private static BlockPos getBlockPosFromCompound(NBTTagCompound pos) {
        return new BlockPos(pos.getInt("x"), pos.getInt("y"), pos.getInt("z"));
    }
    /**
     * Translates BlockPos to a String form
     * @param coords
     * @return
     */
    static NBTTagCompound serializePos(BlockPos coords) {
        if (coords == null) {
            return null;
        }
        NBTTagCompound cmp = new NBTTagCompound();
        cmp.setInt("x", coords.x);
        cmp.setInt("y", coords.y);
        cmp.setInt("z", coords.z);
        return cmp;
    }

    private static final Pattern COLON_SPLIT = Pattern.compile(":");
    /**
     * Parses a string into BlockPos
     *
     * @deprecated Only used for reading old data
     * @param loc
     * @return
     */
    static BlockPos deserializeOldLoc(String loc) {
        if (loc != null)  {
            String[] args = COLON_SPLIT.split(loc, 3);
            if (args.length == 3) {
                try {
                    int x = (int) Math.floor(Float.parseFloat(args[0]));
                    int y = (int) Math.floor(Float.parseFloat(args[1]));
                    int z = (int) Math.floor(Float.parseFloat(args[2]));
                    return new BlockPos(x, y, z);
                } catch (NumberFormatException inored) {}
            }
        }
        return null;
    }