Well if your running on mac or linux then i suggest using wine to mount 3.8 so you can actually see textures.
If your using windows then it shouldnt be a problem to use 3.8 then if you cant see your textures then try deactivating/reactivating them, or uploading another picture to see if the items work.
Vox sucks
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