Do you have character creation implemented yet in that they have gear/skills? When starting the game as you describe, if you have the CharacterCreation folder from main it should randomly assign your character in the editor a preset class. If it's not doing that you aren't setup right yet.
Also when you say stats at 0, do you mean attributes or abilities? cause the Attributes should either be all 5's or the defaults from the main game for each class.
Sorry for these 5-minute-long delays, can't reply faster due to spam protection.
Anyway, here's what I mean by "0"
As for proper setup, I just followed this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=276641529So if there are extra steps, I wouldn't know about them
