Bridges require way too many pillars – Train Fever

Bridges require way too many pillars

leew — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:29:36 +0000

I believe the number of pillars which bridges need is excessive. I think the game could be improved by halving the number of pillars needed for a bridge. Perhaps this could just be for one type of bridge which costs more. At the moment if you have an existing viaduct it is very difficult, if not impossible to build roads and tracks under it between the pillars due to there being so many pillars. Building bridges over wide tracks and wide roads, especially with a skew can be very troublesome. There are loads of examples of real bridges spanning much greater distances than what can be done in train fever without a “bridge pillar collision”. This bridge for example spans 6 traffic lanes, two hard shoulders and a very wide median with a skew angle of around 45 degrees with a single span:

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Does anyone know if it would be possible to modify the number of bridge pillars with a mod, or is it hard-coded and thus only changeable with access to the source code?

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leew — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:41:34 +0000

Here is another example of a viaduct, notice how wide the spacing between the pillars is compared to the road.

http://goo.gl/maps/tZ8hA

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Neldot — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:13:54 +0000

I second your idea. Indeed, the bridge pillars are not spaced enough, creating both ugly and unrealistic bridges, and furthermore very tedious obstacles to any underpassing road/track. Often the only way to create a road/track under the bridge is deleting the bridge and then rebuilding it.

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leew — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 22:10:19 +0000

Time for some photoshop

Here is a screenshot of a bridge how it currently appears in trainfever:

Here is the same bridge with half the pillars edited out

I like the second one better, both it looks better, more realistic and it’s easier to build stuff under it.

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Neldot — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:22:11 +0000

I agree, this is what we need in game!

Please Devs, take the time to halve the number of bridge pillars in the game, the change should be easy and the result is really better!

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higgins — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:28:13 +0000

The pillars standing way too close is one of the many nasty game design issues in Train Fever that makes you wonder if the devs have ever played their game themselves.

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yid — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:59:51 +0000

This one has my vote too. Maybe, if the devs wish, they can stay with the full lot of pillars for wooden bridges, but iron and brick brigdes should have less pillars.

Maybe this can also be a difference between bridge times. What are the differences right now, only cost and visual? In RRT you could cross the more expensive bridges faster than wooden brigdes.

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Bastargre — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:41:15 +0000

also bridges like the Golden Gate Bridge would be nice,

just 1/2 pillar(s) and a big span

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Florius — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:02:00 +0000

I think you can even remove 1/3rd or so more from the pillars (from the second picture).
Because it looks indeed way more awesome!

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Person012345 — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:02:39 +0000

Suspension bridges should definitely be possible but only for large spans.