diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/Compute/Stardust/Stardust.compute b/Assets/Shaders/Compute/Stardust/Stardust.compute
index 84bb19606..1330115b9 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/Compute/Stardust/Stardust.compute
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/Compute/Stardust/Stardust.compute
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ void UpdateParticles(uint3 id : SV_DispatchThreadID, int3 groupID : SV_GroupThre
 	float noise;
 	const float3 flowDir = flow(particles[id.x].position, noise);
 	particles[id.x].position += flowDir * (lifetime * noise);
+	const float fade = smoothstep(0,ceilingHeight, particles[id.x].position.y);
 	const float d = pow(density(particles[id.x].position) + .01, 0.1);
-	particles[id.x].size = lerp(minimumSize, maximumSize, saturate(RandomValue())) * parabola(lifetime, 2);
+	particles[id.x].size = lerp(minimumSize, maximumSize, saturate(RandomValue()*fade)) * parabola(lifetime, 2);
 	particles[id.x].color = HueTexture.SampleLevel(samplerHueTexture, float2(RandomValue(), 0.0f), 0.0f).rgb * d;
 }
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diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader b/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
index d7e2f97b3..d8389ebbe 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
@@ -8,66 +8,83 @@ Shader "Aetheria/Dithered Particles"
     {
         [HDR]_Color ("Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
         _MainTex ("Albedo (RGB)", 2D) = "white" {}
-        _Glossiness ("Smoothness", Range(0,1)) = 0.5
-        _Metallic ("Metallic", Range(0,1)) = 0.0
     }
+    
+    CGINCLUDE
+
+    #include "UnityCG.cginc"
+    #include "Dither Functions.cginc"
+    
+    struct appdata_particles {
+        float4 vertex : POSITION;
+        float4 color : COLOR;
+        float4 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;
+    };
+
+    struct v2f
+    {
+        float4 position : SV_POSITION;
+        float4 color : COLOR;
+        float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;
+        float2 ditherOffset : TEXCOORD1;
+        float4 screenPos : TEXCOORD2;
+    };
+
+    sampler2D _MainTex;
+    float4 _MainTex_ST;
+    float4 _Color;
+    float _Cutoff;
+
+    v2f vert(appdata_particles v)
+    {
+        v2f o;
+        o.position = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);
+        o.texcoord = TRANSFORM_TEX(v.texcoord, _MainTex);
+        o.ditherOffset = v.texcoord.zw;
+        o.color = v.color;
+        o.screenPos = ComputeScreenPos(o.position);
+        return o;
+    }
+
+    float4 frag(v2f i) : COLOR
+    {
+        float4 c = tex2D(_MainTex, i.texcoord) * _Color * i.color;
+        // Apply screen space dithering
+		float2 screenUV = i.screenPos.xy / i.screenPos.w;
+        ditherClip(screenUV + i.ditherOffset, c.a);
+        return c;
+    }
+    
+    float4 frag_shadow(v2f i) : COLOR
+    {
+        float4 c = tex2D(_MainTex, i.texcoord) * _Color.a * i.color.a;
+        // Apply screen space dithering
+		float2 screenUV = i.screenPos.xy / i.screenPos.w;
+        ditherClip(screenUV + i.ditherOffset, c.a);
+        SHADOW_CASTER_FRAGMENT(i)
+    }
+
+    ENDCG
+
     SubShader
     {
-        Tags { "RenderType"="Opaque" }
-        LOD 200
-        Cull Off
-
-        CGPROGRAM
-        #include "Dither Functions.cginc"
-        // Physically based Standard lighting model, and enable shadows on all light types
-        #pragma surface surf Standard vertex:vert
-
-        // Use shader model 3.0 target, to get nicer looking lighting
-        #pragma target 3.0
-
-        sampler2D _MainTex;
-
-        struct appdata_particles {
-            float4 vertex : POSITION;
-            float3 normal : NORMAL;
-            float4 color : COLOR;
-            float4 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;
-        };
-
-        struct Input {
-            float2 uv_MainTex;
-            float2 ditherOffset;
-            float4 color;
-            float4 screenPos;
-        };
-
-        void vert(inout appdata_particles v, out Input o) {
-            UNITY_INITIALIZE_OUTPUT(Input,o);
-            o.uv_MainTex = v.texcoord.xy;
-            o.ditherOffset = v.texcoord.zw;
-            o.color = v.color;
-        }
-
-        half _Glossiness;
-        half _Metallic;
-        fixed4 _Color;
-
-        void surf (Input IN, inout SurfaceOutputStandard o)
+        Tags { "Queue"="AlphaTest" "RenderType"="TransparentCutout" "IgnoreProjector"="True" }
+        Pass
         {
-            // Albedo comes from a texture tinted by color
-            fixed4 c = tex2D (_MainTex, IN.uv_MainTex) * _Color * IN.color;
-
-            // Apply screen space dithering
-		    float2 screenUV = IN.screenPos.xy / IN.screenPos.w;
-            ditherClip(screenUV + IN.ditherOffset, c.a);
-            o.Emission = c.rgb;
-            
-            // Metallic and smoothness come from slider variables
-            o.Metallic = _Metallic;
-            o.Smoothness = _Glossiness;
-            o.Alpha = 1;
+            CGPROGRAM
+            #pragma vertex vert
+            #pragma fragment frag
+            ENDCG
         }
-        ENDCG
-    }
+        Pass
+        {
+            Name "ShadowCaster"
+            Tags { "LightMode" = "ShadowCaster" }
+            CGPROGRAM
+            #pragma vertex vert
+            #pragma fragment frag_shadow
+            ENDCG
+        }
+    } 
     FallBack "Diffuse"
 }
diff --git a/GameData/PlayerSettings.msgpack b/GameData/PlayerSettings.msgpack
index a87fce39e..4b59a1305 100644
--- a/GameData/PlayerSettings.msgpack
+++ b/GameData/PlayerSettings.msgpack
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:43d52e27f11b38826769943bdcb454cdaa399243180c8527ad8a04a0b0312be4
-size 6916
+oid sha256:dc6b519f0ee15e522179e90da142ec860e942f3d9bb16d7ec8c85fb703f834f3
+size 31022
diff --git a/UserSettings/EditorUserSettings.asset b/UserSettings/EditorUserSettings.asset
index f33a7228f..fb93f74d9 100644
--- a/UserSettings/EditorUserSettings.asset
+++ b/UserSettings/EditorUserSettings.asset
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:447234e8c4d8ad0cbbdc75de56e2d314a113b5969f4fe0e37f1012457f829739
+oid sha256:642cf805309acafa4b513535bd41e7af6a774bd8002dd6096c9a774a1c66369d
 size 1687