diff --git a/StandAlone/load.lua b/StandAlone/load.lua
index 707924cf..d38e3864 100644
--- a/StandAlone/load.lua
+++ b/StandAlone/load.lua
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ end
 require('colours')
 require('health')
 require('spawn')
-require('starting-items')
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+require('starting-items')
+require('paths')
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diff --git a/StandAlone/paths.lua b/StandAlone/paths.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3e1254b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StandAlone/paths.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+-- made by cooldude
+-- idea from Mylon - Dirt Path
+
+local paths = {
+    -- ['tile name'] = {health,convert to}
+    -- health is in hundrads of steps
+    ['refined-concrete']={60,'concrete'},
+    ['refined-hazard-concrete-right']={60,'hazard-concrete-right'},
+    ['refined-hazard-concrete-left']={60,'hazard-concrete-left'},
+    ['concrete']={40,'stone-path'},
+    ['hazard-concrete-right']={40,'stone-path'},
+    ['hazard-concrete-left']={40,'stone-path'},
+    ['stone-path']={20,'world-gen'}, -- world-gen just makes it pick the last tile not placed by a player
+    ['sand-1']={5,'sand-2'},
+    ['sand-2']={10,'sand-3'},
+    ['sand-3']={5,'red-desert-3'},
+    ['red-desert-3']={5,'red-desert-2'},
+    ['red-desert-2']={10,'dirt-1'},
+    ['grass-2']={5,'grass-1'},
+    ['grass-1']={5,'grass-3'},
+    ['grass-3']={10,'red-desert-0'},
+    ['red-desert-0']={5,'red-desert-1'},
+    ['red-desert-1']={10,'dirt-1'},
+    ['dirt-1']={5,'dirt-2'},
+    ['dirt-2']={5,'dirt-3'},
+    ['dirt-3']={10,'dirt-4'},
+    ['dirt-4']={5,'dirt-5'},
+    ['dirt-5']={5,'dirt-6'},
+    ['dirt-6']={1000,'dirt-6'},
+    ['grass-4']={10,'dirt-4'}
+}
+for tile,value in pairs(paths) do
+    --value[1]=value[1]*100
+end
+
+local function global_key(surface,pos)
+    local key = 'S'..surface.name..'X'..math.floor(pos.x)..'Y'..math.floor(pos.y)
+    if not global.paths then global.paths = {} end
+    if not global.paths[key] then 
+        local tile = surface.get_tile(pos).name
+        global.paths[key] = {tile,paths[tile][1]} 
+    end
+    return global.paths[key]
+end
+
+local function down_grade(surface,pos)
+    local tile = surface.get_tile(pos).name
+    local new_tile = paths[tile][2]
+    if new_tile == 'world-gen' then new_tile = global_key(surface,pos)[1] or 'grass-1' end
+    surface.set_tiles{{name=new_tile,position=pos}}
+    global_key(surface,pos)[2]=paths[new_tile][1]
+end
+
+Event.register(defines.events.on_player_built_tile, function(event)
+    local surface = game.surfaces[event.surface_index]
+    local old_tiles = event.tiles
+    for _,old_tile in pairs(old_tiles) do
+        if old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'refined-concrete' and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'refined-hazard-concrete-right' 
+        and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'refined-hazard-concrete-left' and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'concrete'
+        and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'hazard-concrete-right' and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'hazard-concrete-left'
+        and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'stone-path' and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'water' and old_tile.old_tile.name ~= 'deep-water' then
+            global_key(surface,old_tile.position)[1]=old_tile.old_tile.name
+        end
+        global_key(surface,old_tile.position)[2]=paths[surface.get_tile(old_tile.position).name][1]
+    end
+end)
+
+Event.register(defines.events.on_player_mined_tile, function(event)
+    local surface = game.surfaces[event.surface_index]
+    local old_tiles = event.tiles
+    for _,old_tile in pairs(old_tiles) do
+        global_key(surface,old_tile.position)[2]=paths[surface.get_tile(old_tile.position).name][1]
+    end
+end)
+
+Event.register(defines.events.on_player_changed_position, function(event)
+    local player = Game.get_player(event)
+    local surface = player.surface
+    local pos = player.position
+    global_key(surface,pos)[2] = global_key(surface,pos)[2]-1
+    if global_key(surface,pos)[2] <= 0 then
+        down_grade(surface,pos)
+    end
+end)
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diff --git a/StandAlone/spawn.lua b/StandAlone/spawn.lua
index e4d0c646..49ff3e09 100644
--- a/StandAlone/spawn.lua
+++ b/StandAlone/spawn.lua
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Event.register(defines.events.on_player_created, function(event)
         local surface =  player.surface
         local offset = {x=0,y=0}
         local partern_base_tile = surface.get_tile(player.position).name
+        if partern_base_tile == 'deepwater' or partern_base_tile == 'water' then partern_base_tile = 'grass-1' end
         local base_tiles = {}
         local tiles = {}
         for x = -partern_radius-5, partern_radius+5 do