diff --git a/LightlessSync/Interop/Ipc/Penumbra/PenumbraTexture.cs b/LightlessSync/Interop/Ipc/Penumbra/PenumbraTexture.cs
index 453d211..30ac3a5 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Interop/Ipc/Penumbra/PenumbraTexture.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Interop/Ipc/Penumbra/PenumbraTexture.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public sealed class PenumbraTexture : PenumbraBase
     {
         token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-        logger.LogInformation("Converting texture {Input} -> {Output} ({Target})", job.InputFile, job.OutputFile, job.TargetType);
+        logger.LogDebug("Converting texture {Input} -> {Output} ({Target})", job.InputFile, job.OutputFile, job.TargetType);
         var convertTask = _convertTextureFile.Invoke(job.InputFile, job.OutputFile, job.TargetType, job.IncludeMipMaps);
         await convertTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
 
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Plugin.cs b/LightlessSync/Plugin.cs
index 5affe17..fa04cf5 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Plugin.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Plugin.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IDalamudPlugin
         services.AddSingleton<FileTransferOrchestrator>();
         services.AddSingleton<LightlessPlugin>();
         services.AddSingleton<LightlessProfileManager>();
+        services.AddSingleton<TextureProcessingQueue>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ModelProcessingQueue>();
         services.AddSingleton<TextureCompressionService>();
         services.AddSingleton<TextureDownscaleService>();
         services.AddSingleton<ModelDecimationService>();
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/AssetProcessingQueue.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/AssetProcessingQueue.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e4654b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/AssetProcessingQueue.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+
+namespace LightlessSync.Services;
+
+public sealed class AssetProcessingQueue : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly BlockingCollection<WorkItem> _queue = new();
+    private readonly Thread _worker;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public AssetProcessingQueue(ILogger logger, string name)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _worker = new Thread(Run)
+        {
+            IsBackground = true,
+            Name = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name) ? "LightlessSync.AssetProcessing" : name
+        };
+        _worker.Start();
+    }
+
+    public Task Enqueue(Func<CancellationToken, Task> work, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        if (work is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(work));
+        }
+
+        var completion = new TaskCompletionSource<object?>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            completion.TrySetCanceled(token);
+            return completion.Task;
+        }
+
+        if (_queue.IsAddingCompleted || _disposed)
+        {
+            completion.TrySetException(new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(AssetProcessingQueue)));
+            return completion.Task;
+        }
+
+        _queue.Add(new WorkItem(work, token, completion));
+        return completion.Task;
+    }
+
+    private void Run()
+    {
+        foreach (var item in _queue.GetConsumingEnumerable())
+        {
+            if (item.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                item.Completion.TrySetCanceled(item.Token);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                item.Work(item.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                item.Completion.TrySetResult(null);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException ex)
+            {
+                var token = ex.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested ? ex.CancellationToken : item.Token;
+                item.Completion.TrySetCanceled(token);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Asset processing job failed.");
+                item.Completion.TrySetException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (_disposed)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _disposed = true;
+        _queue.CompleteAdding();
+        _worker.Join(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        _queue.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    private readonly record struct WorkItem(
+        Func<CancellationToken, Task> Work,
+        CancellationToken Token,
+        TaskCompletionSource<object?> Completion);
+}
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/MdlDecimator.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/MdlDecimator.cs
index 4fcdbc0..48eb343 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/MdlDecimator.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/MdlDecimator.cs
@@ -2104,6 +2104,16 @@ internal static class MdlDecimator
             }
         }
 
+        if (boneWeights != null
+            && blendWeightEncoding == BlendWeightEncoding.Default
+            && format.BlendWeightsElement is { } blendWeightsElement
+            && (MdlFile.VertexType)blendWeightsElement.Type == MdlFile.VertexType.UShort4
+            && ShouldTreatWeightsAsByteNormalized(boneWeights))
+        {
+            RescaleUShortAsByteWeights(boneWeights);
+            blendWeightEncoding = BlendWeightEncoding.UShortAsByte;
+        }
+
         decoded = new DecodedMeshData(positions, normals, tangents, tangents2, colors, boneWeights, uvChannels, positionWs, normalWs, blendWeightEncoding);
         return true;
     }
@@ -3413,6 +3423,44 @@ internal static class MdlDecimator
         return ToUShortNormalized(normalized);
     }
 
+    private static bool ShouldTreatWeightsAsByteNormalized(BoneWeight[] weights)
+    {
+        const float maxByteUnorm = byte.MaxValue / (float)ushort.MaxValue;
+        var maxWeight = 0f;
+        for (var i = 0; i < weights.Length; i++)
+        {
+            var weight = weights[i];
+            maxWeight = Math.Max(maxWeight, weight.weight0);
+            maxWeight = Math.Max(maxWeight, weight.weight1);
+            maxWeight = Math.Max(maxWeight, weight.weight2);
+            maxWeight = Math.Max(maxWeight, weight.weight3);
+            if (maxWeight > maxByteUnorm)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return maxWeight > 0f;
+    }
+
+    private static void RescaleUShortAsByteWeights(BoneWeight[] weights)
+    {
+        var scale = ushort.MaxValue / (float)byte.MaxValue;
+        for (var i = 0; i < weights.Length; i++)
+        {
+            var weight = weights[i];
+            weights[i] = new BoneWeight(
+                weight.index0,
+                weight.index1,
+                weight.index2,
+                weight.index3,
+                weight.weight0 * scale,
+                weight.weight1 * scale,
+                weight.weight2 * scale,
+                weight.weight3 * scale);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void NormalizeWeights(float[] weights)
     {
         var sum = weights.Sum();
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/ModelDecimationService.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/ModelDecimationService.cs
index 3caa070..664eb10 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/ModelDecimationService.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelDecimation/ModelDecimationService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using LightlessSync.FileCache;
 using LightlessSync.LightlessConfiguration;
 using LightlessSync.LightlessConfiguration.Configurations;
+using LightlessSync.Services;
 using LightlessSync.Utils;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
     private readonly FileCacheManager _fileCacheManager;
     private readonly PlayerPerformanceConfigService _performanceConfigService;
     private readonly XivDataStorageService _xivDataStorageService;
+    private readonly ModelProcessingQueue _processingQueue;
     private readonly SemaphoreSlim _decimationSemaphore = new(MaxConcurrentJobs);
 
     private readonly TaskRegistry<string> _decimationDeduplicator = new();
@@ -30,13 +32,15 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
         LightlessConfigService configService,
         FileCacheManager fileCacheManager,
         PlayerPerformanceConfigService performanceConfigService,
-        XivDataStorageService xivDataStorageService)
+        XivDataStorageService xivDataStorageService,
+        ModelProcessingQueue processingQueue)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _configService = configService;
         _fileCacheManager = fileCacheManager;
         _performanceConfigService = performanceConfigService;
         _xivDataStorageService = xivDataStorageService;
+        _processingQueue = processingQueue;
     }
 
     public void ScheduleDecimation(string hash, string filePath, string? gamePath = null)
@@ -53,9 +57,9 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
 
         _logger.LogDebug("Queued model decimation for {Hash}", hash);
 
-        _decimationDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, async () =>
+        _decimationDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, () => _processingQueue.Enqueue(async token =>
         {
-            await _decimationSemaphore.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await _decimationSemaphore.WaitAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             try
             {
                 await DecimateInternalAsync(hash, filePath).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
             {
                 _decimationSemaphore.Release();
             }
-        });
+        }, CancellationToken.None));
     }
 
     public void ScheduleBatchDecimation(string hash, string filePath, ModelDecimationSettings settings)
@@ -89,9 +93,9 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
 
         _logger.LogInformation("Queued batch model decimation for {Hash}", hash);
 
-        _decimationDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, async () =>
+        _decimationDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, () => _processingQueue.Enqueue(async token =>
         {
-            await _decimationSemaphore.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await _decimationSemaphore.WaitAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             try
             {
                 await DecimateInternalAsync(hash, filePath, settings, allowExisting: false, destinationOverride: filePath, registerDecimatedPath: false).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ public sealed class ModelDecimationService
             {
                 _decimationSemaphore.Release();
             }
-        });
+        }, CancellationToken.None));
     }
 
     public bool ShouldScheduleDecimation(string hash, string filePath, string? gamePath = null)
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/ModelProcessingQueue.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelProcessingQueue.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2978ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/ModelProcessingQueue.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace LightlessSync.Services;
+
+public sealed class ModelProcessingQueue : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly AssetProcessingQueue _queue;
+
+    public ModelProcessingQueue(ILogger<ModelProcessingQueue> logger)
+    {
+        _queue = new AssetProcessingQueue(logger, "LightlessSync.ModelProcessing");
+    }
+
+    public Task Enqueue(Func<CancellationToken, Task> work, CancellationToken token = default)
+        => _queue.Enqueue(work, token);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+        => _queue.Dispose();
+}
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/TextureCompression/TextureDownscaleService.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/TextureCompression/TextureDownscaleService.cs
index b5d677c..e06641a 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Services/TextureCompression/TextureDownscaleService.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/TextureCompression/TextureDownscaleService.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using OtterTex;
 using OtterImage = OtterTex.Image;
 using LightlessSync.LightlessConfiguration;
+using LightlessSync.Services;
 using LightlessSync.Utils;
 using LightlessSync.FileCache;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
     private readonly PlayerPerformanceConfigService _playerPerformanceConfigService;
     private readonly FileCacheManager _fileCacheManager;
     private readonly TextureCompressionService _textureCompressionService;
+    private readonly TextureProcessingQueue _processingQueue;
 
     private readonly TaskRegistry<string> _downscaleDeduplicator = new();
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, string> _downscaledPaths = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
@@ -73,13 +75,15 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
         LightlessConfigService configService,
         PlayerPerformanceConfigService playerPerformanceConfigService,
         FileCacheManager fileCacheManager,
-        TextureCompressionService textureCompressionService)
+        TextureCompressionService textureCompressionService,
+        TextureProcessingQueue processingQueue)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _configService = configService;
         _playerPerformanceConfigService = playerPerformanceConfigService;
         _fileCacheManager = fileCacheManager;
         _textureCompressionService = textureCompressionService;
+        _processingQueue = processingQueue;
     }
 
     public void ScheduleDownscale(string hash, string filePath, TextureMapKind mapKind)
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
         if (!filePath.EndsWith(".tex", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return;
         if (_downscaleDeduplicator.TryGetExisting(hash, out _)) return;
 
-        _downscaleDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, async () =>
+        _downscaleDeduplicator.GetOrStart(hash, () => _processingQueue.Enqueue(async token =>
         {
             TextureMapKind mapKind;
             try
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
             }
 
             await DownscaleInternalAsync(hash, filePath, mapKind).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        });
+        }, CancellationToken.None));
     }
 
     public bool ShouldScheduleDownscale(string filePath)
@@ -382,6 +386,12 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
     {
         var isCompressed = sourceFormat.IsCompressed();
         var targetFormat = isCompressed ? sourceFormat : DXGIFormat.B8G8R8A8UNorm;
+        _logger.LogDebug(
+            "Downscale convert target {TargetFormat} (source {SourceFormat}, compressed {IsCompressed}, penumbraFallback {PenumbraFallback})",
+            targetFormat,
+            sourceFormat,
+            isCompressed,
+            attemptPenumbraFallback);
         try
         {
             result = source.Convert(targetFormat);
@@ -433,6 +443,7 @@ public sealed class TextureDownscaleService
     {
         try
         {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Downscale Penumbra re-encode target {Target} for {Hash}.", target, hash);
             using var uncompressed = resizedScratch.Convert(DXGIFormat.B8G8R8A8UNorm);
             TexFileHelper.Save(destination, uncompressed);
         }
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Services/TextureProcessingQueue.cs b/LightlessSync/Services/TextureProcessingQueue.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ebd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LightlessSync/Services/TextureProcessingQueue.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace LightlessSync.Services;
+
+public sealed class TextureProcessingQueue : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly AssetProcessingQueue _queue;
+
+    public TextureProcessingQueue(ILogger<TextureProcessingQueue> logger)
+    {
+        _queue = new AssetProcessingQueue(logger, "LightlessSync.TextureProcessing");
+    }
+
+    public Task Enqueue(Func<CancellationToken, Task> work, CancellationToken token = default)
+        => _queue.Enqueue(work, token);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+        => _queue.Dispose();
+}
diff --git a/LightlessSync/UI/DataAnalysisUi.cs b/LightlessSync/UI/DataAnalysisUi.cs
index 4ed7c30..1bdbae0 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/UI/DataAnalysisUi.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/UI/DataAnalysisUi.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class DataAnalysisUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
     private readonly ModelDecimationService _modelDecimationService;
     private readonly TextureCompressionService _textureCompressionService;
     private readonly TextureMetadataHelper _textureMetadataHelper;
+    private readonly TextureProcessingQueue _processingQueue;
 
     private readonly List<TextureRow> _textureRows = new();
     private readonly Dictionary<string, TextureCompressionTarget> _textureSelections = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ public class DataAnalysisUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         LightlessConfigService configService,
         PlayerPerformanceConfigService playerPerformanceConfig, TransientResourceManager transientResourceManager,
         TransientConfigService transientConfigService, ModelDecimationService modelDecimationService,
-        TextureCompressionService textureCompressionService, TextureMetadataHelper textureMetadataHelper)
+        TextureCompressionService textureCompressionService, TextureMetadataHelper textureMetadataHelper,
+        TextureProcessingQueue processingQueue)
         : base(logger, mediator, "Lightless Character Data Analysis", performanceCollectorService)
     {
         _characterAnalyzer = characterAnalyzer;
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ public class DataAnalysisUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         _modelDecimationService = modelDecimationService;
         _textureCompressionService = textureCompressionService;
         _textureMetadataHelper = textureMetadataHelper;
+        _processingQueue = processingQueue;
         Mediator.Subscribe<CharacterDataAnalyzedMessage>(this, (_) =>
         {
             _hasUpdate = true;
@@ -3716,7 +3719,10 @@ public class DataAnalysisUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         _conversionCurrentFileProgress = 0;
         _conversionFailed = false;
 
-        _conversionTask = RunTextureConversionAsync(requests, _conversionCancellationTokenSource.Token);
+        var conversionToken = _conversionCancellationTokenSource.Token;
+        _conversionTask = _processingQueue.Enqueue(
+            queueToken => RunTextureConversionAsync(requests, queueToken),
+            conversionToken);
         _showModal = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuard.cs b/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuard.cs
index 2b08169..430a317 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuard.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuard.cs
@@ -5,19 +5,35 @@ namespace LightlessSync.Utils
 {
     public static partial class PtrGuard
     {
-        private const ulong _minLikelyPtr = 0x0000_0001_0000_0000UL;
-        private const ulong _maxUserPtr = 0x0000_7FFF_FFFF_FFFFUL;
         private const ulong _aligmentPtr = 0x7UL;
+        private static readonly nuint _minAppAddr = (nuint)GetMinAppAddr();
+        private static readonly nuint _maxAppAddr = (nuint)GetMaxAppAddr();
 
-        public static bool LooksLikePtr(nint p)
+        private static nint GetMinAppAddr()
         {
-            if (p == 0) return false;
-            var u = (ulong)p;
-            if (u < _minLikelyPtr) return false;
-            if (u > _maxUserPtr) return false;
-            if ((u & _aligmentPtr) != 0) return false;
-            return true;
+            GetSystemInfo(out var si);
+            return si.lpMinimumApplicationAddress;
         }
+
+        private static nint GetMaxAppAddr()
+        {
+            GetSystemInfo(out var si);
+            return si.lpMaximumApplicationAddress;
+        }
+
+            public static bool LooksLikePtr(nint p)
+            {
+                if (p == 0) return false;
+                nuint u = (nuint)p;
+
+                if (u < _minAppAddr) return false;
+                if (u > _maxAppAddr) return false;
+                if ((u & _aligmentPtr) != 0) return false;
+                if ((uint)u == 0x12345679u) return false;
+
+                return true;
+            }
+
         public static bool TryReadIntPtr(nint addr, out nint value)
         {
             value = 0;
diff --git a/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuardMemory.cs b/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuardMemory.cs
index ff29c4f..ccb5b79 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuardMemory.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/Utils/PtrGuardMemory.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,24 @@ namespace LightlessSync.Utils
 
         [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
         internal static extern nint GetCurrentProcess();
+
+        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+        internal static extern void GetSystemInfo(out SYSTEM_INFO lpSystemInfo);
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+        internal struct SYSTEM_INFO
+        {
+            public ushort wProcessorArchitecture;
+            public ushort wReserved;
+            public uint dwPageSize;
+            public nint lpMinimumApplicationAddress;
+            public nint lpMaximumApplicationAddress;
+            public nint dwActiveProcessorMask;
+            public uint dwNumberOfProcessors;
+            public uint dwProcessorType;
+            public uint dwAllocationGranularity;
+            public ushort wProcessorLevel;
+            public ushort wProcessorRevision;
+        }
     }
 }
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