Texture Issues: Asphalt placed on Terrain displays as Sand texture

[Thedarklurch]

Version

V 2.6 (b14)

Platform

Windows

Hi everyone,I wanted to upgrade the sand path next to my house to a proper asphalt road. I excavated two layers of sand and replaced them with Asphalt blocks. However, after placement, the path still visually looks like sand.

I’ve searched for solutions and found similar reports from 2-3 years ago, but nothing recent. To test further, I excavated three layers, placed a base layer of concrete blocks, and put two layers of asphalt on top. Unfortunately, the game still displays the sand texture on top of the asphalt.

Is this a known bug with the terrain system, or is there a specific trick to building roads that I am missing?


Actual Result: The surface retains the Sand texture instead of showing Asphalt.Expected Result: The surface should display the Asphalt texture.

Note: I am currently on the latest stable build.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Blackmadman]

Hi everyone,I wanted to upgrade the sand path next to my house to a proper asphalt road. I excavated two layers of sand and replaced them with Asphalt blocks. However, after placement, the path still visually looks like sand.

I’ve searched for solutions and found similar reports from 2-3 years ago, but nothing recent. To test further, I excavated three layers, placed a base layer of concrete blocks, and put two layers of asphalt on top. Unfortunately, the game still displays the sand texture on top of the asphalt.

Is this a known bug with the terrain system, or is there a specific trick to building roads that I am missing?


Actual Result: The surface retains the Sand texture instead of showing Asphalt.Expected Result: The surface should display the Asphalt texture.

Note: I am currently on the latest stable build.

Thanks in advance for any help!

It has already been reported and confirmed as a bug. Unfortunately, there is no word yet on when it will be fixed.
It would be great if it could be fixed soon.
We’ve created special 3D blocks for asphalt, dirt, grass, and gravel so we can restore everything to its original state, since there’s no indication of when this might be fixed.
See here:

Thread 'Terrain blocks no longer work in 2.6'

Apr 5, 2026

On our server, we leveled the terrain to build a city together. To do this, we filled in some areas, cut away others, and smoothed the surface. The top layer of the roads was covered with asphalt, and the top layer of the other areas was covered with topsoil. In some places, we also used gravel and dirt. Before the update to 2.6, it looked like this:


After the update to 2.6, some of the roads look like grass and some look like rocks. The other areas (grass) still look like grass in some places, but mostly like rocks or dirt. The gravel is also incorrect; it looks like rocks as...

• Blackmadman
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Confirmed

 

[Thedarklurch]

It has already been reported and confirmed as a bug. Unfortunately, there is no word yet on when it will be fixed.
It would be great if it could be fixed soon.
We’ve created special 3D blocks for asphalt, dirt, grass, and gravel so we can restore everything to its original state, since there’s no indication of when this might be fixed.
See here:

Thread 'Terrain blocks no longer work in 2.6'

Apr 5, 2026

On our server, we leveled the terrain to build a city together. To do this, we filled in some areas, cut away others, and smoothed the surface. The top layer of the roads was covered with asphalt, and the top layer of the other areas was covered with topsoil. In some places, we also used gravel and dirt. Before the update to 2.6, it looked like this:


After the update to 2.6, some of the roads look like grass and some look like rocks. The other areas (grass) still look like grass in some places, but mostly like rocks or dirt. The gravel is also incorrect; it looks like rocks as...

• Blackmadman
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Confirmed

I've read that this problem has apparently been around for several years, but I can't imagine that there still isn't a solution for it. If the problem has been around for so long, the developers would surely have done something to fix it by now or maybe they just aren't interested in fixing it.

 

[Riamus]

I've read that this problem has apparently been around for several years, but I can't imagine that there still isn't a solution for it. If the problem has been around for so long, the developers would surely have done something to fix it by now or maybe they just aren't interested in fixing it.

Not really. This is new. Terrain *does* blend and that is intentional, but if you understand how it blends, it was never a problem making paths or roads or whatever and having them show properly. What is happening now is a bug that came in 2.6.