diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/api/TemplateInteractionUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/api/TemplateInteractionUtil.java
index 9c059f0..1e333c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/api/TemplateInteractionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/api/TemplateInteractionUtil.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockEntityProvider;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.block.ShapeContext;
 import net.minecraft.entity.LivingEntity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.PlayerEntity;
 import net.minecraft.item.BlockItem;
@@ -34,11 +35,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 	public static final BooleanProperty LIGHT = BooleanProperty.of("templates_light");
-	public static final BooleanProperty REDSTONE = BooleanProperty.of("templates_redstone");
-	public static final BooleanProperty SOLID = BooleanProperty.of("templates_solid");
 	
 	public static StateManager.Builder<Block, BlockState> appendProperties(StateManager.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
-		return builder.add(LIGHT, REDSTONE, SOLID);
+		return builder.add(LIGHT);
 	}
 	
 	public static AbstractBlock.Settings makeSettings() {
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 	
 	public static BlockState setDefaultStates(BlockState in) {
 		if(in.contains(LIGHT)) in = in.with(LIGHT, false);
-		if(in.contains(REDSTONE)) in = in.with(REDSTONE, false);
-		if(in.contains(SOLID)) in = in.with(SOLID, true);
 		return in;
 	}
 	
@@ -73,8 +70,8 @@ public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 		}
 		
 		//Redstone
-		if(state.contains(REDSTONE) && held.getItem() == Blocks.REDSTONE_TORCH.asItem() && !state.get(REDSTONE) && !be.hasSpentRedstoneTorch()) {
-			world.setBlockState(pos, state.with(REDSTONE, true));
+		if(held.getItem() == Blocks.REDSTONE_TORCH.asItem() && !be.emitsRedstone() && !be.hasSpentRedstoneTorch()) {
+			be.setEmitsRedstone(true);
 			be.spentRedstoneTorch();
 			
 			if(!player.isCreative()) held.decrement(1);
@@ -83,8 +80,8 @@ public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 		}
 		
 		//Popped chorus fruit
-		if(state.contains(SOLID) && held.getItem() == Items.POPPED_CHORUS_FRUIT && state.get(SOLID) && !be.hasSpentPoppedChorus()) {
-			world.setBlockState(pos, state.with(SOLID, false));
+		if(held.getItem() == Items.POPPED_CHORUS_FRUIT && be.isSolid() && !be.hasSpentPoppedChorus()) {
+			be.setSolidity(false);
 			be.spentPoppedChorus();
 			
 			if(!player.isCreative()) held.decrement(1);
@@ -100,9 +97,8 @@ public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 			if(placementState != null && Block.isShapeFullCube(placementState.getCollisionShape(world, pos)) && !(block instanceof BlockEntityProvider)) {
 				if(!world.isClient) be.setRenderedState(placementState);
 				
-				world.setBlockState(pos, state
-					.with(LIGHT, be.hasSpentGlowstoneDust() || (placementState.getLuminance() != 0))
-					.with(REDSTONE, be.hasSpentRedstoneTorch() || placementState.getWeakRedstonePower(world, pos, Direction.NORTH) != 0));
+				world.setBlockState(pos, state.with(LIGHT, be.hasSpentGlowstoneDust() || (placementState.getLuminance() != 0)));
+				be.setEmitsRedstone(be.hasSpentRedstoneTorch() || placementState.getWeakRedstonePower(world, pos, Direction.NORTH) != 0);
 				
 				if(!player.isCreative()) held.decrement(1);
 				world.playSound(player, pos, placementState.getSoundGroup().getPlaceSound(), SoundCategory.BLOCKS, 1f, 1.1f);
@@ -138,20 +134,21 @@ public class TemplateInteractionUtil {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public static @Nullable VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state) {
-		return state.contains(SOLID) && !state.get(SOLID) ? VoxelShapes.empty() : null;
+	public static @Nullable VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
+		return view.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof TemplateEntity be && !be.isSolid() ? VoxelShapes.empty() : null;
 	}
 	
 	public static boolean emitsRedstonePower(BlockState state) {
-		return state.contains(REDSTONE) ? state.get(REDSTONE) : false;
+		//return state.contains(REDSTONE) ? state.get(REDSTONE) : false;
+		return false; //TODO, not available after punting this to BlockEntity. Yarn makes this method sound more important than it is, it's just for dust redirection.
 	}
 	
 	public static int getWeakRedstonePower(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, Direction dir) {
-		return state.contains(REDSTONE) && state.get(REDSTONE) ? 15 : 0;
+		return view.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof TemplateEntity be && be.emitsRedstone() ? 15 : 0;
 	}
 	
 	public static int getStrongRedstonePower(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, Direction dir) {
-		return state.contains(REDSTONE) && state.get(REDSTONE) ? 15 : 0;
+		return view.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof TemplateEntity be && be.emitsRedstone() ? 15 : 0;
 	}
 	
 	public static int luminance(BlockState state) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateBlock.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateBlock.java
index 73891b4..a5045c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateBlock.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class TemplateBlock extends Block implements BlockEntityProvider {
 	
 	@Override
 	public VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
-		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
+		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateEntity.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateEntity.java
index 50cb905..50ec711 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateEntity.java
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 	protected boolean spentRedstoneTorch = false;
 	protected boolean spentPoppedChorus = false;
 	
+	protected boolean emitsRedstone;
+	protected boolean isSolid = true;
+	
 	public TemplateEntity(BlockEntityType<?> type, BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
 		super(type, pos, state);
 	}
@@ -41,9 +44,12 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 		BlockState lastRenderedState = renderedState;
 		
 		renderedState = NbtHelper.toBlockState(Registries.BLOCK.getReadOnlyWrapper(), tag.getCompound("BlockState"));
-		spentGlowstoneDust = tag.getBoolean("Glowstone");
-		spentRedstoneTorch = tag.getBoolean("Redstone");
-		spentPoppedChorus = tag.getBoolean("Chorus");
+		spentGlowstoneDust = tag.getBoolean("spentglow");
+		spentRedstoneTorch = tag.getBoolean("spentredst");
+		spentPoppedChorus = tag.getBoolean("spentchor");
+		
+		emitsRedstone = tag.getBoolean("emitsredst");
+		isSolid = !tag.contains("solid") || tag.getBoolean("solid"); //default to "true" if it's nonexistent
 		
 		//Force a chunk remesh on the client if the displayed blockstate has changed
 		if(world != null && world.isClient && !Objects.equals(lastRenderedState, renderedState)) {
@@ -55,9 +61,12 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 	public void writeNbt(NbtCompound tag) {
 		super.writeNbt(tag);
 		tag.put("BlockState", NbtHelper.fromBlockState(renderedState));
-		tag.putBoolean("Glowstone", spentGlowstoneDust);
-		tag.putBoolean("Redstone", spentRedstoneTorch);
-		tag.putBoolean("Chorus", spentPoppedChorus);
+		tag.putBoolean("spentglow", spentGlowstoneDust);
+		tag.putBoolean("spentredst", spentRedstoneTorch);
+		tag.putBoolean("spentchor", spentPoppedChorus);
+		
+		tag.putBoolean("emitsredst", emitsRedstone);
+		tag.putBoolean("solid", isSolid);
 	}
 	
 	@Nullable
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 	@Override
 	public NbtCompound toInitialChunkDataNbt() {
 		//TERRIBLE yarn name, this is "getUpdateTag", it's the nbt that will be sent to clients
+		//and it just calls "writeNbt"
 		return createNbt();
 	}
 	
@@ -77,11 +87,15 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 		return renderedState;
 	}
 	
+	private void dispatch() {
+		if(world instanceof ServerWorld sworld) sworld.getChunkManager().markForUpdate(pos);
+	}
+	
 	public void setRenderedState(BlockState newState) {
 		if(!Objects.equals(renderedState, newState)) {
 			renderedState = newState;
 			markDirty();
-			if(world instanceof ServerWorld sworld) sworld.getChunkManager().markForUpdate(pos); //dispatch to clients
+			dispatch();
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -111,4 +125,33 @@ public class TemplateEntity extends BlockEntity implements ThemeableBlockEntity
 		spentPoppedChorus = true;
 		markDirty();
 	}
+	
+	public boolean emitsRedstone() {
+		return emitsRedstone;
+	}
+	
+	public void setEmitsRedstone(boolean emitsRedstone) {
+		if(this.emitsRedstone != emitsRedstone) {
+			this.emitsRedstone = emitsRedstone;
+			markDirty();
+			
+			if(world != null) world.updateNeighbors(pos, getCachedState().getBlock());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isSolid() {
+		return isSolid;
+	}
+	
+	public void setSolidity(boolean isSolid) {
+		if(this.isSolid != isSolid) {
+			this.isSolid = isSolid;
+			markDirty();
+			
+			//do i need to invalidate any shape caches or something
+			if(world != null) world.setBlockState(pos, getCachedState());
+			
+			dispatch();
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateFenceBlock.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateFenceBlock.java
index 3108c50..607b2fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateFenceBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateFenceBlock.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class TemplateFenceBlock extends FenceBlock implements BlockEntityProvide
 	
 	@Override
 	public VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
-		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
+		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplatePostBlock.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplatePostBlock.java
index 0bb8de1..b575385 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplatePostBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplatePostBlock.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class TemplatePostBlock extends WaterloggableTemplateBlock {
 	
 	@Override
 	public VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
-		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state), shap(state));
+		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx), shap(state));
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateSlabBlock.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateSlabBlock.java
index ba42095..a85df87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateSlabBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateSlabBlock.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class TemplateSlabBlock extends SlabBlock implements BlockEntityProvider
 	
 	@Override
 	public VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
-		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
+		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx), super.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx));
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateWallBlock.java b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateWallBlock.java
index b9f0610..9abfd8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateWallBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/cottonmc/templates/block/TemplateWallBlock.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class TemplateWallBlock extends WallBlock implements BlockEntityProvider
 	
 	@Override
 	public VoxelShape getCollisionShape(BlockState state, BlockView view, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext ctx) {
-		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state), getNewShape(state, newCollisionShapeMap));
+		return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(TemplateInteractionUtil.getCollisionShape(state, view, pos, ctx), getNewShape(state, newCollisionShapeMap));
 	}
 	
 	@Override