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Re: Is the Long Bridge switch Broke

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From: Donald J Braun
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:18
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Thank You for the info.

Don

"Josef Drexler" <nospam1004@joesbox.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> Donald J Braun wrote on Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:17:01 -0700:
> > I am using the lastest 2.0.1 Alpha 38.  The longest bridge I can build
is 18
> > lengths from one land point across the water to another land point.
Other
> > words only 16 lenghts will fit across water.  This is true for both veh
and
> > trains.  I tried  dates 1921, 1950,1960, & 2050.  No change, can only
get a
> > bridge of 18 tiles length.  The long bridge switch is on (should be able
to
> > get 127 tile bridge).  Also add, that on land I can only get 18 tile
bridge.
> > Any bridge length up to 18 works on land or sea.  But no will not go be
on
> > 18 lengths.  You get the error msg can't build bridge here.
>
> Yes, you're right, it's broken.  I'll fix it in the next release.
>
> > I also use the American train set and with the new Station Menu change.
The
> > longest Platform length is 7 and the Max number of tracks is three.  So,
I
> > can only build a max station of 3X15 (2 each 3x7 and 1each 3x1 for the
Basic
> > Platforms selection.
>
> Yes, the new stations typically don't have layouts for all lengths and
> numbers of platforms.  That's just how the graphics are written and if a
> layout isn't defined, the patch can't offer it.  You can of course also
> build it 6x7 instead of 3x15, but for larger stations you need to choose
> a different set I'm afraid.
>
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