lol.. yes. The camera is locked in place. (I made that mistake earlier haha) I think the problem is adding the run. For some reason somewhere along the line it is calculating the run about 15 frames b4 it begins no matter how many locked actors or consistant parts there are. I discovered this when I deleted the running section of the animation and the characters stayed put. Now I just have to figure out what's causing that or render the run as a seperate animation and hope I can seamlessly edit them. The problem is, they all start to run at different times, so there will always be someone skating b4 the run. Thanks for the help. R