Drawing a box using rule tiles in unity

Question

SO I have a tile sprite like so :

I want to use this to draw boxes on a 2d map using rule tiles. But I can't seem to get how to set rules for it in unity.

These are the rules I have :

And this is what I get when I try to draw a map:

I understand why I get this, as the rules 4 and 5 are redundant and rules 2 and 3 take precedence but I included them any to tell what I am aiming for.

I tried using custom rule tile, even there it seem like its more for connecting different tile rather then dealing with sprites of same tile

PS: also ignore the mirroring on rule 2, it has no purpose, just something I forgot take away when I took the screen shot

Answer 1

Switch tile 2 from mirroring (↔️) to fixed (⚪). The mirror rule is letting it sub-in for the job of tile 5, which you don't want.

For all the straight wall segments (tiles 2-5), add an arrow in the direction pointing away from the wall. e.g. for tile 2 that would look like:

  ⬆️
⬅️⚪✖️
  ⬇️

Think of these as the directions someone standing in the center of the tile could move without leaving the walled area. They can walk along the wall or away from the wall toward the interior, but not through the wall to the outside.

It's this extra "this way inside" information that lets the rule decide when to place a left wall or a right wall, a top wall or a bottom wall.

Answer 2

So I ended up creating two rule tiles ,

1. For the top left border

2. For the bottom right border

Then made sure I use those tile on the respective edges like so:

using UnityEngine.Tilemaps;

void Start() {
    tm = GetComponent<Tilemap>();
}

void placeBoxBorder( int width, int height, RuleTile bottomRightTile, RuleTile topLeftTile) {
        for (int row = 0; row < height; row++) {
            for (int col = 0; col < width; col++) {
                Vector3Int vector3Int = new Vector3Int(row, col, 0);
                // Draw top left edge
                if ((col == 0 || row == height - 1)) {
                    tm.SetTile(vector3Int, topLeftTile);
                }
    
                // Draw bottom right edge excluding the top right corner
                if ((row == 0 || (col == width - 1 && row != height - 1))) {
                    tm.SetTile(vector3Int, bottomRightTile);
                }
            }
        }
    }