Bridges - How do they work?

[ZombieThursday]

I'm seriously confused. I've been trying to put a bridge down over a pond for a while, and nothing I do seems to help. I've tried putting down garden stairs on each side to raise it so that it won't just sit inside the pond and be un-placeable, but that doesn't work either. Nothing I do helps.

The only thing I can do with a bridge, is put in on the ground over absolutely nothing.

This defeats the whole purpose of a bridge.
What is this? How do I use them?

[Turtleswatter]

I feel your pain. I've found an ornamental use for them in that I place high hedges with a gap to walk through and put the bridges between the gap. Or you can plant flowers either side or put ponds either side with flowers so it looks like you're crossing water. Practically they are no use at all.

[ZombieThursday]

This is sad... Did the developer just sort of forget what a bridge actually is?
Maybe it was too hard to code? Idk it makes me sad.

[Bazingarama]

well, it does work. i've aleady done it. here's even a picture of it (not mine tho)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/797613168595804998/99B6D488B93485A14F184AD95174AD2239ECE5CB/?imw=1024&imh=819&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

[Turtleswatter]

Originally posted by -Rusty- Bazingarama:

well, it does work. i've aleady done it. here's even a picture of it (not mine tho)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/797613168595804998/99B6D488B93485A14F184AD95174AD2239ECE5CB/?imw=1024&imh=819&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

Interesting. Never succeeded in placing them myself. I just wrote them off practically. Might have another go.

[ZombieThursday]

Originally posted by Gamarleton:

Originally posted by -Rusty- Bazingarama:

well, it does work. i've aleady done it. here's even a picture of it (not mine tho)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/797613168595804998/99B6D488B93485A14F184AD95174AD2239ECE5CB/?imw=1024&imh=819&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

Oh. Well thank you for this. I will try this setup asap.

Can confirm that worked.

[Wai]

Very interesting, I got a warning message that link contained dangerous content! So, I did not open.

I also found a method explaining how to do it using paving slabs to "fool" the AI, but, that did not work either.

Looking at the pictures given, I notice that the ponds shown do not look like the ponds available. Are both methods out of date?

And, why, oh why can't the developer make it possible to dig and to plant your own ponds to your own design (see - The Sims if you are not sure what I mean). So simple, dig a hole. Fill and plant. Place a river and most important build a bridge over the river!

(If you don't have The Sims, Parkitect and RCT both have the dig and plant method, rivers, lakes or ponds and all bridgeable! And all plantable. )

[Nite69]

the link is safe, steam always does that as precautionary