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+package common.tileentities;
+
+import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;
+import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
+import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraft.util.AxisAlignedBB;
+import org.joml.Vector3i;
+import org.joml.Vector3ic;
+
+public class TE_BeamTransmitter extends TileEntity {
+
+    private final Vector3ic position;
+
+    private Vector3ic target = new Vector3i(10, 20, 10);
+    private double distanceCache;
+    private boolean distanceCacheValid = false;
+
+    public TE_BeamTransmitter() {
+        position = new Vector3i(super.xCoord, super.yCoord, super.zCoord);
+    }
+
+    public Vector3ic getTargetPosition() {
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    public double getDistanceFromTarget() {
+        if (!distanceCacheValid) {
+            distanceCache = position.distance(target);
+            distanceCacheValid = true;
+        }
+        return distanceCache;
+    }
+
+    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+    @Override
+    public double getMaxRenderDistanceSquared() {
+        // 4k is standard, 65k is what the vanilla beacon uses
+        return 65536.0D;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+    public AxisAlignedBB getRenderBoundingBox() {
+        // Make it so the beam is still rendered even when the source block is out of sight
+        return INFINITE_EXTENT_AABB;
+    }
+}