# Need help on create a character

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 3, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177 "2006-04-03T01:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@nico](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nico)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177/1 "2006-04-03T01:05:00Z")

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im working on my game thesis right now and i cant figure out how can i make a default character which can be customized by the user at the start of the game, like, changing hair styles, outfit and body size, thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![dreeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dreeft](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dreeft)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177/2 "2006-04-03T03:00:36Z")

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You build the default character without the elements you want customisable and then build the individual elements seperately to add.

You will need to make your question much more specific if you want useful answers.

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**Author:** ![nico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@nico](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nico)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177/3 "2006-04-03T04:13:25Z")

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how can i make the outfit selected to appear in game without having to redraw it. can you give me some sample code for that.

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**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177/4 "2006-04-04T06:47:14Z")

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how about using sharedobjects? you could then load what outfits are used by your character. you could even load them

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**Author:** ![woad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@woad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woad)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-on-create-a-character/184177/5 "2006-04-04T18:28:37Z")

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I’m pretty much a noob, so bear with me . But you could make all the different hair styles and such movieclips and then have your head movieclip or whatever have different frames. So say there are 3 hairstyles.

On (release)  
{  
Head.nextFrame();  
}

So everytime the -\> arrow is clicked it will go right, and if you want to be fancy you could even have it repeat by checking what frame head is on, if it’s on the third frame go back to one when the right arrow is clicked. It’s as simple as that.