Can't find Surface anymore in properties

[TeamSwordphin (Phin)]

I believe it is the new Surface changes that Roblox made a week ago. They are now officially deprecated and unsupported.

@kleptonaut

The “Surface” and “Surface Input” sections of a Part’s properties are hidden if the part is all Smooth. If the part has a Surface assigned to a SurfaceType other than Smooth, the sections will be visible as usual.

The reasoning why can be seen on the source thread. It probably won’t be removed entirely, but you will need to go through a few hoops to make it work as usual. At that point I would opt to just use a decal or surface image.

Source:

Finale of Part Surface Changes: No More Hinges

Hello Devs, Our epic Part Surface trilogy is coming to an end. Last year, we made some changes to remove part Surface behavior, which was about a year after the previous time. As Roblox evolves, there are older features that don’t make sense anymore, have better alternatives, and only confuse new developers. SurfaceTypes and the Joints they create are one of these features. Over the last several years they have lost functionality due to the new physics solver and other updates. We are continu…