Hey everyone!

Diagonal Bridges are a great way to add a sense of grandeur to an otherwise isometric world. If you want to build a functional diagonal bridge that looks great, follow the guide below!

 

Diagonal Bridges

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General

• Always keep a regular, straight piece of track somewhere safe, as a “seed” to rebuild from, just in case.
• Refer to the Spacing track on the edge of the map to better understand how to align the diagonal track. To start the diagonal at the red square, count out the 4 tiles out and away to the yellow square to place a seed copy and build from there.
• Refer to the Ends track also on the edge of the map to better understand how to make “half-pieces” of diagonal track. The half-pieces are well used on the ends of bridge guardrails.
• While normal straight track only has one piece to it and can be copy pasted into place, diagonal straight track has four pieces and must be built into place. The height of vertical track can be changed if the “Apply change to entire track piece” box is checked in the Tile Inspector. If all four pieces of the track are not together, it cannot be built off of, unbuilt, nor have its height changed as one unit. Safety First!

 

Deck Bridge

1. Plan out the bridge shape with blocks to form the deck
2. Build the two superstructure tracks along the underside of the deck
3. Build the two guardrail tracks along the top of the deck, and copy paste half-pieces on the ends
4. Clean up track supports, add bridge supports as necessary

 

Arch Bridge

1. Plan out bridge deck
2. Run the two superstructure tracks under the deck, adding sloped sections to form the arch, lowering the slopes into place, and rebuilding the straight superstructure
3. Copy paste vertical track sections into place under the deck.
4. Build the two guardrail tracks along the top of the deck, and copy paste half-pieces on the ends
5. Clean up track supports and add bridge support footers as necessary

 

Suspension Bridge

1. Plan out bridge deck
2. Build the cable tracks in a straight line along the top of the deck, as if they were guardrails
3. Build off of the cable tracks, sloping the cables up to where the towers will go
4. Copy paste the vertical tower pieces into place
5. Build the tower crosspieces into place at the tops of the towers
6. Build the guardrails along the top of the deck
7. Clean up track supports, add Poles for vertical cables to connect the cable track to the deck, and add bridge support footers where necessary

Add this file to your save folder:

• TUT-DiagonalBridges.sv6