw new GradleException("Length of value \"${replacement}\" exceeds the length of \"${target}\": ${replacement.length()} > ${target.length()}")
-        }
-
-        replacements.put(target, replacement)
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    boolean canTransformResource(@Nonnull FileTreeElement element) {
-        return fileMatcher.test(element.name)
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    void transform(@Nonnull TransformerContext context) {
-        byte[] content = context.is.readAllBytes()
-
-        if (nativeRelocator == null) {
-            nativeRelocator = new NativeRelocator(rootDir.toPath().resolve("relocate_natives"))
-        }
-
-        try {
-            String path = filePathMapper != null
-                ? filePathMapper.apply(context.path)
-                : context.path
-            content = nativeRelocator.processBinary(path, content, replacements)
-
-            rewrittenFiles.put(path, content)
-        }
-        catch (Throwable e) {
-            throw new GradleException("Failed to relocate", e)
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    boolean hasTransformedResource() { return !rewrittenFiles.isEmpty() }
-
-    @Override
-    void modifyOutputStream(@Nonnull ZipOutputStream os, boolean preserveFileTimestamps) {
-        for (Map.Entry<String, byte[]> rewrittenFile : rewrittenFiles.entrySet()) {
-            os.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(rewrittenFile.key))
-            os.write(rewrittenFile.value)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-subprojects { p ->
-    // Does the same as "p == project(":common") || p == project(":fabric") || p == project(":quilt")  || p == project(":forge") || p == project("WhateverWeAddLaterOn")"
-    // Useful later on so we dont have duplicated code
-    def isMinecraftSubProject = p != project(":core") && p != project(":api")
-
-
-    // Apply plugins
-    apply plugin: "java"
-    apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-    if (isMinecraftSubProject)
-        apply plugin: "systems.manifold.manifold-gradle-plugin"
-    
-    // Apply forge's loom
-    if ((findProject(":forge") && p == project(":forge")) ||
-        (findProject(":neoforge") && p == project(":neoforge"))
-        )
-    {
-        apply plugin: "dev.architectury.loom"
-    }
-
-
-    // Set the manifold version (may not be required tough)
-    manifold {
-        manifoldVersion = rootProject.manifold_version
-    }
-    
-
-    // set up custom configurations (configurations are a way to handle dependencies) 
-    configurations {
-        // extends the shadowJar configuration
-        shadowMe
-        // have implemented dependencies automatically embedded in the final jar
-        implementation.extendsFrom(shadowMe)
-
-        // Configuration fpr core & api
-        coreProjects
-        shadowMe.extendsFrom(coreProjects)
-
-
-        // FIXME this additional configuration is necessary because forge 
-        //  needs forgeRuntimeLibrary, although adding it to shadowMe
-        //  causes runtime issues where the libraries aren't properly added
-        forgeShadowMe
-        // this should match shadowMe pretty closely
-        implementation.extendsFrom(forgeShadowMe)
-        shadowMe.extendsFrom(forgeShadowMe)
-        forgeRuntimeLibrary.extendsFrom(forgeShadowMe)
-
-
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject && p != project(":common")) {
-            // Shadow common
-            common
-            shadowCommon // Don't use shadow from the shadow plugin because we don't want IDEA to index this.
-            compileClasspath.extendsFrom common
-            runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom common
-            if (findProject(":forge"))
-                developmentForge.extendsFrom common
-            if (findProject(":neoforge"))
-                developmentNeoForge.extendsFrom common
-            compileClasspath.extendsFrom coreProjects
-            runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom coreProjects
-            if (findProject(":forge"))
-                developmentForge.extendsFrom coreProjects
-            if (findProject(":neoforge"))
-                developmentNeoForge.extendsFrom coreProjects
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    dependencies {
-        //=====================//
-        // shared dependencies //
-        //=====================//
-        
-        // Manifold
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
-            annotationProcessor("systems.manifold:manifold-preprocessor:${rootProject.manifold_version}")
-        }
-
-        // Log4j
-        if (p == project(":core"))
-        {
-            // the standalone core jar needs logging shaded otherwise it won't run
-            forgeShadowMe("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-            forgeShadowMe("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // When running in MC, MC already includes logging
-            implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-            implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${rootProject.log4j_version}")
-        }
-        
-
-        // JOML
-        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
-            forgeShadowMe("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
-        else
-            implementation("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
-        
-        // JUnit tests
-        implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2")
-        implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2")
-        implementation("junit:junit:4.13")
-
-        // FastUtil
-        // Note: MC 1.16 uses 8.2.1, and versions after use 8.5.12
-        // We cannot relocate this library since we call some MC classes that reference it
-        implementation("it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:${rootProject.fastutil_version}")
-
-        forgeShadowMe("com.github.luben:zstd-jni:${rootProject.zstd_version}")
-        
-        // Compression
-        forgeShadowMe("org.lz4:lz4-java:${rootProject.lz4_version}") // LZ4
-        forgeShadowMe("org.tukaani:xz:${rootProject.xz_version}") // LZMA
-
-        // Sqlite Database
-        forgeShadowMe("org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:${rootProject.sqlite_jdbc_version}")
-        
-        // NightConfig (includes Toml & Json)
-        forgeShadowMe("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
-        forgeShadowMe("com.electronwill.night-config:json:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
-
-        // SVG (not needed atm)
-//        forgeShadowMe("com.formdev:svgSalamander:${rootProject.svgSalamander_version}")
-        
-        // Netty
-        implementation("io.netty:netty-buffer:${rootProject.netty_version}")
-
-        
-        
-        //==========================//
-        // conditional dependencies //
-        //==========================//
-
-
-        // Add core
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
-            coreProjects(project(":core")) {
-                // Remove Junit test libraries
-                exclude group: "org.junit.jupiter", module: "junit-jupiter"
-                exclude group: "org.junit.jupiter", module: "junit-jupiter-engine"
-                exclude group: "junit", module: "junit"
-                // Removed dependencies
-                transitive false
+    // add the mod loaders to the end of the jar
+    // put together in the format: "a", "a-b", "a-b-c"
+    String modLoaders = "";
+    ((String) gradle.builds_for)
+        .split(",")
+        .each 
+        { loader ->
+            def loaderName = loader.trim()
+            if (modLoaders != "")
+            {
+                modLoaders += "-";
             }
-        }
-
-        // Add the api
-        if (p != project(":api")) {
-            coreProjects(project(":api")) {
-                // Remove Junit test libraries
-                exclude group: "org.junit.jupiter", module: "junit-jupiter"
-                exclude group: "org.junit.jupiter", module: "junit-jupiter-engine"
-                exclude group: "junit", module: "junit"
-                // Removed dependencies
-                transitive false
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Add common
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject && p != project(":common")) {
-            // Common
-            common(project(":common")) { transitive false }
-            shadowCommon(project(":common")) { transitive false }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    shadowJar {
-        configurations = [project.configurations.shadowMe]
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject && p != project(":common")) {
-            configurations.push(project.configurations.shadowCommon) // Shadow the common subproject
-            relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.common", "loaderCommon.${p.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.common" // Move the loader files to a different location
-        }
-        def librariesLocation = "DistantHorizons.libraries"
-        
-        // Compression (LZ4)
-        relocate "net.jpountz", "${librariesLocation}.jpountz"
-        
-        // Logging
-        relocate "org.slf4j", "${librariesLocation}.slf4j"
-
-        // Sqlite Database
-        // librariesLocation isn't used because it's too long for replacing paths in native libraries
-        // Allowing strings larger than the original string would require shifting the entire binary's contents
-        relocate "org.sqlite", "dh_sqlite", {
-            exclude "org/sqlite/native/**"
-        }
-        relocate "jdbc:sqlite", "jdbc:dh_sqlite"
-
-        transform(NativeTransformer) {
-            rootDir = project.rootDir
-
-            matchFiles { it.startsWith("org/sqlite") }
-            mapPaths { it.replace("org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite") }
-
-            relocateNative "org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite"
-            relocateNative "org_sqlite", "dh_1sqlite"
-        }
-
-        // ZStd
-        // librariesLocation isn't used because it's too long for replacing paths in native libraries
-        // Allowing strings larger than the original string would require shifting the entire binary's contents
-        relocate "com.github.luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
-        relocate "libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh"
-        relocate "zstd-jni", "zstd-jni_dh"
-
-        transform(NativeTransformer) {
-            rootDir = project.rootDir
-
-            matchFiles { it.contains("libzstd-jni") && !it.contains("aix/ppc64") }
-            mapPaths { it.replace("libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh") }
-
-            relocateNative "com/github/luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
-            relocateNative "com_github_luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
-        }
-        
-        
-        // JOML
-        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
-            relocate "org.joml", "${librariesLocation}.joml"
-
-        // NightConfig (includes Toml & Json)
-        relocate "com.electronwill.nightconfig", "${librariesLocation}.electronwill.nightconfig"
-
-        // Netty
-        // Don't relocate, it causes problems with using MC's FriendlyByteBufs
-//        relocate "io.netty", "${librariesLocation}.netty"
-
-        mergeServiceFiles()
-    }
-    // Using jar.finalizedBy(shadowJar) causes issues so we do this scuffed bypass
-    jar.dependsOn(shadowJar)
-
-
-    // Put stuff from gradle.properties into the mod info
-    // Note: these resources are only included in the mod jars, the core and API jars don't include these files
-    processResources {
-        def resourceTargets = [ // Location of where to inject the properties
-                                // Holds info like git commit
-                                "build_info.json",
-
-                                // Properties for each of the loaders
-                                "fabric.mod.json",
-                                "quilt.mod.json",
-                                "META-INF/mods.toml",
-                                "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml",
-
-                                // The mixins for each of the loaders
-                                //"DistantHorizons."+ p.name +".fabricLike.mixins.json"
-        ]
-        def intoTargets = ["$buildDir/resources/main/"] // Location of the built resources folder
-
-        // Fix forge version numbering system as it is weird
-        // For whatever reason forge uses [1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2) instead of the standard ["1.18", "1.18.1", "1.18.2"]
-        def compatible_forgemc_versions = "${compatible_minecraft_versions}".replaceAll("\"", "").replaceAll("]", ",)")
-//        println compatible_forgemc_versions
-
-        // Quilt's custom contributors system
-        // This has to be like
-        // "Person": "Developer", "Another person": "Developer"
-        def quilt_contributors = []
-        def mod_author_list = mod_authors.replaceAll("\"", "").replace("[", "").replace("]", "").split(",")
-        for (dev in mod_author_list) {
-            quilt_contributors.push("\"${dev.strip()}\": \"Developer\"")
-        }
-        quilt_contributors.reverse()
-        //println quilt_contributors.join(", ")
-
-        
-        // These "hasProperty"'s are so that they can be passed through the cli (ie in the CI)
-        try {
-            if (infoGitCommit == "null")
-                infoGitCommit = 'git rev-parse --verify HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
-            if (infoGitBranch == "null")
-                infoGitBranch = 'git symbolic-ref --short HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            infoGitCommit = infoGitBranch = "Git not found"
-            println "Git or Git project not found"
-        }
-
-        // The left side is what gets replaced in the mod info and the right side is where to get it from in the gradle.properties
-        def replaceProperties = [
-                version                      : mod_version,
-                mod_name                     : mod_readable_name,
-                group                        : maven_group,
-                authors                      : mod_authors,
-                description                  : mod_description,
-                homepage                     : mod_homepage,
-                source                       : mod_source,
-                issues                       : mod_issues,
-                discord                      : mod_discord,
-                minecraft_version            : minecraft_version,
-                compatible_minecraft_versions: compatible_minecraft_versions,
-                compatible_forgemc_versions  : compatible_forgemc_versions,
-                java_version                 : java_version,
-                quilt_contributors           : "{"+quilt_contributors.join(", ")+"}",
-
-                info_git_commit              : infoGitBranch,
-                info_git_branch              : infoGitCommit,
-                info_build_source            : infoBuildSource,
-
-                fabric_incompatibility_list  : fabric_incompatibility_list,
-                fabric_recommend_list        : fabric_recommend_list,
-
-                neoforge_version_range       : neoforge_version_range,
-        ]
-        
-        // replace any properties in the sub-projects with the values defined here
-        inputs.properties replaceProperties
-        replaceProperties.put "project", project
-        filesMatching(resourceTargets) {
-            expand replaceProperties
-        }
-        
-        intoTargets.each { target ->
-            if (file(target).exists()) {
-                copy {
-                    from(sourceSets.main.resources) {
-                        include resourceTargets
-                        expand replaceProperties
-                    }
-                    into target
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-
-
-        // ==================== Delete un-needed files ====================
-        // Jank solution to remove all unused accesswideners
-        // (neo)forge (well, mainly architectury) requires the original accesswidener file, meaning we require this jank solution to keep it
-        exclude { file ->
-            if (file.name.contains(".distanthorizons.accesswidener") && file.name != "${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener") {
-                return true
-            }
-            return false
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    // Adds the standalone jar's entrypoint
-    jar {
-        from "LICENSE.txt"
-        manifest {
-            attributes( 
-                'Implementation-Title': rootProject.mod_name,
-                'Implementation-Version': rootProject.mod_version,
-                'Multi-Release': true, // needed for logging in the standalone core jar
-                'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain', // When changing the main of the jar change this line
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    // this can be un-commented if we ever wanted to make DH modular (AKA use a module-info.java file) again
-    /*
-    // Tells gradle where to look for other modules
-    // Why isn't the classpath added to the modules path by default?
-    if (p == project(":core")) {
-        compileJava {
-            inputs.property('moduleName', 'dhApi')
-            doFirst {
-                options.compilerArgs = [
-                        '--module-path', classpath.asPath
-                ]
-                classpath = files()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    */
-}
-
-allprojects { p ->
-    // Does the same as "p == project(":common") || p == project(":fabric") || p == project(":quilt")  || p == project(":forge") || p == project("WhateverWeAddLaterOn")"
-    // Useful later on so we dont have duplicated code
-    def isMinecraftSubProject = p != project(":core") && p != project(":api")
-
-
-    apply plugin: "java"
-    apply plugin: "maven-publish"
-    
-    // Sets the name of the jar, the version will contain the name of the project if it isn't the root project
-    archivesBaseName = rootProject.mod_name
-    version = (project == rootProject ? "" : project.name + "-") + rootProject.versionStr
-    group = rootProject.maven_group
-    
-    // this is the text that appears at the top of the overview (home) page
-    // and is used when bookmarking a page
-    javadoc.title = rootProject.mod_name + "-" + project.name
-
-    // Some annotations arent "technically" part of the official java standard,
-    //  so we define it ourself here
-    javadoc {
-        configure( options ) {
-            tags(
-                    'todo:X"',
-                    'apiNote:a:API Note:',
-                    'implSpec:a:Implementation Requirements:',
-                    'implNote:a:Implementation Note:'
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    repositories {
-        // Mojang overrides (added to fix downloading the wrong LWJGL libs on M1 Mac's and potentially other arm64 based machines)
-        maven { url "https://libraries.minecraft.net/" }
-
-        // The central repo
-        mavenCentral()
-
-        // Used for Google's Collect library
-        maven { url "https://repo.enonic.com/public/" }
-
-        // For parchment mappings
-        // versions can be found here: https://ldtteam.jfrog.io/ui/native/parchmentmc-public/org/parchmentmc/data/
-        maven { url "https://maven.parchmentmc.org" }
-
-        // For Architectury API
-        maven { url "https://maven.architectury.dev" }
-
-        // For Git repositories
-        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
-
-        // For Manifold Preprocessor
-        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
-
-        // Required for importing Modrinth mods
-        maven {
-            name = "Modrinth"
-            url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "maven.modrinth"
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Required for importing CursedForge mods
-        maven {
-            url "https://www.cursemaven.com"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "curse.maven"
-            }
-        }
-
-        // VanillaGradle and Mixins in common
-        maven { url "https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/" }
-
-        // Canvas mod
-        maven { url "https://maven.vram.io/" }
-        // ModMenu mod
-        maven { url "https://maven.terraformersmc.com/" }
-
-        // neoforge
-        maven { url "https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/" }
-        
-        // These 3 are for importing mods that arnt on CursedForge, Modrinth, GitHub, GitLab or anywhere opensource
-        flatDir {
-            dirs "${rootDir}/mods/fabric"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "fabric-mod"
-            }
-        }
-        flatDir {
-            dirs "${rootDir}/mods/quilt"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "quilt-mod"
-            }
-        }
-        flatDir {
-            dirs "${rootDir}/mods/forge"
-            content {
-                includeGroup "forge-mod"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Adds some dependencies that are in vanilla but not in core
-    if (p == project(":core")) {
-        OperatingSystem os = org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform.internal.DefaultNativePlatform.currentOperatingSystem;
-
-         // Set the OS lwjgl is using to the current os
-        project.ext.lwjglNatives = "natives-" + os.toFamilyName()
-
-        dependencies { 
-            // All of these dependencies are in Vanilla Minecraft, but we need to depend on them as we arent importing Minecraft in the core
             
-            // Imports most of lwjgl's libraries
-            implementation platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}")
-
-            // REMEMBER: Don't shadow stuff here, these are just the libs that are included in Minecraft so that the core can use them
-            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl"
-            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp"
-            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw"
-            // OpenGL is removed since DH now handles rendering in the "Common" project
-            // so we can use OpenGL for old MC versions and Blaze3D (IE Vulkan) for newer ones
-//            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal"
-//            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl"
-            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb"
-            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd"
-            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl::$lwjglNatives"
-            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp::$lwjglNatives"
-            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw::$lwjglNatives"
-//            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal::$lwjglNatives"
-//            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl::$lwjglNatives"
-            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb::$lwjglNatives"
-            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd::$lwjglNatives"
-            implementation "org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}"
-
-
-            // Some other dependencies
-            implementation("org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2")
-            implementation("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
-            implementation("com.google.common:google-collect:0.5")
-            implementation("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
+            modLoaders += loaderName;
         }
-    }
-
-
-    task copyCommonLoaderResources(type: Copy) {
-        from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
-        into(file(p.file("build/resources/main")))
-        rename "${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener", "distanthorizons.accesswidener"
-    }
-
-    task copyCoreResources(type: Copy) {
-        from fileTree(project(":core").file("src/main/resources"))
-        into p.file("build/resources/main")
-    }
-
-    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
-        if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
-            options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer
-        } else {
-            options.release = 8; // Core & Api should use Java 8 no matter what
-        }
-        options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-    }
-
-    java {
-        withSourcesJar()
-    }
+    // merged jars are named in the format: 
+    // "DistantHorizons-3.0.1-b-dev-26.1-fabric-neoforge.jar"
+    archiveClassifier = modLoaders
 }
+

buildAll

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 echo "==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ===================="
 mkdir -p buildAllJars
 rm -rf buildAllJars/*
+rm -rf build/forgix/*
 
 # Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
 for d in versionProperties/*; do
@@ -19,10 +20,6 @@ for d in versionProperties/*; do
   sh gradlew build -PmcVer=$version
   if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
 
-  echo "==================== Merging $version ===================="
-  sh gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer=$version
-  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
-  
   echo "==================== Moving jar ===================="
-  mv build/merged/*.jar buildAllJars/
+  mv build/forgix/*.jar buildAllJars/
 done

buildAll.bat

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 echo ==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ====================
 mkdir buildAllJars
 del buildAllJars/*
+del build/forgix/*
 
 @rem Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
 for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do (
@@ -19,11 +20,8 @@ for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do (
 	echo ==================== Building !version! ====================
     call .\gradlew.bat build -PmcVer="!version!"
     
-	echo ==================== Merging !version! ====================
-    call .\gradlew.bat mergeJars -PmcVer="!version!"
-	
     echo ==================== Moving jar ====================
-    move build\merged\*.jar buildAllJars\
+    move build\forgix\*.jar buildAllJars\
 )
 
 endlocal

buildAllParallel.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@echo off & setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
+
+
+echo ==================== Getting versions to build... ====================
+mkdir _buildAllJars 2>nul
+del _buildAllJars\* /Q 2>nul
+
+set "ROOT=%~dp0"
+set "WORK_DIR=%ROOT%_buildWorkers"
+mkdir "%WORK_DIR%" 2>nul
+
+
+REM get the number of versions to compile
+set count=0
+for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do set /a count+=1
+echo ==================== Found %count% versions to build in parallel ====================
+
+REM Launch a parallel job for each version
+for %%f in (%ROOT%versionProperties\*) do (
+    set version=%%~nf
+	
+	echo starting [!version!]...
+    start "Build !version!" cmd /c ""%ROOT%build_worker.bat" "!version!" "%ROOT%" "%WORK_DIR%" ""..\..\_buildAllJars"""
+	
+	REM Minor timeout between launches so we can stop the build early if we only want 
+	REM to test part of the script and to reduce startup load
+	timeout /t 3 /nobreak
+	
+REM 2>nul to supress a harmless warning that the for loop
+REM "cannot find the drive specified"
+) 2>nul
+
+
+echo ==================== All builds started... Completed Jars will be in _buildAllJars ====================
+endlocal

buildSrc/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'groovy-gradle-plugin'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.wagyourtail.xyz/releases' } // Jvmdowngrader & unimined libs
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.outlands.top/releases' } // Hosts the kappa fork of unimined
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.wagyourtail.xyz/snapshots' } // The manifold gradle plugin we use
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.architectury.dev/' } // Minecraft mod libs
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.fabricmc.net/' } // Fabric
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/' } // NeoForge
+    maven { url = 'https://maven.minecraftforge.net/' } // Forge
+    maven { url = 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/repository/maven-public/' } // Hosts minecraft libs
+    maven { url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' } // Hosts a few dependencies we use
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:9.0.0'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail.unimined:xyz.wagyourtail.unimined.gradle.plugin:1.4.18-kappa'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail:manifold-gradle:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    implementation 'xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader:xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader.gradle.plugin:1.3.4'
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,516 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.ResourceTransformer
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.TransformerContext
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull
+import java.util.function.Function
+import java.util.function.Predicate
+
+// Convention plugin for all MC-facing subprojects (common + loaders).
+// Common uses this directly; loaders use it via unimined-fabric/forge/neoforge.
+// IMPORTANT: unimined MUST be applied before shadow/jvmdowngrader
+// so its afterEvaluate runs first and can modify configs.
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'maven-publish'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.unimined'
+    id 'com.gradleup.shadow'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.manifold'
+    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader'
+}
+
+def isNotCommonProject = project.name != "common"
+
+
+// ==================== Version Properties ====================
+
+project.gradle.ext.getProperties().each { prop ->
+    rootProject.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
+}
+
+manifold {
+    version = rootProject.manifold_version
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Repositories ====================
+
+repositories {
+    maven { url "https://libraries.minecraft.net/" }
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://repo.enonic.com/public/" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.parchmentmc.org" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.architectury.dev" }
+    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
+    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+    maven {
+        name = "Modrinth"
+        url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven"
+        content { includeGroup "maven.modrinth" }
+    }
+    maven {
+        url "https://www.cursemaven.com"
+        content { includeGroup "curse.maven" }
+    }
+    maven {
+        url "https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/"
+		// exclusion is needed since sponge has a deprecated version of fabric
+		// that gradle would prefer to get over the up-to-date version modrinth provides
+        content { excludeGroupByRegex "net\\.fabricmc(\\..*)?" }
+    }
+    maven { url "https://maven.terraformersmc.com/" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/" }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/fabric"
+        content { includeGroup "fabric-mod" }
+    }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/quilt"
+        content { includeGroup "quilt-mod" }
+    }
+    flatDir {
+        dirs "${rootDir}/mods/forge"
+        content { includeGroup "forge-mod" }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Java Config ====================
+
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+    options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+}
+
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(gradle.ext.java_version as Integer)
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(gradle.ext.java_version as Integer)
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Loader-Only Config ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    base { archivesName = rootProject.mod_name }
+    rootProject.ext.versionStr = rootProject.mod_version + "-" + rootProject.minecraft_version
+    version = project.name + "-" + rootProject.versionStr
+    group = rootProject.maven_group
+
+    javadoc.title = rootProject.mod_name + "-" + project.name
+
+    tasks.withType(GenerateModuleMetadata).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+    tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+    compileTestJava.enabled = false
+    tasks.withType(Sign).configureEach {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+
+    jar {
+        from "LICENSE.txt"
+        manifest {
+            attributes(
+                'Implementation-Title': rootProject.mod_name,
+                'Implementation-Version': rootProject.mod_version,
+                'Multi-Release': true,
+                'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain',
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Unimined Minecraft Config ====================
+
+unimined.minecraft(sourceSets.main, true) {
+    version gradle.ext.minecraft_version
+
+    if (gradle.ext.minecraft_version.startsWith("1.")) { // 26.1+ doesn't use obfuscation
+        mappings {
+            mojmap()
+            devNamespace "mojmap"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    // Mixin remapping and common project wiring
+    unimined.minecraft(sourceSets.main, true) {
+        mods.modImplementation {
+            mixinRemap {
+                reset()
+                enableBaseMixin()
+                enableMixinExtra()
+            }
+            // Some Fabric API modules ship AW in 'named' namespace instead of 'intermediary'
+            catchAWNamespaceAssertion()
+        }
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        implementation(project(":common"))
+    }
+
+    processResources {
+        from project(":common").sourceSets.main.resources
+    }
+
+    tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+        source(project(":common").sourceSets.main.allSource)
+    }
+} else {
+    // Common: fabric for compilation + access widener, no jar remapping or runs
+    unimined.minecraft {
+        fabric {
+            loader gradle.ext.fabric_loader_version
+            accessWidener project.file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+        }
+        defaultRemapJar = false
+        runs.off = true
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Configurations ====================
+
+evaluationDependsOn(":core")
+
+configurations {
+    shadowMe
+    coreProjects
+    shadowMe.extendsFrom(coreProjects)
+    implementation.extendsFrom(shadowMe)
+    
+    common
+    implementation.extendsFrom(common)
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Dependencies ====================
+
+// Copy core's compileOnly deps so MC-provided deps are visible without redeclaring them.
+project(":core").configurations.compileOnly.allDependencies.each { dep ->
+    if (!(dep instanceof ProjectDependency))
+        dependencies.add("compileOnly", dep)
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    // Manifold preprocessor & strings
+    annotationProcessor(manifold.module("preprocessor"))
+
+    // NightConfig: implementation in core (bundled) but Unimined strips it from compile classpath
+    compileOnly("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
+
+    // Core & API projects — bundled into shadow jar
+    coreProjects(project(":core"))
+    coreProjects(project(":api"))
+
+    // JOML: shadow for old MC versions that don't bundle it (core has it compileOnly already)
+    if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
+        shadowMe("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
+
+    // Common project dependency
+    if (isNotCommonProject)
+        common(project(":common")) { transitive false }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== NativeTransformer ====================
+
+class NativeTransformer implements ResourceTransformer {
+    private Predicate<String> fileMatcher
+    private Function<String, String> filePathMapper
+
+    private final HashMap<String, String> replacements = new HashMap()
+    private final HashMap<String, byte[]> rewrittenFiles = new HashMap()
+    private nativeRelocator
+
+    public File rootDir
+
+    void matchFiles(Predicate<String> matcher) {
+        fileMatcher = matcher
+    }
+
+    void mapPaths(Function<String, String> mapper) {
+        filePathMapper = mapper
+    }
+
+    void relocateNative(String target, String replacement) {
+        if (replacement.length() > target.length()) {
+            throw new GradleException("Length of value \"${replacement}\" exceeds the length of \"${target}\": ${replacement.length()} > ${target.length()}")
+        }
+        replacements.put(target, replacement)
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    boolean canTransformResource(@Nonnull FileTreeElement element) {
+        return fileMatcher != null && fileMatcher.test(element.relativePath.pathString)
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void transform(@Nonnull TransformerContext context) {
+        byte[] content = context.inputStream.readAllBytes()
+
+        if (nativeRelocator == null) {
+            nativeRelocator = new NativeRelocator(rootDir.toPath().resolve("relocate_natives"))
+        }
+
+        try {
+            String path = filePathMapper != null
+                ? filePathMapper.apply(context.path)
+                : context.path
+            content = nativeRelocator.processBinary(path, content, replacements)
+            rewrittenFiles.put(path, content)
+        }
+        catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new GradleException("Failed to relocate", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    boolean hasTransformedResource() { return !rewrittenFiles.isEmpty() }
+
+    @Override
+    void modifyOutputStream(@Nonnull ZipOutputStream os, boolean preserveFileTimestamps) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, byte[]> rewrittenFile : rewrittenFiles.entrySet()) {
+            os.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(rewrittenFile.key))
+            os.write(rewrittenFile.value)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Shadow JAR (loaders only) ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    shadowJar {
+        configurations = [project.configurations.shadowMe]
+        def librariesLocation = "DistantHorizons.libraries"
+
+        // LZ4
+        relocate "net.jpountz", "${librariesLocation}.jpountz"
+
+        // SLF4J
+        relocate "org.slf4j", "${librariesLocation}.slf4j"
+
+        // SQLite
+        relocate "org.sqlite", "dh_sqlite", { exclude "org/sqlite/native/**" }
+        relocate "jdbc:sqlite", "jdbc:dh_sqlite"
+
+        transform(NativeTransformer) {
+            rootDir = project.rootDir
+            matchFiles { it.startsWith("org/sqlite") }
+            mapPaths { it.replace("org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite") }
+            relocateNative "org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite"
+            relocateNative "org_sqlite", "dh_1sqlite"
+        }
+
+        // ZStd
+        relocate "com.github.luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+        relocate "libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh"
+        relocate "zstd-jni", "zstd-jni_dh"
+
+        transform(NativeTransformer) {
+            rootDir = project.rootDir
+            matchFiles { it.contains("libzstd-jni") && !it.contains("aix/ppc64") }
+            mapPaths { it.replace("libzstd-jni", "libzstd-jni_dh") }
+            relocateNative "com/github/luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+            relocateNative "com_github_luben", "dhcomgithubluben"
+        }
+
+        // JOML (conditional)
+        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
+            relocate "org.joml", "${librariesLocation}.joml"
+
+        // NightConfig
+        relocate "com.electronwill.nightconfig", "${librariesLocation}.electronwill.nightconfig"
+
+        mergeServiceFiles()
+    }
+    afterEvaluate {
+        tasks.named("remapJar").configure {
+            dependsOn(shadowJar)
+            inputFile.set(shadowJar.archiveFile)
+        }
+
+        // Make run tasks use the shadow jar so relocated deps work in dev.
+        // Filter out jars bundled in the shadow jar, but keep jars that the loader also
+        // needs (e.g. NightConfig — DH relocates it, but NeoForge needs the original).
+        def shadowedPaths = configurations.shadowMe.resolve().collect { it.path }.toSet()
+        def loaderPaths = configurations.minecraftLibraries.resolve().collect { it.path }.toSet()
+        tasks.withType(JavaExec).configureEach { runTask ->
+            dependsOn(shadowJar)
+            classpath = files(shadowJar.archiveFile) + classpath.filter { file ->
+                !file.path.contains(project.buildDir.path) &&
+                !file.path.contains("core${File.separator}build") &&
+                !file.path.contains("api${File.separator}build") &&
+                !file.path.contains("common${File.separator}build") &&
+                !(shadowedPaths.contains(file.path) && !loaderPaths.contains(file.path))
+            }
+
+            // Shared run directory so all loaders use the same worlds
+            def isClient = runTask.name.toLowerCase().contains("client")
+            runTask.workingDir = rootProject.file("run/${isClient ? 'client' : 'server'}")
+
+            // Minecraft automatically has G1GC args present,
+            // remove them so we can use ZGC instead
+            def filteredArgs = runTask.jvmArgs.findAll { arg ->
+                !arg.startsWith("-XX:+UseG1GC") &&
+                !arg.startsWith("-XX:G1") &&
+                !arg.startsWith("-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis")
+            }
+            runTask.jvmArgs = filteredArgs
+
+            // fix (Neo)forge debug running
+            doFirst {
+                def modsDir = rootProject.file("run/${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()
+                }
+                
+                // Copy shadow jar into mods folder so (Neo)Forge discovers it properly
+                copy {
+                    from shadowJar.archiveFile
+                    into modsDir
+                }
+            }
+            
+            // JVM args
+            runTask.jvmArgs(
+                "-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced",
+                // TODO only use for modern java versions
+                "-XX:+UseZGC",
+                // TODO don't use for even more modern-er java versions
+                //"-XX:+ZGenerational",
+                rootProject.minecraftMemoryJavaArg,
+            )
+            if (isClient) 
+            {
+                runTask.jvmArgs(
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.auth.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.account.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.session.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                    "-Dminecraft.api.services.host=https://nope.invalid",
+                )
+                runTask.args(
+                    // use a consistent username for easier debugging in a given world (vs randomly teleporting to a new user each time the game boots)
+                    "--username", "Dev",
+                    // "--renderDebugLabels" is a Mojang command to show render names in RenderDoc
+                    "--renderDebugLabels"
+                    )
+                
+                // enabling tracy causes constant memory growth so it isn't always desired
+                if (rootProject.minecraftEnableTracy == "true")
+                {
+                    // "--tracy" is a Mojang command to allow individual frames to be debugged using Tracy https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/tag/v0.13.1
+                    runTask.args("--tracy")
+                }
+                
+                
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ==================== Process Resources (loaders only) ====================
+
+if (isNotCommonProject) {
+    processResources {
+        def resourceTargets = [
+            "build_info.json",
+            "fabric.mod.json",
+            "quilt.mod.json",
+            "META-INF/mods.toml",
+            "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml",
+        ]
+
+        def compatible_forgemc_versions = "${rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions}".replaceAll("\"", "").replaceAll("]", ",)")
+
+        // Quilt contributors
+        def quilt_contributors = []
+        def mod_author_list = rootProject.mod_authors.replaceAll("\"", "").replace("[", "").replace("]", "").split(",")
+        for (dev in mod_author_list) {
+            quilt_contributors.push("\"${dev.strip()}\": \"Developer\"")
+        }
+        quilt_contributors.reverse()
+
+        try {
+            if (rootProject.infoGitCommit == "null")
+                rootProject.ext.infoGitCommit = 'git rev-parse --verify HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
+            if (rootProject.infoGitBranch == "null")
+                rootProject.ext.infoGitBranch = 'git symbolic-ref --short HEAD'.execute().text.trim()
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            rootProject.ext.infoGitCommit = "Git not found"
+            rootProject.ext.infoGitBranch = "Git not found"
+        }
+
+        def replaceProperties = [
+            version                      : rootProject.mod_version,
+            mod_name                     : rootProject.mod_readable_name,
+            group                        : rootProject.maven_group,
+            authors                      : rootProject.mod_authors,
+            description                  : rootProject.mod_description,
+            homepage                     : rootProject.mod_homepage,
+            source                       : rootProject.mod_source,
+            issues                       : rootProject.mod_issues,
+            discord                      : rootProject.mod_discord,
+            minecraft_version            : rootProject.minecraft_version,
+            accessWidenerVersion         : rootProject.accessWidenerVersion,
+            compatible_minecraft_versions: rootProject.compatible_minecraft_versions,
+            compatible_forgemc_versions  : compatible_forgemc_versions,
+            java_version                 : rootProject.java_version,
+            quilt_contributors           : "{" + quilt_contributors.join(", ") + "}",
+            info_git_commit              : rootProject.infoGitBranch,
+            info_git_branch              : rootProject.infoGitCommit,
+            info_build_source            : rootProject.infoBuildSource,
+            fabric_incompatibility_list  : rootProject.fabric_incompatibility_list,
+            fabric_recommend_list        : rootProject.fabric_recommend_list,
+            neoforge_version_range       : rootProject.neoforge_version_range,
+        ]
+
+        inputs.properties replaceProperties
+        replaceProperties.put "project", project
+        filesMatching(resourceTargets) {
+            expand replaceProperties
+        }
+
+        // Remove unused access wideners
+        exclude { file ->
+            if (file.name.contains(".distanthorizons.accesswidener") && file.name != "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener") {
+                return true
+            }
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // ==================== Resource Copy Tasks ====================
+
+    // task copyCommonLoaderResources(type: Copy) {
+    //     from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+    //     into(file(project.file("build/resources/main")))
+    //     rename "${rootProject.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener", "distanthorizons.accesswidener"
+    // }
+
+    task copyCoreResources(type: Copy) {
+        from fileTree(project(":core").file("src/main/resources"))
+        into project.file("build/resources/main")
+    }
+
+
+    // ==================== JVMDowngrader ====================
+
+    jvmdg.downgradeTo = JavaVersion.toVersion(rootProject.java_version)
+    downgradeJar.archiveClassifier.set(null)
+    shadeDowngradedApi.archiveClassifier.set(null)
+}

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/root.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+// Transfer version properties from settings.gradle to project
+project.gradle.ext.getProperties().each { prop ->
+    rootProject.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
+}
+
+// Version string for archives
+rootProject.ext.versionStr = rootProject.mod_version + "-" + rootProject.minecraft_version
+rootProject.allprojects {
+    version = (it == rootProject ? "" : it.name + "-") + rootProject.versionStr
+    group = rootProject.maven_group
+
+    // Custom javadoc tags for all subprojects
+    plugins.withType(JavaPlugin) {
+        javadoc {
+            options.tags(
+                'todo:X"',
+                'apiNote:a:API Note:',
+                'implSpec:a:Implementation Requirements:',
+                'implNote:a:Implementation Note:'
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Create build.properties with preprocessor definitions
+def writePreprocessorDefinitions() {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
+    sb.append("# DON'T TOUCH THIS FILE, This is handled by the build script\n")
+
+    gradle.ext.mcVers.eachWithIndex { ver, idx ->
+        sb.append("MC_${ver.replace('.', '_')}=${idx}\n")
+        if (gradle.ext.mcIndex == idx)
+            sb.append("MC_VER=${idx}\n")
+    }
+
+    if (rootProject.mod_version.toLowerCase().contains("dev")) {
+        sb.append("DEV_BUILD=\n")
+    }
+
+    new File(rootDir, "build.properties").text = sb.toString()
+}
+writePreprocessorDefinitions()
+
+// Wire JVMDowngrader to process remapped jars
+gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+    rootProject.subprojects.each {
+        if (it.tasks.findByName('remapJar') == null) return
+        it.tasks.downgradeJar.inputFile = it.tasks.remapJar.archiveFile
+        it.tasks.jar.finalizedBy(it.tasks.remapJar)
+        it.tasks.remapJar.finalizedBy(it.tasks.shadeDowngradedApi)
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    fabric {
+        loader gradle.ext.fabric_loader_version
+        accessWidener project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

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

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+def awFile = project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    forge {
+        loader gradle.ext.forge_version
+        useToolchains = false
+        mixinConfig("DistantHorizons.forge.mixins.json")
+        accessTransformer aw2at(awFile)
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

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

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'dh-loader'
+}
+
+def awFile = project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${gradle.ext.accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+
+unimined.minecraft {
+    neoForged {
+        loader gradle.ext.neoforge_version
+        useToolchains = false
+        accessTransformer aw2at(awFile)
+    }
+}
+
+runClient.javaLauncher = null
+runServer.javaLauncher = null

build_worker.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+@echo off & setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
+
+set "VERSION=%~1"
+set "ROOT=%~2"
+set "WORK_DIR=%~3"
+set "WORKER=%WORK_DIR%\%VERSION%"
+set "JAR_OUTPUT_DIR=%~4"
+
+REM remove the ending "\" from the root folder, otherwise the final quote
+REM in the robocopy command will be escaped and it won't run
+if "%ROOT:~-1%"=="\" set "ROOT=%ROOT:~0,-1%"
+set "WORKER=%~3\%~1"
+
+set "BUILT_JAR_DIR=%WORKER%\build\forgix"
+
+
+
+echo ==================== [%VERSION%] Copying workspace ====================
+mkdir "%WORKER%"
+robocopy "%ROOT%" "%WORKER%" /E /XD "%WORKER%" "_buildWorkers" "buildAllJars" ".gradle" "build" ".git" ".idea" ".gitlab" "run" "testScripts" /NFL /NDL
+
+echo ==================== [%VERSION%] Cleaning ====================
+cd /d "%WORKER%"
+call .\gradlew.bat clean 
+REM optional arg that can be added if we want to log the result to a file
+REM >"%WORK_DIR%\build_%VERSION%.log" 2>&1
+
+echo ==================== [%VERSION%] Assembling ====================
+call .\gradlew.bat assemble -PmcVer="%VERSION%" 
+REM optional arg that can be added if we want to log the result to a file
+REM >>"%WORK_DIR%\build_%VERSION%.log" 2>&1
+
+echo ==================== [%VERSION%] Exporting ====================
+mkdir "%JAR_OUTPUT_DIR%"
+robocopy "%BUILT_JAR_DIR%" "%JAR_OUTPUT_DIR%" /NFL /NDL
+
+echo ==================== [%VERSION%] Done ====================
+endlocal
+
+REM can be uncommented for debugging
+REM pause

common/build.gradle

@@ -1,41 +1,3 @@
-
-// temporary fix for broken spongepowered version
-buildscript {
-    configurations.configureEach {
-        resolutionStrategy {
-            force 'org.spongepowered:vanillagradle:0.2.1-20240507.024226-82'
-            // newer versions can be found by going to the link:
-            // https://repo.spongepowered.org/#browse/browse:maven-public:org%2Fspongepowered%2Fvanillagradle%2F0.2.1-SNAPSHOT
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 plugins {
-    id "org.spongepowered.gradle.vanilla" version "0.2.1-SNAPSHOT"
+    id 'dh-loader'
 }
-
-minecraft {
-    accessWideners(project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener"))
-    version(rootProject.minecraft_version)
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    // So mixins can be written in common
-    compileOnly group:'org.spongepowered', name:'mixin', version:'0.8.5'
-}
-
-
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        mavenCommon(MavenPublication) {
-            artifactId = rootProject.mod_readable_name
-            from components.java
-        }
-    }
-
-    // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html for information on how to set up publishing.
-    repositories {
-        // Add repositories to publish to here.
-    }
-}
-

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

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commands.CommandInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.DependencySetup;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.DhDebugScreenEntry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.Initializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.presets.ThreadPresetConfigEventHandler;
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.ModJarInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.updater.SelfUpdater;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.NativeDialogUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.StubDebugWireframeRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.NativeDialogUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		
 		// Client uses config for auto-updater, so it's initialized here instead of post-init stage
 		this.initConfig();
-		logModIncompatibilityWarnings(); // needs to be called after config loading
+		logIncompatibilityWarnings(); // needs to be called after config loading
+		Initializer.postConfigInit();
 		
 		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " client Initialized.");
 		
@@ -133,7 +138,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 			MinecraftServerWrapper.INSTANCE.dedicatedServer = (DedicatedServer)server;
 			
 			this.initConfig();
+			Initializer.postConfigInit();
 			this.postInit();
+			this.postServerInit();
 			this.commandInitializer.onServerReady();
 			
 			this.checkForUpdates();
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 	private void startup()
 	{
 		DependencySetup.createSharedBindings();
-		SharedApi.init();
+		Initializer.preConfigInit();
 		this.createInitialSharedBindings();
 	}
 	
@@ -222,15 +229,43 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterDhInitEvent.class, null);
 	}
 	
-	private void postClientInit() { DependencySetup.setRenderingApiBindings(); }
+	private void postClientInit() 
+	{
+		CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		
+		// This method may be called from either the render thread,
+		// or some other random setup thread depending on the mod loader.
+		// In order to avoid confusion/inconsistent problems, we're always going 
+		// to run setup on our own thread.
+		Thread dhSetupThread = new Thread(() -> 
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				DependencySetup.setRenderingApiBindings();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				future.completeExceptionally(e);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				future.complete(null);
+			}
+		});
+		dhSetupThread.setName(ThreadUtil.THREAD_NAME_PREFIX + "PostClientInit Thread");
+		dhSetupThread.start();
+		
+		future.join();
+	}
+	private void postServerInit() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer.class, new StubDebugWireframeRenderer()); }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
 	
-	//==================================//
-	// mod partial compatibility checks //
-	//==================================//
+	//======================//
+	// compatibility checks //
+	//======================//
 	//region
 	
 	/** 
@@ -239,7 +274,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 	 * This method will log (and display to chat if enabled)
 	 * these warnings and potential fixes.
 	 */
-	private static void logModIncompatibilityWarnings()
+	private static void logIncompatibilityWarnings()
 	{
 		boolean showChatWarnings = Config.Common.Logging.Warning.showModCompatibilityWarningsOnStartup.get();
 		IModChecker modChecker = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
@@ -340,10 +375,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 				renderApi = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
 			}
 			
-			// Iris only supports nataive OpenGL
+			// Iris only supports native OpenGL
 			if (renderApi != EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL)
 			{
-				String irisUnsupportedMessage = "Iris doesn't support DH when using the ["+EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D+"] rendering API, please change it to ["+EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL+"] in DH's config file.";
+				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.";
 				LOGGER.fatal(irisUnsupportedMessage);
 				NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME, irisUnsupportedMessage, "ok", "error");
 				

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

@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.PregenManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos2D;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhServerWorld;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
 import net.minecraft.commands.arguments.DimensionArgument;
 import net.minecraft.commands.arguments.coordinates.ColumnPosArgument;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ColumnPos;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
@@ -22,7 +25,11 @@ import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
 
 public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 {
-	private final PregenManager pregenManager = new PregenManager();
+	private PregenManager getPregenManager()
+	{
+		DhServerWorld world = (DhServerWorld) Objects.requireNonNull(SharedApi.getAbstractDhWorld());
+		return world.getPregenManager();
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> buildCommand()
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 	
 	private int pregenStatus(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> c)
 	{
-		String statusString = this.pregenManager.getStatusString();
+		String statusString = this.getPregenManager().getStatusString();
 		//noinspection ReplaceNullCheck
 		if (statusString != null)
 		{
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 		ColumnPos origin = ColumnPosArgument.getColumnPos(c, "origin");
 		int chunkRadius = getInteger(c, "chunkRadius");
 		
-		CompletableFuture<Void> future = this.pregenManager.startPregen(
+		CompletableFuture<Void> future = this.getPregenManager().startPregen(
 				ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level),
 				new DhBlockPos2D(#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2 origin.x(), origin.z() #else origin.x, origin.z #endif),
 				chunkRadius
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ public class PregenCommand extends AbstractCommand
 	
 	private int pregenStop(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> c)
 	{
-		CompletableFuture<Void> runningPregen = this.pregenManager.getRunningPregen();
+		CompletableFuture<Void> runningPregen = this.getPregenManager().getRunningPregen();
 		if (runningPregen == null)
 		{
 			return this.sendFailureResponse(c, "Pregen is not running");

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

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ProtoChunk;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
 
 public class MixinChunkMapCommon
@@ -16,8 +18,18 @@ public class MixinChunkMapCommon
 	{
 		IServerLevelWrapper levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
 		
+		int chunkPosX;
+		int chunkPosZ;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		chunkPosX = chunk.getPos().x;
+		chunkPosZ = chunk.getPos().z;
+		#else
+		chunkPosX = chunk.getPos().x();
+		chunkPosZ = chunk.getPos().z();
+		#endif
+		
 		// is this position already being updated?
-		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(levelWrapper, chunk.getPos().x, chunk.getPos().z))
+		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(levelWrapper, chunkPosX, chunkPosZ))
 		{
 			return;
 		}
@@ -38,13 +50,13 @@ 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_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.getUpgradeData() != null || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 		#else
-		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.isUpgrading() || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
+		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.isUpgrading() || !chunk.isLightCorrect() || chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 		{
 			return;
 		}
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ 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_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		if (chunk.getBiomes() == null)
 		{
 			return;

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

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+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.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
+import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffects;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
+
+
+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
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FluidState;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer.FogMode;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FogType;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer.FogMode;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FogType;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.FogShape;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer.FogMode;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogParameters;
+import org.joml.Vector4f;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FogType;
+#endif
+
+
+public class MixinVanillaFogCommon
+{
+	
+	
+	#if 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
+		Entity entity = camera.getEntity();
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+		Camera camera = Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
+		Entity entity = camera.getEntity();
+		#else
+		Camera camera = Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
+		Entity entity = camera.entity();	
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		boolean cameraNotInFluid = cameraNotInFluid(camera);
+		boolean isSpecialFog = (entity instanceof LivingEntity) && ((LivingEntity) entity).hasEffect(MobEffects.BLINDNESS);
+		
+		boolean cancelFog = !isSpecialFog;
+		cancelFog = cancelFog && cameraNotInFluid;
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+		cancelFog = cancelFog && (fogMode == FogRenderer.FogMode.FOG_TERRAIN);
+		#endif
+		
+		cancelFog = cancelFog && !SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class).isFogStateSpecial();
+		cancelFog = cancelFog && !Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.enableVanillaFog.get();
+		
+		
+		return cancelFog;
+	}
+	
+	private static boolean cameraNotInFluid(Camera camera)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+		FluidState fluidState = camera.getFluidInCamera();
+		boolean cameraNotInFluid = fluidState.isEmpty();
+		#else
+		FogType fogTypes = camera.getFluidInCamera();
+		boolean cameraNotInFluid = fogTypes == FogType.NONE;
+		#endif
+		
+		return cameraNotInFluid;
+	}
+	
+	
+}

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

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
@@ -139,26 +139,27 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	}
 	private void createPipelines()
 	{
-		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
-			.build();
-		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.LESS_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.WIREFRAME);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:debug_wireframe_renderer"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.WIREFRAME);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("debug_wireframe_renderer");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "debug/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "debug/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("debug/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("debug/blaze/frag");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("uniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("uniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.DEBUG_LINES);
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.LINES);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -225,15 +226,15 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	//region
 	
 	@Override
-	public void render(Box box)
+	public void renderBox(Box box)
 	{
 		this.init();
 		
-		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
-			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
-		{
-			return;
-		}
+		//if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+		//	|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		//{
+		//	return;
+		//}
 		
 		// shouldn't happen, but just in case
 		if (box == null)
@@ -307,12 +308,12 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		{
 			// 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,

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

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.objects.BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderableBoxGroup;
@@ -108,10 +109,7 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	// rendering setup
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private VertexFormat vertexFormat;
-	
-	private RenderPipeline opaquePipeline;
-	private RenderPipeline transparentPipeline;
+	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vertUniformBuffer;
 	
@@ -132,12 +130,6 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		}
 		this.init = true;
 		
-		this.vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
-			.add("aColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
-			.add("aMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
-			.build();
-		
 		this.createPipelines();
 		
 		if (RENDER_DEBUG_OBJECTS)
@@ -147,37 +139,36 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	}
 	private void createPipelines()
 	{
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.LESS_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
+			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT); // TRANSLUCENT = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:generic"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("generic_objects");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "generic/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "generic/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("generic/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("generic/blaze/frag");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("vertUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertUniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(this.vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES);
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.FLOAT_XYZ_POS)
+				.add("aColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
+				.add("aMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
+				
+				.add("paddingOne", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingTwo", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingThree", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
 		}
-		
-		// opaque
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			this.opaquePipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
-		}
-		
-		// transparent
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT);
-			this.transparentPipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
-		}
-		
+		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 	}
 	private void addGenericDebugObjects()
 	{
@@ -303,7 +294,11 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Box group must be of type ["+ RenderableBoxGroup.class.getSimpleName()+"], type received: ["+(iBoxGroup != null ? iBoxGroup.getClass() : "NULL")+"].");
 		}
 		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup = (RenderableBoxGroup) iBoxGroup;
-		
+		if (boxGroup.size() != 0)
+		{
+			// trigger a box change to make sure the initial data is uploaded
+			boxGroup.triggerBoxChange();
+		}
 		
 		long id = boxGroup.getId();
 		if (this.boxGroupById.containsKey(id))
@@ -336,202 +331,194 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, IProfilerWrapper profiler, boolean renderingWithSsao)
 	{
-		//==============//
-		// render setup //
-		//==============//
-		//#region
 		
-		profiler.push("setup");
-		
-		this.init();
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-		
-		//#endregion
-		
-		if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
-			|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
+		try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock generic_profile = profiler.push("setup"))
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		
-		
-		//===========//
-		// rendering //
-		//===========//
-		//#region
-		
-		Collection<RenderableBoxGroup> boxList = this.boxGroupById.values();
-		for (RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup : boxList)
-		{
-			// validation //
 			
-			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			if (boxGroup == null)
+			
+			//==============//
+			// render setup //
+			//==============//
+			//#region
+			
+			this.init();
+			
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			
+			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+			
+			//#endregion
+			
+			if (BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.isEmpty()
+				|| BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.isEmpty())
 			{
-				continue;
+				return;
 			}
 			
-			// skip boxes that shouldn't render this pass
-			if (boxGroup.ssaoEnabled != renderingWithSsao)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
 			
-			profiler.popPush("render prep");
-			boxGroup.preRender(renderEventParam); // called even if the group is inactive, so the group can be activate if desired
 			
-			// ignore inactive groups
-			if (!boxGroup.active)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
+			//===========//
+			// rendering //
+			//===========//
+			//#region
 			
-			// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
-			boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
-			if (cancelRendering)
+			Collection<RenderableBoxGroup> boxList = this.boxGroupById.values();
+			for (RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup : boxList)
 			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// update instanced data if needed
-			{
-				boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();
+				// validation //
 				
-				// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
-				if (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer.EState.RENDER)
+				// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+				if (boxGroup == null)
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
+				
+				// skip boxes that shouldn't render this pass
+				if (boxGroup.ssaoEnabled != renderingWithSsao)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				profiler.popPush("render prep");
+				boxGroup.preRender(renderEventParam); // called even if the group is inactive, so the group can be activate if desired
+				
+				// ignore inactive groups
+				if (!boxGroup.active)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
+				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
+				if (cancelRendering)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				// update instanced data if needed
+				{
+					boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();
+					
+					// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
+					if (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer.EState.RENDER)
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				
+				DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
+				if (shading == null)
+				{
+					shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
+				}
+				
+				// uniforms
+				{
+					int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+						.putIVec3() // uOffsetChunk
+						.putVec3() // uOffsetSubChunk
+						.putIVec3() // uCameraPosChunk
+						.putVec3() // uCameraPosSubChunk
+						
+						.putVec3() // aTranslateChunk
+						.putVec3() // aTranslateSubChunk
+						
+						.putMat4f() // uProjectionMvm
+						.putInt() // uSkyLight
+						.putInt() // uBlockLight
+						
+						.putFloat() // uNorthShading
+						.putFloat() // uSouthShading
+						.putFloat() // uEastShading
+						.putFloat() // uWestShading
+						.putFloat() // uTopShading
+						.putFloat() // uBottomShading
+						.get();
+					
+					
+					// create data //
+					
+					Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
+					projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
+					
+					
+					// upload data //
+					
+					ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
+					buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+					buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+						.putIVec3(
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
+						) // uOffsetChunk
+						.putVec3(
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
+						) // uOffsetSubChunk
+						.putIVec3(
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
+							LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
+						) // uCameraPosChunk
+						.putVec3(
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
+							LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
+						) // uCameraPosSubChunk
+						
+						.putMat4f(projectionMvmMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uProjectionMvm
+						.putInt(boxGroup.getSkyLight()) // uSkyLight
+						.putInt(boxGroup.getBlockLight()) // uBlockLight
+						
+						.putFloat(shading.north)
+						.putFloat(shading.south)
+						.putFloat(shading.east)
+						.putFloat(shading.west)
+						.putFloat(shading.top)
+						.putFloat(shading.bottom)
+						
+						.get()
+					;
+					
+					this.vertUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertUniformBuffer);
+					GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+					
+					COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+				}
+				
+				
+				
+				
+				// render //
+				
+				profiler.popPush("rendering");
+				try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock namespace_profile = profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
+					IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock location_profile = profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath()))
+				{
+					this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(renderEventParam, boxGroup, profiler);
+				}
+				
+				boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
 			}
 			
-			
-			DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
-			if (shading == null)
-			{
-				shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
-			}
-			
-			// uniforms
-			{
-				int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-					.putIVec3() // uOffsetChunk
-					.putVec3() // uOffsetSubChunk
-					.putIVec3() // uCameraPosChunk
-					.putVec3() // uCameraPosSubChunk
-					
-					.putVec3() // aTranslateChunk
-					.putVec3() // aTranslateSubChunk
-					
-					.putMat4f() // uProjectionMvm
-					.putInt() // uSkyLight
-					.putInt() // uBlockLight
-					
-					.putFloat() // uNorthShading
-					.putFloat() // uSouthShading
-					.putFloat() // uEastShading
-					.putFloat() // uWestShading
-					.putFloat() // uTopShading
-					.putFloat() // uBottomShading
-					.get();
-				
-				
-				// create data //
-				
-				Mat4f projectionMvmMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
-				projectionMvmMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
-				
-				
-				// upload data //
-				
-				ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-				buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-				buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-					.putIVec3(
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
-					) // uOffsetChunk
-					.putVec3(
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().x),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().y),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(boxGroup.getOriginBlockPos().z)
-					) // uOffsetSubChunk
-					.putIVec3(
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
-						LodUtil.getChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
-					) // uCameraPosChunk
-					.putVec3(
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.x),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.y),
-						LodUtil.getSubChunkPosFromDouble(camPos.z)
-					) // uCameraPosSubChunk
-					
-					.putMat4f(projectionMvmMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uProjectionMvm
-					.putInt(boxGroup.getSkyLight()) // uSkyLight
-					.putInt(boxGroup.getBlockLight()) // uBlockLight
-					
-					.putFloat(shading.north)
-					.putFloat(shading.south)
-					.putFloat(shading.east)
-					.putFloat(shading.west)
-					.putFloat(shading.top)
-					.putFloat(shading.bottom)
-					
-					.get()
-				;
-				
-				this.vertUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertUniformBuffer);
-				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-				
-				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-			}
+			//#endregion
 			
 			
 			
+			//==========//
+			// clean up //
+			//==========//
+			//region
 			
-			// render //
+			profiler.popPush("cleanup");
 			
-			profiler.popPush("rendering");
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath());
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
 			
-			try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
-				this::getRenderPassName,
-				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-				/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
-				/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
-			{
-				this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(renderPass, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
-			}
-			
-			profiler.pop(); // resource path
-			profiler.pop(); // resource namespace
-			
-			boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
+			//endregion
 		}
-		
-		//#endregion
-		
-		
-		
-		//==========//
-		// clean up //
-		//==========//
-		//region
-		
-		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		profiler.pop();
-		
-		//endregion
 	}
 	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McGenericObjectRenderer"; }
 	
@@ -545,47 +532,50 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	//region
 	
 	private void renderBoxGroupInstanced(
-		RenderPass renderPass, RenderParams renderEventParam, 
-		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
+		RenderParams renderEventParam, 
+		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup,
 		IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
-		// update instance data //
-		
-		profiler.push("vertex setup");
-		
-		BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer) boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer;
-		
-		LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
-		BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
-		renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
-		
-		
-		
-		// Bind instance data //
-		profiler.popPush("binding");
-		
-		
-		renderPass.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.vertUniformBuffer);
-		
-		// set pipeline
-		renderPass.setPipeline(this.opaquePipeline); // TODO
-		renderPass.setIndexBuffer(container.indexGpuBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
-		
-		renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, container.vboGpuBuffer);
-		
-		// Draw instanced
-		profiler.popPush("render");
-		if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+			this::getRenderPassName,
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+			BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
-			renderPass.drawIndexed(
-				/*indexStart*/ 0,
-				/*firstIndex*/0,
-				/*indexCount*/container.uploadedBoxCount * 24, // TODO?
-				/*instanceCount*/1);
 			
+			// update instance data //
+			
+			BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer) boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer;
+			
+			LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
+			BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
+			renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+			
+			
+			
+			// Bind instance data //
+			
+			
+			renderPass.setUniform("vertUniformBlock", this.vertUniformBuffer);
+			
+			// set pipeline
+			renderPass.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+			renderPass.setIndexBuffer(container.indexGpuBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+			
+			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, container.vboGpuBuffer);
+			
+			// Draw instanced
+			if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
+			{
+				renderPass.drawIndexed(
+					/*indexStart*/ 0,
+					/*firstIndex*/0,
+					/*indexCount*/container.uploadedBoxCount * 36, // 36 = 6 faces * 6 verticies per face
+					/*instanceCount*/1);
+				
+			}
 		}
-		
-		profiler.pop();
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -626,5 +616,27 @@ public class BlazeDhGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	
 	
 	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close()
+	{
+		// 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)
+			{
+				this.vertUniformBuffer.close();
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
 }
 #endif

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

@@ -6,18 +6,26 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer {}
 #else
 
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiAfterColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent;
+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.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 
+import java.awt.*;
+
 public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 {
 	public static final BlazeDhMetaRenderer INSTANCE = new BlazeDhMetaRenderer();
 	
+	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
+	
 	
 	private BlazeDhApplyRenderer applyRenderer;
 	
@@ -52,9 +60,24 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void runRenderPassSetup(RenderParams renderParams)
 	{
-		// textures
-		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
-		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		int oldWidth = this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.getWidth();
+		int oldHeight = this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.getHeight();
+		
+		boolean texturesChanged = false;
+		texturesChanged = this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize() | texturesChanged;
+		texturesChanged = this.dhColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize() | texturesChanged;
+		
+		if (texturesChanged)
+		{
+			int newTextureWidth = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
+			int newTextureHeight = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
+			
+			DhApiTextureCreatedParam textureCreatedParam = new DhApiTextureCreatedParam(
+				oldWidth, oldHeight,
+				newTextureWidth, newTextureHeight
+			);
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterColorDepthTextureCreatedEvent.class, textureCreatedParam);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -79,12 +102,10 @@ public class BlazeDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void clearDhDepthAndColorTextures(RenderParams renderParams) 
 	{
-		// TODO use for clear color
-		//IMinecraftRenderWrapper r;
-		//r.getSkyColor()
-		
 		this.dhDepthTextureWrapper.clearDepth(1.0f);
-		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.clearColor(ColorUtil.argbToInt(1, 1, 1, 1)); 
+		
+		Color color = MC_RENDER.getSkyColor();
+		this.dhColorTextureWrapper.clearColor(ColorUtil.toColorInt(color)); 
 	}
 	
 	//endregion

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

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
@@ -20,20 +19,19 @@ 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.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.uniform.BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.buffer.BlazeVertexBufferWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
 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.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GlQuadElementBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTe
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
-import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -68,8 +65,6 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 	private RenderPipeline transparentPipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuBuffer indexBuffer;
-	
 	private GpuBuffer fragUniformBuffer;
 	private GpuBuffer vertSharedUniformBuffer;
 	
@@ -88,38 +83,39 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 		{
 			return;
 		}
-		this.init = true; // todo only set when succeeded (in case of exception)
 		
 		
-		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SHORT_XYZ_POS)
-			.add("meta", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.META)
-			.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
-			.add("irisMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
-			.add("irisNormal", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_NORMAL)
-			.add("paddingTwo", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
-			.add("paddingThree", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD) // padding is to make sure the format is a multiple of 4
-			.build();
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(true);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.LESS_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.LESS);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:lod_render"));
-			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "lod/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "lod/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("terrain");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uLightMap");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("lod/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("lod/blaze/frag");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertUniqueUniformBlock");
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock");
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
+			
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SHORT_XYZ_POS)
+				.add("meta", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.META)
+				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR)
+				.add("irisMaterial", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_MATERIAL)
+				.add("irisNormal", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.IRIS_NORMAL)
+				.add("paddingTwo", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD)
+				.add("paddingThree", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.BYTE_PAD) // padding is to make sure the format is a multiple of 4
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
 		}
 		
 		// opaque
@@ -130,9 +126,12 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 		
 		// transparent
 		{
+			// TRANSLUCENT = new BlendFunction(SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, SourceFactor.ONE, DestFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 			pipelineBuilder.withBlend(BlendFunction.TRANSLUCENT);
 			this.transparentPipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		}
+		
+		this.init = true;
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -153,235 +152,208 @@ public class BlazeDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
-		
-		profiler.push("vert unique uniforms");
+		try(IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock terrain_profile = profiler.push("terrain render"))
 		{
-			// create data //
-			
-			for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
+			profiler.popPush("vert unique uniforms");
 			{
-				LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
-				bufferContainer.uniformContainer.tryUpload();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		profiler.popPush("vert share uniforms");
-		{
-			Mat4f combinedMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
-			combinedMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
-			
-			float earthCurveRatio = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.earthCurveRatio.get();
-			if (earthCurveRatio < -1.0f || earthCurveRatio > 1.0f)
-			{
-				earthCurveRatio = /*6371KM*/ 6371000.0f / earthCurveRatio;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				// disable curvature if the config value is between -1 and 1
-				earthCurveRatio = 0.0f;
-			}
-			
-			
-			// upload data //
-			
-			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-				.putInt() // uIsWhiteWorld
-				
-				.putFloat() // uWorldYOffset
-				.putFloat() // uMircoOffset
-				.putFloat() // uEarthRadius
-				
-				.putVec3() // uCameraPos
-				.putMat4f() // uCombinedMatrix
-				.get();
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-				.putInt(0) // uIsWhiteWorld
-				
-				.putFloat((float) renderEventParam.worldYOffset) // uWorldYOffset
-				.putFloat(0.01f) // uMircoOffset // 0.01 block offset
-				.putFloat(earthCurveRatio) // uEarthRadius
-				
-				.putVec3(
-					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.x,
-					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.y,
-					(float)renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.z) // uCameraPos
-				.putMat4f(combinedMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uCombinedMatrix
-				.get();
-			
-			this.vertSharedUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertSharedUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-		}
-		
-		profiler.popPush("set frag uniforms");
-		{
-			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
-				.putFloat() // uClipDistance
-				.putFloat() // uNoiseIntensity
-				.putInt() // uNoiseSteps
-				.putInt() // uNoiseDropoff
-				.putInt() // uDitherDhRendering
-				.putInt() // uNoiseEnabled
-				.get();
-			
-			
-			// create data //
-			
-			float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
-			if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())
-			{
-				// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
-				dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
-			}
-			
-			
-			// upload data //
-			
-			ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(uniformBufferSize);
-			buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-			buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
-				.putFloat(dhNearClipDistance) // uClipDistance
-				.putFloat(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseIntensity.get()) // uNoiseIntensity
-				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseSteps.get()) // uNoiseSteps
-				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseDropoff.get()) // uNoiseDropoff
-				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.ditherDhFade.get() ? 1 : 0) // uDitherDhRendering
-				.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.enableNoiseTexture.get() ? 1 : 0) // uNoiseEnabled
-				.get()
-			;
-			
-			this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
-			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
-			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-		}
-		
-		// create index buffer
-		{
-			if (this.indexBuffer == null)
-			{
-				ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize() * GLEnums.getTypeSize(GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT) * 6);
-				GlQuadElementBuffer.buildBuffer(LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize(), buffer, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT);
-				
-				
-				// create buffer if needed
-				if (this.indexBuffer == null
-					|| this.indexBuffer.size() < buffer.capacity())
-				{
-					int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
-						| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX 
-						| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX 
-						| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
-					this.indexBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getIndexBufferName, usage, buffer.capacity());
-				}
-				
-				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.indexBuffer, /*offset*/ 0, buffer.capacity());
-				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		
-		
-		// render pass setup
-		{
-			profiler.popPush("setup");
-			
-			// create a render pass
-			OptionalInt optionalClearColorAsInt = OptionalInt.empty();
-			OptionalDouble optionalDepthValueAsDouble = OptionalDouble.empty();
-			
-			try(RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
-				this::getRenderPassName,
-				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
-				optionalClearColorAsInt,
-				BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, optionalDepthValueAsDouble)
-				)
-			{
-				// bind MC Lightmap
-				//renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", this.mcLightTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.mcLightTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
-				LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
-				BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
-				renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
-				
-				// set pipeline
-				renderPass.setPipeline(opaquePass ? this.opaquePipeline : this.transparentPipeline);
-				renderPass.setIndexBuffer(this.indexBuffer, VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
-				
-				// shared uniforms
-				renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
-				renderPass.setUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
-				
-				
+				// create data //
 				
 				for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
 				{
-					profiler.popPush("binding");
-					
 					LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
-					BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper uniformWrapper = (BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper)bufferContainer.uniformContainer;
-					
-					boolean columnBuilderDebugEnabled = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugEnable.get();
-					if (columnBuilderDebugEnabled)
-					{
-						if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugDetailLevel.get()
-							&& DhSectionPos.getX(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugXPos.get()
-							&& DhSectionPos.getZ(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugZPos.get())
-						{
-							int breakpoint = 0;
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							continue;
-						}
-					}
-					
-					renderPass.setUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", uniformWrapper.gpuBuffer);
-					
-					
-					
-					profiler.popPush("rendering");
-					
-					// render each buffer
-					IVertexBufferWrapper[] bufferWrapperList = opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vbos : bufferContainer.vbosTransparent;
-					for (int i = 0; i < bufferWrapperList.length; i++)
-					{
-						BlazeVertexBufferWrapper bufferWrapper = (BlazeVertexBufferWrapper) bufferWrapperList[i];
-						if (!bufferWrapper.uploaded
-							|| bufferWrapper.vertexCount == 0)
-						{
-							continue;
-						}
-						
-						// fire render event
-						{
-							Vec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
-							Vec3f modelPos = new Vec3f(
-								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX() - camPos.x),
-								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY() - camPos.y),
-								(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ() - camPos.z));
-							ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, modelPos));
-						}
-						
-						renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, bufferWrapper.vboGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
-						
-						if (!bufferWrapper.vboGpuBuffer.isClosed())
-						{
-							renderPass.drawIndexed(
-								/*indexStart*/ 0,
-								/*firstIndex*/0,
-								/*indexCount*/bufferWrapper.indexCount,
-								/*instanceCount*/1);
-						}
-					}
+					bufferContainer.uniformContainer.tryUpload();
+				}
+			}
+			
+			profiler.popPush("vert share uniforms");
+			{
+				Mat4f combinedMatrix = new Mat4f(renderEventParam.dhProjectionMatrix);
+				combinedMatrix.multiply(renderEventParam.dhModelViewMatrix);
+				
+				float earthCurveRatio = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.earthCurveRatio.get();
+				if (earthCurveRatio < -1.0f || earthCurveRatio > 1.0f)
+				{
+					earthCurveRatio = /*6371KM*/ 6371000.0f / earthCurveRatio;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// disable curvature if the config value is between -1 and 1
+					earthCurveRatio = 0.0f;
 				}
 				
+				
+				// upload data //
+				
+				int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+					.putInt() // uIsWhiteWorld
+					
+					.putFloat() // uWorldYOffset
+					.putFloat() // uMircoOffset
+					.putFloat() // uEarthRadius
+					
+					.putVec3() // uCameraPos
+					.putMat4f() // uCombinedMatrix
+					.get();
+				
+				ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
+				buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+				Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+					.putInt(0) // uIsWhiteWorld
+					
+					.putFloat((float) renderEventParam.worldYOffset) // uWorldYOffset
+					.putFloat(0.01f) // uMircoOffset // 0.01 block offset
+					.putFloat(earthCurveRatio) // uEarthRadius
+					
+					.putVec3(
+						(float) renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.x,
+						(float) renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.y,
+						(float) renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition.z) // uCameraPos
+					.putMat4f(combinedMatrix.createJomlMatrix()) // uCombinedMatrix
+					.get();
+				
+				this.vertSharedUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("vertSharedUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertSharedUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+				
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+				
+				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+			}
+			
+			profiler.popPush("set frag uniforms");
+			{
+				int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
+					.putFloat() // uClipDistance
+					.putFloat() // uNoiseIntensity
+					.putInt() // uNoiseSteps
+					.putInt() // uNoiseDropoff
+					.putInt() // uDitherDhRendering
+					.putInt() // uNoiseEnabled
+					.get();
+				
+				
+				// create data //
+				
+				float dhNearClipDistance = RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneInBlocks();
+				if (!Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.lodOnlyMode.get())
+				{
+					// this added value prevents the near clip plane and discard circle from touching, which looks bad
+					dhNearClipDistance += 16f;
+				}
+				
+				
+				// upload data //
+				
+				ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(uniformBufferSize);
+				buffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+				buffer = Std140Builder.intoBuffer(buffer)
+					.putFloat(dhNearClipDistance) // uClipDistance
+					.putFloat(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseIntensity.get()) // uNoiseIntensity
+					.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseSteps.get()) // uNoiseSteps
+					.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.noiseDropoff.get()) // uNoiseDropoff
+					.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.ditherDhFade.get() ? 1 : 0) // uDitherDhRendering
+					.putInt(Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.NoiseTexture.enableNoiseTexture.get() ? 1 : 0) // uNoiseEnabled
+					.get()
+				;
+				
+				this.fragUniformBuffer = BlazeUniformUtil.createBuffer("fragUniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.fragUniformBuffer);
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.fragUniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
+				
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			// render pass setup
+			{
+				profiler.popPush("rendering");
+				
+				ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+				
+				// create a render pass
+				try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+					this::getRenderPassName,
+					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
+					/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
+					BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
+					/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty())
+				)
+				{
+					LightMapWrapper lightMapWrapper = (LightMapWrapper) renderEventParam.lightmap;
+					BlazeTextureViewWrapper lightmapTextureViewWrapper = lightMapWrapper.getTextureViewWrapper();
+					renderPass.bindTexture("uLightMap", lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureView, lightmapTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);
+					
+					// set pipeline
+					renderPass.setPipeline(opaquePass ? this.opaquePipeline : this.transparentPipeline);
+					
+					// shared uniforms
+					renderPass.setUniform("fragUniformBlock", this.fragUniformBuffer);
+					renderPass.setUniform("vertSharedUniformBlock", this.vertSharedUniformBuffer);
+					
+					
+					
+					for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
+					{
+						LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
+						BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper uniformWrapper = (BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper) bufferContainer.uniformContainer;
+						
+						boolean columnBuilderDebugEnabled = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugEnable.get();
+						if (columnBuilderDebugEnabled)
+						{
+							if (DhSectionPos.getDetailLevel(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugDetailLevel.get()
+								&& DhSectionPos.getX(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugXPos.get()
+								&& DhSectionPos.getZ(bufferContainer.pos) == Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.ColumnBuilderDebugging.columnBuilderDebugZPos.get())
+							{
+								int breakpoint = 0;
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								continue;
+							}
+						}
+						
+						renderPass.setUniform("vertUniqueUniformBlock", uniformWrapper.gpuBuffer);
+						
+						
+						
+						// render each buffer
+						IVertexBufferWrapper[] bufferWrapperList = opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vboOpaqueWrappers : bufferContainer.vboTransparentWrappers;
+						for (int i = 0; i < bufferWrapperList.length; i++)
+						{
+							BlazeVertexBufferWrapper bufferWrapper = (BlazeVertexBufferWrapper) bufferWrapperList[i];
+							if (!bufferWrapper.uploaded
+								|| bufferWrapper.vertexCount == 0)
+							{
+								continue;
+							}
+							
+							// fire render event
+							{
+								Vec3d camPos = renderEventParam.exactCameraPosition;
+								Vec3f modelPos = new Vec3f(
+									(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getX() - camPos.x),
+									(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getY() - camPos.y),
+									(float) (bufferContainer.minCornerBlockPos.getZ() - camPos.z));
+								ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, modelPos));
+							}
+							
+							renderPass.setIndexBuffer(bufferWrapper.getIndexGpuBuffer(), VertexFormat.IndexType.INT);
+							renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer); // vertex buffer can only be "0" lol
+							
+							if (!bufferWrapper.vertexGpuBuffer.isClosed())
+							{
+								renderPass.drawIndexed(
+									/*indexStart*/ 0,
+									/*firstIndex*/0,
+									/*indexCount*/bufferWrapper.indexCount,
+									/*instanceCount*/1);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		
-		profiler.pop();
 	}
 	private String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:LodIndexBuffer"; }
 	private String getRenderPassName() { return "distantHorizons:McLodRenderer"; }

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

@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer {}
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
@@ -37,12 +34,13 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -81,6 +79,10 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
 	
 	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper destinationColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dummyDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("apply_dummy_depth");
+	
+	
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Can be set for special application shaders that need 
@@ -134,8 +136,12 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 		GpuTexture sourceDepthTexture,
 		GpuTexture destinationColorTexture)
 	{
-		this.createPipeline();
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData(this.name);
+		// one-time setup
+		if (this.pipeline == null)
+		{
+			this.createPipeline();
+			this.vboGpuBuffer = BlazePostProcessUtil.createAndUploadScreenVertexData(this.name);
+		}
 		
 		this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(sourceColorTexture);
 		this.sourceDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(sourceDepthTexture);
@@ -145,20 +151,11 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 	}
 	private void createPipeline()
 	{
-		if (this.pipeline != null)
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
-			.build();
-		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
-		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			
 			if (this.blendFunction != null)
@@ -170,23 +167,26 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 				pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
 			}
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse(this.identifierName)); // TODO will complain if capital letters are included
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName(this.name);
 			
-			// TODO manually validate paths to confirm they exist and end with ".fsh" or ".vsh", MC silently fails if the files are missing/improperly named
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", this.vertexShaderPath));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", this.fragmentShaderPath));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(this.vertexShaderPath);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(this.fragmentShaderPath);
 			
 			for (int i = 0; i < this.uniformNames.length; i++)
 			{
 				String uniformName = this.uniformNames[i];
-				pipelineBuilder.withUniform(uniformName, UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+				pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer(uniformName);
 			}
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceColorTexture");
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uSourceDepthTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 	}
@@ -223,11 +223,13 @@ public class BlazeDhApplyRenderer
 	{
 		this.tryInit(sourceColorTexture, sourceDepthTexture, destinationColorTexture);
 		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
 		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
 			this::getIdentifierName,
 			this.destinationColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null,
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.bindTexture("uSourceColorTexture", this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView, this.sourceColorTextureViewWrapper.textureSampler);

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

@@ -26,20 +26,17 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer {}
 
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 import java.util.OptionalDouble;
 import java.util.OptionalInt;
@@ -63,6 +60,8 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
+	private BlazeTextureWrapper dummyDepthTextureWrapper;
+	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
@@ -81,23 +80,25 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
 		this.init = true;
 		
 		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_copy_depth_texture");
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:copy_render"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("copy");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "copy/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "copy/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("copy/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("copy/blaze/frag");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uCopyTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat(), VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -139,11 +140,13 @@ public class BlazeDhCopyRenderer
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
+		this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
 		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			destinationTextureView,
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null,
+			this.dummyDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.bindTexture("uCopyTexture", sourceTextureView, sourceTextureSampler);

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

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IDhGenericObjectVertexBufferContainer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.renderer.RenderableBoxGroup;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -84,14 +84,10 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 	//===========================//
 	//region
 	
+	@Override
 	public void updateVertexData(List<DhApiRenderableBox> uploadBoxList)
 	{
 		int boxCount = uploadBoxList.size();
-		if (boxCount == 0)
-		{
-			return; // TODO done just to fix a buffer empty crash
-		}
-		
 		
 		// recreate the data arrays if their size is different
 		if (this.uploadedBoxCount != boxCount)
@@ -183,20 +179,24 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 				this.vertexBuffer.put(a);
 				
 				this.vertexBuffer.put(box.material);
-				// TODO make sure this all is a multiple of 4 like LodQuadBuilder (might cause issues with AMD/Mac otherwise)
+				
+				// padding so the vertex format's byte count is a multiple of 4
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
+				this.vertexBuffer.put((byte)0);
 			}
 		}
 		this.vertexBuffer.flip();
 		this.indexBuffer.flip();
-		
-		
-		this.state = BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer.EState.READY_TO_UPLOAD;
 	}
 	
 	private int vertexBufferSize()
 	{
-		int faceCount = this.uploadedBoxCount * 6;
-		int vertexCount = faceCount * 6;
+		// minimum of 1 box to prevent trying to create a buffer of size 0
+		int boxCount = Math.max(this.uploadedBoxCount, 1);
+		
+		int faceCount = boxCount * 6; // 6 faces on a cube
+		int vertexCount = faceCount * 6; // 6 vertices per cube
 		
 		int byteSize = vertexCount * 3 * Float.BYTES; // x,y,z
 		byteSize += vertexCount * 4; // r,g,b,a
@@ -205,19 +205,30 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 	}
 	private int indexBufferSize()
 	{
-		int quadCount = this.uploadedBoxCount * 36;
-		int byteSize = quadCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT) * 6;
+		// minimum of 1 box to prevent trying to create a buffer of size 0
+		int boxCount = Math.max(this.uploadedBoxCount, 1);
+		
+		int quadCount = boxCount * 6 * 6; // 6 faces with 6 vertices each
+		int byteSize = quadCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT);
 		return byteSize;
 	}
 	
+	@Override
 	public void uploadDataToGpu()
 	{
 		// vertex
 		{
 			int totalVertexByteSize = this.vertexBufferSize();
 			if (this.vboGpuBuffer == null
-				|| this.vboGpuBuffer.size() < totalVertexByteSize)
+				// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+				// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+				|| this.vboGpuBuffer.size() != totalVertexByteSize)
 			{
+				if (this.vboGpuBuffer != null)
+				{
+					this.vboGpuBuffer.close();
+				}
+				
 				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
 					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
 				this.vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getVertexBufferName, usage, totalVertexByteSize);
@@ -231,12 +242,17 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 		{
 			int totalVertexByteSize = this.indexBufferSize();
 			if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null
-				|| this.indexGpuBuffer.size() < totalVertexByteSize)
+				// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+				// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+				|| this.indexGpuBuffer.size() != totalVertexByteSize)
 			{
+				if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+				{
+					this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+				}
+				
 				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
-					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX 
-					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX 
-					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
+					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
 				this.indexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getIndexBufferName, usage, totalVertexByteSize);
 			}
 			
@@ -245,8 +261,6 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 			
 			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, this.indexBuffer);
 		}
-		
-		this.state = EState.RENDER;
 	}
 	private String getVertexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:GenericVertexBuffer"; }
 	private String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:GenericIndexBuffer"; }
@@ -263,7 +277,7 @@ public class BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertex
 	@Override
 	public void close()
 	{
-		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
+		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("BlazeGenericObjectVertexContainer close", () -> 
 		{
 			if (this.vboGpuBuffer != null)
 			{

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

@@ -29,18 +29,15 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderPass;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhCopyRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhFarFadeRenderer;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
@@ -76,8 +72,11 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
-	public final BlazeTextureWrapper dhFadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhFadeColorTexture");
-	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dhFadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_far_fade_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_far_fade_depth_texture");
+	
+	private final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
 	
 	
 	
@@ -98,27 +97,28 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 		
 		
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:far_fade"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("far_fade");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/blaze/dh_fade"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fade/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fade/blaze/dh_fade");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uMcColorTexture");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhColorTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat(), VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 		this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
 		
+		this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		
 		{
 			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
 				.putFloat() // uStartFadeBlockDistance
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			this.dhFadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null, 
+			this.dhFadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			// MC texture

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

@@ -30,21 +30,18 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DestFactor;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
-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.EDhApiFogColorMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiHeightFogDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiHeightFogMixMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhFogRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -91,7 +87,9 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
-	public BlazeTextureWrapper fogColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhFogColorTexture");
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fogColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_fog_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fogDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_fog_depth_texture");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -119,24 +117,25 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 			"apply/blaze/vert", "apply/blaze/frag"
 		);
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:fog_render"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("fog_render");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fog/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fog/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fog/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fog/blaze/frag");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat(), VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 		
 		
 		this.fogColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
-		
+		this.fogDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
 		{
 			int uniformBufferSize = new Std140SizeCalculator()
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ public class BlazeDhFogRenderer implements IDhFogRenderer
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			this.fogColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null, 
+			this.fogDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);

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

@@ -30,18 +30,15 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.BlendFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DestFactor;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.SourceFactor;
-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.BlazeDhApplyRenderer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.RenderUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhSsaoRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
@@ -83,7 +79,9 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
-	public BlazeTextureWrapper ssaoColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhSsaoTexture");
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper ssaoColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("dh_ssao_color_texture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper ssaoDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("dh_ssao_depth_texture");
 	
 	
 	
@@ -110,24 +108,25 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 			/*uniforms*/ new String[] { "applyFragUniformBlock" }
 		);
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:ssao_render"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("ssao_render");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "ssao/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "ssao/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("ssao/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("ssao/blaze/frag");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat(), VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -160,6 +159,7 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 		
 		// textures
 		this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
 		// frag uniforms
 		{
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class BlazeDhSsaoRenderer implements IDhSsaoRenderer
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			this.ssaoColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null,
+			this.ssaoDepthTextureWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.bindTexture("uDhDepthTexture", BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, BlazeDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.dhDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);

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

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140Builder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.Std140SizeCalculator;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.shaders.UniformType;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.BlazeDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.apply.BlazeDhCopyRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazePostProcessUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeUniformUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
-	public final BlazeTextureWrapper fadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhVanillaFadeTexture");
+	public final BlazeTextureWrapper fadeColorTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createColor("DhVanillaFadeColorTexture");
+	/** We don't want to actually write any depth data, but blaze3D complains if we don't bind a depth texture. */
+	private final BlazeTextureWrapper fadeDepthTextureWrapper = BlazeTextureWrapper.createDepth("DhVanillaFadeDepthTexture");
+	
 	
 	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcDepthTextureWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
 	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
@@ -106,18 +109,18 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		
 		
 		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:mc_vanilla_fade_render"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhPolygonMode.FILL);
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("vanilla_fade");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "fade/blaze/vanilla_fade"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("fade/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("fade/blaze/vanilla_fade");
 			
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uMcDepthTexture");
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uCombinedMcDhColorTexture");
@@ -125,9 +128,10 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhDepthTexture");
 			pipelineBuilder.withSampler("uDhColorTexture");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withUniform("fragUniformBlock", UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+			pipelineBuilder.withUniformBuffer("fragUniformBlock");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat(), VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(BlazePostProcessUtil.createVertexFormat());
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLE_FAN);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		
 		// textures
 		this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
+		this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.tryCreateOrResize();
 		
 		this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
 		this.mcColorTextureWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
@@ -235,7 +240,7 @@ public class BlazeVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			this.fadeColorTextureWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*depthTexture*/ null, 
+			this.fadeDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.bindTexture("uMcDepthTexture", this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureView, this.mcDepthTextureWrapper.textureSampler);

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

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer {}
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderPipeline;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.DepthTestFunction;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.PolygonMode;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.util.BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers.texture.BlazeTextureViewWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.OptionalDouble;
 import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+#else
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.DepthStencilState;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Renders the OpenGL/Vulkan triangle
  * to the center of the screen to confirm DH's
@@ -65,7 +72,8 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
 	private RenderPipeline pipeline;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	private GpuTextureView mcColorTextureView;
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcColorTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
+	public final BlazeTextureViewWrapper mcDepthTextureViewWrapper = new BlazeTextureViewWrapper();
 	
 	private GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer;
 	
@@ -86,42 +94,28 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
 		}
 		this.init = true;
 		
-		
-		
-		VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
-			.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
-			.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR)
-			.build();
-		
-		//int breakpointOne = 0;
-		// needs to manually be set if the VertexFormatElement isn't registered
-		//this.vertexFormat.getOffsetsByElement()[this.posForm.id()] = 0;
-		//this.vertexFormat.getOffsetsByElement()[this.colForm.id()] = Float.BYTES * 2;
-		//
-		//int breakpointTwo = 0;
-		
-		
-		RenderPipeline.Builder pipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+		RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper pipelineBuilder = new RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper();
 		{
-			pipelineBuilder.withCull(false);
+			pipelineBuilder.withFaceCulling(false);
 			pipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(false);
-			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST);
+			pipelineBuilder.withDepthTest(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhDepthTest.NONE);
 			pipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(true);
 			pipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
-			pipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(PolygonMode.FILL);
-			pipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse("distanthorizons:test_render"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withName("triangle_test");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "test/blaze/vert"));
-			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("distanthorizons", "test/blaze/frag"));
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexShader("test/blaze/vert");
+			pipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader("test/blaze/frag");
 			
-			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES);
+			VertexFormat vertexFormat = VertexFormat.builder()
+				.add("vPosition", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.SCREEN_POS)
+				.add("vColor", BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil.RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR)
+				.build();
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat);
+			
+			pipelineBuilder.withVertexMode(RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.EDhVertexMode.TRIANGLES);
 		}
 		this.pipeline = pipelineBuilder.build();
 		
-		
-		this.mcColorTextureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
-		
-		
 		this.uploadVertexData();
 	}
 	private void uploadVertexData()
@@ -170,11 +164,14 @@ public class BlazeDhTestTriangleRenderer implements IDhTestTriangleRenderer
 	{
 		this.tryInit();
 		
+		this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getColorTexture());
+		this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.tryWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().getMainRenderTarget().getDepthTexture());
+		
 		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
-			this.mcColorTextureView,
+			this.mcColorTextureViewWrapper.textureView,
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
-			/*mcDepthTextureView*/ null, 
+			this.mcDepthTextureViewWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalDepthValueAsDouble*/ OptionalDouble.empty()))
 		{
 			renderPass.setVertexBuffer(0, this.vboGpuBuffer);

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

@@ -14,28 +14,29 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * @see LodQuadBuilder
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("DataFlowIssue") // ignore null setter warnings in the static constructor (those will only be null if the render API is GL and in that case we should never use these objects)
 public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 {
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	
 	
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement SCREEN_POS;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR;
 	
-	public static final VertexFormatElement SCREEN_POS;
-	public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR;
-	
-	public static final VertexFormatElement SHORT_XYZ_POS;
-	public static final VertexFormatElement BYTE_PAD;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement SHORT_XYZ_POS;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement BYTE_PAD;
 	/** contains light and micro-offset */
-	public static final VertexFormatElement META;
-	public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR;
-	public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_MATERIAL;
-	public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_NORMAL;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement META;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_MATERIAL;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement IRIS_NORMAL;
 	
-	public static final VertexFormatElement FLOAT_XYZ_POS;
+	@NotNull public static final VertexFormatElement FLOAT_XYZ_POS;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 			
 			try
 			{
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 				SCREEN_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/22, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.POSITION, /*count*/ 2);
 				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/23, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, VertexFormatElement.Usage.COLOR, /*count*/ 4);
 				
@@ -68,6 +70,20 @@ 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
+				SCREEN_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/22, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 2);
+				RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/23, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 4);
+				
+				SHORT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/24, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, false, /*count*/ 3);
+				BYTE_PAD = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/25, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				META = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/26, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.USHORT, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				RGBA_UBYTE_COLOR = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/27, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.UBYTE, true, /*count*/ 4);
+				IRIS_MATERIAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/28, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				IRIS_NORMAL = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/29, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.BYTE, false, /*count*/ 1);
+				
+				FLOAT_XYZ_POS = VertexFormatElement.register(/*id*/30, /*index*/0, VertexFormatElement.Type.FLOAT, false, /*count*/ 3);
+				#endif
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -84,6 +100,7 @@ public class BlazeDhVertexFormatUtil
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			// set to null so we can fail fast with a null pointer if we ever attempt to incorrectly use these
 			SCREEN_POS = null;
 			RGBA_FLOAT_COLOR = null;
 			

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

@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBuffer;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 
 public class BlazeUniformUtil
 {
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
 	
@@ -22,7 +26,11 @@ public class BlazeUniformUtil
 		if (vboGpuBuffer == null
 			|| vboGpuBuffer.size() < size)
 		{
-			// GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM = 128
+			if (vboGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				vboGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
 			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
 				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX
 				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;

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

@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.blaze.wrappers;
+
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper {}
+
+#else
+
+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.vertex.VertexFormat;
+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;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.CompareOp;
+#endif
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper
+{
+	public static final String NAME_PREFIX = "distanthorizons:";
+	
+	private static final String SHADER_RESOURCE_FOLDER = "assets/distanthorizons/shaders/";
+	
+	private static final ClassLoader CLASS_LOADER = RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper.class.getClassLoader();
+	
+	
+	private final RenderPipeline.Builder blazePipelineBuilder;
+	
+	// variables for specific builder options should be put next to their builder methods for simpler organization
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper()
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder = RenderPipeline.builder();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// building //
+	//==========//
+	//region
+	
+	private boolean writeDepth = false;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withDepthWrite(boolean write)
+	{
+		this.writeDepth = write;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean writeColor = false;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withColorWrite(boolean write)
+	{
+		this.writeColor = write;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private BlendFunction blendFunction = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withBlend(BlendFunction blendFunction)
+	{
+		this.blendFunction = blendFunction;
+		return this;
+	}
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withoutBlend()
+	{
+		this.blendFunction = null;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private EDhDepthTest depthTest;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withDepthTest(EDhDepthTest depthTest)
+	{
+		this.depthTest = depthTest;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withFaceCulling(boolean culling)
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withCull(culling);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withPolygonMode(EDhPolygonMode dhMode)
+	{
+		PolygonMode blazeMode;
+		switch (dhMode)
+		{
+			case FILL:
+				blazeMode = PolygonMode.FILL;
+				break;
+			case WIREFRAME:
+				blazeMode = PolygonMode.WIREFRAME;
+				break;
+				
+			default:
+				throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No polygonMode defined for type ["+dhMode+"].");
+		}
+		
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withPolygonMode(blazeMode);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		// Identifiers must be of a specific format
+		if (!isValidIdentifier(name))
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Non [a-z0-9/._-] character in name: ["+name+"].");
+		}
+		
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withLocation(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + name));
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withSampler(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withSampler(name);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withUniformBuffer(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
+	{
+		this.blazePipelineBuilder.withUniform(name, UniformType.UNIFORM_BUFFER);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private VertexFormat vertexFormat = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexFormat(VertexFormat vertexFormat)
+	{
+		this.vertexFormat = vertexFormat;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private EDhVertexMode vertexMode = null;
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexMode(EDhVertexMode vertexMode)
+	{
+		this.vertexMode = vertexMode;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withVertexShader(String scriptResourcePath) { return this.withShader(EDhShaderType.VERTEX, scriptResourcePath); }
+	public RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withFragmentShader(String scriptResourcePath) { return this.withShader(EDhShaderType.FRAGMENT, scriptResourcePath); }
+	private RenderPipelineBuilderWrapper withShader(EDhShaderType shaderType, String scriptResourcePath)
+	{
+		String fullShaderResourcePath = SHADER_RESOURCE_FOLDER + scriptResourcePath + shaderType.fileExtension;
+		
+		// confirm the shader file exists
+		try (InputStream scriptListInputStream = CLASS_LOADER.getResourceAsStream(fullShaderResourcePath))
+		{
+			if (scriptListInputStream == null)
+			{
+				throw new NullPointerException("Failed to find the SQL Script list file [" + fullShaderResourcePath + "], no auto update scripts can be run.");
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException e)
+		{
+			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected issue closing resource stream for shader type: ["+shaderType+"] at: ["+fullShaderResourcePath+"], error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		if (shaderType == EDhShaderType.VERTEX)
+		{
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexShader(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + scriptResourcePath));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withFragmentShader(Identifier.parse(NAME_PREFIX + scriptResourcePath));
+		}
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=====//
+	// end //
+	//=====//
+	//region
+	
+	public RenderPipeline build() throws UnsupportedOperationException
+	{
+		// depth/color
+		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthWrite(this.writeDepth);
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorWrite(this.writeColor);
+			
+			if (this.blendFunction != null)
+			{
+				this.blazePipelineBuilder.withBlend(this.blendFunction);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.blazePipelineBuilder.withoutBlend();
+			}
+			
+			DepthTestFunction depthTestFunction;
+			switch (this.depthTest)
+			{
+				case NONE:
+					depthTestFunction = DepthTestFunction.NO_DEPTH_TEST;
+					break;
+				case LESS:
+					depthTestFunction = DepthTestFunction.LESS_DEPTH_TEST;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No depth test defined for type ["+this.depthTest+"].");
+			}
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthTestFunction(depthTestFunction);
+			
+			#else
+			
+			CompareOp compareOp;
+			switch (this.depthTest)
+			{
+				case NONE:
+					compareOp = CompareOp.ALWAYS_PASS;
+					break;
+				case LESS:
+					compareOp = CompareOp.LESS_THAN;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No depth test defined for type ["+this.depthTest+"].");
+			}
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withDepthStencilState(new DepthStencilState(compareOp, this.writeDepth));
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withColorTargetState(
+				new ColorTargetState(
+					Optional.ofNullable(this.blendFunction), 
+					this.writeColor ? ColorTargetState.WRITE_ALL : ColorTargetState.WRITE_NONE
+				)
+			);
+			
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		
+		// vertex format
+		{
+			VertexFormat.Mode blazeVertexMode;
+			switch (this.vertexMode)
+			{
+				case TRIANGLES:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLES;
+					break;
+				case TRIANGLE_FAN:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.TRIANGLE_FAN;
+					break;
+				case LINES:
+					blazeVertexMode = VertexFormat.Mode.DEBUG_LINES;
+					break;
+				
+				default:
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No vertex mode defined for type ["+this.vertexMode+"].");
+			}
+			
+			this.blazePipelineBuilder.withVertexFormat(vertexFormat, blazeVertexMode);
+		}
+		
+		return this.blazePipelineBuilder.build();
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	private static boolean isValidIdentifier(String identifier)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < identifier.length(); i++)
+		{
+			char ch = identifier.charAt(i);
+			if (!isValidNamespaceChar(ch))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	private static boolean isValidNamespaceChar(final char ch)
+	{
+		return ch == '_' 
+			|| ch == '-' 
+			// only lower case characters
+			|| (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') 
+			|| (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') 
+			|| ch == '.';
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	public enum EDhPolygonMode
+	{
+		FILL,
+		WIREFRAME;
+	}
+	
+	public enum EDhVertexMode
+	{
+		TRIANGLES,
+		TRIANGLE_FAN,
+		LINES;
+	}
+	
+	public enum EDhDepthTest
+	{
+		NONE,
+		LESS;
+	}
+	
+	private enum EDhShaderType
+	{
+		FRAGMENT(".fsh"),
+		VERTEX(".vsh");
+		
+		
+		public final String fileExtension;
+		
+		EDhShaderType(String fileExtension)
+		{
+			this.fileExtension = fileExtension;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}
+#endif

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

@@ -10,31 +10,86 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.buffers.GpuBufferSlice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.CommandEncoder;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.GpuDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.IndexBufferBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 {
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
 	private static final GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
 	private static final CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
 	
+	private static final AtomicInteger BUFFER_COUNT_REF = new AtomicInteger(0);
+	
 	
 	public final String name;
 	public String getName() { return this.name; }
 	
-	public GpuBuffer vboGpuBuffer = null;
+	public GpuBuffer vertexGpuBuffer = null;
+	
 	public int vertexCount = -1;
 	public int indexCount = -1;
 	public boolean uploaded = false;
 	
 	
+	private GpuBuffer indexGpuBuffer = null;
+	private static GpuBuffer GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER = null;
+	public GpuBuffer getIndexGpuBuffer()
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			return GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return this.indexGpuBuffer;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
+	static
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Global IBO Creation", () ->
+			{
+				int maxSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
+				int maxVertexCount = maxSize / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
+				int maxQuadCount = (maxVertexCount / 4);
+				ByteBuffer indexBuffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(maxQuadCount);
+				
+				int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+					| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
+				GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(BlazeVertexBufferWrapper::getIndexBufferName, usage, indexBuffer.capacity());
+				
+				GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(GLOBAL_INDEX_GPU_BUFFER, /*offset*/ 0, indexBuffer.capacity());
+				COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, indexBuffer);
+				
+				MemoryUtil.memFree(indexBuffer);
+				
+			});
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public BlazeVertexBufferWrapper(String name) { this.name = name; }
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -47,23 +102,83 @@ public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 	//region
 	
 	@Override
-	public void upload(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	public void uploadVertexBuffer(ByteBuffer vertexBuffer, int vertexCount)
 	{
+		int oldVertexCount = this.vertexCount;
+		
 		this.vertexCount = vertexCount;
 		// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
 		this.indexCount = (int)(vertexCount * 1.5);
 		this.uploaded = true;
 		
 		
-		int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
-			| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
-		int byteSize = (buffer.limit() - buffer.position());
-		this.vboGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getName, usage, byteSize);
 		
-		GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vboGpuBuffer, /*offset*/0, byteSize);
-		COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+		if (this.vertexGpuBuffer == null
+			// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+			// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+			|| oldVertexCount != vertexCount)
+		{
+			if (this.vertexGpuBuffer == null)
+			{
+				BUFFER_COUNT_REF.incrementAndGet();
+				//LOGGER.info("Create, count: ["+BUFFER_COUNT_REF.get()+"]");
+			}
+			
+			if (this.vertexGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.vertexGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX;
+			int byteSize = (vertexBuffer.limit() - vertexBuffer.position());
+			this.vertexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(this::getName, usage, byteSize);
+			
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.vertexGpuBuffer, /*offset*/0, byteSize);
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, vertexBuffer);
+		}
 	}
 	
+	@Override 
+	public void uploadIndexBuffer(ByteBuffer indexBuffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		int oldIndexCount = this.indexCount;
+		// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
+		this.indexCount = (int)(vertexCount * 1.5);
+		
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			// ignore index uploading when running a single IBO
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// recreating if the size changes is always necessary (even if we only need a smaller amount)
+		// due to a bug on Mac where it will attempt to render anything allocated in the buffer
+		if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null
+			|| oldIndexCount != this.indexCount)
+		{
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer == null)
+			{
+				BUFFER_COUNT_REF.incrementAndGet();
+			}
+
+			if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+			{
+				this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+			}
+			
+			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST
+				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_INDEX;
+			this.indexGpuBuffer = GPU_DEVICE.createBuffer(BlazeVertexBufferWrapper::getIndexBufferName, usage, indexBuffer.capacity());
+			
+			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.indexGpuBuffer, /*offset*/ 0, indexBuffer.capacity());
+			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, indexBuffer);
+		}
+	}
+	private static String getIndexBufferName() { return "distantHorizons:LodIndexBuffer"; }
+	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
@@ -76,10 +191,19 @@ public class BlazeVertexBufferWrapper implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 	@Override
 	public void close()
 	{
-		if (this.vboGpuBuffer != null)
+		if (this.vertexGpuBuffer != null)
 		{
-			this.vboGpuBuffer.close();
+			BUFFER_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
+			this.vertexGpuBuffer.close();
 		}
+		
+		if (this.indexGpuBuffer != null)
+		{
+			BUFFER_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
+			this.indexGpuBuffer.close();
+		}
+		
+		//LOGGER.info("Close, count: ["+BUFFER_COUNT_REF.get()+"]");
 	}
 	
 	//endregion

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

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 
 import java.util.OptionalDouble;
@@ -79,42 +79,52 @@ public class BlazeTextureWrapper
 	//=======//
 	//region
 	
-	/** does nothing if the texture is already created and the correct size */
-	public void tryCreateOrResize()
+	/** 
+	 * does nothing if the texture is already created and the correct size 
+	 * @return true if the texture was (re)created
+	 */
+	public boolean tryCreateOrResize()
 	{
-		this.tryCreateTexture();
+		boolean textureChanged = this.tryCreateTexture();
 		this.tryCreateSampler();
+		return textureChanged;
 	}
-	private void tryCreateTexture()
+	private boolean tryCreateTexture()
 	{
 		int viewWidth = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportWidth();
 		int viewHeight = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebufferViewportHeight();
 		
-		if (this.texture == null
-			|| this.width != viewWidth
-			|| this.height != viewHeight)
+		if (this.texture != null
+			&& this.width == viewWidth
+			&& this.height == viewHeight)
 		{
-			if (this.texture != null)
-			{
-				this.texture.close();
-				this.textureView.close();
-			}
-			
-			this.width = viewWidth;
-			this.height = viewHeight;
-			
-			int usage = GpuBuffer.USAGE_HINT_CLIENT_STORAGE 
-				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_COPY_DST 
-				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_VERTEX 
-				| GpuBuffer.USAGE_UNIFORM;
-			this.texture = GPU_DEVICE.createTexture(this.name,
-				usage,
-				this.textureFormat,
-				viewWidth, viewHeight,
-				/*depthOrLayers*/ 1,  /*mipLevels*/ 1
-			);
-			this.textureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(this.texture);
+			// no changes needed
+			return false;
 		}
+		
+		
+		if (this.texture != null)
+		{
+			this.texture.close();
+			this.textureView.close();
+		}
+		
+		this.width = viewWidth;
+		this.height = viewHeight;
+		
+		int usage = GpuTexture.USAGE_COPY_DST
+			| GpuTexture.USAGE_TEXTURE_BINDING
+			| GpuTexture.USAGE_COPY_SRC
+			| GpuTexture.USAGE_RENDER_ATTACHMENT;
+		this.texture = GPU_DEVICE.createTexture(this.name,
+			usage,
+			this.textureFormat,
+			viewWidth, viewHeight,
+			/*depthOrLayers*/ 1,  /*mipLevels*/ 1
+		);
+		this.textureView = GPU_DEVICE.createTextureView(this.texture);
+		
+		return true;
 	}
 	private void tryCreateSampler()
 	{

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

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper extends BlazeUniformBufferWrapper impl
 	
 	
 	//========//
-	// ??? //
+	// upload //
 	//========//
 	//region
 	
@@ -72,5 +72,7 @@ public class BlazeLodUniformBufferWrapper extends BlazeUniformBufferWrapper impl
 	
 	//endregion
 	
+	
+	
 }
 #endif

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

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLElementBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLIndexBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader.GlShaderProgram;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlAbstractVertexAttribute;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	// rendering setup
 	private GlShaderProgram basicShader;
 	private GLVertexBuffer vertexBuffer;
-	private GLElementBuffer indexBuffer;
+	private GLIndexBuffer indexBuffer;
 	private GlAbstractVertexAttribute va;
 	private boolean init = false;
 	
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class GlDhDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 		boxOutlineBuffer.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
 		boxOutlineBuffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES);
 		boxOutlineBuffer.rewind();
-		this.indexBuffer = new GLElementBuffer(false);
+		this.indexBuffer = new GLIndexBuffer(false);
 		this.indexBuffer.uploadBuffer(boxOutlineBuffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA, BOX_OUTLINE_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES, GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 		
 	}

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

@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhAp
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiTextureCreatedParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GlDhFramebuffer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GlQuadElementBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.texture.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.postProcessing.apply.GlDhApplyShader;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.DhApiRenderProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.AbstractOptifineAccessor;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.OverrideInjector;
@@ -46,6 +45,8 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 	private static final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
 	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
 	
+	private static final IOptifineAccessor OPTIFINE_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IOptifineAccessor.class);
+	
 	
 	private int activeFramebufferId = -1;
 	private int activeColorTextureId = -1;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 			this.renderObjectsCreated = true;
 		}
 		
-		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame = GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE;
+		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame = GlDhTerrainRenderer.INSTANCE.getTerrainShaderProgram();
 		IDhApiShaderProgram lodShaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiShaderProgram.class);
 		if (lodShaderProgramOverride != null && this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.overrideThisFrame())
 		{
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 		
 		this.setGLState(renderParams, firstPass);
 		
-		GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE.quadIBO.bind();
 		this.bindLightmap(renderParams.lightmap);
 	}
 	private void setGLState(
@@ -242,12 +242,9 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Setting up renderer");
 		
-		GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE.quadIBO = new GlQuadElementBuffer();
-		GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE.quadIBO.reserve(LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize());
-		
 		
 		// create or get the frame buffer
-		if (AbstractOptifineAccessor.optifinePresent())
+		if (OPTIFINE_ACCESSOR != null)
 		{
 			// use MC/Optifine's default Framebuffer so shaders won't remove the LODs
 			int currentFramebufferId = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebuffer();
@@ -362,7 +359,6 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 		
 		
 		this.unbindLightmap();
-		GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE.quadIBO.unbind();
 		this.shaderProgramForThisFrame.unbind();
 	}
 	
@@ -389,31 +385,26 @@ public class GlDhMetaRenderer implements IDhMetaRenderer
 		
 		
 		
-		// needs to be fired after all the textures have been created/bound
-		boolean clearTextures = !ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeTextureClearEvent.class, renderParams);
-		if (clearTextures)
+		GL32.glClearDepth(1.0);
+		
+		float[] clearColorValues = new float[4];
+		GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_COLOR_CLEAR_VALUE, clearColorValues);
+		GL32.glClearColor(clearColorValues[0], clearColorValues[1], clearColorValues[2], 1.0f);
+		
+		if (this.usingMcFramebuffer 
+			&& framebufferOverride == null)
 		{
-			GL32.glClearDepth(1.0);
+			//// Due to using MC/Optifine's framebuffer we need to re-bind the depth texture,
+			//// otherwise we'll be writing to MC/Optifine's depth texture which causes rendering issues
+			//this.framebuffer.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
 			
-			float[] clearColorValues = new float[4];
-			GL32.glGetFloatv(GL32.GL_COLOR_CLEAR_VALUE, clearColorValues);
-			GL32.glClearColor(clearColorValues[0], clearColorValues[1], clearColorValues[2], 1.0f);
 			
-			if (this.usingMcFramebuffer 
-				&& framebufferOverride == null)
-			{
-				//// Due to using MC/Optifine's framebuffer we need to re-bind the depth texture,
-				//// otherwise we'll be writing to MC/Optifine's depth texture which causes rendering issues
-				//this.framebuffer.addDepthAttachment(this.depthTexture.getTextureId(), EDhDepthBufferFormat.DEPTH32F.isCombinedStencil());
-				
-				
-				// don't clear the color texture, that removes the sky 
-				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
-			}
-			else if (firstPass)
-			{
-				GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
-			}
+			// don't clear the color texture, that removes the sky 
+			GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+		}
+		else if (firstPass)
+		{
+			GL32.glClear(GL32.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL32.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
 		}
 		
 	}

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

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ 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.renderer.AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class GlDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
 	//region
 	
 	@Override public IDhMetaRenderer getMetaRenderer() { return GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE; }
-	@Override public IDhTerrainRenderer getTerrainRenderer() { return GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhTerrainRenderer getTerrainRenderer() { return GlDhTerrainRenderer.INSTANCE; }
 	@Override public IDhSsaoRenderer getSsaoRenderer() { return GlDhSSAORenderer.INSTANCE; }
 	@Override public IDhFogRenderer getFogRenderer() { return GlDhFogRenderer.INSTANCE; }
 	@Override public IDhFarFadeRenderer getFarFadeRenderer() { return GlDhFarFadeRenderer.INSTANCE; }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class GlDhRenderApiDefinition extends AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition
 	//===========//
 	//region
 	
-	@Override public IDhGenericRenderer createGenericRenderer() { return GlGenericObjectRenderer.INSTANCE; }
+	@Override public IDhGenericRenderer createGenericRenderer() { return new GlGenericObjectRenderer(); }
 	
 	@Override public IVertexBufferWrapper createVboWrapper(String name) { return new GLVertexBuffer(); }
 	@Override public ILodContainerUniformBufferWrapper createLodContainerUniformWrapper() { return new GlDummyUniformData(); }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.terrain.GlDhTerrainShaderProgram;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodBufferContainer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderParams;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTerrainRenderer;
+
+public class GlDhTerrainRenderer implements IDhTerrainRenderer
+{
+	public static final GlDhTerrainRenderer INSTANCE = new GlDhTerrainRenderer();
+	
+	private GlDhTerrainShaderProgram terrainShaderProgram = null;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	private GlDhTerrainRenderer() {}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** must be called on the render thread the first time so GL can run it's setup */
+	public GlDhTerrainShaderProgram getTerrainShaderProgram()
+	{
+		if (this.terrainShaderProgram == null)
+		{
+			this.terrainShaderProgram = new GlDhTerrainShaderProgram();
+		}
+		
+		return this.terrainShaderProgram;
+	}
+	
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//========//
+	// render //
+	//========//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, boolean opaquePass, SortedArraySet<LodBufferContainer> bufferContainers, IProfilerWrapper profiler)
+	{
+		this.getTerrainShaderProgram();
+		
+		this.terrainShaderProgram.tryInit();
+		this.terrainShaderProgram.render(renderEventParam, opaquePass, bufferContainers, profiler);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

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

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBox;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.render.DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLElementBuffer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLIndexBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	private static final DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading DEFAULT_SHADING = DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading.getUnshaded();
 	
 	
-	public static final GlGenericObjectRenderer INSTANCE = new GlGenericObjectRenderer();
-	
 	/** 
 	 * Can be used to troubleshoot the renderer. 
 	 * If enabled several debug objects will render around (0,150,0). 
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	private IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram instancedShaderProgram;
 	private IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram directShaderProgram;
 	private GLVertexBuffer boxVertexBuffer;
-	private GLElementBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
+	private GLIndexBuffer boxIndexBuffer;
 	
 	private boolean instancedRenderingAvailable;
 	private boolean vertexAttribDivisorSupported;
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
-	private GlGenericObjectRenderer() { }
+	public GlGenericObjectRenderer() { }
 	
 	public void init()
 	{
@@ -195,6 +193,13 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported = GLProxy.getInstance().vertexAttribDivisorSupported;
 		this.instancedArraysSupported = GLProxy.getInstance().instancedArraysSupported;
 		boolean isMac = (EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS);
+		if (isMac)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Generic rendering not supported by Mac. Clouds, beacons, and some other effects will be disabled.");
+			Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.enableGenericRendering.setApiValue(false);
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		this.instancedRenderingAvailable = (this.vertexAttribDivisorSupported || this.instancedArraysSupported) && !isMac;
 		if (!this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
 		{
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 		ByteBuffer solidIndexBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(BOX_INDICES.length * Integer.BYTES);
 		solidIndexBuffer.asIntBuffer().put(BOX_INDICES);
 		solidIndexBuffer.rewind();
-		this.boxIndexBuffer = new GLElementBuffer(false);
+		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);
@@ -361,6 +366,11 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Box group must be of type ["+ RenderableBoxGroup.class.getSimpleName()+"], type received: ["+(iBoxGroup != null ? iBoxGroup.getClass() : "NULL")+"].");
 		}
 		RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup = (RenderableBoxGroup) iBoxGroup;
+		if (boxGroup.size() != 0)
+		{
+			// trigger a box change to make sure the initial data is uploaded
+			boxGroup.triggerBoxChange();
+		}
 		
 		
 		long id = boxGroup.getId();
@@ -394,136 +404,142 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	@Override
 	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, IProfilerWrapper profiler, boolean renderingWithSsao)
 	{
+		// generic rendering (both instanced and direct) is extremely unstable on Mac, so don't render anything
+		if (EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
 		// render setup //
-		profiler.push("setup");
-		
-		this.init();
-		
-		boolean useInstancedRendering = this.instancedRenderingAvailable
-				&& Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.GenericRendering.enableInstancedRendering.get();
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		
-		boolean renderWireframe = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.renderWireframe.get();
-		if (renderWireframe)
+		try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock setup_profile = profiler.push("setup"))
 		{
-			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_LINE);
-			GLMC.disableFaceCulling();
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
-			GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
-		}
-		
-		GLMC.enableBlend();
-		GL32.glBlendEquation(GL32.GL_FUNC_ADD);
-		GLMC.glBlendFuncSeparate(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-		
-		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram = useInstancedRendering ? this.instancedShaderProgram : this.directShaderProgram;
-		IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram.class);
-		if (shaderProgramOverride != null && shaderProgram.overrideThisFrame())
-		{
-			shaderProgram = shaderProgramOverride;
-		}
-		
-		shaderProgram.bind(renderEventParam);
-		shaderProgram.bindVertexBuffer(this.boxVertexBuffer.getId());
-		
-		this.boxIndexBuffer.bind();
-		
-		Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
-		
-		
-		
-		// rendering //
-		
-		Collection<RenderableBoxGroup> boxList = this.boxGroupById.values();
-		for (RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup : boxList)
-		{
-			// validation //
 			
-			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			if (boxGroup == null)
+			this.init();
+			
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderSetupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			
+			
+			boolean renderWireframe = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.renderWireframe.get();
+			if (renderWireframe)
 			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// skip boxes that shouldn't render this pass
-			if (boxGroup.ssaoEnabled != renderingWithSsao)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			profiler.popPush("render prep");
-			boxGroup.preRender(renderEventParam); // called even if the group is inactive, so the group can be activate if desired
-
-			// ignore inactive groups
-			if (!boxGroup.active)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
-			boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
-			if (cancelRendering)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			// update instanced data if needed
-			if (useInstancedRendering)
-			{
-				boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();	
-				
-				// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
-				if (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != GlGenericObjectVertexContainer.EState.RENDER)
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			
-			
-			// render //
-			
-			profiler.popPush("rendering");
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
-			profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath());
-			if (useInstancedRendering)
-			{
-				this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+				GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_LINE);
+				GLMC.disableFaceCulling();
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				this.renderBoxGroupDirect(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+				GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+				GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
 			}
-			profiler.pop(); // resource path
-			profiler.pop(); // resource namespace
 			
-			boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
+			GLMC.enableBlend();
+			GL32.glBlendEquation(GL32.GL_FUNC_ADD);
+			GLMC.glBlendFuncSeparate(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+			
+			IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgram = this.instancedRenderingAvailable ? this.instancedShaderProgram : this.directShaderProgram;
+			IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram shaderProgramOverride = OverrideInjector.INSTANCE.get(IDhApiGenericObjectShaderProgram.class);
+			if (shaderProgramOverride != null && shaderProgram.overrideThisFrame())
+			{
+				shaderProgram = shaderProgramOverride;
+			}
+			
+			shaderProgram.bind(renderEventParam);
+			shaderProgram.bindVertexBuffer(this.boxVertexBuffer.getId());
+			
+			this.boxIndexBuffer.bind();
+			
+			Vec3d camPos = MC_RENDER.getCameraExactPosition();
+			
+			
+			
+			// rendering //
+			
+			Collection<RenderableBoxGroup> boxList = this.boxGroupById.values();
+			for (RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup : boxList)
+			{
+				// validation //
+				
+				// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+				if (boxGroup == null)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				// skip boxes that shouldn't render this pass
+				if (boxGroup.ssaoEnabled != renderingWithSsao)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				profiler.popPush("render prep");
+				boxGroup.preRender(renderEventParam); // called even if the group is inactive, so the group can be activate if desired
+				
+				// ignore inactive groups
+				if (!boxGroup.active)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				// allow API users to cancel this object's rendering
+				boolean cancelRendering = ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeGenericObjectRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, boxGroup));
+				if (cancelRendering)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				// update instanced data if needed
+				if (this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
+				{
+					boxGroup.tryUpdateInstancedDataAsync();
+					
+					// skip groups that haven't been uploaded yet
+					if (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer.getState() != GlGenericObjectVertexContainer.EState.RENDER)
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				
+				
+				// render //
+				
+				profiler.popPush("rendering");
+				try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock namespace_profile = profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationNamespace());
+					IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock location_profile = profiler.push(boxGroup.getResourceLocationPath()))
+				{
+					if (this.instancedRenderingAvailable)
+					{
+						this.renderBoxGroupInstanced(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						this.renderBoxGroupDirect(shaderProgram, renderEventParam, boxGroup, camPos, profiler);
+					}
+				}
+				
+				boxGroup.postRender(renderEventParam);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			//==========//
+			// clean up //
+			//==========//
+			
+			profiler.popPush("cleanup");
+			
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
+			
+			if (renderWireframe)
+			{
+				// default back to GL_FILL since all other rendering uses it 
+				GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
+				GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
+			}
+			
+			shaderProgram.unbind();
 		}
-		
-		
-		//==========//
-		// clean up //
-		//==========//
-		
-		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
-		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeGenericRenderCleanupEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
-		if (renderWireframe)
-		{
-			// default back to GL_FILL since all other rendering uses it 
-			GL32.glPolygonMode(GL32.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL32.GL_FILL);
-			GLMC.enableFaceCulling();
-		}
-		
-		shaderProgram.unbind();
-		
-		profiler.pop();
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -540,72 +556,71 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 			RenderableBoxGroup boxGroup, Vec3d camPos,
 			IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
-		// update instance data //
-		
-		profiler.push("vertex setup");
-		
-		DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
-		if (shading == null)
+		try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock render_profile = profiler.push("vertex setup"))
 		{
-			shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
-		}
-		
-		shaderProgram.fillIndirectUniformData(
+			
+			// update instance data //
+			DhApiRenderableBoxGroupShading shading = boxGroup.shading;
+			if (shading == null)
+			{
+				shading = DEFAULT_SHADING;
+			}
+			
+			shaderProgram.fillIndirectUniformData(
 				renderEventParam,
 				shading, boxGroup,
 				camPos);
-		
-		
-		
-		// Bind instance data //
-		profiler.popPush("binding");
-		
-		GlGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (GlGenericObjectVertexContainer)(boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer);
-		
-		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.color);
-		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
-		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(1, 4, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 4 * Float.BYTES, 0);
-		this.vertexAttribDivisor(1, 1);
-		
-		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.scale);
-		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
-		this.vertexAttribDivisor(2, 1);
-		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(2, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
-		
-		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.chunkPos);
-		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
-		this.vertexAttribDivisor(3, 1);
-		GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(3, 3, GL32.GL_INT, 3 * Integer.BYTES, 0);
-		
-		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.subChunkPos);
-		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
-		this.vertexAttribDivisor(4, 1);
-		GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(4, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
-		
-		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.material);
-		GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);
-		this.vertexAttribDivisor(5, 1);
-		GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(5, 1, GL32.GL_BYTE, Byte.BYTES, 0);
-		
-		
-		// Draw instanced
-		profiler.popPush("render");
-		if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
-		{
-			GL32.glDrawElementsInstanced(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, BOX_INDICES.length, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0, container.uploadedBoxCount);
+			
+			
+			
+			// Bind instance data //
+			profiler.popPush("binding");
+			
+			GlGenericObjectVertexContainer container = (GlGenericObjectVertexContainer) (boxGroup.vertexBufferContainer);
+			
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.color);
+			GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
+			GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(1, 4, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 4 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+			this.vertexAttribDivisor(1, 1);
+			
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.scale);
+			GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
+			this.vertexAttribDivisor(2, 1);
+			GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(2, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+			
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.chunkPos);
+			GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
+			this.vertexAttribDivisor(3, 1);
+			GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(3, 3, GL32.GL_INT, 3 * Integer.BYTES, 0);
+			
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.subChunkPos);
+			GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
+			this.vertexAttribDivisor(4, 1);
+			GL32.glVertexAttribPointer(4, 3, GL32.GL_FLOAT, false, 3 * Float.BYTES, 0);
+			
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, container.material);
+			GL32.glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);
+			this.vertexAttribDivisor(5, 1);
+			GL32.glVertexAttribIPointer(5, 1, GL32.GL_BYTE, Byte.BYTES, 0);
+			
+			
+			// Draw instanced
+			profiler.popPush("render");
+			if (container.uploadedBoxCount > 0)
+			{
+				GL32.glDrawElementsInstanced(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, BOX_INDICES.length, GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0, container.uploadedBoxCount);
+			}
+			
+			
+			// Clean up
+			profiler.popPush("cleanup");
+			
+			GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(1);
+			GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);
+			GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
+			GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);
+			GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(5);
 		}
-		
-		
-		// Clean up
-		profiler.popPush("cleanup");
-		
-		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(1);
-		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);
-		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
-		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);
-		GL32.glDisableVertexAttribArray(5);
-		
-		profiler.pop();
 	}
 	/** 
 	 * Clean way to handle both {@link GL33#glVertexAttribDivisor} and {@link ARBInstancedArrays#glVertexAttribDivisorARB}
@@ -673,8 +688,6 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		
-		profiler.pop();
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -735,4 +748,27 @@ public class GlGenericObjectRenderer implements IDhGenericRenderer
 	
 	
 	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	@Override 
+	public void close()
+	{
+		if (this.boxVertexBuffer != null)
+		{
+			this.boxVertexBuffer.close();
+		}
+		
+		if (this.boxIndexBuffer != null)
+		{
+			this.boxIndexBuffer.close();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
 }

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

@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ public class GlGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertexBuf
 			
 			this.materialData[i] = box.material;
 		}
-		
-		this.state = GlGenericObjectVertexContainer.EState.READY_TO_UPLOAD;
 	}
 	
+	@Override
 	public void uploadDataToGpu()
 	{
 		this.tryCreateBuffers();
@@ -128,8 +127,6 @@ public class GlGenericObjectVertexContainer implements IDhGenericObjectVertexBuf
 		// Upload materials
 		GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.material);
 		GL32.glBufferData(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this.materialData, GL32.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
-		
-		this.state = EState.RENDER;
 	}
 	/** needs to be done on the render thread */
 	private void tryCreateBuffers()

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

@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ 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.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;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.GLMessages.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL;
@@ -46,10 +50,30 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
  */
 public class GLProxy
 {
-	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
-			.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToFile)
-			.chatLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToChat)
-			.build();
+	private static final IIrisAccessor IRIS_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IIrisAccessor.class);
+	
+	public static final DhLogger LOGGER;
+	static
+	{
+		DhLoggerBuilder loggerBuilder = new DhLoggerBuilder();
+		loggerBuilder.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToFile);
+		
+		// don't send chat messages if Iris is present since
+		// Iris is known to cause (harmless) GL errors
+		// and this can confuse users
+		boolean irisPresent = (IRIS_ACCESSOR != null);
+		if (!irisPresent)
+		{
+			loggerBuilder.chatLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererGLEventToChat);
+		}
+		
+		LOGGER = loggerBuilder.build();
+		
+		if (irisPresent)
+		{
+			LOGGER.info("Iris detected, Distant Horizons OpenGL error logging won't be sent in the chat due to Iris throwing known (harmless) OpenGL errors. This is a bug with Iris, not Distant Horizons.");
+		}
+	}
 	
 	public static final Set<String> LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>());
 	
@@ -220,16 +244,7 @@ public class GLProxy
 		return instance;
 	}
 	
-	public EDhApiGpuUploadMethod getGpuUploadMethod() 
-	{
-		EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadOverride = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.glUploadMode.get();
-		if (uploadOverride == EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.AUTO)
-		{
-			return this.preferredUploadMethod;
-		}
-		
-		return uploadOverride;
-	}
+	public EDhApiGpuUploadMethod getGpuUploadMethod() { return this.preferredUploadMethod; }
 	
 	public static boolean runningOnRenderThread()
 	{
@@ -247,7 +262,7 @@ public class GLProxy
 	//region
 	
 	/** this method is called on the render thread at the point of the GL Error */
-	private static void logMessage(GLMessage msg)
+	private static void logMessage(GLMessage glMessage)
 	{
 		EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode errorHandlingMode = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.glErrorHandlingMode.get();
 		if (errorHandlingMode == EDhApiGLErrorHandlingMode.IGNORE)
@@ -258,19 +273,26 @@ public class GLProxy
 		
 		
 		boolean onlyLogOnce = Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.OpenGl.onlyLogGlErrorsOnce.get();
-		String errorMessage = "GL ERROR [" + msg.id + "] from [" + msg.source + "]: [" + msg.message + "]"+(onlyLogOnce ? " this message will only be logged once" : "")+".";
 		if (onlyLogOnce
-			&& !LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES.add(errorMessage))
+			&& !LOGGED_GL_MESSAGES.add(glMessage.message))
 		{
 			// this message has already been logged
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		String errorMessage = "GL ERROR [" + glMessage.id + "] from [" + glMessage.source + "]: [" + glMessage.message + "].";
+		if (onlyLogOnce)
+		{
+			errorMessage += " This message will only be logged once.";
+			errorMessage += " Note: Distant Horizons will catch and log OpenGL errors from other mods, not just DH itself; if everything is rendering correctly these errors can probably be ignored.";
+		}
+		
+		
 		
 		// create an exception so we get a stacktrace of where the message was triggered from
 		RuntimeException exception = new RuntimeException(errorMessage);
 		
-		if (msg.type == EGLMessageType.ERROR || msg.type == EGLMessageType.UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR)
+		if (glMessage.type == EGLMessageType.ERROR || glMessage.type == EGLMessageType.UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR)
 		{
 			// critical error
 			
@@ -287,7 +309,7 @@ public class GLProxy
 		{
 			// non-critical log
 			
-			EGLMessageSeverity severity = msg.severity;
+			EGLMessageSeverity severity = glMessage.severity;
 			if (severity == null)
 			{
 				// just in case the message was malformed

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

@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.EPlatform;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ThreadUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.pooling.PhantomLoggingHelper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.StringUtil;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL44;
 
@@ -35,9 +41,12 @@ import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.StampedLock;
 
 public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 {
@@ -49,26 +58,57 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
 	
 	
+	// TODO move to a shared location that can be handled by both GL and Blaze3D buffers
+	/** if enabled the number of GC'ed buffers will be logged */
+	private static final boolean LOG_PHANTOM_RECOVERY = ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD;
+	/** If enabled buffers allocation/upload stacks will be logged when GC'ed. */
+	private static final boolean LOG_PHANTOM_ALLOCATION_STACKS = false; // disabled by default due to the increased GC load
+	
 	public static final double BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER = 1.3;
 	public static final double BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER = BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER * BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER;
+
+	/**
+	 * On macOS the legacy OpenGL -> Metal bridge crashes with SIGBUS in
+	 * {@code _platform_memmove} when {@code glBufferData} or {@code glBufferSubData}
+	 * are called with a large ByteBuffer in one shot. To work around it, we split
+	 * the upload into smaller sub-data calls that each fit comfortably inside the
+	 * driver's internal staging path. <br>
+	 * 256 KiB tuned empirically against macOS 26.5 — a 1 MiB chunk still
+	 * tripped the same {@code _platform_memmove} crash inside
+	 * {@code glBufferSubData_Exec}, but 256 KiB consistently survives.
+	 */
+	public static final int MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_BYTES = 256 * 1024;
+	/** Threshold above which the chunked path kicks in on macOS. */
+	public static final int MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_THRESHOLD = MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_BYTES;
 	/** the number of active buffers, can be used for debugging */
 	public static AtomicInteger bufferCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
 	
 	private static final int PHANTOM_REF_CHECK_TIME_IN_MS = 5 * 1000;
 	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer>, Integer> PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer>> BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, String> BUFFER_ID_TO_ALLOCATION_STRING = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	private static final ReferenceQueue<GLBuffer> PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE = new ReferenceQueue<>();
 	private static final ThreadPoolExecutor CLEANUP_THREAD = ThreadUtil.makeSingleDaemonThreadPool("GLBuffer Cleanup");
 	
 	
-	protected int id;
+	protected volatile int id = 0;
 	public final int getId() { return this.id; }
 	protected int size = 0;
 	public int getSize() { return this.size; }
 	protected boolean bufferStorage;
-	public final boolean isBufferStorage() { return this.bufferStorage; }
 	protected boolean isMapped = false;
 	
+	/**
+	 * Locking on the render thread isn't great, but is needed due to an inconsistent
+	 * race condition where VBOs can be marked as deleted outside the render thread. <br><br>
+	 * 
+	 * But, due to being a read-write lock the chance of freezing
+	 * the render thread is very low
+	 * and since this is a stamped lock, the optimistic read time is basically zero.
+	 * (The optimistic lock time doesn't even appear in the profiler).
+	 */
+	public final StampedLock renderStampLock = new StampedLock();
+	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
@@ -78,7 +118,7 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	static { CLEANUP_THREAD.execute(() -> runPhantomReferenceCleanupLoop()); }
 	
-	public GLBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { this.create(isBufferStorage); }
+	public GLBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { this.destroyOldAndCreate(isBufferStorage); }
 	
 	//endregion
 	
@@ -104,74 +144,126 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	//====================//
 	//region
 	
-	protected void create(boolean asBufferStorage)
+	protected void destroyOldAndCreate(boolean asBufferStorage)
 	{
 		if (!GLProxy.runningOnRenderThread())
 		{
 			LodUtil.assertNotReach("Thread ["+Thread.currentThread()+"] tried to create a GLBuffer outside the MC render thread.");
 		}
 		
-		// destroy the old buffer if one is present
-		// (as of 2024-12-31 James didn't see this happen, but just in case)
-		if (this.id != 0)
+		
+		// lock to prevent the render thread from accessing the buffer's ID
+		// while we are removing it
+		long writeStamp = renderStampLock.writeLock();
+		try
 		{
-			destroyBufferIdAsync(this.id);
+			final int oldId = this.id;
+			this.id = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
+			//LOGGER.info("created [" + newId + "].");
+			
+			// destroy the old buffer
+			// after the new one has been created 
+			// to hopefully prevent a rare race conditions where the old ID
+			// is still used somewhere
+			if (oldId != 0)
+			{
+				// this ID doesn't need to be tracked anymore
+				tryRemoveBufferIdFromPhantom(oldId);
+				destroyBufferIdNow(oldId, "destroyOldAndCreate");
+			}
+			
+			
+			this.bufferStorage = asBufferStorage;
+			bufferCount.getAndIncrement();
+			
+			PhantomReference<GLBuffer> phantom = new PhantomReference<>(this, PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE);
+			PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.put(phantom, this.id);
+			BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.put(this.id, phantom);
+			
+			this.updateAllocationStackTrace();
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			renderStampLock.unlock(writeStamp);
 		}
-		
-		this.id = GLMC.glGenBuffers();
-		this.bufferStorage = asBufferStorage;
-		bufferCount.getAndIncrement();
-		
-		PhantomReference<GLBuffer> phantom = new PhantomReference<>(this, PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE);
-		PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.put(phantom, this.id);
-		BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.put(this.id, phantom);
-		
 	}
 	
 	protected void destroyAsync()
 	{
-		if (this.id == 0)
+		// lock to prevent the render thread from accessing the buffer's ID
+		// while we are removing it
+		long writeStamp = renderStampLock.writeLock();
+		try
 		{
-			// the buffer has already been closed
+			if (this.id == 0)
+			{
+				// the buffer has already been closed
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			final int idToDelete = this.id; // saving the ID to a separate variable is necessary so it can be captured by the lambda
+			
+			// remove the phantom tracking now so the phantom doesn't have the chance to
+			// get garbage collected before the render thread task runs
+			// (this can happen if MC is running at extremely low framerates like 1 fps via mods)
+			tryRemoveBufferIdFromPhantom(idToDelete);
+			
+			// mark the old data is invalid before deleting to prevent a rare race condition
+			// where the queued on render thread task runs before the ID is cleared
+			this.id = 0;
+			this.size = 0;
+			
+			//LOGGER.info("async destroy [" + idToDelete + "].");
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("GLBuffer destroyAsync", () -> { destroyBufferIdNow(idToDelete, "destroyAsync"); });
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			renderStampLock.unlock(writeStamp);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static void destroyBufferIdNow(int id, String cause)
+	{
+		// only delete valid buffers
+		if (id == 0)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Attempted to destroy a buffer with ID 0, VRAM memory leaks may occur, cause: ["+cause+"].");
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		destroyBufferIdAsync(this.id);
+		bufferCount.decrementAndGet();
+		GLMC.glDeleteBuffers(id);
 		
-		this.id = 0;
-		this.size = 0;
-	}
-	private static void destroyBufferIdAsync(int id)
-	{
-		// remove and clear the phantom reference if present
-		if (BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.containsKey(id))
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.logBufferGarbageCollection.get())
+		{
+			LOGGER.info("destroyed buffer [" + id + "], remaining: [" + BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.size() + "], cause: ["+cause+"].");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/** should be called before {@link GLBuffer#destroyBufferIdNow} */
+	private static void tryRemoveBufferIdFromPhantom(int id)
+	{
+		// will contain nothing if stack tracking isn't enabled
+		BUFFER_ID_TO_ALLOCATION_STRING.remove(id);
+		
+		PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer> phantom = BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.remove(id);
+		if (phantom != null)
 		{
-			Reference<? extends GLBuffer> phantom = BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.get(id);
-			
 			// if we are manually closing this buffer, we don't want the phantom reference to accidentally close it again
 			// this can cause a race condition were we accidentally delete an in-use buffer and cause NVIDIA
 			// to throw an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION when we attempt to render it
 			phantom.clear();
 			
-			PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.remove(phantom);
-			BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.remove(id);
-		}
-		
-		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
-		{
-			// destroy the buffer if it exists,
-			// the buffer may not exist if the destroy method is called twice
-			if (GL32.glIsBuffer(id))
+			Integer phantomId = PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.remove(phantom);
+			if (phantomId == null)
 			{
-				GLMC.glDeleteBuffers(id);
-				bufferCount.decrementAndGet();
-				
-				if (Config.Client.Advanced.Debugging.logBufferGarbageCollection.get())
-				{
-					LOGGER.info("destroyed buffer [" + id + "], remaining: [" + BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.size() + "]");
-				}
+				LOGGER.warn("No Phantom->ID binding stored for ID ["+id+"]");
 			}
-		});
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to remove phantom GLBuffer with ID ["+id+"], buffer may have already been deleted.");
+		}
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -202,36 +294,51 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		// make sure the buffer is ready for uploading
-		this.createOrChangeBufferTypeForUpload(uploadMethod);
 		
-		switch (uploadMethod)
+		
+		// re-binding the old buffers is necessary for old MC versions for the following reasons:
+		// for 16.5 and older the screen may be black when on the home menu
+		// and for 1.19.2 - 1.21.4 the inventory/UI will render without a background
+		int vao = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY_BINDING);
+		int vbo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING);
+		int ebo = GL32.glGetInteger(GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING);
+		
+		try
 		{
-			//case NONE:
-			//	return;
-			case AUTO:
-				LodUtil.assertNotReach("GpuUploadMethod AUTO must be resolved before call to uploadBuffer()!");
-			case BUFFER_STORAGE:
-				this.uploadBufferStorage(bb, bufferHint);
-				break;
-			case DATA:
-				this.uploadBufferData(bb, bufferHint);
-				break;
-			case SUB_DATA:
-				this.uploadSubData(bb, maxExpansionSize, bufferHint);
-				break;
-			default:
-				LodUtil.assertNotReach("Unknown GpuUploadMethod!");
+			// make sure the buffer is ready for uploading
+			this.createOrChangeBufferTypeForUpload(uploadMethod);
+			
+			switch (uploadMethod)
+			{
+				case AUTO:
+					LodUtil.assertNotReach("GpuUploadMethod AUTO must be resolved before call to uploadBuffer()!");
+				case BUFFER_STORAGE:
+					this.uploadBufferStorage(bb);
+					break;
+				case DATA:
+					this.uploadBufferData(bb, bufferHint);
+					break;
+				case SUB_DATA:
+					this.uploadSubData(bb, maxExpansionSize, bufferHint);
+					break;
+				default:
+					LodUtil.assertNotReach("Unknown GpuUploadMethod!");
+			}
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			GL32.glBindVertexArray(GL32.glIsVertexArray(vao) ? vao : 0);
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, GL32.glIsBuffer(vbo) ? vbo : 0);
+			GL32.glBindBuffer(GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, GL32.glIsBuffer(ebo) ? ebo: 0);
 		}
 	}
 	/** Requires the buffer to be bound */
-	protected void uploadBufferStorage(ByteBuffer bb, int bufferStorageHint)
+	protected void uploadBufferStorage(ByteBuffer bb)
 	{
 		LodUtil.assertTrue(this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is not bufferStorage but its trying to use bufferStorage upload method!");
 		
 		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
-		this.destroyAsync();
-		this.create(true);
+		this.destroyOldAndCreate(true);
 		this.bind();
 		GL44.glBufferStorage(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), bb, 0);
 		this.size = bbSize;
@@ -242,8 +349,25 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 		LodUtil.assertTrue(!this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is bufferStorage but its trying to use bufferData upload method!");
 		
 		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
-		GL32.glBufferData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), bb, bufferDataHint);
+		int target = this.getBufferBindingTarget();
+		
+		if (shouldUploadToGpuInChunks(bbSize))
+		{
+			// Two-step path used on macOS to dodge the Apple OpenGL -> Metal
+			// memmove SIGBUS triggered by uploading a large ByteBuffer in one
+			// glBufferData call:
+			//   1) allocate-only with the size overload (no memcpy)
+			//   2) fill the buffer through chunked glBufferSubData calls
+			GL32.glBufferData(target, (long) bbSize, bufferDataHint);
+			subDataUploadInChunks(target, 0, bb, MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_BYTES);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GL32.glBufferData(target, bb, bufferDataHint);
+		}
 		this.size = bbSize;
+		
+		this.updateAllocationStackTrace();
 	}
 	/** Requires the buffer to be bound */
 	protected void uploadSubData(ByteBuffer bb, int maxExpansionSize, int bufferDataHint)
@@ -251,14 +375,30 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 		LodUtil.assertTrue(!this.bufferStorage, "Buffer is bufferStorage but its trying to use subData upload method!");
 		
 		int bbSize = bb.limit() - bb.position();
+		int target = this.getBufferBindingTarget();
 		if (this.size < bbSize || this.size > bbSize * BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER)
 		{
 			int newSize = (int) (bbSize * BUFFER_EXPANSION_MULTIPLIER);
-			if (newSize > maxExpansionSize) newSize = maxExpansionSize;
-			GL32.glBufferData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), newSize, bufferDataHint);
+			if (newSize > maxExpansionSize)
+			{
+				newSize = maxExpansionSize;
+			}
+			
+			// allocate-only — no memcpy, safe on macOS regardless of size
+			GL32.glBufferData(target, (long) newSize, bufferDataHint);
 			this.size = newSize;
 		}
-		GL32.glBufferSubData(this.getBufferBindingTarget(), 0, bb);
+		
+		if (shouldUploadToGpuInChunks(bbSize))
+		{
+			subDataUploadInChunks(target, 0, bb, MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_BYTES);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			GL32.glBufferSubData(target, 0, bb);
+		}
+		
+		this.updateAllocationStackTrace();
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -300,8 +440,7 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 		{
 			// recreate if the buffer storage type changed
 			this.bind();
-			this.destroyAsync();
-			this.create(uploadMethod.useBufferStorage);
+			this.destroyOldAndCreate(uploadMethod.useBufferStorage);
 			this.bind();
 		}
 		else
@@ -310,13 +449,98 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 			// This can happen if the buffer was deleted previously.
 			if (this.id == 0)
 			{
-				this.create(this.bufferStorage);
+				this.destroyOldAndCreate(this.bufferStorage);
 			}
 			
 			this.bind();
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * macOS-only mitigation for the SIGBUS in
+	 * {@code libsystem_platform.dylib _platform_memmove} that happens when the
+	 * Apple OpenGL -> Metal translation layer copies a single large ByteBuffer
+	 * out of LWJGL into driver memory. Splitting the copy into
+	 * {@link #MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_BYTES} slices keeps every memmove inside a size
+	 * the bridge handles reliably.
+	 */
+	private static boolean shouldUploadToGpuInChunks(int byteCount)
+	{
+		return EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS
+			&& byteCount > MAC_UPLOAD_CHUNK_THRESHOLD;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Uploads {@code bb} into the currently bound buffer at {@code baseOffset}
+	 * using a sequence of {@link GL32#glBufferSubData(int, long, ByteBuffer)}
+	 * calls of at most {@code chunkBytes} each. The buffer's position/limit are
+	 * restored before returning.
+	 */
+	private static void subDataUploadInChunks(int target, int baseOffset, ByteBuffer bb, int chunkBytes)
+	{
+		final int origPos = bb.position();
+		final int origLimit = bb.limit();
+		try
+		{
+			final int total = origLimit - origPos;
+			int uploaded = 0;
+			while (uploaded < total)
+			{
+				int chunk = Math.min(chunkBytes, total - uploaded);
+				bb.position(origPos + uploaded);
+				bb.limit(origPos + uploaded + chunk);
+				GL32.glBufferSubData(target, (long) (baseOffset + uploaded), bb);
+				uploaded += chunk;
+				// Force the driver to drain its command queue between chunks
+				// so the OpenGL -> Metal bridge processes (and frees) each
+				// staging copy before the next sub-data call piles another
+				// memmove on top of it.
+				if (uploaded < total)
+				{
+					GL32.glFlush();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			bb.limit(origLimit);
+			bb.position(origPos);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/** 
+	 * used to help track down leaks where the buffer isn't properly closed
+	 * Note: this probably needs extending to accept a stack trace from outside where it's being called
+	 * since it's often called on the render thread in an un-helpful location.
+	 */
+	public void updateAllocationStackTrace()
+	{
+		if (LOG_PHANTOM_ALLOCATION_STACKS)
+		{
+			String stack;
+			
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.QueuedRunnable parentQueuedRunnable;
+			// if this is running on the render thread, try getting the render task's stack trace instead
+			// since it's a lot more helpful than wherever the render thread tasks themselves are being run from
+			if (RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.isCurrentThread()
+				&& (parentQueuedRunnable = RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.getCurrentlyRunningTask()) != null
+				&& parentQueuedRunnable.stackTrace != null)
+			{
+				// trim off the getStacktrace() and queueRunningOnRenderThread() methods
+				StackTraceElement[] trimmedElements = Arrays.copyOfRange(parentQueuedRunnable.stackTrace, 2, parentQueuedRunnable.stackTrace.length);
+				stack = StringUtil.join("\n", trimmedElements).intern();
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// not running on the render thread, use the normal stack trace
+				StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
+				stack = StringUtil.join("\n", stackTraceElements).intern();
+			}
+			
+			BUFFER_ID_TO_ALLOCATION_STRING.put(this.id, stack);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	//endregion
 	
 	
@@ -328,8 +552,13 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 	
 	private static void runPhantomReferenceCleanupLoop()
 	{
+		// these arrays are stored here so they don't have to be re-allocated each loop
+		ArrayList<Pair<String, AtomicInteger>> allocationStackTraceCountPairList = new ArrayList<>();
+		
 		while (true)
 		{
+			allocationStackTraceCountPairList.clear();
+			
 			try
 			{
 				try
@@ -338,20 +567,53 @@ public class GLBuffer implements AutoCloseable
 				}
 				catch (InterruptedException ignore) { }
 				
+				int collectedCount = 0;
 				
 				Reference<? extends GLBuffer> phantomRef = PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE.poll();
 				while (phantomRef != null)
 				{
 					// destroy the buffer if it hasn't been cleared yet
-					if (PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.containsKey(phantomRef))
+					Integer idRef = PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.remove((PhantomReference<? extends GLBuffer>)phantomRef); // cast to make IntelliJ happy
+					if (idRef != null)
 					{
-						int id = PHANTOM_TO_BUFFER_ID.get(phantomRef);
-						destroyBufferIdAsync(id);
-						//LOGGER.warn("Buffer Phantom collected, ID: ["+id+"]");
+						BUFFER_ID_TO_PHANTOM.remove(idRef);
+						final int id = idRef;
+						RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("GLBuffer phantom destroy", () -> { destroyBufferIdNow(id, "runPhantomReferenceCleanupLoop"); });
+						//LOGGER.info("Buffer Phantom collected, ID: ["+id+"]");
+						
+						if (LOG_PHANTOM_ALLOCATION_STACKS) // stack trace shouldn't be null, but just in case
+						{
+							String stack = BUFFER_ID_TO_ALLOCATION_STRING.get(idRef);
+							PhantomLoggingHelper.putAndIncrementTrackingString(stack, allocationStackTraceCountPairList);
+						}
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						LOGGER.warn("Failed to find Buffer ID for phantom reference: ["+phantomRef+"]");
 					}
 					
+					
+					collectedCount++;
 					phantomRef = PHANTOM_REFERENCE_QUEUE.poll();
 				}
+				
+				
+				
+				if (LOG_PHANTOM_RECOVERY)
+				{
+					// we only want to log when something has been returned
+					if (collectedCount != 0)
+					{
+						LOGGER.warn("GLBuffer phantom recovered: ["+ F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(collectedCount)+"].");
+						
+						// log stack traces if present
+						if (LOG_PHANTOM_ALLOCATION_STACKS)
+						{
+							PhantomLoggingHelper.LogAllocationStackTracePairCounts(LOGGER, allocationStackTraceCountPairList);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{

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

@@ -22,27 +22,26 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 
 /**
- * This is a container for a OpenGL
- * VBO (Vertex Buffer Object).
+ * AKA the GLElementBuffer
  *
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 11-20-2021
  */
-public class GLElementBuffer extends GLBuffer
+public class GLIndexBuffer extends GLBuffer
 {
 	/**
 	 * When uploading to a buffer that is too small, recreate it this many times
 	 * bigger than the upload payload
 	 */
 	protected int indicesCount = 0;
-	public int getIndicesCount() { return this.indicesCount; }
-	protected int type = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
-	public int getType() { return type; }
+	protected int glType = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
+	public int getGlType() { return this.glType; }
+	
+	
+	
+	public GLIndexBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { super(isBufferStorage); }
+	
 	
-	public GLElementBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage)
-	{
-		super(isBufferStorage);
-	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void destroyAsync()
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ public class GLElementBuffer extends GLBuffer
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getBufferBindingTarget()
-	{
-		return GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER;
-	}
+	public int getBufferBindingTarget() { return GL32.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER; }
 	
 }

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

@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.IndexBufferBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.LodQuadBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
 /**
  * This is a container for a OpenGL
@@ -37,6 +42,8 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
  */
 public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 {
+	private static final AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition RENDER_DEF = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class);
+	
 	/**
 	 * When uploading to a buffer that is too small, recreate it this many times
 	 * bigger than the upload payload
@@ -45,12 +52,46 @@ public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 	public int getVertexCount() { return this.vertexCount; }
 	
 	
+	private GlQuadIndexBuffer quadIBO = null;
+	private static GlQuadIndexBuffer GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO = null;
+	public GlQuadIndexBuffer getQuadIBO()
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			return GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return this.quadIBO;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
+	static
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("Global IBO Creation", () ->
+			{
+				GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO = new GlQuadIndexBuffer();
+				
+				int maxSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
+				int maxVertexCount = maxSize / LodQuadBuilder.BYTES_PER_VERTEX;
+				int maxQuadCount = (maxVertexCount / 4);
+				
+				ByteBuffer buffer = IndexBufferBuilder.createBuffer(maxQuadCount);
+				GLOBAL_QUAD_IBO.upload(buffer, maxQuadCount);
+				MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
+			});
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public GLVertexBuffer() { this(GLProxy.getInstance().getGpuUploadMethod() == EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.BUFFER_STORAGE); }
 	public GLVertexBuffer(boolean isBufferStorage) { super(isBufferStorage); }
 	
@@ -67,7 +108,7 @@ public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 	public int getBufferBindingTarget() { return GL32.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public void upload(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	public void uploadVertexBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
 	{
 		EDhApiGpuUploadMethod uploadMethod = GLProxy.getInstance().getGpuUploadMethod();
 		int maxBufferSize = LodQuadBuilder.getMaxBufferByteSize();
@@ -89,19 +130,60 @@ public class GLVertexBuffer extends GLBuffer implements IVertexBufferWrapper
 		// If size is zero, just ignore it.
 		if (byteBuffer.limit() - byteBuffer.position() != 0)
 		{
-			boolean useBuffStorage = uploadMethod.useBufferStorage;
-			super.uploadBuffer(byteBuffer, uploadMethod, maxExpansionSize, useBuffStorage ? 0 : GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+			super.uploadBuffer(byteBuffer, uploadMethod, maxExpansionSize, uploadMethod.useBufferStorage ? 0 : GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 		}
+		
 		this.vertexCount = vertexCount;
 	}
 	
 	
+	@Override
+	public void uploadIndexBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, int vertexCount)
+	{
+		if (RENDER_DEF.useSingleIbo())
+		{
+			// ignore index uploading when running a single IBO
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// If size is zero, just ignore it.
+		if (vertexCount == 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		if (this.quadIBO != null)
+		{
+			this.quadIBO.close();
+		}
+		
+		this.quadIBO = new GlQuadIndexBuffer();
+		
+		int quadCount = (vertexCount / 4);
+		this.quadIBO.upload(buffer, quadCount);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
 	@Override
 	public void close() { this.destroyAsync(); }
 	@Override
 	public void destroyAsync()
 	{
 		super.destroyAsync();
+		if (this.quadIBO != null)
+		{
+			this.quadIBO.destroyAsync();
+		}
 		this.vertexCount = 0;
 	}
 	

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

@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.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.logging.DhLogger;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
-import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
-/** AKA Index Buffer TODO RENAME */
-public class GlQuadElementBuffer extends GLElementBuffer
-{
-	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
-	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// constructor //
-	//=============//
-	//region
-	
-	public GlQuadElementBuffer() { super(false); }
-	
-	public void reserve(int quadCount)
-	{
-		if (quadCount < 0)
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("quadCount must be greater than 0");
-		}
-		if (quadCount == 0)
-		{
-			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		this.indicesCount = quadCount * 6; // 2 triangles per quad
-		if (this.indicesCount >= this.getCapacity()
-			&& this.indicesCount < this.getCapacity() * BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		int vertexCount = quadCount * 4; // 4 vertices per quad
-		
-		if (vertexCount < 255)
-		{
-			// Reserve 1 for the reset index
-			this.type = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
-		}
-		else if (vertexCount < 65535)
-		{
-			// Reserve 1 for the reset index
-			this.type = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			this.type = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
-		}
-		
-		ByteBuffer buffer = MemoryUtil.memAlloc(this.indicesCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.type));
-		buildBuffer(quadCount, buffer, this.type);
-		this.bind();
-		super.uploadBuffer(buffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA,
-			this.indicesCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.type), GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
-		
-		MemoryUtil.memFree(buffer);
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// getters //
-	//=========//
-	//region
-	
-	public int getCapacity() { return super.getSize() / GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.getType()); }
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-	//==========//
-	// building //
-	//==========//
-	//region
-	
-	public static void buildBuffer(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer, int type)
-	{
-		switch (type)
-		{
-			case GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE:
-				buildBufferByte(quadCount, buffer);
-				break;
-			case GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
-				buildBufferShort(quadCount, buffer);
-				break;
-			case GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT:
-				buildBufferInt(quadCount, buffer);
-				break;
-			default:
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown buffer type: [" + type + "].");
-		}
-	}
-	
-	private static void buildBufferByte(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 1));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 2));
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 2));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex + 3));
-			buffer.put((byte) (vIndex));
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	private static void buildBufferShort(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 1));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 2));
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 2));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex + 3));
-			buffer.putShort((short) (vIndex));
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	private static void buildBufferInt(int quadCount, ByteBuffer buffer)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < quadCount; i++)
-		{
-			int vIndex = i * 4;
-			// First triangle
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 1);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 2);
-			// Second triangle
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 2);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex + 3);
-			buffer.putInt(vIndex);
-		}
-		if (buffer.hasRemaining())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("QuadElementBuffer is not full somehow after building");
-		}
-		buffer.rewind();
-	}
-	
-	//endregion
-	
-	
-	
-}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiGpuUploadMethod;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.enums.GLEnums;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.render.bufferBuilding.IndexBufferBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/** aka GlQuadElementBuffer */
+public class GlQuadIndexBuffer extends GLIndexBuffer
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	//region
+	
+	public GlQuadIndexBuffer() { super(false); }
+	
+	public void upload(ByteBuffer buffer, int quadCount)
+	{
+		if (quadCount < 0)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("quadCount must be greater than 0");
+		}
+		if (quadCount == 0)
+		{
+			// shouldn't happen, but just in case
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.indicesCount = quadCount * 6; // 2 triangles per quad
+		if (this.indicesCount >= this.getCapacity()
+			&& this.indicesCount < this.getCapacity() * BUFFER_SHRINK_TRIGGER)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		this.glType = GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
+		super.uploadBuffer(buffer, EDhApiGpuUploadMethod.DATA,
+			this.indicesCount * GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.glType), GL32.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	//region
+	
+	public int getCapacity() { return super.getSize() / GLEnums.getTypeSize(this.getGlType()); }
+	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/apply/GlDhApplyShader.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class GlDhApplyShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/apply.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fade/GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeApplyShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fade/gl/apply.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fade/GlDhFarFadeRenderer.java

@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			//profiler.push("Fade Generate");
-			
 			this.init();
 			
 			// resize the framebuffer if necessary
@@ -141,8 +139,6 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.setProjectionMatrix(renderParams.mcModelViewMatrix, renderParams.mcProjectionMatrix);
 			GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams);
 			
-			//profiler.popPush("Fade Apply");
-			
 			GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.fadeTexture = this.fadeTexture;
 			GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.readFramebuffer = GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer;
 			GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.drawFramebuffer = GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.getActiveFramebufferId();
@@ -152,10 +148,6 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeRenderer implements IDhFarFadeRenderer
 		{
 			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error during fade render, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
 		}
-		finally
-		{
-			//profiler.pop();
-		}
 	}
 	
 	//emdregion

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fade/GlDhFarFadeShader.java

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class GlDhFarFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fade/gl/dhFade.frag",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fade/gl/dh_fade.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);
 		

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fade/GlDhVanillaFadeShader.java

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public class GlDhVanillaFadeShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fade/gl/vanillaFade.frag",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fade/gl/vanilla_fade.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);
 		

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fade/GlVanillaFadeRenderer.java

@@ -135,14 +135,9 @@ public class GlVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 		
 		
 		IProfilerWrapper profiler = MC_CLIENT.getProfiler();
-		profiler.pop(); // get out of "terrain"
-		profiler.push("DH-Vanilla Fade");
-		
-		
-		try(GLState mcState = new GLState())
+		try (IProfilerWrapper.IProfileBlock fade_profile = profiler.push("DH-Vanilla Fade");
+			GLState mcState = new GLState())
 		{
-			profiler.push("Vanilla Fade Generate");
-			
 			this.init();
 			
 			// resize the framebuffer if necessary
@@ -165,19 +160,15 @@ public class GlVanillaFadeRenderer implements IDhVanillaFadeRenderer
 			// otherwise we can directly render to their texture
 			if (MC_RENDER.mcRendersToFrameBuffer())
 			{
-				profiler.popPush("Vanilla Fade Apply");
-				
 				GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.fadeTexture = this.fadeTexture;
-				GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.readFramebuffer = GlDhFarFadeShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer;
+				GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.readFramebuffer = GlDhVanillaFadeShader.INSTANCE.frameBuffer;
 				GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.drawFramebuffer = MC_RENDER.getTargetFramebuffer();
 				GlDhFarFadeApplyShader.INSTANCE.render(renderParams);
 			}
-			
-			profiler.pop(); 
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error during fade render, error: ["+e.getMessage()+"].", e);
+			LOGGER.error("Unexpected error during fade render, error: [" + e.getMessage() + "].", e);
 		}
 	}
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fog/GlDhFogApplyShader.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class GlDhFogApplyShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fog/gl/apply.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/fog/GlDhFogShader.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class GlDhFogShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/fog/gl/fog.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/ssao/GlDhSSAOApplyShader.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class GlDhSSAOApplyShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/ssao/gl/apply.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/postProcessing/ssao/GlDhSSAOShader.java

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class GlDhSSAOShader extends GlAbstractShaderRenderer
 	public void onInit()
 	{
 		this.shader = new GlShaderProgram(
-			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quadApply.vert",
+			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/quad_apply.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/ssao/gl/ao.frag",
 			"vPosition"
 		);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/openGl/terrain/GlDhTerrainShaderProgram.java

@@ -1,31 +1,12 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl;
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.terrain;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.rendering.IDhApiShaderProgram;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiRenderParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiVec3f;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.GlDhMetaRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.GLProxy;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GLVertexBuffer;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.buffer.GlQuadElementBuffer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.shader.GlShaderProgram;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlAbstractVertexAttribute;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.render.openGl.glObject.vertexAttribute.GlVertexAttributePostGL43;
@@ -49,29 +30,26 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.SortedArraySet;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IIrisAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.objects.IVertexBufferWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.render.renderPass.IDhTerrainRenderer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 
 /**
  * Handles rendering the normal LOD terrain.
- * @see LodQuadBuilder 
+ * @see LodQuadBuilder
  */
-public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiShaderProgram, IDhTerrainRenderer
+public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiShaderProgram
 {
 	public static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
 		.fileLevelConfig(Config.Common.Logging.logRendererEventToFile)
 		.build();
 	
-	public static final GlDhTerrainShaderProgram INSTANCE = new GlDhTerrainShaderProgram();
-	
 	private static final MinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = MinecraftGLWrapper.INSTANCE;
 	private static final IIrisAccessor IRIS_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IIrisAccessor.class);
 	
 	
+	private boolean init = false;
 	
-	public GlQuadElementBuffer quadIBO = null;
-	public final GlAbstractVertexAttribute vao;
+	public GlAbstractVertexAttribute vao;
 	
 	// uniforms //
 	//region 
@@ -106,13 +84,22 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	//=============//
 	//region
 	
-	private GlDhTerrainShaderProgram()
+	public GlDhTerrainShaderProgram()
 	{
 		super(
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/standard.vert",
 			"assets/distanthorizons/shaders/shared/gl/flat_shaded.frag",
 			new String[]{"vPosition", "color"}
 		);
+	}
+	
+	public void tryInit()
+	{
+		if (this.init)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		
 		this.uCombinedMatrix = this.getUniformLocation("uCombinedMatrix");
 		this.uModelOffset = this.getUniformLocation("uModelOffset");
@@ -165,6 +152,10 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 			throw e;
 		}
 		
+		// unbinding here is necessary to fix an issue when running on Legacy GL
+		this.vao.unbind();
+		
+		this.init = true;
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -179,6 +170,7 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	@Override
 	public void bind()
 	{
+		this.tryInit();
 		super.bind();
 		this.vao.bind();
 	}
@@ -206,7 +198,7 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 		combinedMatrix.multiply(renderParameters.dhModelViewMatrix);
 		
 		super.bind();
-
+		
 		// uniforms
 		this.setUniform(this.uCombinedMatrix, combinedMatrix);
 		this.setUniform(this.uMircoOffset, 0.01f); // 0.01 block offset
@@ -267,7 +259,6 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	//===========//
 	//region
 	
-	@Override
 	public void render(RenderParams renderEventParam, boolean opaquePass, SortedArraySet<LodBufferContainer> bufferContainers, IProfilerWrapper profiler)
 	{
 		//=======================//
@@ -298,6 +289,9 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 			GLMC.disableBlend();
 		}
 		
+		// 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);
 		
 		
 		
@@ -305,8 +299,6 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 		// rendering //
 		//===========//
 		
-		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeRenderPassEvent.class, renderEventParam);
-		
 		if (IRIS_ACCESSOR != null)
 		{
 			// done to fix a bug with Iris where face culling isn't properly set or reverted in the MC state manager
@@ -322,6 +314,12 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 			for (int lodIndex = 0; lodIndex < bufferContainers.size(); lodIndex++)
 			{
 				LodBufferContainer bufferContainer = bufferContainers.get(lodIndex);
+				if (!bufferContainer.buffersUploaded)
+				{
+					// make sure we don't accidentally try
+					// rendering a buffer that is (or is going to be) freed 
+					continue;
+				}
 				
 				// set uniforms and fire events
 				{
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 					ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.class, new DhApiBeforeBufferRenderEvent.EventParam(renderEventParam, modelPos));
 				}
 				
-				IVertexBufferWrapper[] vertexBuffers = (opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vbos : bufferContainer.vbosTransparent);
+				IVertexBufferWrapper[] vertexBuffers = (opaquePass ? bufferContainer.vboOpaqueWrappers : bufferContainer.vboTransparentWrappers);
 				for (int vboIndex = 0; vboIndex < vertexBuffers.length; vboIndex++)
 				{
 					GLVertexBuffer vbo = (GLVertexBuffer) vertexBuffers[vboIndex];
@@ -346,21 +344,45 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 						continue;
 					}
 					
-					if (vbo.getVertexCount() == 0)
+					
+					// for lock information please view the lock's javadocs
+					long vboReadStamp = vbo.renderStampLock.readLock();
+					long iboReadStamp = vbo.getQuadIBO().renderStampLock.readLock();
+					try
 					{
-						continue;
+						// don't render empty sections
+						if (vbo.getVertexCount() == 0)
+						{
+							continue;
+						}
+						
+						// don't render deleted VBOs (this will crash the driver/game)
+						if (vbo.getId() == 0
+							|| vbo.getQuadIBO().getId() == 0)
+						{
+							continue;
+						}
+						
+						// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
+						int indexCount = (int) (vbo.getVertexCount() * 1.5);
+						
+						vbo.bind();
+						vbo.getQuadIBO().bind();
+						
+						GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.shaderProgramForThisFrame.bindVertexBuffer(vbo.getId());
+						GL32.glDrawElements(
+							GL32.GL_TRIANGLES,
+							indexCount,
+							vbo.getQuadIBO().getGlType(), 0);
+						
+						vbo.unbind();
+						vbo.getQuadIBO().unbind();
+					}
+					finally
+					{
+						vbo.renderStampLock.unlock(vboReadStamp);
+						vbo.getQuadIBO().renderStampLock.unlock(iboReadStamp);
 					}
-					
-					// 4 vertices per face, but 6 indices (IE 2 triangles) per face, aka need to multiply by 1.5
-					int indexCount = (int)(vbo.getVertexCount() * 1.5);
-					
-					vbo.bind();
-					GlDhMetaRenderer.INSTANCE.shaderProgramForThisFrame.bindVertexBuffer(vbo.getId());
-					GL32.glDrawElements(
-						GL32.GL_TRIANGLES,
-						indexCount,
-						this.quadIBO.getType(), 0);
-					vbo.unbind();
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -384,4 +406,4 @@ public class GlDhTerrainShaderProgram extends GlShaderProgram implements IDhApiS
 	
 	
 	
-}
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/DependencySetup.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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.core.render.renderer.GenericRenderObjectFactory;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.ClassicConfigGUI;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig.ClassicConfigGUI;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.LangWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.level.KeyedClientLevelManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
@@ -80,37 +80,66 @@ public class DependencySetup
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IConfigGui.class, ClassicConfigGUI.CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE);
 	}
 	
-	public static void setRenderingApiBindings()
+	private static boolean renderingApiBindingsSet = false;
+	/** will be called from a DH thread, not the render thread */
+	public synchronized static void setRenderingApiBindings()
 	{
+		// shouldn't happen, but there was a single report that this method was triggered twice
+		if (renderingApiBindingsSet)
+		{
+			LOGGER.warn("Rendering bindings already set, skipping. How did this happen?");
+			return;
+		}
+		renderingApiBindingsSet = true;
+		
+		
+		
 		EDhApiRenderApi renderingApiEnum = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.get();
 		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO)
 		{
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_11
-			renderingApiEnum = EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL;
-			#else
-			renderingApiEnum = EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D;
-			#endif
+			IVersionConstants versionConstants = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class);
+			renderingApiEnum = versionConstants.getDefaultRenderingApi();
 		}
 		
 		LOGGER.info("Setting DH Rendering API to: ["+renderingApiEnum+"].");
 		
+		
+		
+		boolean validApi;
 		AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition renderDefinition;
 		if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL)
 		{
+			validApi = true;
 			renderDefinition = new GlDhRenderApiDefinition();
 		}
 		else if (renderingApiEnum == EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D)
 		{
 			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
-			throw new IllegalStateException("["+renderingApiEnum+"] is not supported on this version of Minecraft.");
+			validApi = false;
+			renderDefinition = null;
 			#else
+			validApi = true;
 			renderDefinition = new BlazeDhRenderApiDefinition();
 			#endif
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("No ["+ AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class.getSimpleName()+"] concrete implementation found for the value: ["+renderingApiEnum+"].");
+			String message = "No ["+ AbstractDhRenderApiDefinition.class.getSimpleName()+"] concrete implementation found for the value: ["+renderingApiEnum+"].";
+			LOGGER.fatal(message);
+			throw new IllegalStateException(message);
 		}
+		
+		
+		// crash if an invalid API is set
+		if (!validApi)
+		{
+			String message = "["+renderingApiEnum+"] is not supported on this version of Minecraft, reverting to ["+EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO+"].";
+			LOGGER.fatal(message);
+			Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.renderingApi.set(EDhApiRenderApi.AUTO);
+			throw new IllegalStateException(message);
+		}
+		
+		
 		renderDefinition.bindRenderers();
 	}
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/McObjectConverter.java

@@ -139,7 +139,16 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 	}
 	
 	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()); }
+	public static DhChunkPos Convert(ChunkPos mcPos) 
+	{ 
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		return new DhChunkPos(mcPos.x, mcPos.z);
+		#else
+		return new DhChunkPos(mcPos.x(), mcPos.z());
+		#endif
+	}
 	
 	public static Direction Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection) { return directions[lodDirection.ordinal()]; }
 	public static EDhDirection Convert(Direction direction) { return lodDirections[direction.ordinal()]; }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/VersionConstants.java

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 			return "1.21.10";
 		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_11
 			return "1.21.11";
+		#elif MC_VER == MC_26_1_2
+			return "26.1.2";
 		#else
 			ERROR MC version constant missing
 		#endif
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 			return EDhApiRenderApi.OPEN_GL;
 		#else
-			ERROR MC version constant missing
+			return EDhApiRenderApi.BLAZE_3D;
 		#endif
 	}
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/WrapperFactory.java

@@ -147,16 +147,19 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	public IBlockStateWrapper deserializeBlockStateWrapper(String str, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) throws IOException { return BlockStateWrapper.deserialize(str, levelWrapper); }
 	@Override
 	public IBlockStateWrapper getAirBlockStateWrapper() { return BlockStateWrapper.AIR; }
-	
+	@Override 
+	public IBlockStateWrapper getWaterBlockStateWrapper(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return BlockStateWrapper.getWaterBlockStateWrapper(levelWrapper); }
 	@Override
 	public ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> getRendererIgnoredBlocks(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return BlockStateWrapper.getRendererIgnoredBlocks(levelWrapper); }
 	@Override
 	public ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> getRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return BlockStateWrapper.getRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks(levelWrapper); }
+	@Override
+	public ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> getWaterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return BlockStateWrapper.getWaterSubsurfaceReplacementBlocks(levelWrapper); }
+	@Override
+	public ObjectOpenHashSet<IBlockStateWrapper> getWaterSurfaceReplacementBlocks(ILevelWrapper levelWrapper) { return BlockStateWrapper.getWaterSurfaceReplacementBlocks(levelWrapper); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public void resetRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks() { BlockStateWrapper.clearRendererIgnoredCaveBlocks(); }
-	@Override
-	public void resetRendererIgnoredBlocksSet() { BlockStateWrapper.clearRendererIgnoredBlocks(); }
+	public void resetCachedIgnoredBlocksSets() { BlockStateWrapper.clearCachedIgnoreBlocks(); }
 	
 	
 	/**

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/AbstractDhTintGetter.java

@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSour
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhSectionPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPosMutable;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.FullDataPointUtil;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockAndTintGetter;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.ColorResolver;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
 
@@ -30,6 +28,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
 #endif
 
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockAndTintGetter;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.BlockAndTintGetter;
+#endif
 
 public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 {
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 	
 	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 = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+	public static final int INVALID_COLOR = -1;
 	
 	
 	protected BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper;
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
+	//region
 	
 	public AbstractDhTintGetter() { }
 	
@@ -73,11 +77,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 		this.smoothingRadiusInBlocks = Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Quality.lodBiomeBlending.get();
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
 	
 	
-	//================//
-	// shared methods //
-	//================//
+	
+	//===============//
+	// color getters //
+	//===============//
+	//region
 	
 	/** Called by MC's tint getter */
 	@Override
@@ -192,7 +199,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 		BlockBiomeWrapperPair pair = BlockBiomeWrapperPair.get(this.blockStateWrapper, biomeWrapper);
 		
 		// use the cached color if possible
-		Integer cachedColor = COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR.get(pair); // explicit Integer return here reduces unnecessary allocations
+		Integer cachedColor = COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR.get(pair);
 		if (cachedColor != null)
 		{
 			return cachedColor;
@@ -332,6 +339,27 @@ public abstract class AbstractDhTintGetter implements BlockAndTintGetter
 				});
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// set color //
+	//===========//
+	//region
+	
+	/** 
+	 * can be used in newer MC versions
+	 * where the color getting logic is a bit more manual
+	 */
+	public static void setStaticColor(BlockStateWrapper blockStateWrapper, BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper, Integer colorInt)
+	{
+		BlockBiomeWrapperPair pair = BlockBiomeWrapperPair.get(blockStateWrapper, biomeWrapper);
+		COLOR_BY_BLOCK_BIOME_PAIR.put(pair, colorInt);
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BiomeWrapper.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentMap;
 #endif
 
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
@@ -221,26 +222,27 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		Level level = (Level)levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
 		net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registryAccess = level.registryAccess();
 		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_11
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 		ResourceLocation resourceLocation;
 		#else
 		Identifier resourceLocation;
 		#endif
 		
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).getKey(this.biome);
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_18_2 || MC_VER == MC_1_19_2
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).getKey(this.biome.value());
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_1
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).getKey(this.biome.value());
 		#else
 		resourceLocation = registryAccess.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).getKey(this.biome.value());
 		#endif
 		
+		
 		if (resourceLocation == null)
 		{
 			String biomeName;
-			#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 			biomeName = this.biome.toString();
 			#else
 			biomeName = this.biome.value().toString();
@@ -354,18 +356,18 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		
 		
 		boolean success;
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 		Biome biome = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).get(resourceLocation);
 		success = (biome != null);
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_18_2 || MC_VER == MC_1_19_2
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_19_2
 		Biome unwrappedBiome = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY).get(resourceLocation);
 		success = (unwrappedBiome != null);
 		Holder<Biome> biome = new Holder.Direct<>(unwrappedBiome);
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_1
 		Biome unwrappedBiome = registryAccess.registryOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).get(resourceLocation);
 		success = (unwrappedBiome != null);
 		Holder<Biome> biome = new Holder.Direct<>(unwrappedBiome);
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		Holder<Biome> biome;
 		Optional<Holder.Reference<Biome>> optionalBiomeHolder = registryAccess.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).get(resourceLocation);
 		if (optionalBiomeHolder.isPresent())
@@ -379,6 +381,20 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 			success = false;
 			biome = null;
 		}
+		#else
+		Holder<Biome> biome;
+		Optional<Holder.Reference<Biome>> optionalBiomeHolder = registryAccess.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).get(resourceLocation);
+		if (optionalBiomeHolder.isPresent())
+		{
+			Biome unwrappedBiome = optionalBiomeHolder.get().value();
+			success = (unwrappedBiome != null);
+			biome = new Holder.Direct<>(unwrappedBiome, DataComponentMap.EMPTY);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			success = false;
+			biome = null;
+		}
 		#endif
 		
 		return new BiomeDeserializeResult(success, biome);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/ClientBlockStateColorCache.java

@@ -19,23 +19,21 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.block.IDhApiBlockStateWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.world.IDhApiLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPosMutable;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.*;
-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
-import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
-#else
-import java.util.Random;
-#endif
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.SlabType;
@@ -46,9 +44,22 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
+#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
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BlockModelPart;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.dispatch.BlockStateModelPart;
+import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.geometry.BakedQuad;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.client.color.block.BlockTintSource;
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -115,6 +126,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	//===========//
 	// constants //
 	//===========//
+	//region
 	
 	private static final int MIN_SRGB_BITS = 0x39000000; // 2^(-13)
 	private static final int MAX_SRGB_BITS = 0x3f7fffff; // 1.0 - f32::EPSILON
@@ -123,6 +135,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	
 	private static final int[] linearToSrgbTable = new int[] 
 		{
+			//region
 			0x0073000d, 0x007a000d, 0x0080000d, 0x0087000d, 0x008d000d, 0x0094000d, 0x009a000d, 0x00a1000d,
 			0x00a7001a, 0x00b4001a, 0x00c1001a, 0x00ce001a, 0x00da001a, 0x00e7001a, 0x00f4001a, 0x0101001a,
 			0x010e0033, 0x01280033, 0x01410033, 0x015b0033, 0x01750033, 0x018f0033, 0x01a80033, 0x01c20033,
@@ -136,9 +149,11 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			0x31d105b0, 0x34a80555, 0x37520507, 0x39d504c5, 0x3c37048b, 0x3e7c0458, 0x40a8042a, 0x42bd0401,
 			0x44c20798, 0x488e071e, 0x4c1c06b6, 0x4f76065d, 0x52a50610, 0x55ac05cc, 0x5892058f, 0x5b590559,
 			0x5e0c0a23, 0x631c0980, 0x67db08f6, 0x6c55087f, 0x70940818, 0x74a007bd, 0x787d076c, 0x7c330723,
+			//endregion
 		};
 	
 	private static final float[] srgbToLinearTable = new float[] 
+		//region
 		{
 			0.0f, 0.000303527f, 0.000607054f, 0.00091058103f, 0.001214108f, 0.001517635f, 0.0018211621f, 0.002124689f,
 			0.002428216f, 0.002731743f, 0.00303527f, 0.0033465356f, 0.003676507f, 0.004024717f, 0.004391442f,
@@ -172,16 +187,22 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			0.78353804f, 0.79129815f, 0.79910296f, 0.8069525f, 0.8148468f, 0.822786f, 0.8307701f, 0.83879924f, 0.84687346f,
 			0.8549928f, 0.8631574f, 0.87136734f, 0.8796226f, 0.8879232f, 0.89626956f, 0.90466136f, 0.913099f, 0.92158204f,
 			0.93011117f, 0.9386859f, 0.9473069f, 0.9559735f, 0.9646866f, 0.9734455f, 0.98225087f, 0.9911022f, 1.0f
+			//endregion
 		};
 	
-	private static final ThreadLocal<TintWithoutLevelOverrider> TintWithoutLevelOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new TintWithoutLevelOverrider());
-	private static final ThreadLocal<TintGetterOverride> TintOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new TintGetterOverride());
+	// these are threadlocals since AbstractDhTintGetter use local variables to handle color queries
+	private static final ThreadLocal<TintWithoutLevelOverrider> TintWithoutLevelOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(TintWithoutLevelOverrider::new);
+	private static final ThreadLocal<TintGetterOverride> TintOverrideGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(TintGetterOverride::new);
+	private static final ThreadLocal<DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam> ColorOverrideEventParamGetter = ThreadLocal.withInitial(DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam::new);
+	
+	//endregion
 	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
+	//region
 	
 	public ClientBlockStateColorCache(BlockState blockState, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper)
 	{
@@ -192,6 +213,8 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		this.resolveColors();
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 	//===================//
@@ -237,28 +260,55 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					&& !quads.isEmpty() 
 					&& quads.get(0) != null)
 				{
-					BakedQuad firstQuad = quads.get(0);
+					try
+					{
+						BakedQuad firstQuad = quads.get(0);
 					
-					this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.isTinted();
-					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_4
-					this.tintIndex = firstQuad.getTintIndex();
-					#else
-					this.tintIndex = firstQuad.tintIndex();
-					#endif
+						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+						this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.isTinted();
+						#else
+						this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.materialInfo().isTinted();
+						#endif
 					
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
-					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-                        firstQuad.sprite,
-						EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-                        firstQuad.getSprite(),
-						EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#else
-					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-						firstQuad.sprite(),
-						EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#endif
+						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_4
+						this.tintIndex = firstQuad.getTintIndex();
+						#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+						this.tintIndex = firstQuad.tintIndex();
+						#else
+						this.tintIndex = firstQuad.materialInfo().tintIndex();
+						#endif
+						
+						#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+						this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
+	                        firstQuad.sprite,
+							EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+						#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
+						this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
+	                        firstQuad.getSprite(),
+							EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+						#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+						this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
+							firstQuad.sprite(),
+							EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+						#else
+						this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
+							firstQuad.materialInfo().sprite(),
+							EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+						#endif
+					}
+					catch (Exception e)
+					{
+						// Shouldn't normally happen, but there was at least 
+						// one report of MC's texture being un-loaded
+						// which prevented us from getting the texture.
+						// So we should have some basic backup logic.
+						
+						LOGGER.warn("Failed to get texture color for block ["+this.blockStateWrapper.getSerialString()+"] due to: ["+e.getMessage()+"], falling back to particle color.");
+						
+						this.needPostTinting = false;
+						this.tintIndex = 0;
+						this.baseColor = this.getParticleIconColor();
+					}
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -304,7 +354,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		quads = MC.getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
 			getBlockModel(effectiveBlockState).getQuads(effectiveBlockState, direction, RANDOM);
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		List<BlockModelPart> blockModelPartList = MC.getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
 			getBlockModel(effectiveBlockState).collectParts(RANDOM);
 		
@@ -317,6 +367,17 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				quads.addAll(blockModelPartList.get(i).getQuads(direction));
 			}
 		}
+		#else
+		List<BlockStateModelPart> blockModelPartList = new ArrayList<>();
+		MC.getModelManager().getBlockStateModelSet()
+			.get(effectiveBlockState).collectParts(RANDOM, blockModelPartList);
+		
+		quads = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < blockModelPartList.size(); i++)
+		{
+			// if direction is null this will return the unculled quads
+			quads.addAll(blockModelPartList.get(i).getQuads(direction));
+		}
 		#endif
 		
 		return quads;
@@ -354,22 +415,14 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					int scale = 1;
 					if (colorMode == EColorMode.Leaves)
 					{
-						//switch (//FIXME add config option)
-						//	case BLACK:
-						//	a = 255; //simulate black background of fast leaves
-						//		break;
-						//	case IGNORE:
-							if (a == 0) {
-								continue; //same long grass
-							}
-							else
-							{
-								a = 255; //just in case there are semi transparent pixels
-							}					
-						//		break;
-						//	case TRANSPARENT:
-						//		break; //do nothing, let it count towards transparency
-						
+						if (a == 0)
+						{
+							continue; //same long grass
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							a = 255; //just in case there are semi transparent pixels
+						}
 					}
 					else if (a == 0 && colorMode != EColorMode.Glass)
 					{
@@ -457,7 +510,11 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	private int getParticleIconColor()
 	{
 		return calculateColorFromTexture(
-				Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+			Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+			#else
+			Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockStateModelSet().get(this.blockState).particleMaterial().sprite(),
+			#endif
 				EColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
 	}
 	
@@ -470,52 +527,89 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	public int getColor(BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper, FullDataSourceV2 fullDataSource, DhBlockPos blockPos)
 	{
 		// only get the tint if the block needs to be tinted
-		if (!this.needPostTinting)
+		int tintColor = AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR;
+		if (this.needPostTinting)
 		{
-			return this.baseColor;
-		}
-		
-		// don't try tinting blocks that don't support our method of tint getting
-		if (BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
-		{
-			return this.baseColor;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// attempt to get the tint
-		int tintColor = -1;
-		try
-		{
-			// try to use the fast tint getter logic first
-			if (!BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
+			// don't try tinting blocks that don't support our method of tint getting
+			if (BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
 			{
-				try
+				return this.baseColor;
+			}
+			
+			
+			// attempt to get the tint
+			try
+			{
+				// try to use the fast tint getter logic first
+				if (!BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
 				{
-					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)
+					try
 					{
-						// one or more tint values weren't calculated,
-						// we need MC's color resolver
+						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)
+						{
+							// one or more tint values weren't calculated,
+							// we need MC's color resolver
+						#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 						tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance()
 								.getBlockColors()
 								.getColor(this.blockState,
-										tintOverride,
+										tintOverride, // tintOverride will save the result of this query to speed up future queries
 										McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos),
 										this.tintIndex);
+						#else
+							BlockTintSource tintSource = Minecraft.getInstance()
+								.getBlockColors()
+								.getTintSource(this.blockState, this.tintIndex);
+							// a tint source may be null for blocks that don't actually need tinting
+							// in that case the base color should be sufficient
+							// Example: cherry blossom leaves
+							if (tintSource != null)
+							{
+								BlockPos mcPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(blockPos);
+								tintColor = tintSource.colorInWorld(this.blockState, tintOverride, mcPos);
+								if (tintColor == -1)
+								{
+									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
+							tintColor = tintOverride.tryGetBlockTint(new DhBlockPosMutable(blockPos));
+						#endif
+						}
 					}
-				}
-				catch (UnsupportedOperationException e)
-				{
+					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
+						// 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
+					}
 				}
-			}
-			
+				
+				// 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))
 			{
@@ -536,28 +630,49 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 									this.tintIndex);
 				}
 			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			// only display the error once per block/biome type to reduce log spam
-			if (!BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
+			#endif
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
 			{
-				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);
+				// 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);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		
 		
-		
-		if (tintColor != -1)
+		int returnColor;
+		if (tintColor != AbstractDhTintGetter.INVALID_COLOR)
 		{
-			return ColorUtil.multiplyARGBwithRGB(this.baseColor, tintColor);
+			returnColor = ColorUtil.multiplyARGBwithRGB(this.baseColor, tintColor);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// unable to get the tinted color, use the base color instead
-			return this.baseColor;
+			returnColor = this.baseColor;
 		}
+		
+		
+		// only fire an API event if needed
+		// (this is done to reduce GC pressure and speed up color getting)
+		if (this.blockStateWrapper.allowApiColorOverride())
+		{
+			DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.EventParam eventParam = ColorOverrideEventParamGetter.get();
+			eventParam.update(
+				this.clientLevelWrapper,
+				this.blockStateWrapper, returnColor,
+				blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ()
+			);
+			ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBlockColorOverrideEvent.class, eventParam);
+			
+			// let the API user override this color
+			returnColor = eventParam.getColorAsInt();
+		}
+		
+		return returnColor;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -565,6 +680,7 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 	//================//
 	// helper classes //
 	//================//
+	//region
 	
 	private enum EColorMode
 	{
@@ -596,6 +712,8 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		}
 	}
 	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
 	
 }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper.java

@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
 
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 #elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 #else
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.SpriteContents;
 #endif
 

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/TintGetterOverride.java

@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ public class TintGetterOverride extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	// methods //
 	//=========//
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	@Override
 	public float getShade(Direction direction, boolean bl) { return this.parent.getShade(direction, bl); }
+	#endif
 	
 	@Override
 	public LevelLightEngine getLightEngine() { return this.parent.getLightEngine(); }
@@ -175,6 +177,13 @@ public class TintGetterOverride extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getSectionYFromSectionIndex(int i) { return this.parent.getSectionYFromSectionIndex(i); }
+	#endif
+	
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+	#else
+	@Override
+	public CardinalLighting cardinalLighting() { return CardinalLighting.DEFAULT; }
     #endif
 	
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/TintWithoutLevelOverrider.java

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
 
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dataObjects.fullData.sources.FullDataSourceV2;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
@@ -30,6 +28,12 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.lighting.LevelLightEngine;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FluidState;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+#else
+import net.minecraft.world.level.CardinalLighting;
+#endif
+
+
 public class TintWithoutLevelOverrider extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 {
 	
@@ -46,9 +50,12 @@ public class TintWithoutLevelOverrider extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	// methods //
 	//=========//
 	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	@Override
 	public float getShade(Direction direction, boolean shade)
 	{ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ERROR: getShade() called on TintWithoutLevelOverrider. Object is for tinting only."); }
+	#endif
+	
 	@Override
 	public LevelLightEngine getLightEngine()
 	{ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ERROR: getLightEngine() called on TintWithoutLevelOverrider. Object is for tinting only."); }
@@ -87,4 +94,18 @@ public class TintWithoutLevelOverrider extends AbstractDhTintGetter
 	
 	#endif
 	
+	
+	//=================//
+	// post MC 1.21.11 //
+	//=================//
+	
+	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+	#else
+	@Override 
+	public CardinalLighting cardinalLighting()
+	{ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ERROR: cardinalLighting() called on TintWithoutLevelOverrider. Object is for tinting only."); }
+	#endif
+	
+	
+	
 }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/chunk/ChunkWrapper.java

@@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	{
 		this.chunk = chunk;
 		this.wrappedLevel = wrappedLevel;
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		this.chunkPos = new DhChunkPos(chunk.getPos().x, chunk.getPos().z);
+		#else
+		this.chunkPos = new DhChunkPos(chunk.getPos().x(), chunk.getPos().z());
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/DhDebugScreenEntry.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_21_9
 // not supported for older MC versions
 #else
+
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.f3.F3Screen;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunk;
 
 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 #endif
 
 #endif
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ public class DhDebugScreenEntry implements net.minecraft.client.gui.components.d
 {
 	public static void register()
 	{
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		// This method is private, so its access will need to be widened
 		DebugScreenEntries.register(
 				// The id, this will be displayed on the options screen
@@ -44,6 +48,23 @@ public class DhDebugScreenEntry implements net.minecraft.client.gui.components.d
 				// The screen entry
 				new DhDebugScreenEntry()
 		);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		DebugScreenEntries.allEntries().put(
+			// The id, this will be displayed on the options screen
+			Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, "distant_horizons"),
+
+			// The screen entry
+			new DhDebugScreenEntry()
+		);
+		#else
+		DebugScreenEntries.register(
+			// The id, this will be displayed on the options screen
+			ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE,
+			
+			// The screen entry
+			new DhDebugScreenEntry()
+		);
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -58,6 +79,8 @@ public class DhDebugScreenEntry implements net.minecraft.client.gui.components.d
 			displayer.addLine(message);
 		}
 		
+		//region
+		
 		//// The following will display like so if it is the only entry on the screen:
 		//// First left!                                                First Right!
 		//// 
@@ -86,6 +109,8 @@ public class DhDebugScreenEntry implements net.minecraft.client.gui.components.d
 		//
 		//displayer.addToGroup(GROUP_TWO, "I am another group!");
 		//displayer.addToGroup(GROUP_TWO, "This will appear after with no line breaks!");
+		
+		//endregion
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -94,5 +119,8 @@ public class DhDebugScreenEntry implements net.minecraft.client.gui.components.d
 		// Always show regardless of accessibility option
 		return true;
 	}
+	
+	
+	
 }
 #endif

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/DhScreen.java

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.Font;
-#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
-#else
-import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
-#endif
+
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 
+#if 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;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+#endif
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class DhScreen extends Screen
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ public class DhScreen extends Screen
 	{
 		guiStack.renderTooltip(font, text, x, y);
 	}
-	#else
+	#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	protected void DhDrawCenteredString(GuiGraphics guiStack, Font font, Component text, int x, int y, int color)
 	{
 		guiStack.drawCenteredString(font, text, x, y, color);
@@ -82,10 +86,6 @@ public class DhScreen extends Screen
 	{
 		guiStack.drawString(font, text, x, y, color);
 	}
-	//protected void DhRenderTooltip(GuiGraphics guiStack, Font font, List<? extends net.minecraft.util.FormattedCharSequence> text, int x, int y)
-	//{
-	//	//guiStack.renderTooltip(font, text, x, y);
-	//}
 	protected void DhRenderComponentTooltip(GuiGraphics guiStack, Font font, List<Component> comp, int x, int y)
 	{
 		guiStack.setComponentTooltipForNextFrame(font, comp, x, y);
@@ -94,6 +94,23 @@ public class DhScreen extends Screen
 	{
 		guiStack.setTooltipForNextFrame(font, text, x, y);
 	}
+	#else
+	protected void DhDrawCenteredString(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiStack, Font font, Component text, int x, int y, int color)
+	{
+		guiStack.centeredText(font, text, x, y, color);
+	}
+	protected void DhDrawString(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiStack, Font font, Component text, int x, int y, int color)
+	{
+		guiStack.text(font, text, x, y, color);
+	}
+	protected void DhRenderComponentTooltip(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiStack, Font font, List<Component> comp, int x, int y)
+	{
+		guiStack.setComponentTooltipForNextFrame(font, comp, x, y);
+	}
+	protected void DhRenderTooltip(GuiGraphicsExtractor guiStack, Font font, Component text, int x, int y)
+	{
+		guiStack.setTooltipForNextFrame(font, text, x, y);
+	}
     #endif
 	
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/GetConfigScreen.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig.ClassicConfigGUI;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/MinecraftScreen.java

@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
 
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.Window;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+
+
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.gui.AbstractScreen;
+
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
-import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
-#endif
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.ContainerObjectSelectionList;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
+
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+#if 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;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+#endif
+
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -74,8 +82,10 @@ public class MinecraftScreen
 		@Override
         #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 		public void render(PoseStack matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
-        #else
+        #elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+        #else
+		public void extractRenderState(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
         #endif
 		{
 			#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
@@ -86,13 +96,21 @@ public class MinecraftScreen
 			// background blur is already being rendered, rendering again causes the game to crash
 			#endif
 			
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 			this.configListWidget.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Renders the items in the render list (currently only used to tint background darker)
-			
+			#else
+			this.configListWidget.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Renders the items in the render list (currently only used to tint background darker)
+			#endif
+		    
 			this.screen.mouseX = mouseX;
 			this.screen.mouseY = mouseY;
 			this.screen.render(delta); // Render everything on the main screen
 			
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 			super.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the vanilla stuff (currently only used for the background and tint)
+			#else
+			super.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Renders the items in the render list (currently only used to tint background darker)
+			#endif
 		}
 		
 		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/NativeDialogUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui;
+
+import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
+
+/**
+ * Should be used instead of the direct call to {@link TinyFileDialogs}
+ * so we can run additional validation and/or string cleanup.
+ * Otherwise, we may get error messages back. <br><br>
+ * 
+ * source:
+ * https://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyfiledialogs/
+ * 
+ * @see TinyFileDialogs
+ */
+public class NativeDialogUtil
+{
+	/**
+	 * @param dialogType    the dialog type. One of:<br><table><tr><td>"ok"</td><td>"okcancel"</td><td>"yesno"</td><td>"yesnocancel"</td></tr></table>
+	 * @param iconType      the icon type. One of:<br><table><tr><td>"info"</td><td>"warning"</td><td>"error"</td><td>"question"</td></tr></table>
+	 */
+	public static void showDialog(String title, String message, String dialogType, String iconType)
+	{
+		// Tinyfd doesn't support the following characters, attempting to display them will cause the message
+		// to be replaced with an error message
+		String unsafeCharsRegex = "['\"`]";
+		
+		title = title.replaceAll(unsafeCharsRegex, "");
+		message = message.replaceAll(unsafeCharsRegex, "");
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(title, message, dialogType, iconType, false);
+		#else
+		// https://mfbridge.github.io/tinyfiledialogs/reference/messageBox.html
+		TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(title, message, dialogType, iconType, 1 /* ok/yes */);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/TexturedButtonWidget.java

@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines;
-#else
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines;
 #endif
 
 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
@@ -63,8 +66,10 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
  * @version 2023-10-03
  */
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // we use a few deprecated Mojang functions (as expected when running on old MC versions)
 public class TexturedButtonWidget extends ImageButton
 #else
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // we use a few deprecated Mojang functions (as expected when running on old MC versions)
 public class TexturedButtonWidget extends Button
 #endif
 {
@@ -194,9 +199,12 @@ public class TexturedButtonWidget extends Button
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_11
 	@Override
 	public void renderWidget(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	@Override 
 	protected void renderContents(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+		#else
+	@Override
+	protected void extractContents(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
 		#endif
 	{
 		if (this.renderBackground)

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/classicConfig/ClassicConfigGUI.java

@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.*;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.EConfigCommentTextPosition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.IConfigGui;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.Font;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.AbstractWidget;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.ContainerObjectSelectionList;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.events.GuiEventListener;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiComponent;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+#endif
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.narration.NarratableEntry;
+#endif
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+#else
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+#endif
+
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GuiHelper.*;
+
+
+/*
+ * Based upon TinyConfig but is highly modified
+ * https://github.com/Minenash/TinyConfig
+ *
+ * @author coolGi
+ * @author Motschen
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 5-21-2022
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class ClassicConfigGUI
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	public static final DhLogger RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder()
+			.maxCountPerSecond(1)
+			.build();
+	
+	public static final ConfigCoreInterface CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE = new ConfigCoreInterface();
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// Initializers //
+	//==============//
+	
+	// Some regexes to check if an input is valid
+	public static final Pattern INTEGER_ONLY_REGEX = Pattern.compile("(-?[0-9]*)");
+	public static final Pattern DECIMAL_ONLY_REGEX = Pattern.compile("-?([\\d]+\\.?[\\d]*|[\\d]*\\.?[\\d]+|\\.)");
+	
+	public static class ConfigScreenConfigs
+	{
+		// This contains all the configs for the configs
+		public static final int SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN = 10;
+		public static final int SPACE_BETWEEN_TEXT_AND_OPTION_FIELD = 8;
+		public static final int BUTTON_WIDTH_SPACING = 5;
+		public static final int RESET_BUTTON_WIDTH = 60;
+		public static final int RESET_BUTTON_HEIGHT = 20;
+		public static final int OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH = 150;
+		public static final int OPTION_FIELD_HEIGHT = 20;
+		public static final int CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH = 200;
+		public static final int CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT = 20;
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//==============//
+	// GUI handling //
+	//==============//
+	
+	/** if you want to get this config gui's screen call this */
+	public static Screen getScreen(Screen parent, String category)
+	{ return new DhConfigScreen(parent, category); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	
+	public static class ConfigListWidget extends ContainerObjectSelectionList<DhButtonEntry>
+	{
+		Font textRenderer;
+		
+		public ConfigListWidget(Minecraft minecraftClient, int canvasWidth, int canvasHeight, int topMargin, int botMargin, int itemSpacing)
+		{
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_4
+			super(minecraftClient, canvasWidth, canvasHeight, topMargin, canvasHeight - botMargin, itemSpacing);
+			#else
+			super(minecraftClient, canvasWidth, canvasHeight - (topMargin + botMargin), topMargin, itemSpacing);
+			#endif
+			
+			this.centerListVertically = false;
+			this.textRenderer = minecraftClient.font;
+		}
+		
+		public void addButton(DhConfigScreen gui, AbstractConfigBase dhConfigType, AbstractWidget button, AbstractWidget resetButton, AbstractWidget indexButton, Component text)
+		{ this.addEntry(new DhButtonEntry(gui, dhConfigType, button, text, resetButton, indexButton)); }
+		
+		@Override
+		public int getRowWidth() { return 10_000; }
+		
+		public AbstractWidget getHoveredButton(double mouseX, double mouseY)
+		{
+			for (DhButtonEntry buttonEntry : this.children())
+			{
+				AbstractWidget button = buttonEntry.button;
+				if (button != null 
+					&& button.visible)
+				{
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+					double minX = button.x;
+					double minY = button.y;
+					#else
+					double minX = button.getX();
+					double minY = button.getY();
+					#endif
+					
+					double maxX = minX + button.getWidth();
+					double maxY = minY + button.getHeight();
+					
+					if (mouseX >= minX && mouseX < maxX
+						&& mouseY >= minY && mouseY < maxY)
+					{
+						return button;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static class DhButtonEntry extends ContainerObjectSelectionList.Entry<DhButtonEntry>
+	{
+		private static final Font textRenderer = Minecraft.getInstance().font;
+		
+		private final AbstractWidget button;
+		
+		private final DhConfigScreen gui;
+		
+		private final AbstractWidget resetButton;
+		private final AbstractWidget indexButton;
+		private final Component text;
+		private final List<AbstractWidget> children = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		@NotNull
+		private final EConfigCommentTextPosition textPosition;
+		public final AbstractConfigBase dhConfigType;
+		
+		public static final Map<AbstractWidget, Component> TEXT_BY_WIDGET = new HashMap<>();
+		public static final Map<AbstractWidget, DhButtonEntry> BUTTON_BY_WIDGET = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		
+		
+		public DhButtonEntry(
+			DhConfigScreen gui, AbstractConfigBase dhConfigType, 
+				AbstractWidget button, Component text, AbstractWidget resetButton, AbstractWidget indexButton)
+		{
+			TEXT_BY_WIDGET.put(button, text);
+			BUTTON_BY_WIDGET.put(button, this);
+			
+			this.gui = gui;
+			this.dhConfigType = dhConfigType;
+			
+			this.button = button;
+			this.resetButton = resetButton;
+			this.text = text;
+			this.indexButton = indexButton;
+			
+			if (button != null) { this.children.add(button); }
+			if (resetButton != null) { this.children.add(resetButton); }
+			if (indexButton != null) { this.children.add(indexButton); }
+			
+			
+			EConfigCommentTextPosition textPosition = null;
+			if (this.dhConfigType instanceof ConfigUIComment)
+			{
+				textPosition = ((ConfigUIComment)this.dhConfigType).textPosition;
+			}
+			
+			if (textPosition == null)
+			{
+				if (this.button != null)
+				{
+					// if a button is present
+					textPosition = EConfigCommentTextPosition.RIGHT_JUSTIFIED;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					textPosition = EConfigCommentTextPosition.CENTERED_OVER_BUTTONS;
+				}
+			}
+			this.textPosition = textPosition;
+			
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		@Override
+        #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+		public void render(PoseStack matrices, int index, int y, int x, int entryWidth, int entryHeight, int mouseX, int mouseY, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
+        #elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_9
+		public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int index, int y, int x, int entryWidth, int entryHeight, int mouseX, int mouseY, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		public void renderContent(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
+		#else
+		public void extractContent(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
+		#endif
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				// setting the "y" variable is necessary so each child item
+				// renders at the correct height,
+				// if not set they will render off-screen.
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_9
+				// Y value passed in from method args
+				#else
+				int y = this.getY();
+				#endif
+				
+				
+				
+				if (this.button != null)
+				{
+					SetY(this.button, y);
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+					this.button.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#else
+					this.button.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#endif
+				}
+				
+				if (this.resetButton != null)
+				{
+					SetY(this.resetButton, y);
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+					this.resetButton.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#else
+					this.resetButton.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#endif
+				}
+				
+				if (this.indexButton != null)
+				{
+					SetY(this.indexButton, y);
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+					this.indexButton.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#else
+					this.indexButton.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, tickDelta);
+					#endif
+				}
+				
+				if (this.text != null)
+				{
+					int translatedLength = textRenderer.width(this.text);
+					
+					int textXPos;
+					if (this.textPosition == EConfigCommentTextPosition.RIGHT_JUSTIFIED)
+					{
+						// text right justified aligned against the buttons
+						textXPos = this.gui.width
+								- translatedLength
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_BETWEEN_TEXT_AND_OPTION_FIELD
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.BUTTON_WIDTH_SPACING
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.RESET_BUTTON_WIDTH;
+					}
+					else if (this.textPosition == EConfigCommentTextPosition.CENTERED_OVER_BUTTONS)
+					{
+						// have button centered relative to a category button
+						textXPos = this.gui.width
+								- (translatedLength / 2)
+								- (ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH / 2)
+								- ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN;
+					}
+					else if (this.textPosition == EConfigCommentTextPosition.CENTER_OF_SCREEN)
+					{
+						// have button centered in the screen
+						textXPos = (this.gui.width / 2)
+								- (translatedLength / 2);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No text position render defined for [" + this.textPosition + "]");
+					}
+				
+				
+                #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+				GuiComponent.drawString(matrices, textRenderer, 
+					this.text, 
+					textXPos, y + 5, 
+					0xFFFFFF);
+				#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+					matrices.drawString(textRenderer,
+							this.text,
+							textXPos, y + 5,
+							0xFFFFFF);
+				#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+				matrices.drawString(textRenderer, 
+						this.text,
+						textXPos, y + 5, 
+						0xFFFFFFFF);
+				#else
+				matrices.text(textRenderer, 
+						this.text,
+						textXPos, y + 5, 
+						0xFFFFFFFF);
+				#endif
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				// should prevent crashing the game if there's an issue
+				RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER.error("Unexpected gui rendering issue: ["+e.getMessage()+"]", e);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public @NotNull List<? extends GuiEventListener> children()
+		{ return this.children; }
+		
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+		@Override
+		public @NotNull List<? extends NarratableEntry> narratables()
+		{ return this.children; }
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// event handling //
+	//================//
+	
+	public static class ConfigCoreInterface implements IConfigGui
+	{
+		/**
+		 * in the future it would be good to pass in the current page and other variables, 
+		 * but for now just knowing when the page is closed is good enough 
+		 */
+		public final ArrayList<Runnable> onScreenChangeListenerList = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		
+		
+		@Override
+		public void addOnScreenChangeListener(Runnable newListener) { this.onScreenChangeListenerList.add(newListener); }
+		@Override
+		public void removeOnScreenChangeListener(Runnable oldListener) { this.onScreenChangeListenerList.remove(oldListener); }
+		
+	}
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/classicConfig/DhConfigScreen.java

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+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.classicConfig;
+
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.DisallowSelectingViaConfigGui;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.DhScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.TexturedButtonWidget;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.config.ConfigGuiInfo;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.updater.ChangelogScreen;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.EConfigCommentTextPosition;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.enums.EConfigValidity;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.updater.SelfUpdater;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.AnnotationUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.IConfigGui;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.ILangWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import net.minecraft.ChatFormatting;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.Font;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.AbstractWidget;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.ContainerObjectSelectionList;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.EditBox;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.events.GuiEventListener;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiComponent;
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+#endif
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.narration.NarratableEntry;
+#endif
+
+#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+#endif
+
+import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.InputConstants;
+
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GuiHelper.*;
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GuiHelper.Translatable;
+
+class DhConfigScreen extends DhScreen
+{
+	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
+	private static final ILangWrapper LANG_WRAPPER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(ILangWrapper.class);
+	
+	private static final String TRANSLATION_PREFIX = ModInfo.ID + ".config.";
+	
+	private static final MinecraftClientWrapper MC_CLIENT = MinecraftClientWrapper.INSTANCE;
+	
+	
+	private final Screen parent;
+	private final String category;
+	private ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigListWidget configListWidget;
+	private boolean reload = false;
+	
+	private Button doneButton;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	protected DhConfigScreen(Screen parent, String category)
+	{
+		super(Translatable(
+			LANG_WRAPPER.langExists(ModInfo.ID + ".config" + (category.isEmpty() ? "." + category : "") + ".title") ?
+				ModInfo.ID + ".config.title" :
+				ModInfo.ID + ".config" + (category.isEmpty() ? "" : "." + category) + ".title")
+		);
+		this.parent = parent;
+		this.category = category;
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void tick() { super.tick(); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// menu UI creation //
+	//==================//
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void init()
+	{
+		super.init();
+		if (!this.reload)
+		{
+			ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.loadFromFile();
+		}
+		
+		// Changelog button
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.enableAutoUpdater.get()
+			// we only have changelogs for stable builds		
+			&& !ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
+		{
+			this.addBtn(new TexturedButtonWidget(
+				// Where the button is on the screen
+				this.width - 28, this.height - 28,
+				// Width and height of the button
+				20, 20,
+				// texture UV Offset
+				0, 0,
+				// Some texture stuff
+				0, 
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
+				new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
+				#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
+				ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
+				#else
+				Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
+				#endif
+				20, 20,
+				// Create the button and tell it where to go
+				(buttonWidget) -> {
+					ChangelogScreen changelogScreen = new ChangelogScreen(this);
+					if (changelogScreen.usable)
+					{
+						Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(changelogScreen);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						LOGGER.warn("Changelog was not able to open");
+					}
+				},
+				// Add a title to the button
+				Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.title")
+			));
+		}
+		
+		
+		// back button
+		this.addBtn(MakeBtn(Translatable("distanthorizons.general.back"),
+			(this.width / 2) - 154, this.height - 28,
+			ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_HEIGHT,
+			(button) ->
+			{
+				ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.loadFromFile();
+				Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(this.parent);
+			}));
+		
+		// done/close button
+		this.doneButton = this.addBtn(
+			MakeBtn(Translatable("distanthorizons.general.done"),
+				(this.width / 2) + 4, this.height - 28,
+				ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_HEIGHT,
+				(button) ->
+				{
+					ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.saveToFile();
+					Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(this.parent);
+				}));
+		
+		this.configListWidget = new ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigListWidget(this.minecraft, this.width * 2, this.height, 32, 32, 25);
+		
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 // no background is rendered in MC 1.20.6+
+		if (this.minecraft != null && this.minecraft.level != null)
+		{
+			this.configListWidget.setRenderBackground(false);
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		this.addWidget(this.configListWidget);
+		
+		for (AbstractConfigBase<?> configEntry : ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configBaseList)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				if (configEntry.getCategory().matches(this.category)
+					&& configEntry.getAppearance().showInGui)
+				{
+					this.addMenuItem(configEntry);
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				String message = "ERROR: Failed to show [" + configEntry.getNameAndCategory() + "], error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]";
+				if (configEntry.get() != null)
+				{
+					message += " with the value [" + configEntry.get() + "] with type [" + configEntry.getType() + "]";
+				}
+				
+				LOGGER.error(message, e);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		ClassicConfigGUI.CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach((listener) -> listener.run());
+	}
+	private void addMenuItem(AbstractConfigBase<?> configEntry)
+	{
+		trySetupConfigEntry(configEntry);
+		
+		if (this.tryCreateInputField(configEntry)) return;
+		if (this.tryCreateCategoryButton(configEntry)) return;
+		if (this.tryCreateButton(configEntry)) return;
+		if (this.tryCreateComment(configEntry)) return;
+		if (this.tryCreateSpacer(configEntry)) return;
+		if (this.tryCreateLinkedEntry(configEntry)) return;
+		
+		LOGGER.warn("Config [" + configEntry.getNameAndCategory() + "] failed to show. Please try something like changing its type.");
+	}
+	
+	private static void trySetupConfigEntry(AbstractConfigBase<?> configMenuOption)
+	{
+		configMenuOption.guiValue = new ConfigGuiInfo();
+		Class<?> configValueClass = configMenuOption.getType();
+		
+		if (configMenuOption instanceof ConfigEntry)
+		{
+			ConfigEntry<?> configEntry = (ConfigEntry<?>) configMenuOption;
+			
+			if (configValueClass == Integer.class)
+			{
+				setupTextMenuOption(configEntry, Integer::parseInt, ClassicConfigGUI.INTEGER_ONLY_REGEX, true);
+			}
+			else if (configValueClass == Double.class)
+			{
+				setupTextMenuOption(configEntry, Double::parseDouble, ClassicConfigGUI.DECIMAL_ONLY_REGEX, false);
+			}
+			else if (configValueClass == Float.class)
+			{
+				setupTextMenuOption(configEntry, Float::parseFloat, ClassicConfigGUI.DECIMAL_ONLY_REGEX, false);
+			}
+			else if (configValueClass == String.class || configValueClass == List.class)
+			{
+				// For string or list
+				setupTextMenuOption(configEntry, String::length, null, true);
+			}
+			else if (configValueClass == Boolean.class)
+			{
+				ConfigEntry<Boolean> booleanConfigEntry = (ConfigEntry<Boolean>) configEntry;
+				setupBooleanMenuOption(booleanConfigEntry);
+			}
+			else if (configValueClass.isEnum())
+			{
+				ConfigEntry<Enum<?>> enumConfigEntry = (ConfigEntry<Enum<?>>) configEntry;
+				Class<? extends Enum<?>> configEnumClass = (Class<? extends Enum<?>>) configValueClass;
+				setupEnumMenuOption(enumConfigEntry, configEnumClass);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				LOGGER.error("No definition for config with type: [" + configValueClass.getName() + "], for config: [" + configMenuOption.name + "].");
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	private static void setupTextMenuOption(AbstractConfigBase<?> configMenuOption, Function<String, Number> parsingFunc, @Nullable Pattern pattern, boolean cast)
+	{
+		final ConfigGuiInfo configGuiInfo = ((ConfigGuiInfo) configMenuOption.guiValue);
+		
+		configGuiInfo.tooltipFunction =
+			(editBox, button) ->
+				(stringValue) ->
+				{
+					boolean isNumber = (pattern != null);
+					
+					stringValue = stringValue.trim();
+					if (!(stringValue.isEmpty() || !isNumber || pattern.matcher(stringValue).matches()))
+					{
+						return false;
+					}
+					
+					
+					Number numberValue = configMenuOption.typeIsFloatingPointNumber() ? 0.0 : 0; // different default values are needed so implicit casting works correctly (if not done casting from 0 (an int) to a double will cause an exception)
+					configGuiInfo.errorMessage = null;
+					if (isNumber
+						&& !stringValue.isEmpty()
+						&& !stringValue.equals("-")
+						&& !stringValue.equals("."))
+					{
+						ConfigEntry<Number> numberConfigEntry = (ConfigEntry<Number>) configMenuOption;
+						
+						try
+						{
+							numberValue = parsingFunc.apply(stringValue);
+						}
+						catch (Exception e)
+						{
+							numberValue = null;
+						}
+						
+						EConfigValidity validity = numberConfigEntry.getValidity(numberValue);
+						switch (validity)
+						{
+							case VALID:
+								configGuiInfo.errorMessage = null;
+								break;
+							case NUMBER_TOO_LOW:
+								configGuiInfo.errorMessage = TextOrTranslatable("§cMinimum length is " + numberConfigEntry.getMin());
+								break;
+							case NUMBER_TOO_HIGH:
+								configGuiInfo.errorMessage = TextOrTranslatable("§cMaximum length is " + numberConfigEntry.getMax());
+								break;
+							case INVALID:
+								configGuiInfo.errorMessage = TextOrTranslatable("§cValue is invalid");
+								break;
+						}
+					}
+					
+					editBox.setTextColor(((ConfigEntry<Number>) configMenuOption).getValidity(numberValue) == EConfigValidity.VALID ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0xFFFF7777); // white and red
+					
+					
+					if (configMenuOption.getType() == String.class
+						|| configMenuOption.getType() == List.class)
+					{
+						((ConfigEntry<String>) configMenuOption).uiSetWithoutSaving(stringValue);
+					}
+					else if (((ConfigEntry<Number>) configMenuOption).getValidity(numberValue) == EConfigValidity.VALID)
+					{
+						if (!cast)
+						{
+							((ConfigEntry<Number>) configMenuOption).uiSetWithoutSaving(numberValue);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							((ConfigEntry<Number>) configMenuOption).uiSetWithoutSaving(numberValue != null ? numberValue.intValue() : 0);
+						}
+					}
+					
+					return true;
+				};
+	}
+	private static void setupBooleanMenuOption(ConfigEntry<Boolean> booleanConfigEntry)
+	{
+		// For boolean
+		Function<Object, Component> func = value -> Translatable("distanthorizons.general." + ((Boolean) value ? "true" : "false")).withStyle((Boolean) value ? ChatFormatting.GREEN : ChatFormatting.RED);
+		
+		final ConfigGuiInfo configGuiInfo = ((ConfigGuiInfo) booleanConfigEntry.guiValue);
+		
+		configGuiInfo.buttonOptionMap =
+			new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<Button.OnPress, Function<Object, Component>>(
+				(button) ->
+				{
+					button.active = !booleanConfigEntry.apiIsOverriding();
+					
+					booleanConfigEntry.uiSetWithoutSaving(!booleanConfigEntry.get());
+					button.setMessage(func.apply(booleanConfigEntry.get()));
+				}, func);
+	}
+	private static void setupEnumMenuOption(ConfigEntry<Enum<?>> enumConfigEntry, Class<? extends Enum<?>> enumClass)
+	{
+		List<Enum<?>> enumList = Arrays.asList(enumClass.getEnumConstants());
+		
+		final ConfigGuiInfo configGuiInfo = ((ConfigGuiInfo) enumConfigEntry.guiValue);
+		
+		Function<Object, Component> getEnumTranslatableFunc = (value) -> Translatable(TRANSLATION_PREFIX + "enum." + enumClass.getSimpleName() + "." + enumConfigEntry.get().toString());
+		configGuiInfo.buttonOptionMap =
+			new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<Button.OnPress, Function<Object, Component>>(
+				(button) ->
+				{
+					// get the currently selected enum and enum index
+					int startingIndex = enumList.indexOf(enumConfigEntry.get());
+					Enum<?> enumValue = enumList.get(startingIndex);
+					
+					boolean shiftPressed =
+						InputConstants.isKeyDown(MC_CLIENT.getGlfwWindowId(), GLFW.GLFW_KEY_LEFT_SHIFT)
+							|| InputConstants.isKeyDown(MC_CLIENT.getGlfwWindowId(), GLFW.GLFW_KEY_RIGHT_SHIFT);
+					
+					
+					
+					// move forward or backwards depending on if the shift key is pressed
+					int index = shiftPressed ? startingIndex - 1 : startingIndex + 1;
+					
+					// wrap around to the other side of the array when necessary
+					if (index >= enumList.size())
+					{
+						index = 0;
+					}
+					else if (index < 0)
+					{
+						index = enumList.size() - 1;
+					}
+					
+					
+					// walk through the enums to find the next selectable one
+					while (index != startingIndex)
+					{
+						enumValue = enumList.get(index);
+						if (!AnnotationUtil.doesEnumHaveAnnotation(enumValue, DisallowSelectingViaConfigGui.class))
+						{
+							// this enum shouldn't be selectable via the UI,
+							// skip it
+							break;
+						}
+						
+						// move forward or backwards depending on if the shift key is pressed
+						index = shiftPressed ? index - 1 : index + 1;
+						
+						// wrap around to the other side of the array when necessary
+						if (index >= enumList.size())
+						{
+							index = 0;
+						}
+						else if (index < 0)
+						{
+							index = enumList.size() - 1;
+						}
+					}
+					
+					
+					if (index == startingIndex)
+					{
+						// one of the enums should be selectable, this is a programmer error
+						enumValue = enumList.get(startingIndex);
+						LOGGER.warn("Enum [" + enumValue.getClass() + "] doesn't contain any values that should be selectable via the UI, sticking to the currently selected value [" + enumValue + "].");
+					}
+					
+					
+					enumConfigEntry.uiSetWithoutSaving(enumValue);
+					
+					button.active = !enumConfigEntry.apiIsOverriding();
+					
+					button.setMessage(getEnumTranslatableFunc.apply(enumConfigEntry.get()));
+				}, getEnumTranslatableFunc);
+	}
+	
+	private boolean tryCreateInputField(AbstractConfigBase<?> configBase)
+	{
+		final ConfigGuiInfo configGuiInfo = ((ConfigGuiInfo) configBase.guiValue);
+		
+		if (configBase instanceof ConfigEntry)
+		{
+			ConfigEntry configEntry = (ConfigEntry) configBase;
+			
+			
+			//==============//
+			// reset button //
+			//==============//
+			
+			Button.OnPress btnAction = (button) ->
+			{
+				configEntry.uiSetWithoutSaving(configEntry.getDefaultValue());
+				this.reload = true;
+				Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(this);
+			};
+			
+			int resetButtonPosX = this.width
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.RESET_BUTTON_WIDTH
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN;
+			int resetButtonPosZ = 0;
+			
+			Button resetButton = MakeBtn(
+				Translatable("distanthorizons.general.reset").withStyle(ChatFormatting.RED),
+				resetButtonPosX, resetButtonPosZ,
+				ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.RESET_BUTTON_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.RESET_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
+				btnAction);
+			
+			if (configEntry.apiIsOverriding())
+			{
+				resetButton.active = false;
+				resetButton.setMessage(Translatable("distanthorizons.general.apiOverride").withStyle(ChatFormatting.DARK_GRAY));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				resetButton.active = true;
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+			//==============//
+			// option field //
+			//==============//
+			
+			Component textComponent = this.GetTranslatableTextComponentForConfig(configEntry);
+			
+			int optionFieldPosX = this.width
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.RESET_BUTTON_WIDTH
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.BUTTON_WIDTH_SPACING
+				- ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH;
+			int optionFieldPosZ = 0;
+			
+			if (configGuiInfo.buttonOptionMap != null)
+			{
+				// enum/multi option input button
+				
+				Map.Entry<Button.OnPress, Function<Object, Component>> widget = configGuiInfo.buttonOptionMap;
+				if (configEntry.getType().isEnum())
+				{
+					widget.setValue((value) -> Translatable(TRANSLATION_PREFIX + "enum." + configEntry.getType().getSimpleName() + "." + configEntry.get().toString()));
+				}
+				
+				Button button = MakeBtn(
+					widget.getValue().apply(configEntry.get()),
+					optionFieldPosX, optionFieldPosZ,
+					ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
+					widget.getKey());
+				
+				// deactivate the button if the API is overriding it
+				button.active = !configEntry.apiIsOverriding();
+				
+				
+				this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configEntry,
+					button,
+					resetButton,
+					null,
+					textComponent);
+				
+				return true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// text box input
+				
+				EditBox widget = new EditBox(this.font,
+					optionFieldPosX, optionFieldPosZ,
+					ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH - 4, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
+					Translatable(""));
+				widget.setMaxLength(3_000_000); // hopefully 3 million characters should be enough for any normal use-case, lol
+				widget.insertText(String.valueOf(configEntry.get()));
+				
+				Predicate<String> processor = configGuiInfo.tooltipFunction.apply(widget, this.doneButton);
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+				widget.setFilter(processor);
+				#else
+				widget.setResponder(processor::test);
+				#endif
+				
+				this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configEntry, widget, resetButton, null, textComponent);
+				
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	private boolean tryCreateCategoryButton(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{
+		if (configType instanceof ConfigCategory)
+		{
+			ConfigCategory configCategory = (ConfigCategory) configType;
+			
+			Component textComponent = this.GetTranslatableTextComponentForConfig(configCategory);
+			
+			int categoryPosX = this.width - ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH - ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN;
+			int categoryPosZ = this.height - ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT; // Note: the posZ value here seems to be ignored
+			
+			Button widget = MakeBtn(textComponent,
+				categoryPosX, categoryPosZ,
+				ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
+				((button) ->
+				{
+					ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.saveToFile();
+					Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(ClassicConfigGUI.getScreen(this, configCategory.getDestination()));
+				}));
+			this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configType, widget, null, null, null);
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	private boolean tryCreateButton(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{
+		if (configType instanceof ConfigUIButton)
+		{
+			ConfigUIButton configUiButton = (ConfigUIButton) configType;
+			
+			Component textComponent = this.GetTranslatableTextComponentForConfig(configUiButton);
+			
+			int buttonPosX = this.width - ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH - ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.SPACE_FROM_RIGHT_SCREEN;
+			
+			Button widget = MakeBtn(textComponent,
+				buttonPosX, this.height - 28,
+				ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_WIDTH, ClassicConfigGUI.ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
+				(button) -> ((ConfigUIButton) configType).runAction());
+			this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configType, widget, null, null, null);
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	private boolean tryCreateComment(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{
+		if (configType instanceof ConfigUIComment)
+		{
+			ConfigUIComment configUiComment = (ConfigUIComment) configType;
+			
+			Component textComponent = this.GetTranslatableTextComponentForConfig(configUiComment);
+			if (configUiComment.parentConfigPath != null)
+			{
+				textComponent = Translatable(TRANSLATION_PREFIX + configUiComment.parentConfigPath);
+			}
+			
+			this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configType, null, null, null, textComponent);
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	private boolean tryCreateSpacer(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{
+		if (configType instanceof ConfigUISpacer)
+		{
+			Button spacerButton = MakeBtn(Translatable("distanthorizons.general.spacer"),
+				10, 10, // having too small of a size causes division by 0 errors in older MC versions (IE 1.20.1)
+				1, 1,
+				(button) -> { });
+			
+			spacerButton.visible = false;
+			this.configListWidget.addButton(this, configType, spacerButton, null, null, null);
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	private boolean tryCreateLinkedEntry(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{
+		if (configType instanceof ConfigUiLinkedEntry)
+		{
+			this.addMenuItem(((ConfigUiLinkedEntry) configType).get());
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	private Component GetTranslatableTextComponentForConfig(AbstractConfigBase<?> configType)
+	{ return Translatable(TRANSLATION_PREFIX + configType.getNameAndCategory()); }
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// rendering //
+	//===========//
+	
+	@Override
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+	public void render(PoseStack matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+	public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+#else
+	public void extractRenderState(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+	#endif
+	{
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2 // 1.20.2 now enables this by default in the `this.list.render` function
+		this.renderBackground(matrices);
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		super.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#else
+		super.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#endif
+		
+		// Render buttons
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		this.configListWidget.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#else
+		this.configListWidget.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		// Render config title
+		this.DhDrawCenteredString(matrices, this.font, this.title,
+			this.width / 2, 15, 
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+			0xFFFFFF // RGB white
+				#else 
+				0xFFFFFFFF // ARGB white
+				#endif );
+		
+		
+		// render DH version
+		this.DhDrawString(matrices, this.font, TextOrLiteral(ModInfo.VERSION), 2, this.height - 10, 
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+			0xAAAAAA // RGB white
+				#else
+				0xFFAAAAAA // ARGB white
+				#endif );
+		
+		// If the update is pending, display this message to inform the user that it will apply when the game restarts
+		if (SelfUpdater.deleteOldJarOnJvmShutdown)
+		{
+			this.DhDrawString(matrices, this.font, Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.waitingForClose"), 4, this.height - 42, 
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_6
+				0xFFFFFF // RGB white
+					#else
+					0xFFFFFFFF // ARGB white
+					#endif );
+		}
+		
+		
+		this.renderTooltip(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
+		super.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+	private void renderTooltip(PoseStack matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+	#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+	private void renderTooltip(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+#else
+	private void renderTooltip(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+	#endif
+	{
+		AbstractWidget hoveredWidget = this.configListWidget.getHoveredButton(mouseX, mouseY);
+		if (hoveredWidget == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		ClassicConfigGUI.DhButtonEntry button = ClassicConfigGUI.DhButtonEntry.BUTTON_BY_WIDGET.get(hoveredWidget);
+		
+		
+		// A quick fix for tooltips on linked entries
+		AbstractConfigBase<?> configBase = ConfigUiLinkedEntry.class.isAssignableFrom(button.dhConfigType.getClass()) ?
+			((ConfigUiLinkedEntry) button.dhConfigType).get() :
+			button.dhConfigType;
+		
+		boolean apiOverrideActive = false;
+		if (configBase instanceof ConfigEntry)
+		{
+			apiOverrideActive = ((ConfigEntry<?>) configBase).apiIsOverriding();
+		}
+		
+		String key = TRANSLATION_PREFIX + (configBase.category.isEmpty() ? "" : configBase.category + ".") + configBase.getName() + ".@tooltip";
+		
+		if (apiOverrideActive)
+		{
+			key = "distanthorizons.general.disabledByApi.@tooltip";
+		}
+		
+		// display the validation error tooltip if present
+		final ConfigGuiInfo configGuiInfo = ((ConfigGuiInfo) configBase.guiValue);
+		if (configGuiInfo.errorMessage != null)
+		{
+			this.DhRenderTooltip(matrices, this.font, configGuiInfo.errorMessage, mouseX, mouseY);
+		}
+		// display the tooltip if present
+		else if (LANG_WRAPPER.langExists(key))
+		{
+			List<Component> list = new ArrayList<>();
+			String lang = LANG_WRAPPER.getLang(key);
+			for (String langLine : lang.split("\n"))
+			{
+				list.add(TextOrTranslatable(langLine));
+			}
+			
+			this.DhRenderComponentTooltip(matrices, this.font, list, mouseX, mouseY);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//==========//
+	// shutdown //
+	//==========//
+	
+	/** When you close it, it goes to the previous screen and saves */
+	@Override
+	public void onClose()
+	{
+		ConfigHandler.INSTANCE.configFileHandler.saveToFile();
+		Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(this.parent);
+		
+		ClassicConfigGUI.CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach((listener) -> listener.run());
+	}
+	
+	
+}

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/updater/ChangelogScreen.java

@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import net.minecraft.client.gui.narration.NarratableEntry;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiComponent;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
-#else
+#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
+#else
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
 #endif
 
 
@@ -168,8 +170,10 @@ public class ChangelogScreen extends DhScreen
 	@Override
     #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 	public void render(PoseStack matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
-    #else
+    #elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+    #else
+	public void extractRenderState(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
     #endif
 	{
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
@@ -206,8 +210,14 @@ public class ChangelogScreen extends DhScreen
 		
 		
 		// render order matters, otherwise on 1.20.6+ the blurred background will render on top of the text
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		super.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the buttons
 		this.changelogArea.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the changelog
+		#else
+		super.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the buttons
+		this.changelogArea.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the changelog
+	    #endif
+		
 		this.DhDrawCenteredString(matrices, this.font, this.title, this.width / 2, 15, 0xFFFFFF); // Render title
 	}
 	
@@ -264,10 +274,14 @@ public class ChangelogScreen extends DhScreen
 		@Override
 		public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int index, int y, int x, int entryWidth, int entryHeight, int mouseX, int mouseY, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
 		{ matrices.drawString(textRenderer, this.text, 12, y + 5, 0xFFFFFF); }
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		@Override 
 		public void renderContent(GuiGraphics matrices, int y, int x, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
 		{ matrices.drawString(textRenderer, this.text, 12, y + 5, 0xFFFFFF); }
+		#else
+		@Override 
+		public void extractContent(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int y, int x, boolean hovered, float tickDelta)
+		{ matrices.text(textRenderer, this.text, 12, y + 5, 0xFFFFFF); }
         #endif
 		
 		@Override

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/updater/UpdateModScreen.java

@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
 
-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+#if 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;
 #else
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
 #endif
 
 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10
@@ -172,8 +174,10 @@ public class UpdateModScreen extends DhScreen
 	@Override
     #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 	public void render(PoseStack matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
-    #else
+    #elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 	public void render(GuiGraphics matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
+    #else
+	public void extractRenderState(GuiGraphicsExtractor matrices, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta)
     #endif
 	{
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
@@ -184,8 +188,12 @@ public class UpdateModScreen extends DhScreen
 		// background blur is already being rendered, rendering again causes the game to crash
 		#endif
 		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		super.render(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta); // Render the buttons
-		
+		#else
+		super.extractRenderState(matrices, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
+		#endif
+		 
 		// Render the text's
 		this.DhDrawCenteredString(matrices, this.font, 
 				Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.text1"), 

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/minecraft/MinecraftClientWrapper.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft;
 import java.io.File;
 
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.Window;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.NativeDialogUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.file.structure.ClientOnlySaveStructure;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.render.RenderThreadTaskHandler;
@@ -172,7 +173,12 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
         #else
 		ChunkPos playerPos = player.chunkPosition();
         #endif
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		return new DhChunkPos(playerPos.x, playerPos.z);
+		#else
+		return new DhChunkPos(playerPos.x(), playerPos.z());
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	//endregion
@@ -225,9 +231,13 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 		player.displayClientMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable(string), /*isOverlay*/false);
 		#else
 		
-		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread(() -> 
+		RenderThreadTaskHandler.INSTANCE.queueRunningOnRenderThread("MinecraftClientWrapper sendChatMessage", () -> 
 		{
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 			player.displayClientMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable(string), /*isOverlay*/false);
+			#else
+			player.sendSystemMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable(string));
+			#endif
 		});
         #endif
 	}
@@ -243,8 +253,10 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 		
         #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 		player.displayClientMessage(new TextComponent(string), /*isOverlay*/true);
-        #else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		player.displayClientMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable(string), /*isOverlay*/true);
+        #else
+		player.sendOverlayMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable(string));
         #endif
 	}
 	
@@ -359,17 +371,28 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	public void crashMinecraft(String errorMessage, Throwable exception)
 	{
 		LOGGER.fatal(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " had the following error: [" + errorMessage + "]. Crashing Minecraft...", exception);
-		CrashReport report = new CrashReport(errorMessage, exception);
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_4
-		Minecraft.crash(report);
-		#else
-		MINECRAFT.delayCrash(report);
-		#endif
+		
+		// Only crash once the renderer has been set up.
+		// If the renderer hasn't been set up yet crashing MC will
+		// cause a Blaze3D/UI error instead of the error we're trying to send.
+		executeOnRenderThread(() -> 
+		{
+			CrashReport report = new CrashReport(errorMessage, exception);
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_4
+			Minecraft.crash(report);
+			#else
+			MINECRAFT.delayCrash(report);
+			#endif
+		});
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void executeOnRenderThread(Runnable runnable) { MINECRAFT.execute(runnable); }
 	
+	@Override
+	public void showDialog(String title, String message, String dialogType, String iconType)
+	{ NativeDialogUtil.showDialog(title, message, dialogType, iconType); }
+	
 	//endregion
 	
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/minecraft/MinecraftGLWrapper.java

@@ -176,21 +176,6 @@ public class MinecraftGLWrapper
 	{
 		GL32.glDeleteBuffers(buffer);
 		
-		// attempt to fix a bug with Mac where de-allocated buffers
-		// are still being used, causing a SIGSEGV native crash
-		// and/or corrupting native memory
-		if (EPlatform.get() == EPlatform.MACOS)
-		{
-			// force the delete buffer (and any other in-flight) GL
-			// commands to finish before continuing
-			GL32.glFinish();
-			
-			// James hates this idea.
-			// He kinda hopes it doesn't help,
-			// but maybe metal's API just doesn't finish correctly so we need to wait a moment longer before continuing.
-			try { Thread.sleep(1); } catch (InterruptedException ignore) { }
-		}
-		
 		// MC's implementation has a bug where it will throw:
 		// GL_INVALID_OPERATION in glBufferData(immutable)
 		// when attempting to delete Storage Buffers

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/minecraft/MinecraftRenderWrapper.java

@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;
 
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 #else
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.fog.FogData;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.fog.FogRenderer;
 #endif
 
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
@@ -96,6 +99,8 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 {
 	public static final MinecraftRenderWrapper INSTANCE = new MinecraftRenderWrapper();
 	
+	private static final IOptifineAccessor OPTIFINE_ACCESSOR = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IOptifineAccessor.class);
+	
 	private static final DhLogger LOGGER = new DhLoggerBuilder().build();
 	private static final Minecraft MC = Minecraft.getInstance();
 	
@@ -182,8 +187,10 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		return MC.getFrameTime();
 		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 		return MC.getTimer().getRealtimeDeltaTicks();
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		return MC.deltaTracker.getRealtimeDeltaTicks();
+		#else
+		return MC.getDeltaTracker().getRealtimeDeltaTicks();
 		#endif
 	}
 	
@@ -253,12 +260,30 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 			return Color.white;
 		}
 		
+		float darkenAmount;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		darkenAmount = MC.gameRenderer.getDarkenWorldAmount(MC.deltaTracker.getGameTimeDeltaPartialTick(true));
+		#else
+		darkenAmount = MC.gameRenderer.getBossOverlayWorldDarkening(MC.deltaTracker.getGameTimeDeltaPartialTick(true));
+		#endif
+		
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		Vector4f colorValues = mcFogRenderer.setupFog(
 			MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera(),
 			MC.options.getEffectiveRenderDistance(),
 			MC.deltaTracker,
-			MC.gameRenderer.getDarkenWorldAmount(MC.deltaTracker.getGameTimeDeltaPartialTick(true)),
+			darkenAmount,
 			MC.level);
+		#else
+		FogData fogData = mcFogRenderer.setupFog(
+			MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera(),
+			MC.options.getEffectiveRenderDistance(),
+			MC.deltaTracker,
+			darkenAmount,
+			MC.level);
+		Vector4f colorValues = fogData.color;
+		#endif
+		
 		return new Color(
 				Math.max(0f, Math.min(colorValues.x, 1f)), // r
 				Math.max(0f, Math.min(colorValues.y, 1f)), // g
@@ -296,9 +321,6 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		}
 	}
 	
-	@Override
-	public double getFov(float partialTicks) { return MC.gameRenderer.getFov(MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera(), partialTicks, true); }
-	
 	/** Measured in chunks */
 	@Override
 	public int getRenderDistance()
@@ -346,7 +368,7 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 	public int getTargetFramebuffer()
 	{
 		// used so we can access the framebuffer shaders end up rendering to
-		if (AbstractOptifineAccessor.optifinePresent())
+		if (OPTIFINE_ACCESSOR != null)
 		{
 			return this.finalLevelFrameBufferId;
 		}
@@ -513,7 +535,11 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 				if (MC.level != null)
 				{
 					Direction mcDir = McObjectConverter.Convert(lodDirection);
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 					return MC.level.getShade(mcDir, true);
+					#else
+					return MC.level.cardinalLighting().byFace(mcDir);
+					#endif
 				}
 				else
 				{

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/minecraft/ProfilerWrapper.java

@@ -23,27 +23,47 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrap
 
 import net.minecraft.util.profiling.ProfilerFiller;
 
-/**
- * @author James Seibel
- * @version 11-20-2021
- */
 public class ProfilerWrapper implements IProfilerWrapper
 {
 	public ProfilerFiller profiler;
 	
 	public ProfilerWrapper(ProfilerFiller newProfiler) { this.profiler = newProfiler; }
 	
-	
-	/** starts a new section inside the currently running section */
 	@Override
-	public void push(String newSection) { this.profiler.push(newSection); }
+	public IProfileBlock push(String newSection) 
+	{
+		this.profiler.push(newSection); 
+		return new ProfileBlock(this.profiler);
+	}
 	
-	/** ends the currently running section and starts a new one */
 	@Override
-	public void popPush(String newSection) { this.profiler.popPush(newSection); }
+	public void popPush(String newSection) 
+	{
+		this.profiler.popPush(newSection);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	//region
+	
+	public static class ProfileBlock implements IProfileBlock
+	{
+		private final ProfilerFiller profiler;
+		public ProfileBlock(ProfilerFiller newProfiler) { this.profiler = newProfiler; }
+		
+		
+		@Override
+		public void close()
+		{
+			this.profiler.pop();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//endregion
+	
 	
-	/** ends the currently running section */
-	@Override
-	public void pop() { this.profiler.pop(); }
 	
 }

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/world/ClientLevelWrapper.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 #else
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.util.ColorUtil;
 #endif
 
 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_10

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/BatchGenerationEnvironment.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiWorldGenerationStep;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.chunkFileHandling.ChunkFileReader;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.mimicObject.*;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.step.StepBiomes;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.step.StepFeatures;
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 	
 	
 	private final IDhServerLevel dhServerLevel;
+	@Nullable
+	private final ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager;
 	
 	public final InternalServerGenerator internalServerGenerator;
 	public final ChunkFileReader chunkFileReader;
@@ -150,22 +154,12 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 	
 	static
 	{
-		boolean isTerraFirmaCraftPresent = false;
-		try
-		{
-			Class.forName("net.dries007.tfc.world.TFCChunkGenerator");
-			isTerraFirmaCraftPresent = true;
-			LOGGER.info("TerraFirmaCraft detected.");
-		}
-		catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore) { }
-		
-		
 		ImmutableMap.Builder<EDhApiWorldGenerationStep, Integer> builder = ImmutableMap.builder();
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.EMPTY, 1);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.STRUCTURE_START, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.STRUCTURE_REFERENCE, 0);
-		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.BIOMES, isTerraFirmaCraftPresent ? 1 : 0);
-		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.NOISE, isTerraFirmaCraftPresent ? 1 : 0);
+		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.BIOMES, 0);
+		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.NOISE, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.SURFACE, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.CARVERS, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIQUID_CARVERS, 0);
@@ -184,6 +178,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 	public BatchGenerationEnvironment(IDhServerLevel dhServerLevel)
 	{
 		this.dhServerLevel = dhServerLevel;
+		this.updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(this.dhServerLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
 		this.globalParams = new GlobalWorldGenParams(dhServerLevel);
 		this.internalServerGenerator = new InternalServerGenerator(this.globalParams, this.dhServerLevel);
 		this.chunkFileReader = new ChunkFileReader(this.globalParams);
@@ -200,11 +195,6 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 				LOGGER.info("TerraForge Chunk Generator detected: [" + generator.getClass() + "], Distant Generation will try its best to support it.");
 				LOGGER.info("If it does crash, turn Distant Generation off or set it to to [" + EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode.PRE_EXISTING_ONLY + "].");
 			}
-			else if (generator.getClass().toString().equals("class net.dries007.tfc.world.TFCChunkGenerator"))
-			{
-				LOGGER.info("TerraFirmaCraft Chunk Generator detected: [" + generator.getClass() + "], Distant Generation will try its best to support it.");
-				LOGGER.info("If it does crash, turn Distant Generation off or set it to to [" + EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode.PRE_EXISTING_ONLY + "].");
-			}
 			else
 			{
 				LOGGER.warn("Unknown Chunk Generator detected: [" + generator.getClass() + "], Distant Generation May Fail!");
@@ -349,12 +339,12 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 		while (existingChunkPosIterator.hasNext())
 		{
 			ChunkPos chunkPos = existingChunkPosIterator.next();
-			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = new DhChunkPos(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z);
+			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
 			
 			CompletableFuture<ChunkWrapper> getExistingChunkFuture
 				// running async allows file IO to run in parallel when C2ME is present
 				= this.chunkFileReader.createEmptyOrPreExistingChunkWrapperAsync(
-					chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z,
+					dhChunkPos.getX(), dhChunkPos.getZ(),
 					chunkSkyLightingByDhPos, chunkBlockLightingByDhPos, chunkWrappersByDhPos);
 			
 			readFutureByDhChunkPos.put(dhChunkPos, getExistingChunkFuture);
@@ -381,7 +371,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 		while (emptyChunkPosIterator.hasNext())
 		{
 			ChunkPos chunkPos = emptyChunkPosIterator.next();
-			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = new DhChunkPos(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z);
+			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
 			
 			// create empty chunks outside the generation radius
 			if (!readFutureByDhChunkPos.containsKey(dhChunkPos))
@@ -432,7 +422,11 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 									relZ + refPosZ + zOffsetFinal));
 					
 					ChunkAccess centerChunk = regionChunks.stream()
+							#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11	
 							.filter((chunk) -> chunk.getPos().x == centerX && chunk.getPos().z == centerZ)
+							#else
+							.filter((chunk) -> chunk.getPos().x() == centerX && chunk.getPos().z() == centerZ)	
+							#endif
 							.findFirst()
 							.orElseGet(() -> regionChunks.getFirst());
 					
@@ -530,9 +524,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 			Iterator<ChunkPos> iterator = ChunkPosGenStream.getIterator(genEvent.minPos.getX(), genEvent.minPos.getZ(), genEvent.widthInChunks, 0);
 			while (iterator.hasNext())
 			{
-				ChunkPos pos = iterator.next();
-				DhChunkPos dhPos = new DhChunkPos(pos.x, pos.z);
-				ChunkWrapper wrappedChunk = chunkWrappersByDhPos.get(dhPos);
+				ChunkPos chunkPos = iterator.next();
+				DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
+				ChunkWrapper wrappedChunk = chunkWrappersByDhPos.get(dhChunkPos);
 				
 				// only pass along chunks that have been generated up to BIOMES
 				// this is to prevent issues with generating existing
@@ -546,7 +540,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 					if (!this.generatedChunkWithoutBiomeWarningLogged)
 					{
 						this.generatedChunkWithoutBiomeWarningLogged = true;
-						LOGGER.warn("Chunk [" + dhPos + "] wasn't generated up to BIOMES, world gen may appear empty.");
+						LOGGER.warn("Chunk [" + dhChunkPos + "] wasn't generated up to BIOMES, world gen may appear empty.");
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -592,10 +586,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 				
 				// usually ignoring the chunk's position is unnecessary,
 				// but this improves performance if a chunk update event does sneak through 
-				ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(this.dhServerLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
-				if (updateManager != null)
+				if (this.updateManager != null)
 				{
-					updateManager.addPosToIgnore(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
+					this.updateManager.addPosToIgnore(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
 				}
 				
 			});
@@ -724,15 +717,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment implements IBatchGeneratorEnvironm
 					@Override
 					public void run() 
 					{
-						ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(BatchGenerationEnvironment.this.dhServerLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
-						if (updateManager != null)
+						if (BatchGenerationEnvironment.this.updateManager != null)
 						{
-							updateManager.addPosToIgnore(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-							LOGGER.warn("Unable to find chunk update manager for server level ["+BatchGenerationEnvironment.this.dhServerLevel+"], chunk updates may fail.");
+							BatchGenerationEnvironment.this.updateManager.removePosToIgnore(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos());
 						}
 					}
 				}, MS_TO_IGNORE_CHUNK_AFTER_COMPLETION);

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/InternalServerGenerator.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.params.GlobalWorldGenParams;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
@@ -11,17 +12,18 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.MinecraftTextFormat;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.generation.DhLightingEngine;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.DhServerLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhServerLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ExceptionUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.TimerUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IC2meAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkHolder;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.TicketType;
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 	
 	private final GlobalWorldGenParams params;
 	private final IDhServerLevel dhServerLevel;
+	@Nullable
+	private final ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager;
 	private final Timer chunkSaveIgnoreTimer = TimerUtil.CreateTimer("ChunkSaveIgnoreTimer");
 	
 	
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 	{
 		this.params = params;
 		this.dhServerLevel = dhServerLevel;
+		this.updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(this.dhServerLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -188,12 +193,22 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 		}
 		finally
 		{
+			ArrayList<CompletableFuture<Void>> releaseFutures = new ArrayList<>();
+			
 			// release all chunks from the server to prevent out of memory issues
 			Iterator<ChunkPos> chunkPosIterator = ChunkPosGenStream.getIterator(genEvent.minPos.getX(), genEvent.minPos.getZ(), genEvent.widthInChunks, 0);
 			while (chunkPosIterator.hasNext())
 			{
 				ChunkPos chunkPos = chunkPosIterator.next();
-				this.releaseChunkFromServer(this.params.mcServerLevel, this.params.dhServerLevel, chunkPos);
+				releaseFutures.add(this.releaseChunkFromServerAsync(this.params.mcServerLevel, chunkPos));
+			}
+			
+			// wait for all release futures to finish to prevent an issue where DH queues
+			// tickets faster than MC can clear them out
+			for (int i = 0; i < releaseFutures.size(); i++)
+			{
+				CompletableFuture<Void> releaseFuture = releaseFutures.get(i);
+				releaseFuture.join();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -237,10 +252,9 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 			ServerLevel level = this.params.mcServerLevel;
 			
 			// ignore chunk update events for this position
-			ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(this.params.dhServerLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
-			if (updateManager != null)
+			if (this.updateManager != null)
 			{
-				updateManager.addPosToIgnore(new DhChunkPos(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z));
+				this.updateManager.addPosToIgnore(McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos));
 			}
 			
 			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
@@ -253,7 +267,10 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 			// probably not the most optimal to run updates here, but fast enough
 			level.getChunkSource().distanceManager.runAllUpdates(level.getChunkSource().chunkMap);
 			
-			ChunkHolder chunkHolder = level.getChunkSource().chunkMap.getUpdatingChunkIfPresent(chunkPos.toLong());
+			ChunkHolder chunkHolder = level.getChunkSource().chunkMap
+				.getUpdatingChunkIfPresent(
+					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11 chunkPos.toLong() #else chunkPos.pack() #endif
+				);
 			if (chunkHolder == null)
 			{
 				throw new IllegalStateException("No chunk chunkHolder for pos ["+chunkPos+"] after ticket has been added.");
@@ -277,8 +294,10 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 	 * mitigates out of memory issues in the vanilla chunk system. <br>
 	 * See: https://github.com/pop4959/Chunky/pull/383
 	 */
-	private void releaseChunkFromServer(ServerLevel level, IDhServerLevel dhLevel, ChunkPos chunkPos)
+	private CompletableFuture<Void> releaseChunkFromServerAsync(ServerLevel level, ChunkPos chunkPos)
 	{
+		CompletableFuture<Void> removeTicketFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		
 		level.getChunkSource().chunkMap.mainThreadExecutor.execute(() ->
 		{
 			try
@@ -304,15 +323,9 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 					@Override
 					public void run() 
 					{
-						ChunkUpdateQueueManager updateManager = WorldChunkUpdateManager.INSTANCE.getByLevelWrapper(dhLevel.getServerLevelWrapper());
-						if (updateManager != null)
+						if (InternalServerGenerator.this.updateManager != null)
 						{
-							updateManager.addPosToIgnore(new DhChunkPos(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z));
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-							LOGGER.warn("Unable to find chunk update manager for server level ["+dhLevel+"], chunk updates may fail.");
+							InternalServerGenerator.this.updateManager.removePosToIgnore(McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos));
 						}
 					}
 				}, MS_TO_IGNORE_CHUNK_AFTER_COMPLETION);
@@ -320,9 +333,15 @@ public class InternalServerGenerator
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
-				LOGGER.warn("Failed to release chunk back to internal server. Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"]", e);
+				LOGGER.warn("Failed to release chunk ["+chunkPos+"] back to internal server. Error: ["+e.getMessage()+"]", e);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				removeTicketFuture.complete(null);
 			}
 		});
+		
+		return removeTicketFuture;
 	}
 	
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/chunkFileHandling/ChunkCompoundTagParser.java

@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.chunkFileHandling;
 
 import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhServerLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLogger;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.ChunkLightStorage;
 
@@ -673,7 +675,9 @@ public class ChunkCompoundTagParser
 	{
 		LOGGED_ERROR_MESSAGE_MAP.computeIfAbsent(message, (newMessage) ->
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Unable to deserialize blocks for chunk section [" + chunkPos.x + ", " + sectionYIndex + ", " + chunkPos.z + "], error: ["+newMessage+"]. " +
+			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
+			
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to deserialize blocks for chunk section [" + dhChunkPos.getX() + ", " + sectionYIndex + ", " + dhChunkPos.getZ() + "], error: ["+newMessage+"]. " +
 					"This can probably be ignored, although if your world looks wrong, optimizing it via the single player menu then deleting your DH database(s) should fix the problem.");
 			
 			return newMessage;
@@ -683,7 +687,9 @@ public class ChunkCompoundTagParser
 	{
 		LOGGED_ERROR_MESSAGE_MAP.computeIfAbsent(message, (newMessage) -> 
 		{
-			LOGGER.warn("Unable to deserialize biomes for chunk section [" + chunkPos.x + ", " + sectionYIndex + ", " + chunkPos.z + "], error: ["+newMessage+"]. " +
+			DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
+			
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to deserialize biomes for chunk section [" + dhChunkPos.getX() + ", " + sectionYIndex + ", " + dhChunkPos.getZ() + "], error: ["+newMessage+"]. " +
 					"This can probably be ignored, although if your world looks wrong, optimizing it via the single player menu then deleting your DH database(s) should fix the problem.");
 			
 			return newMessage;

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/mimicObject/DhLitWorldGenRegion.java

@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.mimicObject;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.BatchGenerationEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.EntityBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.SpawnerBlock;
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	public final int writeRadius;
 	public final int size;
 	
-	private final ChunkPos firstPos;
+	private final DhChunkPos firstPos;
 	private final List<ChunkAccess> cache;
 	private final Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<ChunkAccess> chunkMap = new Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<ChunkAccess>();
 	
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 				centerChunk);
 		#endif
 		
-		this.firstPos = chunkList.get(0).getPos();
+		this.firstPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkList.get(0).getPos());
 		this.serverLevel = serverLevel;
 		this.generator = generator;
 		this.lightEngine = lightEngine;
@@ -165,17 +168,22 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	@Override
 	public boolean ensureCanWrite(BlockPos blockPos)
 	{
-		int i = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getX());
-		int j = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getZ());
-		ChunkPos chunkPos = this.getCenter();
-		ChunkAccess center = this.getChunk(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z);
-		int k = Math.abs(chunkPos.x - i);
-		int l = Math.abs(chunkPos.z - j);
-		if (k > this.writeRadius || l > this.writeRadius)
+		DhChunkPos chunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(this.getCenter());
+		
+		int sectionCoordX = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getX());
+		int sectionCoordZ = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getZ());
+		
+		// TODO what do these "abs" positions mean?
+		int absX = Math.abs(chunkPos.getX() - sectionCoordX);
+		int absZ = Math.abs(chunkPos.getZ() - sectionCoordZ);
+		if (absX > this.writeRadius 
+			|| absZ > this.writeRadius)
 		{
 			return false;
 		}
+		
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+		ChunkAccess center = this.getChunk(chunkPos.getX(), chunkPos.getZ());
 		if (center.isUpgrading())
 		{
 			LevelHeightAccessor levelHeightAccessor = center.getHeightAccessorForGeneration();
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 			}
 		}
 		#endif
+		
 		return true;
 	}
 	#endif
@@ -372,7 +381,15 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 		if (chunk == null)
 		{
 			// check memory
-			chunk = this.chunkMap.get(ChunkPos.asLong(chunkX, chunkZ));
+			
+			long chunkPosAsLong;
+			#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+			chunkPosAsLong = ChunkPos.asLong(chunkX, chunkZ);
+			#else
+			chunkPosAsLong = ChunkPos.pack(chunkX, chunkZ);
+			#endif
+			
+			chunk = this.chunkMap.get(chunkPosAsLong);
 			if (chunk == null)
 			{
 				// chunk isn't in memory, generate a new one
@@ -381,7 +398,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 				{
 					throw new NullPointerException("The provided generator should not return null!");
 				}
-				this.chunkMap.put(ChunkPos.asLong(chunkX, chunkZ), chunk);
+				this.chunkMap.put(chunkPosAsLong, chunk);
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -401,17 +418,18 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	/** Use this instead of super.hasChunk() to bypass C2ME concurrency checks */
 	public boolean superHasChunk(int x, int z)
 	{
-		int k = x - this.firstPos.x;
-		int l = z - this.firstPos.z;
-		return l >= 0 && l < this.size && k >= 0 && k < this.size;
+		int xOffset = x - this.firstPos.getX();
+		int zOffset = z - this.firstPos.getZ();
+		return zOffset >= 0 && zOffset < this.size 
+			&& xOffset >= 0 && xOffset < this.size;
 	}
 	
 	/** Use this instead of super.getChunk() to bypass C2ME concurrency checks */
 	private ChunkAccess superGetChunk(int x, int z)
 	{
-		int k = x - this.firstPos.x;
-		int l = z - this.firstPos.z;
-		return this.cache.get(k + l * this.size);
+		int xOffset = x - this.firstPos.getX();
+		int zOffset = z - this.firstPos.getZ();
+		return this.cache.get(xOffset + zOffset * this.size);
 	}
 	
 	

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/mimicObject/RegionFileStorageExternalCache.java

@@ -69,8 +69,13 @@ public class RegionFileStorageExternalCache implements AutoCloseable
 		}
 		
 		
+		long chunkPosLong;
+		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
+		chunkPosLong = ChunkPos.asLong(chunkPos.getRegionX(), chunkPos.getRegionZ());
+		#else
+		chunkPosLong = ChunkPos.pack(chunkPos.getRegionX(), chunkPos.getRegionZ());
+		#endif
 		
-		long chunkPosLong = ChunkPos.asLong(chunkPos.getRegionX(), chunkPos.getRegionZ());
 		RegionFile regionFile = null;
 		
 		// Check vanilla cache
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ public class RegionFileStorageExternalCache implements AutoCloseable
 			{
 				this.getRegionFileLock.lock();
 				
-				#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 				regionFile = this.storage.getRegionFile(chunkPos);
 				
 				// keeping the region cache size low helps prevent concurrency issues
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ public class RegionFileStorageExternalCache implements AutoCloseable
 			}
 			catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
 				// the file just wasn't cached
 				break;
 				#else
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ public class RegionFileStorageExternalCache implements AutoCloseable
 		regionFile = new RegionFile(new RegionStorageInfo("level", null, "level type"), regionFilePath, storageFolderPath, false);
 		#endif
 		
-		this.regionFileCache.add(new RegionFileCache(ChunkPos.asLong(chunkPos.getRegionX(), chunkPos.getRegionZ()), regionFile));
+		this.regionFileCache.add(new RegionFileCache(chunkPosLong, regionFile));
 		while (this.regionFileCache.size() > MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
 		{
 			this.regionFileCache.poll().file.close();

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/mimicObject/WorldGenStructFeatManager.java

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongSet;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.SectionPos;
@@ -222,9 +224,10 @@ public class WorldGenStructFeatManager extends #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2 StructureF
 	}
 	#else
 	@Override
-	public List<StructureStart> startsForStructure(ChunkPos sectionPos, Predicate<Structure> predicate)
+	public List<StructureStart> startsForStructure(ChunkPos chunkPos, Predicate<Structure> predicate)
 	{
-		ChunkAccess chunk = _getChunk(sectionPos.x, sectionPos.z, ChunkStatus.STRUCTURE_REFERENCES);
+		DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = McObjectConverter.Convert(chunkPos);
+		ChunkAccess chunk = _getChunk(dhChunkPos.getX(), dhChunkPos.getZ(), ChunkStatus.STRUCTURE_REFERENCES);
 		if (chunk == null) return List.of();
 		
 		// Copied from StructureFeatureManager::startsForFeature(...)

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/params/GlobalWorldGenParams.java

@@ -113,10 +113,14 @@ public final class GlobalWorldGenParams
 		this.worldOptions = worldData.worldGenOptions();
 		this.biomes = registry.registryOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
 		this.worldSeed = worldOptions.seed();
-		#else
+		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21_11
 		this.worldOptions = worldData.worldGenOptions();
 		this.biomes = this.registry.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
 		this.worldSeed = this.worldOptions.seed();
+		#else
+		this.worldOptions = server.getWorldGenSettings().options();
+		this.biomes = this.registry.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
+		this.worldSeed = this.worldOptions.seed();
 		#endif
 		
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2

common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/worldGeneration/params/ThreadWorldGenParams.java

@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ public final class ThreadWorldGenParams
 	public StructureCheck structCheck;
 	#endif
 	
-	boolean isValid = true;
-	
 	// used for some older MC versions
 	private static GlobalWorldGenParams previousGlobalWorldGenParams = null;
 	
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ public final class ThreadWorldGenParams
 	{
 		ThreadWorldGenParams threadParam = LOCAL_PARAM_REF.get();
 		if (threadParam != null
-			&& threadParam.isValid 
 			&& threadParam.level == globalParams.mcServerLevel)
 		{
 			return threadParam;

common/src/main/resources/26_1.distanthorizons.accesswidener

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+accessWidener v1 official
+
+# used when determining where to save files to
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/storage/SavedDataStorage dataFolder Ljava/nio/file/Path;
+# used to help determine what folder a clientLevel is
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/biome/BiomeManager biomeZoomSeed J
+
+# used when rendering
+accessible method net/minecraft/client/renderer/GameRenderer getFov (Lnet/minecraft/client/Camera;FZ)F
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/Minecraft deltaTracker Lnet/minecraft/client/DeltaTracker$Timer;
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/LevelRenderer level Lnet/minecraft/client/multiplayer/ClientLevel;
+
+
+# used for grabbing vanilla rendered chunks
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/LevelRenderer visibleSections Lit/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/ObjectArrayList;
+
+# world generation
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/LevelChunk loaded Z
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LightEngine storage Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LayerLightSectionStorage;
+accessible method net/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LayerLightSectionStorage lightOnInSection (J)Z
+accessible field net/minecraft/server/level/ServerChunkCache distanceManager Lnet/minecraft/server/level/DistanceManager;
+accessible method net/minecraft/server/level/ChunkMap getUpdatingChunkIfPresent (J)Lnet/minecraft/server/level/ChunkHolder;
+accessible method net/minecraft/server/level/ChunkMap tick (Ljava/util/function/BooleanSupplier;)V
+accessible field net/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel entityManager Lnet/minecraft/world/level/entity/PersistentEntitySectionManager;
+accessible field net/minecraft/server/level/ChunkMap mainThreadExecutor Lnet/minecraft/util/thread/BlockableEventLoop;
+
+# getting existing chunks outside the main thread
+accessible method net/minecraft/server/level/ChunkMap getVisibleChunkIfPresent (J)Lnet/minecraft/server/level/ChunkHolder;
+
+# lod generation from save file
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/SimpleRegionStorage worker Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/IOWorker;
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/IOWorker storage Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/RegionFileStorage;
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/RegionFileStorage regionCache Lit/unimi/dsi/fastutil/longs/Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap;
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/RegionFileStorage folder Ljava/nio/file/Path;
+
+# grabbing textures
+accessible class net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents$AnimatedTexture
+accessible method net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents$AnimatedTexture getFrameX (I)I
+accessible method net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents$AnimatedTexture getFrameY (I)I
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents animatedTexture Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents$AnimatedTexture;
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/SpriteContents originalImage Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage;
+
+# UI stuff
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/gui/components/AbstractButton SPRITES Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/components/WidgetSprites;
+# Handles inserting the config button
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/HeaderAndFooterLayout headerFrame Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/FrameLayout;
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/FrameLayout children Ljava/util/List;
+accessible class net/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/FrameLayout$ChildContainer
+accessible field net/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/LinearLayout wrapped Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/layouts/GridLayout;
+accessible method net/minecraft/client/gui/components/debug/DebugScreenEntries register (Ljava/lang/String;Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/components/debug/DebugScreenEntry;)Lnet/minecraft/resources/Identifier;
+
+# hacky stuff
+accessible field net/minecraft/util/ThreadingDetector lock Ljava/util/concurrent/Semaphore;
+mutable field net/minecraft/util/ThreadingDetector lock Ljava/util/concurrent/Semaphore;
+
+