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==The art Art of making LandBridgesMaking Land Bridges==

A lot of people complain about this type of bridge, but until we have proper [[bridges ]] (and maybe [[boats]]) they are our only way to connect two landmasses.

===Find best placethe Best Place===The best place for a landbridge land bridge is the shortest distance between 2 shores, but it is better being in a straight line than going diagonal.

Depth of water is a big factor as dirt "flows" when a slope get to 40 (4 meters), what i mean by "Flow" is meaning that the dirt will slide down the slope until it gets to a lesser slope.

As part of planning a LandBridgeland bridge, it maybe may be a good idea to estimate the number of cartloads required. This should be easy, all you have to do is work out how many much dirt you need to drop on each corner of the tiles a tile to raise it above water level. '''Note don''': Don't take into account the dirt flow.

====How depth affects Depth Affects the dirt flowDirt Flow====

so So if this area was flat and you dropped 40 dirt on corner M, it would just pile up, but if you now dropped 9 more there then it would raise corners G,H,I,L,N,Q,R,S and M up by one dirt. So to get corner M 80 dirt higher that it started you need to get corners G,H,I,L,N,Q,R,S up 40 dirt each, so you would have had to drop 400 dirt.

===Example: Vires LandBridgeLand Bridge===So for the Vires LandBridgeland bridge, the depth was, on average, 70 dirt (less than 2 cartloads), and the bridge was/is 30 tiles long.

Next decide if you want to do a one tile or two tile wide LandBridgeland bridge, a one tile wide LandBridge land bridge will be affected by dirt flow, where as a two tile one is not (if done correctly).

So for the Vires LandBridgeland bridge...

So looking at that, a 2 tile wide LandBridge land bridge would take a fraction more than a one tile wide one upto up to an average depth of 70 dirt. So if the deepest part is over 100 deep, then i would recommend a 2 tile wide one.

The decision for the Vires LandBridge land bridge was for a 2 tile wide one as it looks a lot better than a single tile (also some tiles were a lot deeper than 70).

It's also easier to slip off a one tile bridge, so a 2 tile bridge is more convienient convenient to use.

Enough of deciding what type of LandBridge land bridge to go for... Here is how to do one

Drop dirt on each corner off the deep end of the LandBridge land bridge to bring each corner upto up to the same height.

<li>Single Tile width Width (Not so much wasted dirt!)</li>

<li>For best results try to keep the whole LandBridge land bridge 3 dirt above the water level, pack it and pave it (then you should not get any water showing through).</li>

<li>If you cant flatten a tile because you dont don't have enough skill, drop dirt on the lowest point<li>