void Start()
    {
        playerCharNames = new List <string> ();
        enemyCharNames  = new List <string> ();

        GameObject    go = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.windowPrefab);
        RectTransform titleScreenWindow = go.transform.GetChild(0) as RectTransform;

        titleScreenWindow.anchorMin = new Vector2(.25f, .25f);
        titleScreenWindow.anchorMax = new Vector2(.75f, .75f);
        titleScreenWindow.offsetMin = new Vector2(0f, 0f);
        titleScreenWindow.offsetMax = new Vector2(1f, 1f);

        titleMenu = titleScreenWindow.GetComponent <GenericDialog> ();
        titleMenu.SetTitle("Arena Tactics");
        titleMenu.SetHeaderHeight(60);
        titleMenu.Title.fontSize = 28;
        titleMenu.Content.GetComponent <VerticalLayoutGroup> ().spacing = 10f;

        OptButton newChar = AddMenuButton("Create New Character");

        newChar.OnOptLeftClicked += (button) => {
            SceneManager.LoadScene(GameManager.persistentInstance.StringSceneName(GameManager.SceneName.CHARACTER_CREATION));
        };

        OptButton skirmish = AddMenuButton("Skirmish");

        skirmish.OnOptLeftClicked += (button) => {
            playerCharNames.Clear();
            enemyCharNames.Clear();
            titleScreenWindow.gameObject.SetActive(false);
            GameObject skirmishWindow = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.dialogWindowPrefab);


            GenericDialog skirmDialog = UIPrefabs.instance.GetDialogWindow(skirmishWindow);
            skirmDialog.OnConfirmed += ConfirmAndStartSkirmish;
            skirmDialog.SetHeaderHeight(60);
            skirmDialog.Title.fontSize = 28;
            RectTransform swindow = skirmDialog.gameObject.transform as RectTransform;
            swindow.anchorMin = new Vector2(.10f, .10f);
            swindow.anchorMax = new Vector2(.90f, .90f);
            swindow.offsetMin = new Vector2(0f, 0f);
            swindow.offsetMax = new Vector2(1f, 1f);

            skirmDialog.SetTitle("New Skirmish");
            skirmDialog.OnCanceled += (GenericDialog self) => {
                Destroy(skirmishWindow);
                titleScreenWindow.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            };

            skirmDialog.DisableConfirm();


            TextElement teMap = skirmDialog.AddTextContent("Select a map:");
            teMap.textObject.fontSize  = 20;
            teMap.textObject.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;

            GameObject        mapDropdown          = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.dropdownMenu);
            DropdownInterface mapDropdownInterface = mapDropdown.GetComponent <DropdownInterface>();
            mapDropdownInterface.ClearOptions();
            foreach (GameManager.MapNameToPrefab mnp in GameManager.persistentInstance.maps)
            {
                mapDropdownInterface.AddOption(mnp.name);
            }
            //makes the current prefab set to the top option after populating them.
            mapDropdownInterface.DropdownChanged();

            //mapDropdownInterface.AddOption("hihf");
//			Debug.LogError("seetting to null");
            GameManager.persistentInstance.currentBattleMapPrefab = null;
            mapDropdownInterface.OnDropdownChanged += (DropdownInterface self) => {
                Debug.Log("Changed to " + self.StringValue);
                GameManager.persistentInstance.SetCurrentMapPrefabFromName(self.StringValue);
                //Debug.Log("new one: " + GameManager.persistentInstance.currentBattleMapPrefab.name);
            };
            mapDropdown.transform.SetParent(skirmDialog.Content, false);

            GameManager.persistentInstance.SetCurrentMapPrefabFromName(mapDropdownInterface.StringValue);



            GameObject horizontal = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.horizontalLayoutElementPrefab);

            horizontal.GetComponent <LayoutElement>().preferredHeight = 400;
            horizontal.transform.SetParent(skirmDialog.Content);
            horizontal.GetComponent <HorizontalLayoutGroup>().padding = new RectOffset(20, 20, 20, 0);
            horizontal.GetComponent <HorizontalLayoutGroup>().spacing = 20;

            GameObject    playerWindow = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.windowPrefab);
            GenericDialog playerDialog = UIPrefabs.instance.GetDialogWindow(playerWindow);
            playerDialog.SetHeaderHeight(0);
            playerDialog.Title.text = "";
            playerDialog.transform.SetParent(horizontal.transform);

            GameObject    enemyWindow = Instantiate(UIPrefabs.instance.windowPrefab);
            GenericDialog enemyDialog = UIPrefabs.instance.GetDialogWindow(enemyWindow);
            enemyDialog.SetHeaderHeight(0);
            enemyDialog.Title.text = "";
            enemyDialog.transform.SetParent(horizontal.transform);

            AddTeamInterface("Player", playerCharNames, playerDialog, skirmDialog);
            AddTeamInterface("Enemy", enemyCharNames, enemyDialog, skirmDialog);
        };

        if (GameManager.persistentInstance.ExportedCharacterNames().Count == 0)
        {
            skirmish.Disable();
            skirmish.OnOptMousedOver += (button) => {
                UIManager.instance.Tooltip.Show(skirmish.transform as RectTransform);
                UIManager.instance.Tooltip.SetText("Before you can skirmish, you need to create at least one character.");
            };
            skirmish.OnOptMousedOut += (button) => {
                UIManager.instance.Tooltip.Hide();
            };
        }
    }