Making nice brick wall

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi all!  :slight_smile:

Can you give me a hint how to make nice brick wall (like one on the attached picture).

So if I make it like this:

for i = 1, ((screenHeight + brick.height) / brick.height)) do

      for j = 1, ((screenWidth + brick.width) / brick.width)) do

                brick = display.newImage(“brick.png”)

                brick.x = (screenLeft - brick.width) + (brick.width) * j   -------- ScreenLeft is a constant

                brick.y = brick.height * i

                bricks:insert(bricks, brick)

      end

end

I get an even wall with bricks in every next row evened with previous row, and so on…

I do not want that, I want them to look like on the attached picture  :slight_smile:

So first row should be evened with third row, and second row should be evened with fourth row…

I want the bricks to fill entire screen.

Tnx!

Goran

#2

Would something like this work? It uses the modulo operator to detect if the row number is odd or even and then shifts the row bricks accordingly

for i = 1, ((screenHeight + brick.height) / brick.height)) do

      for j = 1, ((screenWidth + brick.width) / brick.width)) do

                brick = display.newImage(“brick.png”)

                if i % 2 == 0 then – even row

                     brick.x = (screenLeft - brick.width) + (brick.width) * j   -------- ScreenLeft is a constant

                else --odd row

                     brick.x = (screenLeft - brick.width) + (brick.width * 0.5) * j   -------- stagger by half a brick width

                end

                brick.y = brick.height * i

                bricks:insert(bricks, brick)

      end

end

#3

Hi jerejigga,

It does not work…

In even rows bricks are stacked…

I will play around with this more  :slight_smile:

Tnx.

#4

Hi jerejigga,

When you play around with x-es in even and odd rows everything turns out OK!

Many thanks!

#5

That’s great! I am glad it worked it worked out for you!

#6

Would something like this work? It uses the modulo operator to detect if the row number is odd or even and then shifts the row bricks accordingly

for i = 1, ((screenHeight + brick.height) / brick.height)) do

      for j = 1, ((screenWidth + brick.width) / brick.width)) do

                brick = display.newImage(“brick.png”)

                if i % 2 == 0 then – even row

                     brick.x = (screenLeft - brick.width) + (brick.width) * j   -------- ScreenLeft is a constant

                else --odd row

                     brick.x = (screenLeft - brick.width) + (brick.width * 0.5) * j   -------- stagger by half a brick width

                end

                brick.y = brick.height * i

                bricks:insert(bricks, brick)

      end

end

#7

Hi jerejigga,

It does not work…

In even rows bricks are stacked…

I will play around with this more  :slight_smile:

Tnx.

#8

Hi jerejigga,

When you play around with x-es in even and odd rows everything turns out OK!

Many thanks!

#9

That’s great! I am glad it worked it worked out for you!