Cross the sinkhole

[Sanginius]

Use the crane and bridge section to cross the sinkhole., I think we need multiple bridge sections, as yjr bridge is designed for wide loads, not length, but i cant see any way to hook it uip to the crane to try and move it, im missing something here, but no idea what, help appreciated.

[rdbury]

First you have to make sure the crane has been repaired. You'll need an electric motor, a controller and some wire. On my current playthrough I had to make the first two, and you need to research advanced electronics for the second one. If the crane is working then you have to move the lifter down to the center of the bridge. I'm not sure how big the hitbox is, but once you get the right spot it just triggers a cut scene where the bridge is lifted into place.

A lot of the game's mechanics are somewhat confusing, and it's easy to get stuck on seemingly trivial tasks.

[Sanginius]

Does the bridge need to be placed in any particular location for this stage? If not then im just struggling to find the correct location to trigger the cutscene, ive got the crane lowered as much as possible, i even tried hooking it through the railings! I've also tried building 2 sections of bridge, as it seems like it should need a lot more than 1 to get across the sinkhole, have now spent the last 4 days in game trying to sort this, and am now running out of potato seeds, and no idea where to get more, im guessing the other side of the sinkhole, as i cant buy them even after the van purchase,

[Sanginius]

Ok problem solved, i had to speak to Alcott Twice to get a blueprint for the bridge, I was trying to place sections

[rdbury]

Originally posted by Sanginius:

Ok problem solved, i had to speak to Alcott Twice to get a blueprint for the bridge, I was trying to place sections

I should have mention that you're not building A bridge, you're building THE bridge from the blueprint.

PS. I just replayed that part of the game. You talk to Alcott to get a cutscene where everyone is making additional sections of the bridge, but as you mentioned you have to talk to him AGAIN to actually have the sections and the blueprint added to your inventory. So there's a trigger but it's not at all obvious what the connection is between the trigger and the event.