[skip ci] Incomplete instance based config

Fix mixin crashes on 1.16.5
Bump protocol version because of removed InvalidSectionPosException
2024-09-20 19:49:26 +05:00 · 2024-09-18 01:06:06 +05:00 · 2024-09-17 12:41:52 +05:00 · 2024-09-17 09:48:15 +05:00 · 2024-09-16 20:36:10 -05:00 · 2024-09-16 19:37:34 -05:00
115 changed files with 3388 additions and 2084 deletions
@@ -24,13 +24,18 @@ variables:
      - .gradle
      - cache/
  allow_failure: true
+  retry:
+      max: 2
+      when:
+          - runner_system_failure
+          - stuck_or_timeout_failure


 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"]
+      - 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"]
  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/;
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Fabric Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Fabric Client (:fabric)" type="Application" />
+    <toRun name="Fabric Server (:fabric)" type="Application" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Forge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <toRun name="Forge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="forge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Forge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="forge:runServer" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Client &amp; Server" type="CompoundRunConfigurationType">
+    <toRun name="Neoforge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <toRun name="Neoforge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" />
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Client (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="neoforge:runClient" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="Neoforge Server (gradle)" type="GradleRunConfiguration" factoryName="Gradle">
+    <ExternalSystemSettings>
+      <option name="executionName" />
+      <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <option name="externalSystemIdString" value="GRADLE" />
+      <option name="scriptParameters" value="" />
+      <option name="taskDescriptions">
+        <list />
+      </option>
+      <option name="taskNames">
+        <list>
+          <option value="neoforge:runServer" />
+        </list>
+      </option>
+      <option name="vmOptions" />
+    </ExternalSystemSettings>
+    <ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>true</ExternalSystemDebugServerProcess>
+    <ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>true</ExternalSystemReattachDebugProcess>
+    <DebugAllEnabled>false</DebugAllEnabled>
+    <RunAsTest>false</RunAsTest>
+    <method v="2" />
+  </configuration>
+</component>
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ plugins {

    // Architectury is used here only as a replacement for forge's own loom
    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "1.6-SNAPSHOT" apply false
-
-    id 'xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader' version '0.9.1' apply true
 }


@@ -29,17 +27,17 @@ def writeBuildGradlePredefine(List<String> mcVers, int mcIndex)
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    sb.append("# DON'T TOUCH THIS FILE, This is handled by the build script\n");
-
-
+    
+    
    for (int i = 0; i < mcVers.size(); i++)
    {
        String verStr = mcVers[i].replace(".", "_");
        sb.append("MC_" + verStr + "=" + i.toString() + "\n");
-
+        
        if (mcIndex == i)
            sb.append("MC_VER=" + i.toString() + "\n");
    }
-
+    

    // Check if this is a development build
    if (mod_version.toLowerCase().contains("dev"))
@@ -104,20 +102,23 @@ subprojects { p ->
    // Apply plugins
    apply plugin: "java"
    apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-    apply plugin: "xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdowngrader"
    if (isMinecraftSubProject)
        apply plugin: "systems.manifold.manifold-gradle-plugin"
-
+    
    // Apply forge's loom
-    if ( (findProject(":forge") && p == project(":forge")) || (findProject(":neoforge") && p == project(":neoforge")) )
+    if ((findProject(":forge") && p == project(":forge")) ||
+        (findProject(":neoforge") && p == project(":neoforge"))
+        )
+    {
        apply plugin: "dev.architectury.loom"
+    }


    // Set the manifold version (may not be required tough)
    manifold {
        manifoldVersion = rootProject.manifold_version
    }
-
+    

    // set up custom configurations (configurations are a way to handle dependencies) 
    configurations {
@@ -173,12 +174,12 @@ subprojects { p ->
        //=====================//
        // shared dependencies //
        //=====================//
-
+        
        // Manifold
        if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
            annotationProcessor("systems.manifold:manifold-preprocessor:${rootProject.manifold_version}")
        }
-
+        
        // Log4j
        // TODO: Change to shadowMe later to work in the standalone jar
        // We cannot do this now as it would break Quilt
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ subprojects { p ->
            forgeShadowMe("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
        else
            implementation("org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}")
-
+        
        // JUnit tests
        implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2")
        implementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2")
@@ -200,33 +201,32 @@ subprojects { p ->
        // Note: MC 1.16 uses 8.2.1, and versions after use 8.5.12
        // We cannot relocate this library since we call some MC classes that reference it
        implementation("it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:${rootProject.fastutil_version}")
-
-
+        
+        
        // Compression
        forgeShadowMe("org.lz4:lz4-java:${rootProject.lz4_version}") // LZ4
        forgeShadowMe("org.tukaani:xz:${rootProject.xz_version}") // LZMA

        // Sqlite Database
        forgeShadowMe("org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:${rootProject.sqlite_jdbc_version}")
-
+        
        // NightConfig (includes Toml & Json)
        forgeShadowMe("com.electronwill.night-config:toml:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")
        forgeShadowMe("com.electronwill.night-config:json:${rootProject.nightconfig_version}")

        // SVG (not needed atm)
 //        forgeShadowMe("com.formdev:svgSalamander:${rootProject.svgSalamander_version}")
-
+        
        // Netty
-        // Breaks 1.16.5
-        //forgeShadowMe("io.netty:netty-all:${rootProject.netty_version}")
+        implementation("io.netty:netty-buffer:${rootProject.netty_version}")

        // Remember, for lwjgl dependencies that arent included in Minecraft, you need to also need to add it to the ShadowJar thing
        forgeShadowMe("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-jawt:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}") {
            exclude group: "org.lwjgl", module: "lwjgl" // This module is imported by Minecraft so exclude it
        }
-
-
-
+        
+        
+        
        //==========================//
        // conditional dependencies //
        //==========================//
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ subprojects { p ->
        if (isMinecraftSubProject && p != project(":common")) {
            configurations.push(project.configurations.shadowCommon) // Shadow the common subproject
            relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.common", "loaderCommon.${p.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.common" // Move the loader files to a different location
-
+        
            if (findProject(":fabricLike") && p != project(":fabricLike")) {
                configurations.push(project.configurations.shadowFabricLike) // Shadow the fabricLike subproject
                relocate "com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabriclike", "loaderCommon.${p.name}.com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabriclike" // Move the loader files to a different location
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ subprojects { p ->

        // Compression (LZ4)
        relocate "net.jpountz", "${librariesLocation}.jpountz"
-
+        
        // Sqlite Database
        //At the moment, there is a bug in this library which doesnt allow it to be relocated
 //        relocate "org.sqlite", "${librariesLocation}.sqlite"
-
+        
        // JOML
        if (project.hasProperty("embed_joml") && embed_joml == "true")
            relocate "org.joml", "${librariesLocation}.joml"
@@ -304,27 +304,15 @@ subprojects { p ->

        // SVG (not needed atm)
 //        relocate "com.kitfox.svg", "${librariesLocation}.kitfox.svg"
-
+        
        // Netty
-        relocate "io.netty", "${librariesLocation}.netty"
+        // Don't relocate, it causes problems with using MC's FriendlyByteBufs
+//        relocate "io.netty", "${librariesLocation}.netty"

        mergeServiceFiles()
    }
-
-    // For downgrading the Java version of our project to match the minimum Java version required by the selected Minecraft version.
-    task jarDowngrade(type: xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdg.gradle.task.DowngradeJar) {
-        inputFile = tasks.shadowJar.archiveFile
-        downgradeTo = JavaVersion.toVersion(rootProject.java_version as Integer)
-        archiveClassifier = "downgraded-${rootProject.java_version}"
-    }
-    task apiDowngrade(type: xyz.wagyourtail.jvmdg.gradle.task.ShadeJar) {
-        inputFile = jarDowngrade.archiveFile
-        downgradeTo = JavaVersion.toVersion(rootProject.java_version as Integer)
-        archiveClassifier = "downgraded-${rootProject.java_version}-shaded-java-api"
-    }
-    // We're using a custom downgrade task so we disable the original downgrade tasks
-    downgradeJar.enabled = false
-    shadeDowngradedApi.enabled = false
+    // Using jar.finalizedBy(shadowJar) causes issues so we do this scuffed bypass
+    jar.dependsOn(shadowJar)


    // Put stuff from gradle.properties into the mod info
@@ -364,7 +352,7 @@ subprojects { p ->
        // TODO: Find something we can use so we can basically re-map only when the jar is shadowed and relocated
 //        println p.tasks.findByName('shadowJar')

-
+        
        // These "hasProperty"'s are so that they can be passed through the cli (ie in the CI)
        try {
            if (infoGitCommit == "null")
@@ -400,14 +388,14 @@ subprojects { p ->
                fabric_incompatibility_list  : fabric_incompatibility_list,
                fabric_recommend_list  : fabric_recommend_list,
        ]
-
+        
        // replace any properties in the sub-projects with the values defined here
        inputs.properties replaceProperties
        replaceProperties.put "project", project
        filesMatching(resourceTargets) {
            expand replaceProperties
        }
-
+        
        intoTargets.each { target ->
            if (file(target).exists()) {
                copy {
@@ -443,9 +431,11 @@ subprojects { p ->
    jar {
        from "LICENSE.txt"
        manifest {
-            attributes 'Implementation-Title': rootProject.mod_name,
-                    'Implementation-Version': rootProject.mod_version,
-                    'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain' // When changing the main of the jar change this line
+            attributes( 
+                'Implementation-Title': rootProject.mod_name,
+                'Implementation-Version': rootProject.mod_version,
+                'Main-Class': 'com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.JarMain' // When changing the main of the jar change this line
+            )
        }
    }

@@ -475,11 +465,11 @@ allprojects { p ->

    apply plugin: "java"
    apply plugin: "maven-publish"
-
+    
    archivesBaseName = rootProject.mod_name
    version = project.name + "-" + rootProject.versionStr
    group = rootProject.maven_group
-
+    
    // this is the text that appears at the top of the overview (home) page
    // and is used when bookmarking a page
    javadoc.title = rootProject.mod_name + "-" + project.name
@@ -567,6 +557,44 @@ allprojects { p ->
        // TODO: If neoforged is ever needed, should we use that, or call it a forge mod?
    }

+    // Adds some dependencies that are in vanilla but not in core
+    if (p == project(":core")) {
+        OperatingSystem os = org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform.internal.DefaultNativePlatform.currentOperatingSystem;
+
+        // Set the OS lwjgl is using to the current os
+        project.ext.lwjglNatives = "natives-" + os.toFamilyName()
+
+        dependencies { // All of these dependencies are in Vanilla Minecraft, but we need to depend on it as we arent importing Minecraft in the core
+            // Imports most of lwjgl's libraries (well, only the ones that we need)
+            implementation platform("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-bom:${rootProject.lwjgl_version}") // TODO: Use Minecraft's version for lwjgl_version (which changes in nearly every version) instead of a hard defined version for all versions
+
+            // REMEMBER: Dont shadow stuff here, these are just the libs that are included in Minecraft so that the core can use
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb"
+            implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-assimp::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-glfw::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-openal::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-opengl::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb::$lwjglNatives"
+            runtimeOnly "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd::$lwjglNatives"
+            implementation "org.joml:joml:${rootProject.joml_version}"
+
+
+            // Some other dependencies
+            implementation("org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2")
+            implementation("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
+            implementation("com.google.common:google-collect:0.5")
+            implementation("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
+        }
+    }
+
+
    task copyCommonLoaderResources(type: Copy) {
        from project(":common").file("src/main/resources/${accessWidenerVersion}.distanthorizons.accesswidener")
        into(file(p.file("build/resources/main")))
@@ -588,17 +616,16 @@ allprojects { p ->

    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
        if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
-            options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer // Neoforge complains without this
+            options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer
            options.compilerArgs += ["-Xplugin:Manifold"]
+        } else {
+            options.release = 8; // Core & Api should use Java 8 no matter what
+            //options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer // But if you want to test some stuff, then this can be enabled
        }
        options.encoding = "UTF-8"
    }

-    // Sets the project's actual Java version (it's recommended to use this over the `options.release` method above)
    java {
-        sourceCompatibility = rootProject.java_version
-        targetCompatibility = rootProject.java_version
-
        withSourcesJar()
    }
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh

 echo "==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ===================="
-mkdir -p buildAllJars | true
+mkdir -p buildAllJars
+rm -rf buildAllJars/*

 # Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
 for d in versionProperties/*; do
@@ -11,12 +12,17 @@ for d in versionProperties/*; do
  # Clean out the folders, build it, and merge it
  # (We could use "./" to run gradlew, but as it is a shell script im going to be running it with the "sh" command)
  echo "==================== Cleaning workspace to build $version ===================="
-  sh gradlew clean -PmcVer=$version --no-daemon || true
+  sh gradlew clean -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+
  echo "====================Building $version ===================="
-  sh gradlew build -PmcVer=$version --no-daemon || true
+  sh gradlew build -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+
  echo "==================== Merging $version ===================="
-  sh gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer=$version --no-daemon || true
+  sh gradlew mergeJars -PmcVer=$version
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then continue; fi
+
  echo "==================== Moving jar ===================="
-  mv Merged/*.jar buildAllJars/ || true
-  # The "| true" at the end of those are just to make sure the script continues even if a build fails
+  mv Merged/*.jar buildAllJars/
 done
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@

 echo ==================== Note: All build jars will be in the folder called 'buildAllJars' ====================
 mkdir buildAllJars
+del buildAllJars/*

@rem Loop trough everything in the version properties folder
 for %%f in (versionProperties\*) do (
@@ -13,11 +14,11 @@ 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 -PmcVer="!version!" --no-daemon
+    call .\gradlew.bat clean -PmcVer="!version!"
    echo ==================== Building !version! ====================
-    call .\gradlew.bat build -PmcVer="!version!" --no-daemon
+    call .\gradlew.bat build -PmcVer="!version!"
    echo ==================== Merging !version! ====================
-    call .\gradlew.bat mergeJars -PmcVer="!version!" --no-daemon
+    call .\gradlew.bat mergeJars -PmcVer="!version!"
    echo ==================== Moving jar ====================
    move Merged\*.jar buildAllJars\
 )
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+// TODO can this be removed?
+//buildscript {
+//    configurations.configureEach {
+//        resolutionStrategy {
+//            force 'org.spongepowered:vanillagradle:0.2.1-20240507.024226-82'
+//        }
+//    }
+//}

 // temporary fix for broken spongepowered version
 buildscript {
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;

+import com.mojang.brigadier.Command;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.*;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiAfterDhInitEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.DependencySetup;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.ConfigBase;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.eventHandlers.presets.ThreadPresetConfigEventHandler;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.AbstractConfigType;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.types.ConfigEntry;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.ModJarInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.base.CodecCrashMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.objects.Pair;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.DhServerWorld;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.DependencyInjection.ApiEventInjector;
@@ -23,9 +33,25 @@ import net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;

+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.DoubleArgumentType.doubleArg;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType.integer;
+import static com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry.DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.argument;
+import static net.minecraft.commands.Commands.literal;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+#else // < 1.19.2
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+#endif
+
 /**
 * Base for all mod loader initializers 
 * and handles most setup. 
@@ -67,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.class, null);
 		
 		this.startup();
-		this.printModInfo(true);
+		this.logBuildInfo();
 		
 		this.createClientProxy().registerEvents();
 		this.createServerProxy(false).registerEvents();
@@ -91,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.class, null);
 		
 		this.startup();
-		this.printModInfo(false);
+		this.logBuildInfo();
 		
 		// This prevents returning uninitialized Config values,
 		// resulting from a circular reference mid-initialization in a static class
@@ -100,14 +126,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		
 		this.createServerProxy(true).registerEvents();
 		
+		this.initializeModCompat();
+		
 		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " Initialized");
 		ApiEventInjector.INSTANCE.fireAllEvents(DhApiAfterDhInitEvent.class, null);
 		
-		this.subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(dispatcher -> this.commandDispatcher = dispatcher);
+		this.subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(dispatcher -> { this.commandDispatcher = dispatcher; });
 		
 		this.subscribeServerStartingEvent(server -> 
 		{
-			MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper.INSTANCE.dedicatedServer = (DedicatedServer)server;
+			MinecraftServerWrapper.INSTANCE.dedicatedServer = (DedicatedServer)server;
 			
 			this.initConfig();
 			this.postInit();
@@ -130,13 +158,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		this.createInitialBindings();
 	}
 	
-	private void printModInfo(boolean printGitInfo)
+	private void logBuildInfo()
 	{
 		LOGGER.info(ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + ", Version: " + ModInfo.VERSION);
 		
-		if (printGitInfo)
+		// if the build is stable the branch/commit/etc shouldn't be needed
+		if (ModInfo.IS_DEV_BUILD)
 		{
-			// Useful for dev builds
 			LOGGER.info("DH Branch: " + ModJarInfo.Git_Branch);
 			LOGGER.info("DH Commit: " + ModJarInfo.Git_Commit);
 			LOGGER.info("DH Jar Build Source: " + ModJarInfo.Build_Source);
@@ -166,7 +194,136 @@ public abstract class AbstractModInitializer
 		LOGGER.info("Mod Post-Initialized");
 	}
 	
-	private void initCommands() { /* currently unimplemented */ }
+	@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
+	private void initCommands()
+	{
+		LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> builder = literal("dhconfig")
+				.requires(source -> source.hasPermission(4));
+		
+		for (AbstractConfigType<?, ?> type : ConfigBase.INSTANCE.entries)
+		{
+			if (!(type instanceof ConfigEntry))
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			//noinspection PatternVariableCanBeUsed
+			ConfigEntry configEntry = (ConfigEntry) type;
+			if (configEntry.getServersideShortName() == null)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			Function<
+					Function<CommandContext<CommandSourceStack>, Object>,
+					Command<CommandSourceStack>
+					> makeConfigUpdater = (getter) -> (commandContext) -> {
+				Object value = getter.apply(commandContext);
+				
+				commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(
+						#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+						() -> Component.literal("Changed the value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" to "+value),
+						#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+						Component.literal("Changed the value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" to "+value),
+						#else
+						new TranslatableComponent("Changed the value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" to "+value),
+						#endif
+						true);
+				configEntry.set(value);
+				return 1;
+			};
+			
+			LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> subcommand = literal(configEntry.getServersideShortName())
+					.executes((commandContext) -> {
+						#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+						commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Current value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" is "+configEntry.get()), true);
+						#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+						commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(Component.literal("Current value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" is "+configEntry.get()), true);
+						#else // < 1.19.2
+						commandContext.getSource().sendSuccess(new TranslatableComponent("Current value of "+configEntry.getServersideShortName()+" is "+configEntry.get()), true);
+						#endif
+						return 1;
+					});
+			
+			if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(configEntry.getType()))
+			{
+				for (Object choice : configEntry.getType().getEnumConstants())
+				{
+					subcommand.then(
+							literal(choice.toString())
+									.executes(makeConfigUpdater.apply(c -> choice))
+					);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				boolean setterAdded = false;
+				
+				for (java.util.Map.Entry<Class<?>, Pair<Supplier<ArgumentType<?>>, BiFunction<CommandContext<?>, String, ?>>> pair : new HashMap<
+						Class<?>,
+						Pair<
+								Supplier<ArgumentType<?>>,
+								BiFunction<CommandContext<?>, String, ?>>
+						>() {{
+					this.put(Integer.class, new Pair<>(() -> integer((int) configEntry.getMin(), (int) configEntry.getMax()), IntegerArgumentType::getInteger));
+					this.put(Double.class, new Pair<>(() -> doubleArg((double) configEntry.getMin(), (double) configEntry.getMax()), DoubleArgumentType::getDouble));
+					this.put(Boolean.class, new Pair<>(BoolArgumentType::bool, BoolArgumentType::getBool));
+					this.put(String.class, new Pair<>(StringArgumentType::string, StringArgumentType::getString));
+				}}.entrySet())
+				{
+					if (!pair.getKey().isAssignableFrom(configEntry.getType()))
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					subcommand.then(argument("value", pair.getValue().first.get())
+							.executes(makeConfigUpdater.apply(c -> pair.getValue().second.apply(c, "value"))));
+					
+					setterAdded = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				if (!setterAdded)
+				{
+					throw new RuntimeException("Config type of "+type.getName()+" is not supported: "+configEntry.getType().getSimpleName());
+				}
+			}
+			
+			builder.then(subcommand);
+		}
+		
+		this.commandDispatcher.register(builder);
+		
+		if (DEBUG_CODEC_CRASH_MESSAGE)
+		{
+			LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> dhcrash = literal("dhcrash")
+					.requires(source -> source.hasPermission(4))
+					.then(literal("encode")
+							.executes(c -> {
+								assert SharedApi.getIDhServerWorld() != null;
+								((DhServerWorld) SharedApi.getIDhServerWorld()).remotePlayerConnectionHandler
+										#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+										.getConnectedPlayer(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(Objects.requireNonNull(c.getSource().getPlayer())))
+										#else
+										.getConnectedPlayer(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(Objects.requireNonNull(c.getSource().getPlayerOrException())))
+										#endif
+										.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.ENCODE));
+								return 1;
+							}))
+					.then(literal("decode")
+							.executes(c -> {
+								assert SharedApi.getIDhServerWorld() != null;
+								((DhServerWorld) SharedApi.getIDhServerWorld()).remotePlayerConnectionHandler
+										#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+										.getConnectedPlayer(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(Objects.requireNonNull(c.getSource().getPlayer())))
+										#else
+										.getConnectedPlayer(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(Objects.requireNonNull(c.getSource().getPlayerOrException())))
+										#endif
+										.networkSession.sendMessage(new CodecCrashMessage(CodecCrashMessage.ECrashPhase.DECODE));
+								return 1;
+							}));
+			this.commandDispatcher.register(dhcrash);
+		}
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.ConfigBasedLogger;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.internal.IncompatibleMessageInternalEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.event.internal.ProtocolErrorInternalEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.MessageRegistry;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.base.CloseReasonMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public abstract class AbstractPluginPacketSender implements IPluginPacketSender
+{
+	private static final ConfigBasedLogger LOGGER = new ConfigBasedLogger(LogManager.getLogger(),
+			() -> Config.Client.Advanced.Logging.logNetworkEvent.get());
+	
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+	public static final ResourceLocation WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH);
+	#else
+	public static final ResourceLocation WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE = new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.WRAPPER_PACKET_PATH);
+	#endif
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public final void sendToClient(IServerPlayerWrapper serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		this.sendToClient((ServerPlayer) serverPlayer.getWrappedMcObject(), message);
+	}
+	public abstract void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	
+	@Override
+	public abstract void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message);
+	
+	public static AbstractNetworkMessage decodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf in)
+	{
+		AbstractNetworkMessage message = null;
+		
+		try
+		{
+			in.markReaderIndex();
+			
+			int protocolVersion = in.readShort();
+			if (protocolVersion != ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+			{
+				return new IncompatibleMessageInternalEvent(protocolVersion);
+			}
+			
+			message = MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.createMessage(in.readUnsignedShort());
+			message.decode(in);
+			
+			if (in.isReadable())
+			{
+				throw new IOException("Buffer has not been fully read");
+			}
+			
+			return message;
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			in.resetReaderIndex();
+			
+			LOGGER.error("Failed to decode message", e);
+			LOGGER.error("Buffer: ["+in+"]");
+			LOGGER.error("Buffer contents: ["+ByteBufUtil.hexDump(in)+"]");
+			
+			return new ProtocolErrorInternalEvent(e, message, true);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			// Prevent connection crashing if not entire buffer has been read
+			in.readerIndex(in.writerIndex());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void encodeMessage(FriendlyByteBuf out, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		// This is intentionally unhandled, because errors related to this are unlikely to appear in wild
+		Objects.requireNonNull(message);
+		out.writeShort(ModInfo.PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		
+		try
+		{
+			out.markWriterIndex();
+			out.writeShort(MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.getMessageId(message));
+			message.encode(out);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			LOGGER.error("Failed to encode message", e);
+			LOGGER.error("Message: ["+message+"]");
+			
+			message.getSession().tryHandleMessage(new ProtocolErrorInternalEvent(e, message, false));
+			
+			// Encode close reason message instead
+			out.resetWriterIndex();
+			message = new CloseReasonMessage("Internal error on other side");
+			out.writeShort(MessageRegistry.INSTANCE.getMessageId(message));
+			message.encode(out);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+public record CommonPacketPayload(@Nullable AbstractNetworkMessage message) implements CustomPacketPayload
+{
+	public static final Type<CommonPacketPayload> TYPE = new Type<>(AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE);
+	
+	@NotNull
+	@Override
+	public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() { return TYPE; }
+	
+	
+	public static class Codec implements StreamCodec<FriendlyByteBuf, CommonPacketPayload>
+	{
+		@NotNull
+		@Override
+		public CommonPacketPayload decode(@NotNull FriendlyByteBuf in)
+		{ return new CommonPacketPayload(AbstractPluginPacketSender.decodeMessage(in)); }
+		
+		@Override
+		public void encode(@NotNull FriendlyByteBuf out, CommonPacketPayload payload)
+		{ AbstractPluginPacketSender.encodeMessage(out, payload.message()); }
+		
+	}
+	
+}
+
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+public class MixinChunkMapCommon
+{
+	
+	public static void onChunkSave(ServerLevel level, ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
+	{
+		// is this position already being updated?
+		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtChunkPosAlreadyUpdating(chunk.getPos().x, chunk.getPos().z))
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// is this chunk being saved to disk?
+		boolean savingChunkToDisk = ci.getReturnValue();
+		// true means a chunk was saved to disk
+		if (!savingChunkToDisk)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// TODO are the following validations necessary since we are checking above if 
+		//  the callback return value should state if the chunk was actually saved or not?
+		//  Do we trust it to always be correct?
+		
+		
+		
+		// corrupt/incomplete chunk validation //
+		
+		// MC has a tendency to try saving incomplete or corrupted chunks (which show up as empty or black chunks)
+		// this logic should prevent that from happening
+		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.getUpgradeData() != null || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#else
+		if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.isUpgrading() || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+		// biome validation //
+		
+		// some chunks may be missing their biomes, which cause issues when attempting to save them
+		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+		if (chunk.getBiomes() == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#else
+		try
+		{
+			// this will throw an exception if the biomes aren't set up
+			chunk.getNoiseBiome(0,0,0);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		#endif
+		
+		
+		
+		// submit the update event
+		ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverChunkSaveEvent(
+				new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level)),
+				ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level)
+		);
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.ClassicConfigGUI;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.LangWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.level.KeyedClientLevelManager;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftServerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IKeyedClientLevelManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.IConfigGui;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.config.ILangWrapper;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class DependencySetup
 	//@Environment(EnvType.SERVER)
 	public static void createServerBindings()
 	{
-		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMinecraftSharedWrapper.class, MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IMinecraftSharedWrapper.class, MinecraftServerWrapper.INSTANCE);
 	}
 	
 	//@Environment(EnvType.CLIENT)
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ public class DependencySetupDoneCheck
 	// TODO move to DependencySetup
 	public static boolean isDone = false;
 	// TODO why is this here and what is its purpose?
-	public static Supplier<Boolean> getIsCurrentThreadDistantGeneratorThread = (() -> false);
+	public static Supplier<Boolean> getIsCurrentThreadDistantGeneratorThread = (() -> { return false; });
 	
 }
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers;

 import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
-import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.enums.EDhDirection;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;

@@ -102,17 +100,33 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 		lodDirections = new EDhDirection[lodDirs.length];
 		for (EDhDirection lodDir : lodDirs)
 		{
-			Direction dir = switch (lodDir.name().toUpperCase()) {
-                case "DOWN" -> Direction.DOWN;
-                case "UP" -> Direction.UP;
-                case "NORTH" -> Direction.NORTH;
-                case "SOUTH" -> Direction.SOUTH;
-                case "WEST" -> Direction.WEST;
-                case "EAST" -> Direction.EAST;
-                default -> null;
-            };
-
-            if (dir == null)
+			Direction dir;
+			switch (lodDir.name().toUpperCase())
+			{
+				case "DOWN":
+					dir = Direction.DOWN;
+					break;
+				case "UP":
+					dir = Direction.UP;
+					break;
+				case "NORTH":
+					dir = Direction.NORTH;
+					break;
+				case "SOUTH":
+					dir = Direction.SOUTH;
+					break;
+				case "WEST":
+					dir = Direction.WEST;
+					break;
+				case "EAST":
+					dir = Direction.EAST;
+					break;
+				default:
+					dir = null;
+					break;
+			}
+			
+			if (dir == null)
 			{
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid direction on init mapping: " + lodDir);
 			}
@@ -121,41 +135,10 @@ public class McObjectConverter
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public static BlockPos Convert(DhBlockPos wrappedPos)
-	{
-		return new BlockPos(wrappedPos.x, wrappedPos.y, wrappedPos.z);
-	}
-	public static ChunkPos Convert(DhChunkPos wrappedPos)
-	{
-		return new ChunkPos(wrappedPos.x, wrappedPos.z);
-	}
+	public static BlockPos Convert(DhBlockPos wrappedPos) { return new BlockPos(wrappedPos.getX(), wrappedPos.getY(), wrappedPos.getZ()); }
+	public static ChunkPos Convert(DhChunkPos wrappedPos) { return new ChunkPos(wrappedPos.getX(), wrappedPos.getZ()); }
 	
-	public static Direction Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection)
-	{
-		return directions[lodDirection.ordinal()];
-	}
-	public static EDhDirection Convert(Direction direction)
-	{
-		return lodDirections[direction.ordinal()];
-	}
-	public static void DebugCheckAllPackers()
-	{
-		BiConsumer<Integer, Integer> func = (x, z) -> DhChunkPos._DebugCheckPacker(x, z, ChunkPos.asLong(x, z));
-		func.accept(0, 0);
-		func.accept(12345, 134);
-		func.accept(-12345, -134);
-		func.accept(-30000000 / 16, 30000000 / 16);
-		func.accept(30000000 / 16, -30000000 / 16);
-		func.accept(30000000 / 16, 30000000 / 16);
-		func.accept(-30000000 / 16, -30000000 / 16);
-		Consumer<BlockPos> func2 = (p) -> DhBlockPos._DebugCheckPacker(p.getX(), p.getY(), p.getZ(), p.asLong());
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(0, 0, 0));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(12345, 134, 123));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(-12345, -134, -80));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(-30000000, 2047, 30000000));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(30000000, -2048, -30000000));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(30000000, 2047, 30000000));
-		func2.accept(new BlockPos(-30000000, -2048, -30000000));
-	}
+	public static Direction Convert(EDhDirection lodDirection) { return directions[lodDirection.ordinal()]; }
+	public static EDhDirection Convert(Direction direction) { return lodDirections[direction.ordinal()]; }
 	
 }
@@ -155,41 +155,33 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 			}
 		}
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21
+		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
 		else if (objectArray.length == 2)
 		{
 			// correct number of parameters from the API
 			
 			// chunk
-			if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof ChunkAccess chunk))
+			if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof ChunkAccess))
 			{
 				throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 			}
+			ChunkAccess chunk = (ChunkAccess) objectArray[0];
 			
 			// level / light source
-			if (!(objectArray[1] instanceof Level level))
+			if (!(objectArray[1] instanceof Level))
 			{
 				throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 			}
 			// the level is needed for the DH level wrapper...
+			Level level = (Level) objectArray[1];
 			// ...the LevelReader is needed for chunk lighting
 			LevelReader lightSource = level;
 			
 			
 			// level wrapper
-			ILevelWrapper levelWrapper;
-			if (level instanceof ServerLevel)
-			{
-				levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ServerLevel)level);
-			}
-			else if (level instanceof ClientLevel)
-			{
-				levelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ClientLevel)level);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
-			}
+			ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = level.isClientSide()
+					? ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ClientLevel)level)
+					: ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper((ServerLevel)level);
 			
 			
 			return new ChunkWrapper(chunk, lightSource, levelWrapper);
@@ -199,16 +191,7 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createChunkWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
-		#else
-			// Intentional compiler error to bring attention to the missing wrapper function.
-			// If you need to work on an unimplemented version but don't have the ability to implement this yet
-			// you can comment it out, but please don't commit it. Someone will have to implement it.
-
-			// After implementing the new version please read this method's javadocs for instructions
-			// on what other locations also need to be updated, the DhAPI specifically needs to
-			// be updated to state which objects this method accepts.
-			not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
-		#endif
+		//#endif
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Note: when this is updated for different MC versions,
@@ -218,16 +201,13 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	{
 		String[] expectedClassNames;
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21
+		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
 		expectedClassNames = new String[] 
 		{
 			ChunkAccess.class.getName(),
-			ServerLevel.class.getName() + "] or [" + ClientLevel.class.getName()
+			"[ServerLevel] or [ClientLevel]" // Classes are not referenced by names to avoid exception when one of them is missing
 		};
-		#else
-			// See preprocessor comment in createChunkWrapper() for full documentation
-			not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
-		#endif
+		//#endif
 		
 		return createWrapperErrorMessage("Chunk wrapper", expectedClassNames, objectArray);
 	}
@@ -243,10 +223,11 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	public IDhApiBiomeWrapper getBiomeWrapper(Object[] objectArray, IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper) 
 	{
 		// confirm the API level wrapper is also a Core wrapper 
-		if (!(levelWrapper instanceof ILevelWrapper coreLevelWrapper))
+		if (!(levelWrapper instanceof ILevelWrapper))
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException("Invalid ["+IDhApiLevelWrapper.class.getSimpleName()+"] value given. Level wrapper object must be one given by the DH API (it can't be a custom implementation), specifically of type ["+ILevelWrapper.class.getName()+"].");
 		}
+		ILevelWrapper coreLevelWrapper = (ILevelWrapper) levelWrapper;
 		
 		
 		
@@ -265,7 +246,7 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		
 		Biome biome = (Biome) objectArray[0];
 		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(biome, coreLevelWrapper);
-		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21
+		#else
 		if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof Holder) || !(((Holder<?>) objectArray[0]).value() instanceof Biome))
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createBiomeWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
@@ -273,9 +254,6 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		
 		Holder<Biome> biomeHolder = (Holder<Biome>) objectArray[0];
 		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(biomeHolder, coreLevelWrapper);
-		#else
-		// See preprocessor comment in createChunkWrapper() for full documentation (not a typo, check createChunkWrapper()'s else statement for full documentation)
-		not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
 		#endif
 	}
 	/**
@@ -288,11 +266,8 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
 		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Biome.class.getName() };
-		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21
-		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Holder.class.getName()+"<"+Biome.class.getName()+">" };
 		#else
-			// See preprocessor comment in createChunkWrapper() for full documentation
-			not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
+		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Holder.class.getName()+"<"+Biome.class.getName()+">" };
 		#endif
 		
 		return createWrapperErrorMessage("Biome wrapper", expectedClassNames, objectArray);
@@ -301,28 +276,27 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 	public IDhApiBlockStateWrapper getBlockStateWrapper(Object[] objectArray, IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
 		// confirm the API level wrapper is also a Core wrapper 
-		if (!(levelWrapper instanceof ILevelWrapper coreLevelWrapper))
+		if (!(levelWrapper instanceof ILevelWrapper))
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException("Invalid ["+IDhApiLevelWrapper.class.getSimpleName()+"] value given. Level wrapper object must be one given by the DH API (it can't be a custom implementation), specifically of type ["+ILevelWrapper.class.getName()+"].");
 		}
+		ILevelWrapper coreLevelWrapper = (ILevelWrapper) levelWrapper;
 		
 		
 		
-		#if MC_VER <= MC_1_21
+		//#if MC_VER <= MC_1_XX_X
 		if (objectArray.length != 1)
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createBlockStateWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
-		if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof BlockState blockState))
+		if (!(objectArray[0] instanceof BlockState))
 		{
 			throw new ClassCastException(createBlockStateWrapperErrorMessage(objectArray));
 		}
 		
+		BlockState blockState = (BlockState) objectArray[0];
 		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(blockState, coreLevelWrapper);
-		#else
-		// See preprocessor comment in createChunkWrapper() for full documentation (not a typo, check createChunkWrapper()'s else statement for full documentation)
-		not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
-		#endif
+		//#endif
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Note: when this is updated for different MC versions,
@@ -334,11 +308,8 @@ public class WrapperFactory implements IWrapperFactory
 		
 		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
 		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Biome.class.getName() };
-		#elif MC_VER <= MC_1_21
-		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Holder.class.getName()+"<"+Biome.class.getName()+">" };
 		#else
-		// See preprocessor comment in createChunkWrapper() for full documentation
-		not implemented for this version of Minecraft!
+		expectedClassNames = new String[] { Holder.class.getName()+"<"+Biome.class.getName()+">" };
 		#endif
 		
 		return createWrapperErrorMessage("BlockState wrapper", expectedClassNames, objectArray);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 			}
 			return EMPTY_WRAPPER;
 		}
-		else if (resourceLocationString.trim().isEmpty() || resourceLocationString.isEmpty())
+		else if (resourceLocationString.trim().isEmpty() || resourceLocationString.equals(""))
 		{
 			LOGGER.warn("Null biome string deserialized.");
 			return EMPTY_WRAPPER;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 			ResourceLocation resourceLocation;
 			try
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				resourceLocation = new ResourceLocation(resourceLocationString.substring(0, separatorIndex), resourceLocationString.substring(separatorIndex + 1));
 				#else
 				resourceLocation = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(resourceLocationString.substring(0, separatorIndex), resourceLocationString.substring(separatorIndex + 1));
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrappe
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.tags.BlockTags;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BeaconBeamBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.SoundType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

 import java.awt.*;
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Registry;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.EmptyBlockGetter;
 #else
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
@@ -103,8 +102,9 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	private byte blockMaterialId = 0;
 	
 	private final boolean isBeaconBlock; 
-	private final boolean isBeaconBaseBlock; 
-	private final boolean isGlassBlock; 
+	private final boolean isBeaconBaseBlock;
+	/** null if this block can't tint beacons */
+	private final Color beaconTintColor; 
 	private final Color mapColor;
 	
 	
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/** 
+	 * Can be faster than {@link BlockStateWrapper#fromBlockState(BlockState, ILevelWrapper)} 
+	 * in cases where the same block state is expected to be referenced multiple times.
+	 */
+	public static BlockStateWrapper fromBlockState(BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper, IBlockStateWrapper guess)
+	{
+		BlockState guessBlockState = (guess == null || guess.isAir()) ? null : (BlockState) guess.getWrappedMcObject();
+		BlockState inputBlockState = (blockState == null || blockState.isAir()) ? null : blockState;
+		
+		if (guess instanceof BlockStateWrapper guessWrapper
+				&& guessBlockState == inputBlockState)
+		{
+			return guessWrapper;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return fromBlockState(blockState, levelWrapper);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	private BlockStateWrapper(BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
 		this.blockState = blockState;
@@ -140,6 +160,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		this.hashCode = Objects.hash(this.serialString);
 		this.blockMaterialId = this.calculateEDhApiBlockMaterialId().index;
 		
+		// beacon blocks
 		String lowercaseSerial = this.serialString.toLowerCase();
 		boolean isBeaconBaseBlock = false;
 		for (int i = 0; i < LodUtil.BEACON_BASE_BLOCK_NAME_LIST.size(); i++)
@@ -153,7 +174,28 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		}
 		this.isBeaconBaseBlock = isBeaconBaseBlock;
 		this.isBeaconBlock = lowercaseSerial.contains("minecraft:beacon");
-		this.isGlassBlock = lowercaseSerial.contains("glass");
+		
+		// beacon tint color
+		Color beaconTintColor = null;
+		if (this.blockState != null
+			// beacon blocks also show up here, but since they block the beacon beam we don't want their color		
+			&& !this.isBeaconBlock)
+		{
+			Block block = this.blockState.getBlock();
+			if (block instanceof BeaconBeamBlock)
+			{
+				int colorInt;
+				#if MC_VER <= MC_1_19_4
+				colorInt = ((BeaconBeamBlock) block).getColor().getMaterialColor().col;
+				#else 
+				colorInt = ((BeaconBeamBlock) block).getColor().getMapColor().col;
+				#endif
+				
+				beaconTintColor = ColorUtil.toColorObjRGB(colorInt);
+			}
+		}
+		this.beaconTintColor = beaconTintColor;
+		
 		
 		int mcColor = 0;
 		if (this.blockState != null)
@@ -234,7 +276,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		String ignoreBlockCsv = config.get();
 		if (ignoreBlockCsv != null)
 		{
-			blockStringList.addAll(List.of(ignoreBlockCsv.split(",")));
+			blockStringList.addAll(Arrays.asList(ignoreBlockCsv.split(",")));
 		}
 		
 		return getBlockWrappers(blockStringList, levelWrapper);
@@ -400,10 +442,12 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 	@Override
 	public boolean isBeaconBaseBlock() { return this.isBeaconBaseBlock; }
 	@Override
-	public boolean isGlassBlock() { return this.isGlassBlock; }
+	public boolean isBeaconTintBlock() { return this.beaconTintColor != null; }
 	
 	@Override
 	public Color getMapColor() { return this.mapColor; }
+	@Override
+	public Color getBeaconTintColor() { return this.beaconTintColor; }
 	
 	@Override
 	public byte getMaterialId() { return this.blockMaterialId; }
@@ -462,7 +506,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		// we need the final string for the concurrent hash map later
 		final String finalResourceStateString = resourceStateString;
 		
-		if (finalResourceStateString.equals(AIR_STRING) || finalResourceStateString.isEmpty()) // the empty string shouldn't normally happen, but just in case
+		if (finalResourceStateString.equals(AIR_STRING) || finalResourceStateString.equals("")) // the empty string shouldn't normally happen, but just in case
 		{
 			return AIR;
 		}
@@ -499,7 +543,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			ResourceLocation resourceLocation;
 			try
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				resourceLocation = new ResourceLocation(resourceStateString.substring(0, separatorIndex), resourceStateString.substring(separatorIndex + 1));
 				#else
 				resourceLocation = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(resourceStateString.substring(0, separatorIndex), resourceStateString.substring(separatorIndex + 1));
@@ -517,9 +561,8 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 			{
 				
 				#if MC_VER > MC_1_17_1
-				// use the given level if possible, otherwise try using the currently loaded one 
-				Level level = (levelWrapper != null ? (Level) levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject() : null);
-				level = (level == null ? Minecraft.getInstance().level : level);
+				LodUtil.assertTrue(levelWrapper != null && levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject() != null);
+				Level level = (Level)levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
 				#endif
 				
 				Block block;
@@ -603,7 +646,7 @@ public class BlockStateWrapper implements IBlockStateWrapper
 		
 		// alphabetically sort the list so they are always in the same order
 		List<net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.Property<?>> sortedBlockPropteryList = new ArrayList<>(blockPropertyCollection);
-		sortedBlockPropteryList.sort(Comparator.comparing(Property::getName));
+		sortedBlockPropteryList.sort((a, b) -> a.getName().compareTo(b.getName()));
 		
 		
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.FlowerBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.LeavesBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RotatedPillarBlock;
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+#else
+import java.util.Random;
+#endif
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+/**
+ * This stores and calculates the colors
+ * the given {@link BlockState} should have based
+ * on the given {@link IClientLevelWrapper}.
+ * 
+ * @see ColorUtil
+ */
+public class ClientBlockStateColorCache
+{
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
+	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL = new HashSet<>();
+	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES = new HashSet<>();
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Methods using MC's "RandomSource" object aren't thread safe <br>
+	 * so we need to put locks around that logic. <br>
+	 * specifically:
+	 * <code>
+	 * getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, direction, RANDOM)
+	 * </code>
+	 */
+	private static final ReentrantLock RESOLVE_LOCK = new ReentrantLock();
+	
+	
+	/** This is the order each direction on a block is processed when attempting to get the texture/color */
+	private static final Direction[] COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER = { Direction.UP, Direction.NORTH, Direction.EAST, Direction.WEST, Direction.SOUTH, Direction.DOWN };
+	
+	private static final int FLOWER_COLOR_SCALE = 5;
+	
+	
+	
+	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+	private static final Random RANDOM = new Random(0);
+	#else
+	/** Note: this object isn't thread safe and must be put in a lock */
+	private static final RandomSource RANDOM = RandomSource.create();
+	#endif
+	
+	private final IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper;
+	private final BlockState blockState;
+	private final LevelReader level;
+	
+	private boolean isColorResolved = false;
+	private int baseColor = 0;
+	private boolean needShade = true;
+	private boolean needPostTinting = false;
+	private int tintIndex = 0;
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// constants //
+	//===========//
+	
+	private static final int MIN_SRGB_BITS = 0x39000000; // 2^(-13)
+	private static final int MAX_SRGB_BITS = 0x3f7fffff; // 1.0 - f32::EPSILON
+	private static final float MIN_SRGB_BOUND = Float.intBitsToFloat(MIN_SRGB_BITS);
+	private static final float MAX_SRGB_BOUND = Float.intBitsToFloat(MAX_SRGB_BITS);
+	
+	private static final int[] linearToSrgbTable = new int[] 
+		{
+			0x0073000d, 0x007a000d, 0x0080000d, 0x0087000d, 0x008d000d, 0x0094000d, 0x009a000d, 0x00a1000d,
+			0x00a7001a, 0x00b4001a, 0x00c1001a, 0x00ce001a, 0x00da001a, 0x00e7001a, 0x00f4001a, 0x0101001a,
+			0x010e0033, 0x01280033, 0x01410033, 0x015b0033, 0x01750033, 0x018f0033, 0x01a80033, 0x01c20033,
+			0x01dc0067, 0x020f0067, 0x02430067, 0x02760067, 0x02aa0067, 0x02dd0067, 0x03110067, 0x03440067,
+			0x037800ce, 0x03df00ce, 0x044600ce, 0x04ad00ce, 0x051400ce, 0x057b00c5, 0x05dd00bc, 0x063b00b5,
+			0x06970158, 0x07420142, 0x07e30130, 0x087b0120, 0x090b0112, 0x09940106, 0x0a1700fc, 0x0a9500f2,
+			0x0b0f01cb, 0x0bf401ae, 0x0ccb0195, 0x0d950180, 0x0e56016e, 0x0f0d015e, 0x0fbc0150, 0x10630143,
+			0x11070264, 0x1238023e, 0x1357021d, 0x14660201, 0x156601e9, 0x165a01d3, 0x174401c0, 0x182401af,
+			0x18fe0331, 0x1a9602fe, 0x1c1502d2, 0x1d7e02ad, 0x1ed4028d, 0x201a0270, 0x21520256, 0x227d0240,
+			0x239f0443, 0x25c003fe, 0x27bf03c4, 0x29a10392, 0x2b6a0367, 0x2d1d0341, 0x2ebe031f, 0x304d0300,
+			0x31d105b0, 0x34a80555, 0x37520507, 0x39d504c5, 0x3c37048b, 0x3e7c0458, 0x40a8042a, 0x42bd0401,
+			0x44c20798, 0x488e071e, 0x4c1c06b6, 0x4f76065d, 0x52a50610, 0x55ac05cc, 0x5892058f, 0x5b590559,
+			0x5e0c0a23, 0x631c0980, 0x67db08f6, 0x6c55087f, 0x70940818, 0x74a007bd, 0x787d076c, 0x7c330723,
+		};
+	
+	private static final float[] srgbToLinearTable = new float[] 
+		{
+			0.0f, 0.000303527f, 0.000607054f, 0.00091058103f, 0.001214108f, 0.001517635f, 0.0018211621f, 0.002124689f,
+			0.002428216f, 0.002731743f, 0.00303527f, 0.0033465356f, 0.003676507f, 0.004024717f, 0.004391442f,
+			0.0047769533f, 0.005181517f, 0.0056053917f, 0.0060488326f, 0.006512091f, 0.00699541f, 0.0074990317f,
+			0.008023192f, 0.008568125f, 0.009134057f, 0.009721218f, 0.010329823f, 0.010960094f, 0.011612245f,
+			0.012286487f, 0.012983031f, 0.013702081f, 0.014443844f, 0.015208514f, 0.015996292f, 0.016807375f,
+			0.017641952f, 0.018500218f, 0.019382361f, 0.020288562f, 0.02121901f, 0.022173883f, 0.023153365f,
+			0.02415763f, 0.025186857f, 0.026241222f, 0.027320892f, 0.028426038f, 0.029556843f, 0.03071345f, 0.03189604f,
+			0.033104774f, 0.03433981f, 0.035601325f, 0.036889452f, 0.038204376f, 0.039546248f, 0.04091521f, 0.042311423f,
+			0.043735042f, 0.045186214f, 0.046665095f, 0.048171833f, 0.049706575f, 0.051269468f, 0.052860655f, 0.05448028f,
+			0.056128494f, 0.057805434f, 0.05951124f, 0.06124607f, 0.06301003f, 0.06480328f, 0.06662595f, 0.06847818f,
+			0.07036011f, 0.07227186f, 0.07421358f, 0.07618539f, 0.07818743f, 0.08021983f, 0.082282715f, 0.084376216f,
+			0.086500466f, 0.088655606f, 0.09084173f, 0.09305898f, 0.095307484f, 0.09758736f, 0.09989874f, 0.10224175f,
+			0.10461649f, 0.10702311f, 0.10946172f, 0.111932434f, 0.11443538f, 0.116970696f, 0.11953845f, 0.12213881f,
+			0.12477186f, 0.12743773f, 0.13013652f, 0.13286836f, 0.13563336f, 0.13843165f, 0.14126332f, 0.1441285f,
+			0.1470273f, 0.14995982f, 0.15292618f, 0.1559265f, 0.15896086f, 0.16202943f, 0.16513224f, 0.16826946f,
+			0.17144115f, 0.17464745f, 0.17788847f, 0.1811643f, 0.18447503f, 0.1878208f, 0.19120172f, 0.19461787f,
+			0.19806935f, 0.2015563f, 0.20507877f, 0.2086369f, 0.21223079f, 0.21586053f, 0.21952623f, 0.22322798f,
+			0.22696589f, 0.23074007f, 0.23455065f, 0.23839766f, 0.2422812f, 0.2462014f, 0.25015837f, 0.25415218f,
+			0.2581829f, 0.26225072f, 0.26635566f, 0.27049786f, 0.27467737f, 0.27889434f, 0.2831488f, 0.2874409f,
+			0.2917707f, 0.29613832f, 0.30054384f, 0.30498737f, 0.30946895f, 0.31398875f, 0.31854683f, 0.32314324f,
+			0.32777813f, 0.33245158f, 0.33716366f, 0.34191445f, 0.3467041f, 0.3515327f, 0.35640025f, 0.36130688f,
+			0.3662527f, 0.37123778f, 0.37626222f, 0.3813261f, 0.38642952f, 0.39157256f, 0.3967553f, 0.40197787f,
+			0.4072403f, 0.4125427f, 0.41788515f, 0.42326775f, 0.42869055f, 0.4341537f, 0.43965724f, 0.44520125f,
+			0.45078585f, 0.45641106f, 0.46207705f, 0.46778384f, 0.47353154f, 0.47932023f, 0.48514998f, 0.4910209f,
+			0.49693304f, 0.5028866f, 0.50888145f, 0.5149178f, 0.5209957f, 0.52711535f, 0.5332766f, 0.5394797f,
+			0.5457247f, 0.5520116f, 0.5583406f, 0.5647117f, 0.57112503f, 0.57758063f, 0.5840786f, 0.590619f, 0.597202f,
+			0.60382754f, 0.61049575f, 0.61720675f, 0.62396055f, 0.63075733f, 0.637597f, 0.6444799f, 0.6514058f,
+			0.65837497f, 0.66538745f, 0.67244333f, 0.6795426f, 0.68668544f, 0.69387203f, 0.70110214f, 0.70837605f,
+			0.7156938f, 0.72305536f, 0.730461f, 0.7379107f, 0.7454045f, 0.75294244f, 0.76052475f, 0.7681514f, 0.77582246f,
+			0.78353804f, 0.79129815f, 0.79910296f, 0.8069525f, 0.8148468f, 0.822786f, 0.8307701f, 0.83879924f, 0.84687346f,
+			0.8549928f, 0.8631574f, 0.87136734f, 0.8796226f, 0.8879232f, 0.89626956f, 0.90466136f, 0.913099f, 0.92158204f,
+			0.93011117f, 0.9386859f, 0.9473069f, 0.9559735f, 0.9646866f, 0.9734455f, 0.98225087f, 0.9911022f, 1.0f
+		};
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public ClientBlockStateColorCache(BlockState blockState, IClientLevelWrapper samplingLevel)
+	{
+		this.blockState = blockState;
+		this.levelWrapper = samplingLevel;
+		this.level = (LevelReader) samplingLevel.getWrappedMcObject();
+		this.resolveColors();
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//===================//
+	// color calculation //
+	//===================//
+	
+	private void resolveColors()
+	{
+		if (this.isColorResolved)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		try
+		{
+			// getQuads() isn't thread safe so we need to put this logic in a lock
+			RESOLVE_LOCK.lock();
+			
+			if (this.blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty())
+			{
+				// look for the first non-empty direction
+				List<BakedQuad> quads = null;
+				for (Direction direction : COLOR_RESOLUTION_DIRECTION_ORDER)
+				{
+					quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
+							getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, direction, RANDOM);
+					
+					if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty()
+						&& !(
+							this.blockState.getBlock() instanceof RotatedPillarBlock
+							&& direction == Direction.UP
+							)
+						)
+					{
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				if (quads == null || quads.isEmpty())
+				{
+					quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
+							getBlockModel(this.blockState).getQuads(this.blockState, null, RANDOM);
+				}
+				
+				if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty())
+				{
+					this.needPostTinting = quads.get(0).isTinted();
+					this.needShade = quads.get(0).isShade();
+					this.tintIndex = quads.get(0).getTintIndex();
+					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
+	                        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1 quads.get(0).sprite,
+							#else quads.get(0).getSprite(), #endif
+							ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// Backup method.
+					this.needPostTinting = false;
+					this.needShade = false;
+					this.tintIndex = 0;
+					this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+							ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Liquid Block
+				this.needPostTinting = true;
+				this.needShade = false;
+				this.tintIndex = 0;
+				this.baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(this.blockState),
+						ColorMode.getColorMode(this.blockState.getBlock()));
+			}
+			
+			this.isColorResolved = true;
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			RESOLVE_LOCK.unlock();
+		}
+	}
+	//TODO: Perhaps make this not just use the first frame?
+	private static int calculateColorFromTexture(TextureAtlasSprite texture, ColorMode colorMode)
+	{
+		int count = 0;
+		int alpha = 0;
+		double red = 0;
+		double green = 0;
+		double blue = 0;
+		int tempColor;
+		
+		// don't render Chiseled blocks.
+		// Since ColorMode is set per block, you only need to check this once.
+		if (colorMode != ColorMode.Chisel)
+		{
+			// textures normally use u and v instead of x and y
+			for (int v = 0; v < getTextureHeight(texture); v++)
+			{
+				for (int u = 0; u < getTextureWidth(texture); u++)
+				{
+					//note: Minecraft color format is: 0xAA BB GG RR
+					//________ DH mod color format is: 0xAA RR GG BB
+					//OpenGL RGBA format native order: 0xRR GG BB AA
+					//_ OpenGL RGBA format Java Order: 0xAA BB GG RR
+					tempColor = TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper.getPixelRGBA(texture, 0, u, v);
+					
+					int r = (tempColor & 0x000000FF);
+					int g = (tempColor & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8;
+					int b = (tempColor & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16;
+					int a = (tempColor & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
+					int scale = 1;
+					if (colorMode == ColorMode.Leaves)
+					{
+						//switch (//FIXME add config option)
+						//	case BLACK:
+						//	a = 255; //simulate black background of fast leaves
+						//		break;
+						//	case IGNORE:
+							if (a == 0) {
+								continue; //same long grass
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								a = 255; //just in case there are semi transparent pixels
+							}					
+						//		break;
+						//	case TRANSPARENT:
+						//		break; //do nothing, let it count towards transparency
+						
+					}
+					else if (a == 0 && colorMode != ColorMode.Glass)
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+					else if (colorMode == ColorMode.Flower && (g + 25 < b || g + 25 < r))
+					{
+						scale = FLOWER_COLOR_SCALE;
+					}
+					count += scale;
+					//apparently alpha is linear
+					alpha += a * scale;
+					//gamma correction is complicated
+					red += srgbToLinearTable[r] * a * scale;
+					green += srgbToLinearTable[g] * a * scale;
+					blue += srgbToLinearTable[b] * a * scale;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (count == 0)
+		{
+			// this block is entirely transparent
+			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(0, 255, 255, 255);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// determine the average color
+			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(
+					alpha / count,
+					linearToSrgb((float) (red / (double) alpha)),
+					linearToSrgb((float) (green / (double) alpha)),
+					linearToSrgb((float) (blue / (double) alpha)));
+		}
+		
+		//check if not missing texture
+		if (tempColor == ColorUtil.rgbToInt(255, 182, 0, 182))
+		{
+			//make it not render at all
+			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(0, 255, 255, 255);
+		}
+		return tempColor;
+	}
+	private static int getTextureWidth(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
+	{
+        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		return texture.getWidth();
+        #else
+		return texture.contents().width();
+        #endif
+	}
+	private static int getTextureHeight(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
+	{
+        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
+		return texture.getHeight();
+        #else
+		return texture.contents().height();
+        #endif
+	}
+	/**
+	 * This method was suggested by IMS from the Iris/Sodium team. 
+	 * That's where the numbers and code are based.
+	 */
+	private static int linearToSrgb(float c)
+	{
+		if (!(c > MIN_SRGB_BOUND)) {
+			c = MIN_SRGB_BOUND;
+		}
+		
+		if (c > MAX_SRGB_BOUND) {
+			c = MAX_SRGB_BOUND;
+		}
+		int inputBits = Float.floatToRawIntBits(c);
+		int entry = linearToSrgbTable[((inputBits - MIN_SRGB_BITS) >> 20)];
+		
+		int bias = (entry >>> 16) << 9;
+		int scale = entry & 0xffff;
+		int t = (inputBits >>> 12) & 0xff;
+		
+		return (bias + (scale * t)) >>> 16;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//===============//
+	// public getter //
+	//===============//
+	
+	public int getColor(BiomeWrapper biome, DhBlockPos pos)
+	{
+		// only get the tint if the block needs to be tinted
+		if (!this.needPostTinting)
+		{
+			return this.baseColor;
+		}
+		
+		// don't try tinting blocks that don't support our method of tint getting
+		if (BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
+		{
+			return this.baseColor;
+		}
+		
+		
+		// attempt to get the tint
+		int tintColor = -1;
+		try
+		{
+			// try to use the fast tint getter logic first
+			if (!BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance().getBlockColors()
+							.getColor(this.blockState, new TintWithoutLevelOverrider(biome, this.levelWrapper), McObjectConverter.Convert(pos), this.tintIndex);
+				}
+				catch (UnsupportedOperationException e)
+				{
+					// this exception generally occurs if the tint requires other blocks besides itself
+					LOGGER.debug("Unable to use ["+TintWithoutLevelOverrider.class.getSimpleName()+"] to get the block tint for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biome + "] at pos: " + pos + ". Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]. Attempting to use backup method...", e);
+					BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.add(this.blockState);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			// use the level logic only if requested
+			if (BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
+			{
+				// this logic can't be used all the time due to it breaking some blocks tinting
+				// specifically oceans don't render correctly
+				tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance().getBlockColors()
+						.getColor(this.blockState, new TintGetterOverrideFast(this.level), McObjectConverter.Convert(pos), this.tintIndex);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			// only display the error once per block/biome type to reduce log spam
+			if (!BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
+			{
+				LOGGER.warn("Failed to get block color for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biome + "] at pos: " + pos + ". Error: ["+e.getMessage() + "]. Note: future errors for this block/biome will be ignored.", e);
+				BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.add(this.blockState);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		if (tintColor != -1)
+		{
+			return ColorUtil.multiplyARGBwithRGB(this.baseColor, tintColor);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// unable to get the tinted color, use the base color instead
+			return this.baseColor;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper classes //
+	//================//
+	
+	enum ColorMode
+	{
+		Default,
+		Flower,
+		Leaves,
+		Chisel,
+		Glass;
+		
+		static ColorMode getColorMode(Block block)
+		{
+			if (block instanceof LeavesBlock) return Leaves;
+			if (block instanceof FlowerBlock) return Flower;
+			if (block.toString().contains("glass")) return Glass;
+			if (block.toString().equals("Block{chiselsandbits:chiseled}")) return Chisel;
+			return Default;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+}
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BiomeWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-
-public class ClientBlockDetailMap
-{
-	private final ConcurrentHashMap<BlockState, ClientBlockStateCache> blockCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	//private final ConcurrentHashMap<#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif, Biome> biomeMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	private final ClientLevelWrapper level;
-	public ClientBlockDetailMap(ClientLevelWrapper level) { this.level = level; }
-	
-	public ClientBlockStateCache getBlockStateData(BlockState state, DhBlockPos pos)
-	{ //TODO: Allow a per pos unique setting
-		return blockCache.computeIfAbsent(state, (s) -> new ClientBlockStateCache(s, level, pos));
-	}
-	
-	public void clear() { blockCache.clear(); }
-	
-	public int getColor(BlockState state, BiomeWrapper biome, DhBlockPos pos)
-	{
-		return getBlockStateData(state, pos).getAndResolveFaceColor(biome, pos);
-	}
-	
-}
@@ -1,412 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BiomeWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.TintWithoutLevelOverrider;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.*;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.ColorUtil;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
-import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.FlowerBlock;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.LeavesBlock;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RotatedPillarBlock;
-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
-import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
-#else
-import java.util.Random;
-#endif
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * @version 2022-9-16
- */
-public class ClientBlockStateCache
-{
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
-	
-	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL = new HashSet<>();
-	private static final HashSet<BlockState> BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES = new HashSet<>();
-	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
-	public static final Random random = new Random(0);
-	#else
-	public static final RandomSource random = RandomSource.create();
-	#endif
-	
-	public final IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper;
-	public final BlockState blockState;
-	public final LevelReader level;
-	public final BlockPos pos;
-	
-	
-	
-	public ClientBlockStateCache(BlockState blockState, IClientLevelWrapper samplingLevel, DhBlockPos samplingPos)
-	{
-		this.blockState = blockState;
-		this.levelWrapper = samplingLevel;
-		this.level = (LevelReader) samplingLevel.getWrappedMcObject();
-		this.pos = McObjectConverter.Convert(samplingPos);
-		this.resolveColors();
-		//LOGGER.info("ClientBlocKCache created for {}", blockState);
-	}
-	
-	boolean isColorResolved = false;
-	int baseColor = 0; //TODO: Impl per-face color
-	boolean needShade = true;
-	boolean needPostTinting = false;
-	int tintIndex = 0;
-	
-	
-	public static final int FLOWER_COLOR_SCALE = 5;
-	
-	enum ColorMode
-	{
-		Default,
-		Flower,
-		Leaves,
-		Chisel,
-		Glass;
-		static ColorMode getColorMode(Block b)
-		{
-			if (b instanceof LeavesBlock) return Leaves;
-			if (b instanceof FlowerBlock) return Flower;
-			if (b.toString().contains("glass")) return Glass;
-			if (b.toString().equals("Block{chiselsandbits:chiseled}")) return Chisel;
-			return Default;
-		}
-	}
-
-	//Way to efficiently do this was suggested by IMS from sodium. This is where those numbers and support code was lifted from.
-	private static final int MIN_BITS = 0x39000000; // 2^(-13)
-	private static final int MAX_BITS = 0x3f7fffff; // 1.0 - f32::EPSILON
-	private static final float MIN_BOUND = Float.intBitsToFloat(MIN_BITS);
-	private static final float MAX_BOUND = Float.intBitsToFloat(MAX_BITS);
-
-	private static final int[] linearToSrgbTable = new int[] {
-			0x0073000d, 0x007a000d, 0x0080000d, 0x0087000d, 0x008d000d, 0x0094000d, 0x009a000d, 0x00a1000d,
-			0x00a7001a, 0x00b4001a, 0x00c1001a, 0x00ce001a, 0x00da001a, 0x00e7001a, 0x00f4001a, 0x0101001a,
-			0x010e0033, 0x01280033, 0x01410033, 0x015b0033, 0x01750033, 0x018f0033, 0x01a80033, 0x01c20033,
-			0x01dc0067, 0x020f0067, 0x02430067, 0x02760067, 0x02aa0067, 0x02dd0067, 0x03110067, 0x03440067,
-			0x037800ce, 0x03df00ce, 0x044600ce, 0x04ad00ce, 0x051400ce, 0x057b00c5, 0x05dd00bc, 0x063b00b5,
-			0x06970158, 0x07420142, 0x07e30130, 0x087b0120, 0x090b0112, 0x09940106, 0x0a1700fc, 0x0a9500f2,
-			0x0b0f01cb, 0x0bf401ae, 0x0ccb0195, 0x0d950180, 0x0e56016e, 0x0f0d015e, 0x0fbc0150, 0x10630143,
-			0x11070264, 0x1238023e, 0x1357021d, 0x14660201, 0x156601e9, 0x165a01d3, 0x174401c0, 0x182401af,
-			0x18fe0331, 0x1a9602fe, 0x1c1502d2, 0x1d7e02ad, 0x1ed4028d, 0x201a0270, 0x21520256, 0x227d0240,
-			0x239f0443, 0x25c003fe, 0x27bf03c4, 0x29a10392, 0x2b6a0367, 0x2d1d0341, 0x2ebe031f, 0x304d0300,
-			0x31d105b0, 0x34a80555, 0x37520507, 0x39d504c5, 0x3c37048b, 0x3e7c0458, 0x40a8042a, 0x42bd0401,
-			0x44c20798, 0x488e071e, 0x4c1c06b6, 0x4f76065d, 0x52a50610, 0x55ac05cc, 0x5892058f, 0x5b590559,
-			0x5e0c0a23, 0x631c0980, 0x67db08f6, 0x6c55087f, 0x70940818, 0x74a007bd, 0x787d076c, 0x7c330723,
-	};
-	
-	private static final float[] srgbToLinearTable = new float[] {
-		0.0f, 0.000303527f, 0.000607054f, 0.00091058103f, 0.001214108f, 0.001517635f, 0.0018211621f, 0.002124689f,
-		0.002428216f, 0.002731743f, 0.00303527f, 0.0033465356f, 0.003676507f, 0.004024717f, 0.004391442f,
-		0.0047769533f, 0.005181517f, 0.0056053917f, 0.0060488326f, 0.006512091f, 0.00699541f, 0.0074990317f,
-		0.008023192f, 0.008568125f, 0.009134057f, 0.009721218f, 0.010329823f, 0.010960094f, 0.011612245f,
-		0.012286487f, 0.012983031f, 0.013702081f, 0.014443844f, 0.015208514f, 0.015996292f, 0.016807375f,
-		0.017641952f, 0.018500218f, 0.019382361f, 0.020288562f, 0.02121901f, 0.022173883f, 0.023153365f,
-		0.02415763f, 0.025186857f, 0.026241222f, 0.027320892f, 0.028426038f, 0.029556843f, 0.03071345f, 0.03189604f,
-		0.033104774f, 0.03433981f, 0.035601325f, 0.036889452f, 0.038204376f, 0.039546248f, 0.04091521f, 0.042311423f,
-		0.043735042f, 0.045186214f, 0.046665095f, 0.048171833f, 0.049706575f, 0.051269468f, 0.052860655f, 0.05448028f,
-		0.056128494f, 0.057805434f, 0.05951124f, 0.06124607f, 0.06301003f, 0.06480328f, 0.06662595f, 0.06847818f,
-		0.07036011f, 0.07227186f, 0.07421358f, 0.07618539f, 0.07818743f, 0.08021983f, 0.082282715f, 0.084376216f,
-		0.086500466f, 0.088655606f, 0.09084173f, 0.09305898f, 0.095307484f, 0.09758736f, 0.09989874f, 0.10224175f,
-		0.10461649f, 0.10702311f, 0.10946172f, 0.111932434f, 0.11443538f, 0.116970696f, 0.11953845f, 0.12213881f,
-		0.12477186f, 0.12743773f, 0.13013652f, 0.13286836f, 0.13563336f, 0.13843165f, 0.14126332f, 0.1441285f,
-		0.1470273f, 0.14995982f, 0.15292618f, 0.1559265f, 0.15896086f, 0.16202943f, 0.16513224f, 0.16826946f,
-		0.17144115f, 0.17464745f, 0.17788847f, 0.1811643f, 0.18447503f, 0.1878208f, 0.19120172f, 0.19461787f,
-		0.19806935f, 0.2015563f, 0.20507877f, 0.2086369f, 0.21223079f, 0.21586053f, 0.21952623f, 0.22322798f,
-		0.22696589f, 0.23074007f, 0.23455065f, 0.23839766f, 0.2422812f, 0.2462014f, 0.25015837f, 0.25415218f,
-		0.2581829f, 0.26225072f, 0.26635566f, 0.27049786f, 0.27467737f, 0.27889434f, 0.2831488f, 0.2874409f,
-		0.2917707f, 0.29613832f, 0.30054384f, 0.30498737f, 0.30946895f, 0.31398875f, 0.31854683f, 0.32314324f,
-		0.32777813f, 0.33245158f, 0.33716366f, 0.34191445f, 0.3467041f, 0.3515327f, 0.35640025f, 0.36130688f,
-		0.3662527f, 0.37123778f, 0.37626222f, 0.3813261f, 0.38642952f, 0.39157256f, 0.3967553f, 0.40197787f,
-		0.4072403f, 0.4125427f, 0.41788515f, 0.42326775f, 0.42869055f, 0.4341537f, 0.43965724f, 0.44520125f,
-		0.45078585f, 0.45641106f, 0.46207705f, 0.46778384f, 0.47353154f, 0.47932023f, 0.48514998f, 0.4910209f,
-		0.49693304f, 0.5028866f, 0.50888145f, 0.5149178f, 0.5209957f, 0.52711535f, 0.5332766f, 0.5394797f,
-		0.5457247f, 0.5520116f, 0.5583406f, 0.5647117f, 0.57112503f, 0.57758063f, 0.5840786f, 0.590619f, 0.597202f,
-		0.60382754f, 0.61049575f, 0.61720675f, 0.62396055f, 0.63075733f, 0.637597f, 0.6444799f, 0.6514058f,
-		0.65837497f, 0.66538745f, 0.67244333f, 0.6795426f, 0.68668544f, 0.69387203f, 0.70110214f, 0.70837605f,
-		0.7156938f, 0.72305536f, 0.730461f, 0.7379107f, 0.7454045f, 0.75294244f, 0.76052475f, 0.7681514f, 0.77582246f,
-		0.78353804f, 0.79129815f, 0.79910296f, 0.8069525f, 0.8148468f, 0.822786f, 0.8307701f, 0.83879924f, 0.84687346f,
-		0.8549928f, 0.8631574f, 0.87136734f, 0.8796226f, 0.8879232f, 0.89626956f, 0.90466136f, 0.913099f, 0.92158204f,
-		0.93011117f, 0.9386859f, 0.9473069f, 0.9559735f, 0.9646866f, 0.9734455f, 0.98225087f, 0.9911022f, 1.0f
-    };
-
-	private static int linearToSrgb(float c) {
-		if (!(c > MIN_BOUND)) {
-			c = MIN_BOUND;
-		}
-
-		if (c > MAX_BOUND) {
-			c = MAX_BOUND;
-		}
-		int inputBits = Float.floatToRawIntBits(c);
-		int entry = linearToSrgbTable[((inputBits - MIN_BITS) >> 20)];
-
-		int bias = (entry >>> 16) << 9;
-		int scale = entry & 0xffff;
-		int t = (inputBits >>> 12) & 0xff;
-
-		return (bias + (scale * t)) >>> 16;
-	}
-	//////////////
-	
-	private static int getWidth(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
-	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-		return texture.getWidth();
-        #else
-		return texture.contents().width();
-        #endif
-	}
-	
-	private static int getHeight(TextureAtlasSprite texture)
-	{
-        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-		return texture.getHeight();
-        #else
-		return texture.contents().height();
-        #endif
-	}
-
-	
-	//TODO: Perhaps make this not just use the first frame?
-	private static int calculateColorFromTexture(TextureAtlasSprite texture, ColorMode colorMode)
-	{
-		int count = 0;
-		int alpha = 0;
-		double red = 0;
-		double green = 0;
-		double blue = 0;
-		int tempColor;
-		//make Chiseled block not render. Since ColorMode is set per block, you only need to check it once
-		if (colorMode != ColorMode.Chisel)
-		{
-			// textures normally use u and v instead of x and y
-			for (int v = 0; v < getHeight(texture); v++)
-			{
-				for (int u = 0; u < getWidth(texture); u++)
-				{
-					//note: Minecraft color format is: 0xAA BB GG RR
-					//________ DH mod color format is: 0xAA RR GG BB
-					//OpenGL RGBA format native order: 0xRR GG BB AA
-					//_ OpenGL RGBA format Java Order: 0xAA BB GG RR
-					tempColor = TextureAtlasSpriteWrapper.getPixelRGBA(texture, 0, u, v);
-					
-					int r = (tempColor & 0x000000FF);
-					int g = (tempColor & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8;
-					int b = (tempColor & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16;
-					int a = (tempColor & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
-					int scale = 1;
-					if (colorMode == ColorMode.Leaves)
-					{
-						//switch (//FIXME add config option)
-						//	case BLACK:
-						//	a = 255; //simulate black background of fast leaves
-						//		break;
-						//	case IGNORE:
-							if (a == 0) {
-								continue; //same long grass
-							}
-							else
-							{
-								a = 255; //just in case there are semi transparent pixels
-							}					
-						//		break;
-						//	case TRANSPARENT:
-						//		break; //do nothing, let it count towards transparency
-						
-					}
-					else if (a == 0 && colorMode != ColorMode.Glass)
-					{
-						continue;
-					}
-					else if (colorMode == ColorMode.Flower && (g + 25 < b || g + 25 < r))
-					{
-						scale = FLOWER_COLOR_SCALE;
-					}
-					count += scale;
-					//apparently alpha is linear
-					alpha += a * scale;
-					//gamma correction is complicated
-					red += srgbToLinearTable[r] * a * scale;
-					green += srgbToLinearTable[g] * a * scale;
-					blue += srgbToLinearTable[b] * a * scale;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (count == 0)
-			// this block is entirely transparent
-			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(0, 255, 255, 255);
-		else
-		{
-			// determine the average color
-			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(
-					alpha / count,
-					linearToSrgb((float) (red / (double) alpha)),
-					linearToSrgb((float) (green / (double) alpha)),
-					linearToSrgb((float) (blue / (double) alpha)));
-		}
-		//check if not missing texture
-		if (tempColor == ColorUtil.rgbToInt(255, 182, 0, 182))
-		{
-			//make it not render at all
-			tempColor = ColorUtil.rgbToInt(0, 255, 255, 255);
-		}
-		return tempColor;
-	}
-	private static final Direction[] DIRECTION_ORDER = {Direction.UP, Direction.NORTH, Direction.EAST, Direction.WEST, Direction.SOUTH, Direction.DOWN};
-	
-	private void resolveColors()
-	{
-		if (isColorResolved) return;
-		if (blockState.getFluidState().isEmpty())
-		{
-			List<BakedQuad> quads = null;
-			for (Direction direction : DIRECTION_ORDER)
-			{
-				quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
-						getBlockModel(blockState).getQuads(blockState, direction, random); // TODO getQuads sometimes throws a "makeThreadingException", is there anything we can do about that? Note: this isn't a critical issue, it just prints an ugly error and the render data will need to be regenered.
-				if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty() &&
-						!(blockState.getBlock() instanceof RotatedPillarBlock && direction == Direction.UP))
-					break;
-			} ;
-			if (quads == null || quads.isEmpty())
-			{
-				quads = Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().
-						getBlockModel(blockState).getQuads(blockState, null, random);
-			}
-			if (quads != null && !quads.isEmpty())
-			{
-				needPostTinting = quads.getFirst().isTinted();
-				needShade = quads.getFirst().isShade();
-				tintIndex = quads.getFirst().getTintIndex();
-				baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(
-                        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1 quads.get(0).sprite,
-						#else quads.getFirst().getSprite(), #endif
-						ColorMode.getColorMode(blockState.getBlock()));
-			}
-			else
-			{ // Backup method.
-				needPostTinting = false;
-				needShade = false;
-				tintIndex = 0;
-				baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(blockState),
-						ColorMode.getColorMode(blockState.getBlock()));
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{ // Liquid Block
-			needPostTinting = true;
-			needShade = false;
-			tintIndex = 0;
-			baseColor = calculateColorFromTexture(Minecraft.getInstance().getModelManager().getBlockModelShaper().getParticleIcon(blockState),
-					ColorMode.getColorMode(blockState.getBlock()));
-		}
-		isColorResolved = true;
-	}
-	
-	public int getAndResolveFaceColor(BiomeWrapper biome, DhBlockPos pos)
-	{
-		// FIXME: impl per-face colors
-		
-		// only get the tint if the block needs to be tinted
-		if (!this.needPostTinting)
-		{
-			return this.baseColor;
-		}
-		
-		// don't try tinting blocks that don't support our method of tint getting
-		if (BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
-		{
-			return this.baseColor;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// attempt to get the tint
-		int tintColor = -1;
-		try
-		{
-			// try to use the fast tint getter logic first
-			if (!BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
-			{
-				try
-				{
-					tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance().getBlockColors()
-							.getColor(this.blockState, new TintWithoutLevelOverrider(biome, this.levelWrapper), McObjectConverter.Convert(pos), this.tintIndex);
-				}
-				catch (UnsupportedOperationException e)
-				{
-					// this exception generally occurs if the tint requires other blocks besides itself
-					LOGGER.debug("Unable to use ["+TintWithoutLevelOverrider.class.getSimpleName()+"] to get the block tint for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biome + "] at pos: " + pos + ". Error: [" + e.getMessage() + "]. Attempting to use backup method...", e);
-					BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.add(this.blockState);
-				}
-			}
-			
-			// use the level logic only if requested
-			if (BLOCK_STATES_THAT_NEED_LEVEL.contains(this.blockState))
-			{
-				// this logic can't be used all the time due to it breaking some blocks tinting
-				// specifically oceans don't render correctly
-				tintColor = Minecraft.getInstance().getBlockColors()
-						.getColor(this.blockState, new TintGetterOverrideFast(this.level), McObjectConverter.Convert(pos), this.tintIndex);
-			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			// only display the error once per block/biome type to reduce log spam
-			if (!BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.contains(this.blockState))
-			{
-				LOGGER.warn("Failed to get block color for block: [" + this.blockState + "] and biome: [" + biome + "] at pos: " + pos + ". Error: ["+e.getMessage() + "]. Note: future errors for this block/biome will be ignored.", e);
-				BROKEN_BLOCK_STATES.add(this.blockState);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		
-		
-		if (tintColor != -1)
-		{
-			return ColorUtil.multiplyARGBwithRGB(this.baseColor, tintColor);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// unable to get the tinted color, use the base color instead
-			return this.baseColor;
-		}
-	}
-	
-}
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-
-
-public class ServerBlockDetailMap
-{
-	private final ConcurrentHashMap<BlockState, ServerBlockStateCache> blockCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	//private final ConcurrentHashMap<#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif, Biome> biomeMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-	private final ServerLevelWrapper level;
-	public ServerBlockDetailMap(ServerLevelWrapper level) { this.level = level; }
-	
-	public ServerBlockStateCache getBlockStateData(BlockState state, DhBlockPos pos)
-	{ //TODO: Allow a per pos unique setting
-		return blockCache.computeIfAbsent(state, (s) -> new ServerBlockStateCache(s, level, new DhBlockPos(0, 0, 0)));
-	}
-	
-	public void clear() { blockCache.clear(); }
-	
-}
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
- *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
- *
- *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
- *
- *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache;
-
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
-import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
-import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
-import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.VoxelShape;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-/**
- * @version 2022-9-16
- */
-public class ServerBlockStateCache
-{
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
-	
-	public final BlockState state;
-	public final LevelReader level;
-	public final BlockPos pos;
-	
-	public ServerBlockStateCache(BlockState blockState, ILevelWrapper samplingLevel, DhBlockPos samplingPos)
-	{
-		state = blockState;
-		level = (LevelReader) samplingLevel.getWrappedMcObject();
-		pos = McObjectConverter.Convert(samplingPos);
-		resolveShapes();
-		//LOGGER.info("ServerBlockState created for {}", blockState);
-	}
-	
-	boolean noCollision = false;
-	boolean[] occludeFaces = null;
-	boolean[] fullFaces = null;
-	boolean isShapeResolved = false;
-	public void resolveShapes()
-	{
-		if (isShapeResolved) return;
-		if (state.getFluidState().isEmpty())
-		{
-			noCollision = state.getCollisionShape(level, pos).isEmpty();
-			occludeFaces = new boolean[6];
-			if (state.canOcclude())
-			{
-				for (Direction dir : Direction.values())
-				{
-					// Note: isEmpty() isn't quite correct... best would be a isFull() or something...
-					occludeFaces[McObjectConverter.Convert(dir).ordinal()]
-							= !state.getFaceOcclusionShape(level, pos, dir).isEmpty();
-				}
-			}
-			
-			VoxelShape voxelShape = state.getShape(level, pos);
-			fullFaces = new boolean[6];
-			if (!voxelShape.isEmpty())
-			{
-				for (Direction dir : Direction.values())
-				{
-					VoxelShape faceShape = voxelShape.getFaceShape(dir);
-					AABB aabb = faceShape.bounds();
-					boolean xFull = aabb.minX <= 0.01 && aabb.maxX >= 0.99;
-					boolean yFull = aabb.minY <= 0.01 && aabb.maxY >= 0.99;
-					boolean zFull = aabb.minZ <= 0.01 && aabb.maxZ >= 0.99;
-					fullFaces[McObjectConverter.Convert(dir).ordinal()] =
-							(xFull || dir.getAxis().equals(Direction.Axis.X))
-									&& (yFull || dir.getAxis().equals(Direction.Axis.Y))
-									&& (zFull || dir.getAxis().equals(Direction.Axis.Z));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{ // Liquid Block. Treat as full block
-			occludeFaces = new boolean[6];
-			Arrays.fill(occludeFaces, true);
-			fullFaces = new boolean[6];
-			Arrays.fill(fullFaces, true);
-		}
-	}
-	
-}
@@ -21,13 +21,18 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BiomeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BlockStateWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.MutableBlockPosWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.mimicObject.DhLitWorldGenRegion;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.SharedApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.LodUtil;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.world.EWorldEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.ChunkLightStorage;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IMutableBlockPosWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
@@ -83,7 +88,8 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	
 	/** can be used for interactions with the underlying chunk where creating new BlockPos objects could cause issues for the garbage collector. */
-	private static final ThreadLocal<BlockPos.MutableBlockPos> MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_REF = ThreadLocal.withInitial(BlockPos.MutableBlockPos::new);
+	private static final ThreadLocal<BlockPos.MutableBlockPos> MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_REF = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos());
+	private static final ThreadLocal<MutableBlockPosWrapper> MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_WRAPPER_REF = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new MutableBlockPosWrapper());
 	
 	
 	private final ChunkAccess chunk;
@@ -91,7 +97,8 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	private final LevelReader lightSource;
 	private final ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel;
 	
-	private boolean isDhLightCorrect = false;
+	private boolean isDhBlockLightCorrect = false;
+	private boolean isDhSkyLightCorrect = false;
 	/** only used when connected to a dedicated server */
 	private boolean isMcClientLightingCorrect = false;
 	
@@ -100,26 +107,9 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	
 	private ArrayList<DhBlockPos> blockLightPosList = null;
 	
-	private boolean useDhLighting;
-	
 	private int minNonEmptyHeight = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
 	private int maxNonEmptyHeight = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 	
-	private int blockBiomeHashCode = 0;
-	
-	/**
-	 * Due to vanilla `isClientLightReady()` not being designed for use by a non-render thread, it may return 'true'
-	 * before the light engine has ticked, (right after all light changes is marked by the engine to be processed).
-	 * To fix this, on client-only mode, we mixin-redirect the `isClientLightReady()` so that after the call, it will
-	 * trigger a synchronous update of this flag here on all chunks that are wrapped. <br><br>
-	 *
-	 * Note: Using a static weak hash map to store the chunks that need to be updated, as instance of chunk wrapper
-	 * can be duplicated, with same chunk instance. And the data stored here are all temporary, and thus will not be
-	 * visible when a chunk is re-wrapped later. <br>
-	 * (Also, thread safety done via a reader writer lock)
-	 */
-	private static final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ChunkWrapper> chunksNeedingClientLightUpdating = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>(); 
-	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
@@ -133,14 +123,6 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		this.wrappedLevel = wrappedLevel;
 		this.chunkPos = new DhChunkPos(chunk.getPos().x, chunk.getPos().z);
 		
-		// TODO is this the best way to differentiate between when we are generating chunks and when MC gave us a chunk?
-		boolean isDhGeneratedChunk = (this.lightSource.getClass() == DhLitWorldGenRegion.class);
-		// MC loaded chunks should get their lighting from MC, DH generated chunks should get their lighting from DH
-		this.useDhLighting = isDhGeneratedChunk;
-		
-		// FIXME +1 is to handle the fact that LodDataBuilder adds +1 to all block lighting calculations, also done in the relative position validator
-
-		chunksNeedingClientLightUpdating.add(this);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -297,6 +279,22 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(this.chunk.getBlockState(blockPos), this.wrappedLevel);
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public IBlockStateWrapper getBlockState(int relX, int relY, int relZ, IMutableBlockPosWrapper mcBlockPos, IBlockStateWrapper guess)
+	{
+		this.throwIndexOutOfBoundsIfRelativePosOutsideChunkBounds(relX, relY, relZ);
+		
+		BlockPos.MutableBlockPos pos = (BlockPos.MutableBlockPos)mcBlockPos.getWrappedMcObject();
+		pos.setX(relX);
+		pos.setY(relY);
+		pos.setZ(relZ);
+		
+		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(this.chunk.getBlockState(pos), this.wrappedLevel, guess);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public IMutableBlockPosWrapper getMutableBlockPosWrapper() { return MUTABLE_BLOCK_POS_WRAPPER_REF.get(); }
+	
 	@Override
 	public DhChunkPos getChunkPos() { return this.chunkPos; }
 	
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	public ChunkStatus getStatus() { return getStatus(this.getChunk()); }
 	public static ChunkStatus getStatus(ChunkAccess chunk)
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21 
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1 
 		return chunk.getStatus();
 		#else
 		return chunk.getPersistedStatus(); 
@@ -327,44 +325,15 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	// lighting //
 	//==========//
 	
-	@Override
-	public void setIsDhLightCorrect(boolean isDhLightCorrect) { this.isDhLightCorrect = isDhLightCorrect; }
+	@Override 
+	public void setIsDhSkyLightCorrect(boolean isDhLightCorrect) { this.isDhSkyLightCorrect = isDhLightCorrect; }
+	@Override 
+	public void setIsDhBlockLightCorrect(boolean isDhLightCorrect) { this.isDhBlockLightCorrect = isDhLightCorrect; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public void setUseDhLighting(boolean useDhLighting) { this.useDhLighting = useDhLighting; }
-	
+	public boolean isDhBlockLightingCorrect() { return this.isDhBlockLightCorrect; }
 	@Override
-	public boolean isLightCorrect()
-	{
-		if (this.useDhLighting)
-		{
-			return this.isDhLightCorrect;
-		}
-		
-		
-		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-		return false; // MC's lighting engine doesn't work consistently enough to trust for 1.16 or 1.17
-		#else
-		if (this.chunk instanceof LevelChunk levelChunk)
-		{
-			if (levelChunk.getLevel() instanceof ClientLevel)
-			{
-				// connected to a server
-				return this.isMcClientLightingCorrect;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				// in a single player world
-				return this.chunk.isLightCorrect() && levelChunk.loaded;	
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// called when in a single player world and the chunk is a proto chunk (in world gen, and not active)
-			return this.chunk.isLightCorrect();
-		}
-		#endif
-	}
+	public boolean isDhSkyLightCorrect() { return this.isDhSkyLightCorrect; }
 	
 	
 	@Override
@@ -389,6 +358,8 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		return this.blockLightStorage;
 	}
 	public void setBlockLightStorage(ChunkLightStorage lightStorage) { this.blockLightStorage = lightStorage; }
+	@Override
+	public void clearDhBlockLighting() { this.getBlockLightStorage().clear(); }
 	
 	
 	@Override
@@ -403,6 +374,8 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 		this.throwIndexOutOfBoundsIfRelativePosOutsideChunkBounds(relX, y, relZ);
 		this.getSkyLightStorage().set(relX, y, relZ, lightValue);
 	}
+	@Override
+	public void clearDhSkyLighting() { this.getSkyLightStorage().clear(); }
 	
 	private ChunkLightStorage getSkyLightStorage()
 	{
@@ -415,50 +388,12 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	public void setSkyLightStorage(ChunkLightStorage lightStorage) { this.skyLightStorage = lightStorage; }
 	
 	
-	@Override
-	public int getBlockLight(int relX, int y, int relZ)
-	{
-		this.throwIndexOutOfBoundsIfRelativePosOutsideChunkBounds(relX, y, relZ);
-		
-		// use the full lighting engine when the chunks are within render distance or the config requests it
-		if (this.useDhLighting)
-		{
-			// DH lighting method
-			return this.getBlockLightStorage().get(relX, y, relZ);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// note: this returns 0 if the chunk is unload
-			
-			// MC lighting method
-			return this.lightSource.getBrightness(LightLayer.BLOCK, new BlockPos(relX + this.getMinBlockX(), y, relZ + this.getMinBlockZ()));
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getSkyLight(int relX, int y, int relZ)
-	{
-		this.throwIndexOutOfBoundsIfRelativePosOutsideChunkBounds(relX, y, relZ);
-		
-		// use the full lighting engine when the chunks are within render distance or the config requests it
-		if (this.useDhLighting)
-		{
-			// DH lighting method
-			return this.getSkyLightStorage().get(relX, y, relZ);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// MC lighting method
-			return this.lightSource.getBrightness(LightLayer.SKY, new BlockPos(relX + this.getMinBlockX(), y, relZ + this.getMinBlockZ()));
-		}
-	}
-	
 	/** 
 	 * FIXME synchronized is necessary for a rare issue where this method is called from two separate threads at the same time
 	 *  before the list has finished populating.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public synchronized ArrayList<DhBlockPos> getBlockLightPosList()
+	public synchronized ArrayList<DhBlockPos> getWorldBlockLightPosList()
 	{
 		// only populate the list once
 		if (this.blockLightPosList == null)
@@ -473,69 +408,21 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 			});
 			#else
 			this.chunk.findBlockLightSources((blockPos, blockState) ->
-					this.blockLightPosList.add(new DhBlockPos(blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ())));
+			{
+				DhBlockPos pos = new DhBlockPos(blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ());
+				
+				// this can be uncommented if MC decides to return relative block positions in the future instead of world positions
+				//pos.mutateToChunkRelativePos(pos);
+				//pos.mutateOffset(this.chunkPos.getMinBlockX(), 0, this.chunkPos.getMinBlockZ(), pos);
+				
+				this.blockLightPosList.add(pos);
+			});
 			#endif
 		}
 		
 		return this.blockLightPosList;
 	}
 	
-	public static void syncedUpdateClientLightStatus()
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2
-		// TODO: Check what to do in 1.18.1 and older
-		
-		// since we don't currently handle this list,
-		// clear it to prevent memory leaks
-		chunksNeedingClientLightUpdating.clear();
-		
-		#else
-		
-		// update the chunks client lighting
-		ChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = chunksNeedingClientLightUpdating.poll();
-		while (chunkWrapper != null)
-		{
-			chunkWrapper.updateIsClientLightingCorrect();
-			chunkWrapper = chunksNeedingClientLightUpdating.poll();
-		}
-		
-		#endif
-	}
-	/** Should be called after client light updates are triggered. */
-	private void updateIsClientLightingCorrect()
-	{
-		if (this.chunk instanceof LevelChunk levelChunk && ((LevelChunk) this.chunk).getLevel() instanceof ClientLevel)
-		{
-			ClientChunkCache clientChunkCache = ((ClientLevel) levelChunk.getLevel()).getChunkSource();
-			this.isMcClientLightingCorrect = clientChunkCache.getChunkForLighting(this.chunk.getPos().x, this.chunk.getPos().z) != null &&
-					#if MC_VER <= MC_1_17_1
-					levelChunk.isLightCorrect();
-					#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-					levelChunk.isClientLightReady();
-					#else
-					checkLightSectionsOnChunk(levelChunk, levelChunk.getLevel().getLightEngine());
-					#endif
-		}
-	}
-	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
-	private static boolean checkLightSectionsOnChunk(LevelChunk chunk, LevelLightEngine engine)
-	{
-		LevelChunkSection[] sections = chunk.getSections();
-		int minY = chunk.getMinSection();
-		int maxY = chunk.getMaxSection();
-		for (int y = minY; y < maxY; ++y)
-		{
-			LevelChunkSection section = sections[chunk.getSectionIndexFromSectionY(y)];
-			if (section.hasOnlyAir()) continue;
-			if (!engine.lightOnInSection(SectionPos.of(chunk.getPos(), y)))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-		return true;
-	}
-	#endif
-	
 	
 	
 	//===============//
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 					case 0:
 						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = null; break;
 					case -1:
-						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(editBox, TextOrTranslatable("§cMinimum length is " + ((ConfigEntry<?>) info).getMin())); break;
+						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(editBox, TextOrTranslatable("§cMinimum length is " + ((ConfigEntry) info).getMin())); break;
 					case 1:
-						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(editBox, TextOrTranslatable("§cMaximum length is " + ((ConfigEntry<?>) info).getMax())); break;
+						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(editBox, TextOrTranslatable("§cMaximum length is " + ((ConfigEntry) info).getMax())); break;
 					case 2:
 						((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).error = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(editBox, TextOrTranslatable("§cValue is invalid")); break;
 				}
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 			ConfigBase.INSTANCE.configFileINSTANCE.saveToFile();
 			Objects.requireNonNull(this.minecraft).setScreen(this.parent);
 			
-			CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach(Runnable::run);
+			CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach((listener) -> listener.run());
 		}
 		
 		@Override
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 						0, 0,
 						// Some textuary stuff
 						0, 
-						#if MC_VER < MC_1_21 
+						#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 						new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
 						#else
 						ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 			
 			
 			
-			CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach(Runnable::run);
+			CONFIG_CORE_INTERFACE.onScreenChangeListenerList.forEach((listener) -> listener.run());
 			
 		}
 		
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 			if (ConfigEntry.class.isAssignableFrom(info.getClass()))
 			{
 				Button.OnPress btnAction = button -> {
-					((ConfigEntry) info).uiSetWithoutSaving(((ConfigEntry<?>) info).getDefaultValue());
+					((ConfigEntry) info).uiSetWithoutSaving(((ConfigEntry) info).getDefaultValue());
 					((EntryInfo) info.guiValue).index = 0;
 					this.reload = true;
 					Objects.requireNonNull(minecraft).setScreen(this);
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 			}
 			if (ConfigUIButton.class.isAssignableFrom(info.getClass()))
 			{
-				Button widget = MakeBtn(name, this.width / 2 - 100, this.height - 28, 100 * 2, 20, (button -> ((ConfigUIButton) info).runAction()));
+				Button widget = MakeBtn(name, this.width / 2 - 100, this.height - 28, 100 * 2, 20, (button -> {
+					((ConfigUIButton) info).runAction();
+				}));
 				this.list.addButton(widget, null, null, null);
 				return;
 			}
@@ -25,18 +25,19 @@ public class GetConfigScreen
 		// This shouldn't be here, but I need a way to test it after Minecraft inits its assets
 		//System.out.println(ConfigBase.INSTANCE.generateLang(false, true));
 		
-		return switch (useScreen)
+		switch (useScreen)
 		{
-			case Classic -> ClassicConfigGUI.getScreen(ConfigBase.INSTANCE, parent, "client");
-			case OpenGL ->
-			{
+			case Classic:
+				return ClassicConfigGUI.getScreen(ConfigBase.INSTANCE, parent, "client");
+			case OpenGL:
 				MinecraftScreen.getScreen(parent, new OpenGLConfigScreen(), ModInfo.ID + ".title");
-				yield null;
-			}
+				return null;
 //            case JavaFX -> MinecraftScreen.getScreen(parent, new JavaScreenHandlerScreen(new JavaScreenHandlerScreen.ExampleScreen()), ModInfo.ID + ".title");
-			case JavaFX -> MinecraftScreen.getScreen(parent, new JavaScreenHandlerScreen(new ConfigScreen()), ModInfo.ID + ".title");
-			default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("No config screen implementation defined for [" + useScreen + "].");
-		};
+			case JavaFX:
+				return MinecraftScreen.getScreen(parent, new JavaScreenHandlerScreen(new ConfigScreen()), ModInfo.ID + ".title");
+			default:
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("No config screen implementation defined for ["+useScreen+"].");
+		}
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ public class ChangelogScreen extends DhScreen
 		
 		
 		this.addBtn( // Close
-				MakeBtn(Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".general.back"), 5, this.height - 25, 100, 20, (btn) -> this.onClose())
+				MakeBtn(Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".general.back"), 5, this.height - 25, 100, 20, (btn) -> {
+					this.onClose();
+				})
 		);
 		
 		
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class UpdateModScreen extends DhScreen
 					0, 0,
 					// Some textuary stuff
 					0, 
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21 
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 					new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "logo.png"),
 					#else
 					ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "logo.png"),
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class UpdateModScreen extends DhScreen
 					0, 0,
 					// Some textuary stuff
 					0, 
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21 
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 					new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
 					#else
 					ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/changelog.png"),
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ public class UpdateModScreen extends DhScreen
 				})
 		);
 		this.addBtn( // Later (not now)
-				MakeBtn(Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.later"), this.width / 2 + 2, this.height / 2 + 70, 100, 20, (btn) -> this.onClose())
+				MakeBtn(Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.later"), this.width / 2 + 2, this.height / 2 + 70, 100, 20, (btn) -> {
+					this.onClose();
+				})
 		);
 		this.addBtn( // Never
 				MakeBtn(Translatable(ModInfo.ID + ".updater.never"), this.width / 2 - 102, this.height / 2 + 70, 100, 20, (btn) -> {
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.level;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IServerKeyedClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IKeyedClientLevelManager;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
-
-import java.util.Objects;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 public class KeyedClientLevelManager implements IKeyedClientLevelManager
 {
 	public static final KeyedClientLevelManager INSTANCE = new KeyedClientLevelManager();
 	
 	/** This is set and managed by the ClientApi for servers with support for DH. */
-	private IServerKeyedClientLevel overrideWrapper = null;
-	private boolean useOverrideWrapper = false;
+	@Nullable
+	private IServerKeyedClientLevel serverKeyedLevel = null;
+	
 	
 	
 	//=============//
@@ -31,24 +29,20 @@ public class KeyedClientLevelManager implements IKeyedClientLevelManager
 	//======================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public void setServerKeyedLevel(IServerKeyedClientLevel clientLevel) { this.overrideWrapper = clientLevel; }
-	@Override
-	public IServerKeyedClientLevel getOverrideWrapper() { return this.overrideWrapper; }
+	@Nullable
+	public IServerKeyedClientLevel getServerKeyedLevel() { return this.serverKeyedLevel; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public IServerKeyedClientLevel getServerKeyedLevel(ILevelWrapper level, String serverLevelKey)
+	public IServerKeyedClientLevel setServerKeyedLevel(IClientLevelWrapper clientLevel, String levelKey)
 	{
-		Objects.requireNonNull(level);
-		Objects.requireNonNull(serverLevelKey);
-		return new ServerKeyedClientLevel((ClientLevel) level.getWrappedMcObject(), serverLevelKey);
+		IServerKeyedClientLevel keyedLevel = new ServerKeyedClientLevel((ClientLevel) clientLevel.getWrappedMcObject(), levelKey);
+		this.serverKeyedLevel = keyedLevel;
+		return keyedLevel;
 	}
 	
-	
 	@Override
-	public void setUseOverrideWrapper(boolean useOverrideWrapper) { this.useOverrideWrapper = useOverrideWrapper; }
+	public void clearKeyedLevel() { this.serverKeyedLevel = null; }
 	@Override
-	public boolean getUseOverrideWrapper() { return this.useOverrideWrapper; }
-	
-	
+	public boolean hasLevelSet() { return this.serverKeyedLevel != null; }
 	
 }
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ public class ServerKeyedClientLevel extends ClientLevelWrapper implements IServe
 	@Override
 	public String getServerLevelKey() { return this.serverLevelKey; }
 	
+	@Override
+	public String getDimensionName() { return this.getServerLevelKey(); }
+
 }
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftCli
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftSharedWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IProfilerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;

 import net.minecraft.CrashReport;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ServerData;
 import net.minecraft.client.player.LocalPlayer;
-import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelManager;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
@@ -127,12 +127,20 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 				}
 			
 			case ENABLED:
-                return switch (lodDirection) {
-                    case DOWN -> 0.5F;
-                    default -> 1.0F;
-                    case NORTH, SOUTH -> 0.8F;
-                    case WEST, EAST -> 0.6F;
-                };
+				switch (lodDirection)
+				{
+					case DOWN:
+						return 0.5F;
+					default:
+					case UP:
+						return 1.0F;
+					case NORTH:
+					case SOUTH:
+						return 0.8F;
+					case WEST:
+					case EAST:
+						return 0.6F;
+				}
 			
 			case DISABLED:
 				return 1.0F;
@@ -213,14 +221,19 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	
 	@Nullable
 	@Override
-	public IClientLevelWrapper getWrappedClientLevel()
+	public IClientLevelWrapper getWrappedClientLevel() { return this.getWrappedClientLevel(false); }
+	
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public IClientLevelWrapper getWrappedClientLevel(boolean bypassLevelKeyManager)
 	{
-		if (MINECRAFT.level == null)
+		ClientLevel level = MINECRAFT.level;
+		if (level == null)
 		{
 			return null;
 		}
 		
-		return ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapperIgnoringOverride(MINECRAFT.level);
+		return ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level, bypassLevelKeyManager);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -242,7 +255,7 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	@Override
 	public ArrayList<ILevelWrapper> getAllServerWorlds()
 	{
-		ArrayList<ILevelWrapper> worlds = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<ILevelWrapper> worlds = new ArrayList<ILevelWrapper>();
 		
 		Iterable<ServerLevel> serverWorlds = MINECRAFT.getSingleplayerServer().getAllLevels();
 		for (ServerLevel world : serverWorlds)
@@ -259,7 +272,10 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	public void sendChatMessage(String string)
 	{
 		LocalPlayer player = this.getPlayer();
-		if (player == null) return;
+		if (player == null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
        #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 		player.sendMessage(new TextComponent(string), getPlayer().getUUID());
        #else
@@ -299,4 +315,7 @@ public class MinecraftClientWrapper implements IMinecraftClientWrapper, IMinecra
 	@Override
 	public void executeOnRenderThread(Runnable runnable) { MINECRAFT.execute(runnable); }
 	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWorldNew() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Implemented"); }
+	
 }
@@ -21,29 +21,26 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft;

 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;

 import com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderTarget;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.WrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.LightMapWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.ILightMapWrapper;

+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+#endif
+
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 import org.joml.Matrix4f;
 import org.joml.Vector3f;
 #else
-import org.joml.Matrix4f;
-import org.joml.Vector3f;
 #endif
 #if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.chunk.SectionRenderDispatcher;
@@ -53,20 +50,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.AbstractOpt
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IDimensionTypeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.ISodiumAccessor;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;

 import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.LevelRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffects;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.tags.FluidTags;
@@ -76,7 +67,6 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL15;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FogType;
 #endif
-import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

@@ -120,14 +110,6 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		return new Vec3f(camera.getLookVector().x(), camera.getLookVector().y(), camera.getLookVector().z());
 	}
 	
-	@Override
-	public DhBlockPos getCameraBlockPosition()
-	{
-		Camera camera = MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
-		BlockPos blockPos = camera.getBlockPosition();
-		return new DhBlockPos(blockPos.getX(), blockPos.getY(), blockPos.getZ());
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	/** Unless you really need to know if the player is blind, use {@link MinecraftRenderWrapper#isFogStateSpecial()}/{@link IMinecraftRenderWrapper#isFogStateSpecial()} instead */
 	public boolean playerHasBlindingEffect()
@@ -148,43 +130,6 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		return new Vec3d(projectedView.x, projectedView.y, projectedView.z);
 	}
 	
-	@Override
-	public Mat4f getWorldViewMatrix()
-	{
-		Camera camera = MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera();
-		Vector3f cameraVec3 = new Vector3f(
-				(float)camera.getPosition().x,
-				(float)camera.getPosition().y,
-				(float)camera.getPosition().z);
-		cameraVec3 = cameraVec3.negate();
-		
-		Matrix4f matWorldView = new Matrix4f()
-				.rotateX((float)Math.toRadians(camera.getXRot()))
-				.rotateY((float)Math.toRadians(camera.getYRot() + 180f))
-				.translate(cameraVec3);
-		return new Mat4f(matWorldView);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public Mat4f getDefaultProjectionMatrix(float partialTicks)
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
-		return McObjectConverter.Convert(Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getProjectionMatrix(Minecraft.getInstance().gameRenderer.getMainCamera(), partialTicks, true));
-		#else
-		return McObjectConverter.Convert(MC.gameRenderer.getProjectionMatrix(MC.gameRenderer.getFov(MC.gameRenderer.getMainCamera(), partialTicks, true)));
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public double getGamma()
-	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
-		return MC.options.gamma;
-		#else
-		return MC.options.gamma().get();
-		#endif
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	public Color getFogColor(float partialTicks)
 	{
@@ -210,7 +155,7 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		if (MC.level.dimensionType().hasSkyLight())
 		{
 			float frameTime;
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 			frameTime = MC.getFrameTime();
 			#else
 			frameTime = MC.getTimer().getRealtimeDeltaTicks();
@@ -314,77 +259,6 @@ public class MinecraftRenderWrapper implements IMinecraftRenderWrapper
 		return getRenderTarget().viewHeight;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * This method returns the ChunkPos of all chunks that Minecraft
-	 * is going to render this frame. <br><br>
-	 * <p>
-	 */
-	
-	public boolean usingBackupGetVanillaRenderedChunks = false;
-	@Override
-	public HashSet<DhChunkPos> getVanillaRenderedChunks()
-	{
-		ISodiumAccessor sodium = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(ISodiumAccessor.class);
-		if (sodium != null)
-		{
-			return sodium.getNormalRenderedChunks();
-		}
-		IOptifineAccessor optifine = ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IOptifineAccessor.class);
-		if (optifine != null)
-		{
-			HashSet<DhChunkPos> pos = optifine.getNormalRenderedChunks();
-			if (pos == null)
-				pos = getMaximumRenderedChunks();
-			return pos;
-		}
-		if (!usingBackupGetVanillaRenderedChunks)
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_2
-				LevelRenderer levelRenderer = MC.levelRenderer;
-				Collection<LevelRenderer.RenderChunkInfo> chunks =
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 levelRenderer.renderChunks;
-					#else levelRenderer.renderChunkStorage.get().renderChunks; #endif
-				
-				return (chunks.stream().map((chunk) -> {
-					AABB chunkBoundingBox =
-						#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 chunk.chunk.bb;
-						#else chunk.chunk.getBoundingBox(); #endif
-					return new DhChunkPos(Math.floorDiv((int) chunkBoundingBox.minX, 16),
-							Math.floorDiv((int) chunkBoundingBox.minZ, 16));
-				}).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new)));
-				#else
-				LevelRenderer levelRenderer = MC.levelRenderer;
-				Collection<SectionRenderDispatcher.RenderSection> chunks = levelRenderer.visibleSections;
-				
-				return (chunks.stream().map((chunk) -> {
-					AABB chunkBoundingBox = chunk.getBoundingBox();
-					return new DhChunkPos(Math.floorDiv((int) chunkBoundingBox.minX, 16),
-							Math.floorDiv((int) chunkBoundingBox.minZ, 16));
-				}).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new)));
-				#endif
-			}
-			catch (LinkageError e)
-			{
-				try
-				{
-					MinecraftClientWrapper.INSTANCE.sendChatMessage(
-							"\u00A7e\u00A7l\u00A7uWARNING: Distant Horizons: getVanillaRenderedChunks method failed."
-									+ " Using Backup Method.");
-					MinecraftClientWrapper.INSTANCE.sendChatMessage(
-							"\u00A7eOverdraw prevention will be worse than normal.");
-				}
-				catch (Exception e2)
-				{
-				}
-				LOGGER.error("getVanillaRenderedChunks Error: ", e);
-				usingBackupGetVanillaRenderedChunks = true;
-			}
-		}
-		return getMaximumRenderedChunks();
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	public ILightMapWrapper getLightmapWrapper(ILevelWrapper level) { return this.lightmapByDimensionType.get(level.getDimensionType()); }
 	
@@ -6,26 +6,45 @@ import net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer;
 import java.io.File;

 //@Environment(EnvType.SERVER)
-public class MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper implements IMinecraftSharedWrapper
+public class MinecraftServerWrapper implements IMinecraftSharedWrapper
 {
-	public static final MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper INSTANCE = new MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper();
-	private MinecraftDedicatedServerWrapper() { }
+	public static final MinecraftServerWrapper INSTANCE = new MinecraftServerWrapper();
+	
 	public DedicatedServer dedicatedServer = null;
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	private MinecraftServerWrapper() { }
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// methods //
+	//=========//
+	
 	@Override
 	public boolean isDedicatedServer() { return true; }
+	
 	@Override
 	public File getInstallationDirectory()
 	{
 		if (this.dedicatedServer == null)
 		{
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to get Installation Direction before Dedicated server complete initialization!");
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to get Installation Direction before Dedicated server completed initialization!");
 		}
 		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 		return this.dedicatedServer.getServerDirectory();
 		#else
 		return this.dedicatedServer.getServerDirectory().toFile();
 		#endif
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWorldNew() 
+	{ return this.dedicatedServer.getWorldData().overworldData().isInitialized(); }
+	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc;
+
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+public interface IMixinServerPlayer
+{
+	@Nullable
+	ServerLevel distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination();
+	
+	#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+	void distantHorizons$setDimensionChangeDestination(ServerLevel dimensionChangeDestination);
+	#endif
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IMutableBlockPosWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+
+public class MutableBlockPosWrapper implements IMutableBlockPosWrapper
+{
+	public final BlockPos.MutableBlockPos pos;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public MutableBlockPosWrapper()
+	{
+		this.pos = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos(); 
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//===========//
+	// overrides //
+	//===========//
+	
+	@Override 
+	public Object getWrappedMcObject() { return this.pos; }
+	
+}
@@ -1,54 +1,115 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc;

+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Vec3d;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;

-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

+/**
+ * This wrapper transparently ensures that the underlying {@link ServerPlayer} is always valid,
+ * unless the player has disconnected.
+ */
 public class ServerPlayerWrapper implements IServerPlayerWrapper
 {
-	private static final ConcurrentMap<ServerPlayer, ServerPlayerWrapper>
-			serverPlayerWrapperMap = new MapMaker().weakKeys().makeMap();
+	private static final ConcurrentMap<ServerGamePacketListenerImpl, ServerPlayerWrapper> serverPlayerWrapperMap = new MapMaker().weakKeys().weakValues().makeMap();
 	
-	private final ServerPlayer serverPlayer;
+	private final ServerGamePacketListenerImpl connection;
 	
-	public static ServerPlayerWrapper getWrapper(ServerPlayer serverPlayer)
-	{
-		return serverPlayerWrapperMap.computeIfAbsent(serverPlayer, ServerPlayerWrapper::new);
-	}
 	
-	private ServerPlayerWrapper(ServerPlayer serverPlayer)
-	{
-		this.serverPlayer = serverPlayer;
-	}
 	
-	public UUID getUUID()
-	{
-		return serverPlayer.getUUID();
-	}
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
 	
+	public static ServerPlayerWrapper getWrapper(ServerPlayer serverPlayer) 
+	{ return serverPlayerWrapperMap.computeIfAbsent(serverPlayer.connection, ignored -> new ServerPlayerWrapper(serverPlayer.connection)); }
+	
+	private ServerPlayerWrapper(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl connection) { this.connection = connection; }
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// getters //
+	//=========//
+	
+	private ServerPlayer getServerPlayer() { return this.connection.player; }
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getName() { return this.getServerPlayer().getName().getString(); }
+	
+	@Override
 	public IServerLevelWrapper getLevel()
 	{
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-		return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.serverPlayer.getLevel());
-		#else
-		return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.serverPlayer.serverLevel());
-		#endif
-	}
-	
-	public Object getWrappedMcObject()
-	{
-		return serverPlayer;
+		ServerLevel level = ((IMixinServerPlayer) this.getServerPlayer()).distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination();
+		if (level == null)
+		{
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
+			level = this.getServerPlayer().getLevel();
+			#else
+			level = this.getServerPlayer().serverLevel();
+			#endif
+		}
+		
+		return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public String toString()
+	public Vec3d getPosition()
 	{
-		return "Wrapped{" + serverPlayer.toString() + "}";
+		Vec3 position = this.getServerPlayer().position();
+		return new Vec3d(position.x, position.y, position.z);
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public int getViewDistance() { return this.getServerPlayer().server.getPlayerList().getViewDistance(); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public SocketAddress getRemoteAddress()
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_4
+		return this.getServerPlayer().connection.getRemoteAddress();
+		#else // < 1.19.4
+		return this.getServerPlayer().connection.connection.getRemoteAddress();
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// base overrides //
+	//================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object getWrappedMcObject() { return this.getServerPlayer(); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() { return "Wrapped{" + this.getServerPlayer() + "}"; }
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj)
+	{
+		if (this == obj)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (!(obj instanceof ServerPlayerWrapper))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		ServerPlayerWrapper that = (ServerPlayerWrapper) obj;
+		return Objects.equal(this.connection, that.connection);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() { return Objects.hashCode(this.connection); }
+	
 }
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderRegist
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BiomeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BlockStateWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache.ClientBlockDetailMap;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.ClientBlockStateColorCache;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.*;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IServerKeyedClientLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapp
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 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;

+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	private static final Minecraft MINECRAFT = Minecraft.getInstance();
 	
 	private final ClientLevel level;
-	private final ClientBlockDetailMap blockMap = new ClientBlockDetailMap(this);
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<BlockState, ClientBlockStateColorCache> blockCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 	
 	private BlockStateWrapper dirtBlockWrapper;
 	private BiomeWrapper plainsBiomeWrapper;
@@ -67,23 +70,28 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	// wrapper logic //
 	//===============//
 	
+	public static IClientLevelWrapper getWrapper(@NotNull ClientLevel level) { return getWrapper(level, false); }
+	
 	@Nullable
-	public static IClientLevelWrapper getWrapper(@Nullable ClientLevel level)
+	public static IClientLevelWrapper getWrapper(@Nullable ClientLevel level, boolean bypassLevelKeyManager)
 	{
-		if (level == null)
+		if (!bypassLevelKeyManager)
 		{
-			return null;
+			if (level == null)
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
+			
+			// used if the client is connected to a server that defines the currently loaded level
+			IServerKeyedClientLevel overrideLevel = KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER.getServerKeyedLevel();
+			if (overrideLevel != null)
+			{
+				return overrideLevel;
+			}
 		}
 		
-		// used if the client is connected to a server that defines the currently loaded level
-		if (KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER.getUseOverrideWrapper())
-		{
-			return KEYED_CLIENT_LEVEL_MANAGER.getOverrideWrapper();
-		}
-		
-		return getWrapperIgnoringOverride(level);
+		return LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.computeIfAbsent(level, ClientLevelWrapper::new);
 	}
-	public static IClientLevelWrapper getWrapperIgnoringOverride(@NotNull ClientLevel level) { return LEVEL_WRAPPER_BY_CLIENT_LEVEL.computeIfAbsent(level, ClientLevelWrapper::new); }
 	
 	@Nullable
 	@Override
@@ -111,21 +119,23 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
 		{
-			LOGGER.error("Failed to get server side wrapper for client level: " + level);
+			LOGGER.error("Failed to get server side wrapper for client level: " + this.level);
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
 	
-	
-	
 	//====================//
 	// base level methods //
 	//====================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public int computeBaseColor(DhBlockPos pos, IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockState)
+	public int getBlockColor(DhBlockPos pos, IBiomeWrapper biome, IBlockStateWrapper blockWrapper)
 	{
-		return this.blockMap.getColor(((BlockStateWrapper) blockState).blockState, (BiomeWrapper) biome, pos);
+		ClientBlockStateColorCache blockColorCache = this.blockCache.computeIfAbsent(
+				((BlockStateWrapper) blockWrapper).blockState,
+				(block) -> new ClientBlockStateColorCache(block, this));
+		
+		return blockColorCache.getColor((BiomeWrapper) biome, pos);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -145,9 +155,12 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 			}
 		}
 		
-		return this.blockMap.getColor(this.dirtBlockWrapper.blockState, BiomeWrapper.EMPTY_WRAPPER, DhBlockPos.ZERO);
+		return this.getBlockColor(DhBlockPos.ZERO,BiomeWrapper.EMPTY_WRAPPER, this.dirtBlockWrapper);
 	}
 	
+	@Override 
+	public void clearBlockColorCache() { this.blockCache.clear(); }
+	
 	@Override
 	public IBiomeWrapper getPlainsBiomeWrapper()
 	{
@@ -170,6 +183,10 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	
 	@Override
 	public IDimensionTypeWrapper getDimensionType() { return DimensionTypeWrapper.getDimensionTypeWrapper(this.level.dimensionType()); }
+
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getDimensionName() { return this.level.dimension().location().toString(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public EDhApiLevelType getLevelType() { return EDhApiLevelType.CLIENT_LEVEL; }
@@ -198,12 +215,12 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 	@Override
 	public IChunkWrapper tryGetChunk(DhChunkPos pos)
 	{
-		if (!this.level.hasChunk(pos.x, pos.z))
+		if (!this.level.hasChunk(pos.getX(), pos.getZ()))
 		{
 			return null;
 		}
 		
-		ChunkAccess chunk = this.level.getChunk(pos.x, pos.z, ChunkStatus.EMPTY, false);
+		ChunkAccess chunk = this.level.getChunk(pos.getX(), pos.getZ(), ChunkStatus.EMPTY, false);
 		if (chunk == null)
 		{
 			return null;
@@ -258,6 +275,13 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 		return this.parentDhLevel.getGenericRenderer();
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public Color getCloudColor(float tickDelta)
+	{
+		Vec3 colorVec3 = this.level.getCloudColor(tickDelta);
+		return new Color((float)colorVec3.x, (float)colorVec3.y, (float)colorVec3.z);
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	//================//
@@ -272,7 +296,7 @@ public class ClientLevelWrapper implements IClientLevelWrapper
 			return "Wrapped{null}";
 		}
 		
-		return "Wrapped{" + this.level.toString() + "@" + this.getDimensionType().getDimensionName() + "}";
+		return "Wrapped{" + this.level.toString() + "@" + this.getDimensionName() + "}";
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public class DimensionTypeWrapper implements IDimensionTypeWrapper
 	{
 		//first we check if the biome has already been wrapped
 		if (dimensionTypeWrapperMap.containsKey(dimensionType) && dimensionTypeWrapperMap.get(dimensionType) != null)
+		{
 			return dimensionTypeWrapperMap.get(dimensionType);
+		}
 		
 		
 		//if it hasn't been created yet, we create it and save it in the map
@@ -61,22 +63,26 @@ public class DimensionTypeWrapper implements IDimensionTypeWrapper
 	}
 	
 	
-	@Override
-	public String getDimensionName()
+	private String getDimensionName()
 	{
-		return dimensionType.effectsLocation().getPath();
+		#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 this.dimensionType.effectsLocation().getPath();
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasCeiling()
 	{
-		return dimensionType.hasCeiling();
+		return this.dimensionType.hasCeiling();
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasSkyLight()
 	{
-		return dimensionType.hasSkyLight();
+		return this.dimensionType.hasSkyLight();
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -85,7 +91,9 @@ public class DimensionTypeWrapper implements IDimensionTypeWrapper
 		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.getDimensionName().equalsIgnoreCase("the_end"); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object obj)
@@ -27,17 +27,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.render.IDhApiCustomRenderRegist
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BiomeWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.BlockStateWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.block.cache.ServerBlockDetailMap;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.minecraft.MinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.level.IDhLevel;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhBlockPos;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.blockPos.DhBlockPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.block.IBlockStateWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IBiomeWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IServerLevelWrapper;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 #endif

 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

 /**
 * @version 2022-9-16
@@ -85,42 +81,27 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 	//=========//
 	
 	@Override
-	public File getSaveFolder()
-	{
-		return level.getChunkSource().getDataStorage().dataFolder;
-	}
+	public File getSaveFolder() { return this.level.getChunkSource().getDataStorage().dataFolder; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public DimensionTypeWrapper getDimensionType()
-	{
-		return DimensionTypeWrapper.getDimensionTypeWrapper(level.dimensionType());
-	}
+	public DimensionTypeWrapper getDimensionType() { return DimensionTypeWrapper.getDimensionTypeWrapper(this.level.dimensionType()); }
+
+	@Override
+	public String getDimensionName() { return this.level.dimension().location().toString(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public EDhApiLevelType getLevelType() { return EDhApiLevelType.SERVER_LEVEL; }
 	
-	public ServerLevel getLevel()
-	{
-		return level;
-	}
+	public ServerLevel getLevel() { return this.level; }
 	
 	@Override
-	public boolean hasCeiling()
-	{
-		return level.dimensionType().hasCeiling();
-	}
+	public boolean hasCeiling() { return this.level.dimensionType().hasCeiling(); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public boolean hasSkyLight()
-	{
-		return level.dimensionType().hasSkyLight();
-	}
+	public boolean hasSkyLight() { return this.level.dimensionType().hasSkyLight(); }
 	
 	@Override
-	public int getMaxHeight()
-	{
-		return level.getHeight();
-	}
+	public int getMaxHeight() { return this.level.getHeight(); }
 	
 	@Override
 	public int getMinHeight()
@@ -128,37 +109,45 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
        #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
        return 0;
        #else
-		return level.getMinBuildHeight();
+		return this.level.getMinBuildHeight();
        #endif
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public IChunkWrapper tryGetChunk(DhChunkPos pos)
 	{
-		if (!level.hasChunk(pos.x, pos.z)) return null;
-		ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(pos.x, pos.z, ChunkStatus.FULL, false);
-		if (chunk == null) return null;
-		return new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, this);
+		if (!this.level.hasChunk(pos.getX(), pos.getZ()))
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		ChunkAccess chunk = this.level.getChunk(pos.getX(), pos.getZ(), ChunkStatus.FULL, false);
+		if (chunk == null)
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		return new ChunkWrapper(chunk, this.level, this);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasChunkLoaded(int chunkX, int chunkZ)
 	{
 		// world.hasChunk(chunkX, chunkZ); THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR CLIENT LEVEL CAUSE MOJANG ALWAYS RETURN TRUE FOR THAT!
-		ChunkSource source = level.getChunkSource();
+		ChunkSource source = this.level.getChunkSource();
 		return source.hasChunk(chunkX, chunkZ);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public IBlockStateWrapper getBlockState(DhBlockPos pos)
 	{
-		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(level.getBlockState(McObjectConverter.Convert(pos)), this);
+		return BlockStateWrapper.fromBlockState(this.level.getBlockState(McObjectConverter.Convert(pos)), this);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public IBiomeWrapper getBiome(DhBlockPos pos)
 	{
-		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(level.getBiome(McObjectConverter.Convert(pos)), this);
+		return BiomeWrapper.getBiomeWrapper(this.level.getBiome(McObjectConverter.Convert(pos)), this);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -189,6 +178,6 @@ public class ServerLevelWrapper implements IServerLevelWrapper
 	//================//
 	
 	@Override
-	public String toString() { return "Wrapped{" + this.level.toString() + "@" + this.getDimensionType().getDimensionName() + "}"; }
+	public String toString() { return "Wrapped{" + this.level.toString() + "@" + this.getDimensionName() + "}"; }
 	
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		{
 			for (int i = 0; i < 11; i++)
 			{
-				times.add(new Rolling(SIZE));
+				this.times.add(new Rolling(SIZE));
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -144,19 +144,25 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			{
 				String name = e.name;
 				int index = Arrays.asList(TIME_NAMES).indexOf(name);
-				if (index == -1) continue;
-				times.get(index).add(e.timeNs);
+				if (index == -1)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				this.times.get(index).add(e.timeNs);
 			}
-			times.getFirst().add(event.getTotalTimeNs());
+			this.times.get(0).add(event.getTotalTimeNs());
 		}
 		
-		public String toString()
+		@Override public String toString()
 		{
 			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-			for (int i = 0; i < times.size(); i++)
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.times.size(); i++)
 			{
-				if (times.get(i).getAverage() == 0) continue;
-				sb.append(TIME_NAMES[i]).append(": ").append(times.get(i).getAverage()).append("\n");
+				if (this.times.get(i).getAverage() == 0)
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				sb.append(TIME_NAMES[i]).append(": ").append(this.times.get(i).getAverage()).append("\n");
 			}
 			return sb.toString();
 		}
@@ -186,13 +192,13 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	
 	public RegionFileStorageExternalCache getOrCreateRegionFileCache(RegionFileStorage storage)
 	{
-		RegionFileStorageExternalCache cache = regionFileStorageCacheRef.get();
+		RegionFileStorageExternalCache cache = this.regionFileStorageCacheRef.get();
 		if (cache == null)
 		{
 			cache = new RegionFileStorageExternalCache(storage);
-			if (!regionFileStorageCacheRef.compareAndSet(null, cache))
+			if (!this.regionFileStorageCacheRef.compareAndSet(null, cache))
 			{
-				cache = regionFileStorageCacheRef.get();
+				cache = this.regionFileStorageCacheRef.get();
 			}
 		}
 		return cache;
@@ -224,8 +230,8 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	// constructors //
 	//==============//
 	
-	public static ImmutableMap<EDhApiWorldGenerationStep, Integer> BorderNeeded;
-	public static int MaxBorderNeeded;
+	public static final ImmutableMap<EDhApiWorldGenerationStep, Integer> WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED_BY_GEN_STEP;
+	public static final int MAX_WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED;
 	
 	static
 	{
@@ -253,8 +259,13 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIQUID_CARVERS, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.FEATURES, 0);
 		builder.put(EDhApiWorldGenerationStep.LIGHT, 0);
-		BorderNeeded = builder.build();
-		MaxBorderNeeded = BorderNeeded.values().stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).max().getAsInt();
+		WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED_BY_GEN_STEP = builder.build();
+		
+		// TODO this is a test to see if the additional boarder is actually necessary or not.
+		//  If world generators end up having infinite loops or other unexplained issues,
+		//  this should be set back to the commented out logic below
+		MAX_WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED = 0;
+		//MAX_WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED = WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED_BY_GEN_STEP.values().stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).max().getAsInt();
 	}
 	
 	public BatchGenerationEnvironment(IDhServerLevel serverlevel)
@@ -299,17 +310,17 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	
 	public <T> T joinSync(CompletableFuture<T> future)
 	{
-		if (!unsafeThreadingRecorded && !future.isDone())
+		if (!this.unsafeThreadingRecorded && !future.isDone())
 		{
 			EVENT_LOGGER.error("Unsafe MultiThreading in Chunk Generator: ", new RuntimeException("Concurrent future"));
 			EVENT_LOGGER.error("To increase stability, it is recommended to set world generation threads count to 1.");
-			unsafeThreadingRecorded = true;
+			this.unsafeThreadingRecorded = true;
 		}
 		
 		return future.join();
 	}
 	
-	public void updateAllFutures()
+	@Override public void updateAllFutures()
 	{
 		if (this.unknownExceptionCount > 0)
 		{
@@ -383,171 +394,172 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 	{
 		EVENT_LOGGER.debug("Lod Generate Event: " + genEvent.minPos);
 		
-		ArrayGridList<ChunkWrapper> chunkWrapperList;
-		DhLitWorldGenRegion region;
-		DummyLightEngine dummyLightEngine;
-		LightGetterAdaptor adaptor;
+		// Minecraft's generation events expect odd chunk width areas (3x3, 7x7, or 11x11),
+		// but DH submits square generation events (4x4).
+		// We handle this later, although that handling would need to change if the gen size ever changed.
+		LodUtil.assertTrue(genEvent.size % 2 == 0, "Generation events are expected to be an evan number of chunks wide.");
 		
-		int borderSize = MaxBorderNeeded;
-		int refSize = genEvent.size + borderSize * 2;
-		int refPosX = genEvent.minPos.x - borderSize;
-		int refPosZ = genEvent.minPos.z - borderSize;
 		
-		try
+		
+		int borderSize = MAX_WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED;
+		// genEvent.size - 1 converts the even width size to an odd number for MC compatability
+		int refSize = (genEvent.size - 1) + (borderSize * 2);
+		int refPosX = genEvent.minPos.getX() - borderSize;
+		int refPosZ = genEvent.minPos.getZ() - borderSize;
+		
+		LightGetterAdaptor lightGetterAdaptor = new LightGetterAdaptor(this.params.level);
+		DummyLightEngine dummyLightEngine = new DummyLightEngine(lightGetterAdaptor);
+		
+		
+		
+		//====================================//
+		// offset and generate odd width area //
+		//====================================//
+		
+		// reused data between each offset
+		HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkSkyLightingByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
+		HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkBlockLightingByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
+		HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkAccess> generatedChunkByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
+		HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkWrapper> chunkWrappersByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		// offset 1 chunk in both X and Z direction so we can generate an even number of chunks wide
+		// while still submitting odd numbers to MC's internal generators
+		for (int xOffset = 0; xOffset < 2; xOffset++)
 		{
-			ArrayGridList<ChunkAccess> totalChunks;
-			
-			adaptor = new LightGetterAdaptor(this.params.level);
-			dummyLightEngine = new DummyLightEngine(adaptor);
-			
-			
-			
-			//=============================//
-			// try getting existing chunks //
-			//=============================//
-			
-			HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkSkyLightingByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
-			HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkBlockLightingByDhPos = new HashMap<>();
-			IEmptyChunkGeneratorFunc emptyChunkGeneratorFunc = (int x, int z) ->
+			// final is so the offset can be used in lambdas
+			final int xOffsetFinal = xOffset;
+			for (int zOffset = 0; zOffset < 2; zOffset++)
 			{
-				ChunkPos chunkPos = new ChunkPos(x, z);
-				DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = new DhChunkPos(x, z);
-				ChunkAccess newChunk = null;
-				try
+				final int zOffsetFinal = zOffset;
+				
+				
+				
+				//================//
+				// variable setup //
+				//================//
+				
+				int radius = refSize / 2; 
+				int centerX = refPosX + radius + xOffset;
+				int centerZ = refPosZ + radius + zOffset;
+				
+				// get/create the list of chunks we're going to generate
+				ArrayGridList<ChunkAccess> regionChunks = new ArrayGridList<>(
+						refSize, 
+						(x, z) -> this.generateEmptyChunk(
+								x + refPosX + xOffsetFinal, 
+								z + refPosZ + zOffsetFinal, 
+								chunkSkyLightingByDhPos, chunkBlockLightingByDhPos, generatedChunkByDhPos));
+				ChunkAccess centerChunk = regionChunks.stream().filter(chunk -> chunk.getPos().x == centerX && chunk.getPos().z == centerZ).findFirst().get();
+				
+				genEvent.refreshTimeout();
+				DhLitWorldGenRegion region = new DhLitWorldGenRegion(
+						centerX, centerZ,
+						centerChunk,
+						this.params.level, dummyLightEngine, regionChunks,
+						ChunkStatus.STRUCTURE_STARTS, radius,
+						// this method shouldn't be necessary since we're passing in a pre-populated
+						// list of chunks, but just in case
+						(x, z) -> this.generateEmptyChunk(x, z, chunkSkyLightingByDhPos, chunkBlockLightingByDhPos, generatedChunkByDhPos)
+				);
+				lightGetterAdaptor.setRegion(region);
+				genEvent.threadedParam.makeStructFeat(region, this.params);
+				
+				
+				
+				//=========================//
+				// create chunk wrappers   //
+				// and get existing chunks //
+				//=========================//
+				
+				ArrayGridList<ChunkWrapper> chunkWrapperList = new ArrayGridList<>(regionChunks.gridSize);
+				regionChunks.forEachPos((relX, relZ) ->
 				{
-					// get the chunk
-					CompoundTag chunkData = this.getChunkNbtData(chunkPos);
-					newChunk = this.loadOrMakeChunk(chunkPos, chunkData);
+					// ArrayGridList's use relative positions and don't have a center position
+					// so we need to use the offsetFinal to select the correct position
+					DhChunkPos chunkPos = new DhChunkPos(relX + xOffsetFinal, relZ + zOffsetFinal);
+					ChunkAccess chunk = regionChunks.get(relX, relZ);
 					
-					if (Config.Client.Advanced.LodBuilding.pullLightingForPregeneratedChunks.get())
+					if (chunkWrappersByDhPos.containsKey(chunkPos))
 					{
-						// attempt to get chunk lighting
-						ChunkLoader.CombinedChunkLightStorage combinedLights = ChunkLoader.readLight(newChunk, chunkData);
-						if (combinedLights != null)
+						chunkWrapperList.set(relX, relZ, chunkWrappersByDhPos.get(chunkPos));
+					}
+					else if (chunk != null)
+					{
+						// wrap the chunk
+						ChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = new ChunkWrapper(chunk, region, this.serverlevel.getLevelWrapper());
+						chunkWrapperList.set(relX, relZ, chunkWrapper);
+						
+						// try setting the wrapper's lighting
+						if (chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.containsKey(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
 						{
-							chunkSkyLightingByDhPos.put(dhChunkPos, combinedLights.skyLightStorage);
-							chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.put(dhChunkPos, combinedLights.blockLightStorage);
+							chunkWrapper.setBlockLightStorage(chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.get(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()));
+							chunkWrapper.setSkyLightStorage(chunkSkyLightingByDhPos.get(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()));
+							chunkWrapper.setIsDhBlockLightCorrect(true);
+							chunkWrapper.setIsDhSkyLightCorrect(true);
 						}
+						
+						chunkWrappersByDhPos.put(chunkPos, chunkWrapper);
 					}
-				}
-				catch (RuntimeException loadChunkError)
-				{
-					// Continue...
-				}
-				
-				if (newChunk == null)
-				{
-					newChunk = new ProtoChunk(chunkPos, UpgradeData.EMPTY
-							#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1 , this.params.level #endif
-							#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 , this.params.biomes, null #endif
-					);
-				}
-				return newChunk;
-			};
-			totalChunks = new ArrayGridList<>(refSize, (x, z) -> emptyChunkGeneratorFunc.generate(x + refPosX, z + refPosZ));
-			
-			int radius = refSize / 2;
-			int centerX = refPosX + radius;
-			int centerZ = refPosZ + radius;
-			
-			ChunkAccess centerChunk = totalChunks.stream().filter(chunk -> chunk.getPos().x == centerX && chunk.getPos().z == centerZ).findFirst().get();
-			
-			genEvent.refreshTimeout();
-			region = new DhLitWorldGenRegion(
-					centerX, centerZ,
-					centerChunk,
-					this.params.level, dummyLightEngine, totalChunks,
-					ChunkStatus.STRUCTURE_STARTS, radius, emptyChunkGeneratorFunc);
-			adaptor.setRegion(region);
-			genEvent.threadedParam.makeStructFeat(region, this.params);
-			
-			
-			
-			//=======================//
-			// create chunk wrappers //
-			//=======================//
-			
-			chunkWrapperList = new ArrayGridList<>(totalChunks.gridSize);
-			totalChunks.forEachPos((x, z) ->
-			{
-				ChunkAccess chunk = totalChunks.get(x, z);
-				if (chunk != null)
-				{
-					// wrap the chunk
-					ChunkWrapper chunkWrapper = new ChunkWrapper(chunk, region, this.serverlevel.getLevelWrapper());
-					chunkWrapperList.set(x, z, chunkWrapper);
-					
-					// try setting the wrapper's lighting
-					if (chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.containsKey(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()))
+					else //if (chunk == null)
 					{
-						chunkWrapper.setBlockLightStorage(chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.get(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()));
-						chunkWrapper.setSkyLightStorage(chunkSkyLightingByDhPos.get(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos()));
-						chunkWrapper.setUseDhLighting(true);
-						chunkWrapper.setIsDhLightCorrect(true);
+						LodUtil.assertNotReach("Programmer Error: No chunk found in grid list, position offset is likely wrong.");
 					}
-				}
-			});
-			
-			
-			
-			//=================//
-			// generate chunks //
-			//=================//
-			
-			this.generateDirect(genEvent, chunkWrapperList, borderSize, genEvent.targetGenerationStep, region);
-			genEvent.timer.nextEvent("cleanup");
-		}
-		catch (StepStructureStart.StructStartCorruptedException f)
-		{
-			genEvent.threadedParam.markAsInvalid();
-			throw (RuntimeException) f.getCause();
+				});
+				
+				
+				
+				//=================//
+				// generate chunks //
+				//=================//
+				
+				this.generateDirect(genEvent, chunkWrapperList, borderSize, genEvent.targetGenerationStep, region);
+				
+				genEvent.timer.nextEvent("cleanup");
+			}	
 		}
 		
-		ArrayGridList<ChunkWrapper> finalGenChunks = GetCutoutFrom(chunkWrapperList, borderSize);
-		for (int offsetY = 0; offsetY < finalGenChunks.gridSize; offsetY++)
+		
+		
+		//=========================//
+		// submit generated chunks //
+		//=========================//
+		
+		for (DhChunkPos dhChunkPos : chunkWrappersByDhPos.keySet())
 		{
-			for (int offsetX = 0; offsetX < finalGenChunks.gridSize; offsetX++)
+			ChunkWrapper wrappedChunk = chunkWrappersByDhPos.get(dhChunkPos);
+			ChunkAccess target = wrappedChunk.getChunk();
+			if (target instanceof LevelChunk)
 			{
-				ChunkWrapper wrappedChunk = finalGenChunks.get(offsetX, offsetY);
-				ChunkAccess target = wrappedChunk.getChunk();
-				if (target instanceof LevelChunk)
-				{
-					#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-					((LevelChunk) target).setLoaded(true);
-					#else
-					((LevelChunk) target).loaded = true;
-					#endif
-				}
-				
-				if (!wrappedChunk.isLightCorrect())
-				{
-					throw new RuntimeException("The generated chunk somehow has isLightCorrect() returning false");
-				}
-				
-				boolean isFull = ChunkWrapper.getStatus(target) == ChunkStatus.FULL || target instanceof LevelChunk;
-				#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
-				boolean isPartial = target.isOldNoiseGeneration();
+				#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
+				((LevelChunk) target).setLoaded(true);
+				#else
+				((LevelChunk) target).loaded = true;
 				#endif
-				if (isFull)
-				{
-					LOAD_LOGGER.info("Detected full existing chunk at {}", target.getPos());
-					genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
-				}
-				#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
-				else if (isPartial)
-				{
-					LOAD_LOGGER.info("Detected old existing chunk at {}", target.getPos());
-					genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
-				}
-				#endif
-				else if (ChunkWrapper.getStatus(target) == ChunkStatus.EMPTY)
-				{
-					genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
-				}
+			}
+			
+			boolean isFull = ChunkWrapper.getStatus(target) == ChunkStatus.FULL || target instanceof LevelChunk;
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+			boolean isPartial = target.isOldNoiseGeneration();
+			#endif
+			if (isFull)
+			{
+				LOAD_LOGGER.debug("Detected full existing chunk at {}", target.getPos());
+				genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
+			}
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+			else if (isPartial)
+			{
+				LOAD_LOGGER.debug("Detected old existing chunk at {}", target.getPos());
+				genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
+			}
+			#endif
+			else if (ChunkWrapper.getStatus(target) == ChunkStatus.EMPTY)
+			{
+				genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				genEvent.resultConsumer.accept(wrappedChunk);
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -556,9 +568,58 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		if (PREF_LOGGER.canMaybeLog())
 		{
 			genEvent.threadedParam.perf.recordEvent(genEvent.timer);
-			PREF_LOGGER.infoInc("{}", genEvent.timer);
+			PREF_LOGGER.debugInc("{}", genEvent.timer);
 		}
 	}
+	private ChunkAccess generateEmptyChunk(
+			int x, int z,
+			HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkSkyLightingByDhPos,
+			HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkLightStorage> chunkBlockLightingByDhPos,
+			HashMap<DhChunkPos, ChunkAccess> generatedChunkByDhPos)
+	{
+		ChunkPos chunkPos = new ChunkPos(x, z);
+		DhChunkPos dhChunkPos = new DhChunkPos(x, z);
+		
+		if (generatedChunkByDhPos.containsKey(dhChunkPos))
+		{
+			return generatedChunkByDhPos.get(dhChunkPos);
+		}
+		
+		
+		ChunkAccess newChunk = null;
+		try
+		{
+			// get the chunk
+			CompoundTag chunkData = this.getChunkNbtData(chunkPos);
+			newChunk = this.loadOrMakeChunk(chunkPos, chunkData);
+			
+			if (Config.Client.Advanced.LodBuilding.pullLightingForPregeneratedChunks.get())
+			{
+				// attempt to get chunk lighting
+				ChunkLoader.CombinedChunkLightStorage combinedLights = ChunkLoader.readLight(newChunk, chunkData);
+				if (combinedLights != null)
+				{
+					chunkSkyLightingByDhPos.put(dhChunkPos, combinedLights.skyLightStorage);
+					chunkBlockLightingByDhPos.put(dhChunkPos, combinedLights.blockLightStorage);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		catch (RuntimeException loadChunkError)
+		{
+			// Continue...
+		}
+		
+		if (newChunk == null)
+		{
+			newChunk = new ProtoChunk(chunkPos, UpgradeData.EMPTY
+							#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1 , this.params.level #endif
+							#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 , this.params.biomes, null #endif
+			);
+		}
+		
+		generatedChunkByDhPos.put(dhChunkPos, newChunk);
+		return newChunk;
+	}
 	private CompoundTag getChunkNbtData(ChunkPos chunkPos)
 	{
 		ServerLevel level = this.params.level;
@@ -609,7 +670,7 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				LOAD_LOGGER.info("DistantHorizons: Loading chunk [" + chunkPos + "] from disk.");
+				LOAD_LOGGER.debug("DistantHorizons: Loading chunk [" + chunkPos + "] from disk.");
 				return ChunkLoader.read(level, chunkPos, chunkData);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
@@ -639,6 +700,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		);
 	}
 	
+	
+	
+	
 	public void generateDirect(
 			GenerationEvent genEvent, ArrayGridList<ChunkWrapper> chunksToGenerate, int border,
 			EDhApiWorldGenerationStep step, DhLitWorldGenRegion region) throws InterruptedException
@@ -653,8 +717,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 			chunksToGenerate.forEach((chunkWrapper) ->
 			{
 				ChunkAccess chunk = chunkWrapper.getChunk();
-				if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk protoChunk)
+				if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 				{
+					ProtoChunk protoChunk = ((ProtoChunk) chunk);
 					
 					protoChunk.setLightEngine(region.getLightEngine());
 				}
@@ -759,9 +824,9 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 				Heightmap.primeHeightmaps(((ChunkWrapper)centerChunk).getChunk(), ChunkStatus.FEATURES.heightmapsAfter());
 				
 				// pre-generated chunks should have lighting but new ones won't
-				if (!centerChunk.isLightCorrect())
+				if (!centerChunk.isDhBlockLightingCorrect())
 				{
-					DhLightingEngine.INSTANCE.lightChunk(centerChunk, iChunkWrapperList, maxSkyLight);
+					DhLightingEngine.INSTANCE.bakeChunkBlockLighting(centerChunk, iChunkWrapperList, maxSkyLight);
 				}
 			}
 			
@@ -769,7 +834,8 @@ public final class BatchGenerationEnvironment extends AbstractBatchGenerationEnv
 		}
 	}
 	private static <T> ArrayGridList<T> GetCutoutFrom(ArrayGridList<T> total, int border) { return new ArrayGridList<>(total, border, total.gridSize - border); }
-	private static <T> ArrayGridList<T> GetCutoutFrom(ArrayGridList<T> total, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep step) { return GetCutoutFrom(total, MaxBorderNeeded - BorderNeeded.get(step)); }
+	//private static <T> ArrayGridList<T> GetCutoutFrom(ArrayGridList<T> total, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep step) { return GetCutoutFrom(total, MaxBorderNeeded - WORLD_GEN_CHUNK_BORDER_NEEDED_BY_GEN_STEP.get(step)); }
+	private static <T> ArrayGridList<T> GetCutoutFrom(ArrayGridList<T> total, EDhApiWorldGenerationStep step) { return GetCutoutFrom(total, 0); }
 	
 	
 	@Override
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public final class GenerationEvent
 	public final int id;
 	public final ThreadedParameters threadedParam;
 	public final DhChunkPos minPos;
+	/** the number of chunks wide this event is */
 	public final int size;
 	public final EDhApiWorldGenerationStep targetGenerationStep;
 	public EventTimer timer = null;
@@ -73,10 +74,10 @@ public final class GenerationEvent
 			EDhApiWorldGenerationStep target, Consumer<IChunkWrapper> resultConsumer,
 			ExecutorService worldGeneratorThreadPool)
 	{
-		if (size % 2 == 0)
-		{
-			size += 1; // size must be odd for vanilla world gen regions to work
-		}
+		//if (size % 2 == 0)
+		//{
+		//	size += 1; // size must be odd for vanilla world gen regions to work
+		//}
 		
 		
 		GenerationEvent generationEvent = new GenerationEvent(minPos, size, genEnvironment, target, resultConsumer);
@@ -93,9 +94,7 @@ public final class GenerationEvent
 				//LOGGER.info("generating [{}]", event.minPos);
 				genEnvironment.generateLodFromList(generationEvent);
 			}
-			catch (InterruptedException ignored)
-			{
-			}
+			catch (InterruptedException ignored) { }
 			finally
 			{
 				BatchGenerationEnvironment.isDistantGeneratorThread.remove();
@@ -126,21 +125,6 @@ public final class GenerationEvent
 		return this.future.isCancelled();
 	}
 	
-	public boolean tooClose(int minX, int minZ, int width)
-	{
-		int aMinX = this.minPos.x;
-		int aMinZ = this.minPos.z;
-		int aSize = this.size;
-		// Account for required empty chunks in the border
-		aSize += 1;
-		width += 1;
-		// Do a AABB to AABB intersection test
-		return (aMinX + aSize >= minX &&
-				aMinX <= minX + width &&
-				aMinZ + aSize >= minZ &&
-				aMinZ <= minZ + width);
-	}
-	
 	public void refreshTimeout()
 	{
 		this.timeoutTime = System.nanoTime();
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluids;
 #if MC_VER == MC_1_20_6
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkType;
-#elif MC_VER == MC_1_21
+#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkType;
 #endif
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		ChunkPos actualPos = new ChunkPos(tagLevel.getInt("xPos"), tagLevel.getInt("zPos"));
 		if (!Objects.equals(chunkPos, actualPos))
 		{
-			#if MC_VER > MC_1_17_1
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
 			if (actualPos.equals(ChunkPos.ZERO))
 			#else
 			if (actualPos.equals(ChunkPos.INVALID_CHUNK_POS))
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 						#else
 						.getOrThrow((message) -> (RuntimeException) LOGGER.errorAndThrow(message, null)) 
 						#endif
-						: new PalettedContainer<>(Block.BLOCK_STATE_REGISTRY, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_STATES);
+						: 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)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 						#else
 						.getOrThrow((message) -> (RuntimeException) LOGGER.errorAndThrow(message, null))
 						#endif
-						: new PalettedContainer<>(biomes.asHolderIdMap(), biomes.getHolderOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES);
+						: new PalettedContainer<Holder<Biome>>(biomes.asHolderIdMap(), biomes.getHolderOrThrow(Biomes.PLAINS), PalettedContainer.Strategy.SECTION_BIOMES);
 				#endif
 				
 				#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 	}
 	private static 
 		#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6 ChunkStatus.ChunkType
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21 ChunkType
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_1 ChunkType
 		#else ChunkType #endif 
 	readChunkType(CompoundTag tagLevel)
 	{
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 		for (int sectionIndex = 0; sectionIndex < chunkSectionListTag.size(); sectionIndex++)
 		{
 			Tag chunkSectionTag = chunkSectionListTag.get(sectionIndex);
-			if (!(chunkSectionTag instanceof CompoundTag chunkSectionCompoundTag))
+			if (!(chunkSectionTag instanceof CompoundTag))
 			{
 				if (!lightingSectionErrorLogged)
 				{
@@ -443,9 +443,10 @@ public class ChunkLoader
 				}
 				return null;
 			}
-
-
-            // if null all lights = 0
+			CompoundTag chunkSectionCompoundTag = (CompoundTag) chunkSectionTag;
+			
+			
+			// if null all lights = 0
 			byte[] blockLightNibbleArray = chunkSectionCompoundTag.getByteArray("BlockLight");
 			byte[] skyLightNibbleArray = chunkSectionCompoundTag.getByteArray("SkyLight");
 			
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.mimicObject;

-#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1

 import net.minecraft.server.level.GenerationChunkHolder;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.mimicObject;

 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.*;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER == MC_1_21
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
 import net.minecraft.util.StaticCache2D;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.GenerationChunkHolder;
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	
 	private final ChunkPos firstPos;
 	private final List<ChunkAccess> cache;
-	private final Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<ChunkAccess> chunkMap = new Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+	private final Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<ChunkAccess> chunkMap = new Long2ObjectOpenHashMap<ChunkAccess>();
 	
 	/** 
 	 * Present to reduce the chance that we accidentally break underlying MC code that isn't thread safe, 
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 	{
 		#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
 		super(serverLevel, chunkList);
-		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21
+		#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 		super(serverLevel, chunkList, chunkStatus, writeRadius);
 		#else
 		super(serverLevel, 
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 				centerChunk);
 		
 		#endif
-		this.firstPos = chunkList.getFirst().getPos();
+		this.firstPos = chunkList.get(0).getPos();
 		this.generator = generator;
 		this.lightEngine = lightEngine;
 		this.writeRadius = writeRadius;
@@ -235,6 +234,22 @@ public class DhLitWorldGenRegion extends WorldGenRegion
 		#endif
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * This needs to be manually overridden to make sure Lithium 0.11.2 and lower
+	 * don't try to get null chunks. <br><br>
+	 *
+	 * Problematic Lithium code was removed in 0.13.0 (MC 1.21.1) and higher: <br>
+	 * https://github.com/CaffeineMC/lithium-fabric/commit/b7cfd53a1ed0197e1d13dea2799b898eb52ecab3
+	 */
+	@NotNull
+	@Override
+	public BlockState getBlockState(BlockPos blockPos)
+	{
+		int chunkX = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getX());
+		int chunkZ = SectionPos.blockToSectionCoord(blockPos.getZ());
+		return this.getChunk(chunkX, chunkZ).getBlockState(blockPos);
+	}
+	
 	/** Skip BlockEntity stuff. They aren't needed for our use case. */
 	@Override
 	public boolean addFreshEntity(@NotNull Entity entity) { return true; }
@@ -231,9 +231,11 @@ public class WorldGenStructFeatManager extends #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2 StructureF
 		Map<Structure, LongSet> map = chunk.getAllReferences();
 		
 		ImmutableList.Builder<StructureStart> builder = ImmutableList.builder();
+		Iterator<Map.Entry<Structure, LongSet>> var5 = map.entrySet().iterator();
 		
-		for (Map.Entry<Structure, LongSet> entry : map.entrySet())
+		while (var5.hasNext())
 		{
+			Map.Entry<Structure, LongSet> entry = var5.next();
 			Structure configuredStructureFeature = entry.getKey();
 			if (predicate.test(configuredStructureFeature))
 			{
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public final class StepBiomes
 			}
 			else if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 				#else
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public final class StepBiomes
 			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 			chunk = this.environment.joinSync(this.environment.params.generator.createBiomes(this.environment.params.biomes, Runnable::run, this.environment.params.randomState, Blender.of(worldGenRegion),
 					tParams.structFeat.forWorldGenRegion(worldGenRegion), chunk));
-			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 			chunk = this.environment.joinSync(this.environment.params.generator.createBiomes(Runnable::run, this.environment.params.randomState, Blender.of(worldGenRegion),
 					tParams.structFeat.forWorldGenRegion(worldGenRegion), chunk));
 			#else
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public final class StepFeatures
 			}
 			else if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 				#else
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class StepFeatures
 				worldGenRegion.setOverrideCenter(chunk.getPos());
 				environment.params.generator.applyBiomeDecoration(worldGenRegion, tParams.structFeat);
 				#else
-				if (worldGenRegion.hasChunk(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().x, chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().z))
+				if (worldGenRegion.hasChunk(chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getX(), chunkWrapper.getChunkPos().getZ()))
 				{
 					this.environment.params.generator.applyBiomeDecoration(worldGenRegion, chunk, tParams.structFeat.forWorldGenRegion(worldGenRegion));
 				}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public final class StepNoise
 				continue;
 			}
 			
-			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 			((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 			#else
 			((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public final class StepNoise
 			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 			chunk = this.environment.joinSync(this.environment.params.generator.fillFromNoise(Runnable::run, Blender.of(worldGenRegion),
 					tParams.structFeat.forWorldGenRegion(worldGenRegion), chunk));
-			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21
+			#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 			chunk = this.environment.joinSync(this.environment.params.generator.fillFromNoise(Runnable::run, Blender.of(worldGenRegion), this.environment.params.randomState,
 					tParams.structFeat.forWorldGenRegion(worldGenRegion), chunk));
 			#else
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public final class StepStructureReference
 			List<ChunkWrapper> chunkWrappers)
 	{
 		
-		ArrayList<ChunkAccess> chunksToDo = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<ChunkAccess> chunksToDo = new ArrayList<ChunkAccess>();
 		
 		for (ChunkWrapper chunkWrapper : chunkWrappers)
 		{
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public final class StepStructureReference
 			}
 			else if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 				#else
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class StepStructureStart
 			}
 			else if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 				#else
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class StepSurface
 			}
 			else if (chunk instanceof ProtoChunk)
 			{
-				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+				#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setStatus(STATUS);
 				#else
 				((ProtoChunk) chunk).setPersistedStatus(STATUS);
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/TextureAtlasSprite frames
 accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/TextureAtlasSprite framesY [I
 accessible field net/minecraft/client/renderer/texture/TextureAtlasSprite mainImage [Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage;

+# DimensionTypeWrapper workaround
+accessible field net/minecraft/world/level/dimension/DimensionType effectsLocation Lnet/minecraft/resources/ResourceLocation;
+
 extendable class com/mojang/math/Matrix4f
@@ -10,21 +10,24 @@ loom {
        client {
            client()
            setConfigName("Fabric Client")
-            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
+            ideConfigGenerated(true) // When true a run configuration file will be generated for IDE's. By default only set to true for the root project.
+            runDir("../run/client")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced") // https://netty.io/wiki/reference-counted-objects.html#leak-detection-levels
+            programArgs("--username", "Dev")
        }
        server {
            server()
            setConfigName("Fabric Server")
            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
+            runDir("../run/server")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced")
        }
    }
 }

 remapJar {
-    inputFile = shadeDowngradedApi.archiveFile
-    dependsOn shadeDowngradedApi
+    inputFile = shadowJar.archiveFile
+    dependsOn shadowJar
 }


@@ -69,6 +72,11 @@ dependencies {
    addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-events-interaction-v0", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
    addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-rendering-v1", rootProject.fabric_api_version)) // TODO: Remove this as it is only needed in 1 line (FabricClientProxy)
    addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-networking-api-v1", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
+    addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-entity-events-v1", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
+    if (minecraft_version >= "1.19.2")
+        addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-command-api-v2", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
+    else // < 1.19.2
+        addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-command-api-v1", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
    
    // used by mod menu in MC 1.20.6+
    addModJar(fabricApi.module("fabric-screen-api-v1", rootProject.fabric_api_version))
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric;

-import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.McObjectConverter;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
@@ -38,17 +37,24 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.ISodiumAcce
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.wrappers.modAccessor.SodiumAccessor;
-//import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientChunkEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientTickEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.WorldRenderEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.AttackBlockCallback;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.UseBlockCallback;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.TitleScreen;

+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.CommonPacketPayload;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry;
+#else
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+#endif
+
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
 #endif
@@ -60,7 +66,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.HitResult;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.joml.Matrix4f;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;

 /**
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	 * Registers Fabric Events
 	 * @author Ran
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void registerEvents()
 	{
 		LOGGER.info("Registering Fabric Client Events");
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// tick events //
 		//=============//
 		
-		ClientTickEvents.START_CLIENT_TICK.register((client) -> ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientTickEvent());
+		ClientTickEvents.START_CLIENT_TICK.register((client) -> { ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientTickEvent(); });
 		
 		
 		
@@ -117,8 +123,11 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// ClientChunkLoadEvent
 		ClientChunkEvents.CHUNK_LOAD.register((level, chunk) ->
 		{
-			IClientLevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
-			SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
+			if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
+			{
+				IClientLevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
+				SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
+			}
 		});
 		
 		// (kinda) block break event
@@ -200,14 +209,6 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		});
 		
 		
-		// Client Chunk Save
-		ClientChunkEvents.CHUNK_UNLOAD.register((level, chunk) ->
-		{
-			IClientLevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
-			SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkUnloadEvent(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
-		});
-		
-		
 		
 		//==============//
 		// render event //
@@ -227,14 +228,14 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 			this.clientApi.renderLods(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(renderContext.world()),
 					modelViewMatrix,
 					projectionMatrix,
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 					renderContext.tickDelta()
 					#else
 					renderContext.tickCounter().getGameTimeDeltaTicks()
 					#endif
 					);
 		});
-
+		
 		// Debug keyboard event
 		// FIXME: Use better hooks so it doesn't trigger key press events in text boxes
 		ClientTickEvents.END_CLIENT_TICK.register(client -> 
@@ -251,17 +252,29 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// networking event //
 		//==================//
 		
-//		ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.NETWORKING_RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_NAMESPACE),
-//			(Minecraft client, ClientPacketListener handler, FriendlyByteBuf friendlyByteBuf, PacketSender responseSender) ->
-//			{
-//				// converting to a ByteBuf is necessary otherwise Fabric will complain when the game boots
-//				ByteBuf nettyByteBuf = friendlyByteBuf.asByteBuf();
-//				
-//				// remove the Bukkit/Forge packet ID byte
-//				nettyByteBuf.readByte();
-//				
-//				ClientApi.INSTANCE.serverMessageReceived(nettyByteBuf);
-//			});
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+		PayloadTypeRegistry.playC2S().register(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, new CommonPacketPayload.Codec());
+		PayloadTypeRegistry.playS2C().register(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, new CommonPacketPayload.Codec());
+		ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) ->
+		{
+			if (payload.message() == null)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(payload.message());
+		});
+		#else
+		ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE, (client, handler, buffer, packetSender) ->
+		{
+			// Forge packet ID
+			buffer.readByte();
+			AbstractNetworkMessage message = AbstractPluginPacketSender.decodeMessage(buffer);
+			if (message != null)
+			{
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(message);
+			}
+		});
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	public void onKeyInput()
@@ -290,14 +303,14 @@ public class FabricClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// Diff and trigger events
 		for (int keyCode : currentKeyDown)
 		{
-			if (!previouslyPressKeyCodes.contains(keyCode))
+			if (!this.previouslyPressKeyCodes.contains(keyCode))
 			{
 				ClientApi.INSTANCE.keyPressedEvent(keyCode);
 			}
 		}
 		
 		// Update the set
-		previouslyPressKeyCodes = currentKeyDown;
+		this.previouslyPressKeyCodes = currentKeyDown;
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.ModAccessorInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.*;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.wrappers.modAccessor.*;
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.command.v2.CommandRegistrationCallback;
+#else // < 1.19.2
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.command.v1.CommandRegistrationCallback;
+#endif
+
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -51,14 +58,22 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 */
 public class FabricMain extends AbstractModInitializer implements ClientModInitializer, DedicatedServerModInitializer
 {
-	private static final ResourceLocation INITIAL_PHASE = ResourceLocation.tryParse("distanthorizons:dedicated_server_initial");
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+	private static final ResourceLocation INITIAL_PHASE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.DEDICATED_SERVER_INITIAL_PATH);
+	#else
+	private static final ResourceLocation INITIAL_PHASE = new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.DEDICATED_SERVER_INITIAL_PATH);
+	#endif
 	
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	
 	
 	
 	@Override
-	protected void createInitialBindings() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE); }
+	protected void createInitialBindings()
+	{
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IPluginPacketSender.class, new FabricPluginPacketSender());
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected IEventProxy createClientProxy() { return new FabricClientProxy(); }
@@ -102,7 +117,15 @@ public class FabricMain extends AbstractModInitializer implements ClientModIniti
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	protected void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler) { }
+	protected void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler)
+	{
+		CommandRegistrationCallback.EVENT.register(
+			(dispatcher, registryAccess #if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2 , environment #endif ) -> 
+			{
+				eventHandler.accept(dispatcher);
+			}
+		);
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected void subscribeClientStartedEvent(Runnable eventHandler) { ClientLifecycleEvents.CLIENT_STARTED.register((mc) -> eventHandler.run()); }
@@ -120,15 +143,21 @@ public class FabricMain extends AbstractModInitializer implements ClientModIniti
 		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.runDelayedSetup();
 		
 		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Fog.disableVanillaFog.get() && SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class).isModLoaded("bclib"))
+		{
 			ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(IBCLibAccessor.class).setRenderCustomFog(false); // Remove BCLib's fog
+		}
 		
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
 		if (SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class).isModLoaded("sodium"))
-			ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(ISodiumAccessor.class).setFogOcclusion(false); // FIXME: This is a tmp fix for sodium 0.5.0, and 0.5.1. This is fixed in sodium 0.5.2
+		{
+			ModAccessorInjector.INSTANCE.get(ISodiumAccessor.class).setFogOcclusion(false);
+		}
 		#endif
 		
 		if (ConfigBase.INSTANCE == null)
+		{
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Config was not initialized. Make sure to call LodCommonMain.initConfig() before calling this method.");
+		}
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.CommonPacketPayload;
+#else // < 1.20.6
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PacketByteBufs;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+#endif
+
+public class FabricPluginPacketSender extends AbstractPluginPacketSender
+{
+	@Override
+	public void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+		ClientPlayNetworking.send(new CommonPacketPayload(message));
+		#else // < 1.20.6
+		FriendlyByteBuf buffer = PacketByteBufs.create();
+		// Forge packet ID
+		buffer.writeByte(0);
+		AbstractPluginPacketSender.encodeMessage(buffer, message);
+		ClientPlayNetworking.send(WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE, buffer);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+		ServerPlayNetworking.send(serverPlayer, new CommonPacketPayload(message));
+		#else // < 1.20.6
+		FriendlyByteBuf buffer = PacketByteBufs.create();
+		// Forge packet ID
+		buffer.writeByte(0);
+		AbstractPluginPacketSender.encodeMessage(buffer, message);
+		ServerPlayNetworking.send(serverPlayer, WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE, buffer);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.DhApiEventRegister;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiLevelLoadEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
@@ -10,11 +12,14 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.testing.TestWorldGenBindingEvent;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.entity.event.v1.ServerEntityWorldChangeEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerChunkEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerLifecycleEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerTickEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerWorldEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.TitleScreen;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
@@ -22,6 +27,14 @@ import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.CommonPacketPayload;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry;
+#else
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
+#endif
+
 import java.util.function.Supplier;

 /**
@@ -37,21 +50,26 @@ public class FabricServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	private static final ServerApi SERVER_API = ServerApi.INSTANCE;
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	
-	private final boolean isDedicated;
+	private final boolean isDedicatedServer;
 	public static Supplier<Boolean> isGenerationThreadChecker = null;
 	
 	
 	
-	public FabricServerProxy(boolean isDedicated)
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public FabricServerProxy(boolean isDedicatedServer)
 	{
-		this.isDedicated = isDedicated;
+		this.isDedicatedServer = isDedicatedServer;
 	}
 	
 	
 	
+	// TODO rename
 	private boolean isValidTime()
 	{
-		if (isDedicated)
+		if (this.isDedicatedServer)
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -65,6 +83,7 @@ public class FabricServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	private ServerPlayerWrapper getServerPlayerWrapper(ServerPlayer player) { return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(player); }
 	
 	/** Registers Fabric Events */
+	@Override
 	public void registerEvents()
 	{
 		LOGGER.info("Registering Fabric Server Events");
@@ -75,19 +94,27 @@ public class FabricServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// ServerTickEvent
 		ServerTickEvents.END_SERVER_TICK.register((server) -> SERVER_API.serverTickEvent());
 		
+		
+		// can be enabled to test world gen overrides without having to build a separate API project 
+		if (false)
+		{
+			DhApiEventRegister.on(DhApiLevelLoadEvent.class, new TestWorldGenBindingEvent());
+		}
+		
+		
 		// ServerWorldLoadEvent
 		//TODO: Check if both of these use the correct timed events. (i.e. is it 'ed' or 'ing' one?)
 		ServerLifecycleEvents.SERVER_STARTING.register((server) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
-				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLoadEvent(isDedicated);
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLoadEvent(this.isDedicatedServer);
 			}
 		});
 		// ServerWorldUnloadEvent
 		ServerLifecycleEvents.SERVER_STOPPED.register((server) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
 				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverUnloadEvent();
 			}
@@ -96,25 +123,25 @@ public class FabricServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		// ServerLevelLoadEvent
 		ServerWorldEvents.LOAD.register((server, level) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
-				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLevelLoadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper(level));
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLevelLoadEvent(this.getServerLevelWrapper(level));
 			}
 		});
 		// ServerLevelUnloadEvent
 		ServerWorldEvents.UNLOAD.register((server, level) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
-				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLevelUnloadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper(level));
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverLevelUnloadEvent(this.getServerLevelWrapper(level));
 			}
 		});
 		
 		// ServerChunkLoadEvent
 		ServerChunkEvents.CHUNK_LOAD.register((server, chunk) ->
 		{
-			ILevelWrapper level = getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) chunk.getLevel());
-			if (isValidTime())
+			ILevelWrapper level = this.getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) chunk.getLevel());
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
 				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverChunkLoadEvent(
 						new ChunkWrapper(chunk, chunk.getLevel(), level),
@@ -125,18 +152,56 @@ public class FabricServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		
 		ServerPlayConnectionEvents.JOIN.register((handler, sender, server) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
-				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverPlayerJoinEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(handler.player));
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverPlayerJoinEvent(this.getServerPlayerWrapper(handler.player));
 			}
 		});
 		ServerPlayConnectionEvents.DISCONNECT.register((handler, server) ->
 		{
-			if (isValidTime())
+			if (this.isValidTime())
 			{
-				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverPlayerDisconnectEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(handler.player));
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverPlayerDisconnectEvent(this.getServerPlayerWrapper(handler.player));
 			}
 		});
+		ServerEntityWorldChangeEvents.AFTER_PLAYER_CHANGE_WORLD.register((player, originLevel, destinationLevel) ->
+		{
+			if (this.isValidTime())
+			{
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverPlayerLevelChangeEvent(
+						this.getServerPlayerWrapper(player),
+						this.getServerLevelWrapper(originLevel),
+						this.getServerLevelWrapper(destinationLevel)
+				);
+			}
+		});
+		
+		if (this.isDedicatedServer)
+		{
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_6
+			PayloadTypeRegistry.playC2S().register(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, new CommonPacketPayload.Codec());
+			PayloadTypeRegistry.playS2C().register(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, new CommonPacketPayload.Codec());
+			ServerPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) ->
+			{
+				if (payload.message() == null)
+				{
+					return;
+				}
+				ServerApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(context.player()), payload.message());
+			});
+			#else
+			ServerPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE, (server, serverPlayer, handler, buffer, packetSender) ->
+			{
+				// Forge packet ID
+				buffer.readByte();
+				AbstractNetworkMessage message = AbstractPluginPacketSender.decodeMessage(buffer);
+				if (message != null)
+				{
+					ServerApi.INSTANCE.pluginMessageReceived(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(serverPlayer), message);
+				}
+			});
+			#endif
+		}
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -21,33 +21,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
@Mixin(ClientPacketListener.class)
 public class MixinClientPacketListener
 {
-	@Shadow
-	private ClientLevel level;
-	
-	@Unique
-	private ClientLevel previousLevel;
-	
-	
 	@Inject(method = "handleLogin", at = @At("RETURN"))
 	void onHandleLoginEnd(CallbackInfo ci) { ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyConnected(); }
 	
-	@Inject(method = "handleRespawn", at = @At("HEAD"))
-	void onHandleRespawnStart(CallbackInfo ci) { this.previousLevel = this.level; }
-	@Inject(method = "handleRespawn", at = @At("RETURN"))
-	void onHandleRespawnEnd(CallbackInfo ci) 
-	{
-		// If the player changes dimensions the "this.level" will be changed halfway through the respawn method.
-		// By checking if the object references are the same, we can see if the previous level should be unloaded
-		// or if the player just respawned in the same level. 
-		if (this.previousLevel != this.level)
-		{
-			ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelUnloadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.previousLevel));
-			ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level));
-		}
-		
-		this.previousLevel = null;
-	}
-	
 	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 	@Inject(method = "cleanup", at = @At("HEAD"))
 	#else
@@ -55,10 +31,6 @@ public class MixinClientPacketListener
 	#endif
 	void onCleanupStart(CallbackInfo ci)
 	{
-		if (this.level != null)
-		{
-			ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelUnloadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level));
-		}
 		ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyDisconnected();
 	}
 	
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class MixinLevelRenderer
 		    ClientApi.INSTANCE.renderDeferredLods(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level),
 				    mcModelViewMatrix,
 				    mcProjectionMatrix,
-					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+					#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 					Minecraft.getInstance().getFrameTime()
 					#else
 				    Minecraft.getInstance().getTimer().getRealtimeDeltaTicks()
@@ -131,22 +131,4 @@ public class MixinLevelRenderer
 		}
    }
 	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_6
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runLightUpdates()I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	private void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#else
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runLightUpdates()I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	private void callAfterRunUpdates(CallbackInfo ci) 
-	#endif
-	{
-		ChunkWrapper.syncedUpdateClientLightStatus();
-	}
-	
-	
 }
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.client;

 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.config.EDhApiUpdateBranch;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.updater.UpdateModScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.jar.installer.GitlabGetter;
@@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.Screen;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.TitleScreen;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
@@ -25,8 +29,14 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 * @author coolGi
 */
@Mixin(Minecraft.class)
-public class MixinMinecraft
+public abstract class MixinMinecraft
 {
+	@Shadow
+	public abstract boolean isLocalServer();
+	
+	@Unique
+	private ClientLevel lastLevel;
+	
 	/** 
 	 * Can be enabled for testing the auto updater UI. <br/>
 	 * will always show the auto updater if set to true. 
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					versionId = GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.getFirst().get("sha");
+					versionId = GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha");
 				}
 				
 				Minecraft.getInstance().setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
@@ -113,6 +123,22 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 	}
 	#endif
 	
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "updateLevelInEngines")
+	public void updateLevelInEngines(ClientLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		if (this.lastLevel != null && level != this.lastLevel)
+		{
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelUnloadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.lastLevel));
+		}
+		
+		if (level != null)
+		{
+			ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level, true));
+		}
+		
+		this.lastLevel = level;
+	}
+	
 	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "close()V")
 	public void close(CallbackInfo ci) { SelfUpdater.onClose(); }
 	
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.OptionsScreen;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.options.OptionsScreen;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class MixinOptionsScreen extends Screen
 	/** Texture used for the config opening button */
 	@Unique
 	private static final ResourceLocation ICON_TEXTURE =
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 		new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/button.png");
 		#else
 		ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/button.png");
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ public class MixinOptionsScreen extends Screen
 			
 			// add the button to the correct location in the UI
 			// TODO is there a better way to do this instead of using access transformers to inject into the exact UI elements?
-			LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) this.layout.headerFrame.children.getFirst().child;
+			LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) this.layout.headerFrame.children.get(0).child;
 			
 			// determine how wide the other option buttons are so we can put our botton to the left of them all
 			AtomicInteger width = new AtomicInteger(0);
-			layout.visitChildren(x -> width.addAndGet(x.getWidth()));
+			layout.visitChildren(x -> { width.addAndGet(x.getWidth()); });
 			width.addAndGet(-10); // padding between the DH button and the FOV slider
 			
-			layout.wrapped.addChild(this.getOptionsButton(), 1, 2, (settings) -> settings.paddingLeft(width.get() * -1));
+			layout.wrapped.addChild(this.getOptionsButton(), 1, 2, (settings) -> { settings.paddingLeft(width.get() * -1); });
 			layout.arrangeElements();
 			
 		    #endif
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.server;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.MixinChunkMapCommon;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
@@ -32,62 +30,6 @@ public class MixinChunkMap
 	// don't need the chunk(s) before MC has finished saving them
 	@Inject(method = "save", at = @At(value = "RETURN", target = CHUNK_SERIALIZER_WRITE))
 	private void onChunkSave(ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
-	{
-		// true means a chunk was saved to disk
-		if (ci.getReturnValue())
-		{
-			// TODO is this validation necessary since we are checking above if 
-			//  the callback return value should state if the chunk was actually saved or not?
-			//  Do we trust it to always be correct?
-			
-			//=====================================//
-			// corrupt/incomplete chunk validation //
-			//=====================================//
-			
-			// MC has a tendency to try saving incomplete or corrupted chunks (which show up as empty or black chunks)
-			// this logic should prevent that from happening
-			#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-			if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.getUpgradeData() != null || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-			#else
-			if (chunk.isUnsaved() || chunk.isUpgrading() || !chunk.isLightCorrect())
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-			#endif
-			
-			
-			//==================//
-			// biome validation //
-			//==================//
-			
-			// some chunks may be missing their biomes, which cause issues when attempting to save them
-			#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5 || MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-			if (chunk.getBiomes() == null)
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-			#else
-			try
-			{
-				// this will throw an exception if the biomes aren't set up
-				chunk.getNoiseBiome(0,0,0);
-			}
-			catch (Exception e)
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-			#endif
-			
-			
-			
-			ServerApi.INSTANCE.serverChunkSaveEvent(
-					new ChunkWrapper(chunk, this.level, ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level)),
-					ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level)
-			);
-		}
-	}
+	{ MixinChunkMapCommon.onChunkSave(this.level, chunk, ci); }
 	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+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(Entity.class)
+public class MixinEntity
+{
+	@Inject(at = @At("TAIL"), method = "setLevel")
+	public void setLevel(Level level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		if (this instanceof IMixinServerPlayer)
+		{
+			((IMixinServerPlayer) this).distantHorizons$setDimensionChangeDestination((ServerLevel) level);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+
+#else
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.server;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+
+@Mixin(Entity.class)
+public class MixinEntity
+{
+}
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+import net.minecraft.world.level.portal.DimensionTransition;
+#endif
+
+
+@Mixin(ServerPlayer.class)
+public class MixinServerPlayer implements IMixinServerPlayer
+{
+	@Unique
+	@Nullable
+	private ServerLevel dimensionChangeDestination;
+	
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public ServerLevel distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination()
+	{ return this.dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	
+	#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+	@Override
+	public void distantHorizons$setDimensionChangeDestination(ServerLevel dimensionChangeDestination)
+	{ this.dimensionChangeDestination = dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	#endif
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "changeDimension")
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+	public void changeDimension(DimensionTransition dimensionTransition, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.dimensionChangeDestination = dimensionTransition.newLevel(); }
+	#else
+	public void changeDimension(ServerLevel destination, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.dimensionChangeDestination = destination; }
+	#endif
+	
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setServerLevel")
+	public void setServerLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{ this.dimensionChangeDestination = null; }
+	#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setLevel")
+	public void setLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{ this.dimensionChangeDestination = null; }
+	#endif
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.testing;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.worldGenerator.IDhApiWorldGenerator;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiLevelLoadEvent;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects.DhApiEventParam;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class TestWorldGenBindingEvent extends DhApiLevelLoadEvent
+{
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onLevelLoad(DhApiEventParam<DhApiLevelLoadEvent.EventParam> event)
+	{
+		LOGGER.info("DH Level: ["+event.value.levelWrapper.getDimensionType()+"] loaded.");
+		
+		// Note: whenever you use a wrapper method on a new Minecraft version it is recommended that you
+		// call wrapper.getClass() to determine which object the API will return before you try casting it.
+		ServerLevel level = (ServerLevel) event.value.levelWrapper.getWrappedMcObject();
+		
+		// override the core DH world generator for this level
+		IDhApiWorldGenerator exampleWorldGen = new TestWorldGenerator(level);
+		DhApi.worldGenOverrides.registerWorldGeneratorOverride(event.value.levelWrapper, exampleWorldGen);
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.testing;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.DhApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.worldGeneration.EDhApiWorldGeneratorReturnType;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.block.IDhApiBiomeWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.block.IDhApiBlockStateWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.override.worldGenerator.AbstractDhApiChunkWorldGenerator;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.world.IDhApiLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.data.DhApiChunk;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.data.DhApiTerrainDataPoint;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class TestWorldGenerator extends AbstractDhApiChunkWorldGenerator
+{
+	private final ServerLevel level;
+	private final IDhApiLevelWrapper levelWrapper;
+	
+	
+	
+	//=============//
+	// constructor //
+	//=============//
+	
+	public TestWorldGenerator(ServerLevel level)
+	{
+		this.level = level;
+		this.levelWrapper = ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// properties //
+	//============//
+	
+	@Override
+	public EDhApiWorldGeneratorReturnType getReturnType() { return EDhApiWorldGeneratorReturnType.API_CHUNKS; }
+	
+	@Override 
+	public boolean runApiChunkValidation() { return true; }
+	
+	
+	
+	//==================//
+	// chunk generation //
+	//==================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object[] generateChunk(int chunkX, int chunkZ, EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode eDhApiDistantGeneratorMode)
+	{
+		ChunkAccess chunk = this.level.getChunk(chunkX, chunkZ);
+		return new Object[] { chunk, this.level };
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public DhApiChunk generateApiChunk(int chunkPosX, int chunkPosZ, EDhApiDistantGeneratorMode generatorMode)
+	{
+		// this test is only validated for 1.18.2 and up 
+		// (and it is only needed when testing world gen overrides/API chunks, so it isn't normally needed)
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+		ChunkAccess chunk = this.level.getChunk(chunkPosX, chunkPosZ);
+		
+		
+		int minBuildHeight = this.level.getMinBuildHeight();
+		int maxBuildHeight = this.level.getMaxBuildHeight();
+		
+		DhApiChunk apiChunk = DhApiChunk.create(chunkPosX, chunkPosZ, minBuildHeight, maxBuildHeight);
+		for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+		{
+			for (int z = 0; z < 16; z++)
+			{
+				ArrayList<DhApiTerrainDataPoint> dataPoints = new ArrayList<>();
+				
+				IDhApiBlockStateWrapper block = null;
+				IDhApiBiomeWrapper biome = null;
+				
+				for (int y = minBuildHeight; y < maxBuildHeight; y++)
+				{
+					block = DhApi.Delayed.wrapperFactory.getBlockStateWrapper(new Object[]{chunk.getBlockState(new BlockPos(x, y, z))}, this.levelWrapper);
+					biome = DhApi.Delayed.wrapperFactory.getBiomeWrapper(new Object[]{chunk.getNoiseBiome(x, y, z)}, this.levelWrapper);
+					dataPoints.add(DhApiTerrainDataPoint.create((byte) 0, 0, 15, y, y + 1, block, biome));
+				}
+				
+				apiChunk.setDataPoints(x, z, dataPoints);
+			}
+		}
+		return apiChunk;
+		#else
+		return null;
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void preGeneratorTaskStart() { /* do nothing */ }
+	
+	
+	
+	//=========//
+	// cleanup //
+	//=========//
+	
+	@Override
+	public void close() { /* do nothing */ }
+	
+}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ModMenuIntegration implements ModMenuApi
 	@Override
 	public ConfigScreenFactory<?> getModConfigScreenFactory()
 	{
-		return GetConfigScreen::getScreen;
+		return parent -> GetConfigScreen.getScreen(parent);
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IBCLibAcces
 #elif MC_VER == MC_1_18_2
 import ru.bclib.config.ClientConfig;
 import ru.bclib.config.Configs;
-#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21
+#elif MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 import org.betterx.bclib.config.ClientConfig;
 import org.betterx.bclib.config.Configs;
 #endif
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ModChecker implements IModChecker
 	@Override
 	public File modLocation(String modid)
 	{
-		return new File(FabricLoader.getInstance().getModContainer(modid).get().getOrigin().getPaths().getFirst().toUri());
+		return new File(FabricLoader.getInstance().getModContainer(modid).get().getOrigin().getPaths().get(0).toUri());
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -19,20 +19,18 @@

 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.fabric.wrappers.modAccessor;

-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;

-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.pos.DhChunkPos;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.util.math.Mat4f;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.IWrapperFactory;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftRenderWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.ISodiumAccessor;


-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
 import me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.render.SodiumWorldRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+#endif
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.Packet;
@@ -40,101 +38,100 @@ import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
-#else
-import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelHeightAccessor;
+#else 
 #endif

 public class SodiumAccessor implements ISodiumAccessor
 {
-	private final IWrapperFactory factory = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IWrapperFactory.class);
-	private final IMinecraftRenderWrapper MC_RENDER = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftRenderWrapper.class);
-
-	public IClientLevelWrapper levelWrapper;
-	public Mat4f mcModelViewMatrix;
-	public Mat4f mcProjectionMatrix;
-	public float partialTicks;
-
-	@Override
-	public String getModName()
-	{
-		return "Sodium-Fabric";
-	}
-
-	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
-	@Override
-	public HashSet<DhChunkPos> getNormalRenderedChunks()
-	{
-		SodiumWorldRenderer renderer = SodiumWorldRenderer.instance();
-		LevelHeightAccessor height = Minecraft.getInstance().level;
-
-		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
-		// TODO: This is just a tmp solution, use a proper solution later
-		return MC_RENDER.getMaximumRenderedChunks().stream().filter((DhChunkPos chunk) -> (renderer.isBoxVisible(
-				chunk.getMinBlockX() + 1, height.getMinBuildHeight() + 1, chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 1,
-				chunk.getMinBlockX() + 15, height.getMaxBuildHeight() - 1, chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 15))).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
-		#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
-		// 0b11 = Lighted chunk & loaded chunk
-		return renderer.getChunkTracker().getChunks(0b00).filter(
-				(long l) -> {
-					return true;
-				}).mapToObj(DhChunkPos::new).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
-		#else
-		// TODO: Maybe use a mixin to make this more efficient, and maybe ignore changes behind the camera
-		return MC_RENDER.getMaximumRenderedChunks().stream().filter((DhChunkPos chunk) -> {
-			return (renderer.isBoxVisible(
-					chunk.getMinBlockX() + 1, height.getMinBuildHeight() + 1, chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 1,
-					chunk.getMinBlockX() + 15, height.getMaxBuildHeight() - 1, chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 15));
-		}).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
-		#endif
-	}
-	#else
-	@Override
-	public HashSet<DhChunkPos> getNormalRenderedChunks() {
-		SodiumWorldRenderer renderer = SodiumWorldRenderer.getInstance();
-		LevelAccessor height = Minecraft.getInstance().level;
-		// TODO: Maybe use a mixin to make this more efficient
-		return MC_RENDER.getMaximumRenderedChunks().stream().filter((DhChunkPos chunk) -> {
-			FakeChunkEntity AABB = new FakeChunkEntity(chunk.x, chunk.z, height.getMaxBuildHeight());
-			return (renderer.isEntityVisible(AABB));
-		}).collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
-	}
-
-	private static class FakeChunkEntity extends Entity {
-		public int cx;
-		public int cz;
-		public int my;
-		public FakeChunkEntity(int chunkX, int chunkZ, int maxHeight) {
-			super(EntityType.AREA_EFFECT_CLOUD, null);
-			cx = chunkX;
-			cz = chunkZ;
-			my = maxHeight;
-		}
-		@Override
-		public AABB getBoundingBoxForCulling() {
-			return new AABB(cx*16+1, 1, cz*16+1,
-					cx*16+15, my-1, cz*16+15);
-		}
-		@Override
-		protected void defineSynchedData() {}
-		@Override
-		protected void readAdditionalSaveData(CompoundTag paramCompoundTag) {}
-		@Override
-		protected void addAdditionalSaveData(CompoundTag paramCompoundTag) {}
-		@Override
-		public Packet<?> getAddEntityPacket() {
-			throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This is a FAKE CHUNK ENTITY... For tricking the Sodium to check a AABB.");
-		}
-	}
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+	private static MethodHandle setFogOcclusionMethod;
+	private static Object sodiumPerformanceOptions;
 	#endif
-
-	/** A temporary overwrite for a config in sodium 0.5 to fix their terrain from showing, will be removed once a proper fix is added */
-	// FIXME
+	
+	
+	
+	//======================//
+	// mod accessor methods //
+	//======================//
+	
 	@Override
-	public void setFogOcclusion(boolean b)
+	public String getModName() { return "Sodium-Fabric"; }
+	
+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// sodium methods //
+	//================//
+	
+	/** An overwrite for a config in sodium 0.5 to fix their terrain from showing */
+	@Override
+	public void setFogOcclusion(boolean occlusionEnabled)
 	{
 		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
-		me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.SodiumClientMod.options().performance.useFogOcclusion = b;
+		try
+		{
+			if (sodiumPerformanceOptions == null)
+			{
+				boolean sodiumV6 = classPresent("net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.render.SodiumWorldRenderer");
+				if (!sodiumV6)
+				{
+					// sodium 0.5
+					
+					Class<?> optionsClass = Class.forName("me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.gui.SodiumGameOptions");
+					Object basicOptions = MethodHandles.lookup().findStatic(
+							Class.forName("me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.SodiumClientMod"), 
+							"options", MethodType.methodType(optionsClass)).invoke();
+					sodiumPerformanceOptions = optionsClass.getDeclaredField("performance").get(basicOptions);
+					setFogOcclusionMethod = MethodHandles.lookup()
+							.findSetter(Class.forName(
+									"me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.gui.SodiumGameOptions$PerformanceSettings"), 
+									"useFogOcclusion", boolean.class);
+					
+					// alternate option if referencing Sodium 0.5 directly
+					//me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.SodiumClientMod.options().performance.useFogOcclusion = b;
+				} 
+				else
+				{
+					// sodium 0.6
+					
+					Class<?> optionsClass = Class.forName("net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.gui.SodiumGameOptions");
+					Object basicOptions = MethodHandles.lookup().findStatic(
+							Class.forName("net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.SodiumClientMod"),
+							"options", MethodType.methodType(optionsClass)).invoke();
+					sodiumPerformanceOptions = optionsClass.getDeclaredField("performance").get(basicOptions);
+					setFogOcclusionMethod = MethodHandles.lookup()
+							.findSetter(Class.forName(
+									"net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.gui.SodiumGameOptions$PerformanceSettings"), 
+									"useFogOcclusion", boolean.class);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			setFogOcclusionMethod.invoke(sodiumPerformanceOptions, occlusionEnabled);
+		}
+		catch (Throwable e)
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
 		#endif
 	}

+	
+	
+	//================//
+	// helper methods //
+	//================//
+	
+	private static boolean classPresent(String className)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			Class.forName(className);
+			return true;
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
    "mixins": [
        "server.MixinChunkGenerator",
        "server.MixinChunkMap",
-        "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread"
+      "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread",
+        "server.MixinServerPlayer",
+        "server.MixinEntity"
    ],
    "client": [
        "client.MixinClientLevel",
@@ -37,22 +37,24 @@ loom {
        client {
            client()
            setConfigName("Forge Client")
-            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
-//            vmArgs("-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow", minecraftMemoryJavaArg)
+            ideConfigGenerated(false) // When true a run configuration file will be generated for IDE's. By default only set to true for the root project.
+            runDir("../run/client")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced") // https://netty.io/wiki/reference-counted-objects.html#leak-detection-levels
+            programArgs("--username", "Dev")
        }
        server {
            server()
            setConfigName("Forge Server")
-            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
+            ideConfigGenerated(false)
+            runDir("../run/server")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced")
        }
    }
 }

 remapJar {
-    inputFile = shadeDowngradedApi.archiveFile
-    dependsOn shadeDowngradedApi
+    inputFile = shadowJar.archiveFile
+    dependsOn shadowJar
 }

 def addMod(path, enabled) {
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
-//import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;

 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerInteractEvent;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;

 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
-//import net.minecraftforge.network.NetworkRegistry;
-//import net.minecraftforge.network.simple.SimpleChannel;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;

@@ -79,8 +75,6 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 {
 	private static final IMinecraftClientWrapper MC = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IMinecraftClientWrapper.class);
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
-
-//	private static SimpleChannel multiversePluginChannel;
 	
 	
 	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	public void registerEvents()
 	{
 		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
-		this.setupNetworkingListeners();
+		ForgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(ClientApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		}
 		
 		ClientLevel clientLevel = (ClientLevel) level;
-		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel);
+		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel, true);
 		// TODO this causes a crash due to level being set to null somewhere
 		ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(clientLevelWrapper);
 	}
@@ -176,53 +170,59 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void rightClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickBlock event)
 	{
-		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		//LOGGER.trace("interact or block place event at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
-		LevelAccessor level = event.getWorld();
-		#else
-		LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-		#endif
-		
-		ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
-		if (executor != null)
-		{
-			executor.execute(() ->
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
 			{
-				ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
-				this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
-			});
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			//LOGGER.trace("interact or block place event at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
+			
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+			LevelAccessor level = event.getWorld();
+			#else
+			LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
+			#endif
+			
+			ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void leftClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.LeftClickBlock event)
 	{
-		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		//LOGGER.trace("break or block attack at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
-		
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
-		LevelAccessor level = event.getWorld();
-		#else
-		LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-		#endif
-		
-		ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
-		if (executor != null)
-		{
-			executor.execute(() ->
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
 			{
-				ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
-				this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
-			});
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			//LOGGER.trace("break or block attack at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
+			
+			#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
+			LevelAccessor level = event.getWorld();
+			#else
+			LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
+			#endif
+			
+			ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	private void onBlockChangeEvent(LevelAccessor level, ChunkAccess chunk)
@@ -230,21 +230,16 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(level);
 		SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkBlockChangedEvent(new ChunkWrapper(chunk, level, wrappedLevel), wrappedLevel);
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void clientChunkLoadEvent(ChunkEvent.Load event)
 	{
-		ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), wrappedLevel);
-		SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(chunk, wrappedLevel);
-	}
-	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void clientChunkUnloadEvent(ChunkEvent.Unload event)
-	{
-		ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), wrappedLevel);
-		SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkUnloadEvent(chunk, wrappedLevel);
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
+		{
+			ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
+			IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), wrappedLevel);
+			SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(chunk, wrappedLevel);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -269,66 +264,6 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	}
 	
 	
-	
-	//============//
-	// networking //
-	//============//
-	
-	public void setupNetworkingListeners()
-	{
-//		multiversePluginChannel = NetworkRegistry.newSimpleChannel(
-//				new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.NETWORKING_RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_NAMESPACE),
-//				// network protocol version
-//				() -> ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_VERSION +"",
-//				// client accepted versions
-//				ForgeClientProxy::isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable,
-//				// server accepted versions
-//				ForgeClientProxy::isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable
-//		);
-//		
-//		multiversePluginChannel.registerMessage(0/*should be incremented for each simple channel we listen to*/, ByteBuf.class,
-//				// encoder
-//				(pack, friendlyByteBuf) -> { },
-//				// decoder
-//				(friendlyByteBuf) -> friendlyByteBuf.asByteBuf(),
-//				// message consumer
-//				(nettyByteBuf, contextRef) ->
-//				{
-//					ClientApi.INSTANCE.serverMessageReceived(nettyByteBuf);
-//					contextRef.get().setPacketHandled(true);
-//				}
-//		);
-	}
-	
-	public static boolean isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable(String versionString)
-	{
-		if (versionString.toLowerCase().contains("allowvanilla"))
-		{
-			// allow using networking on vanilla servers
-			return true;
-		}
-		else if (versionString.toLowerCase().contains("absent"))
-		{
-			// allow using networking even if DH isn't installed on the server
-			return true;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// DH is installed on the server, check if the version is valid to use
-			try
-			{
-				int version = Integer.parseInt(versionString);
-				return ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_VERSION == version;
-			}
-			catch (NumberFormatException ignored)
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
 	//===========//
 	// rendering //
 	//===========//
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GetConfigScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.config.Config;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.dependencyInjection.SingletonInjector;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GetConfigScreen;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
@@ -34,15 +38,16 @@ import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.RegisterCommandsEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.EventPriority;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoadingContext;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.lifecycle.*;
 #if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.server.FMLServerStartingEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.server.FMLServerAboutToStartEvent;
 #elif MC_VER == MC_1_17_1
-import net.minecraftforge.fmlserverevents.FMLServerStartingEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.fmlserverevents.FMLServerAboutToStartEvent;
 #else
-import net.minecraftforge.event.server.ServerStartingEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.server.ServerAboutToStartEvent;
 #endif
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLJavaModLoadingContext;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_17_1
@@ -81,7 +86,11 @@ public class ForgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	protected void createInitialBindings() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE); }
+	protected void createInitialBindings()
+	{
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IPluginPacketSender.class, new ForgePluginPacketSender());
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected IEventProxy createClientProxy() { return new ForgeClientProxy(); }
@@ -104,6 +113,20 @@ public class ForgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 		ModLoadingContext.get().registerExtensionPoint(ConfigScreenHandler.ConfigScreenFactory.class,
 				() -> new ConfigScreenHandler.ConfigScreenFactory((client, parent) -> GetConfigScreen.getScreen(parent)));
 		#endif
+		
+		
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Logging.showModCompatibilityWarningsOnStartup.get())
+		{
+			IModChecker modChecker = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
+			if (modChecker.isModLoaded("alexscaves"))
+			{
+				String message =
+						// orange text
+						"\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Alex's Cave detected." + "\u00A7r\n" +
+						"You may have to change Alex's config for DH to render. ";
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -121,7 +144,7 @@ public class ForgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 	@Override
 	protected void subscribeServerStartingEvent(Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandler)
 	{
-		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 ServerStartingEvent #else FMLServerStartingEvent #endif e) ->
+		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.HIGH, (#if MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2 ServerAboutToStartEvent #else FMLServerAboutToStartEvent #endif e) ->
 		{
 			eventHandler.accept(e.getServer());
 		});
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
+import net.minecraftforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.ChannelBuilder;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.SimpleChannel;
+#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_18_2
+import net.minecraftforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.NetworkRegistry;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.simple.SimpleChannel;
+#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+import net.minecraftforge.fmllegacy.network.NetworkRegistry;
+import net.minecraftforge.fmllegacy.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.minecraftforge.fmllegacy.network.simple.SimpleChannel;
+#else // < 1.17.1
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.network.NetworkRegistry;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.network.simple.SimpleChannel;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.network.PacketDistributor;
+#endif
+
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class ForgePluginPacketSender extends AbstractPluginPacketSender
+{
+	public static final SimpleChannel PLUGIN_CHANNEL =
+			#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
+			ChannelBuilder.named(AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE)
+					.networkProtocolVersion(1)
+					.serverAcceptedVersions((status, version) -> true)
+					.clientAcceptedVersions((status, version) -> true)
+					.simpleChannel();
+			#else // < 1.20.2
+			NetworkRegistry.newSimpleChannel(
+					AbstractPluginPacketSender.WRAPPER_PACKET_RESOURCE,
+					() -> "1",
+					ignored -> true,
+					ignored -> true
+			);
+			#endif
+	
+	public static void setPacketHandler(Consumer<AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{
+		setPacketHandler((player, message) -> consumer.accept(message));
+	}
+	public static void setPacketHandler(BiConsumer<IServerPlayerWrapper, AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.messageBuilder(MessageWrapper.class, 0)
+				.encoder((wrapper, out) -> AbstractPluginPacketSender.encodeMessage(out, wrapper.message))
+				.decoder(in -> new MessageWrapper(AbstractPluginPacketSender.decodeMessage(in)))
+				.consumerNetworkThread((wrapper, context) ->
+				{
+					if (wrapper.message != null)
+					{
+						if (context.getSender() != null)
+						{
+							consumer.accept(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(context.getSender()), wrapper.message);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							consumer.accept(null, wrapper.message);
+						}
+					}
+					context.setPacketHandled(true);
+				})
+				.add();
+		#else // < 1.20.2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.registerMessage(0, MessageWrapper.class,
+				(wrapper, out) -> AbstractPluginPacketSender.encodeMessage(out, wrapper.message),
+				in -> new MessageWrapper(AbstractPluginPacketSender.decodeMessage(in)),
+				(wrapper, context) ->
+				{
+					if (wrapper.message != null)
+					{
+						if (context.get().getSender() != null)
+						{
+							consumer.accept(ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(context.get().getSender()), wrapper.message);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							consumer.accept(null, wrapper.message);
+						}
+					}
+					context.get().setPacketHandled(true);
+				}
+		);
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.send(new MessageWrapper(message), PacketDistributor.SERVER.noArg());
+		#else // < 1.20.2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.send(PacketDistributor.SERVER.noArg(), new MessageWrapper(message));
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{
+		#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.send(new MessageWrapper(message), PacketDistributor.PLAYER.with(serverPlayer));
+		#else // < 1.20.2
+		PLUGIN_CHANNEL.send(PacketDistributor.PLAYER.with(() -> serverPlayer), new MessageWrapper(message));
+		#endif
+	}
+	
+	// Forge doesn't support using abstract classes
+	@SuppressWarnings({"ClassCanBeRecord", "RedundantSuppression"})
+	public static class MessageWrapper
+	{
+		public final AbstractNetworkMessage message;
+		
+		public MessageWrapper(AbstractNetworkMessage message) { this.message = message; }
+		
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -3,16 +3,20 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util.ProxyUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.BatchGenerationEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.TickEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
 #if MC_VER < MC_1_19_2
 import net.minecraftforge.event.world.ChunkEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.world.WorldEvent;
@@ -22,6 +26,13 @@ import net.minecraftforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
 #endif
 import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.SubscribeEvent;

+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_4
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+#else // < 1.19.4
+import net.minecraft.core.Registry;
+import net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess;
+#endif
+
 #if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.server.FMLServerAboutToStartEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.server.FMLServerStoppingEvent;
@@ -47,7 +58,6 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
    #endif
 	
 	private final ServerApi serverApi = ServerApi.INSTANCE;
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
 	private final boolean isDedicated;
 	public static Supplier<Boolean> isGenerationThreadChecker = null;
 	
@@ -57,6 +67,10 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	public void registerEvents()
 	{
 		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
+		if (this.isDedicated)
+		{
+			ForgePluginPacketSender.setPacketHandler(ServerApi.INSTANCE::pluginMessageReceived);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -111,7 +125,7 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	{
 		if (GetEventLevel(event) instanceof ServerLevel)
 		{
-			this.serverApi.serverLevelLoadEvent(this.getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) GetEventLevel(event)));
+			this.serverApi.serverLevelLoadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) GetEventLevel(event)));
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -125,7 +139,7 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	{
 		if (GetEventLevel(event) instanceof ServerLevel)
 		{
-			this.serverApi.serverLevelUnloadEvent(this.getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) GetEventLevel(event)));
+			this.serverApi.serverLevelUnloadEvent(getServerLevelWrapper((ServerLevel) GetEventLevel(event)));
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -137,13 +151,21 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), levelWrapper);
 		this.serverApi.serverChunkLoadEvent(chunk, levelWrapper);
 	}
+	
 	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void serverChunkSaveEvent(ChunkEvent.Unload event)
+	public void playerLoggedInEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event)
+	{ this.serverApi.serverPlayerJoinEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerLoggedOutEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedOutEvent event)
+	{ this.serverApi.serverPlayerDisconnectEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerChangedDimensionEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerChangedDimensionEvent event)
 	{
-		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), levelWrapper);
-		this.serverApi.serverChunkSaveEvent(chunk, levelWrapper);
+		this.serverApi.serverPlayerLevelChangeEvent(
+				getServerPlayerWrapper(event),
+				getServerLevelWrapper(event.getFrom(), event),
+				getServerLevelWrapper(event.getTo(), event)
+		);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -155,4 +177,20 @@ public class ForgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(ServerLevel level) { return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level); }
 	
 	
+	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(ResourceKey<Level> resourceKey, PlayerEvent event)
+	{
+		//noinspection DataFlowIssue (possible NPE after getServer())
+		return getServerLevelWrapper(event.getEntity().getServer().getLevel(resourceKey));
+	}
+	
+	private static ServerPlayerWrapper getServerPlayerWrapper(PlayerEvent event) {
+		return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper(
+				#if MC_VER >= MC_1_19_2
+				(ServerPlayer) event.getEntity()
+				#else
+				(ServerPlayer) event.getPlayer()
+				#endif
+		);
+	}
+	
 }
@@ -158,18 +158,4 @@ public class MixinLevelRenderer
 		}
 	}
 	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#else
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runLightUpdates()I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	private void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci) 
-	#endif
-	{
-		ChunkWrapper.syncedUpdateClientLightStatus();
-	}
-	
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.MixinChunkMapCommon;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+@Mixin(ChunkMap.class)
+public class MixinChunkMap
+{
+	
+	@Unique
+	private static final String CHUNK_SERIALIZER_WRITE
+			= "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ChunkSerializer;write(" +
+			"Lnet/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel;Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkAccess;)" +
+			"Lnet/minecraft/nbt/CompoundTag;";
+	
+	@Shadow
+	@Final
+	ServerLevel level;
+	
+	// firing at INVOKE causes issues with C2ME and is probably unnecessary since we
+	// don't need the chunk(s) before MC has finished saving them
+	@Inject(method = "save", at = @At(value = "RETURN", target = CHUNK_SERIALIZER_WRITE))
+	private void onChunkSave(ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
+	{ MixinChunkMapCommon.onChunkSave(this.level, chunk, ci); }
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+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(Entity.class)
+public class MixinEntity
+{
+	@Inject(at = @At("TAIL"), method = "setLevel")
+	public void setLevel(Level level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		if (this instanceof IMixinServerPlayer)
+		{
+			((IMixinServerPlayer) this).distantHorizons$setDimensionChangeDestination((ServerLevel) level);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+
+#else
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge.mixins.server;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+
+@Mixin(Entity.class)
+public class MixinEntity
+{
+}
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.forge.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ITeleporter;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+
+@Mixin(ServerPlayer.class)
+public class MixinServerPlayer implements IMixinServerPlayer
+{
+	@Unique
+	@Nullable
+	private volatile ServerLevel distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination;
+	
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public ServerLevel distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination()
+	{ return this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	
+	#if MC_VER == MC_1_16_5
+	@Override
+	public void distantHorizons$setDimensionChangeDestination(ServerLevel dimensionChangeDestination)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	#endif
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "changeDimension", remap = false)
+	public void changeDimension(ServerLevel destination, ITeleporter teleporter, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = destination; }
+	
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setServerLevel")
+	public void setServerLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = null; }
+	#elif MC_VER >= MC_1_17_1
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setLevel")
+	public void setLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = null; }
+	#endif
+	
+}
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
    "mixins": [
        "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread",
        "server.MixinChunkGenerator",
-        "server.MixinTFChunkGenerator"
+        "server.MixinTFChunkGenerator",
+      "server.MixinChunkMap",
+        "server.MixinServerPlayer",
+        "server.MixinEntity"
    ],
    "client": [
        "client.MixinClientPacketListener",
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ org.gradle.caching=true

 # Mod Info
 mod_name=DistantHorizons
-mod_version=2.1.3-a-dev
-api_version=3.0.0
+mod_version=2.3.0-a-dev
+api_version=4.0.0
 maven_group=com.seibel.distanthorizons
 mod_readable_name=Distant Horizons
 mod_description=This mod generates and renders simplified terrain beyond the normal view distance at a low performance cost. Allowing you to see much farther without turning your game into a slideshow.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ fastutil_version=8.2.1

 # Minecraft related libraries (included in MC's jar)
 log4j_version=2.23.1
-netty_version=4.1.94.Final
 lwjgl_version=3.3.1
 joml_version=1.10.2

@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ 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
+mcVer=1.21.1

 # 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-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
@@ -23,32 +23,28 @@ loom {
    mixin {
        // Mixins are defined in the `mods.toml`
    }
-
+    
    // "runs" isn't required, but when we do need it then it can be useful
    runs {
        client {
            client()
            setConfigName("NeoForge Client")
-            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
-//            vmArgs("-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow", minecraftMemoryJavaArg)
+            ideConfigGenerated(false) // When true a run configuration file will be generated for IDE's. By default only set to true for the root project.
+            runDir("../run/client")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced") // https://netty.io/wiki/reference-counted-objects.html#leak-detection-levels
+            programArgs("--username", "Dev")
        }
        server {
            server()
            setConfigName("NeoForge Server")
-            ideConfigGenerated(true)
-            runDir("../run")
+            ideConfigGenerated(false)
+            runDir("../run/server")
+            vmArgs("-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced")
        }
    }
 }

-remapJar {
-    inputFile = apiDowngrade.archiveFile
-    dependsOn apiDowngrade
-//    classifier null

-    atAccessWideners.add("distanthorizons.accesswidener")
-}

 def addMod(path, enabled) {
    if (enabled == "2")
@@ -56,21 +52,24 @@ def addMod(path, enabled) {
    else if (enabled == "1")
        dependencies { modCompileOnly(path) }
 }
-
 dependencies {
    minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:${rootProject.minecraft_version}"
-    mappings loom.layered() {
+    mappings loom.layered() 
+    {
        // Mojmap mappings
        officialMojangMappings()
        // Parchment mappings (it adds parameter mappings & javadoc)
        parchment("org.parchmentmc.data:parchment-${rootProject.parchment_version}@zip")
    }
-
+    
+    
    // Neoforge
    neoForge "net.neoforged:neoforge:${rootProject.neoforge_version}"
    addMod("curse.maven:TerraFirmaCraft-302973:4616004", rootProject.enable_terrafirmacraft)
 }

+
+
 task deleteResources(type: Delete) {
    delete file("build/resources/main")
 }
@@ -89,6 +88,13 @@ tasks.named('runClient') {
    finalizedBy(deleteResources)
 }

+remapJar {
+    inputFile = shadowJar.archiveFile
+    dependsOn shadowJar
+
+    atAccessWideners.add("distanthorizons.accesswidener")
+}
+
 sourcesJar {
    def commonSources = project(":common").sourcesJar
    dependsOn commonSources
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.minecraft.IMinecraftClientWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.IClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
-import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;

 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.player.PlayerInteractEvent;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;

-//import net.neoforged.network.NetworkRegistry;
-//import net.neoforged.network.simple.SimpleChannel;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;

@@ -63,6 +60,8 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL32;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.TickEvent;
 #else
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.ClientTickEvent;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 #endif


@@ -88,11 +87,7 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	
 	
 	@Override
-	public void registerEvents()
-	{
-		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
-		setupNetworkingListeners();
-	}
+	public void registerEvents() { NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this); }
 	
 	
 	
@@ -129,12 +124,13 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		LOGGER.info("level load");
 		
 		LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-		if (!(level instanceof ClientLevel clientLevel))
+		if (!(level instanceof ClientLevel))
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel);
+		ClientLevel clientLevel = (ClientLevel) level;
+		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel, true);
 		// TODO this causes a crash due to level being set to null somewhere
 		ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(clientLevelWrapper);
 	}
@@ -144,11 +140,12 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		LOGGER.info("level unload");
 		
 		LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-		if (!(level instanceof ClientLevel clientLevel))
+		if (!(level instanceof ClientLevel))
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		ClientLevel clientLevel = (ClientLevel) level;
 		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel);
 		ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelUnloadEvent(clientLevelWrapper);
 	}
@@ -162,49 +159,55 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void rightClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickBlock event)
 	{
-		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// executor to prevent locking up the render/event thread
-		// if the getChunk() takes longer than expected 
-		// (which can be caused by certain mods) 
-		var executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
-		if (executor != null)
-		{
-			executor.execute(() ->
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
 			{
-				//LOGGER.trace("interact or block place event at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
-				
-				LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-				ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
-				this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
-			});
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			// executor to prevent locking up the render/event thread
+			// if the getChunk() takes longer than expected 
+			// (which can be caused by certain mods) 
+			ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					//LOGGER.trace("interact or block place event at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
+					
+					LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
+					ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void leftClickBlockEvent(PlayerInteractEvent.LeftClickBlock event)
 	{
-		if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
+		if (MC.clientConnectedToDedicatedServer())
 		{
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// executor to prevent locking up the render/event thread
-		// if the getChunk() takes longer than expected 
-		// (which can be caused by certain mods) 
-		var executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
-		if (executor != null)
-		{
-			executor.execute(() ->
+			if (SharedApi.isChunkAtBlockPosAlreadyUpdating(event.getPos().getX(), event.getPos().getZ()))
 			{
-				//LOGGER.trace("break or block attack at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
-				
-				LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
-				ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
-				this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
-			});
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			// executor to prevent locking up the render/event thread
+			// if the getChunk() takes longer than expected 
+			// (which can be caused by certain mods) 
+			ThreadPoolExecutor executor = ThreadPoolUtil.getFileHandlerExecutor();
+			if (executor != null)
+			{
+				executor.execute(() ->
+				{
+					//LOGGER.trace("break or block attack at blockPos: " + event.getPos());
+					
+					LevelAccessor level = event.getLevel();
+					ChunkAccess chunk = level.getChunk(event.getPos());
+					this.onBlockChangeEvent(level, chunk);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	private void onBlockChangeEvent(LevelAccessor level, ChunkAccess chunk)
@@ -214,22 +217,6 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	}
 	
 	
-	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void clientChunkLoadEvent(ChunkEvent.Load event)
-	{
-		ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), wrappedLevel);
-		SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkLoadEvent(chunk, wrappedLevel);
-	}
-	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void clientChunkUnloadEvent(ChunkEvent.Unload event)
-	{
-		ILevelWrapper wrappedLevel = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), wrappedLevel);
-		SharedApi.INSTANCE.chunkUnloadEvent(chunk, wrappedLevel);
-	}
-	
-	
 	
 	//==============//
 	// key bindings //
@@ -252,65 +239,6 @@ public class NeoforgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	
 	
 	
-	//============//
-	// networking //
-	//============//
-	
-	public static void setupNetworkingListeners()
-	{
-//		multiversePluginChannel = NetworkRegistry.newSimpleChannel(
-//				new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.NETWORKING_RESOURCE_NAMESPACE, ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_NAMESPACE),
-//				// network protocol version
-//				() -> ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_VERSION +"",
-//				// client accepted versions
-//				ForgeClientProxy::isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable,
-//				// server accepted versions
-//				ForgeClientProxy::isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable
-//		);
-//		
-//		multiversePluginChannel.registerMessage(0/*should be incremented for each simple channel we listen to*/, ByteBuf.class,
-//				// encoder
-//				(pack, friendlyByteBuf) -> { },
-//				// decoder
-//				(friendlyByteBuf) -> friendlyByteBuf.asByteBuf(),
-//				// message consumer
-//				(nettyByteBuf, contextRef) ->
-//				{
-//					ClientApi.INSTANCE.serverMessageReceived(nettyByteBuf);
-//					contextRef.get().setPacketHandled(true);
-//				}
-//		);
-	}
-	
-	public static boolean isReceivedProtocolVersionAcceptable(String versionString)
-	{
-		if (versionString.toLowerCase().contains("allowvanilla"))
-		{
-			// allow using networking on vanilla servers
-			return true;
-		}
-		else if (versionString.toLowerCase().contains("absent"))
-		{
-			// allow using networking even if DH isn't installed on the server
-			return true;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// DH is installed on the server, check if the version is valid to use
-			try
-			{
-				int version = Integer.parseInt(versionString);
-				return ModInfo.MULTIVERSE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_VERSION == version;
-			}
-			catch (NumberFormatException ignored)
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	
 	//===========//
 	// rendering //
 	//===========//
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.gui.GetConfigScreen;
+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.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IPluginPacketSender;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IModChecker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.modAccessor.IOptifineAccessor;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.coreapi.ModInfo;
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.wrappers.modAccessor.ModChecker;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.wrappers.modAccessor.OptifineAccessor;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.EventPriority;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.IEventBus;
 import net.neoforged.fml.ModLoadingContext;
 import net.neoforged.fml.common.Mod;
@@ -38,13 +43,14 @@ import net.neoforged.fml.event.lifecycle.FMLDedicatedServerSetupEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.RegisterCommandsEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStartingEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.event.RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent;

 import java.util.function.Consumer;

 #if MC_VER < MC_1_20_6
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.ConfigScreenHandler;
 #else
-import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.gui.IConfigScreenFactory;	
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.gui.IConfigScreenFactory;
 #endif

 /**
@@ -53,19 +59,42 @@ import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.gui.IConfigScreenFactory;
 * check out the ClientProxy.
 */
@Mod(ModInfo.ID)
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class NeoforgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 {
 	public NeoforgeMain(IEventBus eventBus)
 	{
-		eventBus.addListener((FMLClientSetupEvent e) -> this.onInitializeClient());
-		eventBus.addListener((FMLDedicatedServerSetupEvent e) -> this.onInitializeServer());
+		eventBus.addListener((FMLClientSetupEvent e) -> {
+			this.onInitializeClient();
+			eventBus.addListener(this::registerNetworkingClient);
+		});
+		eventBus.addListener((FMLDedicatedServerSetupEvent e) -> {
+			this.onInitializeServer();
+			eventBus.addListener(this::registerNetworkingServer);
+		});
 	}
 	
+	
+	
+	//============//
+	// networking //
+	//============//
+	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); }
 	
 	@Override
-	protected void createInitialBindings() { SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE); }
+	protected void createInitialBindings()
+	{
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IModChecker.class, ModChecker.INSTANCE);
+		SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.bind(IPluginPacketSender.class, new NeoforgePluginPacketSender());
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected IEventProxy createClientProxy() { return new NeoforgeClientProxy(); }
@@ -83,12 +112,26 @@ public class NeoforgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 				// TODO fix potential null pointer
 				() -> (client, parent) -> GetConfigScreen.getScreen(parent));
 		#endif
+		
+		
+		if (Config.Client.Advanced.Logging.showModCompatibilityWarningsOnStartup.get())
+		{
+			IModChecker modChecker = SingletonInjector.INSTANCE.get(IModChecker.class);
+			if (modChecker.isModLoaded("alexscaves"))
+			{
+				String message =
+						// orange text
+						"\u00A76" + "Distant Horizons: Alex's Cave detected." + "\u00A7r\n" +
+						"You may have to change Alex's config for DH to render. ";
+				ClientApi.INSTANCE.showChatMessageNextFrame(message);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	protected void subscribeRegisterCommandsEvent(Consumer<CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack>> eventHandler)
 	{
-		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((RegisterCommandsEvent e) -> eventHandler.accept(e.getDispatcher()));
+		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((RegisterCommandsEvent e) ->  { eventHandler.accept(e.getDispatcher()); });
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -100,7 +143,7 @@ public class NeoforgeMain extends AbstractModInitializer
 	@Override
 	protected void subscribeServerStartingEvent(Consumer<MinecraftServer> eventHandler)
 	{
-		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((ServerStartingEvent e) -> eventHandler.accept(e.getServer()));
+		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.HIGH, (ServerStartingEvent e) -> { eventHandler.accept(e.getServer()); });
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.CommonPacketPayload;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractPluginPacketSender;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.network.messages.AbstractNetworkMessage;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.misc.IServerPlayerWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.event.RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.registration.PayloadRegistrar;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class NeoforgePluginPacketSender extends AbstractPluginPacketSender
+{
+	private static BiConsumer<IServerPlayerWrapper, AbstractNetworkMessage> packetConsumer;
+	
+	public static void setPacketHandler(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event, Consumer<AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{ setPacketHandler(event, (player, buffer) -> consumer.accept(buffer)); }
+	public static void setPacketHandler(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event, BiConsumer<IServerPlayerWrapper, AbstractNetworkMessage> consumer)
+	{
+		packetConsumer = consumer;
+		
+		PayloadRegistrar registrar = event.registrar("1").optional();
+		registrar.playBidirectional(CommonPacketPayload.TYPE, new CommonPacketPayload.Codec(), (payload, context) ->
+		{
+			ServerPlayerWrapper serverPlayer = Optional.of(context.player())
+					.map(player -> player instanceof ServerPlayer ? (ServerPlayer) player : null)
+					.map(ServerPlayerWrapper::getWrapper)
+					.orElse(null);
+			
+			if (payload.message() != null)
+			{
+				packetConsumer.accept(serverPlayer, payload.message());
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToServer(AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{ PacketDistributor.sendToServer(new CommonPacketPayload(message)); }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void sendToClient(ServerPlayer serverPlayer, AbstractNetworkMessage message)
+	{ PacketDistributor.sendToPlayer(serverPlayer, new CommonPacketPayload(message)); }
+	
+}
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.AbstractModInitializer;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.util.ProxyUtil;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.chunk.ChunkWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.ServerPlayerWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ServerLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.worldGeneration.BatchGenerationEnvironment;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ServerApi;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.chunk.IChunkWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.wrapperInterfaces.world.ILevelWrapper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelAccessor;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.ChunkEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
@@ -122,13 +127,20 @@ public class NeoforgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), levelWrapper);
 		this.serverApi.serverChunkLoadEvent(chunk, levelWrapper);
 	}
+	
 	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void serverChunkSaveEvent(ChunkEvent.Unload event)
+	public void playerLoggedInEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event) { this.serverApi.serverPlayerJoinEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerLoggedOutEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedOutEvent event)
+	{ this.serverApi.serverPlayerDisconnectEvent(getServerPlayerWrapper(event)); }
+	@SubscribeEvent
+	public void playerChangedDimensionEvent(PlayerEvent.PlayerChangedDimensionEvent event)
 	{
-		ILevelWrapper levelWrapper = ProxyUtil.getLevelWrapper(GetEventLevel(event));
-		
-		IChunkWrapper chunk = new ChunkWrapper(event.getChunk(), GetEventLevel(event), levelWrapper);
-		this.serverApi.serverChunkSaveEvent(chunk, levelWrapper);
+		this.serverApi.serverPlayerLevelChangeEvent(
+				getServerPlayerWrapper(event),
+				getServerLevelWrapper(event.getFrom(), event),
+				getServerLevelWrapper(event.getTo(), event)
+		);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -138,6 +150,12 @@ public class NeoforgeServerProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 	//================//
 	
 	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(ServerLevel level) { return ServerLevelWrapper.getWrapper(level); }
+	private static ServerLevelWrapper getServerLevelWrapper(ResourceKey<Level> resourceKey, PlayerEvent event)
+	{
+		//noinspection DataFlowIssue (possible NPE after getServer())
+		return getServerLevelWrapper(event.getEntity().getServer().getLevel(resourceKey));
+	}
 	
+	private static ServerPlayerWrapper getServerPlayerWrapper(PlayerEvent event) { return ServerPlayerWrapper.getWrapper((ServerPlayer) event.getEntity()); }
 	
 }
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.client;

+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.world.ClientLevelWrapper;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.core.api.internal.ClientApi;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientPacketListener;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
@@ -10,10 +13,16 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
@Mixin(ClientPacketListener.class)
 public class MixinClientPacketListener
 {
+	@Shadow
+	private ClientLevel level;
 	// TODO update fabric version as well
 	
 	@Inject(method = "handleLogin", at = @At("RETURN"))
-	void onHandleLoginEnd(CallbackInfo ci) { ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyConnected(); }
+	void onHandleLoginEnd(CallbackInfo ci)
+	{
+		ClientApi.INSTANCE.onClientOnlyConnected();
+		ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(this.level, true));
+	}
 	
 	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
 	@Inject(method = "cleanup", at = @At("HEAD"))
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class MixinLevelRenderer
 		
 		
 		float frameTime;
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 		frameTime = Minecraft.getInstance().getFrameTime();
 		#else
 		frameTime = Minecraft.getInstance().getTimer().getRealtimeDeltaTicks();
@@ -142,22 +142,5 @@ public class MixinLevelRenderer
 		}
 	}
 	
-	#if MC_VER < MC_1_19_4
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_1
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runUpdates(IZZ)I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	public void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#elif MC_VER < MC_1_20_6
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runLightUpdates()I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	private void callAfterRunUpdates(PoseStack poseStack, float partialTick, long finishNanoTime, boolean renderBlockOutline, Camera camera, GameRenderer gameRenderer, LightTexture lightTexture, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, CallbackInfo ci)
-	#else
-	@Inject(at = @At(value = "TAIL", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/lighting/LevelLightEngine;runLightUpdates()I"), method = "renderLevel")
-	private void callAfterRunUpdates(CallbackInfo ci) 
-	#endif
-	{
-		ChunkWrapper.syncedUpdateClientLightStatus();
-	}
-	
 	
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class MixinMinecraft
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					versionId = GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.getFirst().get("sha");
+					versionId = GitlabGetter.INSTANCE.projectPipelines.get(0).get("sha");
 				}
 				
 				Minecraft.getInstance().setScreen(new UpdateModScreen(
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 #endif

-#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.OptionsScreen;
 #else
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.options.OptionsScreen;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class MixinOptionsScreen extends Screen
 	/** Texture used for the config opening button */
 	@Unique
 	private static final ResourceLocation ICON_TEXTURE =
-		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21
+		#if MC_VER < MC_1_21_1
 		new ResourceLocation(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/button.png");
 		#else
 			ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(ModInfo.ID, "textures/gui/button.png");
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ public class MixinOptionsScreen extends Screen
 			
 			// add the button to the correct location in the UI
 			// TODO is there a better way to do this instead of using access transformers to inject into the exact UI elements?
-			LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) this.layout.headerFrame.children.getFirst().child;
+			LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) this.layout.headerFrame.children.get(0).child;
 			
 			// determine how wide the other option buttons are so we can put our botton to the left of them all
 			AtomicInteger width = new AtomicInteger(0);
-			layout.visitChildren(x -> width.addAndGet(x.getWidth()));
+			layout.visitChildren(x -> { width.addAndGet(x.getWidth()); });
 			width.addAndGet(-10); // padding between the DH button and the FOV slider
 			
-			layout.wrapped.addChild(this.getOptionsButton(), 1, 2, (settings) -> settings.paddingLeft(width.get() * -1));
+			layout.wrapped.addChild(this.getOptionsButton(), 1, 2, (settings) -> { settings.paddingLeft(width.get() * -1); });
 			layout.arrangeElements();
 			
 		    #endif
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.commonMixins.MixinChunkMapCommon;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+@Mixin(ChunkMap.class)
+public class MixinChunkMap
+{
+	
+	@Unique
+	private static final String CHUNK_SERIALIZER_WRITE
+			= "Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ChunkSerializer;write(" +
+			"Lnet/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel;Lnet/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkAccess;)" +
+			"Lnet/minecraft/nbt/CompoundTag;";
+	
+	@Shadow
+	@Final
+	ServerLevel level;
+	
+	// firing at INVOKE causes issues with C2ME and is probably unnecessary since we
+	// don't need the chunk(s) before MC has finished saving them
+	@Inject(method = "save", at = @At(value = "RETURN", target = CHUNK_SERIALIZER_WRITE))
+	private void onChunkSave(ChunkAccess chunk, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> ci)
+	{ MixinChunkMapCommon.onChunkSave(this.level, chunk, ci); }
+	
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-2023 James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.seibel.distanthorizons.neoforge.mixins.server;
+
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.common.wrappers.misc.IMixinServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+import net.minecraft.world.level.portal.DimensionTransition;
+#endif
+
+
+@Mixin(ServerPlayer.class)
+public class MixinServerPlayer implements IMixinServerPlayer
+{
+	@Unique
+	@Nullable
+	private ServerLevel distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination;
+	
+	
+	@Unique
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public ServerLevel distantHorizons$getDimensionChangeDestination() 
+	{ return this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination; }
+	
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "changeDimension")
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_21_1
+	public void changeDimension(DimensionTransition dimensionTransition, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = dimensionTransition.newLevel(); }
+	#else
+	public void changeDimension(ServerLevel destination, CallbackInfoReturnable<Entity> cir)
+	{ this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = destination; }
+	#endif
+	
+	#if MC_VER >= MC_1_20_1
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setServerLevel")
+	public void setServerLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	#else
+	@Inject(at = @At("RETURN"), method = "setLevel")
+	public void setLevel(ServerLevel level, CallbackInfo ci)
+	#endif
+	{
+		this.distantHorizons$dimensionChangeDestination = null;
+	}
+	
+}
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
    "mixins": [
        "server.MixinUtilBackgroundThread",
        "server.MixinChunkGenerator",
-        "server.MixinTFChunkGenerator"
+        "server.MixinTFChunkGenerator",
+      "server.MixinChunkMap",
+      "server.MixinServerPlayer"
    ],
    "client": [
        "client.MixinClientPacketListener",
--- a/Show More
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
s809	44cf6f6955	[skip ci] Incomplete instance based config	2024-09-20 19:49:26 +05:00
s809	00b69dcc68	Fix mixin crashes on 1.16.5	2024-09-18 01:06:06 +05:00
s809	cd74e33c54	Bump protocol version because of removed InvalidSectionPosException	2024-09-17 12:41:52 +05:00
s809	3f14e5dfa5	Fix naming of some things and comments	2024-09-17 09:48:15 +05:00
James Seibel	8c9e6ea79a	Fix very high file handler jobs and pool some render data sources	2024-09-16 20:36:10 -05:00
James Seibel	c71de31f57	Fix a few pre-processors blocked renamings	2024-09-16 19:37:34 -05:00
James Seibel	ac869bf06e	Up API version 3.0.1 -> 4.0.0	2024-09-15 21:16:24 -05:00
James Seibel	3175bc0439	Up version 2.2.2 -> 2.3.0	2024-09-15 21:16:13 -05:00
James Seibel	23ac6ec957	merge server side and minor refactoring	2024-09-15 21:15:40 -05:00
James Seibel	f080a59b41	Add netty leak detection and server/client folder separation	2024-09-11 17:38:02 -05:00
James Seibel	603200ed8b	only log git info on startup in dev builds	2024-09-11 17:19:33 -05:00
James Seibel	b0774052a0	add default intellij gradle run scripts	2024-09-11 17:12:34 -05:00
James Seibel	7e163ce626	Add ILevelWrapper.getDimensionName()	2024-09-11 07:18:57 -05:00
James Seibel	d19654cf15	Remove unneeded ChunkWrapper lighting checks	2024-09-10 07:35:02 -05:00
James Seibel	838d8be08b	minor refactoring and style cleanup	2024-09-10 07:29:42 -05:00
James Seibel	2de82b1223	Add Netty to the build script	2024-09-10 06:55:40 -05:00
James Seibel	650012fb08	allow CI/CD to auto retry if there was a system failure	2024-09-10 06:53:06 -05:00
James Seibel	a1ef3466ad	Add test scripts folder	2024-09-10 06:52:21 -05:00
James Seibel	97421feb33	Add Oculus 1.7 to the list of incompatible fabric mods	2024-09-09 07:43:24 -05:00
James Seibel	0c90af6515	Fix low quality LODs not loading when flying in a new straight line	2024-09-09 07:41:20 -05:00
James Seibel	9cebd0298c	add brown mushrooms to the list of ignored blocks to fix swamp issues	2024-09-07 14:22:45 -05:00
James Seibel	9afcddca4f	Add faster sky light engine from Builderb0y Closes !67	2024-09-07 12:07:59 -05:00
James Seibel	02fb7eedba	Add missing LightingTestChunkWrapper methods	2024-09-06 21:55:55 -05:00
James Seibel	4aa9bec15c	Fix unit test compiling	2024-09-06 19:36:41 -05:00
James Seibel	a6eeaa5b3e	Closes #805 (Hide "Distant Horizons overloaded") Also update chunks closest to the player first	2024-09-06 18:23:04 -05:00
James Seibel	c462325ce6	Add BuilderB0y's getBlockState optimization	2024-09-05 07:50:25 -05:00
James Seibel	d208b0ab19	Up version number 2.2.1 -> 2.2.2-dev	2024-09-04 06:59:07 -05:00
James Seibel	ab4ef429db	Up version 2.2.1-dev -> 2.2.1 and API 3.0.0 -> 3.0.1	2024-09-04 06:58:28 -05:00
James Seibel	86473e022e	Fix referencing unavailable GLFW methods for MC 1.18.2 and lower	2024-09-03 07:03:30 -05:00
James Seibel	fd89f569d0	Fix MC 1.17.1 not compiling	2024-09-01 21:16:14 -05:00
James Seibel	eefc765823	Fix LODs flashing while moving	2024-09-01 21:10:32 -05:00
James Seibel	ebccb2516b	Cull beacons based on X/Z distance instead of 3D distance	2024-09-01 17:28:13 -05:00
James Seibel	8c62a40da9	Disable instanced rendering on Mac when Sodium is present Closes !793 (Generic Rendering crashes with Sodium on M1 Mac)	2024-09-01 17:02:49 -05:00
James Seibel	d56af5c38f	Fix some beacon rendering/updating issues	2024-09-01 16:36:41 -05:00
James Seibel	39b1ec61ba	Fix glass panes not affecting beacon colors	2024-09-01 15:04:27 -05:00
James Seibel	cb613cf7df	add disableUnchangedChunkCheck config	2024-08-31 22:11:29 -05:00
James Seibel	28e33b4c36	Fix MC 1.16+ compiling	2024-08-31 22:11:14 -05:00
James Seibel	855e6b8180	Update pos getters and remove (hopefully) unneeded imports	2024-08-31 21:57:53 -05:00
James Seibel	d62161f529	Fix cloud color not matching MC	2024-08-31 21:56:32 -05:00
James Seibel	71d48411f1	Add DhBlockPosMutable and make the original immutable	2024-08-30 07:36:04 -05:00
James Seibel	731842e09c	Fix DH beacon detection logic breaking the lighting engine	2024-08-29 19:54:44 -05:00
James Seibel	61169f87c0	Fix LODs not updating underground	2024-08-29 07:33:21 -05:00
James Seibel	9fb3b196d2	Add a quick DH cloud UI config	2024-08-28 07:16:33 -05:00
James Seibel	867b875cf9	Fix Lithium breaking world gen for MC 1.20.1 and older	2024-08-27 19:19:09 -05:00
James Seibel	3875c8c4ce	Up version number 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1-dev	2024-08-20 19:16:28 -05:00
James Seibel	89b959d3f5	Up version number 2.1.3-dev -> 2.2.0	2024-08-20 17:45:42 -05:00
James Seibel	d62e50d6f4	Fix Legacy GL causing fog to smear	2024-08-20 17:45:31 -05:00
James Seibel	16836a2b49	Move MixinChunkMap shared code to common	2024-08-18 14:46:49 -05:00
James Seibel	f5651f26a5	Merge !65 (fix neo/forge chunk update events)	2024-08-18 14:31:24 -05:00
James Seibel	82ff59c857	Fix fog and SSAO being broken by some mods	2024-08-17 22:29:42 -05:00
James Seibel	8af61041f0	Remove 1.21 from CI build script 1.21.1 also covers 1.21	2024-08-16 17:28:36 -05:00
James Seibel	2a9136b56f	Merge 1.21.1 and 1.21	2024-08-15 07:21:19 -05:00
James Seibel	64da6c811d	revert temporary 1.17.1 breakage	2024-08-13 17:24:18 -05:00
James Seibel	e6b93e0d92	forgot to close test preprocessor	2024-08-13 07:46:49 -05:00
James Seibel	f874219a64	Wrong 1.17.1 perpreocessor used	2024-08-13 07:33:39 -05:00
James Seibel	b4822740f4	temporarily break 1.17 compiling to test gitlab bages	2024-08-13 07:33:04 -05:00
James Seibel	af205a50b4	Deprecate IDhApiWorldGenerator.isBusy(), task queuing is now handled internally	2024-08-12 22:20:14 -05:00
James Seibel	2f6eaf79bd	Add optional DhApiChunk validation for world gen	2024-08-12 21:47:58 -05:00
James Seibel	625f1e700f	Fix MC 1.21 / 1.21.1	2024-08-12 21:05:15 -05:00
James Seibel	897d5b0b11	Change MC 1.21 -> 1.21.1 in CI version	2024-08-12 19:53:48 -05:00
James Seibel	95641e2f4e	Allow adding empty lists to DhApiChunk	2024-08-11 22:01:29 -05:00
James Seibel	cd856b86c7	Fix DhApiChunk setDataPoints failing for empty lists	2024-08-11 21:55:19 -05:00
James Seibel	c00aa6d627	Add MC 1.21.1	2024-08-11 20:05:24 -05:00
James Seibel	398a3fb0bc	Add alex's cave warning message	2024-08-11 09:55:12 -05:00
James Seibel	e0fa638ad9	Fix beacons not enabling/disabling correctly	2024-08-09 07:26:20 -05:00
James Seibel	4e42cbd4ce	Fix frustum culling when the screen is warped	2024-08-07 18:55:09 -05:00
James Seibel	b6c6be77cd	Fix beacons not being updated	2024-08-07 07:47:30 -05:00
James Seibel	0964293a72	Fix direct memory leak and remove config for GpuUpload	2024-08-07 07:30:01 -05:00
James Seibel	c8b6141ce0	Improve LOD detail level detection and hole filling	2024-08-04 08:31:03 -05:00
James Seibel	948540369f	Attempt to improve LOD building speed and reduce broken lighting on servers	2024-08-03 17:11:22 -05:00
James Seibel	363df0ad6f	Fix MC 1.16/1.17 compiling	2024-08-03 11:38:02 -05:00
James Seibel	a37e105434	Add (disabled) test API world generator	2024-08-03 09:52:06 -05:00
James Seibel	aeea0c00c3	Allow DhApiChunk to accept top down or bottom up data point orders	2024-08-03 09:33:05 -05:00
James Seibel	137352674e	Fix off by 1 error in Render data transformer	2024-08-02 18:30:59 -05:00
James Seibel	4734552954	Fix MC 1.16 compiling	2024-08-02 18:21:47 -05:00
James Seibel	879c2f1ec4	Fix out of bounds exception in Full Data Transformer	2024-08-02 17:56:33 -05:00
James Seibel	7dc9d2a352	Clean up faster world gen and fix even offset gen events	2024-08-02 08:25:32 -05:00
James Seibel	cabc470ebd	Temporary Test removing world gen boarder chunks	2024-08-01 07:44:46 -05:00
James Seibel	0bf1f493aa	Change some world gen info logs to debug	2024-08-01 07:06:47 -05:00
James Seibel	705bd14ee4	Fix cave culling affecting floating islands and add LOD reload to some configs	2024-07-31 19:06:47 -05:00
James Seibel	155955e49b	Mark Iris 1.7.4 and lower as incompatible (as recommended by IMS)	2024-07-30 17:13:54 -05:00
James Seibel	c76a793b18	Remove deprecated methods and move method to StringUtil	2024-07-30 17:07:16 -05:00
James Seibel	50cc8501a0	Remove unused sodium and McRenderWrapper methods Removed methods were originally used to cull LODs if MC had loaded chunks, however this turned out to be more trouble than it was worth and caused more problems than it solved.	2024-07-30 17:01:09 -05:00
James Seibel	209279e3e4	Merge branch 'distant-horizons-m2'	2024-07-30 16:06:39 -05:00
James Seibel	41239572a5	Fix presets only using "custom" after any value was changed	2024-07-30 15:47:52 -05:00
James Seibel	106ab47c3d	Fix default logging debug to file	2024-07-29 20:40:54 -05:00
James Seibel	a84f9b60e5	Fix rapidly changing dimensions causing the game to crash	2024-07-29 07:29:56 -05:00
James Seibel	4481e8634a	Fix incorrect DhApiChunk create constructor parameter order (again)	2024-07-28 20:18:31 -05:00
James Seibel	3e432682fb	fix incorrect positions being fed into biome color code	2024-07-28 09:34:15 -05:00
James Seibel	05569c03a4	Revert and Deprecate DhApiChunk and DhApiTerrainDataPoint constructors	2024-07-28 08:56:26 -05:00
James Seibel	2d567b84be	Fix holes in LODs boarding different detail levels	2024-07-27 21:06:55 -05:00
James Seibel	e2a378250f	Fix LOD upload warning	2024-07-27 20:25:58 -05:00
James Seibel	e2083a1836	Fix LODs flashing twice when changing configs	2024-07-27 20:11:49 -05:00
James Seibel	334946ab59	Potentially fix thread warnings in ClientBlockStateColorCache	2024-07-27 19:15:00 -05:00
James Seibel	8c9bb98125	Update IDhApiRenderProxy.clearRenderDataCache() to also clear cached block colors	2024-07-27 17:36:57 -05:00
James Seibel	726f0f3d3c	Remove unused ServerBlockStateCache	2024-07-27 16:51:14 -05:00
James Seibel	50e5898692	Rename ClientBlockStateCache -> ClientBlockStateColorCache And do some additional cleanup	2024-07-27 16:44:47 -05:00
James Seibel	de05a5f674	Refactor and cleanup ClientBlockStateCache	2024-07-27 16:25:27 -05:00
James Seibel	31b57fae50	fix 1.16.5 compiling	2024-07-27 16:24:31 -05:00
James Seibel	2f686057f3	Fix ice/water vertical LOD lighting	2024-07-27 09:30:51 -05:00
IMS212	3aaab94b39	Support both Sodium 0.5 and 0.6 with reflection	2024-07-10 21:02:53 -07:00