Update the readme to reflect the state of this branch

This was fixed by using the pigeon hole principle to balance the number of rows each CPU needs to generate buffers for; while also preventing any rows from being missed (the cause of issue #1).

.factorypath

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<factorypath />

.gitignore

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ eclipse
 # minecraft run folder,
 # ignore everything but the mods folder
 run/*
-!run/mods
+!run/mods
+/Users/

.gitmodules

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "ASMHelper"]
-	path = ASMHelper
-	url = https://github.com/squeek502/ASMHelper.git
-	branch = 1.12.x

Readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-This program is an attempt to create Level Of Details (LODs) in Minecraft.
+This program is an attempt to implement a Level Of Detail system for Minecraft.
-The purpose is to increase the maximum view distance in game 
+With the purpose of increasing the maximum view distance in game without harming performance.
 
-Used in congunction with:
+Forge version: 1.12.2-14.23.5.2854
+
+Notes:
+This version will run in eclipse perfectly fine, but will crash retail Minecraft. 
+(However this appears to be because of an incompatible update to the core mod.)
+This version also doesn't work with Optifine at all.
+(Attempting to run with Optifine in either eclipse or retail Minecraft
+will either prevent the game from launching at all or crash during loading.)
+
+
+Used in conjunction with:
 https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-core-mod
 
 
@@ -14,18 +24,18 @@ http://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gettingstarted/
 
 Step 1: open a command line in the project folder
 
-Step 2: run the command: "./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace"
+Step 2: run the command: "./gradlew genEclipseRuns"
 
 Step 3: run the command: "./gradlew eclipse"
 
 Step 4: Import project
 
 Step 5: Create a system variable called "JAVA_MC_HOME" with the location of the JDK 1.8.0_251 (This is needed for gradle to work correctly)
-		And make sure it is used in the build.gradle file.
+		And make sure it is used in the gradle.bat file.
 
 Step 6: Import the lodcore and lodcore_source jar files into the referenced libraries.
 
-Step 6: Make sure the eclipse has the JDK 1.8.0_251 installed. (This is needed so that eclipse can run minecraft)
+Step 7: Make sure the eclipse has the JDK 1.8.0_251 installed. (This is needed so that eclipse can run minecraft)
 
 
 Other commands: 

build.gradle

@@ -1,77 +1,87 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
+        maven { url = 'https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven' }
         jcenter()
-        maven { url = "https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven" }
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
+        classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:3.+'
     }
 }
-apply plugin: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge'
+        
-//Only edit below this line, the above code adds and enables the necessary things for Forge to be setup.
+apply plugin: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle'
-
+// Only edit below this line, the above code adds and enables the necessary things for Forge to be setup.
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
 version = "1.0"
 group = "com.backsun.lod" // http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-naming-conventions.html
 archivesBaseName = "lod"
 
-sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = '1.8' // Need this here so eclipse task generates correctly.
+sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = compileJava.sourceCompatibility = compileJava.targetCompatibility = '1.8' // Need this here so eclipse task generates correctly.
-compileJava {
-    sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = '1.8'
-}
 
 minecraft {
-    version = "1.12.2-14.23.5.2847"
+    // The mappings can be changed at any time, and must be in the following format.
-    runDir = "run"
+    // snapshot_YYYYMMDD   Snapshot are built nightly.
-    
+    // stable_#            Stables are built at the discretion of the MCP team.
-    // the mappings can be changed at any time, and must be in the following format.
-    // snapshot_YYYYMMDD   snapshot are built nightly.
-    // stable_#            stables are built at the discretion of the MCP team.
     // Use non-default mappings at your own risk. they may not always work.
-    // simply re-run your setup task after changing the mappings to update your workspace.
+    // Simply re-run your setup task after changing the mappings to update your workspace.
-    mappings = "snapshot_20171003"
+    //mappings channel: 'snapshot', version: '20171003-1.12'
+    mappings channel: 'snapshot', version: '20171003-1.12'
     // makeObfSourceJar = false // an Srg named sources jar is made by default. uncomment this to disable.
+    
+    // accessTransformer = file('src/main/resources/META-INF/accesstransformer.cfg')
+
+    // Default run configurations.
+    // These can be tweaked, removed, or duplicated as needed.
+    runs {
+        client {
+            workingDirectory project.file('run')
+
+            // Recommended logging data for a userdev environment
+            property 'forge.logging.markers', 'SCAN,REGISTRIES,REGISTRYDUMP'
+
+            // Recommended logging level for the console
+            property 'forge.logging.console.level', 'debug'
+        }
+
+        server {
+			
+            // Recommended logging data for a userdev environment
+            property 'forge.logging.markers', 'SCAN,REGISTRIES,REGISTRYDUMP'
+
+            // Recommended logging level for the console
+            property 'forge.logging.console.level', 'debug'
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    // you may put jars on which you depend on in ./libs
+    // Specify the version of Minecraft to use, If this is any group other then 'net.minecraft' it is assumed
-    // or you may define them like so..
+    // that the dep is a ForgeGradle 'patcher' dependency. And it's patches will be applied.
+    // The userdev artifact is a special name and will get all sorts of transformations applied to it.
+	minecraft 'net.minecraftforge:forge:1.12.2-14.23.5.2854'
+	
+	compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+	
+    // You may put jars on which you depend on in ./libs or you may define them like so..
     //compile "some.group:artifact:version:classifier"
     //compile "some.group:artifact:version"
 	
-    // real examples
+    // Real examples
     //compile 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'  // adds buildcraft to the dev env
     //compile 'com.googlecode.efficient-java-matrix-library:ejml:0.24' // adds ejml to the dev env
 
     // the 'provided' configuration is for optional dependencies that exist at compile-time but might not at runtime.
     //provided 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'
 
-    // the deobf configurations:  'deobfCompile' and 'deobfProvided' are the same as the normal compile and provided,
+    // These dependencies get remapped to your current MCP mappings
-    // except that these dependencies get remapped to your current MCP mappings
+    // deobf 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'
-    //deobfCompile 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'
     //deobfProvided 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'
 
-    // for more info...
+    // For more info...
     // http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/artifact_dependencies_tutorial.html
     // http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/dependency_management.html
 
 }
 
-processResources {
-    // this will ensure that this task is redone when the versions change.
-    inputs.property "version", project.version
-    inputs.property "mcversion", project.minecraft.version
-
-    // replace stuff in mcmod.info, nothing else
-    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
-        include 'mcmod.info'
-                
-        // replace version and mcversion
-        expand 'version':project.version, 'mcversion':project.minecraft.version
-    }
-        
-    // copy everything else except the mcmod.info
-    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
-        exclude 'mcmod.info'
-    }
-}

gradle.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Sets default memory used for gradle commands. Can be overridden by user or command line properties.
 # This is required to provide enough memory for the Minecraft decompilation process.
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3G
+org.gradle.daemon=false

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Mon Sep 14 12:28:28 PDT 2015
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip

gradlew

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -6,47 +6,6 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
-
-# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
-
-warn ( ) {
-    echo "$*"
-}
-
-die ( ) {
-    echo
-    echo "$*"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
-cygwin=false
-msys=false
-darwin=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
-if $cygwin ; then
-    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-fi
-
 # Attempt to set APP_HOME
 # Resolve links: $0 may be a link
 PRG="$0"
@@ -61,9 +20,49 @@ while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
     fi
 done
 SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
 APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 if $cygwin ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
     ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+# Escape application args
-function splitJvmOpts() {
+save () {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"

gradlew.bat

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_MC_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line

settings.gradle

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include ":ASMHelper"

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/LodMain.java

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.IFMLLoadingPlugin;
 
 /**
+ * Initialize and setup the Mod.
+ * <br>
+ * If you are looking for the real start of the mod
+ * check out the ClientProxy.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 02-07-2021

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/builders/BuildBufferThread.java

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+package com.backsun.lod.builders;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
+
+import com.backsun.lod.objects.NearFarBuffer;
+import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.FogDistance;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.DefaultVertexFormats;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
+
+/**
+ * This object is used to create NearFarBuffer objects
+ * in a thread independent way, so multiple of these objects can be
+ * created and executed in parallel to populate BufferBuilders.
+ * 
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 02-23-2021
+ */
+public class BuildBufferThread implements Callable<NearFarBuffer>
+{
+	public BufferBuilder nearBuffer;
+	public BufferBuilder farBuffer;
+	public FogDistance distanceMode;
+	public AxisAlignedBB[][] lods;
+	public Color[][] colors;
+	
+	private int startLodIndex = 0;
+	private int endLodIndex = -1;
+	
+	
+	
+	public BuildBufferThread()
+	{
+		
+	}
+	
+	public BuildBufferThread(BufferBuilder newNearBufferBuilder, 
+			BufferBuilder newFarBufferBuilder, AxisAlignedBB[][] newLods, 
+			Color[][] newColors, FogDistance newDistanceMode, int newStartingIndex, 
+			int numberOfRowsToGenerate)
+	{
+		setNewData(newNearBufferBuilder, newFarBufferBuilder, distanceMode, 
+				newLods, newColors, newStartingIndex, numberOfRowsToGenerate);
+	}
+	
+	public void setNewData(BufferBuilder newNearBufferBuilder, 
+			BufferBuilder newFarBufferBuilder, FogDistance newDistanceMode, 
+			AxisAlignedBB[][] newLods, Color[][] newColors, 
+			int newStartingIndex, int numberOfRowsToGenerate)
+	{
+		nearBuffer = newNearBufferBuilder;
+		farBuffer = newFarBufferBuilder;
+		distanceMode = newDistanceMode;
+		lods = newLods;
+		colors = newColors;
+		
+		startLodIndex = newStartingIndex;
+		endLodIndex = newStartingIndex + numberOfRowsToGenerate;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public NearFarBuffer call()
+	{
+		nearBuffer.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR);
+		farBuffer.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR);
+		
+		int numbChunksWide = lods.length;
+		
+		BufferBuilder currentBuffer;
+		AxisAlignedBB bb;
+		int red;
+		int green;
+		int blue;
+		int alpha;
+		
+		// this is done if the FogDistance is either
+		// NEAR or FAR, if it is NEAR_AND_FAR
+		// the buffer is determined for each LOD
+		if (distanceMode == FogDistance.NEAR)
+		{
+			currentBuffer = nearBuffer;
+		}
+		else // if (distanceMode == FogDistance.FAR)
+		{
+			currentBuffer = farBuffer;
+		}
+		
+		
+		// x axis
+		for (int i = startLodIndex; i < endLodIndex; i++)
+		{
+			// z axis
+			for (int j = 0; j < numbChunksWide; j++)
+			{
+				if (lods[i][j] == null || colors[i][j] == null)
+					continue;
+				
+				bb = lods[i][j];
+				
+				// get the color of this LOD object
+				red = colors[i][j].getRed();
+				green = colors[i][j].getGreen();
+				blue = colors[i][j].getBlue();
+				alpha = colors[i][j].getAlpha();
+				
+				
+				if (distanceMode == FogDistance.NEAR_AND_FAR)
+				{
+					if (isCoordinateInNearFogArea(i, j, numbChunksWide / 2))
+						currentBuffer = nearBuffer;
+					else
+						currentBuffer = farBuffer;
+				}
+				
+				
+				if (bb.minY != bb.maxY)
+				{
+					// top (facing up)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// bottom (facing down)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+
+					// south (facing -Z) 
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// north (facing +Z)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+
+					// west (facing -X)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// east (facing +X)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// render this LOD as one block thick
+					
+					// top (facing up)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// bottom (facing down)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+
+					// south (facing -Z) 
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// north (facing +Z)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+
+					// west (facing -X)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					// east (facing +X)
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
+				}
+				
+			} // z axis
+		} // x axis
+		
+		nearBuffer.finishDrawing();
+		farBuffer.finishDrawing();
+		
+		return new NearFarBuffer(nearBuffer, farBuffer);
+	}
+	
+	private void addPosAndColor(BufferBuilder buffer, double x, double y, double z, int red, int green, int blue, int alpha)
+	{
+		buffer.pos(x, y, z).color(red, green, blue, alpha).endVertex();
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Find the coordinates that are in the center half of the given
+	 * 2D matrix, starting at (0,0) and going to (2 * lodRadius, 2 * lodRadius).
+	 */
+	private static boolean isCoordinateInNearFogArea(int chunkX, int chunkZ, int lodRadius)
+	{
+		int halfRadius = lodRadius / 2;
+		
+		return (chunkX >= lodRadius - halfRadius 
+				&& chunkX <= lodRadius + halfRadius) 
+				&& 
+				(chunkZ >= lodRadius - halfRadius
+				&& chunkZ <= lodRadius + halfRadius);
+	}
+	
+}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/builders/LodBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package com.backsun.lod.builders;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import com.backsun.lod.handlers.LodDimensionFileHandler;
+import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodChunk;
+import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodDimension;
+import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodWorld;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.world.DimensionType;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.storage.ExtendedBlockStorage;
+
+/**
+ * This object is in charge of creating Lod
+ * related objects. 
+ * (specifically: Lod World, Dimension, Region, and Chunk objects)
+ * 
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 2-22-2021
+ */
+public class LodBuilder
+{
+	private ExecutorService lodGenThreadPool = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+	public volatile LodWorld lodWorld;
+	
+	/** Default size of any LOD regions we use */
+	public int regionWidth = 5;
+	
+	public LodBuilder()
+	{
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns LodWorld so that it can be passed
+	 * to the LodRenderer.
+	 */
+	public LodWorld generateLodChunkAsync(Chunk chunk)
+	{
+		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
+		
+		// don't try to create an LOD object
+		// if for some reason we aren't
+		// given a valid chunk object
+		// (Minecraft often gives back empty
+		// or null chunks in this method)
+		if (chunk == null || !isValidChunk(chunk))
+			return lodWorld;
+		
+		int dimId = chunk.getWorld().provider.getDimension();
+		World world = mc.getIntegratedServer().getWorld(dimId);
+		
+		if (world == null)
+			return lodWorld;
+			
+		Thread thread = new Thread(() ->
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				LodChunk lod = new LodChunk(chunk, world);
+				LodDimension lodDim;
+				
+				if (lodWorld == null)
+				{
+					lodWorld = new LodWorld(LodDimensionFileHandler.getWorldName());
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					// if we have a lodWorld make sure 
+					// it is for this minecraft world
+					if (!lodWorld.worldName.equals(LodDimensionFileHandler.getWorldName()))
+					{
+						// this lodWorld isn't for this minecraft world
+						// delete it so we can get a new one
+						lodWorld = null;
+						
+						// skip this frame
+						// we'll get this set up next time
+						return;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				
+				if (lodWorld.getLodDimension(dimId) == null)
+				{
+					DimensionType dim = DimensionType.getById(dimId);
+					lodDim = new LodDimension(dim, regionWidth);
+					lodWorld.addLodDimension(lodDim);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					lodDim = lodWorld.getLodDimension(dimId);
+				}
+				
+				lodDim.addLod(lod);
+			}
+			catch(IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e)
+			{
+				// if the world changes while LODs are being generated
+				// they will throw errors as they try to access things that no longer
+				// exist.
+			}
+		});
+		lodGenThreadPool.execute(thread);
+		
+		return lodWorld;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return whether the given chunk
+	 * has any data in it.
+	 */
+	public boolean isValidChunk(Chunk chunk)
+	{
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		
+		for(ExtendedBlockStorage e : blockStorage)
+		{
+			if(e != null && !e.isEmpty())
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/handlers/LodDimensionFileHandler.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.util;
+package com.backsun.lod.handlers;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import net.minecraft.world.storage.ISaveHandler;
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 01-30-2021
  */
-public class LodFileHandler
+public class LodDimensionFileHandler
 {
-	private LodDimension loadedRegion = null;
+	private LodDimension loadedDimension = null;
 	public long regionLastWriteTime[][];
 	
 	// String s = Minecraft.getMinecraftDir().getCanonicalPath() + "/saves/" + world.getSaveHandler().getSaveDirectoryName() + "/data/AA/World" + world.provider.dimensionId + ".dat";
@@ -36,19 +36,17 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 	private final String FILE_EXTENSION = ".txt";
 	
 	private ExecutorService fileWritingThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
-	/** Is true if the readyToReadAndWrite is false */
-	private boolean waitingToSaveRegions = false;
 	
 	
-	public LodFileHandler(ISaveHandler newSaveHandler, LodDimension newLoadedRegion)
+	public LodDimensionFileHandler(ISaveHandler newSaveHandler, LodDimension newLoadedDimension)
 	{
 		saveHandler = newSaveHandler;
 		
-		loadedRegion = newLoadedRegion;
+		loadedDimension = newLoadedDimension;
 		// these two variable are used in sync with the LodDimension
-		regionLastWriteTime = new long[loadedRegion.getWidth()][loadedRegion.getWidth()];
+		regionLastWriteTime = new long[loadedDimension.getWidth()][loadedDimension.getWidth()];
-		for(int i = 0; i < loadedRegion.getWidth(); i++)
+		for(int i = 0; i < loadedDimension.getWidth(); i++)
-			for(int j = 0; j < loadedRegion.getWidth(); j++)
+			for(int j = 0; j < loadedDimension.getWidth(); j++)
 				regionLastWriteTime[i][j] = -1;
 		
 		if (saveHandler != null && saveHandler.getWorldDirectory() != null)
@@ -141,8 +139,10 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 	// Save to File //
 	//==============//
 	
-	
+	/**
-	public synchronized void saveDirtyRegionsToFile()
+	 * Save all dirty regions in this LodDimension to file.
+	 */
+	public synchronized void saveDirtyRegionsToFileAsync()
 	{
 		// we don't currently support reading or writing
 		// files when connected to a server
@@ -150,64 +150,31 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 			return;
 		
 		if (!readyToReadAndWrite())
-		{	
 			// we aren't ready to read and write yet
-			if(!waitingToSaveRegions)
-			{
-				waitingToSaveRegions = true;
-				
-				// retry until we are able to read and write
-				// then wake up the fileWritingThreadPool
-				Thread retryReady = new Thread(() -> 
-				{
-					try
-					{
-						// check once every so often so see
-						// if anything has changed so we can
-						// start reading and writing files
-						while(!readyToReadAndWrite())
-						{
-							this.wait(1000);
-							// get the save handler again, if for some
-							// reason the original handler was null
-							saveHandler = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getIntegratedServer().getWorld(0).getSaveHandler();
-							save_dir = getWorldSaveDirectory();
-						}
-						
-						// we can start writing files now
-						fileWritingThreadPool.execute(saveDirtyRegionsThread);
-						waitingToSaveRegions = false;
-					}
-					catch (InterruptedException e) 
-					{ /* should never be called */}
-				});
-				
-				retryReady.run();
-			}
-			
 			return;
-		}
 		
 		fileWritingThreadPool.execute(saveDirtyRegionsThread);
 	}
 	private Thread saveDirtyRegionsThread = new Thread(() -> 
 	{
-		for(int i = 0; i < loadedRegion.getWidth(); i++)
+		for(int i = 0; i < loadedDimension.getWidth(); i++)
 		{
-			for(int j = 0; j < loadedRegion.getWidth(); j++)
+			for(int j = 0; j < loadedDimension.getWidth(); j++)
 			{
-				if(loadedRegion.isRegionDirty[i][j])
+				if(loadedDimension.isRegionDirty[i][j])
 				{
-					saveRegionToDisk(loadedRegion.regions[i][j]);
+					saveRegionToDisk(loadedDimension.regions[i][j]);
-					loadedRegion.isRegionDirty[i][j] = false;
+					loadedDimension.isRegionDirty[i][j] = false;
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		
-		waitingToSaveRegions = false;
 	});
  	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Save a specific region to disk.<br>
+	 * Note: it will save to the LodDimension that this
+	 * handler is associated with.
+	 */
 	private void saveRegionToDisk(LodRegion region)
 	{
 		if (!readyToReadAndWrite() || region == null)
@@ -258,15 +225,13 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 	 * Return the name of the file that should contain the 
 	 * region at the given x and z. <br>
 	 * Returns null if this object isn't ready to read and write.
-	 * @param regionX
-	 * @param regionZ
 	 */
 	private String getFileNameForRegion(int regionX, int regionZ)
 	{
 		if (!readyToReadAndWrite())
 			return null;
 		
-		return save_dir + "\\lod_data\\DIM" + loadedRegion.dimension.getId() + "\\" +
+		return save_dir + "\\lod_data\\DIM" + loadedDimension.dimension.getId() + "\\" +
 				FILE_NAME_PREFIX + "." + regionX + "." + regionZ + FILE_EXTENSION;
 	}
 	
@@ -274,6 +239,8 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 	/**
 	 * Returns if this FileHandler is ready to read
 	 * and write files.
+	 * <br>
+	 * This returns true when the world save directory is known.
 	 */
 	public boolean readyToReadAndWrite()
 	{
@@ -306,6 +273,8 @@ public class LodFileHandler
 	
 	
 	/**
+	 * Gets the canonical path to the world save folder.
+	 * <br>
 	 * Returns null if there was an IO Exception
 	 */
 	private String getWorldSaveDirectory()

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/handlers/ReflectionHandler.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.util;
+package com.backsun.lod.handlers;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 
 /**
  * This object is used to get variables from methods
- * where they are private.
+ * where they are private. Specifically the fog setting
+ * in Optifine.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 09-21-2020
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ public class ReflectionHandler
 			// either optifine isn't installed,
 			// the variable name was changed, or
 			// the setup method wasn't called yet.
-			return FogQuality.OFF;
+			return FogQuality.FANCY;
 		}
 		
 		int returnNum = 0;

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/objects/LodChunk.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.backsun.lod.objects;
 import java.awt.Color;
 
 import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.ColorDirection;
-import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.LodLocation;
+import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.LodCorner;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 	//==============//
 	
 	/**
-	 * Create an empty LodChunk
+	 * Create an empty invisible LodChunk at (0,0)
 	 */
 	public LodChunk()
 	{
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 		
 		// top
 		top = new short[4];
-		for(LodLocation loc : LodLocation.values())
+		for(LodCorner loc : LodCorner.values())
 		{
 			lastIndex = index;
 			index = data.indexOf(DATA_DELIMITER, lastIndex + 1);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 		
 		// bottom
 		bottom = new short[4];
-		for(LodLocation loc : LodLocation.values())
+		for(LodCorner loc : LodCorner.values())
 		{
 			lastIndex = index;
 			index = data.indexOf(DATA_DELIMITER, lastIndex + 1);
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ public class LodChunk
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Illegal argument is thrown if either the
+	 * Creates a LodChunk for a chunk in the given world. <br>
-	 * chunk or world is null. The reason the world
+	 * Note: The world is required to determine each block's color
-	 * can't be null is because it's required to determine
+	 * 
-	 * a block's color.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException 
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+	 * thrown if either the chunk or world is null.
 	 */
 	public LodChunk(Chunk chunk, World world) throws IllegalArgumentException
 	{
@@ -228,16 +228,16 @@ public class LodChunk
 		colors = new Color[6];
 		
 		// generate the top and bottom points of this LOD
-		for(LodLocation loc : LodLocation.values())
+		for(LodCorner loc : LodCorner.values())
 		{
-			top[loc.value] = generateLodSection(chunk, true, loc);
+			top[loc.value] = generateLodCorner(chunk, SectionGenerationMode.GENERATE_TOP, loc);
-			bottom[loc.value] = generateLodSection(chunk, false, loc);
+			bottom[loc.value] = generateLodCorner(chunk, SectionGenerationMode.GENERATE_BOTTOM, loc);
 		}
 		
 		// determine the average color for each direction
 		for(ColorDirection dir : ColorDirection.values())
 		{
-			colors[dir.value] = generateLodColorSection(chunk, world, dir);
+			colors[dir.value] = generateLodColor(chunk, world, dir);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -253,15 +253,17 @@ public class LodChunk
 	
 	
 	/**
+	 * Generate the height for the given LodLocation, either the top or bottom.
+	 * <br><br>
 	 * If invalid/null/empty chunks are given 
 	 * crashes may occur.
 	 */
-	public short generateLodSection(Chunk chunk, boolean getTopSection, LodLocation lodLoc)
+	private short generateLodCorner(Chunk chunk, SectionGenerationMode generationMode, LodCorner lodLoc)
 	{
 		// should have a length of 16
 		// (each storage is 16x16x16 and the
 		// world height is 256)
-		ExtendedBlockStorage[] data = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
 		
 		
 		
@@ -313,21 +315,29 @@ public class LodChunk
 		}
 		
 		
-		if(getTopSection)
+		if(generationMode == SectionGenerationMode.GENERATE_TOP)
-			return determineTopPoint(data, startX, endX, startZ, endZ);
+			return determineTopPoint(blockStorage, startX, endX, startZ, endZ);
 		else
-			return determineBottomPoint(data, startX, endX, startZ, endZ);
+			return determineBottomPoint(blockStorage, startX, endX, startZ, endZ);
+	}
+	/** GENERATE_TOP, GENERATE_BOTTOM */
+	private enum SectionGenerationMode
+	{
+		GENERATE_TOP,
+		GENERATE_BOTTOM;
 	}
 	
-	private short determineBottomPoint(ExtendedBlockStorage[] data, int startX, int endX, int startZ, int endZ)
+	/**
+	 * Find the lowest valid point from the bottom.
+	 */
+	private short determineBottomPoint(ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage, int startX, int endX, int startZ, int endZ)
 	{
 		// search from the bottom up
-		for(int i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
+		for(int i = 0; i < blockStorage.length; i++)
 		{
 			for(int y = 0; y < CHUNK_DATA_HEIGHT; y++)
 			{
-				
+				if(isLayerValidLodPoint(blockStorage, startX, endX, startZ, endZ, i, y))
-				if(isLayerValidLodPoint(data, startX, endX, startZ, endZ, i, y))
 				{
 					// we found
 					// enough blocks in this
@@ -335,23 +345,24 @@ public class LodChunk
 					// LOD point
 					return (short) (y + (i * CHUNK_DATA_HEIGHT));
 				}
-				
+			}
-			} // y
+		}
-		} // data
-		
 		
 		// we never found a valid LOD point
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
-	private short determineTopPoint(ExtendedBlockStorage[] data, int startX, int endX, int startZ, int endZ)
+	/**
+	 * Find the highest valid point from the Top
+	 */
+	private short determineTopPoint(ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage, int startX, int endX, int startZ, int endZ)
 	{
 		// search from the top down
-		for(int i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		for(int i = blockStorage.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 		{
 			for(int y = CHUNK_DATA_WIDTH - 1; y >= 0; y--)
 			{
-				if(isLayerValidLodPoint(data, startX, endX, startZ, endZ, i, y))
+				if(isLayerValidLodPoint(blockStorage, startX, endX, startZ, endZ, i, y))
 				{
 					// we found
 					// enough blocks in this
@@ -359,10 +370,8 @@ public class LodChunk
 					// LOD point
 					return (short) (y + (i * CHUNK_DATA_HEIGHT));
 				}
-			} // y
+			}
-		} // data
+		}
-		
-		
 		
 		// we never found a valid LOD point
 		return -1;
@@ -373,7 +382,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 	 * values a valid LOD point?
 	 */
 	private boolean isLayerValidLodPoint(
-			ExtendedBlockStorage[] data, 
+			ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage, 
 			int startX, int endX, 
 			int startZ, int endZ, 
 			int dataIndex, int y)
@@ -385,7 +394,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 		{
 			for(int z = startZ; z < endZ; z++)
 			{
-				if(data[dataIndex] == null)
+				if(blockStorage[dataIndex] == null)
 				{
 					// this section doesn't have any blocks,
 					// it is not a valid section
@@ -393,7 +402,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					if(data[dataIndex].get(x, y, z) != null && Block.getIdFromBlock(data[dataIndex].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) != airBlockId)
+					if(blockStorage[dataIndex].get(x, y, z) != null && Block.getIdFromBlock(blockStorage[dataIndex].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) != airBlockId)
 					{
 						// we found a valid block in
 						// in this layer
@@ -412,9 +421,11 @@ public class LodChunk
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-	
+	/**
-	
+	 * Generate the color of the given ColorDirection at the given chunk
-	private Color generateLodColorSection(Chunk chunk, World world, ColorDirection colorDir)
+	 * in the given world.
+	 */
+	private Color generateLodColor(Chunk chunk, World world, ColorDirection colorDir)
 	{
 		Minecraft mc =  Minecraft.getMinecraft();
 		BlockColors bc = mc.getBlockColors();
@@ -441,11 +452,18 @@ public class LodChunk
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Only accepts TOP and BOTTOM as ColorPositions
+	 * Generates the color of the top or bottom of a given chunk in the given world.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given a ColorDirection other than TOP or BOTTOM
 	 */
 	private Color generateLodColorVertical(Chunk chunk, ColorDirection colorDir, World world, BlockColors bc)
 	{
-		ExtendedBlockStorage[] data = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		if(colorDir != ColorDirection.TOP && colorDir != ColorDirection.BOTTOM)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("generateLodColorVertical only accepts the ColorDirection TOP or BOTTOM");
+		}
+		
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
 		
 		int numbOfBlocks = 0;
 		int red = 0;
@@ -456,8 +474,8 @@ public class LodChunk
 		
 		
 		// either go top down or bottom up
-		int dataStart = goTopDown? data.length - 1 : 0;
+		int dataStart = goTopDown? blockStorage.length - 1 : 0;
-		int dataMax = data.length; 
+		int dataMax = blockStorage.length; 
 		int dataMin = 0;
 		int dataIncrement = goTopDown? -1 : 1;
 		
@@ -474,16 +492,16 @@ public class LodChunk
 				
 				for(int di = dataStart; !foundBlock && di >= dataMin && di < dataMax; di += dataIncrement)
 				{
-					if(!foundBlock && data[di] != null)
+					if(!foundBlock && blockStorage[di] != null)
 					{
 						for(int y = topStart; !foundBlock && y >= topMin && y < topMax; y += topIncrement)
 						{
 							int ci;
-							if(Block.getIdFromBlock(data[di].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) == waterBlockId)
+							if(Block.getIdFromBlock(blockStorage[di].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) == waterBlockId)
 								// this is a special case since getColor on water generally returns white
 								ci = waterColor;
 							else
-								ci = bc.getColor(data[di].get(x, y, z), world, new BlockPos(x,y,z));
+								ci = bc.getColor(blockStorage[di].get(x, y, z), world, new BlockPos(x,y,z));
 							
 							if(ci == 0)
 							{
@@ -519,10 +537,20 @@ public class LodChunk
 		
 		return new Color(red, green, blue);
 	}
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Generates the color of the side of a given chunk in the given world for the given ColorDirection.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given a ColorDirection other than N, S, W, E (North, South, East, West)
+	 */
 	private Color generateLodColorHorizontal(Chunk chunk, ColorDirection colorDir, World world, BlockColors bc)
 	{
-		ExtendedBlockStorage[] data = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
+		if(colorDir != ColorDirection.N && colorDir != ColorDirection.S && colorDir != ColorDirection.E && colorDir != ColorDirection.W)
+		{
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("generateLodColorHorizontal only accepts the ColorDirection N (North), S (South), E (East), or W (West)");
+		}
+		
+		ExtendedBlockStorage[] blockStorage = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
 		
 		int numbOfBlocks = 0;
 		int red = 0;
@@ -563,9 +591,9 @@ public class LodChunk
 		}
 		
 		
-		for (int di = 0; di < data.length; di++)
+		for (int di = 0; di < blockStorage.length; di++)
 		{
-			if (data[di] != null)
+			if (blockStorage[di] != null)
 			{
 				for (int y = 0; y < CHUNK_DATA_HEIGHT; y++)
 				{
@@ -607,11 +635,11 @@ public class LodChunk
 							}
 							
 							int ci;
-							if(Block.getIdFromBlock(data[di].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) == waterBlockId)
+							if(Block.getIdFromBlock(blockStorage[di].get(x, y, z).getBlock()) == waterBlockId)
 								// this is a special case since getColor on water generally returns white
 								ci = waterColor;
 							else
-								ci = bc.getColor(data[di].get(x, y, z), world, new BlockPos(x,y,z));
+								ci = bc.getColor(blockStorage[di].get(x, y, z), world, new BlockPos(x,y,z));
 							
 							if (ci == 0) {
 								// skip air or invisible blocks
@@ -671,6 +699,30 @@ public class LodChunk
 	
 	
 	
+	//================//
+	// misc functions //
+	//================//
+	
+	/**
+	 * If this LOD is either invisible from every
+	 * direction or doesn't have a valid height 
+	 * it is empty.
+	 */
+	public boolean isLodEmpty()
+	{
+		for(LodCorner corner : LodCorner.values())
+			if(top[corner.value] != -1 || bottom[corner.value] != -1)
+				// at least one corner is valid
+				return false;
+		
+		Color invisible = new Color(0,0,0,0);
+		for(ColorDirection dir : ColorDirection.values())
+			if(!colors[dir.value].equals(invisible))
+				// at least one direction has a non-invisible color
+				return false;
+		
+		return true;
+	}
 	
 	
 	
@@ -681,7 +733,6 @@ public class LodChunk
 	//========//
 	
 	
-	
 	/**
 	 * Outputs all data in csv format
 	 * with the given delimiter.
@@ -727,28 +778,7 @@ public class LodChunk
 		
 		s += "x: " + x + " z: " + z + "\t";
 		
-//		s += "top: ";
+		s += "(" + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getRed() + ", " + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getGreen() + ", " + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getBlue() + ")";
-//		for(int i = 0; i < top.length; i++)
-//		{
-//			s += top[i] + " ";
-//		}
-//		s += "\t";
-		
-//		s += "bottom: ";
-//		for(int i = 0; i < bottom.length; i++)
-//		{
-//			s += bottom[i] + " ";
-//		}
-//		s += "\t";
-		
-//		s += "colors ";
-//		for(int i = 0; i < colors.length; i++)
-//		{
-//			if(colors[i] != null)
-//				s += "(" + colors[i].getRed() + ", " + colors[i].getGreen() + ", " + colors[i].getBlue() + "), ";
-//		}
-		
-		s += "(" + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getRed() + ", " + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getGreen() + ", " + colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getBlue() + "), ";
 		
 		return s;
 	}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/objects/LodDimension.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.objects;
 
-import com.backsun.lod.util.LodFileHandler;
+import com.backsun.lod.handlers.LodDimensionFileHandler;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.world.DimensionType;
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import net.minecraft.world.DimensionType;
  * for a given dimension.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 01-31-2021
+ * @version 02-23-2021
  */
 public class LodDimension
 {
 	public final DimensionType dimension;
 	
-	private volatile int width; // if this ever changes make sure to update the halfWidth too
+	private volatile int width;
 	private volatile int halfWidth;
 	
 	public LodRegion regions[][];
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ public class LodDimension
 	private int centerX;
 	private int centerZ;
 	
-	private LodFileHandler rfHandler;
+	private LodDimensionFileHandler fileHandler;
+	
 	
 	public LodDimension(DimensionType newDimension, int newMaxWidth)
 	{
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class LodDimension
 		width = newMaxWidth;
 		
 		// dimension 0 works here since we are just looking for the save handler anyway
-		rfHandler = new LodFileHandler(Minecraft.getMinecraft().getIntegratedServer().getWorld(0).getSaveHandler(), this);
+		fileHandler = new LodDimensionFileHandler(Minecraft.getMinecraft().getIntegratedServer().getWorld(0).getSaveHandler(), this);
 		
 		regions = new LodRegion[width][width];
 		isRegionDirty = new boolean[width][width];
@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ public class LodDimension
 	}
 	
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Move the center of this LodDimension and move all owned
+	 * regions over by the given x and z offset.
+	 */
 	public void move(int xOffset, int zOffset)
 	{		
 		// if the x or z offset is equal to or greater than
@@ -144,22 +148,16 @@ public class LodDimension
 	}
 	
 	
-	public int getCenterX()
-	{
-		return centerX;
-	}
-	
-	public int getCenterZ()
-	{
-		return centerZ;
-	}
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	
 	
 	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the region at the given X and Z
+	 * <br>
+	 * Returns null if the region doesn't exist
+	 * or is outside the loaded area.
+	 */
 	public LodRegion getRegion(int regionX, int regionZ)
 	{
 		int xIndex = (regionX - centerX) + halfWidth;
@@ -201,11 +199,15 @@ public class LodDimension
 	
 	
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Add the given LOD to this dimension at the coordinate
+	 * stored in the LOD. If an LOD already exists at the given
+	 * coordinates it will be overwritten.
+	 */
 	public void addLod(LodChunk lod)
 	{
-		int regionX = (lod.x + centerX) / LodRegion.SIZE;
+		int regionX = lod.x / LodRegion.SIZE;
-		int regionZ = (lod.z + centerZ) / LodRegion.SIZE;
+		int regionZ = lod.z / LodRegion.SIZE;
 		
 		// prevent issues if X/Z is negative and less than 16
 		if (lod.x < 0)
@@ -236,20 +238,20 @@ public class LodDimension
 		int xIndex = (regionX - centerX) + halfWidth;
 		int zIndex = (regionZ - centerZ) + halfWidth;
 		isRegionDirty[xIndex][zIndex] = true;
-		
+		fileHandler.saveDirtyRegionsToFileAsync();
-		
-		
-		rfHandler.saveDirtyRegionsToFile();
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Returns null if the LodChunk isn't loaded
+	 * Get the LodChunk at the given X and Z coordinates
+	 * in this dimension.
+	 * <br>
+	 * Returns null if the LodChunk doesn't exist or 
+	 * is outside the loaded area.
 	 */
 	public LodChunk getLodFromCoordinates(int chunkX, int chunkZ)
 	{
-		// (chunkX + centerX) % width
+		int regionX = chunkX / LodRegion.SIZE;
-		int regionX = (chunkX + centerX) / LodRegion.SIZE;
+		int regionZ = chunkZ / LodRegion.SIZE;
-		int regionZ = (chunkZ + centerZ) / LodRegion.SIZE;
 		
 		// prevent issues if chunkX/Z is negative and less than width
 		if (chunkX < 0)
@@ -271,11 +273,13 @@ public class LodDimension
 	}
 	
 	
-	
+	/**
-	
+	 * Get the region at the given X and Z coordinates from the
+	 * RegionFileHandler.
+	 */
 	public LodRegion getRegionFromFile(int regionX, int regionZ)
 	{
-		return rfHandler.loadRegionFromFile(regionX, regionZ);
+		return fileHandler.loadRegionFromFile(regionX, regionZ);
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -293,6 +297,22 @@ public class LodDimension
 
 	
 	
+	
+	
+	
+
+	public int getCenterX()
+	{
+		return centerX;
+	}
+	
+	public int getCenterZ()
+	{
+		return centerZ;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
 	public int getWidth()
 	{
 		return width;
@@ -311,6 +331,18 @@ public class LodDimension
 			for(int j = 0; j < width; j++)
 				isRegionDirty[i][j] = false;
 	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		String s = "";
+		
+		s += "dim: " + dimension.getName() + "\t";
+		s += "(" + centerX + "," + centerZ + ")";
+		
+		return s;
+	}
 }
 
 

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/objects/LodRegion.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package com.backsun.lod.objects;
  * one file in the file system.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 1-20-2021
+ * @version 1-22-2021
  */
 public class LodRegion
 {
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ public class LodRegion
 	}
 	
 	
+	/**
+	 * Add the given LOD to this region at the coordinate
+	 * stored in the LOD. If an LOD already exists at the given
+	 * coordinates it will be overwritten.
+	 */
 	public void addLod(LodChunk lod)
 	{
 		// we use ABS since LODs can be negative, but if they are
@@ -43,6 +48,13 @@ public class LodRegion
 		chunks[xIndex][zIndex] = lod;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Get the LodChunk at the given X and Z coordinates
+	 * in this region.
+	 * <br>
+	 * Returns null if the LodChunk doesn't exist or 
+	 * is outside the loaded area.
+	 */
 	public LodChunk getLod(int chunkX, int chunkZ)
 	{
 		// since we add LOD's with ABS, we get them the same way
@@ -56,7 +68,9 @@ public class LodRegion
 	}
 	
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Returns all LodChunks in this region
+	 */
 	public LodChunk[][] getAllLods()
 	{
 		return chunks;

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/objects/LodWorld.java

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.objects;
 
-import java.util.Dictionary;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * This stores all LODs for a given world.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 01-31-2021
+ * @version 02-22-2021
  */
 public class LodWorld
 {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ public class LodWorld
 	/**
 	 * Key = Dimension id (as an int)
 	 */
-	private Dictionary<Integer, LodDimension> lodDimensions;
+	private Map<Integer, LodDimension> lodDimensions;
 	
 	
 	public LodWorld(String newWorldName)
@@ -38,12 +37,27 @@ public class LodWorld
 		return lodDimensions.get(dimensionId);
 	}
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Resizes the max width in regions that each LodDimension
+	 * should use. 
+	 */
 	public void resizeDimensionRegionWidth(int newWidth)
 	{
-		Enumeration<Integer> keys = lodDimensions.keys();
+		for(Integer key : lodDimensions.keySet())
+			lodDimensions.get(key).setRegionWidth(newWidth);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		String s = "";
 		
-		while(keys.hasMoreElements())
+		s += worldName + "\t - dimensions: ";
-			lodDimensions.get(keys.nextElement()).setRegionWidth(newWidth);
+		for(Integer key : lodDimensions.keySet())
+			s += lodDimensions.get(key).dimension.getName() + ", ";
+		
+		return s;
 	}
 }

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/objects/NearFarBuffer.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.renderer;
+package com.backsun.lod.objects;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
 
 /**
  * This object is just a replacement for an array
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  * and BuildBufferThread.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 02-13-2021
+ * @version 02-21-2021
  */
 public class NearFarBuffer
 {
-	public ByteBuffer nearBuffer;
+	public BufferBuilder nearBuffer;
 	
-	public ByteBuffer farBuffer;
+	public BufferBuilder farBuffer;
 	
 	
-	NearFarBuffer(ByteBuffer newNearBuffer, ByteBuffer newFarBuffer)
+	public NearFarBuffer(BufferBuilder newNearBuffer, BufferBuilder newFarBuffer)
 	{
 		nearBuffer = newNearBuffer;
 		farBuffer = newFarBuffer;

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/proxy/ClientProxy.java

@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.proxy;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 
+import com.backsun.lod.builders.LodBuilder;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodChunk;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodDimension;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodRegion;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodWorld;
 import com.backsun.lod.renderer.LodRenderer;
 import com.backsun.lod.util.LodConfig;
-import com.backsun.lod.util.LodFileHandler;
+import com.backsun.lodcore.util.RenderGlobalHook;
-import com.backsun.lodCore.util.RenderGlobalHook;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
-import net.minecraft.world.DimensionType;
-import net.minecraft.world.World;
-import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
-import net.minecraft.world.chunk.storage.ExtendedBlockStorage;
 import net.minecraftforge.client.event.RenderWorldLastEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.terraingen.PopulateChunkEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.world.ChunkEvent;
@@ -29,23 +22,21 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
 // Minecraft.getMinecraft().getIntegratedServer()
 
 /**
- * This is used by the client.
+ * This handles all events sent to the client,
+ * and is the starting point for most of this program.
  * 
  * @author James_Seibel
- * @version 01-31-2021
+ * @version 02-23-2021
  */
 public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 {
 	private LodRenderer renderer;
 	private LodWorld lodWorld;
-	private ExecutorService lodGenThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+	private LodBuilder lodBuilder;
-	
-	/** Default size of any LOD regions we use */
-	private int regionWidth = 5;
 	
 	public ClientProxy()
 	{
-		
+		lodBuilder = new LodBuilder();
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -67,13 +58,17 @@ public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Do any setup that is required to draw LODs
+	 * and then tell the LodRenderer to draw.
+	 */
 	public void renderLods(float partialTicks)
 	{
 		int newWidth = Math.max(4, (Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks * LodChunk.WIDTH * 2) / LodRegion.SIZE);
-		if (lodWorld != null && regionWidth != newWidth)
+		if (lodWorld != null && lodBuilder.regionWidth != newWidth)
 		{
 			lodWorld.resizeDimensionRegionWidth(newWidth);
-			regionWidth = newWidth;
+			lodBuilder.regionWidth = newWidth;
 			
 			// skip this frame, hopefully the lodWorld
 			// should have everything set up by then
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 			lodDim.move(xOffset, zOffset);
 		}
 		
-		
 		// we wait to create the renderer until the first frame
 		// to make sure that the EntityRenderer has
 		// been created, that way we can get the fovModifer
@@ -120,9 +114,6 @@ public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 	
 	
 	
-	
-	
-	
 	//===============//
 	// update events //
 	//===============//
@@ -130,7 +121,7 @@ public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void chunkLoadEvent(ChunkEvent event)
 	{
-		generateLodChunk(event.getChunk());
+		lodWorld = lodBuilder.generateLodChunkAsync(event.getChunk());
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -146,111 +137,12 @@ public class ClientProxy extends CommonProxy
 			
 			if(world != null)
 			{
-				generateLodChunk(world.getChunkFromChunkCoords(event.getChunkX(), event.getChunkZ()));
+				lodWorld = lodBuilder.generateLodChunkAsync(world.getChunkFromChunkCoords(event.getChunkX(), event.getChunkZ()));
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/*
-	 * 
-	Use this for generating chunks and maybe determining if they are loaded at all?
 	
-	Could I create my own chunk generator and multithread it? It wouldn't save to the world, but could I save it for LODs?
-	
- 	chunk = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getIntegratedServer().getWorld(0).getChunkProvider().chunkGenerator.generateChunk(chunk.x, chunk.z);
-	
-	System.out.println(chunk.x + " " + chunk.z + "\tloaded: " + chunk.isLoaded() + "\tpop: " + chunk.isPopulated() + "\tter pop: " + chunk.isTerrainPopulated());
-	 */
-	
-	private void generateLodChunk(Chunk chunk)
-	{
-		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
-		
-		// don't try to create an LOD object
-		// if for some reason we aren't
-		// given a valid chunk object
-		// (Minecraft often gives back empty
-		// or null chunks in this method)
-		if (chunk == null || !isValidChunk(chunk))
-			return;
-		
-		int dimId = chunk.getWorld().provider.getDimension();
-		World world = mc.getIntegratedServer().getWorld(dimId);
-		
-		if (world == null)
-			return;
-			
-		Thread thread = new Thread(() ->
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				LodChunk lod = new LodChunk(chunk, world);
-				LodDimension lodDim;
-				
-				if (lodWorld == null)
-				{
-					lodWorld = new LodWorld(LodFileHandler.getWorldName());
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					// if we have a lodWorld make sure 
-					// it is for this minecraft world
-					if (!lodWorld.worldName.equals(LodFileHandler.getWorldName()))
-					{
-						// this lodWorld isn't for this minecraft world
-						// delete it so we can get a new one
-						lodWorld = null;
-						
-						// skip this frame
-						// we'll get this set up next time
-						return;
-					}
-				}
-				
-				
-				if (lodWorld.getLodDimension(dimId) == null)
-				{
-					DimensionType dim = DimensionType.getById(dimId);
-					lodDim = new LodDimension(dim, regionWidth);
-					lodWorld.addLodDimension(lodDim);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					lodDim = lodWorld.getLodDimension(dimId);
-				}
-				
-				lodDim.addLod(lod);
-			}
-			catch(IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e)
-			{
-				// if the world changes while LODs are being generated
-				// they will throw errors as they try to access things that no longer
-				// exist.
-			}
-			
-		});
-		
-		lodGenThreadPool.execute(thread);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Return whether the given chunk
-	 * has any data in it.
-	 */
-	private boolean isValidChunk(Chunk chunk)
-	{
-		ExtendedBlockStorage[] data = chunk.getBlockStorageArray();
-		
-		for(ExtendedBlockStorage e : data)
-		{
-			if(e != null && !e.isEmpty())
-			{
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return false;
-	}
 	
 	
 }

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/proxy/CommonProxy.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.proxy;
 
 /**
- * This is used by the server.
+ * This handles any events sent to the server. 
  * 
  * @author James_Seibel
  * @version 08-31-2020

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/renderer/BuildBufferThread.java

@@ -1,333 +0,0 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.renderer;
-import java.awt.Color;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-
-import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.FogDistance;
-
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GLAllocation;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.DefaultVertexFormats;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.VertexFormat;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.VertexFormatElement;
-import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
-import net.minecraft.util.math.MathHelper;
-
-/**
- * 
- * 
- * @author James Seibel
- * @version 02-13-2021
- */
-public class BuildBufferThread implements Callable<NearFarBuffer>
-{
-	public ByteBuffer nearBuffer;
-	public ByteBuffer farBuffer;
-	public FogDistance distanceMode;
-	public AxisAlignedBB[][] lods;
-	public Color[][] colors;
-	
-	private int start = 0;
-	private int end = -1;
-	
-	private int vertexCount = 0;
-	private VertexFormat vertexFormat = null;
-	private int vertexFormatIndex = 0;
-	private VertexFormatElement vertexFormatElement = null; 
-	
-	
-	
-	BuildBufferThread()
-	{
-		vertexCount = 0;
-		vertexFormat = DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR;
-		vertexFormatIndex = 0;
-		vertexFormatElement = vertexFormat.getElement(vertexFormatIndex); 
-	}
-	
-	BuildBufferThread(ByteBuffer newNearByteBuffer, ByteBuffer newFarByteBuffer, AxisAlignedBB[][] newLods, Color[][] newColors, FogDistance newDistanceMode, int threadNumber, int totalThreads)
-	{
-		setNewData(newNearByteBuffer, newFarByteBuffer, distanceMode, newLods, newColors, threadNumber, totalThreads);
-		
-		vertexCount = 0;
-		vertexFormat = DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR;
-		vertexFormatIndex = 0;
-		vertexFormatElement = vertexFormat.getElement(vertexFormatIndex); 
-	}
-	
-	public void setNewData(ByteBuffer newNearByteBuffer, ByteBuffer newFarByteBuffer, FogDistance newDistanceMode, AxisAlignedBB[][] newLods, Color[][] newColors, int threadNumber, int totalThreads)
-	{
-		vertexCount = 0;
-        vertexFormatIndex = 0;
-		
-		nearBuffer = newNearByteBuffer;
-		farBuffer = newFarByteBuffer;
-		distanceMode = newDistanceMode;
-		lods = newLods;
-		colors = newColors;
-		
-		int numbChunksWide = lods.length;
-		int rowsToRender = numbChunksWide / totalThreads;
-		start = threadNumber * rowsToRender;
-		end = (threadNumber + 1) * rowsToRender;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public NearFarBuffer call()
-	{
-		int numbChunksWide = lods.length;
-		
-		ByteBuffer currentBuffer;
-		AxisAlignedBB bb;
-		int red;
-		int green;
-		int blue;
-		int alpha;
-		
-		if (distanceMode == FogDistance.NEAR)
-		{
-			currentBuffer = nearBuffer;
-		}
-		else // if (distanceMode == FogDistance.FAR)
-		{
-			currentBuffer = farBuffer;
-		}
-		
-		
-		// x axis
-		for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
-		{
-			// z axis
-			for (int j = 0; j < numbChunksWide; j++)
-			{
-				if (lods[i][j] == null || colors[i][j] == null)
-					continue;
-				
-				bb = lods[i][j];
-				
-				// get the color of this LOD object
-				red = colors[i][j].getRed();
-				green = colors[i][j].getGreen();
-				blue = colors[i][j].getBlue();
-				alpha = colors[i][j].getAlpha();
-				
-				// choose which buffer to add these LODs too
-				if (distanceMode == FogDistance.NEAR_AND_FAR)
-				{
-					if (RenderUtil.isCoordinateInNearFogArea(i, j, numbChunksWide / 2))
-						currentBuffer = nearBuffer;
-					else
-						currentBuffer = farBuffer;
-				}
-				
-				
-				if (bb.minY != bb.maxY)
-				{
-					// top (facing up)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// bottom (facing down)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-
-					// south (facing -Z) 
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// north (facing +Z)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-
-					// west (facing -X)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// east (facing +X)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.maxY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					// render this LOD as one block thick
-					
-					// top (facing up)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// bottom (facing down)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-
-					// south (facing -Z) 
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// north (facing +Z)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-
-					// west (facing -X)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.minX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					// east (facing +X)
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY+1, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.maxZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-					addPosAndColor(currentBuffer, bb.maxX, bb.minY, bb.minZ, red, green, blue, alpha);
-				}
-				
-			} // z axis
-		} // x axis
-		
-		return new NearFarBuffer(nearBuffer, farBuffer);
-	}
-	
-	private void addPosAndColor(ByteBuffer buffer, double x, double y, double z, int red, int green, int blue, int alpha)
-	{
-		addPos(buffer, x, y, z);
-		addColor(buffer, red, green, blue, alpha);
-		endVertex();
-	}
-
-	private void addPos(ByteBuffer byteBuffer, double x, double y, double z)
-	{
-		int i = this.vertexCount * this.vertexFormat.getNextOffset() + this.vertexFormat.getOffset(this.vertexFormatIndex);
-
-        switch (this.vertexFormatElement.getType())
-        {
-            case FLOAT: // This is the one currently used
-                byteBuffer.putFloat(i, (float)(x));
-                byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 4, (float)(y));
-                byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 8, (float)(z));
-                break;
-            case UINT:
-            case INT:
-                byteBuffer.putInt(i, Float.floatToRawIntBits((float)(x)));
-                byteBuffer.putInt(i + 4, Float.floatToRawIntBits((float)(y)));
-                byteBuffer.putInt(i + 8, Float.floatToRawIntBits((float)(z)));
-                break;
-            case USHORT:
-            case SHORT:
-                byteBuffer.putShort(i, (short)((int)(x)));
-                byteBuffer.putShort(i + 2, (short)((int)(y)));
-                byteBuffer.putShort(i + 4, (short)((int)(z)));
-                break;
-            case UBYTE:
-            case BYTE:
-                byteBuffer.put(i, (byte)((int)(x)));
-                byteBuffer.put(i + 1, (byte)((int)(y)));
-                byteBuffer.put(i + 2, (byte)((int)(z)));
-        }
-        
-        nextVertexFormatIndex();
-	}
-	
-	private void addColor(ByteBuffer byteBuffer, int red, int green, int blue, int alpha)
-    {
-        int i = this.vertexCount * this.vertexFormat.getNextOffset() + this.vertexFormat.getOffset(this.vertexFormatIndex);
-
-        switch (this.vertexFormatElement.getType())
-        {
-            case FLOAT:
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i, red / 255.0F);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 4, green / 255.0F);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 8, blue / 255.0F);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 12, alpha / 255.0F);
-                break;
-            case UINT:
-            case INT:
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i, red);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 4, green);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 8, blue);
-            	byteBuffer.putFloat(i + 12, alpha);
-                break;
-            case USHORT:
-            case SHORT:
-            	byteBuffer.putShort(i, (short)red);
-            	byteBuffer.putShort(i + 2, (short)green);
-            	byteBuffer.putShort(i + 4, (short)blue);
-            	byteBuffer.putShort(i + 6, (short)alpha);
-                break;
-            case UBYTE:
-            case BYTE:
-            	
-                if (ByteOrder.nativeOrder() == ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-                {
-                	// this is the one used currently
-                    byteBuffer.put(i, (byte)red);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 1, (byte)green);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 2, (byte)blue);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 3, (byte)alpha);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    byteBuffer.put(i, (byte)alpha);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 1, (byte)blue);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 2, (byte)green);
-                    byteBuffer.put(i + 3, (byte)red);
-                }
-        }
-
-        nextVertexFormatIndex();
-    }
-	
-	private void nextVertexFormatIndex()
-    {
-        ++this.vertexFormatIndex;
-        this.vertexFormatIndex %= this.vertexFormat.getElementCount();
-        this.vertexFormatElement = this.vertexFormat.getElement(this.vertexFormatIndex);
-
-        if (this.vertexFormatElement.getUsage() == VertexFormatElement.EnumUsage.PADDING)
-        {
-            this.nextVertexFormatIndex();
-        }
-    }
-	
-	private void endVertex()
-    {
-        ++this.vertexCount;
-        growBuffer(this.vertexFormat.getNextOffset());
-    }
-	
-	private void growBuffer(int p_181670_1_)
-    {
-        //if (MathHelper.roundUp(p_181670_1_, 4) / 4 > this.rawIntBuffer.remaining() || this.vertexCount * this.vertexFormat.getNextOffset() + p_181670_1_ > this.byteBuffer.capacity())
-		if (this.vertexCount * this.vertexFormat.getNextOffset() + p_181670_1_ > nearBuffer.capacity())
-        {
-            int i = nearBuffer.capacity();
-            int j = i + MathHelper.roundUp(p_181670_1_, 2097152);
-//	            int k = this.rawIntBuffer.position();
-            ByteBuffer directBytebuffer = GLAllocation.createDirectByteBuffer(j);
-            nearBuffer.position(0);
-            directBytebuffer.put(nearBuffer);
-            directBytebuffer.rewind();
-            nearBuffer = directBytebuffer;
-//	            this.rawFloatBuffer = buffer.asFloatBuffer().asReadOnlyBuffer();
-//	            this.rawIntBuffer = buffer.asIntBuffer();
-//	            this.rawIntBuffer.position(k);
-//	            this.rawShortBuffer = buffer.asShortBuffer();
-//	            this.rawShortBuffer.position(k << 1);
-        }
-    }
-	
-	
-	
-}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/renderer/LodRenderer.java

@@ -15,30 +15,36 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 import org.lwjgl.util.glu.Project;
 
+import com.backsun.lod.builders.BuildBufferThread;
+import com.backsun.lod.handlers.ReflectionHandler;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodChunk;
 import com.backsun.lod.objects.LodDimension;
+import com.backsun.lod.objects.NearFarBuffer;
 import com.backsun.lod.util.LodConfig;
-import com.backsun.lod.util.ReflectionHandler;
 import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.ColorDirection;
 import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.FogDistance;
 import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.FogQuality;
-import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.LodLocation;
+import com.backsun.lod.util.enums.LodCorner;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.entity.EntityPlayerSP;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.Tessellator;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.DefaultVertexFormats;
-import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.MathHelper;
 
 /**
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2-13-2021
+ * @version 2-24-2021
  */
 public class LodRenderer
 {
+	/** this is the light used when rendering the LODs,
+	 * it should be something different than what is used by Minecraft */
+	private static final int LOD_GL_LIGHT_NUMBER = GL11.GL_LIGHT2;
+
 	/** If true the LODs colors will be replaced with
 	 * a checkerboard, this can be used for debugging. */
 	public boolean debugging = false;
@@ -52,31 +58,35 @@ public class LodRenderer
 	private Tessellator tessellator;
 	private BufferBuilder bufferBuilder;
 	
-	/**
-	 * This is an array of 0's used to clear old 
-	 * ByteBuffers when they need to be rebuilt.
-	 */
-	byte[] clearBytes;
-	
 	private ReflectionHandler reflectionHandler;
 	
 	public LodDimension lodDimension = null;
 	
 	
-	
+	/** Total number of CPU cores available to the Java VM */
 	private int maxNumbThreads = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-	/** How many threads should be used for building the render buffer. */
+	/** How many threads should be used for building render buffers */
 	private int numbBufferThreads = maxNumbThreads;
+	/** This stores all the BuildBufferThread objects for each CPU core */
 	private ArrayList<BuildBufferThread> bufferThreads = new ArrayList<BuildBufferThread>();
-	private volatile ByteBuffer[] nearBuffers = new ByteBuffer[maxNumbThreads];
+	/** The buffers that are used to draw LODs using near fog */
-	private volatile ByteBuffer[] farBuffers = new ByteBuffer[maxNumbThreads];
+	private volatile BufferBuilder[] drawableNearBuffers = null;
+	/** The buffers that are used to draw LODs using far fog */
+	private volatile BufferBuilder[] drawableFarBuffers = null;
+	
+	/** The buffers that are used to create LODs using near fog */
+	private volatile BufferBuilder[] buildableNearBuffers = null;
+	/** The buffers that are used to create LODs using far fog */
+	private volatile BufferBuilder[] buildableFarBuffers = null;
+	
+	/** If we have more CPU cores than LOD rows to draw this tells
+	 * which drawable buffers will and won't be used. */
+	private boolean[] shouldDrawBuffer = new boolean[maxNumbThreads];
+	
+	/** This holds the threads used to generate the LOD buffers */
 	private ExecutorService bufferThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(maxNumbThreads);
-	/*
+	/** This holds the thread used to generate new LODs off the main thread. */
-	 * this is the maximum number of bytes a buffer
+	private ExecutorService genThread = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
-	 * would ever have to hold at once (this prevents the buffer
-	 * from having to resize and thus save performance)
-	 */
-	private int bufferMaxCapacity = 0;
 	
 	/** This is used to determine if the LODs should be regenerated */
 	private int previousChunkRenderDistance = 0;
@@ -87,8 +97,17 @@ public class LodRenderer
 	/** This is used to determine if the LODs should be regenerated */
 	private FogDistance prevFogDistance = FogDistance.NEAR_AND_FAR;
 	
-	/** if this is true the LODs should be regenerated */
+	/** if this is true the LOD buffers should be regenerated,
+	 * provided they aren't already being regenerated. */
 	private boolean regen = false;
+	/** if this is true the LOD buffers are currently being
+	 * regenerated. */
+	private volatile boolean regenerating = false;
+	/** if this is true new LOD buffers have been generated 
+	 * and are waiting to be swapped with the drawable buffers*/
+	private volatile boolean switchBuffers = false;
+	
+	
 	
 	
 	
@@ -98,23 +117,22 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
 		
 		// for some reason "Tessellator.getInstance()" won't work here, we have to create a new one
-		tessellator = new Tessellator(2097152);
+		tessellator = new Tessellator(2097152); // the number here is what is used by the default Tessellator
 		bufferBuilder = tessellator.getBuffer();
 		
 		reflectionHandler = new ReflectionHandler();
 	}
 	
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Besides drawing the LODs this method also starts
+	 * the async process of generating the Buffers that hold those LODs.
+	 * 
+	 * @param newDimension The dimension to draw, if null doesn't replace the current dimension.
+	 * @param partialTicks how far into the current tick this method was called.
+	 */
 	public void drawLODs(LodDimension newDimension, float partialTicks)
 	{
-		if (reflectionHandler.fovMethod == null)
-		{
-			// don't continue if we can't get the
-			// user's FOV
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		if (reflectionHandler.fovMethod == null)
 		{
 			// we aren't able to get the user's
@@ -122,29 +140,7 @@ public class LodRenderer
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		// should the LODs be regenerated?
+		if (lodDimension == null && newDimension == null)
-		if ((int)Minecraft.getMinecraft().player.posX / LodChunk.WIDTH != prevChunkX ||
-			(int)Minecraft.getMinecraft().player.posZ / LodChunk.WIDTH != prevChunkZ ||
-			previousChunkRenderDistance != mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks ||
-			prevFogDistance != LodConfig.fogDistance ||
-			lodDimension != newDimension)
-		{
-			regen = true;
-			
-			prevChunkX = (int)Minecraft.getMinecraft().player.posX / LodChunk.WIDTH;
-			prevChunkZ = (int)Minecraft.getMinecraft().player.posZ / LodChunk.WIDTH;
-			prevFogDistance = LodConfig.fogDistance;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// nope, the player hasn't moved, the
-			// render distance hasn't changed, and
-			// the dimension is the same
-			regen = false;
-		}
-		
-		lodDimension = newDimension;
-		if (lodDimension == null)
 		{
 			// if there aren't any loaded LodChunks
 			// don't try drawing anything
@@ -155,13 +151,43 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		
 		
 		
+		//===============//
+		// initial setup //
+		//===============//
+		
 		
 		// used for debugging and viewing how long different processes take
 		mc.mcProfiler.endSection();
 		mc.mcProfiler.startSection("LOD");
 		mc.mcProfiler.startSection("LOD setup");
-		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+		
-		long startTime = System.nanoTime();
+		EntityPlayerSP player = mc.player;
+		
+		// should LODs be regenerated?
+		if ((int)player.posX / LodChunk.WIDTH != prevChunkX ||
+			(int)player.posZ / LodChunk.WIDTH != prevChunkZ ||
+			previousChunkRenderDistance != mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks ||
+			prevFogDistance != LodConfig.fogDistance ||
+			lodDimension != newDimension)
+		{
+			// yes
+			regen = true;
+			
+			prevChunkX = (int)player.posX / LodChunk.WIDTH;
+			prevChunkZ = (int)player.posZ / LodChunk.WIDTH;
+			prevFogDistance = LodConfig.fogDistance;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// nope, the player hasn't moved, the
+			// render distance hasn't changed, and
+			// the dimension is the same
+			regen = false;
+		}
+		
+		if (newDimension != null)
+			lodDimension = newDimension;
+		
 		if (LodConfig.drawCheckerBoard)
 		{
 			if (debugging != LodConfig.drawCheckerBoard)
@@ -176,27 +202,11 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		}
 		
 		
-		// color setup
-		int alpha = 255; // 0 - 255
-		
-		Color red = new Color(255, 0, 0, alpha);
-		Color black = new Color(0, 0, 0, alpha);
-		Color white = new Color(255, 255, 255, alpha);
-		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-		Color invisible = new Color(0,0,0,0);
-		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-		Color error = new Color(255, 0, 225, alpha); // bright pink
-		
-		
 		
 		// get the camera location
-		Entity player = mc.player;
 		double cameraX = player.lastTickPosX + (player.posX - player.lastTickPosX) * partialTicks;
 		double cameraY = player.lastTickPosY + (player.posY - player.lastTickPosY) * partialTicks;
 		double cameraZ = player.lastTickPosZ + (player.posZ - player.lastTickPosZ) * partialTicks;
-
-		
-
 		
 		// determine how far the game's render distance is currently set
 		int renderDistWidth = mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks;
@@ -206,20 +216,6 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		int totalLength = (int) farPlaneDistance * LOD_CHUNK_DISTANCE_RADIUS * 2;
 		int numbChunksWide = (totalLength / LodChunk.WIDTH);
 		
-		// this seemingly useless math is required,
-		// just using (int) camera doesn't work
-		int playerXChunkOffset = ((int) cameraX / LodChunk.WIDTH) * LodChunk.WIDTH;
-		int playerZChunkOffset = ((int) cameraZ / LodChunk.WIDTH) * LodChunk.WIDTH;
-		// this where we will start drawing squares
-		// (exactly half the total width)
-		int startX = (-LodChunk.WIDTH * (numbChunksWide / 2)) + playerXChunkOffset;
-		int startZ = (-LodChunk.WIDTH * (numbChunksWide / 2)) + playerZChunkOffset;
-		
-		
-		// this is where we store the LOD objects
-		AxisAlignedBB lodArray[][] = new AxisAlignedBB[numbChunksWide][numbChunksWide];
-		// this is where we store the color for each LOD object
-		Color colorArray[][] = new Color[numbChunksWide][numbChunksWide];
 		
 		
 		
@@ -229,89 +225,39 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		// create the LODs //
 		//=================//
 		
-		if (regen)
+		// only regenerate the LODs if:
+		// 1. we want to regenerate LODs
+		// 2. we aren't already regenerating the LODs
+		// 3. we aren't waiting for the build and draw buffers to swap
+		//		(this is to prevent thread conflicts)
+		if (regen && !regenerating && !switchBuffers)
 		{
 			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD generation");
+			regenerating = true;
 			
-			// x axis
+			// this will only be called once, unless the numbBufferThreads changes
-			for (int i = 0; i < numbChunksWide; i++)
+			if (numbBufferThreads != bufferThreads.size())
-			{
+				setupBufferThreads();
-				// z axis
+			
-				for (int j = 0; j < numbChunksWide; j++)
+			// this will mainly happen when the view distance is changed
-				{
+			if (drawableNearBuffers == null || drawableFarBuffers == null || 
-					// skip the middle
+				previousChunkRenderDistance != mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks)
-					// (As the player moves some chunks will overlap or be missing,
+				setupBuffers(numbChunksWide);
-					// this is just how chunk loading/unloading works. This can hopefully
+			
-					// be hidden with careful use of fog)
+			// generate the LODs on a separate thread to prevent stuttering or freezing
-					int middle = (numbChunksWide / 2);
+			genThread.execute(createLodBufferGenerationThread(player.posX, player.posZ, numbChunksWide));
-					if (RenderUtil.isCoordinateInLoadedArea(i, j, middle))
-					{
-						continue;
-					}
-					
-					
-					// set where this square will be drawn in the world
-					double xOffset = (LodChunk.WIDTH * i) + // offset by the number of LOD blocks
-									startX; // offset so the center LOD block is centered underneath the player
-					double yOffset = 0;
-					double zOffset = (LodChunk.WIDTH * j) + startZ;
-					
-					int chunkX = i + (startX / LodChunk.WIDTH);
-					int chunkZ = j + (startZ / LodChunk.WIDTH);
-					
-					LodChunk lod = lodDimension.getLodFromCoordinates(chunkX, chunkZ); // new LodChunk(); //   
-					if (lod == null)
-					{
-						// note: for some reason if any color or lod object are set here
-						// it causes the game to use 100% gpu, all of it undefined in the debug menu
-						// and drop to ~6 fps.
-//						colorArray[i][j] = null;
-//						lodArray[i][j] = null;
-						
-						continue;
-					}
-					
-					Color c = new Color(
-							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getRed()),
-							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getGreen()),
-							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getBlue()),
-							lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getAlpha());
-					
-					
-					
-					if (!debugging)
-					{
-						// add the color to the array
-						colorArray[i][j] = c;
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						// if debugging draw the squares as a black and white checker board
-						if ((chunkX + chunkZ) % 2 == 0)
-							c = white;
-						else
-							c = black;
-						// draw the first square as red
-						if (i == 0 && j == 0)
-							c = red;
-						
-						colorArray[i][j] = c;
-					}
-					
-					
-					// add the new box to the array
-					int topPoint = getLodHeightPoint(lod.top);
-					int bottomPoint = getLodHeightPoint(lod.bottom);
-					
-					// don't draw an LOD if it is empty
-					if (topPoint == -1 && bottomPoint == -1)
-						continue;
-					
-					lodArray[i][j] = new AxisAlignedBB(0, bottomPoint, 0, LodChunk.WIDTH, topPoint, LodChunk.WIDTH).offset(xOffset, yOffset, zOffset);
-				}
-			}
 		}
 		
+		// replace the buffers used to draw and build,
+		// this is only done when the createLodBufferGenerationThread
+		// has finished executing on a parallel thread.
+		if (switchBuffers)
+		{
+			swapBuffers();
+			switchBuffers = false;
+		}
+		
+		
 		
 		
 		
@@ -320,18 +266,17 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		//===========================//
 		
 		// set the required open GL settings
+		GL11.glPolygonMode(GL11.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL11.GL_FILL);
 		GL11.glBlendFunc(GL11.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL11.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 		GL11.glLineWidth(2.0f);
 		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_CULL_FACE);
 		
-		GL11.glPolygonMode(GL11.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL11.GL_FILL);
+		// move the LODs so they are in the correct place relative to the camera
-		
 		GlStateManager.translate(-cameraX, -cameraY, -cameraZ);
 		
 		setProjectionMatrix(partialTicks);
 		setupLighting(partialTicks);
-		setupBufferThreads(lodArray);
 		
 		
 		
@@ -342,30 +287,31 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		// rendering //
 		//===========//
 		
-		mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD build buffer");
-		if (regen)
-			generateLodBuffers(lodArray, colorArray, LodConfig.fogDistance);
-		
 		switch(LodConfig.fogDistance)
 		{
 		case NEAR_AND_FAR:
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw setup");
+			// when drawing NEAR_AND_FAR fog we need 2 draw
-			setupFog(FogDistance.NEAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
+			// calls since fog can only go in one direction at a time
-			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(nearBuffers);
 			
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw setup");
+			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw");
-			setupFog(FogDistance.FAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
-			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(farBuffers);
-			break;
-		case NEAR:
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw setup");
 			setupFog(FogDistance.NEAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
-			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(nearBuffers);
+			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(drawableNearBuffers);
-			break;
+			
-		case FAR:
+			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw");
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw setup");
 			setupFog(FogDistance.FAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
-			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(farBuffers);
+			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(drawableFarBuffers);
+			break;
+			
+		case NEAR:
+			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw");
+			setupFog(FogDistance.NEAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
+			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(drawableNearBuffers);
+			break;
+			
+		case FAR:
+			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw");
+			setupFog(FogDistance.FAR, reflectionHandler.getFogQuality());
+			sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(drawableFarBuffers);
 			break;
 		}
 		
@@ -379,14 +325,13 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		
 		mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD cleanup");
 		
-		
 		// this must be done otherwise other parts of the screen may be drawn with a fog effect
 		// IE the GUI
 		GlStateManager.disableFog();
 		
 		GL11.glPolygonMode(GL11.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL11.GL_FILL);
 		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
-		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_LIGHT1);
+		GL11.glDisable(LOD_GL_LIGHT_NUMBER);
 		GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_COLOR_MATERIAL);
 		
 		// change the perspective matrix back to prevent incompatibilities
@@ -398,112 +343,34 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		previousChunkRenderDistance = mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks;
 		
 		
-		
-		// This is about how long this whole process should take
-		// 16 ms = 60 hz
-		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-		long endTime = System.nanoTime();
-		
 		// end of profiler tracking
 		mc.mcProfiler.endSection();
 	}
-
-
-
-	
-	
-	
-	
 	
 	
 	/**
-	 * draw an array of cubes (or squares) with the given colors.
+	 * This is where the actual drawing happens.
-	 * @param lods bounding boxes to draw
+	 * 
-	 * @param colors color of each box to draw
+	 * @param buffers the buffers sent to the GPU to draw
 	 */
-	private void generateLodBuffers(AxisAlignedBB[][] lods, Color[][] colors, FogDistance fogDistance)
+	private void sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(BufferBuilder[] buffers)
-	{
-		List<Future<NearFarBuffer>> bufferFutures = new ArrayList<>();
-		// TODO this should change based on whether we are using near/far or both fog settings
-		bufferMaxCapacity = (lods.length * lods.length * (6 * 4 * ((3 * 4) + (4 * 4)))) / numbBufferThreads; 
-		
-		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
-		{
-			if (nearBuffers[i] == null || previousChunkRenderDistance != mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks)
-			{
-				nearBuffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(bufferMaxCapacity);
-				nearBuffers[i].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-				
-				farBuffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(bufferMaxCapacity);
-				farBuffers[i].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-				
-				clearBytes = new byte[bufferMaxCapacity];
-			}
-			
-			if (regen)
-			{
-				// this is the best way I could find to
-				// overwrite the old data
-				// (which needs to be done otherwise old
-				// LODs may be drawn)
-				nearBuffers[i].clear();
-				nearBuffers[i].put(clearBytes);
-				nearBuffers[i].clear();
-				
-				farBuffers[i].clear();
-				farBuffers[i].put(clearBytes);
-				farBuffers[i].clear();
-			}
-			
-			int pos = bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().position();
-			nearBuffers[i].position(pos);
-			farBuffers[i].position(pos);
-			
-			bufferThreads.get(i).setNewData(nearBuffers[i], farBuffers[i], fogDistance, lods, colors, i, numbBufferThreads);
-		}
-		
-		try
-		{
-			bufferFutures = bufferThreadPool.invokeAll(bufferThreads);
-		}
-		catch (InterruptedException e)
-		{
-			// this should never happen, but just in case
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		
-		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				nearBuffers[i] = bufferFutures.get(i).get().nearBuffer;
-				farBuffers[i] = bufferFutures.get(i).get().farBuffer;
-			}
-			catch(CancellationException | ExecutionException| InterruptedException e)
-			{
-				// this should never happen, but just in case
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		
-	}
-	
-	private void sendLodsToGpuAndDraw(ByteBuffer[] buffers)
 	{
 		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
 		{
-			int pos = bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().position();
+			if (shouldDrawBuffer[i])
-			buffers[i].position(pos);
+			{
-			
+				int pos = bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().position();
-			bufferBuilder.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR);
+				buffers[i].getByteBuffer().position(pos);
-			bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().clear();
+				
-			bufferBuilder.putBulkData(buffers[i]);
+				bufferBuilder.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_COLOR);
-			
+				bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().clear();
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw");
+				// replace the data in bufferBuilder with the data from the given buffer
-			tessellator.draw();
+				bufferBuilder.putBulkData(buffers[i].getByteBuffer());
-			mc.mcProfiler.endStartSection("LOD draw setup");
+				
-			
+				tessellator.draw();
-			bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().clear(); // this is required otherwise nothing is drawn
+				
+				bufferBuilder.getByteBuffer().clear(); // this is required otherwise nothing is drawn
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -527,7 +394,7 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		
 		if(fogDistance == FogDistance.NEAR_AND_FAR)
 		{
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("setupFog only accepts NEAR or FAR fog distances.");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("setupFog doesn't accept the NEAR_AND_FAR fog distance.");
 		}
 
 		// the multipliers are percentages
@@ -577,7 +444,6 @@ public class LodRenderer
 	/**
 	 * create a new projection matrix and send it over to the GPU
 	 * @param partialTicks how many ticks into the frame we are
-	 * @return true if the matrix was successfully created and sent to the GPU, false otherwise
 	 */
 	private void setProjectionMatrix(float partialTicks)
 	{
@@ -609,36 +475,62 @@ public class LodRenderer
 		float gammaMultiplyer = (mc.gameSettings.gammaSetting * 0.5f + 0.5f);
 		float lightStrength = sunBrightness * skyHasLight * gammaMultiplyer;
 		float lightAmbient[] = {lightStrength, lightStrength, lightStrength, 1.0f};
-        	
+        
 		ByteBuffer temp = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(16);
 		temp.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-		GL11.glLight(GL11.GL_LIGHT1, GL11.GL_AMBIENT, (FloatBuffer) temp.asFloatBuffer().put(lightAmbient).flip());
+		GL11.glLight(LOD_GL_LIGHT_NUMBER, GL11.GL_AMBIENT, (FloatBuffer) temp.asFloatBuffer().put(lightAmbient).flip());
-		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_LIGHT1); // Enable the above lighting
+		GL11.glEnable(LOD_GL_LIGHT_NUMBER); // Enable the above lighting
 		
 		GlStateManager.enableLighting();
 	}
 	
-	
+	/**
-	private void setupBufferThreads(AxisAlignedBB[][] lods)
+	 * create the BuildBufferThreads
+	 */
+	private void setupBufferThreads()
 	{
-		if (numbBufferThreads != bufferThreads.size())
+		bufferThreads.clear();
+		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
+			bufferThreads.add(new BuildBufferThread());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Create all buffers that will be used.
+	 */
+	private void setupBuffers(int numbChunksWide)
+	{
+		drawableNearBuffers = new BufferBuilder[numbBufferThreads];
+		drawableFarBuffers = new BufferBuilder[numbBufferThreads];
+		
+		buildableNearBuffers = new BufferBuilder[numbBufferThreads];
+		buildableFarBuffers = new BufferBuilder[numbBufferThreads];
+		
+		
+		// calculate how many chunks wide, at most
+		// any thread will have to generate
+		int biggestWidth = -1;
+		int[] loads = calculateCpuLoadBalance(numbChunksWide, numbBufferThreads);
+		for(int i : loads)
+			if (i > biggestWidth)
+				biggestWidth = i;
+		
+		
+		// calculate the max amount of storage needed (in bytes)
+		// by any singular buffer
+		// NOTE: most buffers won't use the full amount, but this should prevent
+		//		them from needing to allocate more memory (which is a slow progress)
+		int bufferMaxCapacity = (numbChunksWide * biggestWidth * (6 * 4 * ((3 * 4) + (4 * 4))));
+		
+		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
 		{
-			bufferMaxCapacity = (lods.length * lods.length * (6 * 4 * ((3 * 4) + (4 * 4)))) / numbBufferThreads;
+			// TODO complain or do something when memory is too low
-			clearBytes = new byte[bufferMaxCapacity];
+			// currently the VM will just crash and complain there is no more memory
+			// issue #4
+			drawableNearBuffers[i] = new BufferBuilder(bufferMaxCapacity);
+			drawableFarBuffers[i] = new BufferBuilder(bufferMaxCapacity);
 			
-			bufferThreads.clear();
+			buildableNearBuffers[i] = new BufferBuilder(bufferMaxCapacity);
-			for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
+			buildableFarBuffers[i] = new BufferBuilder(bufferMaxCapacity);
-				bufferThreads.add(new BuildBufferThread());
-			regen = true;
-			
-			for(int i = 0; i < maxNumbThreads; i++)
-			{
-				nearBuffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(bufferMaxCapacity);
-				nearBuffers[i].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-				
-				farBuffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(bufferMaxCapacity);
-				farBuffers[i].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -646,22 +538,275 @@ public class LodRenderer
 	
 	
 	
+	
+	
+	//======================//
+	// Other Misc Functions // 
+	//======================//
+	
+	
 	/**
-	 * Returns -1 if there are no valid points
+	 * @Returns -1 if there are no valid points
 	 */
-	private int getLodHeightPoint(short[] heightPoints)
+	private int getValidHeightPoint(short[] heightPoints)
 	{
-		if (heightPoints[LodLocation.NE.value] != -1)
+		if (heightPoints[LodCorner.NE.value] != -1)
-			return heightPoints[LodLocation.NE.value];
+			return heightPoints[LodCorner.NE.value];
-		if (heightPoints[LodLocation.NW.value] != -1)
+		if (heightPoints[LodCorner.NW.value] != -1)
-			return heightPoints[LodLocation.NW.value];
+			return heightPoints[LodCorner.NW.value];
-		if (heightPoints[LodLocation.SE.value] != -1)
+		if (heightPoints[LodCorner.SE.value] != -1)
-			return heightPoints[LodLocation.NE.value];
+			return heightPoints[LodCorner.NE.value];
-		return heightPoints[LodLocation.NE.value];
+		return heightPoints[LodCorner.NE.value];
 	}
 	
 	
+	/**
+	 * Create a thread to asynchronously generate LOD buffers
+	 * centered around the given camera X and Z.
+	 * <br>
+	 * This thread will write to the drawableNearBuffers and drawableFarBuffers.
+	 * <br>
+	 * After the buildable buffers have been generated they must be
+	 * swapped with the drawable buffers to be drawn.
+	 */
+	private Thread createLodBufferGenerationThread(double playerX, double playerZ,
+			int numbChunksWide)
+	{
+		// this is where we store the points for each LOD object
+		AxisAlignedBB lodArray[][] = new AxisAlignedBB[numbChunksWide][numbChunksWide];
+		// this is where we store the color for each LOD object
+		Color colorArray[][] = new Color[numbChunksWide][numbChunksWide];
+		
+		int alpha = 255; // 0 - 255
+		Color red = new Color(255, 0, 0, alpha);
+		Color black = new Color(0, 0, 0, alpha);
+		Color white = new Color(255, 255, 255, alpha);
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+		Color invisible = new Color(0,0,0,0);
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+		Color error = new Color(255, 0, 225, alpha); // bright pink
+		
+		// this seemingly useless math is required,
+		// just using (int) camera doesn't work
+		int playerXChunkOffset = ((int) playerX / LodChunk.WIDTH) * LodChunk.WIDTH;
+		int playerZChunkOffset = ((int) playerZ / LodChunk.WIDTH) * LodChunk.WIDTH;
+		// this is where we will start drawing squares
+		// (exactly half the total width)
+		int startX = (-LodChunk.WIDTH * (numbChunksWide / 2)) + playerXChunkOffset;
+		int startZ = (-LodChunk.WIDTH * (numbChunksWide / 2)) + playerZChunkOffset;
+		
+		Thread t = new Thread(()->
+		{
+			// x axis
+			for (int i = 0; i < numbChunksWide; i++)
+			{
+				// z axis
+				for (int j = 0; j < numbChunksWide; j++)
+				{
+					// skip the middle
+					// (As the player moves some chunks will overlap or be missing,
+					// this is just how chunk loading/unloading works. This can hopefully
+					// be hidden with careful use of fog)
+					int middle = (numbChunksWide / 2);
+					if (isCoordInCenterArea(i, j, middle))
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					
+					// set where this square will be drawn in the world
+					double xOffset = (LodChunk.WIDTH * i) + // offset by the number of LOD blocks
+									startX; // offset so the center LOD block is centered underneath the player
+					double yOffset = 0;
+					double zOffset = (LodChunk.WIDTH * j) + startZ;
+					
+					int chunkX = i + (startX / LodChunk.WIDTH);
+					int chunkZ = j + (startZ / LodChunk.WIDTH);
+					
+					LodChunk lod = lodDimension.getLodFromCoordinates(chunkX, chunkZ);
+					if (lod == null)
+					{
+						// note: for some reason if any color or lod objects are set here
+						// it causes the game to use 100% gpu; 
+						// undefined in the debug menu
+						// and drop to ~6 fps.
+						colorArray[i][j] = null;
+						lodArray[i][j] = null;
+						
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					Color c = new Color(
+							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getRed()),
+							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getGreen()),
+							(lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getBlue()),
+							lod.colors[ColorDirection.TOP.value].getAlpha());
+										
+					if (!debugging)
+					{
+						// add the color to the array
+						colorArray[i][j] = c;
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						// if debugging draw the squares as a black and white checker board
+						if ((chunkX + chunkZ) % 2 == 0)
+							c = white;
+						else
+							c = black;
+						// draw the first square as red
+						if (i == 0 && j == 0)
+							c = red;
+						
+						colorArray[i][j] = c;
+					}
+					
+					
+					// add the new box to the array
+					int topPoint = getValidHeightPoint(lod.top);
+					int bottomPoint = getValidHeightPoint(lod.bottom);
+					
+					// don't draw an LOD if it is empty
+					if (topPoint == -1 && bottomPoint == -1)
+						continue;
+					
+					lodArray[i][j] = new AxisAlignedBB(0, bottomPoint, 0, LodChunk.WIDTH, topPoint, LodChunk.WIDTH).offset(xOffset, yOffset, zOffset);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			generateLodBuffers(lodArray, colorArray, LodConfig.fogDistance);
+			
+			regenerating = false;
+			switchBuffers = true;
+		});
+		return t;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * draw an array of boxes with the given colors.
+	 * <br><br>
+	 * Currently only one color per box is supported.
+	 * 
+	 * @param lods bounding boxes to draw
+	 * @param colors color of each box to draw
+	 */
+	private void generateLodBuffers(AxisAlignedBB[][] lods, Color[][] colors, FogDistance fogDistance)
+	{
+		List<Future<NearFarBuffer>> bufferFutures = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<BuildBufferThread> threadsToRun = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		int indexToStart = 0;
+		int[] threadLoads = calculateCpuLoadBalance(lods.length, numbBufferThreads);
+		
+		// update the information that the bufferThreads are using
+		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
+		{
+			// if we have more threads than LOD rows to generate
+			// don't send the threads to the CPU
+			if (threadLoads[i] != 0)
+			{
+				// update this thread with the latest information
+				bufferThreads.get(i).
+				setNewData(buildableNearBuffers[i], buildableFarBuffers[i], 
+						fogDistance, lods, colors, indexToStart, threadLoads[i]);
+				indexToStart += threadLoads[i];
+				
+				// add this thread to the list of threads we are going to run
+				threadsToRun.add(bufferThreads.get(i));
+				
+				shouldDrawBuffer[i] = true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				shouldDrawBuffer[i] = false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// run all the bufferThreads and get their results
+		try
+		{
+			bufferFutures = bufferThreadPool.invokeAll(threadsToRun);
+		}
+		catch (InterruptedException e)
+		{
+			// this should never happen, but just in case
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		// update our buildable buffers
+		for(int i = 0; i < numbBufferThreads; i++)
+		{
+			// only replace buffers that actually generated something
+			if (threadLoads[i] != 0)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					buildableNearBuffers[i] = bufferFutures.get(i).get().nearBuffer;
+					buildableFarBuffers[i] = bufferFutures.get(i).get().farBuffer;
+				}
+				catch(CancellationException | ExecutionException| InterruptedException e)
+				{
+					// this should never happen, but just in case
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
 	
+	/**
+	 * Swap buildable and drawable buffers.
+	 */
+	private void swapBuffers()
+	{
+		for(int i = 0; i < buildableNearBuffers.length; i++)
+		{				
+			try
+			{
+				BufferBuilder tmp = buildableNearBuffers[i];
+				buildableNearBuffers[i] = drawableNearBuffers[i];
+				drawableNearBuffers[i] = tmp;
+				
+				tmp = buildableFarBuffers[i];
+				buildableFarBuffers[i] = drawableFarBuffers[i];
+				drawableFarBuffers[i] = tmp;
+			}
+			catch(Exception e)
+			{
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns if the given coordinate is in the loaded area of the world.
+	 * @param centerCoordinate the center of the loaded world
+	 */
+	private boolean isCoordInCenterArea(int i, int j, int centerCoordinate)
+	{
+		return (i >= centerCoordinate - mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks 
+				&& i <= centerCoordinate + mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks) 
+				&& 
+				(j >= centerCoordinate - mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks 
+				&& j <= centerCoordinate + mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks);
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * This is a simple implementation of the pigeon hole
+	 * principle to try and give each BuildBufferThread a balanced load.
+	 * 
+	 * @returns an array of ints where each int is how many rows 
+	 * that BuildBufferThread should generate
+	 */
+	private int[] calculateCpuLoadBalance(int numbOfItems, int numbOfThreads)
+	{
+		int[] cpuLoad = new int[numbOfThreads];
+		
+		for(int i = 0; i < numbOfItems; i++)
+			cpuLoad[i % numbOfThreads]++;
+		
+		return cpuLoad;
+	}
 }

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/renderer/RenderUtil.java

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.renderer;
-
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-
-/**
- * This holds miscellaneous helper code
- * to be used in the rendering process.
- * 
- * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2-13-2021
- */
-public class RenderUtil
-{
-	/**
-	 * Returns if the given coordinate is in the loaded area of the world.
-	 * @param centerCoordinate the center of the loaded world
-	 */
-	public static boolean isCoordinateInLoadedArea(int i, int j, int centerCoordinate)
-	{
-		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
-		
-		return (i >= centerCoordinate - mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks 
-				&& i <= centerCoordinate + mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks) 
-				&& 
-				(j >= centerCoordinate - mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks 
-				&& j <= centerCoordinate + mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks);
-	}
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Find the coordinates that are in the center half of the given
-	 * 2D matrix, starting at (0,0) and going to (2 * lodRadius, 2 * lodRadius).
-	 */
-	public static boolean isCoordinateInNearFogArea(int i, int j, int lodRadius)
-	{
-		int halfRadius = lodRadius / 2;
-		
-		return (i >= lodRadius - halfRadius 
-				&& i <= lodRadius + halfRadius) 
-				&& 
-				(j >= lodRadius - halfRadius
-				&& j <= lodRadius + halfRadius);
-	}
-	
-}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/LodConfig.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
 
 /**
+ * This is linked to Forge's mod config GUI.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 02-14-2021

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/Reference.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.util;
 
 /**
+ * This holds meta information about the mod.
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 04-16-2020

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/enums/ColorDirection.java

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.util.enums;
 
 /**
+ * TOP, N, S, E, W, BOTTOM
+ * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 10-17-2020
- * 
- * TOP, N, S, E, W, BOTTOM
  */
 public enum ColorDirection
 {

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/enums/DrawMode.java

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package com.backsun.lod.util.enums;
-
-/**
- * @author James Seibel
- * @version 1-23-2021
- */
-public enum DrawMode
-{
-	/** Draw the LOD objects in groups.
-	 * <br>
-	 * <br>
-	 * Fancy fog: render the center and outside LOD
-	 * objects in 2 different groups.
-	 * <br>
-	 * Fast fog: render all LOD objects at one time. 
-	 */
-	BATCH(0),
-	
-	/** Draw each LOD objects separately.
-	 * <br>
-	 * <br>
-	 * Not suggested normally since draw calls are GPU expensive.
-	 */
-	INDIVIDUAL(5);
-	
-	public final int value;
-	
-	private DrawMode(int newValue)
-	{
-		value = newValue;
-	}
-}

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/enums/FogDistance.java

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ package com.backsun.lod.util.enums;
  */
 public enum FogDistance
 {
-	/** valid for both fast and fancy fog qualities. */
+	/** good for fast or fancy fog qualities. */
 	NEAR,
-	/** valid for both fast and fancy fog qualities. */
+	/** good for fast or fancy fog qualities. */
 	FAR,
 	/** only looks good if the fog quality is set to Fancy. */
 	NEAR_AND_FAR;

src/main/java/com/backsun/lod/util/enums/LodCorner.java

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package com.backsun.lod.util.enums;
 
 /**
+ * NE, SE, SW, NW
  * 
  * @author James Seibel
  * @version 1-20-2020
- * 
- * NE, SE, SW, NW
  */
-public enum LodLocation
+public enum LodCorner
 {
 	// used for position
 	
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ public enum LodLocation
 	
 	public final int value;
 	
-	private LodLocation(int newValue)
+	private LodCorner(int newValue)
 	{
 		value = newValue;
 	}

src/main/resources/mcmod.info

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "modid": "lod",
   "name": "Level Of Details",
   "description": "Generates and renders simplified chunks beyond the normal view distance, at a low performance cost.",
-  "version": "0.1",
+  "version": "1.0",
   "mcversion": "1.12.2",
   "url": "",
   "updateUrl": "",