# 8th wall - custom animations not visible in play mode

**URL:** <https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/8th-wall-custom-animations-not-visible-in-play-mode/5462>\
**Category:** I'm Stuck\
**Tags:** guidance\
**Created:** [June 13, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/8th-wall-custom-animations-not-visible-in-play-mode/5462 "2025-06-13T08:29:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aboulton2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/aboulton2/32/2423_2.png) [@aboulton2](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/aboulton2)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/8th-wall-custom-animations-not-visible-in-play-mode/5462/1 "2025-06-13T08:29:25Z")

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Issue category: ARDK Virtual Studio Tools  
Device type & OS version: n/a  
Host machine & OS version: Windows 11  
Issue Environment: 8th wall

Description of the issue:

Hi,

My goal is to do a “sculptures coming alive” AR project. I made an animated character on blender and pulled in the VPS location mesh so both are in the scene. But then when I go into play mode not even the character model is visible, just the VPS mesh. The animations do show up in play mode in the sample projects just not in my own project.

I have posted on 8th wall technical support over a week ago but no replies there so trying here instead.

Would appreciate any pointers,

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Maverick\_Niantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/8th-wall-custom-animations-not-visible-in-play-mode/5462/2 "2026-03-05T23:45:05Z")

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