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Placing bridges at the start and end of tunnels (around / in tunnel exits)

Placing bridges at the start and end of tunnels (exits). I have seen it done before, in my humble opinion, in real life (but never actually seen it where I live now).

It can also be used for when you don't have enough space to place things (for example tunnels joining two tunnel entrances/exits when very near sea level, while letting ships to p**** underneath the bridge). In my humble opinion one solution would be the ability for trains to enter into a tunnel through a vertical face - not just necessarily through a sloping tile. This could improve on how this might work (with the bridges, as well, and/or maybe not with the bridges). In my own humble opinion...

What about it? Would this be possible? :-\

EDIT: Also maybe for roads and maglevs, etc...

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Reply #1 –
You mean like this?

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Reply #2 –
No.

Please make the tunnel a little lower. :)

EDIT: Also try to make it a bit like there is not much space to place a bridge, for example.

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Reply #3 –
If the tunnel was lower it would be at sea level and therefore flooded in the game!!!  I'm not sure what you are asking for in game terms - maybe you could post a screenshot of the land layout you mean?

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Reply #4 –
Oh not:

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Reply #5 –
Yes, but I was talking about over the water and not underwater. :)

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Reply #6 –
Quite ugly:

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Reply #8 –
It's the surface of the sea.


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Reply #9 –
Quote from: z9999 – on
It's the surface of the sea.


Thank you all for you help. :)

Thanks z9999. :)
??? How, may I ask, did you do that, and how do you make it in pak128? :-\

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Reply #11 –
I know, thanks for reminding me, gauthier. :)

It should be over the water to let ships p**** through, shouldn't it? ... starting at the tunnel entrance... :)

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Reply #12 –
I'm still not understanding what the OP wants..

A tunnel entrance/exit at sea level, then a bridge that rises above sea level to allow ships under?

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Reply #13 –
Yes, all on one level. :)

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Reply #14 –
Like this, only at sea level?

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Reply #15 –
Thanks. :)

That's exactly what I intended to say. :)

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Reply #16 –
OK :)  The first tile under the bridge needs to be a land tile with a pathway (if I delete the bridge, that tile reverts to the pathway, road or rail, accordingly). What you want to do is enable the game to build a pathway one tile into water, so you can start a bridge (without all the ugliness that raising land/creating artificial slopes causes).

I think that would be very nice to have.. allowing bridges at the waters edge to start rising _into_ the water instead of forcing a slope before the water. But I cannot see it being added: Tiles at sea level are always water, while land is one level above sea level. The only time you'll have the situation of building a bridge at the waters edge then, is when you have a tunnel at the edge, because you'll _always_ have a slope at the edge, never a flat land tile. :(

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Reply #17 –
Quote from: Casteele – on
I think that would be very nice to have..
Thank you for you understanding, Casteele. :)
Quote from: Casteele – on
But I cannot see it being added...
Ahh... :( thanks, anyway. I guess this is all that can be done, then. :-\

EDIT:
Quote from: Casteele – on
... a flat land tile...
Or a slope or a flat sea tile... :)

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Reply #18 –
Not necessarily.. I cannot see the ability being added to the game engine itself.. but I might be able to figure out a work-around based on an idea from another post: If we could temporarily lower the sea level, build the pathway/bridge, then raise the sea level back up, the game engine should happily draw it correctly. Of course, I am ****uming a lot about how the game engine operates.. if it just draws the tiles and graphics according to what the map says is there, without any checking for sea level, etc, it can be done.

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Reply #19 –
Quote from: Casteele – on
... If we could temporarily lower the sea level, build the pathway/bridge, then raise the sea level back up, the game engine should happily draw it correctly. Of course, I am ****uming a lot about how the game engine operates.. if it just draws the tiles and graphics according to what the map says is there, without any checking for sea level, etc, it can be done.

Ok, with some tools added in the tools menu, I pressume. :-\

You mean like raising and lowering sea and/or land level like in my http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=1103.0 extension request. :) Is it possible?... :-\


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Reply #20 –
I think the idea of being able to exist a tunnel through a sheer/vertical face has merit, though. Can think of several in-game cases where this would have been very useful in constrained locations. It would enable a bridge to be built crossing the line immediately outside the tunnel - which I've wanted to do several times. The sloped tunnel-exit tile takes up space!

Don't know whether it runs contrary to the way the game is programmed though.

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Reply #21 –
Quote from: AP – on
I think the idea of being able to exist a tunnel through a sheer/vertical face has merit, though. Can think of several in-game cases where this would have been very useful in constrained locations. It would enable a bridge to be built crossing the line immediately outside the tunnel - which I've wanted to do several times. The sloped tunnel-exit tile takes up space!

Don't know whether it runs contrary to the way the game is programmed though.

Thank you all for your responses. :)

Thanks for your support, AP. :)

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Reply #22 –
Quote from: emaxectranspoorte – on
Ok, with some tools added in the tools menu, I pressume. :-\

You mean like raising and lowering sea and/or land level like in my http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=1103.0 extension request. :) Is it possible?... :-\
That was the post I was thinking about. ;)

I do not know about adding a tool the the game menus.. although it would be nice! I was more thinking about modifying the savegame file to set the sealevel one level lower, making your bridge, then editing the savegame again to restore the sea level. It would depend mostly on how hard the game engine would be to add sea level changes.

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Reply #23 –
You can already do it. See attachment.

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Reply #24 –
Thanks, again, Casteele. :)

prissi, where is the sea and/or river, underneath the bridge, if you don't mind me asking? :-\

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Reply #25 –
Well, choose your favourite?

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: VS – on
Well, choose your favourite?

Thank you for your help, VS. :)

But what I actually meant is this... How would you place a bridge between those two? :-\ (Sorry, I would show you my real map now, but it takes a long time to load :o , if the game doesn't crash while loading first :( )

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Reply #27 –
I see... well, how about an thinking out of the box solution :D

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Reply #28 –
But that's considered as an underwater tunnel, isn't it? :-\

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Reply #29 –
It's the panama canal ;)
 

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Reply #31 –
You want something that is not possible (at the moment at least) so you are given some choices how to do it otherwise...

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Reply #32 –
  ??? :) Ok, why didn't you tell me that in the first place? ... :-\

EDIT: So which one would be the best to choose (for now) in your opinion? :-\

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Reply #33 –
Oh! I guess everyone ****umed you knew.

Factors:
1) money
2) space
3) aesthetics
4) other

If the distance is great, I would go upwards and on "normal" bridge. If it is short and on high speed line, the "tunnel covered with canal" could be best. What Lodovico showed is also bugless and small...

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Reply #34 –
Quote from: VS – on
Oh! I guess everyone ****umed you knew.
Factors:
1) money
2) space
3) aesthetics
4) other
Yes, I did know something about that. :) But that's not exactly what I was reffering to VS. I was refering mostly to you other jpg posts before. BTW, could you also include some tunnels, before and after the river and/or sea bridge, if possible and/or doesn't upset in any way? :-\ So I can make a better choice (for now). :)
Quote from: VS – on
If the distance is great, I would go upwards and on "normal" bridge. If it is short and on high speed line, the "tunnel covered with canal" could be best. What Lodovico showed is also bugless and small...

Thank you for your help. :)