diff --git a/src/client/gui/Gui.cpp b/src/client/gui/Gui.cpp
index c6e786a..afdb7cb 100755
--- a/src/client/gui/Gui.cpp
+++ b/src/client/gui/Gui.cpp
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ void Gui::renderProgressIndicator( const bool isTouchInterface, const int screen
 			glBlendFunc2(GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR);
 			blit(screenWidth/2 - 8, screenHeight/2 - 8, 0, 0, 16, 16);
 			glDisable(GL_BLEND);
-	} else if(!bowEquipped) {
+	} else if((!bowEquipped) || (!minecraft->options.getBooleanValue(OPTIONS_IS_JOY_TOUCH_AREA))) {
 		const float tprogress = minecraft->gameMode->destroyProgress;
 		const float alpha = Mth::clamp(minecraft->inputHolder->alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 		//LOGI("alpha: %f\n", alpha);
diff --git a/src/client/model/geom/ModelPart.cpp b/src/client/model/geom/ModelPart.cpp
index 86ab82c..d0bc00d 100755
--- a/src/client/model/geom/ModelPart.cpp
+++ b/src/client/model/geom/ModelPart.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void ModelPart::compile( float scale )
 void ModelPart::draw()
 {
 #ifdef OPENGL_ES
-	drawArrayVTN_NoState(vboId, cubes.size() * 2 * 3 * 6, 28);
+	drawArrayVTN_NoState(vboId, cubes.size() * 2 * 3 * 6, 36);
 #else
 	glCallList(list);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.cpp b/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.cpp
index 7feff29..e2a9fa8 100755
--- a/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.cpp
+++ b/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Tesselator Tesselator::instance(sizeof(GLfloat) * MAX_FLOATS); // max size in by
 const int VertexSizeBytes = sizeof(VERTEX);
 
 Tesselator::Tesselator( int size )
-:	size(size),
+	:	size(size),
 	vertices(0),
 	u(0), v(0),
 	_color(0),
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Tesselator::Tesselator( int size )
 	_noColor(false),
 	mode(0),
 	xo(0), yo(0), zo(0),
-	_normal(0),
+	_nx(0), _ny(0), _nz(0),
 	_sx(1), _sy(1),
 
 	tesselating(false),
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ RenderChunk Tesselator::end( bool useMine, int bufferId )
 		int access = GL_STATIC_DRAW;//(accessMode==ACCESS_DYNAMIC) ? GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW : GL_STATIC_DRAW;
 		glBindBuffer2(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bufferId);
 		glBufferData2(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bytes, _varray, access); // GL_STREAM_DRAW
-		
+
 		totalSize += bytes;
-	
+
 #ifndef USE_VBO
 		// 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 		// x y z u v c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ RenderChunk Tesselator::end( bool useMine, int bufferId )
 			glEnableClientState2(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
 		}
 		if (hasNormal) {
-			glNormalPointer(GL_BYTE, VertexSizeBytes, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
+			glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, VertexSizeBytes, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
 			glEnableClientState2(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY);
 		}
 		glVertexPointer2(3, GL_FLOAT, VertexSizeBytes, 0);
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ void Tesselator::vertex( float x, float y, float z )
 				dst.color = src.color;
 			}
 			if (hasNormal) {
-				dst.normal = src.normal;
+				dst.nx = src.nx;
+				dst.ny = src.ny;
+				dst.nz = src.nz;
 			}
 
 			dst.x = src.x;
@@ -302,7 +304,9 @@ void Tesselator::vertex( float x, float y, float z )
 		vertex.color = _color;
 	}
 	if (hasNormal) {
-		vertex.normal = _normal;
+		vertex.nx = _nx;
+		vertex.ny = _ny;
+		vertex.nz = _nz;
 	}
 
 	vertex.x = _sx * (x + xo);
@@ -339,11 +343,15 @@ void Tesselator::normal( float x, float y, float z )
 
 	if (!tesselating) printf("But..");
 	hasNormal = true;
-	char xx = (char) (x * 128);
-	char yy = (char) (y * 127);
-	char zz = (char) (z * 127);
+	//char xx = (char) (x * 128);
+	//char yy = (char) (y * 127);
+	//char zz = (char) (z * 127);
 
-	_normal = xx | (yy << 8) | (zz << 16);
+	//_normal = xx | (yy << 8) | (zz << 16);
+	// trying a new thing hopefully works
+	this->_nx = x;
+	this->_ny = y;
+	this->_nz = z;
 }
 
 void Tesselator::offset( float xo, float yo, float zo ) {
@@ -389,7 +397,7 @@ void Tesselator::draw()
 			vboId = 0;
 
 		int bufferId = vboIds[vboId];
-		
+
 		int access = GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW;//(accessMode==ACCESS_DYNAMIC) ? GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW : GL_STATIC_DRAW;
 		glBindBuffer2(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bufferId);
 		glBufferData2(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bytes, _varray, access); // GL_STREAM_DRAW
@@ -405,7 +413,7 @@ void Tesselator::draw()
 			glEnableClientState2(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
 		}
 		if (hasNormal) {
-			glNormalPointer(GL_BYTE, VertexSizeBytes, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
+			glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, VertexSizeBytes, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
 			glEnableClientState2(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY);
 		}
 		//glVertexPointer2(3, GL_FLOAT, VertexSizeBytes, (GLvoid*)&_varray);
diff --git a/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.h b/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.h
index 3ad1a64..1f0192b 100755
--- a/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.h
+++ b/src/client/renderer/Tesselator.h
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ private:
 	float xo, yo, zo;
 	float u, v;
 	unsigned int _color;
-	int _normal;
+//	int _normal; // trying a new thing
+	float _nx, _ny, _nz; 
+
 	float _sx, _sy;
 
 	bool hasColor;
diff --git a/src/client/renderer/VertecDecl.h b/src/client/renderer/VertecDecl.h
index 8abc1d3..cd48104 100755
--- a/src/client/renderer/VertecDecl.h
+++ b/src/client/renderer/VertecDecl.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ typedef struct VertexDeclPTCN
 	GLfloat x, y, z;
 	GLfloat u, v;
 	GLuint color;
-	GLuint normal;
+//	GLuint normal; // trying a new thing
+	GLfloat nx, ny, nz;
 
 } VertexDeclPTCN;
 
diff --git a/src/client/renderer/gles.cpp b/src/client/renderer/gles.cpp
index 6b06488..df44d20 100755
--- a/src/client/renderer/gles.cpp
+++ b/src/client/renderer/gles.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void drawArrayVTN(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize /* = 24 */) {
 	glVertexPointer2(  3, GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, 0);
 	glTexCoordPointer2(2, GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (3 * 4));
 	//glColorPointer2(4, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (5*4));
-	glNormalPointer(GL_BYTE, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
+	glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
 
 	glDrawArrays2(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertices);
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void drawArrayVTCN_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize /* = 24 */
 	glVertexPointer2(  3, GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, 0);
 	glTexCoordPointer2(2, GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (3 * 4));
 	//glColorPointer2(4, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (5*4));
-	glNormalPointer(GL_BYTE, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
+	glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, vertexSize, (GLvoid*) (6 * 4));
 
 	glDrawArrays2(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertices);
 }
diff --git a/src/client/renderer/gles.h b/src/client/renderer/gles.h
index bd69eeb..a82c35c 100755
--- a/src/client/renderer/gles.h
+++ b/src/client/renderer/gles.h
@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@ void anGenBuffers(GLsizei n, GLuint* buffer);
 #define drawArrayVT_NoState drawArrayVT
 #define drawArrayVTC_NoState drawArrayVTC
 #define drawArrayVTN_NoState drawArrayVTN
-void drawArrayVT(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28, unsigned int mode = GL_TRIANGLES);
+void drawArrayVT(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36, unsigned int mode = GL_TRIANGLES);
 #ifndef drawArrayVT_NoState
-//void drawArrayVT_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28);
+//void drawArrayVT_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36);
 #endif
-void drawArrayVTC(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28);
+void drawArrayVTC(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36);
 #ifndef drawArrayVTC_NoState
-void drawArrayVTC_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28);
+void drawArrayVTC_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36);
 #endif
-void drawArrayVTN(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28);
+void drawArrayVTN(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36);
 #ifndef drawArrayVTN_NoState
-void drawArrayVTCN_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 28);
+void drawArrayVTCN_NoState(int bufferId, int vertices, int vertexSize = 36);
 #endif
 #endif