well, heres the solution i use for crosstalk: if i want more female figures in a scene, instead of loading 3 vickys, ill load a vicky, a stephanie, a supermodel vicky, or any other character (handspan studios brigit, etc). same for mike. the first mike will be mike2, the second boris, etc. this not only ensures theres no crosstalk, but that my characters remain unique :) cheers, -gabriel