Major changes from runtime testing and iteration:
- Asset manifest (manifest.json) controls all available content —
replaces filesystem scanning, solves DirAccess/PCK export issue
- Dynamic tabs: only show tabs with manifest content
- Body segmentation: face-based exclusive assignment, hips split from
torso, torso_upper independent (not a variant)
- Eye color with iris-only mask from T_Eye_Split.png green channel
- Eyebrows tinted with hair color (from body segment, not separate GLB)
- Hair/clothing loaded as skinned meshes on shared skeleton
- Segment hiding disabled for clothing (solidify handles coverage)
- Gender-aware randomizer (no facial hair on female/teen)
- Clothing slots hidden when empty in manifest
- UI: color docks docked to bottom on all tabs, padding, flow layout
- Debug tab with per-segment visibility toggles
- Screenshot automation with test config JSON
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Full character creation UI with 5-tab customisation panel (Body, Head,
Hair, Clothing, Accessories), live 3D compositor preview via SubViewport,
D-165 color picker modal, keyboard navigation, and game flow integration.
- CharacterCreation scene + script (~1440 lines) implementing wireframe spec
- SubViewport with Camera3D (frontal/dramatic/overhead presets per D-158)
- Cardinal rotation (Q/E) per D-155, randomise (R), Tab/Enter/Esc navigation
- Body type grid (11 types, D-159), skin tone dock (9 tones, shared state)
- Head template, hair, facial hair, eyebrow grids with DirAccess asset scanning
- Clothing slot selector with per-item Primary/Secondary/Accent tints
- Accessory slot selector with Primary/Secondary tints (Array[Color] descriptor)
- 54-swatch color picker modal (D-165) with hex input and recent colors
- Auto-derive flags for highlight, eyebrow tint, facial hair tint from hair primary
- Game flow: main_menu → archetype select → character creation → game start
- GameState.character_visual_descriptor field for gameplay consumption
- Updated accessory_tints from single Color to Array[Color] in descriptor + compositor
- 40+ GdUnit tests covering scene structure, signals, keyboard nav, color derivation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add CharacterVisualDescriptor (11-variant BodyType enum, wire format
encode/decode, body_type_key mapping) and CharacterVisual compositor
(runtime 3D character assembler with slot architecture, BoneAttachment3D,
clothing coverage, recolor mask loading, skin tone tinting, bone
validation). Includes 64 unit tests and Blender utility scripts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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