diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Block.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Block.cs
index daeeba3..234ee6e 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Block.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Block.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Gamecraft.Blocks.GUI;
 
 using GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks;
 using GamecraftModdingAPI.Utility;
+using RobocraftX.Rendering.GPUI;
 
 namespace GamecraftModdingAPI
 {
@@ -45,13 +46,15 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI
 		/// <param name="rotation">The block's rotation in degrees</param>
 		/// <param name="uscale">The block's uniform scale - default scale is 1 (with 0.2 width)</param>
 		/// <param name="scale">The block's non-uniform scale - 0 means <paramref name="uscale"/> is used</param>
+		/// <param name="isFlipped">Whether the block should be flipped</param>
+		/// <param name="autoWire">Whether the block should be auto-wired (if functional)</param>
 		/// <param name="player">The player who placed the block</param>
 		/// <returns>The placed block or null if failed</returns>
 		public static Block PlaceNew(BlockIDs block, float3 position, float3 rotation = default,
 			BlockColors color = BlockColors.Default, BlockMaterial material = BlockMaterial.Default,
-			int uscale = 1, float3 scale = default, Player player = null)
+			int uscale = 1, float3 scale = default, bool isFlipped = false, bool autoWire = false, Player player = null)
 		{
-			return PlaceNew<Block>(block, position, rotation, color, material, uscale, scale, player);
+			return PlaceNew<Block>(block, position, rotation, color, material, uscale, scale, isFlipped, autoWire, player);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -66,16 +69,19 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI
 		/// <param name="rotation">The block's rotation in degrees</param>
 		/// <param name="uscale">The block's uniform scale - default scale is 1 (with 0.2 width)</param>
 		/// <param name="scale">The block's non-uniform scale - 0 means <paramref name="uscale"/> is used</param>
+		/// <param name="isFlipped">Whether the block should be flipped</param>
+		/// <param name="autoWire">Whether the block should be auto-wired (if functional)</param>
 		/// <param name="player">The player who placed the block</param>
 		/// <returns>The placed block or null if failed</returns>
 		public static T PlaceNew<T>(BlockIDs block, float3 position,
 			float3 rotation = default, BlockColor? color = null, BlockMaterial material = BlockMaterial.Default,
-			int uscale = 1, float3 scale = default, Player player = null) where T : Block
+			int uscale = 1, float3 scale = default, bool isFlipped = false, bool autoWire = false, Player player = null)
+			where T : Block
 		{
 			if (PlacementEngine.IsInGame && GameState.IsBuildMode())
 			{
 				var egid = PlacementEngine.PlaceBlock(block, color ?? BlockColors.Default, material,
-					position, uscale, scale, player, rotation, out var initializer);
+					position, uscale, scale, player, rotation, isFlipped, autoWire, out var initializer);
 				var bl = New<T>(egid.entityID, egid.groupID);
 				bl.InitData.Group = BlockEngine.InitGroup(initializer);
 				Placed += bl.OnPlacedInit;
@@ -293,6 +299,24 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI
 			}
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Whether the block is fipped.
+		 */
+		public bool Flipped
+		{
+			get => BlockEngine.GetBlockInfo(this, (ScalingEntityStruct st) => st.scale.x < 0);
+			set
+			{
+				BlockEngine.SetBlockInfo(this, (ref ScalingEntityStruct st, bool val) =>
+					st.scale.x = math.abs(st.scale.x) * (val ? -1 : 1), value);
+				BlockEngine.SetBlockInfo(this, (ref GFXPrefabEntityStructGPUI st, bool val) =>
+				{
+					uint prefabId = PrefabsID.GetOrCreatePrefabID((ushort) Type, (byte) Material, 0, value);
+					st.prefabID = prefabId;
+				}, value);
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The block's type (ID). Returns BlockIDs.Invalid if the block doesn't exist anymore.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockEngine.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockEngine.cs
index 46afb09..5eff5b2 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockEngine.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockEngine.cs
@@ -80,17 +80,7 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
 		public ref T GetBlockInfoViewStruct<T>(EGID blockID) where T : struct, INeedEGID, IEntityViewComponent
 		{
 			if (entitiesDB.Exists<T>(blockID))
-			{
-				// TODO: optimize by using EntitiesDB internal calls instead of iterating over everything
-				BT<MB<T>> entities = entitiesDB.QueryEntities<T>(blockID.groupID).ToBuffer();
-				for (int i = 0; i < entities.count; i++)
-				{
-					if (entities.buffer[i].ID == blockID)
-					{
-						return ref entities.buffer[i];
-					}
-				}
-			}
+				return ref entitiesDB.QueryEntity<T>(blockID);
 			T[] structHolder = new T[1]; //Create something that can be referenced
 			return ref structHolder[0]; //Gets a default value automatically
 		}
diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockIdentifiers.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockIdentifiers.cs
index 0c3222b..bc426d5 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockIdentifiers.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/BlockIdentifiers.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using RobocraftX.Common;
 
 using HarmonyLib;
+using Svelto.DataStructures;
 
 namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
 {
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Blocks placed by the player
-        /// </summary> - TODO
-        //public static ExclusiveGroup OWNED_BLOCKS { get { return CommonExclusiveGroups.REAL_BLOCKS_GROUPS_DON_T_USE_IN_NEW_CODE; } }
+        /// </summary>
+        public static FasterReadOnlyList<ExclusiveGroupStruct> OWNED_BLOCKS { get { return CommonExclusiveGroups.REAL_BLOCKS_GROUPS_DON_T_USE_IN_NEW_CODE; } }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Extra parts used in functional blocks
diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
index 908eadf..cbc49e2 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Reflection;
 
 using DataLoader;
+using Gamecraft.Wires;
 using HarmonyLib;
 using RobocraftX.Blocks;
 using RobocraftX.Blocks.Scaling;
@@ -41,16 +42,16 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
         private static BlockEntityFactory _blockEntityFactory; //Injected from PlaceSingleBlockEngine
 
         public EGID PlaceBlock(BlockIDs block, BlockColor color, BlockMaterial materialId, float3 position, int uscale,
-            float3 scale, Player player, float3 rotation, out EntityInitializer initializer)
+            float3 scale, Player player, float3 rotation, bool isFlipped, bool autoWire, out EntityInitializer initializer)
         { //It appears that only the non-uniform scale has any visible effect, but if that's not given here it will be set to the uniform one
             if (color.Darkness > 9)
                 throw new Exception("That is too dark. Make sure to use 0-9 as darkness. (0 is default.)");
             initializer = BuildBlock((ushort) block, color.Index, (byte) materialId, position, uscale, scale, rotation,
-                (player ?? new Player(PlayerType.Local)).Id);
+                isFlipped, autoWire, (player ?? new Player(PlayerType.Local)).Id);
             return initializer.EGID;
         }
 
-        private EntityInitializer BuildBlock(ushort block, byte color, byte materialId, float3 position, int uscale, float3 scale, float3 rot, uint playerId)
+        private EntityInitializer BuildBlock(ushort block, byte color, byte materialId, float3 position, int uscale, float3 scale, float3 rot, bool isFlipped, bool autoWire, uint playerId)
         {
             if (_blockEntityFactory == null)
                 throw new BlockException("The factory is null.");
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
             if (!PrefabsID.PrefabIDByResourceIDMap.ContainsKey(resourceId))
                 throw new BlockException("Block with ID " + block + " not found!");
             //RobocraftX.CR.MachineEditing.PlaceSingleBlockEngine
-            ScalingEntityStruct scaling = new ScalingEntityStruct {scale = scale};
+            ScalingEntityStruct scaling = new ScalingEntityStruct {scale = scale * (isFlipped ? -1 : 1)};
             Quaternion rotQ = Quaternion.Euler(rot);
             RotationEntityStruct rotation = new RotationEntityStruct {rotation = rotQ};
             GridRotationStruct gridRotation = new GridRotationStruct
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
                 {
                     materialId = materialId
                 });
-            uint prefabId = PrefabsID.GetOrCreatePrefabID(block, 0, 0, false); //TODO
+            uint prefabId = PrefabsID.GetOrCreatePrefabID(block, materialId, 0, isFlipped);
             structInitializer.Init(new GFXPrefabEntityStructGPUI(prefabId));
             structInitializer.Init(new PhysicsPrefabEntityStruct(prefabId));
             structInitializer.Init(dbEntity);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
             {
                 loadedFromDisk = false,
                 placedBy = playerId,
-                triggerAutoWiring = false //TODO
+                triggerAutoWiring = autoWire && structInitializer.Has<BlockPortsStruct>()
             });
 
             /*structInitializer.Init(new CollisionFilterOverride
diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Inventory/HotbarEngine.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Inventory/HotbarEngine.cs
index ab9b7d2..b20928b 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Inventory/HotbarEngine.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Inventory/HotbarEngine.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ using Svelto.ECS;
 using GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks;
 using GamecraftModdingAPI.Utility;
 using GamecraftModdingAPI.Engines;
+using RobocraftX.Blocks;
+using Techblox.FlyCam;
 
 namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Inventory
 {
@@ -36,18 +38,13 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Inventory
 
 		public bool SelectBlock(int block, uint playerID, bool cubeSelectedByPick = false)
 		{
-			var inputs = entitiesDB.QueryEntities<LocalInputEntityStruct>(InputExclusiveGroups.LocalPlayers).ToBuffer();
-			if (inputs.count == 0) return false;
-			for (int i = 0; i < inputs.count; i++)
-			{
-				if (inputs.buffer[i].ID.entityID == playerID) {
-					/*inputs.buffer[i].cubeSelectedByPick = cubeSelectedByPick; - TODO
-					inputs.buffer[i].selectedCube = block;*/
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
+			if (!entitiesDB.TryQueryEntitiesAndIndex<EquippedPartStruct>(playerID, Techblox.FlyCam.FlyCam.Group,
+				out var index, out var inputs))
+				return false;
+			inputs[index].CubeSelectedByPick = cubeSelectedByPick;
+			inputs[index].SelectedDBPartID = block;
 			// TODO: expose the rest of the input functionality
-			return false;
+			return true;
 		}
 
         public uint GetLocalPlayerID()