Merging characters
This article covers the web app.
Ended up with the same character entered twice, maybe once from a script import and once by hand? Merge them into one. Merging pulls all the data from the duplicates onto a single character you choose to keep.
Merging is web only and owner only. You need the owner role on the project to do it; editors and readers will not see the action.
Merging two or more characters
- Open your Principals list and turn on Edit Mode.
- Tick the two or more characters you want to combine.
- Open the batch actions menu and choose Merge Characters.
- In the Merge Characters dialog, pick the target character to keep from the Select target character dropdown. The dialog shows which characters merge in and which one survives.
- Click the Merge button to confirm.
What happens to the data
Everything attached to the other characters moves onto the one you kept: their changes and looks, garments, costume and makeup assets, and their scene links. The characters you merged in are then archived, so they drop out of the main list but are not deleted.
Merging cannot be undone. Double-check you picked the right character to keep before you confirm, because the others will be archived and their data reassigned.
If you only want to tidy a character out of the list rather than combine duplicates, archive it instead. See Archiving characters.