Thank you again for the reply. And no, I don't have any scripts attached to this level yet, am just building it in WED. I should note that if in Windows I delete the .mdl file from my project folder the level executes with no error and without the deleted model appearing. (which is strange to me as usually if WED can't find a model file it needs I get a warning/error window.) I plan to just do this unless this might cause problems later on.