diff --git a/core/assets/bloomshaders/alpha_gaussian.frag b/core/assets/bloomshaders/alpha_gaussian.frag
index 4d762bd5b4..0866932871 100644
--- a/core/assets/bloomshaders/alpha_gaussian.frag
+++ b/core/assets/bloomshaders/alpha_gaussian.frag
@@ -10,9 +10,38 @@ const float close = 0.3162162162;
 const float far = 0.0702702703;
 
 void main(){
-   gl_FragColor = far * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords0) 
+    gl_FragColor = far * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords0)
 				+ close * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords1)
 				+ center * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords2) 
 				+ close * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords3)
-				+ far * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords4); 
+				+ far * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords4);
+
+
+    //TODO this is broken.
+    /*
+
+    vec4
+    v1 = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords0),
+    v2 = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords1),
+    v3 = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords2),
+    v4 = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords3),
+    v5 = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords4);
+
+    float
+    a1 = v1.a * far,
+    a2 = v2.a * close,
+    a3 = v3.a * center,
+    a4 = v4.a * close,
+    a5 = v5.a * far;
+
+    //far close center close far
+
+    //TODO figure this out
+    //RGB values should be weighted by their respective alpha values.
+    gl_FragColor = vec4(
+        (v1.rgb * a1 + v2.rgb * a2 + v3.rgb * a3 + v4.rgb * a4 + v5.rgb * a5) /
+        max(a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5, 0.0001), //RGB must be weighed by the sum of all alpha processed. if a pixel contributes less weight, the multiplication is higher
+        a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5); //alpha is just the weighed sum
+
+   */
 }	
diff --git a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
index 32ef0ec3d3..45ebd97683 100644
--- a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
+++ b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ setting.difficulty.hard = Hard
 setting.difficulty.insane = Insane
 setting.difficulty.name = Difficulty:
 setting.screenshake.name = Screen Shake
+setting.bloomintensity.name = Bloom Intensity
+setting.bloomblur.name = Bloom Blurs
 setting.effects.name = Display Effects
 setting.destroyedblocks.name = Display Destroyed Blocks
 setting.blockstatus.name = Display Block Status
diff --git a/core/assets/maps/two.msav b/core/assets/maps/two.msav
index a10184dd40..9891414f69 100644
Binary files a/core/assets/maps/two.msav and b/core/assets/maps/two.msav differ
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/core/Renderer.java b/core/src/mindustry/core/Renderer.java
index 5a6aba4fcc..3bcb2cf7b4 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/core/Renderer.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/core/Renderer.java
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ public class Renderer implements ApplicationListener{
 
         if(bloom != null){
             bloom.resize(graphics.getWidth(), graphics.getHeight());
+            bloom.setBloomIntesity(settings.getInt("bloomintensity", 6) / 4f + 1f);
+            bloom.blurPasses = settings.getInt("bloomblur", 1);
             Draw.draw(Layer.bullet - 0.02f, bloom::capture);
             Draw.draw(Layer.effect + 0.02f, bloom::render);
         }
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/entities/bullet/ContinuousLaserBulletType.java b/core/src/mindustry/entities/bullet/ContinuousLaserBulletType.java
index 7cd7dd04fc..e6fd3fa2c5 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/entities/bullet/ContinuousLaserBulletType.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/entities/bullet/ContinuousLaserBulletType.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import mindustry.graphics.*;
 public class ContinuousLaserBulletType extends ContinuousBulletType{
     public float fadeTime = 16f;
     public float lightStroke = 40f;
-    public int divisions = 11;
+    public int divisions = 13;
     public Color[] colors = {Color.valueOf("ec745855"), Color.valueOf("ec7458aa"), Color.valueOf("ff9c5a"), Color.white};
     public float strokeFrom = 2f, strokeTo = 0.5f, pointyScaling = 0.75f;
     public float backLength = 7f, frontLength = 35f;
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/graphics/Drawf.java b/core/src/mindustry/graphics/Drawf.java
index bf7a8208fe..aef676b10e 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/graphics/Drawf.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/graphics/Drawf.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class Drawf{
     }
 
     public static void flameFront(float x, float y, int divisions, float rotation, float length, float width){
+        //TODO I don't know why this is necessary yet. Does FIll.poly screw up with triangles?
         divisions = Mathf.round(divisions, 2) + 1;
 
         points.clear();
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
index d137ba88e9..87129459dd 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@ public class SettingsMenuDialog extends BaseDialog{
         });
 
         graphics.sliderPref("screenshake", 4, 0, 8, i -> (i / 4f) + "x");
+
+        graphics.sliderPref("bloomintensity", 6, 0, 16, i -> (int)(i/4f * 100f) + "%");
+        graphics.sliderPref("bloomblur", 2, 1, 16, i -> i + "x");
+
         graphics.sliderPref("fpscap", 240, 10, 245, 5, s -> (s > 240 ? Core.bundle.get("setting.fpscap.none") : Core.bundle.format("setting.fpscap.text", s)));
         graphics.sliderPref("chatopacity", 100, 0, 100, 5, s -> s + "%");
         graphics.sliderPref("lasersopacity", 100, 0, 100, 5, s -> {