I am trying to make a checkerboard pattern with blocks and stairs, but the corner stairs aren't cooperating. How can I remedy this?

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It wouldn’t be possible to get a stair block the shape you want I think without debug stick

If you make the gaps with 2 stairs oppositie from eachother you can make the correct corners, but with 1 stair I don't think its possible

You can't without debug stick

Have you tried the design with a two block space between each square rather than one? 

PS: tried using pistons already.

place the stairs in the corner first, and then place the ones next to them to make them curved

You can use slabs instead?

That’s the neat part: you don’t

You can use a structure block. Just make a square with your stairs then copy/paste it as many times as needed. You can’t place them like this by hand, but it’s not against the game’s rules either so once the stairs are placed there won’t be any problem even if they’re updated.

It's all about the orientation of where you place it

Had to go try this myself and yeah, seems impossible without a debug stick, but by swapping the orientation of everything other in between of stair you get all the columns lining up and the rows jogging over by half a block and I personally think it looks really cool.

You could use a debug stick like others have been suggesting, else you could frame each square with their own set of stairs which would either widen the dip or create a ridge of 1 block between the squares. Depends which way you face them.

yo to anyone still seeing this after 15 hours, the general consensus is that you need a debug stick. Are there any glitches/ exploits (like using old versions and porting worlds) to obtain a debug stick 100% in survival?