Generating parts in a square

[Iamthe_BestNoob12 (Bentley)]

i am making a game where you jump from tile to tile doging crazy events but i just dont know how to generate parts in a grid like pattern

[santafatso28 (Aeroqio)]

Use a double nested for loop. I’m rusty in lua (c++ instead), but I’ll give a pseudocode sample.

• Define numColumns, numRows.
• Define spacing gap (in studs)
• Outer for loop for row:
  • Define xOffset using your current index (i * gapSize)
  • Inner for loop for columns:
    • Define yOffset using your current index (i * gapSize)
    • Create your part, then move/offset it based on your x and y values.

What you end up with is a grid. Choosing different values for # iterations for x and y will turn it into a rectangle.

[wolfscouthello1]

Translated to lua:

local maxX=4
local maxY=4
local gap=5

for x=1,maxX do
for y=1,maxY do
local newPart=Instance.new('Part',workspace) or `YourPartHere`
newPart.Position=Vector3.new(x,0,y)*gap
end end

Please reply with any issues or concerns

[santafatso28 (Aeroqio)]

Looks like it should work. Thanks for helping here.

[ig1oo1 (hello)]

this would work but

@wolfscouthello1

Please reply with any issues or concerns

im really nitpicky, but the organization! it doesnt matter for functionality but it just looks nice, plus it can make it easier for ppl to understand the code. also, you cant define a center position for the squares to generate at and you cant set the square size (ik OP didnt specify this but i think he would want it). also, i think the OP should know that we are changing the Z axis for the rows, not the Y axis. heres a refined version

local origin = Vector3.new(0, 10, 0)  -- the point which the tiles should generate around
local tileSize = Vector3.new(5, 1, 5)  -- size of each tile
local numRows = 4
local numColumns = 4
local spacing = 5  -- # of studs between each tile

--[[
numRows would be the z axis (not y because y is up and down in 3D) and numColumns would be the x axis

       columns
  ┎--┐ ┎--┐ ┎--┐ ┎--┐
↑ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│-┓
│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│-┛
│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│-┓
z │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│-┛  rows
│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│-┓
│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│-┛
│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│ │▄▄│-┓
↓ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│ │▀▀│-┛
<--------- x --------->
]]

-- calculate total grid size
local totalSizeX = numColumns * tileSize.X + (numColumns - 1) * spacing
local totalSizeZ = numRows * tileSize.Z + (numRows - 1) * spacing

-- calculate the position of the top-left tile so the grid is centered around the origin
local startPosition = origin - Vector3.new(totalSizeX/2 - tileSize.X/2, 0, totalSizeZ/2 - tileSize.Z/2)

for xPosition = 0, numColumns - 1 do
    for zPosition = 0, numRows - 1 do
        local tile = Instance.new("Part")
        tile.Size = tileSize
        tile.Anchored = true
        tile.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
        tile.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")
        tile.Position = (
            startPosition +
            Vector3.new(
                xPosition * (tileSize.X + spacing),
                0,
                zPosition * (tileSize.Z + spacing)
            )
        )
        tile.Parent = workspace
    end
end

phew

that ascii diagram took way too long

[wolfscouthello1]

@ig1oo1

define a center position for the squares to generate at and you cant set the square size

You’re totally right! I was just being lazy :p Thank you so much for improving my code

[Iamthe_BestNoob12 (Bentley)]

thanks for that been trying to figure that out for days

[ig1oo1 (hello)]

no problem. also please make sure you read over the code and comments and do your best to understand it - this is extremely important to improve as a developer. if you have any questions, let me know