diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/block/BlockPane.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/block/BlockPane.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5753ac2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/block/BlockPane.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--- ../src_base/minecraft/net/minecraft/block/BlockPane.java
++++ ../src_work/minecraft/net/minecraft/block/BlockPane.java
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
+ import net.minecraft.util.Icon;
+ import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
+ import net.minecraft.world.World;
++import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
+ 
+ public class BlockPane extends Block
+ {
+@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@
+      */
+     public void addCollisionBoxesToList(World par1World, int par2, int par3, int par4, AxisAlignedBB par5AxisAlignedBB, List par6List, Entity par7Entity)
+     {
+-        boolean flag = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 - 1));
+-        boolean flag1 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1World.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 1));
+-        boolean flag2 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1World.getBlockId(par2 - 1, par3, par4));
+-        boolean flag3 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1World.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4));
++        boolean flag = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1World,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.NORTH);
++        boolean flag1 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1World,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.SOUTH);
++        boolean flag2 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1World,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.WEST);
++        boolean flag3 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1World,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.EAST);
+ 
+         if ((!flag2 || !flag3) && (flag2 || flag3 || flag || flag1))
+         {
+@@ -151,10 +152,10 @@
+         float f1 = 0.5625F;
+         float f2 = 0.4375F;
+         float f3 = 0.5625F;
+-        boolean flag = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1IBlockAccess.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 - 1));
+-        boolean flag1 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1IBlockAccess.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 1));
+-        boolean flag2 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1IBlockAccess.getBlockId(par2 - 1, par3, par4));
+-        boolean flag3 = this.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(par1IBlockAccess.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4));
++        boolean flag = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1IBlockAccess,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.NORTH);
++        boolean flag1 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1IBlockAccess,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.SOUTH);
++        boolean flag2 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1IBlockAccess,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.WEST);
++        boolean flag3 = this.canPaneConnectTo(par1IBlockAccess,par2, par3, par4,ForgeDirection.EAST);
+ 
+         if ((!flag2 || !flag3) && (flag2 || flag3 || flag || flag1))
+         {
+@@ -240,4 +241,10 @@
+         this.blockIcon = par1IconRegister.registerIcon(this.field_94402_c);
+         this.theIcon = par1IconRegister.registerIcon(this.sideTextureIndex);
+     }
++
++    // FORGE START
++    public boolean canPaneConnectTo(IBlockAccess access, int x, int y, int z, ForgeDirection dir)
++    {
++        return canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(access.getBlockId(x+dir.offsetX, y+dir.offsetY, z+dir.offsetZ)) || access.isBlockSolidOnSide(x+dir.offsetX, y+dir.offsetY, z+dir.offsetZ, dir.getOpposite(), false);
++    }
+ }
diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/RenderBlocks.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/RenderBlocks.java.patch
index 282a42f69..d8f2dc673 100644
--- a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/RenderBlocks.java.patch
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/RenderBlocks.java.patch
@@ -91,3 +91,18 @@
              {
                  d5 = (double)par2 + 0.5D + 0.5D;
                  d6 = (double)par2 + 0.5D - 0.5D;
+@@ -3050,10 +3053,10 @@
+         double d17 = (double)par2 + 0.5D + 0.0625D;
+         double d18 = (double)par4 + 0.5D - 0.0625D;
+         double d19 = (double)par4 + 0.5D + 0.0625D;
+-        boolean flag = par1BlockPane.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(this.blockAccess.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 - 1));
+-        boolean flag1 = par1BlockPane.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(this.blockAccess.getBlockId(par2, par3, par4 + 1));
+-        boolean flag2 = par1BlockPane.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(this.blockAccess.getBlockId(par2 - 1, par3, par4));
+-        boolean flag3 = par1BlockPane.canThisPaneConnectToThisBlockID(this.blockAccess.getBlockId(par2 + 1, par3, par4));
++        boolean flag = par1BlockPane.canPaneConnectTo(this.blockAccess,par2, par3, par4, NORTH);
++        boolean flag1 = par1BlockPane.canPaneConnectTo(this.blockAccess,par2, par3, par4, SOUTH);
++        boolean flag2 = par1BlockPane.canPaneConnectTo(this.blockAccess,par2, par3, par4, WEST);
++        boolean flag3 = par1BlockPane.canPaneConnectTo(this.blockAccess,par2, par3, par4, EAST);
+         boolean flag4 = par1BlockPane.shouldSideBeRendered(this.blockAccess, par2, par3 + 1, par4, 1);
+         boolean flag5 = par1BlockPane.shouldSideBeRendered(this.blockAccess, par2, par3 - 1, par4, 0);
+ 
diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java.patch
index 964c526a6..b88c07db1 100644
--- a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java.patch
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 --- ../src_base/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java
 +++ ../src_work/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/ChunkCache.java
-@@ -108,7 +108,15 @@
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ import net.minecraft.util.Vec3Pool;
+ import net.minecraft.world.biome.BiomeGenBase;
+ import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
++import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
+ 
+ public class ChunkCache implements IBlockAccess
+ {
+@@ -108,7 +109,15 @@
      {
          int l = (par1 >> 4) - this.chunkX;
          int i1 = (par3 >> 4) - this.chunkZ;
@@ -17,7 +25,7 @@
      }
  
      @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
-@@ -159,7 +167,12 @@
+@@ -159,7 +168,12 @@
          {
              int l = (par1 >> 4) - this.chunkX;
              int i1 = (par3 >> 4) - this.chunkZ;
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@
          }
      }
  
-@@ -306,8 +319,7 @@
+@@ -306,8 +320,7 @@
       */
      public boolean doesBlockHaveSolidTopSurface(int par1, int par2, int par3)
      {
@@ -41,3 +49,26 @@
      }
  
      /**
+@@ -449,4 +462,22 @@
+         int i1 = this.getBlockId(par1, par2, par3);
+         return i1 == 0 ? 0 : Block.blocksList[i1].isProvidingStrongPower(this, par1, par2, par3, par4);
+     }
++
++    public boolean isBlockSolidOnSide(int x, int y, int z, ForgeDirection side, boolean _default)
++    {
++        if (x < -30000000 || z < -30000000 || x >= 30000000 || z >= 30000000)
++        {
++            return _default;
++        }
++
++        int blockId = getBlockId(x, y, z);
++        Block block = Block.blocksList[blockId];
++
++        if (block != null)
++        {
++            return block.isBlockSolidOnSide(this.worldObj, x, y, z, side);
++        }
++
++        return false;
++    }
+ }
diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eddd893e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- ../src_base/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess.java
++++ ../src_work/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess.java
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
+ import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+ import net.minecraft.util.Vec3Pool;
+ import net.minecraft.world.biome.BiomeGenBase;
++import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDirection;
+ 
+ public interface IBlockAccess
+ {
+@@ -103,4 +104,16 @@
+      * Is this block powering in the specified direction Args: x, y, z, direction
+      */
+     int isBlockProvidingPowerTo(int i, int j, int k, int l);
++
++    /**
++     * FORGE: isBlockSolidOnSide, pulled up from {@link World}
++     *
++     * @param x X coord
++     * @param y Y coord
++     * @param z Z coord
++     * @param side Side
++     * @param _default default return value
++     * @return if the block is solid on the side
++     */
++    boolean isBlockSolidOnSide(int x, int y, int z, ForgeDirection side, boolean _default);
+ }
diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/World.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/World.java.patch
index 6174ae6a0..cb8dae659 100644
--- a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/World.java.patch
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/World.java.patch
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
      }
  
      /**
-@@ -4321,4 +4491,114 @@
+@@ -4321,4 +4491,115 @@
      {
          return this.worldLogAgent;
      }
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@
 +     * @param _default The defult to return if the block doesn't exist.
 +     * @return True if the side is solid
 +     */
++    @Override
 +    public boolean isBlockSolidOnSide(int x, int y, int z, ForgeDirection side, boolean _default)
 +    {
 +        if (x < -30000000 || z < -30000000 || x >= 30000000 || z >= 30000000)