diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/items/GT_Generic_Block.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/items/GT_Generic_Block.java
index 43068763..17c36843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/items/GT_Generic_Block.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/items/GT_Generic_Block.java
@@ -1,37 +1,26 @@
 package gregtech.api.items;
 
-import gregtech.common.blocks.GT_Block_Ores;
+import gregtech.api.util.GT_LanguageManager;
 import gregtech.common.blocks.UnlistedBlockPosProperty;
-import gregtech.common.render.IIconRegister;
-import gregtech.common.render.newblocks.IBlockIconProvider;
-import net.minecraft.block.BlockGlass;
+import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
 import net.minecraft.block.properties.IProperty;
 import net.minecraft.block.properties.PropertyInteger;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.BlockStateContainer;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
-import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
-import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureMap;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockRenderLayer;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumBlockRenderType;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.RayTraceResult;
-import net.minecraft.world.ChunkCache;
-import net.minecraft.world.EnumSkyBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.property.ExtendedBlockState;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.property.IExtendedBlockState;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.property.IUnlistedProperty;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.ObfuscationReflectionHelper;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
-import gregtech.api.util.GT_LanguageManager;
-import net.minecraft.block.Block;
-import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
-import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
 
 import static gregtech.api.enums.GT_Values.W;
 
@@ -47,6 +36,13 @@ public abstract class GT_Generic_Block extends Block {
         setUnlocalizedName(mUnlocalizedName = aName);
         GameRegistry.registerBlock(this, aItemClass, getUnlocalizedName());
         GT_LanguageManager.addStringLocalization(getUnlocalizedName() + "." + W + ".name", "Any Sub Block of this one");
+        setLightLevel(2);
+        translucent = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOpaqueCube(IBlockState state) {
+        return false;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -70,29 +66,27 @@ public abstract class GT_Generic_Block extends Block {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public IBlockState getActualState(IBlockState state, IBlockAccess worldIn, BlockPos pos) {
         return getExtendedState(state, worldIn, pos);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean getUseNeighborBrightness(IBlockState state) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
-    public int getPackedLightmapCoords(IBlockState state, IBlockAccess source, BlockPos pos) {
-        World world = FMLClientHandler.instance().getWorldClient();
-        int i = world.getLightFromNeighborsFor(EnumSkyBlock.SKY, pos);
-        int j = world.getLightFromNeighborsFor(EnumSkyBlock.BLOCK, pos);
-        if(i < 2) i = 8;
-        return i << 20 | j << 4;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public ItemStack getPickBlock(IBlockState state, RayTraceResult target, World world, BlockPos pos, EntityPlayer player) {
         return new ItemStack(this, 1, state.getValue(METADATA));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public BlockRenderLayer getBlockLayer() {
+        return BlockRenderLayer.CUTOUT;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EnumBlockRenderType getRenderType(IBlockState state) {
+        StackTraceElement[] trace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
+        if(trace[3].getMethodName().equals("renderBlockDamage")) {
+            return EnumBlockRenderType.INVISIBLE;
+            //TODO FIX ME PLEASE
+        }
+        return EnumBlockRenderType.MODEL;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/objects/GT_RenderedTexture.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/objects/GT_RenderedTexture.java
index 70ff2df9..ac7bfc9a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/objects/GT_RenderedTexture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/objects/GT_RenderedTexture.java
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public class GT_RenderedTexture implements ITexture {
         TextureAtlasSprite sprite = mIconContainer.getIcon();
         TextureAtlasSprite overlay = mIconContainer.getOverlayIcon();
         if(sprite != null) {
-            quads.add(RenderUtil.renderSide(DefaultVertexFormats.BLOCK, sprite, side, tintOff, 0.0F, mRGBa, blockPos == null));
+            quads.add(RenderUtil.renderSide(DefaultVertexFormats.BLOCK, sprite, side, -1, 0.001F, mRGBa, blockPos == null));
         }
         if(overlay != null) {
-            quads.add(RenderUtil.renderSide(DefaultVertexFormats.BLOCK, overlay, side, tintOff + 1000, 0.001F, mRGBa, blockPos == null));
+            quads.add(RenderUtil.renderSide(DefaultVertexFormats.BLOCK, overlay, side, -1, 0.001F, mRGBa, blockPos == null));
         }
         return quads;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Ores.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Ores.java
index 3c64f061..67c35b3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Ores.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Ores.java
@@ -10,13 +10,27 @@ import gregtech.api.objects.GT_RenderedTexture;
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.RayTraceResult;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 public class GT_Block_Ores extends GT_Block_Ores_Abstract {
     public GT_Block_Ores() {
         super("gt.blockores", false, Material.ROCK);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack getPickBlock(IBlockState state, RayTraceResult target, World world, BlockPos pos, EntityPlayer player) {
+        GT_TileEntity_Ores tileEntity_ores = (GT_TileEntity_Ores) world.getTileEntity(pos);
+        if(tileEntity_ores != null && tileEntity_ores.mMetaData != 0) {
+            return new ItemStack(this, 1, tileEntity_ores.mMetaData);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getUnlocalizedName() {
         return "gt.blockores";
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Storage.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Storage.java
index 3b4c6984..a4d85e9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Storage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/blocks/GT_Block_Storage.java
@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ public class GT_Block_Storage extends GT_Generic_Block {
         return GT_LanguageManager.getTranslation(this.mUnlocalizedName + ".name");
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isNormalCube(IBlockState state) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isVisuallyOpaque() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public List<ItemStack> getDrops(IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, int fortune) {
         return Lists.newArrayList(new ItemStack(this, 1, state.getValue(METADATA)));