#skinned-model

Components.Get<SkinnedModelRenderer>() only searches the same GameObject: a renderer on a child returns null, silently no-oping every Set() call.

On a dressed citizen, GetAllComponents<SkinnedModelRenderer>().FirstOrDefault() can return a bone-merged clothing renderer (a hat) instead of the body, silently, with no null. A sequence probe then reports every clip absent. Select the body renderer explicitly.

A SkinnedModelRenderer has no live SceneObject until the renderer first goes live. A Flags.CastShadows write at spawn time lands before the SceneObject exists, so it silently no-ops with no error and no warning. NPCs spawned with a shadow toggle off keep casting shadows anyway. Do not trust the write: read back the state that actually landed and retry on a staggered sweep across the following frames until the read-back matches the value you asked for.