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[sharp canyon]

Can someone please help me troubleshoot this issue. I can't figure out why it's behaving as it is. I've got a maze generation script. I want the maze to generate on a grid, leaving borders on the top, bottom, left, and right - each 1-unit thick. The problem is that the the walls on the right and bottom sides are generating 2 units thick. Here is the main part of the maze generation script:

def get_neighbors(x, y):
    neighbors = []
    for direction in DIRECTIONS:
        nx, ny = x + direction[0] * 2, y + direction[1] * 2
        # Ensure that we are not going out of bounds and respect the maze's borders
        if 1 <= nx <= COLS - 1 and 1 <= ny <= ROWS - 1 and not visited[ny][nx]:
            neighbors.append((nx, ny))
    random.shuffle(neighbors)
    return neighbors

def generate_maze():
    x, y = 1, 1
    stack.append((x, y))
    visited[y][x] = True
    maze[y][x] = 0

    while stack:
        draw_maze()
        pygame.display.update()
        clock.tick(60)

        x, y = stack[-1]
        neighbors = get_neighbors(x, y)

        if neighbors:
            nx, ny = neighbors[0]
            stack.append((nx, ny))
            visited[ny][nx] = True

            # Remove the wall between the current cell and the chosen cell
            maze[(y + ny) // 2][(x + nx) // 2] = 0
            maze[ny][nx] = 0
        else:
            stack.pop()

# Initialize maze grid with all walls, leaving borders intact
for row in range(ROWS):
    for col in range(COLS):
        if row == 0 or row == ROWS - 1 or col == 0 or col == COLS - 1:
            maze[row][col] = 1  # Borders remain as walls
        else:
            maze[row][col] = 1  # Inside cells initially walls but will be carved

[inland steeple]

Hey @sharp canyon!

It looks like you incorrectly specified a language for your code block.

Make sure you put your code on a new line following py. There must not be any spaces after py.

Here is an example of how it should look:
```py
print('Hello, world!')
```

This will result in the following:

print('Hello, world!')```
You can **edit your original message** to correct your code block.

[inland steeple]

@sharp canyon

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[sharp canyon]

The primary part of the maze generation script is the part that finds neighbors:

def get_neighbors(x, y):
    neighbors = []
    for direction in DIRECTIONS:
        nx, ny = x + direction[0] * 2, y + direction[1] * 2
        # Ensure that we are not going out of bounds and respect the maze's borders
        if 1 <= nx <= COLS - 1 and 1 <= ny <= ROWS - 1 and not visited[ny][nx]:
            neighbors.append((nx, ny))
    random.shuffle(neighbors)
    return neighbors

When I change the <= COLS - 1 to be < COLS - 1 it removes the border completely. But with the = it makes it 2 thick

I can't figure out why

Nevermind. I figured it out. It's because of the * 2 making the path always snap to multiples of 2n + 1

[inland steeple]

@sharp canyon

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