Test build

2025-01-19 21:23:01 +05:00
52 changed files with 524 additions and 1592 deletions
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ Merged/
 # Folder created by the buildAll scripts
 buildAllJars/

-relocate_natives/.venv/
-relocate_natives/__pycache__/
-relocate_natives/apple-codesign/
-relocate_natives/cache/
-
 # file from notepad++
 *.bak

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ variables:
 # These can be extended so code is a bit less duplicated
 .build_java:
  #image: eclipse-temurin:17
-  before_script:
-    - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install python3 python3-pip python-is-python3 python3-venv -y --no-install-recommends
  cache:
    key: "gradleCache_$CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG"
    policy: pull-push
@@ -38,21 +35,34 @@ build:
  stage: build
  parallel:
    matrix:
-      - MC_VER: ["1.16.5", "1.17.1", "1.18.2", "1.19.2", "1.19.4", "1.20.1", "1.20.2", "1.20.4", "1.20.6", "1.21.1", "1.21.3", "1.21.4", "1.21.5"]
+      - MC_VER: ["1.16.5", "1.17.1", "1.18.2", "1.19.2", "1.19.4", "1.20.1", "1.20.2", "1.20.4", "1.20.6", "1.21.1", "1.21.3", "1.21.4"]
  script:
    # this both runs the unit tests and assembles the code
    - ./gradlew clean -PmcVer="${MC_VER}" -PinfoGitCommit="${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -PinfoGitBranch="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" -PinfoBuildSource="GitLab CI (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
    - ./gradlew build -PmcVer="${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 (${CI_PIPELINE_ID})" --gradle-user-home cache/;
-    - cp ./fabric/build/libs/* ./forge/build/libs/* ./neoforge/build/libs/* ./Merged/* . || true
  artifacts:
    name: "NightlyBuild_${MC_VER}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
    paths:
-      - ./*.jar
+      - Merged/*.jar
+      - quilt/build/libs/*.jar
+      - fabric/build/libs/*.jar
+      - forge/build/libs/*.jar
+      - neoforge/build/libs/*.jar
    exclude:
-      - ./*-all.jar
-      - ./*-dev.jar
-      - ./*-sources.jar
+      # TODO: There is a lot of duplicate stuff here, try to maybe make it smaller
+      - fabric/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - fabric/build/libs/*-dev.jar
+      - fabric/build/libs/*-sources.jar
+      - quilt/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - quilt/build/libs/*-dev.jar
+      - quilt/build/libs/*-sources.jar
+      - forge/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - forge/build/libs/*-dev.jar
+      - forge/build/libs/*-sources.jar
+      - neoforge/build/libs/*-all.jar
+      - neoforge/build/libs/*-dev.jar
+      - neoforge/build/libs/*-sources.jar
    expire_in: 14 days
    when: always
  extends: .build_java
@@ -67,15 +77,15 @@ api:
    # this also runs unit tests
    - ./gradlew api:build --gradle-user-home cache/;
    - ./gradlew api:addSourcesToCompiledJar --gradle-user-home cache/;
-    - cp ./coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/merged/* .
  artifacts:
-    name: "NightlyBuild_Api-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
+    name: "Api_NightlyBuild-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
    paths:
-      - ./*.jar
+      - coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/merged/*.jar
+      # can be uncommented if we don't want a jar with the source code
+      # - coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/*.jar
    exclude:
-      - ./*-all.jar
-      - ./*-dev.jar
-      - ./*-sources.jar
+      - coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/merged/*-all.jar
+      - coreSubProjects/api/build/libs/merged/*-sources.jar
    expire_in: 1 day
    when: always
  extends: .build_java
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Or click the checkbox once the issue has been created.
 -->

 1. [ ] Check the FAQ to see if your issue has already been reported and has a solution:
-    [Problems-and-solutions](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/2-problems-and-solutions/Problems-and-Solutions)
+    [Problems-and-solutions](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons/-/wikis/2-frequently-asked-questions/2-problems-and-solutions/Problems-and-Solutions)

 2. [ ] Make sure you are not using any mods on the incompatible list:
-    [Mod support FAQ](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/1-user-guide/1-frequently-asked-questions/4-mod-support/Mod-Support)
+    [Mod support FAQ](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons/-/wikis/2-frequently-asked-questions/4-mod-support/Mod-Support)

 3. [ ] Check the existing issues to verify that your bug hasn't already been submitted: 
-    [Issues](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues)
+    [Issues](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons/-/issues/)

 4. [ ] Upload Minecraft's crash report and/or log. \
   Minecraft crash reports are located in: `.minecraft/crash-reports` \
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [ ] Check the existing [feature requests](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Feature) to verify that your feature hasn't already been suggested.
+- [ ] Check the existing [feature requests](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Feature) to verify that your feature hasn't already been suggested.

 1. **Describe the feature**:

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

 2. **Describe the improvement**:
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-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
-
-
 plugins {
    id "java"

@@ -19,7 +11,7 @@ plugins {
    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 "1.10-SNAPSHOT" apply false
+    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "1.7-SNAPSHOT" apply false
 }


@@ -78,7 +70,7 @@ forgix {
    String loaderHyphenSeparatedList = ((String)gradle.builds_for).replaceAll(",", "-");
    
    group = "com.seibel.distanthorizons"
-    mergedJarName = "DistantHorizons-${loaderHyphenSeparatedList}-${rootProject.versionStr}.jar"
+    mergedJarName = "DistantHorizons-${rootProject.versionStr}-${loaderHyphenSeparatedList}.jar"

    if (findProject(":forge"))
        forge {
@@ -104,83 +96,6 @@ forgix {
    removeDuplicate "com.seibel.distanthorizons"
 }

-
-class NativeTransformer implements Transformer {
-    private boolean enabled = false
-    private final HashMap<String, String> replacements = new HashMap()
-    private final HashMap<String, byte[]> rewrittenFiles = new HashMap()
-    private var nativeRelocator
-
-    public File rootDir
-
-    NativeTransformer() {
-        try {
-            int exitCode = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"python", "--version"}).waitFor()
-            if (exitCode == 0) {
-                enabled = true
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            println(e)
-        }
-    }
-
-    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)
-    }
-
-    void before(Closure closure) {
-        if (enabled)
-            closure.run()
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    boolean canTransformResource(@Nonnull FileTreeElement element) {
-        return enabled && replacements.keySet().stream().anyMatch {
-            element.name.startsWith(it as String)
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    void transform(@Nonnull TransformerContext context) {
-        println("Transforming $context.path...")
-        byte[] content = context.is.readAllBytes()
-
-        if (nativeRelocator == null) {
-            nativeRelocator = new NativeRelocator(rootDir.toPath().resolve("relocate_natives"))
-        }
-
-        try {
-            Map.Entry<String, String> pathReplacement = replacements.entrySet().stream().filter {
-                context.path.startsWith(it.key as String)
-            }.findFirst().orElseThrow()
-
-            String path = context.path.replace(pathReplacement.key as String, pathReplacement.value as String)
-            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
@@ -391,23 +306,26 @@ subprojects { p ->
        
        // Logging
        relocate "org.slf4j", "${librariesLocation}.slf4j"
-
-        // Sqlite Database
-        // librariesLocation isn't used because it's too long for replacing paths in native libraries
-        // Allowing strings larger than the original string would require shifting the entire binary's contents
-        transform(NativeTransformer) {
-            rootDir = project.rootDir
-
-            before {
-                relocate "org.sqlite", "dh_sqlite", {
-                    exclude "org/sqlite/native/**"
-                }
-                relocate "jdbc:sqlite", "jdbc:dh_sqlite"
-            }
-
-            relocateNative "org/sqlite", "dh_sqlite"
-            relocateNative "org_sqlite", "dh_1sqlite"
-        }
+        
+//        // Sqlite Database
+//        // James can't determine how to relocate the library correctly so this is commented out
+//        relocate ("org.sqlite", "${librariesLocation}.sqlite") {
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/core/NativeDB/**")
+//
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/FreeBSD/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux-Android/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux-Musl/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/arm/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/aarch64/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/armv6/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/x86/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/armv7/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/ppc64/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Linux/riscv64/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Windows/armv7/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Windows/aarch64/**")
+//            exclude("org/sqlite/native/Windows/armv7/**")
+//        }
        
        
        // JOML
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do (

    @rem Clean out the folders, build it, and merge it
    echo ==================== Cleaning workspace to build !version! ====================
-    call .\gradlew.bat clean
+    call .\gradlew.bat clean -PmcVer="!version!"
    echo ==================== Building !version! ====================
    call .\gradlew.bat build -PmcVer="!version!"
    echo ==================== Merging !version! ====================
@@ -1,207 +0,0 @@
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-
-class NativeRelocator
-{
-	private final Path rootDirectory;
-	private final Path cacheRoot;
-	
-	/**
-	 * Initializes the NativeRelocator by preparing the environment if necessary.
-	 * Executes the appropriate preparation script based on the OS.
-	 *
-	 * @throws Exception if the preparation script fails or an unsupported OS is detected.
-	 */
-	NativeRelocator(Path rootDirectory) throws Exception
-	{
-		this.rootDirectory = rootDirectory;
-		this.cacheRoot = this.rootDirectory.resolve("cache");
-		
-		if (this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv").toFile().exists())
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
-		processBuilder.directory(this.rootDirectory.toFile());
-		
-		String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
-		if (os.contains("win"))
-		{
-			processBuilder.command("powershell", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "./prepare.ps1");
-		}
-		else if (os.contains("nix") || os.contains("nux") || os.contains("mac"))
-		{
-			processBuilder.command("./prepare.sh");
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported operating system: " + os);
-		}
-		
-		Process process = processBuilder.start();
-		CompletableFuture<Void> outputFuture = readOutputStreams(process);
-		
-		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
-		outputFuture.get();
-		
-		if (exitCode != 0)
-		{
-			throw new Exception("Prepare failed: " + exitCode);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Reads and prints the output and error streams of a process asynchronously.
-	 *
-	 * @param process The process whose streams should be read.
-	 * @return A CompletableFuture that completes once all output has been processed.
-	 */
-	private static CompletableFuture<Void> readOutputStreams(Process process)
-	{
-		return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
-			try
-			{
-				while (process.isAlive() || process.getInputStream().available() > 0 || process.getErrorStream().available() > 0)
-				{
-					if (process.getInputStream().available() > 0)
-					{
-						byte[] data = new byte[process.getInputStream().available()];
-						//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
-						process.getInputStream().read(data);
-						System.out.write(data);
-					}
-					if (process.getErrorStream().available() > 0)
-					{
-						byte[] data = new byte[process.getErrorStream().available()];
-						//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
-						process.getErrorStream().read(data);
-						System.err.write(data);
-					}
-					
-					//noinspection BusyWait
-					Thread.sleep(100);
-				}
-			}
-			catch (Throwable ignored)
-			{
-			}
-		});
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Replaces occurrences of a target string in a byte array, ensuring null termination.
-	 *
-	 * @param byteArray The byte array where replacements should occur.
-	 * @param target The string to replace.
-	 * @param replacement The replacement string (must not be longer than the target).
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the replacement is longer than the target.
-	 */
-	private void replaceInNullTerminatedStrings(byte[] byteArray, String target, String replacement)
-	{
-		if (target.length() < replacement.length())
-		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Replacement must be the same length or shorter than the target.");
-		}
-		
-		byte[] targetBytes = target.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
-		byte[] replacementBytes = replacement.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
-		
-		byte nullByte = 0;
-		
-		for (int endPos = 0; endPos < byteArray.length - targetBytes.length - 1; endPos++)
-		{
-			int startPos = endPos;
-			int targetPos = 0;
-			while (targetPos < targetBytes.length && byteArray[endPos] == targetBytes[targetPos])
-			{
-				targetPos++;
-				endPos++;
-			}
-			
-			if (targetPos == targetBytes.length)
-			{
-				System.arraycopy(replacementBytes, 0, byteArray, startPos, replacementBytes.length);
-				
-				startPos = startPos + replacementBytes.length;
-				while (byteArray[endPos] != nullByte)
-				{
-					byteArray[startPos] = byteArray[endPos];
-					endPos++;
-					startPos++;
-				}
-				byteArray[startPos] = nullByte;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Runs an external script to fix a modified binary and returns the processed content.
-	 *
-	 * @param outputFilePath Path to store the processed binary.
-	 * @param content The original binary content.
-	 * @return The modified binary content.
-	 * @throws Exception if the process execution fails.
-	 */
-	public byte[] fixModifiedBinary(Path outputFilePath, byte[] content) throws Exception
-	{
-		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
-		processBuilder.directory(this.rootDirectory.toFile());
-		
-		processBuilder.command(
-				this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/Scripts").toFile().exists()
-						? this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/Scripts/python.exe").toString()
-						: this.rootDirectory.resolve(".venv/bin/python").toString(),
-				"./fix_modified_binary.py",
-				outputFilePath.toString()
-		);
-		
-		Process process = processBuilder.start();
-		CompletableFuture<Void> outputFuture = readOutputStreams(process);
-		
-		process.getOutputStream().write(content);
-		process.getOutputStream().close();
-		
-		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
-		outputFuture.get();
-		
-		if (exitCode != 0)
-		{
-			throw new Exception("Process failed: " + exitCode);
-		}
-		
-		return Files.readAllBytes(outputFilePath);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Processes a binary file, applying string replacements and fixing modifications.
-	 *
-	 * @param outputPath The output file path relative to the cache directory.
-	 * @param content The binary content to process.
-	 * @param replacements A map of string replacements to apply.
-	 * @return The modified binary content.
-	 * @throws Exception if processing fails.
-	 */
-	public byte[] processBinary(String outputPath, byte[] content, Map<String, String> replacements) throws Exception
-	{
-		Path outputFilePath = this.cacheRoot.resolve(outputPath);
-		//noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
-		outputFilePath.getParent().toFile().mkdirs();
-		
-		if (outputFilePath.toFile().exists())
-		{
-			return Files.readAllBytes(outputFilePath);
-		}
-		
-		for (Map.Entry<String, String> replacement : replacements.entrySet())
-		{
-			this.replaceInNullTerminatedStrings(content, replacement.getKey(), replacement.getValue());
-		}
-		
-		return this.fixModifiedBinary(outputFilePath, content);
-	}
-	
-}
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IVersionConstants;
+import net.minecraft.SharedConstants;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;

 /**
 * @author James Seibel
@@ -36,48 +38,32 @@ public class VersionConstants implements IVersionConstants
 	}
 	
 	
+	@Override
+	public int getMinimumWorldHeight()
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getWorldGenerationCountPerThread()
+	{
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isVanillaRenderedChunkSquare()
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public String getMinecraftVersion()
 	{
-		// these values are hard-coded to prevent an issue with Forge (specifically 1.18.2) where
-		// it can't load client classes when running as a dedicated server,
-		// which was how we were dynamically accessing the MC version string
-		
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
-			return "1.16.5";
-		
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-			return "1.17.1";
-		
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_18_2
-			return "1.18.2";
-		
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_19_2
-			return "1.19.2";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_19_4
-			return "1.19.4";
-		
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_20_1
-			return "1.20.1";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_20_2
-			return "1.20.2";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_20_4
-			return "1.20.4";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_20_6
-			return "1.20.6";
-		
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_1
-			return "1.21.1";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_3
-			return "1.21.3";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_4
-			return "1.21.4";
-		#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_5
-			return "1.21.5";
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+		return Minecraft.getInstance().getGame().getVersion().getId();
 		#else
-			ERROR MC version constant missing
+		return SharedConstants.getCurrentVersion().getId();
 		#endif
-		
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ import java.util.*;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
 #if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.core.Registry;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
@@ -92,19 +90,20 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	
 	// properties //
 	
-	@Nullable
 	public final BlockState blockState;
 	/** technically final, but since it requires a method call to generate it can't be marked as such */
 	private String serialString;
 	private final int hashCode;
-	/** Should be between {@link LodUtil#BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE} and {@link LodUtil#BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE} */
-	private final int opacity;
+	/** 
+	 * Cached opacity value, -1 if not populated. <br>
+	 * Should be between {@link LodUtil#BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE} and {@link LodUtil#BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE}
+	 */
+	private int opacity = -1;
 	/** used by the Iris shader mod to determine how each LOD should be rendered */
 	private byte blockMaterialId = 0;
 	
 	private final boolean isBeaconBlock; 
 	private final boolean isBeaconBaseBlock;
-	private final boolean allowsBeaconBeamPassage;
 	/** null if this block can't tint beacons */
 	private final Color beaconTintColor; 
 	private final Color mapColor;
@@ -161,12 +160,9 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		this.serialString = this.serialize(levelWrapper);
 		this.hashCode = Objects.hash(this.serialString);
 		this.blockMaterialId = this.calculateEDhApiBlockMaterialId().index;
-		this.opacity = this.calculateOpacity();
-		
-		String lowercaseSerial = this.serialString.toLowerCase();
-		
 		
 		// beacon blocks
+		String lowercaseSerial = this.serialString.toLowerCase();
 		boolean isBeaconBaseBlock = false;
 		for (int i = 0; i < LodUtil.BEACON_BASE_BLOCK_NAME_LIST.size(); i++)
 		{
@@ -202,39 +198,6 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		this.beaconTintColor = beaconTintColor;
 		
 		
-		// allow/deny beacon beam passage 
-		boolean allowsBeaconBeamPassage;
-		if (this.blockState != null)
-		{
-			// get block properties (defaults to the values used by air)
-			boolean canOcclude = this.getCanOcclude();
-			boolean propagatesSkyLightDown = this.getPropagatesSkyLightDown();
-			
-			if (lowercaseSerial.contains("minecraft:bedrock"))
-			{
-				// bedrock is a special case fully opaque block that does allow beacons through
-				allowsBeaconBeamPassage = true;
-			}
-			else if (propagatesSkyLightDown || !canOcclude)
-			{
-				// stairs, cake, fences, etc.
-				allowsBeaconBeamPassage = true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				// non-opaque blocks (glass, mob spawners, etc.)
-				// all allow beacons through
-				allowsBeaconBeamPassage = (this.opacity != LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_OPAQUE);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// air allows beacons through
-			allowsBeaconBeamPassage = true;
-		}
-		this.allowsBeaconBeamPassage = allowsBeaconBeamPassage;
-		
-		
 		int mcColor = 0;
 		if (this.blockState != null)
 		{
@@ -378,13 +341,13 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	//=================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getOpacity() { return this.opacity; }
-	private int calculateOpacity()
+	public int getOpacity()
 	{
-		// get block properties (defaults to the values used by air)
-		boolean canOcclude = this.getCanOcclude();
-		boolean propagatesSkyLightDown = this.getPropagatesSkyLightDown();
-		
+		// use the cached opacity value if possible
+		if (this.opacity != -1)
+		{
+			return this.opacity;
+		}
 		
 		
 		// this method isn't perfect, but works well enough for our use case
@@ -393,20 +356,19 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		{
 			opacity = LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_TRANSPARENT;
 		}
-		else if (this.isLiquid() && !canOcclude)
+		else if (this.isLiquid() && !this.blockState.canOcclude())
 		{
 			// probably not a waterlogged block (which should block light entirely)
 			
 			// +1 to indicate that the block is translucent (in between transparent and opaque) 
 			opacity = LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_TRANSPARENT + 1;
 		}
-		else if (propagatesSkyLightDown && !canOcclude)
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+		else if (this.blockState.propagatesSkylightDown(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO))
+		#else
+		else if (this.blockState.propagatesSkylightDown())
+		#endif
 		{
-			// probably glass or some other fully transparent block
-			
-			// !canOcclude is required to ignore stairs and slabs since
-			// propagateSkyLightDown is true for them, but they're solid and don't actually let light through
-			
 			opacity = LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_TRANSPARENT;
 		}
 		else
@@ -416,37 +378,9 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		}
 		
 		
-		return opacity;
+		this.opacity = opacity;
+		return this.opacity;
 	}
-	private boolean getCanOcclude()
-	{
-		// defaults to the value used by air
-		boolean canOcclude = false;
-		if (this.blockState != null)
-		{
-			canOcclude = this.blockState.canOcclude();
-		}
-		
-		return canOcclude;
-	}
-	private boolean getPropagatesSkyLightDown()
-	{
-		// defaults to the value used by air
-		boolean propagatesSkyLightDown = true;
-		if (this.blockState != null)
-		{
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-			propagatesSkyLightDown = this.blockState.propagatesSkylightDown(EmptyBlockGetter.INSTANCE, BlockPos.ZERO);
-			#else
-			propagatesSkyLightDown = this.blockState.propagatesSkylightDown();
-			#endif
-		}
-		
-		return propagatesSkyLightDown;
-	}
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getLightEmission() { return (this.blockState != null) ? this.blockState.getLightEmission() : 0; }
@@ -519,8 +453,6 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	public boolean isBeaconBaseBlock() { return this.isBeaconBaseBlock; }
 	@Override
 	public boolean isBeaconTintBlock() { return this.beaconTintColor != null; }
-	@Override
-	public boolean allowsBeaconBeamPassage() { return this.allowsBeaconBeamPassage; }
 	
 	@Override
 	public Color getMapColor() { return this.mapColor; }
@@ -40,18 +40,11 @@ import java.util.Random;
 #endif
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

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

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-#else
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BlockModelPart;
-#endif
-
 /**
 * This stores and calculates the colors
 * the given {@link BlockState} should have based
@@ -203,7 +196,9 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				List<BakedQuad> quads = null;
 				for (Direction direction : COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER)
 				{
-					quads = this.getQuadsForDirection(direction);
+					quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
+							getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, direction, RANDOM);
+					
 					if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty()
 						&& !(
 							this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof RotatedPillarBlock
@@ -217,37 +212,19 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				
 				if (quads == null || quads.isEmpty())
 				{
-					quads = this.getUnculledQuads();
+					quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
+							getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, null, RANDOM);
 				}
 				
-				if (quads != null 
-					&& !quads.isEmpty() 
-					&& quads.get(0) != null)
+				if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty())
 				{
-					BakedQuad firstQuad = quads.get(0);
-					
-					this.needPostTinting = firstQuad.isTinted();
-					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21_4
-					this.needShade = firstQuad.isShade();
-					this.tintIndex = firstQuad.getTintIndex();
-					#else
-					this.needShade = firstQuad.shade();
-					this.tintIndex = firstQuad.tintIndex();
-					#endif
-					
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
+					this.needPostTinting = quads.get(0).isTinted();
+					this.needShade = quads.get(0).isShade();
+					this.tintIndex = quads.get(0).getTintIndex();
 					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-                        firstQuad.sprite,
-						ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-                        firstQuad.getSprite(),
-						ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#else
-					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-						firstQuad.sprite(),
-						ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-					#endif
+	                        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1 quads.get(0).sprite,
+							#else quads.get(0).getSprite(), #endif
+							ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -255,7 +232,8 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 					this.needPostTinting = false;
 					this.needShade = false;
 					this.tintIndex = 0;
-					this.baseColor = this.getParticleIconColor();
+					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+							ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
 				}
 			}
 			else
@@ -264,7 +242,8 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 				this.needPostTinting = true;
 				this.needShade = false;
 				this.tintIndex = 0;
-				this.baseColor = this.getParticleIconColor();
+				this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+						ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
 			}
 			
 			this.isColorResolved = true;
@@ -274,35 +253,6 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 			RESOLVE_LOCK.unlock();
 		}
 	}
-	
-	@Nullable
-	private List<BakedQuad> getUnculledQuads() { return this.getQuadsForDirection(null); }
-	@Nullable
-	private List<BakedQuad> getQuadsForDirection(@Nullable Direction direction)
-	{
-		List<BakedQuad> quads = null;
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
-				getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, direction, RANDOM);
-		#else
-		List<BlockModelPart> blockModelPartList = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
-				getBlockModel(this.blockState).collectParts(RANDOM);
-		
-		quads = new ArrayList<>();
-		if (blockModelPartList != null)
-		{
-			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;
-	}
-	
 	//TODO: Perhaps make this not just use the first frame?
 	private static int calculateColorFromTexture(TextureAtlasSprite texture, ColorMode colorMode)
 	{
@@ -433,13 +383,6 @@ public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
 		return (bias + (scale * t)) >>> 16;
 	}
 	
-	private int getParticleIconColor()
-	{
-		return calculateColorFromTexture(
-				Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
-				ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
-	}
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.*;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biomes;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.lighting.LevelLightEngine;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FluidState;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

@@ -43,74 +46,46 @@ public class TintWithoutLevelOverrider implements BlockAndTintGetter
 	 * but {@link Nullable} is there just in case. 
 	 */
 	@Nullable
-	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
-	public final Holder<Biome> biome;
-	#else
-	public final Biome biome;
-	#endif
+	private final Biome biome;
+	
+	
 	
-	/**
-	 * Constructs the TintWithoutLevelOverrider, storing the provided Biome Holder for late-binding access.
-	 *
-	 * <p>Previously, this class might have immediately unwrapped the Holder like this:</p>
-	 * <pre>{@code
-	 * // Inside constructor (OLD WAY - PROBLEMATIC):
-	 * Holder<Biome> biomeHolder = getTheHolderFromSomewhere();
-	 * this.biome = biomeHolder.value(); // <-- PROBLEM HERE
-	 * }</pre>
-	 *
-	 * <p>This approach is problematic because the {@link net.minecraft.core.Holder} system,
-	 * particularly {@code Holder.Reference}, is designed for <strong>late binding</strong>. Here's why storing
-	 * the Holder itself is now necessary:</p>
-	 * <ol>
-	 *   <li>A {@code Holder.Reference<Biome>} might be created initially just with a
-	 *       {@link net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey} (like {@code minecraft:plains}), but its actual
-	 *       {@link net.minecraft.core.Holder#value() value()} (the {@code Biome} object itself) might be {@code null}
-	 *       at construction time.</li>
-	 *   <li>Later, during game loading, registry population, or potentially due to modifications by other mods
-	 *       (e.g., Polytone), the system calls internal binding methods (like {@code bindValue(Biome)})
-	 *       on the {@code Holder} instance. This sets or <strong>updates</strong> the internal reference to the
-	 *       actual {@code Biome} object.</li>
-	 *   <li>Crucially, the binding process might assign a completely <strong>new</strong> {@code Biome} object
-	 *       instance to the {@code Holder} reference, replacing any previous one.</li>
-	 * </ol>
-	 *
-	 * <p>If we unwrapped the {@code Holder} using {@code .value()} within the constructor (the old way),
-	 * our class's internal {@code biome} field would permanently store a reference to whatever {@code Biome}
-	 * object the {@code Holder} pointed to *at that exact moment*. It would have no link back to the
-	 * {@code Holder} and would be unaware if the {@code Holder} was later updated to point to a different
-	 * (or the initially missing) {@code Biome} object. This would lead to using stale or even {@code null} data.</p>
-	 *
-	 * <p>By storing the {@code Holder<Biome>} itself, this class can call {@link net.minecraft.core.Holder#value()}
-	 * whenever the biome information is needed, ensuring it always retrieves the most current {@code Biome}
-	 * instance associated with the holder at that time.</p>
-	 */
 	public TintWithoutLevelOverrider(BiomeWrapper biomeWrapper, IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper)
 	{
-		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 Holder<Biome> #else Biome #endif biome = biomeWrapper.biome;
-		if (biome == null) // We are looking at the empty biome wrapper
+		// try to get the wrapped biome
+		Biome unwrappedBiome = null;
+		if (biomeWrapper.biome != null)
 		{
+			unwrappedBiome = unwrap(biomeWrapper.biome);
+		}
+		
+		if(unwrappedBiome == null)
+		{
+			// we are looking at the empty biome wrapper, try using plains as a backup
 			BiomeWrapper plainsBiomeWrapper = ((BiomeWrapper) clientLevelWrapper.getPlainsBiomeWrapper());
 			if (plainsBiomeWrapper != null)
 			{
-				biome = plainsBiomeWrapper.biome;
+				unwrappedBiome = unwrap(plainsBiomeWrapper.biome);
 			}
 		}
 		
-		this.biome = biome;
+		this.biome = unwrappedBiome;
 	}
 	
 	
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getBlockTint(@NotNull BlockPos blockPos, @NotNull ColorResolver colorResolver)
-	{
-		if (this.biome == null)
+	public int getBlockTint(@NotNull BlockPos blockPos, @NotNull ColorResolver colorResolver) 
+	{ 
+		if (this.biome != null)
+		{
+			return colorResolver.getColor(this.biome, blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getZ());
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			// hopefully unneeded debug color
 			return ColorUtil.CYAN;
 		}
-		return colorResolver.getColor(unwrap(biome), blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getZ());
 	}
 	
 	private static Biome unwrap(#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 Holder<Biome> #else Biome #endif biome)
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 					{
 						// is this block solid?
 						if (solidHeight == minInclusiveBuildHeight
-							&& block.isSolid())
+								&& block.isSolid())
 						{
 							solidHeight = y;
 						}
 						
 						// is this block light blocking?
 						if (lightBlockingHeight == minInclusiveBuildHeight
-							&& block.getOpacity() != LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_TRANSPARENT)
+								&& block.getOpacity() != LodUtil.BLOCK_FULLY_TRANSPARENT)
 						{
 							lightBlockingHeight = y;
 						}
@@ -214,29 +214,17 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	@Override
 	public DhBlockPos getPlayerBlockPos()
 	{
-		LocalPlayer player = this.getPlayer();
-		if (player == null)
-		{
-			return new DhBlockPos(0, 0, 0);	
-		}
-		
-		BlockPos playerPos = player.blockPosition();
+		BlockPos playerPos = this.getPlayer().blockPosition();
 		return new DhBlockPos(playerPos.getX(), playerPos.getY(), playerPos.getZ());
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public DhChunkPos getPlayerChunkPos()
 	{
-		LocalPlayer player = this.getPlayer();
-		if (player == null)
-		{
-			return new DhChunkPos(0, 0);
-		}
-		
        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
-        ChunkPos playerPos = new ChunkPos(player.blockPosition());
+        ChunkPos playerPos = new ChunkPos(this.getPlayer().blockPosition());
        #else
-		ChunkPos playerPos = player.chunkPosition();
+		ChunkPos playerPos = this.getPlayer().chunkPosition();
        #endif
 		return new DhChunkPos(playerPos.x, playerPos.z);
 	}
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft;

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GlStateManager;
-#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21_5
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlStateManager;
-#endif

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
@@ -152,10 +148,7 @@ public class MinecraftGLWrapper implements IMinecraftGLWrapper
 	public void glBlendFunc(int sfactor, int dfactor) 
 	{
 		GL32.glBlendFunc(sfactor, dfactor);
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		GlStateManager._blendFunc(sfactor, dfactor);
-		#endif
+		GlStateManager._blendFunc(sfactor, dfactor); 
 	}
 	/** @see GL32#glBlendFuncSeparate */
 	@Override
@@ -187,15 +180,7 @@ public class MinecraftGLWrapper implements IMinecraftGLWrapper
 	/** @see GL32#glDeleteBuffers(int)  */
 	@Override
 	public void glDeleteBuffers(int buffer)
-	{
-		GL32.glDeleteBuffers(buffer);
-		
-		// MC's implementation has a bug where it will throw:
-		// GL_INVALID_OPERATION in glBufferData(immutable)
-		// when attempting to delete Storage Buffers
-		// So we need to manually delete the buffers ourselves
-		//GlStateManager._glDeleteBuffers(buffer); 
-	}
+	{ GlStateManager._glDeleteBuffers(buffer); }
 	
 	
 	// culling //
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.joml.Vector4f;

-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_5
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlTexture;
-import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
-#endif

 /**
 * A singleton that contains everything
@@ -106,15 +102,8 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 	 */
 	public int finalLevelFrameBufferId = -1;
 	
-	public boolean colorTextureCastFailLogged = false;
-	public boolean depthTextureCastFailLogged = false;
 	
 	
-	
-	//=========//
-	// methods //
-	//=========//
-	
 	@Override
 	public Vec3f getLookAtVector()
 	{
@@ -261,26 +250,6 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 	
 	private RenderTarget getRenderTarget() { return MC.getMainRenderTarget(); }
 	
-	@Override
-	public boolean mcRendersToFrameBuffer()
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return true;
-		#else
-		return false;
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public boolean runningLegacyOpenGL()
-	{
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_16_5
-		return true;
-		#else
-		return false;
-		#endif
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	public int getTargetFrameBuffer()
 	{
@@ -290,87 +259,27 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 			return this.finalLevelFrameBufferId;
 		}
 		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		return this.getRenderTarget().frameBufferId;
-		#else
-		// MC renders to a texture and then directly to the default FBO now
-		// we need to draw to their texture instead of the FBO
-		return 0; // 0 is the ID for the default frame buffer
-		#endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void clearTargetFrameBuffer() { this.finalLevelFrameBufferId = -1; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getDepthTextureId()
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return this.getRenderTarget().getDepthTextureId();
-		#else
-		try
-		{
-			GlTexture glTexture = (GlTexture) this.getRenderTarget().getDepthTexture();
-			if (glTexture == null)
-			{
-				// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-				return 0;
-			}
-			
-			return glTexture.glId();
-		}
-		catch (ClassCastException e)
-		{
-			// only log this error once per session
-			if (!this.depthTextureCastFailLogged)
-			{
-				this.depthTextureCastFailLogged = true;
-				LOGGER.error("Unable to cast render Target depth texture to GlTexture. MC or a rendering mod may have changed the object type.", e);
-			}
-			return 0;
-		}
-		#endif
-	}
+	public int getDepthTextureId() { return this.getRenderTarget().getDepthTextureId(); }
 	@Override
-	public int getColorTextureId() 
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return this.getRenderTarget().getColorTextureId();
-		#else
-		try
-		{
-			GlTexture glTexture = (GlTexture) this.getRenderTarget().getColorTexture();
-			if (glTexture == null)
-			{
-				// shouldn't happen, but just in case
-				return 0;
-			}
-			
-			return glTexture.glId();
-		}
-		catch (ClassCastException e)
-		{
-			// only log this error once per session
-			if (!this.colorTextureCastFailLogged)
-			{
-				this.colorTextureCastFailLogged = true;
-				LOGGER.error("Unable to cast render Target color texture to GlTexture. MC or a rendering mod may have changed the object type.", e);
-			}
-			return 0;
-		}
-		#endif
-	}
+	public int getColorTextureId() { return this.getRenderTarget().getColorTextureId(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getTargetFrameBufferViewportWidth()
 	{
-		return this.getRenderTarget().viewWidth;
+		return getRenderTarget().viewWidth;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getTargetFrameBufferViewportHeight()
 	{
-		return this.getRenderTarget().viewHeight;
+		return getRenderTarget().viewHeight;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc;

 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftGLWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;

 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 public class LightMapWrapper implements ILightMapWrapper
 {
 	private static final IMinecraftGLWrapper GLMC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftGLWrapper.class);
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	
 	private int textureId = 0;
 	
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ public class LightMapWrapper implements ILightMapWrapper
 	
 	public void uploadLightmap(NativeImage image)
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		int currentTexture = GLMC.getActiveTexture();
 		if (this.textureId == 0)
 		{
@@ -63,27 +59,14 @@ public class LightMapWrapper implements ILightMapWrapper
 			GLMC.glBindTexture(this.textureId);
 		}
 		image.upload(0, 0, 0, false);
-		
-		// getActiveTexture() may return textures that aren't valid and attempting to bind them will
-		// throw a GL error in MC 1.21.1
-		if (GL32.glIsTexture(currentTexture))
-		{
-			GLMC.glBindTexture(currentTexture);
-		}
-		#else 
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("setLightmapId should be used for MC versions after 1.21.5"); // TODO that MC version number is wrong, when did we actually start using setLightmapId()?
-		#endif
+		GLMC.glBindTexture(currentTexture);
 	}
 	private void createLightmap(NativeImage image)
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		this.textureId = GLMC.glGenTextures();
 		GLMC.glBindTexture(this.textureId);
 		GL32.glTexImage2D(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, image.format().glFormat(), image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(),
 				0, image.format().glFormat(), GL32.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (ByteBuffer) null);
-		#else
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("setLightmapId should be used for MC versions after 1.21.5"); // TODO that MC version number is wrong, when did we actually start using setLightmapId()?
-		#endif
 	}
 	
 	public void setLightmapId(int minecraftLightmapTetxureId)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -32,10 +33,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

 #if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_4
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 #endif

 #if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 #else
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 #endif
@@ -53,12 +49,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
 public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 {
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger(ClientLevelWrapper.class.getSimpleName());
-	/**
-	 * weak references are to prevent rare issues
-	 * where, upon world closure, some levels aren't shutdown/removed properly
-	 * and/or for servers were the level object isn't consistent
-	 */
-	private static final Map<ClientLevel, WeakReference<ClientLevelWrapper>> LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<>());
+	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<ClientLevel, ClientLevelWrapper> LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(); // TODO can leak
 	private static final IKeyedClientLevelManager KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IKeyedClientLevelManager.class);
 	
 	private static final Minecraft MINECRAFT = Minecraft.getInstance();
@@ -81,9 +72,9 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	
 	
 	
-	//==================//
-	// instance methods //
-	//==================//
+	//===============//
+	// wrapper logic //
+	//===============//
 	
 	public static IClientLevelWrapper getWrapper(@NotNull ClientLevel level) { return getWrapper(level, false); }
 	
@@ -105,19 +96,7 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 			}
 		}
 		
-		return LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.compute(level, (newLevel, levelRef) ->
-		{
-			if (levelRef != null)
-			{
-				ClientLevelWrapper oldLevelWrapper = levelRef.get();
-				if (oldLevelWrapper != null)
-				{
-					return levelRef;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			return new WeakReference<>(new ClientLevelWrapper(newLevel));
-		}).get();
+		return LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.computeIfAbsent(level, ClientLevelWrapper::new);
 	}
 	
 	@Nullable
@@ -286,7 +265,7 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	@Override
 	public void onUnload() 
 	{ 
-		LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.remove(this.level);
+		LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.remove(this.level);
 		this.parentDhLevel = null;
 	}
 	
@@ -28,80 +28,72 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.dimension.DimensionType;

 /**
 * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 2022-9-16
 */
 public class DimensionTypeWrapper implements IDimensionTypeWrapper
 {
-	private static final ConcurrentMap<String, DimensionTypeWrapper> DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private static final ConcurrentMap<DimensionType, DimensionTypeWrapper> dimensionTypeWrapperMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	private final DimensionType dimensionType;
 	
-	
-	
-	//=============//
-	// Constructor //
-	//=============//
-	
-	public DimensionTypeWrapper(DimensionType dimensionType) { this.dimensionType = dimensionType; }
+	public DimensionTypeWrapper(DimensionType dimensionType)
+	{
+		this.dimensionType = dimensionType;
+	}
 	
 	public static DimensionTypeWrapper getDimensionTypeWrapper(DimensionType dimensionType)
 	{
-		String dimName = getName(dimensionType);
-		
-		// check if the dimension has already been wrapped
-		if (DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME.containsKey(dimName) 
-			&& DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME.get(dimName) != null)
+		//first we check if the biome has already been wrapped
+		if (dimensionTypeWrapperMap.containsKey(dimensionType) && dimensionTypeWrapperMap.get(dimensionType) != null)
 		{
-			return DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME.get(dimName);
+			return dimensionTypeWrapperMap.get(dimensionType);
 		}
 		
 		
-		// create the missing wrapper
+		//if it hasn't been created yet, we create it and save it in the map
 		DimensionTypeWrapper dimensionTypeWrapper = new DimensionTypeWrapper(dimensionType);
-		DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME.put(dimName, dimensionTypeWrapper);
+		dimensionTypeWrapperMap.put(dimensionType, dimensionTypeWrapper);
+		
+		//we return the newly created wrapper
 		return dimensionTypeWrapper;
 	}
 	
-	public static void clearMap() { DIMENSION_WRAPPER_BY_NAME.clear(); }
+	public static void clearMap()
+	{
+		dimensionTypeWrapperMap.clear();
+	}
 	
 	
-	
-	//=================//
-	// wrapper methods //
-	//=================//
-	
-	@Override
-	public String getName() { return getName(this.dimensionType); }
-	public static String getName(DimensionType dimensionType)
+	private String getDimensionName()
 	{
 		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_16_5
 		// effectsLocation() is marked as client only, so using the backing field directly
 		return dimensionType.effectsLocation.getPath();
 		#else
-		return dimensionType.effectsLocation().getPath();
+		return this.dimensionType.effectsLocation().getPath();
 		#endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public boolean hasCeiling() { return this.dimensionType.hasCeiling(); }
+	public boolean hasCeiling()
+	{
+		return this.dimensionType.hasCeiling();
+	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public boolean hasSkyLight() { return this.dimensionType.hasSkyLight(); }
+	public boolean hasSkyLight()
+	{
+		return this.dimensionType.hasSkyLight();
+	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public Object getWrappedMcObject() { return this.dimensionType; }
+	public Object getWrappedMcObject()
+	{
+		return this.dimensionType;
+	}
 	
 	// there's definitely a better way of doing this, but it should work well enough for now
 	@Override
-	public boolean isTheEnd() { return this.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("the_end"); }
-	
-	@Override
-	public double getCoordinateScale() { return this.dimensionType.coordinateScale(); }
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	//================//
-	// base overrides //
-	//================//
+	public boolean isTheEnd() { return this.getDimensionName().equalsIgnoreCase("the_end"); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object obj)
@@ -113,10 +105,9 @@ public class DimensionTypeWrapper implements IDimensionTypeWrapper
 		else
 		{
 			DimensionTypeWrapper other = (DimensionTypeWrapper) obj;
-			return other.getName().equals(this.getName());
+			return other.getDimensionName().equals(this.getDimensionName());
 		}
 	}
 	
 	
-	
 }
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world;

 import java.io.File;
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiLevelType;
@@ -61,11 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 {
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
-	/** 
-	 * weak references are to prevent rare issues
-	 * where, upon world closure, some levels aren't shutdown/removed properly
-	 */
-	private static final Map<ServerLevel, WeakReference<ServerLevelWrapper>> LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_SERVER_LEVEL = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<>());
+	private static final ConcurrentHashMap<ServerLevel, ServerLevelWrapper> LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_SERVER_LEVEL = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
 	private final ServerLevel level;
 	@Deprecated // TODO circular references are bad
@@ -78,29 +70,15 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 	//==============//
 	
 	public static ServerLevelWrapper getWrapper(ServerLevel level) 
-	{
-		return LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_SERVER_LEVEL.compute(level, (newLevel, levelRef) ->
-		{
-			if (levelRef != null)
-			{
-				ServerLevelWrapper oldLevelWrapper = levelRef.get();
-				if (oldLevelWrapper != null)
-				{
-					return levelRef;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			return new WeakReference<>(new ServerLevelWrapper(newLevel));
-		}).get();
-	}
+	{ return LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_SERVER_LEVEL.computeIfAbsent(level, ServerLevelWrapper::new); }
 	
 	public ServerLevelWrapper(ServerLevel level) { this.level = level; }
 	
 	
 	
-	//==================//
-	// instance methods //
-	//==================//
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
 	
 	@Override
 	public File getMcSaveFolder() 
@@ -115,8 +93,6 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 	@Override
 	public String getWorldFolderName()
 	{
-		// TODO can we just replace this with getMcSaveFolder()? Why are we using the screenshot file anyway?
-		//  this can have issues when the screenshot file is null/missing
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
 		return this.level.getServer().getWorldScreenshotFile().get().getParent().getFileName().toString();
 		#else // <= 1.16.5
@@ -203,7 +179,7 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 	public ServerLevel getWrappedMcObject() { return this.level; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public void onUnload() { LEVEL_WRAPPER_REF_BY_SERVER_LEVEL.remove(this.level); }
+	public void onUnload() { LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_SERVER_LEVEL.remove(this.level); }
 	
 	
 	@Override
@@ -113,11 +113,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			new ConfigBasedLogger(LogManager.getLogger("LodWorldGen"),
 					() -> Config.Common.Logging.logWorldGenLoadEvent.get());
 	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 	private static final TicketType<ChunkPos> DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET = TicketType.create("dh_server_gen_ticket", Comparator.comparingLong(ChunkPos::toLong));
-	#else
-	private static final TicketType DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET = new TicketType(/* timeout, 0 = disabled*/0L, /* persist */ false, TicketType.TicketUse.LOADING);
-	#endif
 	
 	private static final IModChecker MOD_CHECKER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
 	
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	 * pull chunks using their async method), or if there
 	 * was an issue with the sync pulling method.
 	 */
-	private boolean pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod = false;
+	private boolean pullExistingChunkAsync = false;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -245,10 +241,19 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		
 		if (MOD_CHECKER.isModLoaded("c2me"))
 		{
-			EVENT_LOGGER.info("C2ME detected: DH's pre-existing chunk accessing will use methods handled by C2ME.");
-			this.pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod = true;
+			EVENT_LOGGER.info("C2ME detected: DH's pre-existing chunk accessing will use async methods handled by C2ME.");
+			this.pullExistingChunkAsync = true;
 		}
 		
+		//IOWorker ioWorker = level.getChunkSource().chunkMap.worker;
+		//	
+		//	#if MC_VER <= MC_1_18_2
+		//	return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(ioWorker.load(chunkPos));
+		//	#else
+		//
+		//// storage will be null if C2ME is installed
+		//if (ioWorker.storage != null)
+		
 		this.params = new GlobalParameters(serverlevel);
 	}
 	
@@ -337,8 +342,6 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	// world generation //
 	//==================//
 	
-	// TODO this is already being run on a generator thread,
-	//  why are we passing in an executor?
 	/** @throws RejectedExecutionException if the given {@link Executor} is cancelled. */
 	public CompletableFuture<Void> generateLodFromListAsync(GenerationEvent genEvent, Executor executor) throws RejectedExecutionException, InterruptedException
 	{
@@ -382,12 +385,10 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 				.map((chunkPos) -> this.createEmptyOrPreExistingChunkAsync(chunkPos.x, chunkPos.z, chunkSkyLightingByDhPos, chunkBlockLightingByDhPos, generatedChunkByDhPos))
 				.toArray(CompletableFuture[]::new);
 		
-		// join to prevent an issue where DH queues too many tasks or something(?)
-		// also allows file IO to run in parallel so no one thread is waiting on disk IO (this is only an issue when C2ME is present)
-		CompletableFuture.allOf(readFutures).join();
 		
 		// future chain for generation
-		return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> 
+		return CompletableFuture.allOf(readFutures)
+			.thenRunAsync(() -> 
 			{
 				// offset 1 chunk in both X and Z direction so we can generate an even number of chunks wide
 				// while still submitting an odd number width to MC's internal generators
@@ -591,7 +592,6 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 				return newChunk;
 			});
 	}
-	// TODO FIXME this method can be called up to 25 times for the same chunk position, why?
 	private CompletableFuture<CompoundTag> getChunkNbtDataAsync(ChunkPos chunkPos)
 	{
 		ServerLevel level = this.params.level;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			#else
 			
 			// storage will be null if C2ME is installed
-			if (!this.pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod && ioWorker.storage != null)
+			if (!this.pullExistingChunkAsync && ioWorker.storage != null)
 			{
 				try
 				{
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 					// ioWorker.storage
 					// but just in case
 					EVENT_LOGGER.error("Unexpected issue pulling pre-existing chunk ["+chunkPos+"], falling back to async chunk pulling. This may cause server-tick lag.", e);
-					this.pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod = true;
+					this.pullExistingChunkAsync = true;
 					
 					// try again now using the async method
 					return this.getChunkNbtDataAsync(chunkPos);
@@ -633,42 +633,32 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			else
 			{
 				// log if we unexpectedly weren't able to run the sync chunk pulling
-				if (!this.pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod)
+				if (!this.pullExistingChunkAsync)
 				{
 					// this shouldn't happen, but just in case
 					EVENT_LOGGER.info("Unable to pull pre-existing chunk using synchronous method. Falling back to async method. this may cause server-tick lag.");
-					this.pullExistingChunkUsingMcAsyncMethod = true;
+					this.pullExistingChunkAsync = true;
 				}
 				
-				//GET_CHUNK_COUNT_REF.incrementAndGet();
 				
 				// When running in vanilla MC on versions before 1.21.4,  
 				// DH would attempt to run loadAsync on this same thread via a threading mixin,
 				// to prevent causing lag on the server thread.
 				// However, if a mod like C2ME is installed this will run on a C2ME thread instead.
 				return ioWorker.loadAsync(chunkPos)
-						.thenApply(optional ->
+					.thenApply(optional -> optional.orElse(null))
+					.exceptionally((throwable) ->
+					{
+						// unwrap the CompletionException if necessary
+						Throwable actualThrowable = throwable;
+						while (actualThrowable instanceof CompletionException completionException)
 						{
-							// Debugging note:
-							// If there are reports of extreme memory use when C2ME is installed, that probably means
-							// this method is queuing a lot of tasks (1,000+), which causes C2ME to explode.
-							
-							//GET_CHUNK_COUNT_REF.decrementAndGet();
-							//PREF_LOGGER.info("chunk getter count ["+F3Screen.NUMBER_FORMAT.format(GET_CHUNK_COUNT_REF.get())+"]");
-							return optional.orElse(null);
-						})
-						.exceptionally((throwable) ->
-						{
-							// unwrap the CompletionException if necessary
-							Throwable actualThrowable = throwable;
-							while (actualThrowable instanceof CompletionException completionException)
-							{
-								actualThrowable = completionException.getCause();
-							}
-							
-							LOAD_LOGGER.warn("DistantHorizons: Couldn't load or make chunk ["+chunkPos+"], error: ["+actualThrowable.getMessage()+"].", actualThrowable);
-							return null;
-						});
+							actualThrowable = completionException.getCause();
+						}
+						
+						LOAD_LOGGER.warn("DistantHorizons: Couldn't load or make chunk ["+chunkPos+"], error: ["+actualThrowable.getMessage()+"].", actualThrowable);
+						return null;
+					});
 			}
 			#endif
 		}
@@ -882,11 +872,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			chunkLevel = generateUpToFeatures ? ChunkLevel.byStatus(ChunkStatus.FEATURES) : 33;
 			#endif
 			
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 			level.getChunkSource().distanceManager.addTicket(DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET, pos, chunkLevel, pos);
-			#else
-			level.getChunkSource().addTicketWithRadius(DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET, pos, 0);
-			#endif
 			level.getChunkSource().distanceManager.runAllUpdates(level.getChunkSource().chunkMap); // probably not the most optimal to run updates here, but fast enough
 			ChunkHolder holder = level.getChunkSource().chunkMap.getUpdatingChunkIfPresent(pos.toLong());
 			if (holder == null)
@@ -923,11 +909,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 				chunkLevel = chunkWasGeneratedUpToFeatures ? ChunkLevel.byStatus(ChunkStatus.FEATURES) : 33;
 				#endif
 				
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 				level.getChunkSource().distanceManager.removeTicket(DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET, pos, chunkLevel, pos);
-				#else
-				level.getChunkSource().removeTicketWithRadius(DH_SERVER_GEN_TICKET, pos, 0);
-				#endif
 				
 				// mitigate OOM issues in vanilla chunk system: see https://github.com/pop4959/Chunky/pull/383
 				level.getChunkSource().chunkMap.tick(() -> false);
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.ChunkLightStorage;

 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;


 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.ShortList;
@@ -86,13 +84,11 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkType;
 #endif

 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluid;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;


 public class ChunkLoader
 {
-	private static final AtomicBoolean ZERO_CHUNK_POS_ERROR_LOGGED_REF = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-	
+	private static boolean zeroChunkPosErrorLogged = false;
 	
 	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
 	private static final Codec<PalettedContainer<BlockState>> BLOCK_STATE_CODEC = PalettedContainer.codecRW(Block.BLOCK_STATE_REGISTRY, BlockState.CODEC, PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_STATES, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState());
@@ -124,16 +120,19 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		CompoundTag tagLevel = chunkData;
 		#endif
 		
-		int chunkX = tagGetInt(tagLevel,"xPos");
-		int chunkZ = tagGetInt(tagLevel, "zPos");
-		ChunkPos actualPos = new ChunkPos(chunkX, chunkZ);
-		
+		ChunkPos actualPos = new ChunkPos(tagLevel.getInt("xPos"), tagLevel.getInt("zPos"));
 		if (!Objects.equals(chunkPos, actualPos))
 		{
-			if (chunkX == 0 && chunkZ == 0)
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+			if (actualPos.equals(ChunkPos.ZERO))
+			#else
+			if (actualPos.equals(ChunkPos.INVALID_CHUNK_POS))
+			#endif
 			{
-				if (!ZERO_CHUNK_POS_ERROR_LOGGED_REF.getAndSet(true))
+				if (!zeroChunkPosErrorLogged)
 				{
+					zeroChunkPosErrorLogged = true;
+					
 					// explicit chunkPos toString is necessary otherwise the JDK 17 compiler breaks
 					LOGGER.warn("Chunk file at ["+chunkPos.toString()+"] doesn't have a chunk pos. \n" +
 						"This might happen if the world was created using an external program. \n" +
@@ -175,27 +174,14 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		
 		#endif
 		
-		long inhabitedTime = tagGetLong(tagLevel, "InhabitedTime");
+		long inhabitedTime = tagLevel.getLong("InhabitedTime");
 		
 		//================== Read params for making the LevelChunk ==================
-		
-		UpgradeData upgradeData;
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
-		upgradeData = tagLevel.contains(TAG_UPGRADE_DATA, 10)
-				? new UpgradeData(tagGetCompoundTag(tagLevel, TAG_UPGRADE_DATA))
+		UpgradeData upgradeData = tagLevel.contains(TAG_UPGRADE_DATA, 10)
+				? new UpgradeData(tagLevel.getCompound(TAG_UPGRADE_DATA)#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1 , level #endif )
 				: UpgradeData.EMPTY;
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		upgradeData = tagLevel.contains(TAG_UPGRADE_DATA, 10)
-				? new UpgradeData(tagGetCompoundTag(tagLevel, TAG_UPGRADE_DATA), level)
-				: UpgradeData.EMPTY;
-		#else
-		upgradeData = tagLevel.contains(TAG_UPGRADE_DATA)
-				? new UpgradeData(tagGetCompoundTag(tagLevel, TAG_UPGRADE_DATA), level)
-				: UpgradeData.EMPTY;
-		#endif
 		
-		
-		boolean isLightOn = tagGetBoolean(tagLevel, "isLightOn");
+		boolean isLightOn = tagLevel.getBoolean("isLightOn");
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
 		ChunkBiomeContainer chunkBiomeContainer = new ChunkBiomeContainer(
 				level.getLevel().registryAccess().registryOrThrow(Registry.BIOME_REGISTRY)#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1 , level #endif ,
@@ -212,21 +198,17 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 				: new ProtoTickList<Fluid>(fluid -> (fluid == null || fluid == Fluids.EMPTY), chunkPos,
 				tagLevel.getList("LiquidsToBeTicked", 9)#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1 , level #endif );
 		#else
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-				LevelChunkTicks<Block> blockTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(BLOCK_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
-						string -> Registry.BLOCK.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
-				LevelChunkTicks<Fluid> fluidTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(FLUID_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
-						string -> Registry.FLUID.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
-			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_4
-				LevelChunkTicks<Block> blockTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(BLOCK_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
-						(string -> BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string))), chunkPos);
-				LevelChunkTicks<Fluid> fluidTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(FLUID_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
-						string -> BuiltInRegistries.FLUID.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
-			#else
-				// do we need the ticks for what we're doing?
-				LevelChunkTicks<Block> blockTicks = new LevelChunkTicks<>();
-				LevelChunkTicks<Fluid> fluidTicks = new LevelChunkTicks<>();
-			#endif
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		LevelChunkTicks<Block> blockTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(BLOCK_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
+				string -> Registry.BLOCK.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
+		LevelChunkTicks<Fluid> fluidTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(FLUID_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
+				string -> Registry.FLUID.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
+		#else
+		LevelChunkTicks<Block> blockTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(BLOCK_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
+				(string -> BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string))), chunkPos);
+		LevelChunkTicks<Fluid> fluidTicks = LevelChunkTicks.load(tagLevel.getList(FLUID_TICKS_TAG_18, 10),
+				string -> BuiltInRegistries.FLUID.getOptional(ResourceLocation.tryParse(string)), chunkPos);
+		#endif
 		#endif
 		
 		LevelChunkSection[] levelChunkSections = readSections(level, chunkPos, tagLevel);
@@ -236,6 +218,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		LevelChunk chunk = new LevelChunk((Level) level.getLevel(), chunkPos, chunkBiomeContainer, upgradeData, blockTicks,
 				fluidTicks, inhabitedTime, levelChunkSections, null);
 		#else
+		
 		LevelChunk chunk = new LevelChunk((Level) level, chunkPos, upgradeData, blockTicks,
 				fluidTicks, inhabitedTime, levelChunkSections, null, blendingData);
 		#endif
@@ -269,23 +252,18 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 				biomes.asHolderIdMap(), biomes.holderByNameCodec(), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES, biomes.getOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS));
 			#endif
 		#endif
-		
 		int sectionYIndex = #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1 16; #else level.getSectionsCount(); #endif
 		LevelChunkSection[] chunkSections = new LevelChunkSection[sectionYIndex];
 		
-		ListTag tagSections = tagGetListTag(chunkData, "Sections", 10);
-		if (tagSections == null || tagSections.isEmpty())
-		{
-			tagSections = tagGetListTag(chunkData, "sections", 10);
-		}
+		boolean isLightOn = chunkData.getBoolean("isLightOn");
+		boolean hasSkyLight = level.dimensionType().hasSkyLight();
+		ListTag tagSections = chunkData.getList("Sections", 10);
+		if (tagSections.isEmpty()) tagSections = chunkData.getList("sections", 10);
 		
-		
-		if (tagSections != null)
+		for (int j = 0; j < tagSections.size(); ++j)
 		{
-			for (int j = 0; j < tagSections.size(); ++j)
-			{
-				CompoundTag tagSection = tagGetCompoundTag(tagSections, j);
-				int sectionYPos = tagGetByte(tagSection, "Y");
+			CompoundTag tagSection = tagSections.getCompound(j);
+			int sectionYPos = tagSection.getByte("Y");

 			#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
 			if (tagSection.contains("Palette", 9) && tagSection.contains("BlockStates", 12))
@@ -299,89 +277,65 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 							= levelChunkSection;
 			}
 			#else
-				int sectionId = level.getSectionIndexFromSectionY(sectionYPos);
-				if (sectionId >= 0 && sectionId < chunkSections.length)
-				{
-					PalettedContainer<BlockState> blockStateContainer;
+			int sectionId = level.getSectionIndexFromSectionY(sectionYPos);
+			if (sectionId >= 0 && sectionId < chunkSections.length)
+			{
+				PalettedContainer<BlockState> blockStateContainer;
 				#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
 				PalettedContainer<Biome> biomeContainer;
 				#else
-					PalettedContainer<Holder<Biome>> biomeContainer;
+				PalettedContainer<Holder<Biome>> biomeContainer;
 				#endif
-					
-					boolean containsBlockStates;
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-				containsBlockStates = tagSection.contains("block_states", 10);
-				#else
-					containsBlockStates = tagSection.contains("block_states");
-				#endif
-					
-					if (containsBlockStates)
-					{
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 
-					blockStateContainer = BLOCK_STATE_CODEC.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagGetCompoundTag(tagSection, "block_states"))
-						.promotePartial(string -> logBlockDeserializationWarning(chunkPos, sectionYPos, string))
-						.getOrThrow(false, (message) -> logParsingWarningOnce(message));
-					#else
-						blockStateContainer = BLOCK_STATE_CODEC.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagGetCompoundTag(tagSection, "block_states"))
-								.promotePartial(string -> logBlockDeserializationWarning(chunkPos, sectionYPos, string))
-								.getOrThrow((message) -> logErrorAndReturnException(message));
-					#endif
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						blockStateContainer = new PalettedContainer<BlockState>(Block.BLOCK_STATE_REGISTRY, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_STATES);
-					}
-				
 				
+				blockStateContainer = tagSection.contains("block_states", 10)
+						? BLOCK_STATE_CODEC.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagSection.getCompound("block_states"))
+							.promotePartial(string -> logBlockDeserializationWarning(chunkPos, sectionYPos, string))
+						#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 
+						.getOrThrow(false, (message) -> logWarningOnce(message))
+						#else
+						.getOrThrow((message) -> logErrorAndReturnException(message)) 
+						#endif
+						: new PalettedContainer<BlockState>(Block.BLOCK_STATE_REGISTRY, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_STATES);
+
 				#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
 				biomeContainer = tagSection.contains("biomes", 10)
 						? biomeCodec.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagSection.getCompound("biomes")).promotePartial(string -> logErrors(chunkPos, sectionYPos, string)).getOrThrow(false, (message) -> logWarningOnce(message))
 						: new PalettedContainer<Biome>(biomes, biomes.getOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES);
 				#else
-					
-					
-					boolean containsBiomes;
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-				containsBiomes = tagSection.contains("biomes", 10);
-				#else
-					containsBiomes = tagSection.contains("biomes");
-				#endif
-					
-					if (containsBiomes)
-					{
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 
-					biomeContainer = biomeCodec.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagGetCompoundTag(tagSection, "biomes"))
-						.promotePartial(string -> logBiomeDeserializationWarning(chunkPos, sectionYIndex, (String) string))
-						.getOrThrow(false, (message) -> logParsingWarningOnce(message));
-					#else
-						biomeContainer = biomeCodec.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagGetCompoundTag(tagSection, "biomes"))
+				
+				
+				if (tagSection.contains("biomes", 10))
+				{
+					biomeContainer =
+						biomeCodec.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tagSection.getCompound("biomes"))
 								.promotePartial(string -> logBiomeDeserializationWarning(chunkPos, sectionYIndex, (String) string))
-								.getOrThrow((message) -> logErrorAndReturnException(message));
-					#endif
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						biomeContainer = new PalettedContainer<Holder<Biome>>(biomes.asHolderIdMap(), 
+						#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 
+						.getOrThrow(false, (message) -> logWarningOnce(message));
+						#else
+						.getOrThrow((message) -> logErrorAndReturnException(message));
+						#endif
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					biomeContainer = new PalettedContainer<Holder<Biome>>(biomes.asHolderIdMap(), 
 							#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 							biomes.getHolderOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS), 
 							#else
-								biomes.getOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS),
+							biomes.getOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS),
 							#endif
-								PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES);
-					}
+							PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES);
+				}
 				
 				#endif
 				
 				#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 				chunkSections[sectionId] = new LevelChunkSection(sectionYPos, blockStateContainer, biomeContainer);
 				#else
-					chunkSections[sectionId] = new LevelChunkSection(blockStateContainer, biomeContainer);
+				chunkSections[sectionId] = new LevelChunkSection(blockStateContainer, biomeContainer);
 				#endif
-				}
+			}
 			#endif
-				
-			}	
+			
 		}
 		return chunkSections;
 	}
@@ -391,54 +345,39 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		#else ChunkType #endif 
 	readChunkType(CompoundTag tagLevel)
 	{
-		ChunkStatus chunkStatus = ChunkStatus.byName(tagGetString(tagLevel,"Status"));
+		ChunkStatus chunkStatus = ChunkStatus.byName(tagLevel.getString("Status"));
 		if (chunkStatus != null)
 		{
 			return chunkStatus.getChunkType();
 		}
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_4
-		return ChunkStatus.ChunkType.PROTOCHUNK;
-		#else
-		return ChunkType.PROTOCHUNK;
-		#endif
+		return 
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_20_4 ChunkStatus.ChunkType.PROTOCHUNK;
+				#else ChunkType.PROTOCHUNK; #endif
 	}
 	private static void readHeightmaps(LevelChunk chunk, CompoundTag chunkData)
 	{
-		CompoundTag tagHeightmaps = tagGetCompoundTag(chunkData, "Heightmaps");
+		CompoundTag tagHeightmaps = chunkData.getCompound("Heightmaps");
 		for (Heightmap.Types type : ChunkStatus.FULL.heightmapsAfter())
 		{
 			String heightmap = type.getSerializationKey();
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 			if (tagHeightmaps.contains(heightmap, 12))
-			{
 				chunk.setHeightmap(type, tagHeightmaps.getLongArray(heightmap));
-			}
-			#else
-			if (tagHeightmaps.contains(heightmap))
-			{
-				Optional<long[]> optionalHeightmap = tagHeightmaps.getLongArray(heightmap);
-				if (optionalHeightmap.isPresent())
-				{
-					chunk.setHeightmap(type, optionalHeightmap.get());
-				}
-			}
-			#endif
 		}
 		Heightmap.primeHeightmaps(chunk, ChunkStatus.FULL.heightmapsAfter());
 	}
 	private static void readPostPocessings(LevelChunk chunk, CompoundTag chunkData)
 	{
-		ListTag tagPostProcessings = tagGetListTag(chunkData,"PostProcessing", 9);
+		ListTag tagPostProcessings = chunkData.getList("PostProcessing", 9);
 		for (int i = 0; i < tagPostProcessings.size(); ++i)
 		{
-			ListTag listTag3 = tagGetListTag(tagPostProcessings, i);
+			ListTag listTag3 = tagPostProcessings.getList(i);
 			for (int j = 0; j < listTag3.size(); ++j)
 			{
 				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 				chunk.addPackedPostProcess(listTag3.getShort(j), i);
 				#else
-				chunk.addPackedPostProcess(ShortList.of(tagGetShort(listTag3, j)), i);
+				chunk.addPackedPostProcess(ShortList.of(listTag3.getShort(j)), i);
 				#endif
 			}
 		}
@@ -447,38 +386,16 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 	private static BlendingData readBlendingData(CompoundTag chunkData)
 	{
 		BlendingData blendingData = null;
-		
-		
-		boolean containsBlendingData;
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		containsBlendingData = chunkData.contains("blending_data", 10);
-		#else
-		containsBlendingData = chunkData.contains("blending_data");
-		#endif
-		
-		if (containsBlendingData)
+		if (chunkData.contains("blending_data", 10))
 		{
 			@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 			Dynamic<CompoundTag> blendingDataTag = new Dynamic(NbtOps.INSTANCE, chunkData.getCompound("blending_data"));
 			
-			try
-			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-				blendingData = BlendingData.CODEC.parse(blendingDataTag).resultOrPartial((message) -> logParsingWarningOnce(message)).orElse(null);
-				#else
-				blendingData = BlendingData.unpack(BlendingData.Packed.CODEC.parse(blendingDataTag).resultOrPartial((message) -> logParsingWarningOnce(message)).orElse(null));
-				#endif
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				String message = e.getMessage();
-				if (message == null || message.trim().isEmpty())
-				{
-					message = "Failed to parse blending data";
-				}
-				
-				logParsingWarningOnce(message, e);
-			}
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+			blendingData = BlendingData.CODEC.parse(blendingDataTag).resultOrPartial((message) -> logWarningOnce(message)).orElse(null);
+			#else
+			blendingData = BlendingData.unpack(BlendingData.Packed.CODEC.parse(blendingDataTag).resultOrPartial((message) -> logWarningOnce(message)).orElse(null));
+			#endif
 		}
 		return blendingData;
 	}
@@ -555,37 +472,33 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 			
 			
 			// if null all lights = 0
-			byte[] blockLightNibbleArray = tagGetByteArray(chunkSectionCompoundTag, "BlockLight");
-			byte[] skyLightNibbleArray = tagGetByteArray(chunkSectionCompoundTag, "SkyLight");
+			byte[] blockLightNibbleArray = chunkSectionCompoundTag.getByteArray("BlockLight");
+			byte[] skyLightNibbleArray = chunkSectionCompoundTag.getByteArray("SkyLight");
 			
-			if (blockLightNibbleArray != null 
-				&& skyLightNibbleArray != null)
+			// if any sky light was found then all lights above will be max brightness
+			if (skyLightNibbleArray.length != 0)
 			{
-				// if any sky light was found then all lights above will be max brightness
-				if (skyLightNibbleArray.length != 0)
+				foundSkyLight = true;
+			}
+			
+			for (int relX = 0; relX < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relX++)
+			{
+				for (int relZ = 0; relZ < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relZ++)
 				{
-					foundSkyLight = true;
-				}
-				
-				for (int relX = 0; relX < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relX++)
-				{
-					for (int relZ = 0; relZ < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relZ++)
+					// chunk sections are also 16 blocks tall
+					for (int relY = 0; relY < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relY++)
 					{
-						// chunk sections are also 16 blocks tall
-						for (int relY = 0; relY < LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH; relY++)
+						int blockPosIndex = relY*16*16 + relZ*16 + relX;
+						byte blockLight = (blockLightNibbleArray.length == 0) ? 0 : getNibbleAtIndex(blockLightNibbleArray, blockPosIndex);
+						byte skyLight = (skyLightNibbleArray.length == 0) ? 0 : getNibbleAtIndex(skyLightNibbleArray, blockPosIndex);
+						if (skyLightNibbleArray.length == 0 && foundSkyLight)
 						{
-							int blockPosIndex = relY*16*16 + relZ*16 + relX;
-							byte blockLight = (blockLightNibbleArray.length == 0) ? 0 : getNibbleAtIndex(blockLightNibbleArray, blockPosIndex);
-							byte skyLight = (skyLightNibbleArray.length == 0) ? 0 : getNibbleAtIndex(skyLightNibbleArray, blockPosIndex);
-							if (skyLightNibbleArray.length == 0 && foundSkyLight)
-							{
-								skyLight = LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT;
-							}
-							
-							int y = relY + (sectionIndex * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH) + ChunkWrapper.getInclusiveMinBuildHeight(chunk);
-							blockLightStorage.set(relX, y, relZ, blockLight);
-							skyLightStorage.set(relX, y, relZ, skyLight);
+							skyLight = LodUtil.MAX_MC_LIGHT;
 						}
+						
+						int y = relY + (sectionIndex * LodUtil.CHUNK_WIDTH) + ChunkWrapper.getInclusiveMinBuildHeight(chunk);
+						blockLightStorage.set(relX, y, relZ, blockLight);
+						skyLightStorage.set(relX, y, relZ, skyLight);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -634,14 +547,9 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		});
 	}
 	
-	private static void logParsingWarningOnce(String message) { logParsingWarningOnce(message, null); }
-	private static void logParsingWarningOnce(String message, Exception e)
+	private static void logWarningOnce(String message) { logWarningOnce(message, null); }
+	private static void logWarningOnce(String message, Exception e)
 	{
-		if (message == null)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		LOGGED_ERROR_MESSAGE_MAP.computeIfAbsent(message, (newMessage) ->
 		{
 			LOGGER.warn("Parsing error: ["+newMessage+"]. " +
@@ -668,134 +576,6 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 	
 	
 	
-	//====================//
-	// tag helper methods //
-	//====================//
-	
-	// TODO move into separate file (this file is getting long)
-	// these tag helpers are to simplify tag accessing between MC versions
-	
-	/** defaults to "false" if the tag isn't present */
-	private static boolean tagGetBoolean(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getBoolean(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getBoolean(key).orElse(false);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to "0" if the tag isn't present */
-	private static byte tagGetByte(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getByte(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getByte(key).orElse((byte)0);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to "0" if the tag isn't present */
-	private static short tagGetShort(ListTag tag, int index)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getShort(index);
-		#else
-		return tag.getShort(index).orElse((short)0);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to "0" if the tag isn't present */
-	private static int tagGetInt(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getInt(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getInt(key).orElse(0);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to "0" if the tag isn't present */
-	private static long tagGetLong(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getInt(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getLong(key).orElse(0L);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	/** defaults to null if the tag isn't present */
-	private static String tagGetString(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getString(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getString(key).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to null if the tag isn't present */
-	private static byte[] tagGetByteArray(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getByteArray(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getByteArray(key).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	
-	
-	/** defaults to null if the tag isn't present */
-	@Nullable
-	private static CompoundTag tagGetCompoundTag(CompoundTag tag, String key)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getCompound(key);
-		#else
-		return tag.getCompound(key).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	/** defaults to null if the tag isn't present */
-	@Nullable
-	private static CompoundTag tagGetCompoundTag(ListTag tag, int index)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getCompound(index);
-		#else
-		return tag.getCompound(index).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** 
-	 * defaults to null if the tag isn't present
-	 * @param elementType unused after MC 1.21.5
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	private static ListTag tagGetListTag(CompoundTag tag, String key, int elementType)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getList(key, elementType);
-		#else
-		return tag.getList(key).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	/** defaults to null if the tag isn't present */
-	@Nullable
-	private static ListTag tagGetListTag(ListTag tag, int index)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		return tag.getList(index);
-		#else
-		return tag.getList(index).orElse(null);
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	
 	
 	//================//
 	// helper classes //
@@ -229,16 +229,8 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	{
 		ChunkAccess chunkAccess = this.getChunk(blockPos);
 		if (chunkAccess instanceof LevelChunk)
-		{
 			return true;
-		}
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		chunkAccess.setBlockState(blockPos, blockState, /*isBlockMoving*/false);
-		#else
-		chunkAccess.setBlockState(blockPos, blockState, /*flags*/0);
-		#endif
-		
 		// This is for post ticking for water on gen and stuff like that. Not enabled
 		// for now.
 		// if (blockState.hasPostProcess(this, blockPos))
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id "fabric-loom" version "1.10-SNAPSHOT"
+    id "fabric-loom" version "1.8-SNAPSHOT"
 }

 loom {
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public class FabricMain extends AbstractModInitializer implements ClientModIniti
 		{
 			ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.bind(ISodiumAccessor.class, new SodiumAccessor());
 			
-			// If sodium is installed Indium is also necessary for versions 0.5 and less in order to use the Fabric rendering API
-			if (!modChecker.isModLoaded("indium") && SodiumAccessor.isSodiumV5OrLess)
+			// If sodium is installed Indium is also necessary in order to use the Fabric rendering API
+			if (!modChecker.isModLoaded("indium"))
 			{
 				String indiumMissingMessage = ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " needs Indium to work with Sodium.\nPlease download Indium from https://modrinth.com/mod/indium";
 				LOGGER.fatal(indiumMissingMessage);
@@ -34,34 +34,21 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;

 #if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
-#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.TextureTarget;
 #else
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlTexture;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.TextureTarget;
 #endif

@Mixin(LightTexture.class)
 public class MixinLightTexture
 {
-	 
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 	@Shadow 
-	@Final
+	@Final 
+	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 	private NativeImage lightPixels;
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-	@Shadow
-	@Final
-	private TextureTarget target;
 	#else
-	@Shadow
-	@Final
-	private GpuTexture texture;
+	private TextureTarget target;
 	#endif
 	
-	
-	
 	@Inject(method = "updateLightTexture(F)V", at = @At("RETURN"))
 	public void updateLightTexture(float partialTicks, CallbackInfo ci)
 	{
@@ -76,11 +63,8 @@ public class MixinLightTexture
 		
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
 		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.updateLightmap(this.lightPixels, clientLevel);
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.setLightmapId(this.target.getColorTextureId(), clientLevel);
 		#else
-		GlTexture glTexture = (GlTexture) this.texture;
-		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.setLightmapId(glTexture.glId(), clientLevel);
+		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.setLightmapId(this.target.getColorTextureId(), clientLevel);
 		#endif
 	}
 	
@@ -76,25 +76,15 @@ public abstract class MixinMinecraft
 		
 		if (SelfUpdater.onStart() || DEBUG_ALWAYS_SHOW_UPDATER)
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				instance.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
-						new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
-						(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.updateBranch.get() == EDhApiUpdateBranch.STABLE ? ModrinthGetter.getLatestIDForVersion(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class).getMinecraftVersion()): GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha"))
-				));
-				return;
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
-				// there isn't a new DH version available
-				LOGGER.info("Unable to show DH update screen, reason: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
-			}
+			instance.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
+					new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
+					(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.updateBranch.get() == EDhApiUpdateBranch.STABLE ? ModrinthGetter.getLatestIDForVersion(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class).getMinecraftVersion()): GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha"))
+			));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			instance.setScreen(guiScreen); // Sets the screen back to the vanilla screen as if nothing ever happened
 		}
-		
-		// Sets the screen back to the vanilla screen as if nothing ever happened
-		// if not done the game will crash
-		instance.setScreen(guiScreen);
 	}
 	#endif
 	
@@ -134,13 +124,14 @@ public abstract class MixinMinecraft
 				{
 					try
 					{
+						
 						Minecraft.getInstance().setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
 								// TODO: Change to runnable, instead of tittle screen
 								new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
 								versionId
 						));
 					}
-					catch (Exception e)
+					catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
 					{
 						// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
 						// there isn't a new DH version available
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.client;

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GlStateManager;
-#endif
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.TextureUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;

-
 /**
 * Sets Minecraft's LOD Bias (looks similar to mipmaps)
 *
@@ -18,9 +15,6 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
@Mixin(TextureUtil.class)
 public class MixinTextureUtil
 {
-	// TODO fix for MC 1.21.5+
-	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 	@Redirect(method = "Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/TextureUtil;prepareImage(Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage$InternalGlFormat;IIII)V",
 			at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/GlStateManager;_texParameter(IIF)V", #if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 remap = true #else remap = false #endif))
 	private static void setLodBias(int target, int pname, float param)
@@ -33,6 +27,5 @@ public class MixinTextureUtil
 			GlStateManager._texParameter(target, pname, biasValue);
 		}
 	}
-	#endif
 	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.server;
+
+
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+
+import net.minecraft.Util;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+
+/**
+ * {@link MixinUtilBackgroundThread} was used for versions before 1.21.3
+ * This is just a dummy class/mixin to make the compiler happy.
+ *
+ * @see MixinUtilBackgroundThread
+ */
+//@Mixin(net.minecraft.minecraft.class) // TODO we should allow version specific mixins so we don't have to create dummy mixins that exist for all MC versions
+@Mixin(Util.class)
+public class MixinLevelTicks
+{
+	
+}
+#else
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.DependencySetupDoneCheck;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.ticks.LevelTicks;
+import net.minecraft.world.ticks.ScheduledTick;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(LevelTicks.class)
+public class MixinLevelTicks<T>
+{
+	// TODO put in a common location
+	private static boolean isWorldGenThread()
+	{ return DependencySetupDoneCheck.isDone && DependencySetupDoneCheck.getIsCurrentThreadDistantGeneratorThread.get(); }
+	
+	
+	
+	@Inject(method = "schedule", at = @At(value = "HEAD"), cancellable = true)
+	private void schedule(ScheduledTick<T> tick, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		// In MC 1.21.4 an error check was added to log attempting to schedule ticks for unloaded chunks
+		// this caused a lot of unnecessary errors when generating sand (FallingBlock.class).
+		if (isWorldGenThread())
+		{
+			ci.cancel();
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class TestGenericWorldGenerator implements IDhApiWorldGenerator
 	public byte getSmallestDataDetailLevel() { return (byte) (EDhApiDetailLevel.BLOCK.detailLevel); }
 	@Override
 	public byte getLargestDataDetailLevel() 
-	{ return (byte) (EDhApiDetailLevel.BLOCK.detailLevel + 12); }
-	//{ return (byte) (EDhApiDetailLevel.BLOCK.detailLevel); }
+	//{ return (byte) (EDhApiDetailLevel.BLOCK.detailLevel + 12); }
+	{ return (byte) (EDhApiDetailLevel.BLOCK.detailLevel); }
 	
 	
 	@Override
@@ -105,43 +105,43 @@ public class TestGenericWorldGenerator implements IDhApiWorldGenerator
 			{
 				case 0:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:red_wool";
-					maxHeight = 20;
+					maxHeight = 60;
 					break;
 				case 1:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:orange_wool";
-					maxHeight = 30;
+					maxHeight = 70;
 					break;
 				case 2:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:yellow_wool";
-					maxHeight = 40;
+					maxHeight = 80;
 					break;
 				case 3:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:lime_wool";
-					maxHeight = 50;
+					maxHeight = 90;
 					break;
 				case 4:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:cyan_wool";
-					maxHeight = 60;
+					maxHeight = 100;
 					break;
 				case 5:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:blue_wool";
-					maxHeight = 70;
+					maxHeight = 100;
 					break;
 				case 6:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:magenta_wool";
-					maxHeight = 80;
+					maxHeight = 110;
 					break;
 				case 7:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:white_wool";
-					maxHeight = 90;
+					maxHeight = 120;
 					break;
 				case 8:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:gray_wool";
-					maxHeight = 100;
+					maxHeight = 120;
 					break;
 				default:
 					blockResourceLocation = "minecraft:black_wool";
-					maxHeight = 110;
+					maxHeight = 140;
 					break;
 			}
 			
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class TestWorldGenBindingEvent extends DhApiLevelLoadEvent
 			ServerLevel level = (ServerLevel) event.value.levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
 			
 			// override the core DH world generator for this level
-			//IDhApiWorldGenerator exampleWorldGen = new TestChunkWorldGenerator(level); // TODO biomes are broken for some reason
+			//IDhApiWorldGenerator exampleWorldGen = new TestChunkWorldGenerator(level);
 			IDhApiWorldGenerator exampleWorldGen = new TestGenericWorldGenerator(event.value.levelWrapper);
 			DhApi.worldGenOverrides.registerWorldGeneratorOverride(event.value.levelWrapper, exampleWorldGen);
 		}
@@ -43,22 +43,11 @@ import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;

 public class SodiumAccessor implements ISodiumAccessor
 {
-	/**
-	 * True if sodium 0.5 or less is present. <br>
-	 * This field is public because it's also used to check if we need Indium to be present. <br>
-	 * We need Indium if Sodium 0.5 or less is present.
-	 */
-	public static final boolean isSodiumV5OrLess;
-	
 	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
 	private static MethodHandle setFogOcclusionMethod;
 	private static Object sodiumPerformanceOptions;
 	#endif
 	
-	static {
-		isSodiumV5OrLess = !classPresent("net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.render.SodiumWorldRenderer");
-	}
-	
 	
 	
 	//======================//
@@ -83,7 +72,8 @@ public class SodiumAccessor implements ISodiumAccessor
 		{
 			if (sodiumPerformanceOptions == null)
 			{
-				if (isSodiumV5OrLess)
+				boolean sodiumV6 = classPresent("net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.render.SodiumWorldRenderer");
+				if (!sodiumV6)
 				{
 					// sodium 0.5
 					
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
    "server.MixinEntity",
    "server.MixinServerPlayer",
    "server.MixinTracingExecutor",
-    "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread"
+    "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread",
+    "server.MixinLevelTicks"
  ],
  "client": [
    "client.MixinClientLevel",
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util.ProxyUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.threading.ThreadPoolUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;
@@ -55,7 +52,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;

 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
@@ -94,13 +90,7 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	public void registerEvents()
 	{
 		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
-		
-		// handles singleplayer, LAN, and connecting to a server
-		ForgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler((IServerPlayerWrapper player, @NotNull AbstractNetworkMessage message) ->
-		{
-			ClientApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(message);
-			ServerApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(player, message);
-		});
+		ForgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(ClientApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	// constructor //
 	//=============//
 	
-	public ForgeServerProxy(boolean isDedicated) { this.isDedicated = isDedicated; }
+	public ForgeServerProxy(boolean isDedicated)
+	{
+		this.isDedicated = isDedicated;
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -57,25 +57,15 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 		
 		if (SelfUpdater.onStart())
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				instance.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
-						new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
-						(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.updateBranch.get() == EDhApiUpdateBranch.STABLE ? ModrinthGetter.getLatestIDForVersion(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class).getMinecraftVersion()): GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha"))
-				));
-				return;
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
-				// there isn't a new DH version available
-				LOGGER.info("Unable to show DH update screen, reason: ["+e.getMessage()+"].");
-			}
+			instance.setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
+					new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
+					(Config.Client.Advanced.AutoUpdater.updateBranch.get() == EDhApiUpdateBranch.STABLE ? ModrinthGetter.getLatestIDForVersion(SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IVersionConstants.class).getMinecraftVersion()): GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha"))
+			));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			instance.setScreen(guiScreen); // Sets the screen back to the vanilla screen as if nothing ever happened
 		}
-		
-		// Sets the screen back to the vanilla screen as if nothing ever happened
-		// if not done the game will crash
-		instance.setScreen(guiScreen);
 	}
 	#endif
 	
@@ -118,7 +108,7 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 								versionId
 						));
 					}
-					catch (Exception e)
+					catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
 					{
 						// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
 						// there isn't a new DH version available
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ org.gradle.caching=true

 # Mod Info
 mod_name=DistantHorizons
-mod_version=2.3.3-b-dev
+mod_version=2.3.0-b-dev
 api_version=4.0.0
 maven_group=com.seibel.distanthorizons
 mod_readable_name=Distant Horizons
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ lz4_version=1.8.0
 xz_version=1.9
 sqlite_jdbc_version=3.47.2.0
 # 8.2.1 is the newest version we can use since that's the version MC 1.16.5 uses 
+# (at least until we can fix the gradle script so core and main can use/shade different fastutil versions)
 fastutil_version=8.2.1
 #svgSalamander_version=1.1.3

@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ versionStr=

 # This defines what MC version Intellij will use for the preprocessor
 # and what version is used automatically by build and run commands
-mcVer=1.21.5
+mcVer=1.21.4

 # Defines the maximum amount of memory Minecraft is allowed when run in a development environment
 #minecraftMemoryJavaArg="-Xmx4G"
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.ConfigScreenHandler;
 #else
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.gui.IConfigScreenFactory;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 #endif

 /**
@@ -67,16 +64,11 @@ public class NeoforgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 {
 	public NeoforgeMain(IEventBus eventBus)
 	{
-		// handles singleplayer, LAN, and connecting to a server
-		eventBus.addListener((FMLClientSetupEvent e) -> 
-		{
+		eventBus.addListener((FMLClientSetupEvent e) -> {
 			this.onInitializeClient();
-			eventBus.addListener(this::registerNetworkingClientServer);
+			eventBus.addListener(this::registerNetworkingClient);
 		});
-		
-		// handles dedicated servers
-		eventBus.addListener((FMLDedicatedServerSetupEvent e) -> 
-		{
+		eventBus.addListener((FMLDedicatedServerSetupEvent e) -> {
 			this.onInitializeServer();
 			eventBus.addListener(this::registerNetworkingServer);
 		});
@@ -87,22 +79,13 @@ public class NeoforgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 	//============//
 	// networking //
 	//============//
-	
-	public void registerNetworkingClientServer(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event)
-	{ 
-		NeoforgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(event, (IServerPlayerWrapper player, @NotNull AbstractNetworkMessage message) -> 
-		{
-			ClientApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(message);
-			ServerApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(player, message);
-		}); 
-	}
+	public void registerNetworkingClient(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event)
+	{ NeoforgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(event, ClientApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived); }
 	public void registerNetworkingServer(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event)
 	{ NeoforgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(event, ServerApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived); }
 	
 	
 	
-	
-	
 	@Override
 	protected IEventProxy createServerProxy(boolean isDedicated) { return new NeoforgeServerProxy(isDedicated); }
 	
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.client;

+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.TextureTarget;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
+
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.LightTexture;

+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
@@ -32,32 +37,14 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
-#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.TextureTarget;
-#else
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlTexture;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
-#endif
-
@Mixin(LightTexture.class)
 public class MixinLightTexture
 {
 	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-	@Shadow 
+	@Shadow
 	@Final
 	private NativeImage lightPixels;
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
-	@Shadow
-	@Final
-	private TextureTarget target;
-	#else
-	@Shadow
-	@Final
-	private GpuTexture texture;
-	#endif
+	
 	
 	@Inject(method = "updateLightTexture(F)V", at = @At("RETURN"))
 	public void updateLightTexture(float partialTicks, CallbackInfo ci)
@@ -68,17 +55,24 @@ public class MixinLightTexture
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = mc.getWrappedClientLevel();
+		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.updateLightmap(this.lightPixels, clientLevel);
+	}
+	#else
+	
+	@Shadow @Final private TextureTarget target;
+	@Inject(method = "updateLightTexture(F)V", at = @At("RETURN"))
+	public void updateLightTexture(float partialTicks, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		IMinecraftClientWrapper mc = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
+		if (mc == null || mc.getWrappedClientLevel() == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
 		
 		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel = mc.getWrappedClientLevel();
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
-		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.updateLightmap(this.lightPixels, clientLevel);
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.setLightmapId(this.target.getColorTextureId(), clientLevel);
-		#else
-		GlTexture glTexture = (GlTexture) this.texture;
-		MinecraftRenderWrapper.INSTANCE.setLightmapId(glTexture.glId(), clientLevel);
-		#endif
 	}
 	
+	#endif
 }
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 				{
 					try
 					{
+						
 						Minecraft.getInstance().setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
 								// TODO: Change to runnable, instead of tittle screen
 								new TitleScreen(false), // We don't want to use the vanilla title screen as it would fade the buttons
 								versionId
 						));
 					}
-					catch (Exception e)
+					catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
 					{
 						// info instead of error since this can be ignored and probably just means
 						// there isn't a new DH version available
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.client;

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GlStateManager;
-#endif
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.TextureUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
@@ -17,9 +15,6 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
@Mixin(TextureUtil.class)
 public class MixinTextureUtil
 {
-	// TODO fix for MC 1.21.5+
-	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_5
 	@Redirect(method = "prepareImage(Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage$InternalGlFormat;IIII)V",
 			at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/GlStateManager;_texParameter(IIF)V"), remap = false)
 	private static void setLodBias(int target, int pname, float param)
@@ -32,6 +27,5 @@ public class MixinTextureUtil
 			GlStateManager._texParameter(target, pname, biasValue);
 		}
 	}
-	#endif
 	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.server;
+
+
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_3
+
+import net.minecraft.Util;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+
+/**
+ * {@link MixinUtilBackgroundThread} was used for versions before 1.21.3
+ * This is just a dummy class/mixin to make the compiler happy.
+ *
+ * @see MixinUtilBackgroundThread
+ */
+@Mixin(Util.class) // TODO we should allow version specific mixins so we don't have to create dummy mixins that exist for all MC versions
+public class MixinLevelTicks<T>
+{
+	
+}
+#else
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.DependencySetupDoneCheck;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.ticks.LevelTicks;
+import net.minecraft.world.ticks.ScheduledTick;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(LevelTicks.class)
+public class MixinLevelTicks<T>
+{
+	// TODO put in a common location
+	private static boolean isWorldGenThread()
+	{ return DependencySetupDoneCheck.isDone && DependencySetupDoneCheck.getIsCurrentThreadDistantGeneratorThread.get(); }
+	
+	
+	
+	@Inject(method = "schedule", at = @At(value = "HEAD"), cancellable = true)
+	private void schedule(ScheduledTick<T> tick, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		// In MC 1.21.4 an error check was added to log attempting to schedule ticks for unloaded chunks
+		// this caused a lot of unnecessary errors when generating sand (FallingBlock.class).
+		if (isWorldGenThread())
+		{
+			ci.cancel();
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+#endif
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
    "server.MixinServerPlayer",
    "server.MixinTFChunkGenerator",
    "server.MixinTracingExecutor",
-    "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread"
+    "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread",
+    "server.MixinLevelTicks"
  ],
  "client": [
    "client.MixinClientPacketListener",
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import platform
-import requests
-import tarfile
-import zipfile
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def get_platform_specific_filename():
-    system = platform.system()
-    machine = platform.machine()
-
-    if system == "Darwin":
-        if machine == "arm64":
-            return "apple-codesign-*-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
-        else:
-            return "apple-codesign-*-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
-    elif system == "Linux":
-        if machine == "aarch64":
-            return "apple-codesign-*-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
-        else:
-            return "apple-codesign-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
-    elif system == "Windows":
-        if machine.endswith("64"):
-            return "apple-codesign-*-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
-        else:
-            return "apple-codesign-*-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
-    else:
-        raise Exception(f"Unsupported platform: {system} {machine}")
-
-
-def download_and_unpack():
-    dest_dir = Path("./apple-codesign")
-
-    repo_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/indygreg/apple-platform-rs/releases/latest"
-    dest_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-
-    # Fetch the latest release info from GitHub
-    print("Fetching latest release information...")
-    response = requests.get(repo_url)
-    response.raise_for_status()
-    release_data = response.json()
-
-    # Ensure release data has assets
-    if "assets" not in release_data:
-        raise Exception("Release data does not contain assets.")
-
-    # Determine the correct asset
-    platform_filename = get_platform_specific_filename()
-    asset = next((asset for asset in release_data["assets"] if asset["name"].startswith("apple-codesign-") and asset["name"].endswith(platform_filename.split("*")[-1])), None)
-
-    if not asset:
-        raise Exception(f"No matching asset found for platform: {platform_filename}")
-
-    # Download the archive
-    print(f"Downloading {asset['name']}...")
-    download_url = asset["browser_download_url"]
-    archive_path = dest_dir / asset["name"]
-
-    with requests.get(download_url, stream=True) as r:
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        with open(archive_path, "wb") as f:
-            for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
-                f.write(chunk)
-
-    print(f"Downloaded to {archive_path}")
-
-    # Extract the archive
-    print("Extracting archive...")
-    temp_extract_dir = dest_dir / "temp_extract"
-    temp_extract_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    if archive_path.suffix == ".zip":
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, "r") as zip_ref:
-            zip_ref.extractall(temp_extract_dir)
-    elif archive_path.suffixes[-2:] == [".tar", ".gz"]:
-        with tarfile.open(archive_path, "r:gz") as tar_ref:
-            tar_ref.extractall(temp_extract_dir)
-    else:
-        raise Exception(f"Unknown archive format: {archive_path}")
-
-    # Move contents of the root directory inside the archive to dest_dir
-    root_dir = next(temp_extract_dir.iterdir())  # Assuming only one root directory
-    for item in root_dir.iterdir():
-        target_path = dest_dir / item.name
-        if target_path.exists():
-            if target_path.is_dir():
-                os.rmdir(target_path)
-            else:
-                os.remove(target_path)
-        item.rename(target_path)
-
-    # Clean up temporary directories
-    for item in temp_extract_dir.iterdir():
-        if item.is_dir():
-            os.rmdir(item)
-    temp_extract_dir.rmdir()
-
-    print(f"Extracted to {dest_dir}")
-
-    # Clean up the archive
-    os.remove(archive_path)
-    print(f"Removed archive {archive_path}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    try:
-        download_and_unpack()
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error: {e}")
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-import lief
-import subprocess
-import download_codesign
-from pathlib import Path
-
-# Parse the input binary & xit if binary is invalid
-output_path = sys.argv[1]
-binary = lief.parse(sys.stdin.buffer.read())
-if binary is None:
-    exit(1)
-
-# Remove signature from Mac binaries
-if isinstance(binary, lief.MachO.Binary):
-    binary.remove_signature()
-
-# Write the modified binary to the output path
-binary.write(output_path)
-
-# Sign Mac binaries (required to make them usable because apple)
-if isinstance(binary, lief.MachO.Binary):
-    print(f"Signing {output_path}...")
-
-    # Check if the Apple code-signing files are available, if not, download them
-    if not Path("./apple-codesign/COPYING").exists():
-        download_codesign.download_and_unpack()
-
-    # Run the code-signing process
-    sign_process = subprocess.Popen(["./apple-codesign/rcodesign", "sign", output_path], shell=False,
-                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    sign_process.wait()
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-
-python -m venv .venv
-.\.venv\Scripts\activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-python -m venv .venv
-. ./.venv/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ netty_version=4.1.97.Final

 # Fabric loader
 fabric_loader_version=0.16.9
-fabric_api_version=0.115.0+1.21.1
+fabric_api_version=0.107.0+1.21.1
    # Fabric mod versions
    modmenu_version=11.0.0-beta.1
    starlight_version_fabric=
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# 1.21.4 version
-java_version=21
-minecraft_version=1.21.5
-parchment_version=1.21:2024.07.28
-compatible_minecraft_versions=["1.21.5"]
-accessWidenerVersion=1_21_4
-builds_for=fabric,neoforge
-# forge is broken due to gradle/build script issues
-
-# Netty
-netty_version=4.1.97.Final
-
-# Fabric loader
-fabric_loader_version=0.16.10
-fabric_api_version=0.119.5+1.21.5
-    modmenu_version=14.0.0-rc.2
-    starlight_version_fabric=
-    phosphor_version_fabric=
-    lithium_version=
-    sodium_version=mc1.21.5-0.6.11-fabric
-    iris_version=1.8.10+1.21.5-fabric
-    bclib_version=
-    immersive_portals_version=
-    canvas_version=
-    
-    # some versions of 1.8.11 nightly builds may not work, but the ones after 2025-03-30 should
-    fabric_incompatibility_list={ "iris": "<=1.8.10" }
-    fabric_recommend_list={}
-    
-    # Fabric mod run
-    # 0 = Don't enable and don't run
-    # 1 = Can be referenced in code but doesn't run
-    # 2 = Can be referenced in code and runs in client
-    enable_starlight=0
-    enable_phosphor=0
-    enable_sodium=1
-    enable_lithium=0
-    enable_iris=1
-    enable_bclib=0
-    enable_immersive_portals=0
-    enable_canvas=0
-
-# (Neo)Forge loader
-forge_version=
-neoforge_version=21.5.0-beta
-    # (Neo)Forge mod versions
-    starlight_version_forge=
-    terraforged_version=
-
-    # (Neo)Forge mod run
-    # 0 = Don't enable and don't run
-    # 1 = Can be referenced in code but doesn't run
-    # 2 = Can be referenced in code and runs in client
-    enable_starlight_forge=0
-    enable_terraforged=0
-    enable_terrafirmacraft=0