How do I Fix layout with random sized boxes filling all gaps

I'm attempting to fill a layout with random sized 9-patches. filling all the gaps.

I've got the width working for 1 row, but want to continue this randomization to fill the whole layout.

the minimum width of a box is 128 and the max can be the layout width (divisible by 128)

same would go with the height.

I'm just not sure how to make it so that they dont generate over each other for the next row.

here's a picture of what i have so far.

Made some progress. I've got the boxes all filled up, but some of them are overlapping with themselves in height.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/403350/blockGeneration.capx

Any ideas how to fix the ones that are overlapping ?

The approach i went with, was to fill the layout with boxes, then for each box, spawn a 9 patch on top of it, while deleting any boxes that that new 9 path overlapped, until there's no more original boxes.

Ok i figured out a way to get them to stop overlapping now.

For some reason now i get a lot of 1 sized height blocks and increasing my randomization of the starting size to a higher number doesnt seem to work.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/403350/generationTest2_v003.capx

I'm sure there's a fancier math solution to all of this lol.

Is this what you need ?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv9rhivgm7v9n ... .capx?dl=0

99Instances2Go - Thanks! I'll dig into this and see if i understand what you are doing. I appreciate the time you took to make it !

Hi justifun - I know you've got a solution from 99Instances2Go , but this problem stuck in my brain and I couldn't let it go, so here's one I came up with:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/viwoutpz4by0g ... .capx?dl=0

I haven't been able to view 99Instances2Go 's as it's done in a later version of C2 - so apologies if it's the same.

mekonbekon

99Instances2Go

I love a good challenge, and i was trying different solutions for a few days before asking the community for help.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

I also came up with a method. although yours are both more elegant.

I used a tilemap and generated a random area to fill. Then I placed a tiled background over the same area.

Next I checked for the next blank space, and generated another square to fill (making sure to not overlap a previous square.

Its kinda sloppy but it works! check it out!

I'll probably go back and try to optimize it more along the way you guys approached it.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/403350/grid_forum.capx

mekonbekon

99Instances2Go

added a live demo

Live Demo: (hit refresh to generate a new layout) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/403350/grid-forum/index.html