diff --git a/src/skate3_native_scene.cpp b/src/skate3_native_scene.cpp
index 5a7672b..77085a8 100644
--- a/src/skate3_native_scene.cpp
+++ b/src/skate3_native_scene.cpp
@@ -2107,8 +2107,16 @@ bool BuildItemFromMesh(uint8_t* base, uint32_t mesh, DrawItem& item) {
   item.vb_bytes = BSwap32(vb_words[2]);
   item.ib_addr = BSwap32(ib_words[0]) & 0xFFFFFFFC;
   item.ib_count = BSwap32(ib_words[2]);
+  // vb_bytes need only COVER a whole number of vertices, not equal one
+  // exactly. Community custom maps (ArenaBuilder-built worlds) ship vertex
+  // buffers with a few trailing bytes past the last vertex - e.g. 43968
+  // bytes at stride 36 leaves 12 over - and requiring an exact multiple
+  // rejected the entire mesh, so the world rendered with no ground at all.
+  // Every consumer already derives the vertex count as vb_bytes / stride
+  // (integer division), so the trailing bytes are simply unused; all that
+  // is really required is room for at least one vertex.
   if (item.vb_addr == 0 || item.ib_addr == 0 || item.vb_bytes == 0 ||
-      item.ib_count == 0 || item.vb_bytes % item.stride != 0) {
+      item.ib_count == 0 || item.stride == 0 || item.vb_bytes < item.stride) {
     g_rej_geom.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/skate3_native_scene_gpu.cpp b/src/skate3_native_scene_gpu.cpp
index f2009df..e2fedbc 100644
--- a/src/skate3_native_scene_gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/skate3_native_scene_gpu.cpp
@@ -856,6 +856,14 @@ bool DecodeMesh(nrhi::Device* device, uint8_t* base, const DrawItem& item,
           break;
         case 37:  // k_32_32_FLOAT (hair strand-alpha UV; xenos enum 37)
         case 38:  // k_32_32_32_32_FLOAT (use xy)
+        case 57:  // k_32_32_32_FLOAT (use xy). Community custom maps
+                  // (ArenaBuilder-built worlds) declare their texcoord this
+                  // way; without this case the decode fell through to the
+                  // default and left the UV at (0,0), so every pixel sampled
+                  // one texel and the whole surface rendered as a single flat
+                  // colour - the "custom maps have no textures on the native
+                  // renderer" report. x is at +0 and y at +4 exactly as for
+                  // the other float pairs.
           u = std::bit_cast<float>(SwapU32(*reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(q)));
           w = std::bit_cast<float>(SwapU32(*reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(q + 4)));
           break;