diff --git a/source/blood/src/blood.h b/source/blood/src/blood.h
index 776675dcf..433c9ddd1 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/blood.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/blood.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct GameInterface : ::GameInterface
 	void NextLevel(MapRecord* map, int skill) override;
 	void LevelCompleted(MapRecord* map, int skill) override;
 	bool DrawAutomapPlayer(int x, int y, int z, int a) override;
+	void SetTileProps(int til, int surf, int vox, int shade) override;
 
 	GameStats getStats() override;
 };
diff --git a/source/blood/src/tile.cpp b/source/blood/src/tile.cpp
index 0f787b026..94ceb86a3 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/tile.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/tile.cpp
@@ -128,4 +128,11 @@ char tileGetSurfType(int hit)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void GameInterface::SetTileProps(int tile, int surf, int vox, int shade)
+{
+    if (surf != INT_MAX) surfType[tile] = surf;
+    if (vox != INT_MAX) voxelIndex[tile] = vox;
+    if (shade != INT_MAX) tileShade[tile] = shade;
+}
+
 END_BLD_NS
diff --git a/source/core/gamestruct.h b/source/core/gamestruct.h
index 67a8226d8..91aa9e9af 100644
--- a/source/core/gamestruct.h
+++ b/source/core/gamestruct.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct GameInterface
 	virtual void NewGame(MapRecord* map, int skill) {}
 	virtual void LevelCompleted(MapRecord* map, int skill) {}
 	virtual bool DrawAutomapPlayer(int x, int y, int z, int a) { return false; }
+	virtual void SetTileProps(int tile, int surf, int vox, int shade) {}
 
 	virtual FString statFPS()
 	{
diff --git a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
index fa14aa449..c4c36bed3 100644
--- a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
+++ b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "texturemanager.h"
 #include "c_dispatch.h"
 #include "sc_man.h"
+#include "gamestruct.h"
 
 enum
 {
@@ -1099,15 +1100,7 @@ void tileImport(FScriptPosition& pos, TileImport& imp)
 		pos.Message(MSG_DEBUGMSG, "Size mismatch for tile %d", imp.tile);
 		return;
 	}
-#if 0
-	// fixme - forward to the game code. These are Blood specific.
-	if (imp.havesurface)
-		;// gi->SetSurfType(tile, surface);
-	if (imp.havevox)
-		;// gi->SetVoxel(tile, vox);
-	if (imp.haveshade)
-		;// gi->SetShade(tile, shade);
-#endif
+	gi->SetTileProps(imp.tile, imp.surface, imp.vox, imp.shade);
 
 	if (imp.fn.IsNotEmpty() && tileImportFromTexture(imp.fn, imp.tile, imp.alphacut, imp.istexture) < 0) return;