Index: source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
+++ source/simulation2/components/CCmpVisualActor.cpp
@@ -450,13 +450,13 @@
 
 		SetVariant("animation", m_AnimName);
 
-		if (!m_Unit || !m_Unit->GetAnimation() || !m_Unit->GetID())
-			return;
-
-		CmpPtr<ICmpSound> cmpSound(GetSimContext(), m_Unit->GetID());
+		CmpPtr<ICmpSound> cmpSound(GetSimContext(), GetEntityHandle());
 		if (cmpSound)
 			m_SoundGroup = cmpSound->GetSoundGroup(wstring_from_utf8(m_AnimName));
 
+		if (!m_Unit || !m_Unit->GetAnimation())
+			return;
+		
 		m_Unit->GetAnimation()->SetAnimationState(m_AnimName, m_AnimOnce, m_AnimSpeed.ToFloat(), m_AnimDesync.ToFloat(), m_SoundGroup.c_str());	
 	}