diff --git a/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp b/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
index 1656eed1..e4e1d2c9 100755
--- a/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
@@ -1482,6 +1482,10 @@ void MapChunk::save(sExtendableArray& lADTFile
 
   if(texture_set)
   {
+    // hackfix -- temp hackfix to bruteforce update + save
+    texture_set->apply_alpha_changes();
+    texture_set->updateDoodadMapping();
+
     std::copy(texture_set->getDoodadMappingBase(), texture_set->getDoodadMappingBase() + 8
     , lMCNK_header->doodadMapping);
     *reinterpret_cast<std::uint64_t*>(lMCNK_header->doodadStencil)
diff --git a/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.cpp b/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.cpp
index fb07169c..8d63f4f9 100755
--- a/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ void TileRender::draw (OpenGL::Scoped::use_program& mcnk_shader
   }
 
   // run chunk updates. running this when splitdraw call detected unused sampler configuration as well.
-  if (_map_tile->_chunk_update_flags || is_selected != _selected || need_paintability_update || _requires_sampler_reset || _texture_not_loaded || _requires_ground_effect_color_recalc)
+  if (_map_tile->_chunk_update_flags || is_selected != _selected || need_paintability_update || _requires_sampler_reset || _texture_not_loaded
+      || _requires_ground_effect_color_recalc || _require_geffect_active_texture_update)
   {
 
     gl.bindBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, _chunk_instance_data_ubo);
@@ -159,8 +160,13 @@ void TileRender::draw (OpenGL::Scoped::use_program& mcnk_shader
       {
           // recalculate doodad mapping.
           chunk->getTextureSet()->updateDoodadMapping();
-
-          // setChunkGroundEffectActiveData();
+          // update render
+          setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(chunk.get());
+      }
+      else if (_require_geffect_active_texture_update)
+      {
+          // active texture render changed, just update render
+          setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(chunk.get());
       }
 
       if (!flags)
@@ -249,6 +255,7 @@ void TileRender::draw (OpenGL::Scoped::use_program& mcnk_shader
 
     _requires_sampler_reset = false;
     _requires_ground_effect_color_recalc = false;
+    _require_geffect_active_texture_update = false;
 
     if (_split_drawcall)
     {
@@ -611,7 +618,7 @@ void TileRender::setChunkDetaildoodadsExclusionData(MapChunk* chunk)
   chunk_render_instance.ChunkDoodadsEnabled2_ChunksLayerEnabled2[1] = exclusionmap2;
 }
 
-void Noggit::Rendering::TileRender::setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chunk, std::string active_texture)
+void Noggit::Rendering::TileRender::setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chunk)
 {
   // 1 : check if chunk has our texture AND set
   // if it does, then check if it's the active layer for each unit
@@ -620,7 +627,7 @@ void Noggit::Rendering::TileRender::setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chu
   int layer_id = -1;
   for (int i = 0; i < chunk->getTextureSet()->num(); ++i)
   {
-      if (chunk->getTextureSet()->filename(i) == active_texture)
+      if (chunk->getTextureSet()->filename(i) == _geffect_active_texture)
       {
           layer_id = i;
       }
@@ -664,3 +671,14 @@ void Noggit::Rendering::TileRender::setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chu
   chunk_render_instance.ChunkDoodadsEnabled2_ChunksLayerEnabled2[2] = active_map1;
   chunk_render_instance.ChunkDoodadsEnabled2_ChunksLayerEnabled2[3] = active_map2;
 }
+
+void Noggit::Rendering::TileRender::setActiveRenderGEffectTexture(std::string active_texture)
+{
+    if (active_texture == _geffect_active_texture)
+        return;
+
+    _geffect_active_texture = active_texture;
+
+    _require_geffect_active_texture_update = true;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.hpp b/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.hpp
index c855f865..a9ccf0a7 100755
--- a/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.hpp
+++ b/src/noggit/rendering/TileRender.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ namespace Noggit::Rendering
     void initChunkData(MapChunk* chunk);
 
     void setChunkDetaildoodadsExclusionData(MapChunk* chunk);
-    void setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chunk, std::string active_texture);
+    void setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(MapChunk* chunk);
+    void setActiveRenderGEffectTexture(std::string active_texture);
 
     [[nodiscard]]
     unsigned objectsFrustumCullTest() const { return _objects_frustum_cull_test; };
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ namespace Noggit::Rendering
     bool _requires_paintability_recalc = true;
     bool _requires_ground_effect_color_recalc = true;
     bool _texture_not_loaded = false;
+    bool _require_geffect_active_texture_update = true;
+
+    std::string _geffect_active_texture = "";
 
     // culling
     unsigned _objects_frustum_cull_test = 0;
diff --git a/src/noggit/ui/GroundEffectsTool.cpp b/src/noggit/ui/GroundEffectsTool.cpp
index 95839f76..12d85710 100644
--- a/src/noggit/ui/GroundEffectsTool.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/ui/GroundEffectsTool.cpp
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ namespace Noggit
 
             for (MapTile* tile : _map_view->getWorld()->mapIndex.loaded_tiles())
             {
+                tile->renderer()->setActiveRenderGEffectTexture(active_texture);
                 for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
                 {
                     for (int y = 0; y < 16; y++)
@@ -546,8 +547,10 @@ namespace Noggit
 
                         // reset to black by default
                         tile->renderer()->setChunkGroundEffectColor(chunk_index, glm::vec3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0));
-                        // ! Set the chunk active layer data
-                        tile->renderer()->setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(chunk, active_texture);
+
+                        // ! Set the chunk active layer data.
+                        // new system : just update the active texture and mark dirty to the renderer
+                        // tile->renderer()->setChunkGroundEffectActiveData(chunk);
 
                         if (active_texture.empty() || active_texture == "tileset\\generic\\black.blp" || _loaded_effects.empty())
                             continue;