Alternative to a Nested Loop

MathPickle

Nested Loops are not currently possible in Game Salad. What is the best alternative to a nested loop? Let's say I wanted to use them to lay out a hexagonal grid after the player inputs "n" - the number of hexagons along an edge. For example... for n = 3 the output would be:

   x x x
  x x x x
 x x x x x
  x x x x
   x x x

In 2010 FireMapleGames addressed an alternative to nested loops, but an update would be good as his links are no longer active.

Braydon_SFX

Hi @MathPickle‌ - Joe's demos are now hosted on our site.

Here is the demo you're looking for:

http://gshelper.com/shop/firemaplegames/firemaplegames-for-loop-demo/

EDIT: I'll add a revamp of this demo to my lists.

MathPickle

Wow! That is ugly and beautiful at the same time. Thanks Braydon!
If anyone comes up with something more elegant please post it below - in the mean time I'm off to study Braydon's 2010 solution ;-)

MathPickle

Okay - Here is an alternate solution for nested loops:

Inside an actor called "Spawn Row" use a loop to spawn your first row. Now increment the row index by 1; spawn a new actor "Spawn Row"; destroy the old actor called "Spawn Row". Stop when the row index is big enough.

Braydon_SFX

@MathPickle‌ - Yep, that's the gist of it. There might be an even easier way to accomplish this with the loop behavior (as you said) and the new functions available.