diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mapper.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mapper.java
index 2761a377..2d7bbe9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mapper.java
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ public class Mapper {
         return this.block2stateEntry.computeIfAbsent(state, this::registerNewBlockState).id;
     }
 
+    public int getBlockStateOpacity(long mappingId) {
+        return this.getBlockStateOpacity(getBlockId(mappingId));
+    }
+
+    public int getBlockStateOpacity(int blockId) {
+        return this.blockId2stateEntry.get(blockId).opacity;
+    }
 
     //TODO: replace lambda with a class cached lambda ref (cause doing this:: still does a lambda allocation)
     public int getIdForBiome(RegistryEntry<Biome> biome) {
@@ -279,9 +286,11 @@ public class Mapper {
     public static final class StateEntry {
         public final int id;
         public final BlockState state;
+        public final int opacity;
         public StateEntry(int id, BlockState state) {
             this.id = id;
             this.state = state;
+            this.opacity = state.getOpacity();
         }
 
         public byte[] serialize() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mipper.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mipper.java
index 097d7b00..597f0994 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/world/other/Mipper.java
@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@ import static me.cortex.voxy.common.world.other.Mapper.withLight;
 
 //Mipper for data
 public class Mipper {
+    //TODO: compute the opacity of the block then mip w.r.t those blocks
+    // as distant horizons done
+
+
     //TODO: also pass in the level its mipping from, cause at lower levels you want to preserve block details
     // but at higher details you want more air
     public static long mip(long I000, long I100, long I001, long I101,
                            long I010, long I110, long I011, long I111,
                           Mapper mapper) {
+        //TODO: do a stable sort on all the entires, w.r.t the opacity and maybe light as a secondary???
+        // then select the highest value
+        // UPDATE, dumbass, the highest value _is_ the max/min
+
+
+
+        int max = -1;
+
         //TODO: mip with respect to all the variables, what that means is take whatever has the highest count and return that
         //TODO: also average out the light level and set that as the new light level
         //For now just take the most top corner
@@ -17,37 +29,51 @@ public class Mipper {
         // you can see it from really really damn far away.
         // it could be a heavily weighted average with a huge preference to the top most lighting value
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I111)) {
-            return I111;
+            max = (mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I111)<<4)|0b111;
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I110)) {
-            return I110;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I110)<<4)|0b110, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I011)) {
-            return I011;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I011)<<4)|0b011, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I010)) {
-            return I010;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I010)<<4)|0b010, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I101)) {
-            return I101;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I101)<<4)|0b101, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I100)) {
-            return I100;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I100)<<4)|0b100, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I001)) {
-            return I001;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I001)<<4)|0b001, max);
         }
         if (!Mapper.isAir(I000)) {
-            return I000;
+            max = Math.max((mapper.getBlockStateOpacity(I000)<<4), max);
         }
 
-        int blockLight = (Mapper.getLightId(I000)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I001)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I010)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I011)&0xF0)+
-                         (Mapper.getLightId(I100)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I101)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I110)&0xF0)+(Mapper.getLightId(I111)&0xF0);
-        int skyLight   = (Mapper.getLightId(I000)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I001)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I010)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I011)&0x0F)+
-                         (Mapper.getLightId(I100)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I101)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I110)&0x0F)+(Mapper.getLightId(I111)&0x0F);
-        blockLight = blockLight/8;
-        skyLight = (int) Math.ceil((double)skyLight/8);
+        if (max != -1) {
+            return switch (max&0b111) {
+                case 0 -> I000;
+                case 1 -> I001;
+                case 2 -> I010;
+                case 3 -> I011;
+                case 4 -> I100;
+                case 5 -> I101;
+                case 6 -> I110;
+                case 7 -> I111;
+                default -> throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected value: " + (max&0b111));
+            };
+        } else {
+            int blockLight = (Mapper.getLightId(I000) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I001) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I010) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I011) & 0xF0) +
+                    (Mapper.getLightId(I100) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I101) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I110) & 0xF0) + (Mapper.getLightId(I111) & 0xF0);
+            int skyLight = (Mapper.getLightId(I000) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I001) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I010) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I011) & 0x0F) +
+                    (Mapper.getLightId(I100) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I101) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I110) & 0x0F) + (Mapper.getLightId(I111) & 0x0F);
+            blockLight = blockLight / 8;
+            skyLight = (int) Math.ceil((double) skyLight / 8);
 
-        return withLight(I111, (blockLight<<4)|skyLight);
+            return withLight(I111, (blockLight << 4) | skyLight);
+        }
     }
 }