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tips in cargo bridge

Posted Jun 18, '09 at 5:58pm

9skilled9

9skilled9

70 posts

Iron - Squire

here are a couple of tips i have for cargobridge, if you have any other feel free to add them.

You don't need to use all your money up. infact the complete opposite. Adter you beat a level try going back and using less materials to save money and get more points.

In alot of levels there are 2 anchors directly above or below each other. You will find that if the bridge is 3 or more segments long these don't support the middle sections well and if something heavy or alot of workers travel on those segements they will collapse pretty easily. To avoid this try putting the suport in the shape of an "m" like this.
     ________
    /\\  /\\  /\\
___/__\\/__\\/__\\__
  |            |
  |            |

sorry i don't know how to take screenshots.

In the later levels when there is more different materials, it's ok to use a cheaper material if it does the job just as good but is still required for it not to collapse.

When you are making the support whether it's above or under you're walkway don't put to much framework as this will weigh you're structure down and cause it to collapse. If this does happen start by deleting the bars the fuesest to the outside as they are normally are the cause of the problem.

if your bridge keeps on collapsing then watch carefully which part of the walkway that falls first and try and reinforce that part of your bridge.

Posted Jun 18, '09 at 6:06pm

9skilled9

9skilled9

70 posts

Iron - Squire

sorry picture attempt didn't work out, here is an example.

http://blog.wolfram.com/images/sw/bridges2.gif

it's the 4th from the top in the third row. Theres some other good ideas there too.

 

Posted Jun 18, '09 at 6:17pm

klint26

klint26

329 posts

Wood - Lord

Hmm i haven't played the game yet but im sure this will be helpful when i do =P

 

Posted Jun 18, '09 at 7:03pm

firetail_madness

firetail_madness

16,628 posts

Gold - King

Skilled, some of those require a very large budget.
And you didn't give any examples for the spaces in where you go up or down.

 

Posted Jun 18, '09 at 7:08pm

fst6

fst6

5,761 posts

Gold - King

Yeah, I have too much trouble with the budget thing.

 

Posted Jun 20, '09 at 4:33am

nuudyfist

nuudyfist

8 posts

Iron - Squire

i hate it when u just need a couple more pounds.apart from the the game is easy

 

Posted Jun 20, '09 at 7:18pm

TharosTheDragon

TharosTheDragon

53 posts

Wood - Lord

Here's my solution to level 22, which I thought was pretty sneaky.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7573/cargobridge.jpg

Here's my solution to level 23. I just barely scraped by on that one.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2944/cargobridge2.png

And here's my 28 meter long bridge in challenge mode, which looked pretty elegant to me.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6702/cargobridge3.jpg

Having all that cash doesn't really help as much as you would think, because spending more money on connectors just makes everything heavier. It's the light bridges that work.

 

Posted Jun 21, '09 at 8:31pm

Lunarjax

Lunarjax

40 posts

Iron - Squire

The 28 meter long bridge does look very nice. I just wish we had a ruler tool to make bridges even more precise. =)

 

Posted Jun 22, '09 at 2:04am

TharosTheDragon

TharosTheDragon

53 posts

Wood - Lord

I just watched some videos on YouTube. Apparently people have managed to do a 76 meter long bridge. I feel silly now.

 

Posted Jun 25, '09 at 12:31pm

Lunarjax

Lunarjax

40 posts

Iron - Squire

hehe wow 76 meters!! I am going to have to go check those videos out. lol

 
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