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title: "Create characters"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Evoke17/10818490/Create%20characters"
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Before you start creating characters, ensure you have completed the necessary preparations (see [Prepare for character solving](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Evoke17/pages/10816546)).

Create characters in Evoke to represent each participant.


    **To create a character:**


1. In the **Tracking Setup** panel, enter the name of the character that you want to create from clusters in the volume.
2. At the top right of the panel, display the Advanced options > Macro (inline-media-image)

, and under **Character, **in the **Template** list, select the appropriate template, depending on where the spine cluster is mounted:
  - **ClusterTemplate**: Default template. For use if the spine cluster is mounted on a backpack or the Vicon-supplied backstrap
  - **ClusterTemplateBelt **For use if the spine cluster is mounted on a belt, in line with the spine
  - **ClusterTemplateWaist **For use if the spine cluster is mounted on a strap around the narrowest part of the waist, in line with the spine
3. > Macro (anchor)

From the **Retarget** list, select a retarget file. (You can use the supplied **ViconFemaleSample** or **ViconMaleSample**.)
4. In the **Slots** section below, click the first slot (**Head**), select either an **OculusRift, HPReverb, HTCVive** or a **Hat**, depending on the accessories that you are using. (Note that the supplied templates for supported headsets include two device slots for the front and top of the head.)
5. If you are using two reference objects (typically Pulsar clusters for both the head and the spine), in the **Spine** slot, select the **Backstrap** template or your own template for the backpack you're using. Alternatively, if you're using the **ClusterTemplateBelt** or **ClusterTemplateWaist **template, in the **Hips** slot, select the **Pulsar** template.As shown in the following examples, which show commonly used setups, you can leave the rest of the slots empty.
6. At the right of the the **Character** line, click **Create**.

When you have created characters for all the participants, you can attach Pulsars to them (see [Prepare the participants](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Evoke17/pages/10813890)).

If you need to change the characters' properties (such as their skin or color), see [Change a character's properties (optional)](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Evoke17/pages/10815703).