Terrain Bridges

[JimmyD3]

Man what a pain in the kazoo, been working on 1 bridge all afternoon. Still don't have set up where I can drive over it. 

[popeye]

Yes.  Took me a LOT of trial and error to get a bridge working.  I used the path tool to route a river over a terrain valley set to 20 feet.  Then installed a "bridge0a" over the river.  Be sure to set it, "can collide" or you won't be able to drive on it.  Took me a while to figure that one out.     Then blend the ends of the bridge into the terrain to make a smooth ramp to drive up.

You can see the result on the center island of "Crags".

Hope this helps.  Let me know if it isn't clear.   

[JimmyD3]

Thanks for the advice Kong, I have used them on another map and didn't have any major issues, this one however is kicking my hind end. 

[popeye]

Do you use the river path tool, or "excavate" the terrain down to water?  I couldn't make a smooth edge by excavating a narrow river.  I think it has something to do with minimum polygon size.

[mechanic]

Why drive when you can fly?

[JimmyD3]

I found the problem, it was ME. 

I forgot to check collision check box. Bet I don't forget that in the future lol.

[captain1ma]

its amazing how that works. make sure you mark where the bridges are on your clipboard map! hehehehe