diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/config/GeneralConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/config/GeneralConfig.java
index c24240889..391ad8516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/config/GeneralConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/config/GeneralConfig.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class GeneralConfig {
 	public static boolean enableCrosshairs = true;
 	public static boolean enableBabyMode = false;
 	public static boolean enableReflectorCompat = false;
+	public static boolean enableRenderDistCheck = true;
 
 	public static boolean enable528 = false;
 	public static boolean enable528ReasimBoilers = true;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class GeneralConfig {
 		enableCrosshairs = config.get(CATEGORY_GENERAL, "1.22_enableCrosshairs", true).getBoolean(true);
 		enableBabyMode = config.get(CATEGORY_GENERAL, "1.23_enableBabyMode", false).getBoolean(false);
 		enableReflectorCompat = config.get(CATEGORY_GENERAL, "1.24_enableReflectorCompat", false).getBoolean(false);
+		enableRenderDistCheck = config.get(CATEGORY_GENERAL, "1.25_enableRenderDistCheck", true).getBoolean(true);
 		
 		final String CATEGORY_528 = "528";
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/ModItems.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/ModItems.java
index 4f821bc75..1fdaa8686 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/ModItems.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/items/ModItems.java
@@ -3744,11 +3744,11 @@ public class ModItems {
 				.setUnlocalizedName("rbmk_fuel_drx").setTextureName(RefStrings.MODID + ":rbmk_fuel_drx");
 		rbmk_fuel_test = (ItemRBMKRod) new ItemRBMKRod("THE VOICES")
 				.setYield(1000000D)
-				.setStats(1000, 10)
-				.setFunction(EnumBurnFunc.QUADRATIC)
-				.setHeat(0.1D)
+				.setStats(100)
+				.setFunction(EnumBurnFunc.EXPERIMENTAL)
+				.setHeat(1.0D)
 				.setMeltingPoint(100000)
-				.setUnlocalizedName("rbmk_fuel_drx").setTextureName(RefStrings.MODID + ":rbmk_fuel_drx");
+				.setUnlocalizedName("rbmk_fuel_test").setTextureName(RefStrings.MODID + ":rbmk_fuel_test");
 		
 		trinitite = new ItemNuclearWaste().setUnlocalizedName("trinitite").setCreativeTab(MainRegistry.partsTab).setTextureName(RefStrings.MODID + ":trinitite_new");
 		nuclear_waste_long = new ItemWasteLong().setUnlocalizedName("nuclear_waste_long").setCreativeTab(MainRegistry.partsTab).setTextureName(RefStrings.MODID + ":nuclear_waste_long");
@@ -6563,6 +6563,7 @@ public class ModItems {
 		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_fuel_zfb_pu241, rbmk_fuel_zfb_pu241.getUnlocalizedName());
 		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_fuel_zfb_am_mix, rbmk_fuel_zfb_am_mix.getUnlocalizedName());
 		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_fuel_drx, rbmk_fuel_drx.getUnlocalizedName());
+		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_fuel_test, rbmk_fuel_test.getUnlocalizedName());
 
 		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_pellet_ueu, rbmk_pellet_ueu.getUnlocalizedName());
 		GameRegistry.registerItem(rbmk_pellet_meu, rbmk_pellet_meu.getUnlocalizedName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/main/ModEventHandlerClient.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/main/ModEventHandlerClient.java
index 838332fbb..2e7c7e33b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/main/ModEventHandlerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/main/ModEventHandlerClient.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 import com.hbm.blocks.ILookOverlay;
 import com.hbm.blocks.ModBlocks;
 import com.hbm.blocks.generic.BlockAshes;
+import com.hbm.config.GeneralConfig;
 import com.hbm.entity.mob.EntityHunterChopper;
 import com.hbm.entity.projectile.EntityChopperMine;
 import com.hbm.extprop.HbmLivingProps;
@@ -644,6 +645,17 @@ public class ModEventHandlerClient {
 		
 		Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
 		
+		if(mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks > 16 && GeneralConfig.enableRenderDistCheck && ! FMLClientHandler.instance().hasOptifine()) {
+			mc.gameSettings.renderDistanceChunks = 16;
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("========================== WARNING ==========================");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("Dangerous render distance detected: Values over 16 only work on 1.8+ or with Optifine installed!!");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("Set '1.25_enableRenderDistCheck' in hbm.cfg to 'false' to disable this check.");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("========================== WARNING ==========================");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("If you got this error after removing Optifine: Consider deleting your option files after removing mods.");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("If you got this error after downgrading your Minecraft version: Consider using a launcher that doesn't reuse the same folders for every game instance. MultiMC for example, it's really good and it comes with a dedicated cat button. You like cats, right? Are you using the Microsoft launcher? The one launcher that turns every version switch into a tightrope act because all the old config and options files are still here because different instances all use the same folder structure instead of different folders like a competent launcher would, because some MO-RON thought that this was an acceptable way of doing things? Really? The launcher that circumcises every crashlog into indecipherable garbage, tricking oblivious people into posting that as a \"crash report\", effectively wasting everyone's time? The launcher made by the company that thought it would be HI-LA-RI-OUS to force everyone to use Microsoft accounts, effectively breaking every other launcher until they implement their terrible auth system?");
+			MainRegistry.logger.error("========================== WARNING ==========================");
+		}
+		
 		if(mc.theWorld == null || mc.thePlayer == null)
 			return;