diff --git a/platforms/windows/main.cpp b/platforms/windows/main.cpp
index ea86732..03fb5b1 100644
--- a/platforms/windows/main.cpp
+++ b/platforms/windows/main.cpp
@@ -180,16 +180,6 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT iMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
 int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
 {
-	Random random;
-	random.setSeed(123456);
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
-	{
-		LogMsg("%d: %d", i, random.nextInt(256 - i) + i);
-	}
-
-
-
 	SetInstance(hInstance);
 
 	g_AppPlatform.initConsts();
diff --git a/source/Renderer/GameRenderer.cpp b/source/Renderer/GameRenderer.cpp
index ea7bd47..58a3a95 100644
--- a/source/Renderer/GameRenderer.cpp
+++ b/source/Renderer/GameRenderer.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ void GameRenderer::renderLevel(float f)
 
 		glEnable(GL_BLEND);
 		glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+		// glDepthMask(false); -- added in 0.1.1j. Introduces more issues than fixes
 
 		// render the alpha layer
 		m_pMinecraft->m_pTextures->loadAndBindTexture(C_TERRAIN_NAME);
diff --git a/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.cpp b/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.cpp
index 0a641df..0e3cb59 100644
--- a/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.cpp
+++ b/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.cpp
@@ -20,34 +20,30 @@ LevelRenderer::LevelRenderer(Minecraft* pMC, Textures* pTexs)
 	printf("numBuffers: %d\n", m_nBuffers);
 	xglGenBuffers(1, &field_D8);
 
+	generateSky(); // inlined in the 0.1.0 demo
+}
+
+void LevelRenderer::generateSky()
+{
 	Tesselator& t = Tesselator::instance;
 	t.begin();
+	field_DC = 0;
 
-	for (int v7 = -128; ; )
+	float m = 16.0f;
+	int n = 4;
+	int p = 128;
+
+	for (int i = n * -p; i <= n * p; i += p)
 	{
-		int v8 = v7 + 128;
-		int v9 = -512;
-		float v10 = -512.0f;
-		float v11 = float(v7);
-		float v12 = float(v7 + 128);
-
-		for (; v9 != 640; )
+		for (int j = n * -p; j <= n * p; j += p)
 		{
-			float v13 = v10;
-			v9 += 128;
+			t.vertex(float(i + 0.0f), 16.0f, float(j + 0.0f));
+			t.vertex(float(i + p)   , 16.0f, float(j + 0.0f));
+			t.vertex(float(i + p)   , 16.0f, float(j + p)   );
+			t.vertex(float(i + 0.0f), 16.0f, float(j + p)   );
 
-			t.vertex(v11, 16.0f, v13);
-			t.vertex(v12, 16.0f, v13);
-			v10 = float(v9);
-			t.vertex(v12, 16.0f, float(v9));
-			t.vertex(v11, 16.0f, float(v9));
 			field_DC += 4;
 		}
-
-		if (v8 == 640)
-			break;
-
-		v7 = v8;
 	}
 
 	t.end(field_D8);
diff --git a/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.hpp b/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.hpp
index 21d025b..5544e21 100644
--- a/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.hpp
+++ b/source/World/Renderer/LevelRenderer.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public:
 	void addParticle(const std::string&, float, float, float, float, float, float) override;
 	void playSound(const std::string& a, float b, float c, float d, float e, float f) override;
 	void skyColorChanged() override;
+	void generateSky();
 	void cull(Culler*, float);
 	void deleteChunks();
 	void resortChunks(int x, int y, int z);
diff --git a/source/World/Tile/IceTile.cpp b/source/World/Tile/IceTile.cpp
index b40bbba..2188439 100644
--- a/source/World/Tile/IceTile.cpp
+++ b/source/World/Tile/IceTile.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IceTile::IceTile(int a, int b, Material* c) : HalfTransparentTile(a, b, c)
 
 int IceTile::getRenderLayer()
 {
-	return 1;
+	return LAYER_ALPHA;
 }
 
 int IceTile::getResourceCount(Random* pRandom)