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Bridge-building Bug?? - 2/2/2010 7:07:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Jason: there seems to be a bug with bridge building. If you use regular engineers to first build a light bridge, and then use a specialized bridging enginner to construct a second, vehicular bridge over it in the same hex, the program will not recognize the second bridge. It will persist in thinking only a foot bridge is in place and vehicles will not be able to cross.

I encountered this bug when testing Bart Gauvin's 3rd Pz LCG and then tested it in the Bridge Building bootcamp scenario you designed. I ran through it twice, building first a foot bridge and then a vehicle bridge in the same hex. Same result both times. I can send you the file.

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RE: Bridge-building Bug?? - 2/2/2010 7:31:34 PM   
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Jason: there seems to be a bug with bridge building. If you use regular engineers to first build a light bridge, and then use a specialized bridging enginner to construct a second, vehicular bridge over it in the same hex, the program will not recognize the second bridge. It will persist in thinking only a foot bridge is in place and vehicles will not be able to cross.

I encountered this bug when testing Bart Gauvin's 3rd Pz LCG and then tested it in the Bridge Building bootcamp scenario you designed. I ran through it twice, building first a foot bridge and then a vehicle bridge in the same hex. Same result both times. I can send you the file.

Tim



It isn't necessary to build a light bridge first, so building a medium bridge on top of a light bridge doesn't gain any advantages.

You can build a medium bridge using your bridging engineers over an empty hexside.

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RE: Bridge-building Bug?? - 2/2/2010 7:42:31 PM   
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It isn't necessary to build a light bridge first, so building a medium bridge on top of a light bridge doesn't gain any advantages.

You can build a medium bridge using your bridging engineers over an empty hexside.

Jason Petho




I'm perfectly aware that it isn't necessary to build the light bridge first. But sometimes you want to get your infantry over the river first, and the hex used may be a very good one later on for vehicles as well.

It's a bug and it should be fixed. The larger bridge should be recognized by the program.

Tim

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RE: Bridge-building Bug?? - 2/2/2010 8:06:53 PM   
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Status: online 		It should at least give you a warning you cannot do it or not allow you to.

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RE: Bridge-building Bug?? - 2/2/2010 8:38:09 PM   
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It should at least give you a warning you cannot do it or not allow you to.

Jason Petho


I'm not sure I understand. An alert of some kind would have been welcome but it's hard to see why the program should regard "double-bridging" as impossible (and it clearly doesn't). In reality I think it was often the case that larger bridges were later constructed where smaller ones had first been laid. And given the scale of the game it's certainly within bounds. I mean, it's quite easy to imagine a situation where for terrain and tactical reasons it's desirable to put down first a quick footbridge and then a vehicle bridge in the same hex. Good bridging spots are not always plentiful. I did this very thing on 4 separate spots over the Bug, only to find I couldn't get the tanks over.

But you raise another good point, that it would be nice if the program gave better feedback on all specialized engineering functions, whether bridge-building or demolitions. An info box would be really appreciated. I would definitely put that on the wish-list.

Tim


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