added the charater creation view base functionality

Assets/Code/GameState/Entities/ModifiersFactory.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using Jovian.InspectorTools;
 using Jovian.Logger;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;

Assets/Code/GameState/UI/CharacterCreationReference.cs

@@ -2,27 +2,30 @@ using TMPro;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 
-public class CharacterCreationReference : MonoBehaviour {
-    public Canvas canvas;
-    //top
-    public Button backButton;
-    public Button settingsButton;
+namespace Nox.UI {
+    public class CharacterCreationReference : MonoBehaviour {
+        public Canvas canvas;
 
-    //left
-    public TMP_Dropdown raceDropdown;
-    public TMP_Dropdown classDropdown;
-    public TMP_Dropdown perksDropdown;
-    public AttributeReference[] attributeReference;
-    public StatReference[] statReference;
+        //top
+        public Button backButton;
+        public Button settingsButton;
 
-    //center
-    public Button backButtonCenter;
-    public Button acceptButton;
+        //left
+        public TMP_Dropdown raceDropdown;
+        public TMP_Dropdown classDropdown;
+        public TMP_Dropdown perksDropdown;
+        public AttributeReference[] attributeReference;
+        public StatReference[] statReference;
 
-    //right
-    public Image portraitImage;
-    public Button portraitSelectionLeftButton;
-    public Button portraitSelectionRightButton;
-    public TMP_InputField nameInputField;
-    public Button startGameButton;
+        //center
+        public Button backButtonCenter;
+        public Button acceptButton;
+
+        //right
+        public Image portraitImage;
+        public Button portraitSelectionLeftButton;
+        public Button portraitSelectionRightButton;
+        public TMP_InputField nameInputField;
+        public Button startGameButton;
+    }
 }

Assets/Code/GameState/UI/CharacterCreationView.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Nox.Core;
+using Nox.Game.UI;
+
+namespace Nox.UI {
+    public class CharacterCreationView : IMenuView {
+        // we need prefab reference from the menu view, character creation data, save system, modifier calculation, gamemode state to start the game
+        // party creation data/system,
+        public CharacterCreationView(CharacterCreationReference characterCreationReference, MenuGameStateData menuGameStateData) {
+            characterCreationReference.startGameButton.onClick.AddListener(() => menuGameStateData.startGameRequests?.Invoke(PlayMode.Adventure));
+        }
+
+        public void Initialize() {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public void Tick() {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public void Show() {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public void Hide() {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public void Dispose() {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Code/GameState/UI/CharacterCreationView.cs.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 555173dcbeb04c44b6f02f04fb1cb762
+timeCreated: 1775381234

Assets/Code/SplashMainMenuUI/MainMenuView.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Nox.Game;
 using Jovian.SaveSystem;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.AddressableAssets;
+using UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.AsyncOperations;
 using PlayMode = Nox.Core.PlayMode;
 
 namespace Nox.UI {
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ namespace Nox.UI {
         private readonly MenuGameStateData menuGameStateData;
         private readonly ISaveSystem saveSystem;
         private MainMenuReference mainMenuReference;
+        private CharacterCreationReference characterCreationReference;
+        private CharacterCreationView characterCreationView;
+        private AsyncOperationHandle<GameObject> charCreationHandle;
+
         public MainMenuView(MenuPrefabsContainer menuPrefabsContainer, MenuGameStateData menuGameStateData, ISaveSystem saveSystem) {
             this.menuPrefabsContainer = menuPrefabsContainer;
             this.menuGameStateData = menuGameStateData;
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Nox.UI {
             }
             mainMenuReference.exitButton.onClick.AddListener(Application.Quit);
             mainMenuReference.optionsButton.onClick.AddListener(() => {/* options logic here */});
-            mainMenuReference.newGameButton.onClick.AddListener(() => menuGameStateData.startGameRequests?.Invoke(PlayMode.Adventure));
+            mainMenuReference.newGameButton.onClick.AddListener(InitializeCharacterCreation);
 
             bool hasSave = saveSystem.HasAnySaves();
             mainMenuReference.continueButton.gameObject.SetActive(hasSave);
@@ -33,8 +38,27 @@ namespace Nox.UI {
                 mainMenuReference.continueButton.onClick.AddListener(() => menuGameStateData.continueGameRequest.Invoke());
             }
         }
-        public void Tick() { }
+
+        public void InitializeCharacterCreation() {
+            charCreationHandle = Addressables.InstantiateAsync(menuPrefabsContainer.characterCreationReference);
+            charCreationHandle.Task.ContinueWith(t => {
+                if(t.IsFaulted) {
+                    Debug.LogError(t.Exception);
+                }
+                characterCreationReference =t.Result.GetComponent<CharacterCreationReference>();
+                characterCreationView = new CharacterCreationView(characterCreationReference, menuGameStateData);
+                characterCreationView.Show();
+            });
+        }
+
+        public void Tick() {
+            characterCreationView?.Tick();
+        }
+
         public void Dispose() {
+            characterCreationView?.Dispose();
+            Object.Destroy(characterCreationReference.gameObject);
+            charCreationHandle.Release();
         }
     }
 }

Assets/Code/SplashMainMenuUI/MenuPrefabsContainer.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.AddressableAssets;
+using UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.ResourceLocations;
 
 namespace Nox.UI {
     [CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "MenuPrefabsContainer", menuName = "Nox/Database/UI/MenuPrefabContainer")]
     public class MenuPrefabsContainer : ScriptableObject {
         public AssetReference mainMenuReference;
+        public CharacterCreationReference characterCreationReference;
     }
 }

Assets/Prefabs/UI/CharacterCreationReference.prefab

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ GameObject:
   - component: {fileID: 3618468963710046005}
   - component: {fileID: 8834560166594506199}
   m_Layer: 5
-  m_Name: CharacterCreationView
+  m_Name: CharacterCreationReference
   m_TagString: Untagged
   m_Icon: {fileID: 0}
   m_NavMeshLayer: 0