diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java
index 1a798377..c83fb545 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ public class VoxelCore {
     boolean firstTime = true;
     public void renderSetup(Frustum frustum, Camera camera) {
         if (this.firstTime) {
-            this.distanceTracker.init(camera.getBlockPos().getX(), camera.getBlockPos().getZ());
+            //this.distanceTracker.init(camera.getBlockPos().getX(), camera.getBlockPos().getZ());
             this.firstTime = false;
+
+            this.renderTracker.addLvl0(0,0,0);
+
+
         }
-        this.distanceTracker.setCenter(camera.getBlockPos().getX(), camera.getBlockPos().getY(), camera.getBlockPos().getZ());
+        //this.distanceTracker.setCenter(camera.getBlockPos().getX(), camera.getBlockPos().getY(), camera.getBlockPos().getZ());
         this.renderer.setupRender(frustum, camera);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/GeometryManager.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/GeometryManager.java
index 79bfa9a5..5846d6e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/GeometryManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/GeometryManager.java
@@ -15,25 +15,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedDeque;
 public class GeometryManager {
     private static final int SECTION_METADATA_SIZE = 32;
 
-
-    //Note! the opaquePreDataCount and translucentPreDataCount are never writen to the meta buffer, as they are indexed in reverse relative to the base opaque and translucent geometry
-    private record SectionMeta(long position, long opaqueGeometryPtr, int opaqueQuadCount, int opaquePreDataCount, long translucentGeometryPtr, int translucentQuadCount, int translucentPreDataCount) {
-        public void writeMetadata(long ptr) {
-            //THIS IS DUE TO ENDIANNESS and that we are splitting a long into 2 ints
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) (this.position>>32)); ptr += 4;
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.position); ptr += 4;
-            ptr += 8;
-
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.opaqueGeometryPtr + this.opaquePreDataCount); ptr += 4;
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, this.opaqueQuadCount); ptr += 4;
-
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.translucentGeometryPtr + this.translucentPreDataCount); ptr += 4;
-            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, this.translucentQuadCount); ptr += 4;
-        }
-    }
-
     private final ConcurrentLinkedDeque<BuiltSection> buildResults = new ConcurrentLinkedDeque<>();
-
     private int sectionCount = 0;
     private final Long2IntOpenHashMap pos2id = new Long2IntOpenHashMap();
     private final LongArrayList id2pos = new LongArrayList();
@@ -42,37 +24,16 @@ public class GeometryManager {
     private final GlBuffer sectionMetaBuffer;
     private final BufferArena geometryBuffer;
 
-
     public GeometryManager(long geometryBufferSize, int maxSections) {
         this.sectionMetaBuffer = new GlBuffer(((long) maxSections) * SECTION_METADATA_SIZE);
         this.geometryBuffer = new BufferArena(geometryBufferSize, 8);
         this.pos2id.defaultReturnValue(-1);
     }
 
-    public void enqueueResult(BuiltSection sectionGeometry) {
-        this.buildResults.add(sectionGeometry);
-    }
-
-    private SectionMeta createMeta(BuiltSection geometry) {
-        long geometryPtr = this.geometryBuffer.upload(geometry.buffer);
-
-        //TODO: support translucent geometry
-        return new SectionMeta(geometry.position, geometryPtr, (int) (geometry.buffer.size/8), 0, -1,0, 0);
-    }
-
-    private void freeMeta(SectionMeta meta) {
-        if (meta.opaqueGeometryPtr != -1) {
-            this.geometryBuffer.free(meta.opaqueGeometryPtr);
-        }
-        if (meta.translucentGeometryPtr != -1) {
-            this.geometryBuffer.free(meta.translucentGeometryPtr);
-        }
-    }
-
     void uploadResults() {
         while (!this.buildResults.isEmpty()) {
             var result = this.buildResults.pop();
-            boolean isDelete = result.buffer == null && result.translucentGeometryBuffer == null;
+            boolean isDelete = result.opaque == null && result.translucent == null;
             if (isDelete) {
                 int id = -1;
                 if ((id = this.pos2id.remove(result.position)) != -1) {
@@ -165,9 +126,47 @@ public class GeometryManager {
         return this.sectionMetaBuffer.id;
     }
 
-
     public float getGeometryBufferUsage() {
         return this.geometryBuffer.usage();
     }
 
+
+
+    //TODO: pack the offsets of each axis so that implicit face culling can work
+    //Note! the opaquePreDataCount and translucentPreDataCount are never writen to the meta buffer, as they are indexed in reverse relative to the base opaque and translucent geometry
+    private record SectionMeta(long position, int aabb, long opaqueGeometryPtr, int opaqueQuadCount, int opaquePreDataCount, long translucentGeometryPtr, int translucentQuadCount, int translucentPreDataCount) {
+        public void writeMetadata(long ptr) {
+            //THIS IS DUE TO ENDIANNESS and that we are splitting a long into 2 ints
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) (this.position>>32)); ptr += 4;
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.position); ptr += 4;
+            ptr += 8;
+
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.opaqueGeometryPtr + this.opaquePreDataCount); ptr += 4;
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, this.opaqueQuadCount); ptr += 4;
+
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) this.translucentGeometryPtr + this.translucentPreDataCount); ptr += 4;
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, this.translucentQuadCount); ptr += 4;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private SectionMeta createMeta(BuiltSection geometry) {
+        long geometryPtr = this.geometryBuffer.upload(geometry.opaque.buffer());
+
+        //TODO: support translucent geometry
+        return new SectionMeta(geometry.position, 0, geometryPtr, (int) (geometry.opaque.buffer().size/8), 0, -1,0, 0);
+    }
+
+    private void freeMeta(SectionMeta meta) {
+        if (meta.opaqueGeometryPtr != -1) {
+            this.geometryBuffer.free(meta.opaqueGeometryPtr);
+        }
+        if (meta.translucentGeometryPtr != -1) {
+            this.geometryBuffer.free(meta.translucentGeometryPtr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void enqueueResult(BuiltSection sectionGeometry) {
+        this.buildResults.add(sectionGeometry);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/building/RenderDataFactory.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/building/RenderDataFactory.java
index ab042db4..8b7564e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/building/RenderDataFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/building/RenderDataFactory.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.building;
 
+import me.cortex.zenith.common.util.MemoryBuffer;
 import me.cortex.zenith.common.world.WorldEngine;
 import me.cortex.zenith.common.world.WorldSection;
 import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
 
 public class RenderDataFactory {
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ public class RenderDataFactory {
     public BuiltSection generateMesh(WorldSection section, int buildMask) {
         section.copyDataTo(this.sectionCache);
 
-        return new BuiltSection(section.getKey(), null, null);
+        var output = new MemoryBuffer(8*1);
+
+        return new BuiltSection(section.getKey(), new BuiltSectionGeometry(output, new short[0]), null);
     }
 
 }