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    totebototebo Member
    in General questions
    I've been trying (and failing) to create a function that spits out a level structure of "hub levels" and "levels". The higher the level, the more levels should go between hubs;
    Level 1 (hub)
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4 (hub)
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8 (hub)
Level 9
Level 10
Level 11
Level 12
Level 13 (hub)
Level 14
Level 15
Level 16
Level 17
Level 18
Level 19 (hub)
    Can anyone help me figure this one out?
    My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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    • totebototebo Member
      Ideally something like getLevels( total_levels, levels_between_first_and_second_hub, level_increase_per_hub ).
      My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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    • hgy29hgy29 Maintainer
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      I must have misunderstood what you are after since it sounds simple to me:
      local function getLevels( total_levels, levels_between_first_and_second_hub, level_increase_per_hub)
	local nexthub=levels_between_first_and_second_hub
	local level=1
	local levels={}
	local function makeLevel(isHub)
		if isHub then
			print("Level "..level.." (hub)")
		else
			print("Level "..level)
		end
		level=level+1
		total_levels=total_levels-1
		table.insert(levels,{levelNum=level,hub=isHub})
	end
	--First level is a hub
	makeLevel(true)
	--Generate subsequent levels
	while total_levels>0 do
		if nexthub==0 then
			levels_between_first_and_second_hub=levels_between_first_and_second_hub+level_increase_per_hub
			nexthub=levels_between_first_and_second_hub
			makeLevel(true)
		else
			nexthub=nexthub-1
			makeLevel(false)
		end
	end
	return levels
end
 
getLevels(19,2,1)
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    • totebototebo Member
      I'll try this out in the morning, but it looks fantastic. Remember, "simple" is relative. :)
      My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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    • antixantix Member
      Maybe something like this might work?
      Levels = Core.class()
 
function Levels:init()
  self.betweenCount = 0
  self.hubCountDown = 0 
end
 
function Levels:makeLevel()
  local hubCountDown = self.hubCountDown - 1
  if hubCountDown < 0 then
    local betweenCount = self.betweenCount + 1 -- increment gap between levels and hubs
    hubCountDown = betweenCount -- start counting down again
    -- generate hub
  else
    -- generate level
  end
  self.hubCountDown = hubCountDown
end

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    • vitalitymobilevitalitymobile Member
      Use Fibonacci number as Hub, Why not? (Just for kidding) :p

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      Coming soon
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    • totebototebo Member
      Beautiful, thanks guys. I went with @hgy29's one, works a charm! I can work out most things, but that one had me stumped for some reason.

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      My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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    • antixantix Member
      Most often it's the little things that make you brain freeze :D
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