maze.lua: add support for varying the path width and length, but we're enountering issues.

We keep getting loops, which should be impossible - and when the path 
width is more than 1 it misses out a bit in the bottom right of a corner 
from horizontal to up.

maze.lua

@@ -22,19 +22,26 @@ local M = {}
 -- function to print out the world
 ----------------------------------
 function M.printspace(space, w, h)
-        for y = 0, h - 1, 1 do
-                local line = ""
-                for x = 0, w - 1, 1 do
-                        line = line .. space[y][x]
-                end
-                print(line)
-        end
+	for y = 0, h - 1, 1 do
+		local line = ""
+		for x = 0, w - 1, 1 do
+			line = line .. space[y][x]
+		end
+		print(line)
+	end
 end
 
 -- Initialise the world
 
-function M.generate_maze(seed, width, height)
-    start_time = os.clock()
+function M.generate_maze(seed, width, height, path_length, path_width)
+	start_time = os.clock()
+    
+    if not path_length then path_length = 2 end
+    if not path_width then path_width = 1 end
+    
+    path_length = 3
+    path_width = 1
+    
 	-- minetest.log("action", "width: "..width..", height: "..height)
 	math.randomseed(seed) -- seed the random number generator with the system clock
 
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ function M.generate_maze(seed, width, height)
 			world[y][x] = "#"
 		end
 	end
-
+    
 	-- do a random walk to create pathways
 	local nodes = {} -- the nodes left that we haven't investigated
 	local curnode = 1 -- the node we are currently operating on
@@ -61,40 +68,60 @@ function M.generate_maze(seed, width, height)
 		--print("Currently at (" .. cx .. ", " .. cy .. ")")
 
 		local directions = "" -- the different directions we can move
-		if cy - 2 > 0 and world[cy - 2][cx] == "#" then
+		if cy - path_length > 0 and world[cy - path_length][cx] == "#" then
 			directions = directions .. "u"
 		end
-		if cy + 2 < height and world[cy + 2][cx] == "#" then
+		if cy + path_length < height and world[cy + path_length][cx] == "#" then
 			directions = directions .. "d"
 		end
-		if cx - 2 > 0 and world[cy][cx - 2] == "#" then
+		if cx - path_length > 0 and world[cy][cx - path_length] == "#" then
 			directions = directions .. "l"
 		end
-		if cx + 2 < width and world[cy][cx + 2] == "#" then
+		if cx + path_length < width and world[cy][cx + path_length] == "#" then
 			directions = directions .. "r"
 		end
-		--print("radar output: '" .. directions .. "' (length: " .. #directions .. "), curnode: " .. curnode)
+		print("radar output: '" .. directions .. "' (length: " .. #directions .. "), curnode: " .. curnode)
 		if #directions > 0 then
 			-- we still have somewhere that we can go
 			--print("This node is not a dead end yet.")
 			local curdirnum = math.random(1, #directions)
 			local curdir = string.sub(directions, curdirnum, curdirnum)
 			if curdir == "u" then
-				world[cy - 1][cx] = " "
-				world[cy - 2][cx] = " "
-				cy = cy - 2
+                for ix = cx,cx+path_width-1 do
+                    for iy = cy-path_length,cy do
+                        world[iy][ix] = " "
+                    end
+                end
+				-- world[cy - 1][cx] = " "
+				-- world[cy - 2][cx] = " "
+				cy = cy - path_length
 			elseif curdir == "d" then
-				world[cy + 1][cx] = " "
-				world[cy + 2][cx] = " "
-				cy = cy + 2
+                for ix = cx,cx+path_width-1 do
+                    for iy = cy,cy+path_length do
+                        world[iy][ix] = " "
+                    end
+                end
+				-- world[cy + 1][cx] = " "
+				-- world[cy + 2][cx] = " "
+				cy = cy + path_length
 			elseif curdir == "l" then
-				world[cy][cx - 1] = " "
-				world[cy][cx - 2] = " "
-				cx = cx - 2
+                for iy = cy,cy+path_width-1 do
+                    for ix = cx-path_length,cx do
+                        world[iy][ix] = " "
+                    end
+                end
+				-- world[cy][cx - 1] = " "
+				-- world[cy][cx - 2] = " "
+				cx = cx - path_length
 			elseif curdir == "r" then
-				world[cy][cx + 1] = " "
-				world[cy][cx + 2] = " "
-				cx = cx + 2
+                for iy = cy,cy+path_width-1 do
+                    for ix = cx,cx+path_length-1 do
+                        world[iy][ix] = " "
+                    end
+                end
+				-- world[cy][cx + 1] = " "
+				-- world[cy][cx + 2] = " "
+				cx = cx + path_length
 			end
 
 			table.insert(nodes, { x = cx, y = cy })
@@ -113,10 +140,11 @@ function M.generate_maze(seed, width, height)
 				--print("Maze generation complete, no teleportation necessary.")
 			end
 		end
-		--printspace(world, width, height)
+		M.printspace(world, width, height)
+        io.read("*l")
 	end
     
-    end_time = os.clock()
+	end_time = os.clock()
     
 	return world, (end_time - start_time) * 1000
 end