diff --git a/core/Registration.java b/core/Registration.java
index 94dd6954..d0f68d97 100644
--- a/core/Registration.java
+++ b/core/Registration.java
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ import appeng.core.localization.PlayerMessages;
 import appeng.debug.BlockChunkloader;
 import appeng.debug.BlockItemGen;
 import appeng.debug.ToolDebugCard;
+import appeng.debug.ToolEraser;
 import appeng.debug.ToolMeteoritePlacer;
 import appeng.debug.ToolReplicatorCard;
 import appeng.hooks.AETrading;
+import appeng.hooks.MeteoriteWorldGen;
 import appeng.hooks.QuartzWorldGen;
 import appeng.hooks.TickHandler;
 import appeng.items.materials.ItemMaterial;
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ public class Registration
 		items.itemFacade = addFeature( ItemFacade.class );
 		items.itemCrystalSeed = addFeature( ItemCrystalSeed.class );
 
+		addFeature( ToolEraser.class );
 		addFeature( ToolMeteoritePlacer.class );
 		addFeature( ToolDebugCard.class );
 		addFeature( ToolReplicatorCard.class );
@@ -556,6 +559,9 @@ public class Registration
 		if ( AEConfig.instance.isFeatureEnabled( AEFeature.CertusQuartzWorldGen ) )
 			GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator( new QuartzWorldGen(), 0 );
 
+		if ( AEConfig.instance.isFeatureEnabled( AEFeature.MeteoriteWorldGen ) )
+			GameRegistry.registerWorldGenerator( new MeteoriteWorldGen(), 0 );
+
 		recipeHandler.registerHandlers();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/features/AEFeature.java b/core/features/AEFeature.java
index ef69ab8f..eaa93a0c 100644
--- a/core/features/AEFeature.java
+++ b/core/features/AEFeature.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public enum AEFeature
 				// is just flat out required by tons of
 				// important stuff.
 
-	CertusQuartzWorldGen("World"),
+	CertusQuartzWorldGen("World"), MeteoriteWorldGen("World"),
 
 	DecorativeLights("World"), DecorativeQuartzBlocks("World"),
 
diff --git a/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassRequest.java b/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassRequest.java
index da39036d..9314b354 100644
--- a/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassRequest.java
+++ b/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassRequest.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
 import appeng.api.util.DimensionalCoord;
-import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.WorldSettings;
 import appeng.core.sync.AppEngPacket;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.INetworkInfo;
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ public class PacketCompassRequest extends AppEngPacket implements ICompassCallba
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void calculatedDirection(boolean hasResult, boolean spin, double radians)
+	public void calculatedDirection(boolean hasResult, boolean spin, double radians, double dist)
 	{
 		NetworkHandler.instance.sendTo( new PacketCompassResponse( this, hasResult, spin, radians ), (EntityPlayerMP) talkBackTo );
 	}
@@ -40,11 +39,10 @@ public class PacketCompassRequest extends AppEngPacket implements ICompassCallba
 	@Override
 	public void serverPacketData(INetworkInfo manager, AppEngPacket packet, EntityPlayer player)
 	{
-		AELog.info( "PacketCompassRequest.serverPacketData" );
 		talkBackTo = player;
 
 		DimensionalCoord loc = new DimensionalCoord( player.worldObj, this.cx << 4, this.cdy << 5, this.cz << 4 );
-		WorldSettings.getInstance().getCompass().getCompassDirection( loc, this );
+		WorldSettings.getInstance().getCompass().getCompassDirection( loc, 128, this );
 	}
 
 	// api
diff --git a/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassResponse.java b/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassResponse.java
index 4f4c544d..405e4897 100644
--- a/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassResponse.java
+++ b/core/sync/packets/PacketCompassResponse.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
-import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.sync.AppEngPacket;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.INetworkInfo;
 import appeng.hooks.CompassManager;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ public class PacketCompassResponse extends AppEngPacket
 	@Override
 	public void clientPacketData(INetworkInfo network, AppEngPacket packet, EntityPlayer player)
 	{
-		AELog.info( "PacketCompassResponse.clientPacketData" );
 		CompassManager.instance.postResult( attunement, cx << 4, cdy << 5, cz << 4, cr );
 	}
 
diff --git a/debug/ToolEraser.java b/debug/ToolEraser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18ab2d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug/ToolEraser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package appeng.debug;
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import appeng.api.util.WorldCoord;
+import appeng.core.AELog;
+import appeng.core.features.AEFeature;
+import appeng.items.AEBaseItem;
+import appeng.util.Platform;
+
+public class ToolEraser extends AEBaseItem
+{
+
+	public ToolEraser() {
+		super( ToolEraser.class );
+		setfeature( EnumSet.of( AEFeature.Debug, AEFeature.Creative ) );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean onItemUseFirst(ItemStack stack, EntityPlayer player, World world, int x, int y, int z, int side, float hitX, float hitY, float hitZ)
+	{
+		if ( Platform.isClient() )
+			return false;
+
+		Block blk = world.getBlock( x, y, z );
+		int meta = world.getBlockMetadata( x, y, z );
+
+		int blocks = 0;
+		List<WorldCoord> next = new LinkedList();
+		next.add( new WorldCoord( x, y, z ) );
+
+		while (blocks < 90000 && !next.isEmpty())
+		{
+
+			List<WorldCoord> c = next;
+			next = new LinkedList();
+
+			for (WorldCoord wc : c)
+			{
+				Block c_blk = world.getBlock( wc.x, wc.y, wc.z );
+				int c_meta = world.getBlockMetadata( wc.x, wc.y, wc.z );
+
+				if ( c_blk == blk && c_meta == meta )
+				{
+					blocks++;
+					world.setBlock( wc.x, wc.y, wc.z, Platform.air );
+
+					check( world, wc.x + 1, wc.y, wc.z, next );
+					check( world, wc.x - 1, wc.y, wc.z, next );
+					check( world, wc.x, wc.y + 1, wc.z, next );
+					check( world, wc.x, wc.y - 1, wc.z, next );
+					check( world, wc.x, wc.y, wc.z + 1, next );
+					check( world, wc.x, wc.y, wc.z - 1, next );
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		AELog.info( "Delete " + blocks + " blocks" );
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private void check(World world, int i, int y, int z, List<WorldCoord> next)
+	{
+		next.add( new WorldCoord( i, y, z ) );
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/helpers/MeteoritePlacer.java b/helpers/MeteoritePlacer.java
index dda41399..776e1959 100644
--- a/helpers/MeteoritePlacer.java
+++ b/helpers/MeteoritePlacer.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 			else if ( a > 0.8 )
 				put( w, x, y, z, Blocks.stone );
 			else if ( a > 0.7 )
-				put( w, x, y, z, Blocks.dirt );
+				put( w, x, y, z, Blocks.grass );
 			else if ( a > 0.6 )
 				put( w, x, y, z, skystone );
 			else if ( a > 0.5 )
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 
 		public void getOther(World w, int x, int y, int z, double a)
 		{
-			if ( a > 0.8 )
+			if ( a > 0.66 )
 				put( w, x, y, z, Blocks.glass );
 		}
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 	Fallout type = new Fallout();
 
 	Block skystone = AEApi.instance().blocks().blockSkyStone.block();
+	Block skychest = AEApi.instance().blocks().blockSkyChest.block();
 
 	double real_sizeOfMetorite = (Math.random() * 6.0) + 2;
 	double real_crator = real_sizeOfMetorite * 2 + 5;
@@ -126,7 +127,6 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 	double crator = real_crator * real_crator;
 
 	public MeteoritePlacer() {
-		Block skystone = AEApi.instance().blocks().blockSkyStone.block();
 
 		validSpawn.add( Blocks.stone );
 		validSpawn.add( Blocks.cobblestone );
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 					if ( dx * dx * 0.7 + dy * dy * (j > y ? 1.4 : 0.8) + dz * dz * 0.7 < sizeOfMetorite )
 						put( w, i, j, k, skystone );
 				}
+
+		put( w, x, y, z, skychest );
 	}
 
 	private void Decay(World w, int x, int y, int z)
@@ -310,12 +312,14 @@ public class MeteoritePlacer
 							double dist = dx * dx + dy * dy + dz * dz;
 
 							Block xf = w.getBlock( i, j - 1, k );
-
-							double height = crator * 0.1 - Math.abs( dist - crator * 1.7 );
-
-							if ( xf != blk && height > 0 && Math.random() > 0.5 )
+							if ( !xf.isReplaceable( w, i, j - 1, k ) )
 							{
-								type.getRandomFall( w, i, j, k );
+								double height = crator * 0.1 - Math.abs( dist - crator * 1.7 );
+
+								if ( xf != blk && height > 0 && Math.random() > 0.5 )
+								{
+									type.getRandomFall( w, i, j, k );
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/hooks/CompassManager.java b/hooks/CompassManager.java
index 8da588a6..9afd890c 100644
--- a/hooks/CompassManager.java
+++ b/hooks/CompassManager.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class CompassManager
 
 	public void postResult(long attunement, int x, int y, int z, CompassResult res)
 	{
-		AELog.info( "CompassManager.postResult" );
 		CompassReq r = new CompassReq( attunement, x, y, z );
 		reqs.put( r, res );
 	}
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ public class CompassManager
 
 	private void requestUpdate(CompassReq r)
 	{
-		AELog.info( "CompassManager.requestUpdate" );
 
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/hooks/MeteoriteWorldGen.java b/hooks/MeteoriteWorldGen.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a13bccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/MeteoriteWorldGen.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package appeng.hooks;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.IChunkProvider;
+import appeng.api.util.DimensionalCoord;
+import appeng.core.WorldSettings;
+import appeng.helpers.MeteoritePlacer;
+import appeng.services.helpers.ICompassCallback;
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.IWorldGenerator;
+
+final public class MeteoriteWorldGen implements IWorldGenerator
+{
+
+	class myGen implements ICompassCallback
+	{
+
+		double distance = 0;
+
+		@Override
+		public void calculatedDirection(boolean hasResult, boolean spin, double radians, double dist)
+		{
+			if ( hasResult )
+				distance = dist;
+			else
+				distance = Double.MAX_VALUE;
+
+			synchronized (this)
+			{
+				notify();
+			}
+		}
+
+	};
+
+	@Override
+	public void generate(Random r, int chunkX, int chunkZ, World w, IChunkProvider chunkGenerator, IChunkProvider chunkProvider)
+	{
+		if ( r.nextFloat() > 0.9 )
+		{
+			int x = r.nextInt( 16 ) + (chunkX << 4);
+			int z = r.nextInt( 16 ) + (chunkZ << 4);
+
+			myGen obj = new myGen();
+			WorldSettings.getInstance().getCompass().getCompassDirection( new DimensionalCoord( w, x, 128, z ), 30, obj );
+
+			synchronized (obj)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					obj.wait();
+
+				}
+				catch (InterruptedException e)
+				{
+					// meh
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if ( obj.distance > 1000 * 1000 )
+			{
+				int depth = 180 + r.nextInt( 20 );
+				for (int trys = 0; trys < 20; trys++)
+				{
+					MeteoritePlacer mp = new MeteoritePlacer();
+
+					if ( mp.spawnMeteorite( w, x, depth, z ) )
+						return;
+
+					depth -= 15;
+					if ( depth < 40 )
+						return;
+
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/services/CompassService.java b/services/CompassService.java
index 0dfb3e07..2a22f08f 100644
--- a/services/CompassService.java
+++ b/services/CompassService.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import appeng.api.AEApi;
 import appeng.api.util.DimensionalCoord;
-import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.services.helpers.CompassException;
 import appeng.services.helpers.CompassReader;
 import appeng.services.helpers.ICompassCallback;
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 	{
 
 		public final DimensionalCoord coord;
+		public final int maxRange;
 		public final ICompassCallback callback;
 
 		@Override
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		public CMDirectionRequest(DimensionalCoord coord, ICompassCallback cc) {
+		public CMDirectionRequest(DimensionalCoord coord, int getMaxRange, ICompassCallback cc) {
 			this.coord = coord;
+			this.maxRange = getMaxRange;
 			callback = cc;
 		}
 
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 		postJob( new CMUpdatePost( w, cx, cz, cdy, false ) );
 	}
 
-	public void getCompassDirection(DimensionalCoord coord, ICompassCallback cc)
+	public void getCompassDirection(DimensionalCoord coord, int maxRange, ICompassCallback cc)
 	{
-		postJob( new CMDirectionRequest( coord, cc ) );
+		postJob( new CMDirectionRequest( coord, maxRange, cc ) );
 	}
 
 	private void postJob(CompassMessage msg)
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 				try
 				{
 					myMsg = jobList.poll();
+					overOberdened = jobList.isEmpty();
+
 					if ( myMsg == null )
 						jobList.wait();
 				}
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 		return myMsg;
 	}
 
+	boolean overOberdened = false;
 	HashMap<World, CompassReader> worldSet = new HashMap();
 
 	final File rootFolder;
@@ -173,8 +177,6 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 
 	private void processRequest(CMDirectionRequest req)
 	{
-		AELog.info( "CompassService.processRequest" );
-
 		int cx = req.coord.x >> 4;
 		int cz = req.coord.z >> 4;
 
@@ -183,8 +185,7 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 		// Am I standing on it?
 		if ( cr.hasBeacon( cx, cz ) )
 		{
-			req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, true, -999 );
-			cr.close();
+			req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, true, -999, 0 );
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -196,20 +197,32 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 			int maxx = cx + offset;
 			int maxz = cz + offset;
 
+			int closest = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+			int chosen_x = cx;
+			int chosen_z = cz;
+
 			for (int z = minz; z <= maxz; z++)
 			{
 				if ( cr.hasBeacon( minx, z ) )
 				{
-					req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, false, rad( cx, cz, minx, z ) );
-					cr.close();
-					return;
+					int closness = dist( cx, cz, minx, z );
+					if ( closness < closest )
+					{
+						closest = closness;
+						chosen_x = minx;
+						chosen_z = z;
+					}
 				}
 
 				if ( cr.hasBeacon( maxx, z ) )
 				{
-					req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, false, rad( cx, cz, maxx, z ) );
-					cr.close();
-					return;
+					int closness = dist( cx, cz, maxx, z );
+					if ( closness < closest )
+					{
+						closest = closness;
+						chosen_x = maxx;
+						chosen_z = z;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -217,23 +230,48 @@ public class CompassService implements Runnable
 			{
 				if ( cr.hasBeacon( x, minz ) )
 				{
-					req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, false, rad( cx, cz, x, minz ) );
-					cr.close();
-					return;
+					int closness = dist( cx, cz, x, minz );
+					if ( closness < closest )
+					{
+						closest = closness;
+						chosen_x = x;
+						chosen_z = minz;
+					}
 				}
 
 				if ( cr.hasBeacon( x, maxz ) )
 				{
-					req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, false, rad( cx, cz, x, maxz ) );
-					cr.close();
-					return;
+					int closness = dist( cx, cz, x, maxz );
+					if ( closness < closest )
+					{
+						closest = closness;
+						chosen_x = x;
+						chosen_z = maxz;
+					}
 				}
 			}
+
+			if ( closest < Integer.MAX_VALUE )
+			{
+				req.callback.calculatedDirection( true, false, rad( cx, cz, chosen_x, chosen_z ), dist( cx, cz, chosen_x, chosen_z ) );
+				if ( !overOberdened )
+					cr.close();
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 
 		// didn't find shit...
-		req.callback.calculatedDirection( false, true, -999 );
-		cr.close();
+		req.callback.calculatedDirection( false, true, -999, 999 );
+		if ( !overOberdened )
+			cr.close();
+	}
+
+	private int dist(int ax, int az, int bx, int bz)
+	{
+		int up = (bz - az) * 16;
+		int side = (bx - ax) * 16;
+
+		return up * up + side * side;
 	}
 
 	private double rad(int ax, int az, int bx, int bz)
diff --git a/services/helpers/CompassReader.java b/services/helpers/CompassReader.java
index 41b0f235..ac8d5aaf 100644
--- a/services/helpers/CompassReader.java
+++ b/services/helpers/CompassReader.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class CompassReader
 	{
 		for (CompassRegion r : regions.values())
 			r.close();
+
 		regions.clear();
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/helpers/CompassRegion.java b/services/helpers/CompassRegion.java
index 2a25d190..bbeb8ba1 100644
--- a/services/helpers/CompassRegion.java
+++ b/services/helpers/CompassRegion.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package appeng.services.helpers;
 
-import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 
 public class CompassRegion
 {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ public class CompassRegion
 	boolean hasFile = false;
 	final File rootFolder;
 	RandomAccessFile raf = null;
+	ByteBuffer buffer;
 
 	public void close()
 	{
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ public class CompassRegion
 		{
 			if ( hasFile )
 			{
+				buffer = null;
 				raf.close();
 				raf = null;
 				hasFile = false;
@@ -94,8 +97,9 @@ public class CompassRegion
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			raf.seek( cx + cz * 0x400 );
-			raf.writeByte( val );
+			buffer.put( cx + cz * 0x400, (byte) val );
+			// raf.seek( cx + cz * 0x400 );
+			// raf.writeByte( val );
 		}
 		catch (Throwable t)
 		{
@@ -107,10 +111,11 @@ public class CompassRegion
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			raf.seek( cx + cz * 0x400 );
-			return raf.readByte();
+			return buffer.get( cx + cz * 0x400 );
+			// raf.seek( cx + cz * 0x400 );
+			// return raf.readByte();
 		}
-		catch (EOFException eof)
+		catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException outofBounds)
 		{
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -131,6 +136,8 @@ public class CompassRegion
 			try
 			{
 				raf = new RandomAccessFile( fName, "rw" );
+				FileChannel fc = raf.getChannel();
+				buffer = fc.map( FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, 0x400 * 0x400 );// fc.size() );
 				hasFile = true;
 			}
 			catch (Throwable t)
@@ -156,4 +163,5 @@ public class CompassRegion
 
 		return new File( folder + File.separatorChar + world + "_" + low_x + "_" + low_z + ".dat" );
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/services/helpers/ICompassCallback.java b/services/helpers/ICompassCallback.java
index 4b816488..e924e232 100644
--- a/services/helpers/ICompassCallback.java
+++ b/services/helpers/ICompassCallback.java
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ public interface ICompassCallback
 	 * @param spin
 	 * @param radians
 	 */
-	public void calculatedDirection(boolean hasResult, boolean spin, double radians);
+	public void calculatedDirection(boolean hasResult, boolean spin, double radians, double dist);
 
 }