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# Quickstart

From FBX to a playable character in about a minute, using the Character Creator.

The fastest way to get a Rigonix character on screen is the **Character Creator** window. It takes any humanoid model and wires up every component the controller needs — collider, Rigidbody, animator, camera, and optional ragdoll, footsteps, and UI — in one click.

## Character Creator — window reference

| Option                          | Type       | What it does                                                          |
| ------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Character Model**             | GameObject | The humanoid FBX or prefab to build from. Must be set to Humanoid.    |
| **Generate Ragdoll System**     | toggle     | Auto-detects bones and builds a physics ragdoll.                      |
| **Auto-Setup Footstep Sensors** | toggle     | Places foot sensors under each foot bone.                             |
| **Create Camera Controller**    | toggle     | Spawns the third-person `rCameraController` rig.                      |
| **Create Mobile/HUD UI**        | toggle     | Adds the on-screen joystick and HUD canvas.                           |
| **Auto-Assign Audio Clips**     | toggle     | Fills in the default sound set.                                       |
| **Create Character**            | button     | Assembles everything and drops the finished character into the scene. |

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### Before you start

Your model must be set to **Humanoid**. The Character Creator checks this and refuses to proceed otherwise — if you see a red error, select your FBX, open the **Rig** tab in the import settings, set **Animation Type → Humanoid**, and hit Apply.

{% hint style="info" %}
Why Humanoid? Rigonix drives everything — IK, ragdoll bone detection, foot sensors — through Unity's humanoid avatar bone map. That's what lets the same rig work on any humanoid model you throw at it.
{% endhint %}

### Create your character

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#### Open the Character Creator

Go to **Tools → Rigonix → Third Person Controller → Character Creator**.
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#### Drag in your model

Drop your humanoid FBX or prefab into the **Character Model** field. A live preview appears below, and a green banner confirms *"Success: Humanoid Character Detected."*
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#### Pick your setup options

Toggle what you want generated (see the table above for what each does). Leave them all on for your first character.
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#### Hit Create Character

The green **Create Character** button assembles everything and drops the finished character into your scene, already selected.
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#### Press Play

Move with **WASD**, look with the **mouse**, **Space** to jump, **Left Ctrl** to crouch, **Left Shift** to sprint. A gamepad works out of the box too.
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### What just got built

The creator adds a `RigonixController` and a `RigonixCharacterCore` to your model, plus the required `Rigidbody`, `Animator`, and `Collider`. If you're wondering why there are *two* Rigonix components instead of one — that's the Core/Controller split, and it's worth understanding early. See Core vs Controller.

### Prefer to do it by hand?

The Character Creator is a convenience, not a requirement. If you'd rather wire the components manually — or you're retrofitting an existing character — see Creating a Character Manually.


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