Thanks GrumpyOldMan and zxiang1983,

I checked the time stamps just to be sure because its
easy to forget to delete the packs. Seems right but going to try it again.
What is different is I am modifying the animation family
directly, not making a new one. I'll retest what I'm doing
just to be sure and if I don't see the distortion I'll do it
zxiang1983's way and make a new family.

Oops, wait a minute. Re-read the post more carefully. zxiang1983
says he copied MTW2_Halberd_Secondary which doesn't have
a charge entry or a charge_attack or a charge_to_ready anim
command. It inherits? (sorry, OOP terminology) its parent anim
is the MTW2_2HSwordsman so is he overriding those commands?

Still, useful information, I'll try it my way. Then the other way.
If I see a problem maybe its an interplay between MTW2_2HSwordsman.