Index: source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
+++ source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 private:
 	std::wstring m_BaseActorName, m_ActorName;
 	bool m_IsFoundationActor;
+
+	// Not initialized in non-visual mode
 	CUnit* m_Unit;
 
 	fixed m_R, m_G, m_B; // shading color
@@ -450,13 +452,13 @@
 
 		SetVariant("animation", m_AnimName);
 
+		CmpPtr<ICmpSound> cmpSound(GetEntityHandle());
+		if (cmpSound)
+			m_SoundGroup = cmpSound->GetSoundGroup(wstring_from_utf8(m_AnimName));
+
 		if (!m_Unit || !m_Unit->GetAnimation() || !m_Unit->GetID())
 			return;
 
-		CmpPtr<ICmpSound> cmpSound(GetSimContext(), m_Unit->GetID());
-		if (cmpSound)
-			m_SoundGroup = cmpSound->GetSoundGroup(wstring_from_utf8(m_AnimName));
-
 		m_Unit->GetAnimation()->SetAnimationState(m_AnimName, m_AnimOnce, m_AnimSpeed.ToFloat(), m_AnimDesync.ToFloat(), m_SoundGroup.c_str());	
 	}