Character Creator v2 — What's coming
7 character pack providers in, 5 export targets out. The biggest CC release yet.
Character Creator v2 ships as the character module inside the new unified GameDevBuddy plugin — one UE5 plugin, every module included. Bring in characters from the source you already use; ship them to the runtime you already use.
A single plugin, multiple modules
GameDevBuddy is now one Unreal Engine plugin with every module bundled in: Character Creator, Oracle, Forge, Hoard, Prism. No more chasing separate marketplace listings or wiring multiple plugins together. Install the GDB plugin once and every module is available — the licence you hold determines what's unlocked.
Character Creator v2 is the first module to land its full v2 surface in the unified plugin.
What's coming in v2
7 providers in
CC v2 expands the import surface from one pack to seven of the most-used character sources in indie dev:
- Synty Sidekick — the original (already shipping in v1).
- Synty Modular — Synty's full modular character ecosystem, beyond Sidekick.
- Synty Classic — full-body Synty packs for the older non-modular library.
- Mixamo — drop a Mixamo character in, get a CC-ready rig with parts.
- Daz Studio — import Genesis-family characters with morph + texture passes preserved.
- Reallusion CC4 — Character Creator 4 imports with bone-mapping into UE.
- Reallusion CC5 — same for CC5, day-one when Reallusion ships.
Mix sources within a single project. Use Daz heads on Synty bodies. The pipeline doesn't care.
5 export targets out
Once you've authored a character, CC v2 ships it into the runtime that fits your project:
- Narrative Pro — drop characters straight into Narrative dialogue trees.
- ESRPG — ESRPG-flavoured attribute sets, abilities and animation BPs.
- GASP — Game Animation Sample Project bundles with all hooks pre-wired.
- Mover — ready for Epic's Mover plugin out of the box.
- Third Person Character — clean UE5 third-person template integration.
One author step. Five ready-to-run target bundles. No more handcrafted retargeting per project.
When
v2 lands as part of the GameDevBuddy plugin v2.0 release. Track the per-provider and per-target rollout on the Character Creator roadmap.
Existing Character Creator users
If you're on v0.9 (early-bird beta) you'll get v2 as a free upgrade. Your existing presets, customisations and Sidekick configurations carry forward into the unified plugin — Synty Sidekick stays first-class, just no longer the only option.