# vfx-source-missing

> Talos next · Since next

A `*.vfx.json` `mesh` or `image` shape names a file that is not there, so the emitter would spawn at its own origin. Reported at validation and refused at export.

| | |
|---|---|
| Severity | `error` |
| Source | `contract` |
| Offers a fix patch | no |

## Components it can refuse

- `mesh`
- `spawn`

## Since / changed

See the version chips above and what changed.