Ignore Lord Shield. Yeah.
But I think u got the wrong end of the stick. There is no import thing. You don't import the characters with the import function. Just create them in multiplayer and then start the game and save it. You could actually play as far as u want then save it and then copy the savegame folder into the single players saves directory and continue like that.
[This message has been edited by Vaskez (edited 05-08-2001).]