Having trouble creating a simple MeshInstance3d as there seem to be no textures

KarloSnajder

Thank You in advance for taking the time to read this.

When trying to make a simple "ground" platform in a 3D Scene, the MeshInstance3D doesnt seem to give any mesh at all.

Ive been hitting my head against this wall for hours now.

I open a new project
3D Scene
Add child node > StaticBody3D
StaticBody3D > add child node > CollisionShape (box shape)
StaticBody3D > add child node > MeshInstance3D (box Mesh)
The screen flickers as if Godot tries and fails to load the gray box texture
Am left with whats visible on the screenshot

Im really exited to learn making games with Godot but things like this really kill my motivation. I mean, wasnt even able to make a floor following step by step tutorials without having to ask for help.

Any ideas for solutions are appreciated.

Tomcat

KarloSnajder 6. The screen flickers as if Godot tries and fails to load the gray box texture

It seems that the system is trying to run Godot on the video built into the CPU. Try forcibly switching to a discrete card.

ArDanZ11

Try reloading your scene, if that doesn't work, try adding materials to the mesh, if THAT doesn't work, then I don't know what to do... it could also be your computer just not having the right kind of graphics, or it is outdated... I don't think that is the case, it would need to be a piece of absolute garbage to do that, and that is hard to do.

I have seen some silly computers in my life, but they were not bad enough to do that

KarloSnajder

ArDanZ11
Reloading the scene didnt change anything. By "adding materials" do you mean the steps that i commented
" Material Override > StandardMaterial3D > Albedo > Texture > quickload and trying to give it the base icon.svg texture" ?

Running a AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT,
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz
24 GB RAM
Windows 10

:,)
Running Red Dead redemption 2 with 60fps but can make a floor in Godot...

ArDanZ11

There are also lots of things on YouTube for that.

KarloSnajder

ArDanZ11
Cant seem to find anyone with a similar problem :,)

KarloSnajder

Also...

I tried going to the "Geometry" drop down button while MeshInstance3D is selected.

Material Override > StandardMaterial3D > Albedo > Texture > quickload and trying to give it the base icon.svg texture

the result is the same.

Tomcat

KarloSnajder Running a AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT,

Have you updated the drivers for it recently?

ArDanZ11

KarloSnajder Yeah, that makes no sense, I think you will just have to look it up

xyz

KarloSnajder Try adding only a mesh instance node in an empty scene, to make sure that the problem is not with other nodes. Next, check if engine is reporting any errors in the output window, and next, try switching the renderer from "Forward+" to "Compatibility".
The default material on the default gray box doesn't have any textures btw. The outline box you see is a collision shape.

KarloSnajder

xyz
Dam... running in "Compatibility" mode works fine and seems to solve it...

I guess ill try to do my project in that mode instead of "Forward +".
But is my setup really that bad that it couldnt handle "Forward +"?? I guess my CPU is a bit on the older/weaker side. If i end up upgrading it any time soon ill return to this question and let everyone know.

Thank you all for taking time to figure this out!

KarloSnajder

Tomcat
Drivers are up to date. Upgraded my PC a month ago

xyz

👆️ Yeah check that.

The fact that it runs in Compatibility but not in Forward is a sign that the problem is something with the gpu and/or its driver.

kuligs2

godot games should be able to run on steam deck, so what is your cpu?

Timetravel_

Latest AMD drivers are fu**ed, I reverted to 25.6.2 and Forward+ renderer works again

xyz

Timetravel_ Well the issue is then between Godot and AMD's Vulkan driver. Strange that the engine is not reporting any Vulkan errors.

EnterVimMode

I can reproduce the same problem as OP, with the same steps, as well as with a scene with a single MeshInstance3D with new box mesh.
Specs are:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Graphics drivers are latest as of 15/08/2025

kuligs2

EnterVimMode It works on nvidia, i get material.

Everyone praises AMD but amd has more problems than solutions. Ofc its not worth what mf ask for premium nvidia, but from personal experience better still use nvidia.