Character Creation Overhaul (#7987)

* Rebase fail. good thing I made back ups. c:

* Tails more or less done

* wouldn't update cleanly otherwise

* It's completly working now. holy fuck I did it

Just need the refurbished body markings done, then to chop 'em up for full PR status

* MARKINGS DONE AAAAAAAAAAAAA

* fixes digi legs that didn't convert correctly

* ports the refractored preferences

Kinda ugly now tbh. but fuckit

* quality sweep, things should should properly now in general

* Taurs converted and improved! BODYMARKING -> MATRIXED

* oops. s'what I get for not compile checking

* remember to throw shade at furries

* vigorously update markings upon switching species and colors

* re-adds old wolf ears, Big Wolf fixes snout bugs

* few more snout tweaks

* cut the lists, cut everything. reeee

* This code I s2g

* Adds context clues to preferences

Hopefully people will read them before making an OOC fuss

* Fixes hands and feet markings with this one weird trick

remember kids, proper layering and order of operations is important

* Sprite tweaking and polishing

Sergal stuff being worked on

* a few QoL things for species swapping

* how the fuck did I miss these markings

* fleshes out sprites in preperation for marking experimentation later

* fixes catboy problems

* Mam_snout is a thing now,

* pixel adjusted tails, cleaned up wah tail a bit better

also gets digitgate legs missing pixels fixed

* cleans up more shit. ree

* force "plain" instead of none to avoid missing pixel reports

* tweaks to reinspire mapdiff

* Clean up Preference UI

Looks a little better now

* k

* doubly ensure None markings aren't valid

* reee spessman barbie

* brightens pixels around tiger head markings

* YEENS

* Cat ears tweaked because it triggers Kev otherwise

* another session of quality control

* Crows and crow accessories

* husk fixes

* works good enough, mission accomplished

* fixes the proc properly

* cleans up brute force code that isn't needed

* c a t

code/modules/client/client_procs.dm

@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(external_rsc_urls)
 	GLOB.ahelp_tickets.ClientLogout(src)
 	GLOB.directory -= ckey
 	GLOB.clients -= src
+	QDEL_LIST_ASSOC_VAL(char_render_holders)
 	if(movingmob != null)
 		movingmob.client_mobs_in_contents -= mob
 		UNSETEMPTY(movingmob.client_mobs_in_contents)
@@ -877,3 +878,23 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(external_rsc_urls)
 /client/proc/AnnouncePR(announcement)
 	if(prefs && prefs.chat_toggles & CHAT_PULLR)
 		to_chat(src, announcement)
+
+/client/proc/show_character_previews(mutable_appearance/MA)
+	var/pos = 0
+	for(var/D in GLOB.cardinals)
+		pos++
+		var/obj/screen/O = LAZYACCESS(char_render_holders, "[D]")
+		if(!O)
+			O = new
+			LAZYSET(char_render_holders, "[D]", O)
+			screen |= O
+		O.appearance = MA
+		O.dir = D
+		O.screen_loc = "character_preview_map:0,[pos]"
+
+/client/proc/clear_character_previews()
+	for(var/index in char_render_holders)
+		var/obj/screen/S = char_render_holders[index]
+		screen -= S
+		qdel(S)
+	char_render_holders = null