Lost of character after package game

HI there, basically i have checked in the default pawn class to be my character i have created and animated. however when i finish packaging the game and open it up, the character is not there, but the level design is.

Hey eatallthetofu ,

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue, and we appreciate your patience while awaiting a response. In order to assist you in an effective manner and to increase our support within this section of the AnswerHub, we would like to see if you are still experiencing the issue you are reporting in engine versions 4.8.3 and/or 4.9.2?

If so, would you mind providing some simple steps, screenshots, or any other relevant pieces of information to help us reproduce the issue on our end?

Thanks,