diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9d6bd9..379496f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,215 +1,25 @@
-#################
-## Eclipse
-#################
-
-*.pydevproject
-.project
-.metadata
-bin/
-tmp/
-*.tmp
-*.bak
-*.swp
-*~.nib
-local.properties
-.classpath
-.settings/
-.loadpath
-
-# External tool builders
-.externalToolBuilders/
-
-# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
-*.launch
-
-# CDT-specific
-.cproject
-
-# PDT-specific
-.buildpath
-
-
-#################
-## Visual Studio
-#################
-
-## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
-## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.
-
-# User-specific files
-*.suo
-*.user
-*.sln.docstates
-
-# Build results
-
-[Dd]ebug/
-[Rr]elease/
-x64/
-build/
-[Bb]in/
-[Oo]bj/
-
-# MSTest test Results
-[Tt]est[Rr]esult*/
-[Bb]uild[Ll]og.*
-
-*_i.c
-*_p.c
-*.ilk
-*.meta
-*.obj
-*.pch
-*.pdb
-*.pgc
-*.pgd
-*.rsp
-*.sbr
-*.tlb
-*.tli
-*.tlh
-*.tmp
-*.tmp_proj
-*.log
-*.vspscc
-*.vssscc
-.builds
-*.pidb
-*.log
-*.scc
-
-# Visual C++ cache files
-ipch/
-*.aps
-*.ncb
-*.opensdf
-*.sdf
-*.cachefile
-
-# Visual Studio profiler
-*.psess
-*.vsp
-*.vspx
-
-# Guidance Automation Toolkit
-*.gpState
-
-# ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in
-_ReSharper*/
-*.[Rr]e[Ss]harper
-
-# TeamCity is a build add-in
-_TeamCity*
-
-# DotCover is a Code Coverage Tool
-*.dotCover
-
-# NCrunch
-*.ncrunch*
-.*crunch*.local.xml
-
-# Installshield output folder
-[Ee]xpress/
-
-# DocProject is a documentation generator add-in
-DocProject/buildhelp/
-DocProject/Help/*.HxT
-DocProject/Help/*.HxC
-DocProject/Help/*.hhc
-DocProject/Help/*.hhk
-DocProject/Help/*.hhp
-DocProject/Help/Html2
-DocProject/Help/html
-
-# Click-Once directory
-publish/
-
-# Publish Web Output
-*.Publish.xml
-*.pubxml
-
-# NuGet Packages Directory
-## TODO: If you have NuGet Package Restore enabled, uncomment the next line
-#packages/
-
-# Windows Azure Build Output
-csx
-*.build.csdef
-
-# Windows Store app package directory
-AppPackages/
-
-# Others
-sql/
-*.Cache
-ClientBin/
-[Ss]tyle[Cc]op.*
-~$*
-*~
-*.dbmdl
-*.[Pp]ublish.xml
-*.pfx
-*.publishsettings
-
-# RIA/Silverlight projects
-Generated_Code/
-
-# Backup & report files from converting an old project file to a newer
-# Visual Studio version. Backup files are not needed, because we have git ;-)
-_UpgradeReport_Files/
-Backup*/
-UpgradeLog*.XML
-UpgradeLog*.htm
-
-# SQL Server files
-App_Data/*.mdf
-App_Data/*.ldf
-
-#############
-## Windows detritus
-#############
-
-# Windows image file caches
-Thumbs.db
-ehthumbs.db
-
-# Folder config file
-Desktop.ini
-
-# Recycle Bin used on file shares
-$RECYCLE.BIN/
-
-# Mac crap
+#ant stuff
+/bin/
+/download/
+#Remove OS generated garbage
+*/.DS_Store
 .DS_Store
-
-
-#############
-## Python
-#############
-
-*.py[co]
-
-# Packages
-*.egg
-*.egg-info
-dist/
-build/
-eggs/
-parts/
-var/
-sdist/
-develop-eggs/
-.installed.cfg
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-.coverage
-.tox
-
-#Translations
-*.mo
-
-#Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
+.DS_Store?
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+Icon?
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+#gradle stuff
+/.gradle
+/build/
+/run/
+#IDEA files from Gradle
+.idea/
+/*.iml
+/*.ipr
+/*.iws
+#Vim backups
+*~
+#manual version override
+version.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e632ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * RecMod
+ * Master build file
+ * Based on TConstruct's master build file
+ * Authors: Sunstrike, ProgWML6
+ * Help from AbrarSyed
+ */
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+		mavenLocal()
+        maven {
+            name = 'ForgeFS'
+            url = 'http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven'
+        }
+		maven {
+            name = "sonatype"
+            url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+        }
+
+	}
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+	mavenLocal()
+	maven {
+          name 'ForgeFS'
+          url 'http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven'
+     }
+}
+
+
+apply plugin: 'forge'
+// define the properties file
+ext.configFile = file "build.properties"
+
+configFile.withReader {
+    // read config.  it shall from now on be referenced as simply config or as project.config
+    def prop = new Properties()
+    prop.load(it)
+    project.ext.config = new ConfigSlurper().parse prop
+}
+ext.artifact_version_override = 'NotUsed'
+//gitignored config file -- if this has the entry for override it will override the version for local builds
+//create a file called version.properties with the line artifact_version_override=NotUsed
+//replace NotUsed w/ version #'s for manual local overrides
+ext.configFile2 = file "version.properties"
+if (configFile2.exists()){
+	configFile2.withReader {
+    	def prop2 = new Properties()
+    	prop2.load(it)
+    	ext.GIVersionFL = new ConfigSlurper().parse prop2
+		if (GIVersionFL != null){
+			project.artifact_version_override = GIVersionFL.artifact_version_override
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+// sets version to the slimeKnights default version format
+task buildInfo {
+    def cmd = "git rev-parse --short HEAD"
+    def proc = cmd.execute()
+    proc.waitFor()
+    if (proc.exitValue() == 0) {
+        ext.revision = proc.text.trim()
+    } else {
+        ext.revision = "GITBORK"
+    }
+
+    if (System.getenv().BUILD_NUMBER != null) {
+        ext.buildNum = System.getenv().BUILD_NUMBER
+    } else {
+        ext.buildNum = "DEV"
+    }
+}
+ext.artifact_version = 'NFG'
+if (System.getenv().ARTIFACT_VERSION == null && artifact_version_override == 'NotUsed') {
+    artifact_version = "${project.buildInfo.buildNum}.${project.buildInfo.revision}"
+}
+if (System.getenv().ARTIFACT_VERSION != null && artifact_version_override == 'NotUsed') {
+    artifact_version = "${system.getenv().ARTIFACT_VERSION}"
+}
+if (artifact_version_override != 'NotUsed') {
+    artifact_version = "${artifact_version_override}"
+}
+version = "${config.minecraft_version}-${artifact_version}"
+
+minecraft {
+    version = config.minecraft_version + "-" + config.forge_version
+    assetDir = 'run/assets'
+    replace '${version}', project.version
+}
+
+
+sourceSets {
+	main {
+		resources {
+			srcDir 'resources'
+		}
+		java {
+            srcDir 'src'
+        }
+	}
+}
+processResources
+{
+        // replace stuff in text files, not binary ones.
+    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
+        include '**/*.info'
+                // replace version and MCVersion
+        expand 'version':artifact_version,'MCversion':config.minecraft_version
+    }
+        
+        // copy everything else, thats not text
+    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
+        exclude '**/*.info'
+    }
+}
+
+// because the normal output has been made to be obfuscated
+task deobfJar(type: Jar) {
+        from sourceSets.main.output
+        classifier = 'deobf'
+}
+artifacts {
+        archives deobfJar
+}
+
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a6056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minecraft_version=1.6.4
+forge_version=9.11.1.964
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5c591c
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f589fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Thu Nov 21 14:14:24 GMT 2013
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a7e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
+if $cygwin ; then
+    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >&-
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0b282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.1-MC1.6.x.zip b/pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.1-MC1.6.x.jar
similarity index 100%
rename from pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.1-MC1.6.x.zip
rename to pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.1-MC1.6.x.jar
diff --git a/pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.3-MC1.6.x.zip b/pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.3-MC1.6.x.jar
similarity index 100%
rename from pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.3-MC1.6.x.zip
rename to pub_build/RecStatusMod-v1.3-MC1.6.x.jar
diff --git a/res/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicators.png b/resources/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicators.png
similarity index 100%
rename from res/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicators.png
rename to resources/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicators.png
diff --git a/res/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicatorsx2.png b/resources/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicatorsx2.png
similarity index 100%
rename from res/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicatorsx2.png
rename to resources/assets/recmod/textures/sheets/indicatorsx2.png
diff --git a/res/mcmod.info b/resources/mcmod.info
similarity index 100%
rename from res/mcmod.info
rename to resources/mcmod.info
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6052e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * This settings file was auto generated by the Gradle buildInit task
+ * by 'sunstrike' at '21/11/13 14:14' with Gradle 1.9
+ *
+ * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
+ * In a single project build this file can be empty or even removed.
+ *
+ * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
+ * in the user guide at http://gradle.org/docs/1.9/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ */
+
+/*
+// To declare projects as part of a multi-project build use the 'include' method
+include 'shared'
+include 'api'
+include 'services:webservice'
+*/
+
+rootProject.name = 'Mantle'