after reading this thread, I attempted to make a replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Its the bridge that had the fire works all over it in the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
I had all the greatest of intentions, I carefully sculpted the landscape, I then spent ages building its complex design (working from photos).
The resulting bridge fell to the seabed like a sack of spuds! I lightened it up a bit and re-inforced it but it still broke 60 links and only JUST supported a single carriage.
I won't bother posting it, however, if anyone else wants to take a shot at this one, feel free...
As an exercise in level design, I attempted to build a level to replicate the Firth of Forth crossing. Here's a
somewhat weak attempt to build a replica. Anyone else try to make replica bridges ?
Ataturk Bridge in Istanbul, which spans the Bosphorus. (http://www.tjhsst.edu/~jbowman/ataturk.gif)
Well, as you can see, it's got a lot of extra cabling that isn't in the real bridge to provide enough strength at the initial moment of bridge flop.
I made the Sears Tower, and unlike some towers, it stands up quite nicely in Pontifex.
(http://www.tjhsst.edu/~jbowman/sears.pxb)
Holland Style Drawbridge[IMG]http://www.pontifex.mendelsohn.de/forum....brg.pxl
Be sure to set Difficulty to Medium, and run a 1 car train after the bridge is fully raised.
Sear's tower is more like 9 buildings held together. There are 8 of varying height, surounding the core, or heighest part.
I am glad that people tried to recreate bridges in pontifex.
did the model of the atturk bridge run into any problemns due to the lack of pretensioned cables?