diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 83749f48..e9cc4b3b 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -990,6 +990,13 @@ Split leaf/nonleaf tracks for node evaluation optimization
 
 (11/11/2024)
 Chunk data now stored/transmitted in 17 dim instead of 16 dim (Thereby cutting down on network/storage cost)
+Unique actor concept
+Asset manager pipeline to destroy models/meshes/textures
+Terrain model freeing on destruction
+Potential physics destruction fix
+Join propagation further up tree
+Lower client cache size (to fight memory stalling)
+Manual free button on memory debug window
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java
index f4cc93b1..83e51686 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
      * @param worldDim The size of the world in chunks
      */
     public ClientDrawCellManager(VoxelTextureAtlas voxelTextureAtlas, int worldDim){
-        this.chunkTree = new WorldOctTree<DrawCell>(new Vector3i(0,0,0), new Vector3i(worldDim, worldDim, worldDim));
+        this.chunkTree = new WorldOctTree<DrawCell>(
+            new Vector3i(0,0,0),
+            new Vector3i(worldDim, worldDim, worldDim)
+        );
+        this.chunkTree.getRoot().setData(DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(new Vector3i(0,0,0), chunkTree.getMaxLevel()));
         this.worldDim = worldDim;
         this.textureAtlas = voxelTextureAtlas;
     }
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
         if(evaluationMap.containsKey(node)){
             return false;
         }
-        if(node.getData() != null && node.getData().hasGenerated() && node.getData().isHomogenous()){
+        if(node.getData().hasGenerated() && node.getData().isHomogenous()){
             return false;
         }
         if(node.isLeaf()){
@@ -230,11 +234,7 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
                 Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("ClientDrawCellManager.split");
                 //perform op
                 WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> container = chunkTree.split(node);
-    
-                //do deletions
-                this.twoLayerDestroy(node);
-                node.convertToLeaf(null);
-    
+                container.setData(DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(container.getMinBound(), this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() - container.getLevel()));
     
                 //do creations
                 container.getChildren().forEach(child -> {
@@ -244,9 +244,13 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
                         child.getMinBound().z
                     );
                     DrawCell drawCell = DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(cellWorldPos,this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() - child.getLevel());
-                    child.convertToLeaf(drawCell);
+                    child.setLeaf(true);
+                    child.setData(drawCell);
                     evaluationMap.put(child,true);
                 });
+
+                //do deletions
+                this.twoLayerDestroy(node);
     
                 //update neighbors
                 this.conditionalUpdateAdjacentNodes(container, container.getChildren().get(0).getLevel());
@@ -298,32 +302,24 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
             }
         } else {
             if(this.shouldJoin(playerPos, node, distCache)) {
-                Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("ClientDrawCellManager.join");
-                //perform op
-                WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> newLeaf = chunkTree.join(node);
-    
-                //do deletions
-                this.twoLayerDestroy(node);
-    
-                //do creations
-                DrawCell drawCell = DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(node.getMinBound(),this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() - newLeaf.getLevel());
-                newLeaf.convertToLeaf(drawCell);
-    
-                //update neighbors
-                this.conditionalUpdateAdjacentNodes(newLeaf, newLeaf.getLevel());
-                evaluationMap.put(newLeaf,true);
-    
-                Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+                this.join(node);
                 updated = true;
             } else {
                 this.validCellCount++;
                 List<WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell>> children = node.getChildren();
+                boolean isHomogenous = true;
                 for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++){
                     WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> child = children.get(i);
                     boolean childUpdate = recursivelyUpdateCells(child, playerPos, evaluationMap, minLeafLod, distCache);
                     if(childUpdate == true){
                         updated = true;
                     }
+                    if(!child.getData().hasGenerated() || !child.getData().isHomogenous()){
+                        isHomogenous = false;
+                    }
+                }
+                if(isHomogenous){
+                    this.join(node);
                 }
                 if((this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() - node.getLevel()) < minLeafLod){
                     evaluationMap.put(node,true);
@@ -394,7 +390,7 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
         return
         node.canSplit() &&
         (node.getLevel() != this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel()) &&
-        (node.getData() == null || !node.getData().hasGenerated() || !node.getData().isHomogenous()) &&
+        (!node.getData().hasGenerated() || !node.getData().isHomogenous()) &&
         (node.getParent() != null || node == this.chunkTree.getRoot()) &&
         (
             (
@@ -613,6 +609,25 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
         ;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Joins a parent node
+     * @param node The parent node
+     */
+    private void join(WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> node){
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("ClientDrawCellManager.join");
+        //perform op
+        WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> newLeaf = chunkTree.join(node, DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(node.getMinBound(),node.getData().lod));
+
+        //do deletions
+        this.twoLayerDestroy(node);
+
+        //update neighbors
+        this.conditionalUpdateAdjacentNodes(newLeaf, newLeaf.getLevel());
+        evaluationMap.put(newLeaf,true);
+
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if this cell should request chunk data
      * @param pos the player's position
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/DrawCell.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/DrawCell.java
index 741151bf..7dd6c4d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/DrawCell.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/DrawCell.java
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@ public class DrawCell {
         rVal.worldPos = worldPos;
         return rVal;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a homogenous drawcell object
+     */
+    public static DrawCell generateHomogenousTerrainCell(
+            Vector3i worldPos,
+            int lod
+    ){
+        DrawCell rVal = new DrawCell();
+        rVal.lod = lod;
+        rVal.worldPos = worldPos;
+        rVal.hasGenerated = true;
+        rVal.homogenous = true;
+        return rVal;
+    }
     
     /**
      * Generates a drawable entity based on this chunk
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/manager/ClientTerrainManager.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/manager/ClientTerrainManager.java
index a20df2ab..7e68ba21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/manager/ClientTerrainManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/manager/ClientTerrainManager.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class ClientTerrainManager {
     public static final int INTERPOLATION_RATIO = ServerTerrainManager.SERVER_TERRAIN_MANAGER_INTERPOLATION_RATIO;
     
     //caches chunks from server
-    static final int CACHE_SIZE = 5000 + (int)(ClientDrawCellManager.FULL_RES_DIST * 10) + (int)(ClientDrawCellManager.HALF_RES_DIST * 10);
+    static final int CACHE_SIZE = 1000 + (int)(ClientDrawCellManager.FULL_RES_DIST * 10) + (int)(ClientDrawCellManager.HALF_RES_DIST * 10);
 
     /**
      * Size of the cache in bytes
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/ui/menu/debug/ImGuiMemory.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/ui/menu/debug/ImGuiMemory.java
index b39c6d41..a1703017 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/ui/menu/debug/ImGuiMemory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/ui/menu/debug/ImGuiMemory.java
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public class ImGuiMemory {
                 ImGui.text("Total Memory: " + formatMemory(totalMemory));
                 ImGui.text("Free Memory: " + formatMemory(freeMemory));
                 ImGui.text("Memory Usage: " + formatMemory(memoryUsage));
+                if(ImGui.button("Manual free")){
+                    System.gc();
+                }
 
                 //memory usage graph
                 memoryGraphDataset.addPoint(memoryUsage);
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/collision/CollisionEngine.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/collision/CollisionEngine.java
index b661179f..50119bc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/collision/CollisionEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/collision/CollisionEngine.java
@@ -704,12 +704,21 @@ public class CollisionEngine {
         if(bodies.contains(body)){
             bodies.remove(body);
         }
+        //destroy all geometries
         Iterator<DGeom> geomIterator = body.getGeomIterator();
         while(geomIterator.hasNext()){
             DGeom geom = geomIterator.next();
             space.remove(geom);
+            geom.DESTRUCTOR();
             geom.destroy();
         }
+        //destroy all joints
+        for(int i = 0; i < body.getNumJoints(); i++){
+            DJoint joint = body.getJoint(i);
+            joint.DESTRUCTOR();
+            joint.destroy();
+        }
+        //destroy actual body
         body.destroy();
         spaceLock.release();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Main.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Main.java
index cc78673a..0c373b55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Main.java
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ public class Main {
                 Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("Load Assets");
                 LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.DEBUG_LOOP("Begin load assets");
                 Globals.assetManager.loadAssetsInQueue();
+                LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.DEBUG_LOOP("Begin delete assets");
+                Globals.assetManager.deleteModelsInDeleteQueue();
                 Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
             }
             
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
index 2b4db1d3..6d3671a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class AssetManager {
     
     Map<String,Model> modelsLoadedIntoMemory = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Model>();
     List<String> modelsInQueue = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
+    List<String> modelsInDeleteQueue = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
     List<MeshShaderOverride> shaderOverrides = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<MeshShaderOverride>();
     
     Map<String,Texture> texturesLoadedIntoMemory = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Texture>();
@@ -179,7 +180,18 @@ public class AssetManager {
     
     
     
-    
+    /**
+     * Deletes all models in the delete queue
+     */
+    public void deleteModelsInDeleteQueue(){
+        for(String modelPath : modelsInDeleteQueue){
+            Model model = this.fetchModel(modelPath);
+            if(model != null){
+                model.delete();
+            }
+            this.modelsLoadedIntoMemory.remove(modelPath);
+        }
+    }
     
     
     
@@ -203,6 +215,14 @@ public class AssetManager {
         }
         return rVal;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Queues a model for deletion
+     * @param modelPath The path to the model
+     */
+    public void queueModelForDeletion(String modelPath){
+        modelsInDeleteQueue.add(modelPath);
+    }
     
     /**
     Registers a (presumably generated in code) model with the asset manager
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/ClientEntityUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/ClientEntityUtils.java
index f371a12e..cf465f4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/ClientEntityUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/ClientEntityUtils.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.entity.state.attach.AttachUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.types.collision.CollisionObjUtils;
+import electrosphere.renderer.actor.ActorUtils;
 
 /**
  * Client only entity utility functions
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ public class ClientEntityUtils {
                 }
             }
 
+            //delete unique model if present
+            if(entity.containsKey(EntityDataStrings.HAS_UNIQUE_MODEL)){
+                ActorUtils.queueActorForDeletion(entity);
+            }
+
             //check for client-specific stuff
             Globals.renderingEngine.getLightManager().destroyPointLight(entity);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/EntityDataStrings.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/EntityDataStrings.java
index 9b5bb1f0..2f44873a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/EntityDataStrings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/EntityDataStrings.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class EntityDataStrings {
     public static final String INSTANCED_ACTOR = "instancedActor";
     public static final String DRAW_INSTANCED = "drawInstanced";
     public static final String TEXTURE_INSTANCED_ACTOR = "textureInstancedActor";
+    public static final String HAS_UNIQUE_MODEL = "hasUniqueModel";
 
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/movement/editor/ClientEditorMovementTree.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/movement/editor/ClientEditorMovementTree.java
index bf6112ee..4c627389 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/movement/editor/ClientEditorMovementTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/movement/editor/ClientEditorMovementTree.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class ClientEditorMovementTree implements BehaviorTree {
     static final double STATE_DIFFERENCE_CREEP_MULTIPLIER = 0.001; //while the movement tree is idle, slowly creep the position of the entity towards the true server position by this amount
     static final double STATE_DIFFERENCE_CREEP_CUTOFF = 0.01; //the cutoff for creep when we say it's "close enough"
 
-    public static final float EDITOR_MAX_VELOCITY = 0.5f;
+    public static final float EDITOR_MAX_VELOCITY = 1.0f;
     public static final float EDITOR_ACCEL = 1.0f;
     
     String animationStartUp = Animation.ANIMATION_MOVEMENT_STARTUP;
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/types/terrain/TerrainChunk.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/types/terrain/TerrainChunk.java
index f73edbd8..ec3c2bda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/types/terrain/TerrainChunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/types/terrain/TerrainChunk.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class TerrainChunk {
                             EntityCreationUtils.bypassShadowPass(rVal);
                             EntityCreationUtils.bypassVolumetics(rVal);
                         }
+                        rVal.putData(EntityDataStrings.HAS_UNIQUE_MODEL, true);
                     } else {
                         LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.WARNING("Finished generating terrain polygons; however, entity has already been deleted.");
                     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/ActorUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/ActorUtils.java
index 63cff187..f2de3ae4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/ActorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/ActorUtils.java
@@ -40,5 +40,13 @@ public class ActorUtils {
         return entityActor.getStaticMorph();
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Queues the model underlying an actor for deletion
+     * @param actorEntity The entity
+     */
+    public static void queueActorForDeletion(Entity actorEntity){
+        Actor actor = EntityUtils.getActor(actorEntity);
+        Globals.assetManager.queueModelForDeletion(actor.getModelPath());
+    }
     
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Material.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Material.java
index 2d86ccd0..881f124e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Material.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Material.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.renderer.OpenGLState;
 import electrosphere.renderer.texture.Texture;
 import org.lwjgl.assimp.AIMaterial;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL40;
+
 import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D;
 import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL13.GL_TEXTURE0;
 
@@ -138,4 +140,14 @@ public class Material {
         }
         return rVal;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Frees the material
+     */
+    public void free(){
+        GL40.glDeleteTextures(new int[]{
+            this.texturePointer,
+            this.normalPointer,
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
index a57d46eb..9858ff9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ public class Mesh {
         vertexArrayObject = glGenVertexArrays();
         glBindVertexArray(vertexArrayObject);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Frees this mesh
+     */
+    public void free(){
+        GL40.glDeleteBuffers(new int[]{
+            vertexBuffer,
+            normalBuffer,
+            elementArrayBuffer,
+            boneWeightBuffer,
+            boneIndexBuffer,
+            textureCoordBuffer,
+        });
+        GL40.glDeleteVertexArrays(vertexArrayObject);
+    }
     
     /**
      * Buffers vertex data to the gpu under this mesh container
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Model.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Model.java
index 87cd3284..892f01ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Model.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Model.java
@@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ public class Model {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes this model
+     */
+    public void delete(){
+        for(Mesh mesh : this.meshes){
+            mesh.free();
+        }
+        for(Material material : this.materials){
+            material.free();
+        }
+    }
     
     /**
      * Logs all animations for a given model
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/ds/octree/WorldOctTree.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/ds/octree/WorldOctTree.java
index 63436884..c755f31d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/ds/octree/WorldOctTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/ds/octree/WorldOctTree.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class WorldOctTree <T> {
         this.maxLevel = (int)MathUtils.log2(dimRaw);
         this.nodes = new ArrayList<WorldOctTreeNode<T>>();
         this.root = new WorldOctTreeNode<T>(this, 0, new Vector3i(min), new Vector3i(max));
-        this.root.isLeaf = true;
+        this.root.setLeaf(true);
         this.nodes.add(this.root);
     }
 
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ public class WorldOctTree <T> {
     /**
      * Joins a non-leaf node's children into a single node
      * @param parent The non-leaf
+     * @param data The container's data
      * @return The new leaf node
      */
-    public WorldOctTreeNode<T> join(WorldOctTreeNode<T> existing){
+    public WorldOctTreeNode<T> join(WorldOctTreeNode<T> existing, T data){
         if(existing.isLeaf()){
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tried to split non-leaf!");
         }
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ public class WorldOctTree <T> {
         Vector3i max = existing.getMaxBound();
         int currentLevel = existing.getLevel();
         WorldOctTreeNode<T> newContainer = new WorldOctTreeNode<>(this, currentLevel, min, max);
+        newContainer.setData(data);
+        newContainer.setLeaf(true);
 
         //replace existing node
         this.replaceNode(existing,newContainer);
@@ -344,15 +347,6 @@ public class WorldOctTree <T> {
             return new WorldOctTreeNode<T>(tree, level, min, max);
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Converts this node to a leaf
-         * @param data The data to put in the leaf
-         */
-        public void convertToLeaf(T data){
-            this.isLeaf = true;
-            this.data = data;
-        }
-
         /**
          * Sets whether this node is a leaf or not
          * @param isLeaf true if it is a leaf, false otherwise
diff --git a/src/test/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManagerTests.java b/src/test/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManagerTests.java
index d8243dd3..edc68deb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManagerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManagerTests.java
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManagerTests {
         int worldDiscreteSize = 64;
         Globals.clientWorldData = new ClientWorldData(new Vector3f(0), new Vector3f(worldDiscreteSize * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION), 0, worldDiscreteSize);
         ClientDrawCellManager manager = new ClientDrawCellManager(null, 64);
-        double precomputedMidDist = 0;
         Vector3i playerPos = new Vector3i(0,0,0);
         WorldOctTreeNode<DrawCell> node = WorldOctTreeNode.constructorForTests(manager.chunkTree, 1, new Vector3i(16,0,0), new Vector3i(32,16,16));
-        node.convertToLeaf(DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(new Vector3i(0,0,0),3));
+        node.setLeaf(true);
+        node.setData(DrawCell.generateTerrainCell(new Vector3i(0,0,0),3));
 
         assertTrue(manager.shouldSplit(playerPos, node, 0));