... THX Frankiek, I missed the line ...

Now, what would happen if that line was deleted from the eye.txl file ...?
[ClassInfo]
ClassName TAnimatedTextureList
[General]
nFrames 18
Time 4
Loop 1
[QualityLow]
FPS 10
ImageScale 0.5
[QualityHigh]
FPS 15
ImageScale 1.0
[Images]
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\EYES_fr.tga
<== line to be deleted for testing..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga
..\TEXTURES\pilot_ja.tga