diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
index 951bba63..9d1dad9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ public class DistanceTracker {
         this.minYSection = MinecraftClient.getInstance().world.getBottomSectionCoord()/2;
         this.maxYSection = MinecraftClient.getInstance().world.getTopSectionCoord()/2;
 
-        if (true) {
-            this.rings[0] = new TransitionRing2D(5, MinecraftClient.getInstance().options.getViewDistance().getValue() / 2, (x, z) -> {
+        int radius = (MinecraftClient.getInstance().options.getViewDistance().getValue() / 2) - 4;
+        if (radius > 0 && false) {
+            this.rings[0] = new TransitionRing2D(5, radius, (x, z) -> {
                 for (int y = this.minYSection; y <= this.maxYSection; y++) {
                     this.tracker.remLvl0(x, y, z);
                 }
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 28a6535f..db995986 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/VoxelCore.java
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package me.cortex.zenith.client.core;
 
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GlStateManager;
 import me.cortex.zenith.client.config.ZenithConfig;
 import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.*;
 import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.building.RenderGenerationService;
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.post.PostProcessing;
 import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.util.DebugUtil;
 import me.cortex.zenith.common.world.WorldEngine;
 import me.cortex.zenith.client.importers.WorldImporter;
 import me.cortex.zenith.common.world.storage.FragmentedStorageBackendAdaptor;
-import net.minecraft.block.Block;
-import net.minecraft.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
 import net.minecraft.client.render.Camera;
 import net.minecraft.client.render.Frustum;
 import net.minecraft.client.util.math.MatrixStack;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public class VoxelCore {
         this.distanceTracker = new DistanceTracker(this.renderTracker, 5, ZenithConfig.CONFIG.qualityScale);
         System.out.println("Distance tracker initialized");
 
-        this.postProcessing = null;//new PostProcessing();
+        this.postProcessing = new PostProcessing();
 
         this.world.getMapper().setCallbacks(this.renderer::addBlockState, a->{});
 
@@ -107,9 +108,8 @@ public class VoxelCore {
         //this.renderer.getModelManager().updateEntry(0, Blocks.COMPARATOR.getDefaultState());
         //this.renderer.getModelManager().updateEntry(0, Blocks.OAK_LEAVES.getDefaultState());
 
-        //int boundFB = GlStateManager.getBoundFramebuffer();
-        //this.postProcessing.setSize(MinecraftClient.getInstance().getFramebuffer().textureWidth, MinecraftClient.getInstance().getFramebuffer().textureHeight);
-        //this.postProcessing.bindClearFramebuffer();
+        int boundFB = GlStateManager.getBoundFramebuffer();
+        this.postProcessing.setup(MinecraftClient.getInstance().getFramebuffer().textureWidth, MinecraftClient.getInstance().getFramebuffer().textureHeight, boundFB);
 
         //TODO: FIXME: since we just bound the post processing FB the depth information isnt
         // copied over, we must do this manually and also copy it with respect to the
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ public class VoxelCore {
         // occlusion culler
 
         this.renderer.renderFarAwayOpaque(matrices, cameraX, cameraY, cameraZ);
-
-
-        //glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, boundFB);
-        //this.postProcessing.renderPost(boundFB);
+        //Compute the SSAO of the rendered terrain
+        this.postProcessing.computeSSAO();
 
         //We can render the translucent directly after as it is the furthest translucent objects
         this.renderer.renderFarAwayTranslucent();
+
+
+        this.postProcessing.renderPost(boundFB);
+
     }
 
     public void addDebugInfo(List<String> debug) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/PostProcessing.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/PostProcessing.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a6bb73d..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/PostProcessing.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering;
-
-import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.GlFramebuffer;
-import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.GlTexture;
-import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.Shader;
-import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.ShaderType;
-import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
-
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBFramebufferObject.*;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBShaderImageLoadStore.glBindImageTexture;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.*;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL13.*;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL15C.GL_READ_WRITE;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL44C.glBindImageTextures;
-import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45C.glTextureBarrier;
-
-public class PostProcessing {
-    private final GlFramebuffer framebuffer;
-    private int width;
-    private int height;
-    private GlTexture colour;
-    private GlTexture depthStencil;
-
-    private final Shader ssao = Shader.make()
-            .add(ShaderType.COMPUTE, "voxelmon:lod/ssao/ssao.comp")
-            .compile();
-
-    //private final Shader blit = Shader.make()
-    //        .add(ShaderType.VERTEX, "voxelmon:lod/blit_nodepth/quad.vert")
-    //        .add(ShaderType.FRAGMENT, "voxelmon:lod/blit_nodepth/quad.frag")
-    //        .compile();
-
-    public PostProcessing() {
-        this.framebuffer = new GlFramebuffer();
-    }
-
-    public void setSize(int width, int height) {
-        if (this.width != width || this.height != height) {
-            this.width = width;
-            this.height = height;
-            if (this.colour != null) {
-                this.colour.free();
-                this.depthStencil.free();
-            }
-
-            this.colour = new GlTexture().store(GL_RGBA8, 1, width, height);
-            this.depthStencil = new GlTexture().store(GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8, 1, width, height);
-
-            this.framebuffer.bind(GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, this.colour);
-            this.framebuffer.bind(GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT, this.depthStencil);
-            this.framebuffer.verify();
-        }
-    }
-
-    //Bind and clears the post processing frame buffer
-    public void bindClearFramebuffer() {
-        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.framebuffer.id);
-        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
-    }
-
-    //Executes the post processing and emits to whatever framebuffer is currently bound via a blit
-    public void renderPost(int outputFb) {
-        this.ssao.bind();
-        glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
-        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.depthStencil.id);
-        glBindImageTexture(0, this.colour.id, 0, false,0, GL_READ_WRITE, GL_RGBA8);
-        //glDispatchCompute(this.width/32, this.height/32, 1);
-        glTextureBarrier();
-        glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
-        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.colour.id);
-        glDrawArrays(GL11C.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
-    }
-
-    public void shutdown() {
-        this.framebuffer.free();
-        if (this.colour != null) this.colour.free();
-        if (this.depthStencil != null) this.depthStencil.free();
-        this.ssao.free();
-        //this.blit.free();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/FullscreenBlit.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/FullscreenBlit.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b9b2264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/FullscreenBlit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.post;
+
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.Shader;
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.ShaderType;
+import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;
+
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C.GL_TRIANGLES;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C.glDrawArrays;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL30C.glBindVertexArray;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45C.glCreateVertexArrays;
+
+public class FullscreenBlit {
+    private static final int EMPTY_VAO = glCreateVertexArrays();
+
+    private final Shader shader;
+    public FullscreenBlit(String fragId) {
+        this.shader = Shader.make()
+                .add(ShaderType.VERTEX, "zenith:post/fullscreen.vert")
+                .add(ShaderType.FRAGMENT, fragId)
+                .compile();
+    }
+
+    public void blit() {
+        glBindVertexArray(EMPTY_VAO);
+        this.shader.bind();
+        glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
+        glBindVertexArray(0);
+    }
+
+    public void delete() {
+        this.shader.free();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/PostProcessing.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/PostProcessing.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71485cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/post/PostProcessing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package me.cortex.zenith.client.core.rendering.post;
+
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.GlFramebuffer;
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.GlTexture;
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.Shader;
+import me.cortex.zenith.client.core.gl.shader.ShaderType;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C;
+
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBFramebufferObject.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBShaderImageLoadStore.glBindImageTexture;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL13.*;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL15C.GL_READ_WRITE;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL20C.glStencilFuncSeparate;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL44C.glBindImageTextures;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45C.glBlitNamedFramebuffer;
+import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45C.glTextureBarrier;
+
+public class PostProcessing {
+    private final GlFramebuffer framebuffer;
+    private int width;
+    private int height;
+    private GlTexture colour;
+    private GlTexture depthStencil;
+
+    private final Shader ssao = Shader.make()
+            .add(ShaderType.COMPUTE, "zenith:lod/ssao/ssao.comp")
+            .compile();
+
+    private final FullscreenBlit emptyBlit = new FullscreenBlit("zenith:post/noop.frag");
+    private final FullscreenBlit blitTexture = new FullscreenBlit("zenith:post/blit_texture_cutout.frag");
+
+    public PostProcessing() {
+        this.framebuffer = new GlFramebuffer();
+    }
+
+    public void setSize(int width, int height) {
+        if (this.width != width || this.height != height) {
+            this.width = width;
+            this.height = height;
+            if (this.colour != null) {
+                this.colour.free();
+                this.depthStencil.free();
+            }
+
+            this.colour = new GlTexture().store(GL_RGBA8, 1, width, height);
+            this.depthStencil = new GlTexture().store(GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8, 1, width, height);
+
+            this.framebuffer.bind(GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, this.colour);
+            this.framebuffer.bind(GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT, this.depthStencil);
+            this.framebuffer.verify();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
+    public void shutdown() {
+        this.framebuffer.free();
+        if (this.colour != null) this.colour.free();
+        if (this.depthStencil != null) this.depthStencil.free();
+        this.ssao.free();
+        this.emptyBlit.delete();
+        this.blitTexture.delete();
+    }
+
+    public void setup(int width, int height, int sourceFB) {
+        this.setSize(width, height);
+        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this.framebuffer.id);
+        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
+        glBlitNamedFramebuffer(sourceFB, this.framebuffer.id, 0,0, width, height, 0,0, width, height, GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT, GL_NEAREST);
+
+        //TODO: need to blit a fullscreen quad to generate a stencil mask of where the vanilla terrain is/isnt
+        // then when rastering zenith terrain, only render to non masked areas
+        //Hell once the stencil mask is computed, could clear the depth buffer and use a different near/far plane
+
+
+        //Create a stencil mask of terrain generated by minecraft
+        glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+        glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_REPLACE);
+        glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 1, 0xFF);
+        glStencilMask(0xFF);
+
+        glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+        glDepthMask(false);
+        glColorMask(false,false,false,false);
+        this.emptyBlit.blit();
+        glColorMask(true,true,true,true);
+        glDepthMask(true);
+        glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+
+        //Clear the depth buffer we copied cause else it will interfear with results (not really i think idk)
+        glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
+
+
+        //Make zenith terrain render only where there isnt mc terrain
+        glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP);
+        glStencilFunc(GL_EQUAL, 1, 0xFF);
+
+
+        //glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+
+
+        //TODO: need to figure out how to do translucency cause doing it normally will cause water to have double translucency (i think)
+    }
+
+    //Computes ssao on the current framebuffer data and updates it
+    // this means that translucency wont be effected etc
+    public void computeSSAO() {
+
+        //this.ssao.bind();
+        //glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
+        //glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.depthStencil.id);
+        //glBindImageTexture(0, this.colour.id, 0, false,0, GL_READ_WRITE, GL_RGBA8);
+        ////glDispatchCompute(this.width/32, this.height/32, 1);
+        //glTextureBarrier();
+        //glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+        //glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.colour.id);
+        //glDrawArrays(GL11C.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
+    }
+
+
+    //Executes the post processing and emits to whatever framebuffer is currently bound via a blit
+    public void renderPost(int outputFB) {
+        glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+
+
+
+        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, outputFB);
+
+        //This will need to be replaced with a blit shader to raster with respect to the stencil
+        //glBlitNamedFramebuffer(this.framebuffer.id, outputFB, 0,0, this.width, this.height, 0,0, this.width, this.height, GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_NEAREST);
+
+
+
+        int oldActiveTexture = glGetInteger(GL_ACTIVE_TEXTURE);
+        glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+        int oldBoundTexture = glGetInteger(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.colour.id);
+        glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+        glDepthMask(false);
+        this.blitTexture.blit();
+        glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+        glDepthMask(true);
+        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, oldBoundTexture);
+        glActiveTexture(oldActiveTexture);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/common/world/service/VoxelIngestService.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/common/world/service/VoxelIngestService.java
index 719b185c..124bb86d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/common/world/service/VoxelIngestService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/common/world/service/VoxelIngestService.java
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ public class VoxelIngestService {
                             section.getBiomeContainer(),
                             (x, y, z, state) -> {
                                 if (lighting == null || ((lighting.first() != null && lighting.first().isUninitialized())&&(lighting.second()!=null&&lighting.second().isUninitialized()))) {
-                                    return (byte) 0xFF;
+                                    return (byte) 0x0f;
                                 } else {
                                     //Lighting is a piece of shit cause its done per face
-                                    int block = lighting.first()!=null?Math.min(15,lighting.first().get(x, y, z)):0xF;
-                                    int sky = lighting.second()!=null?Math.min(15,lighting.second().get(x, y, z)):0xF;
+                                    int block = lighting.first()!=null?Math.min(15,lighting.first().get(x, y, z)):0;
+                                    int sky = lighting.second()!=null?Math.min(15,lighting.second().get(x, y, z)):0;
                                     if (block<state.getLuminance()) {
                                         block = state.getLuminance();
                                     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/quads.frag b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/quads.frag
index 26aef2e4..05a9dd4c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/quads.frag
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/quads.frag
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColour;
 void main() {
     vec2 uv = mod(uv, vec2(1))*(1f/(vec2(3,2)*256f));
     vec4 colour = texture(blockModelAtlas, uv + baseUV);
-    if (discardAlpha == 1 && colour.a == 0.0f) {
+    if (discardAlpha == 1 && colour.a <= 0.001f) {
         discard;
     }
     outColour = colour * colourTinting;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/blit_texture_cutout.frag b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/blit_texture_cutout.frag
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6432d2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/blit_texture_cutout.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#version 330 core
+
+uniform sampler2D text;
+out vec4 colour;
+in vec2 UV;
+
+void main() {
+    colour = texture(text, UV.xy);
+    if (colour.a == 0.0) {
+        discard;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/fullscreen.vert b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/fullscreen.vert
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ee79bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/fullscreen.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#version 330 core
+
+out vec2 UV;
+void main() {
+    gl_Position = vec4(vec2(gl_VertexID&1, (gl_VertexID>>1)&1) * 4 - 1, 0.99999999999f, 1);
+    UV = gl_Position.xy*0.5+0.5;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/noop.frag b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/noop.frag
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef9c8f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/noop.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#version 330 core
+out vec4 colour;
+in vec2 UV;
+void main() {
+    colour = vec4(1,0,1,1);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/postprocess/ssao.comp b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/ssao.comp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/postprocess/ssao.comp
rename to src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/post/ssao.comp
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.frag b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.frag
deleted file mode 100644
index f5988f1b..00000000
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.frag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#version 460 core
-layout(location = 0) in flat vec4 colour;
-layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColour;
-void main() {
-    //TODO: randomly discard the fragment with respect to the alpha value
-
-    outColour = colour;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.vert b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.vert
deleted file mode 100644
index 30494c14..00000000
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/quads.vert
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#version 460 core
-
-layout(location = 0) out flat vec4 colour;
-layout(binding = 0, std140) uniform SceneUniform {
-    mat4 MVP;
-    ivec3 baseSectionPos;
-    int _pad1;
-};
-
-void main() {
-    int cornerIdx = gl_VertexID&3;
-
-
-
-    gl_Position = MVP * vec4(vec3(cornerIdx&1,((cornerIdx>>1)&1),0),1);
-
-    colour = vec4(float((uint(gl_VertexID)>>2)&7)/7,float((uint(gl_VertexID)>>5)&7)/7,float((uint(gl_VertexID)>>8)&7)/7,1);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/ray.glsl b/src__/ray/ray.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/ray.glsl
rename to src__/ray/ray.glsl
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/storage.glsl b/src__/ray/storage.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/storage.glsl
rename to src__/ray/storage.glsl
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/tracer.glsl b/src__/ray/tracer.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/ray/tracer.glsl
rename to src__/ray/tracer.glsl