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==The Art of Making 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 the Best Place===
The best place for a land bridge is the shortest distance between 2 shores, but it is better to be building in a straight line rather than going diagonal.
===Water Depthdepth===Depth of water is a big factor as dirt "flows" when a slope get gets to 40 (4 meters), meaning that dirt will slide down the slope until it gets to a lesser slope.
How to tell what a slope is.. Well examine the Tile border, but dirt will also flow if the diagonal of the tile is over 4 meter slope as well.
As part of planning a land bridge, it 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 much dirt you need to drop on each corner of a tile to raise it above water level. '''Note''': Don't take into account the dirt flow.
====How Depth Affects depth affects the Dirt Flowdirt flow====
Any dirt dropped will flow to adjacent tiles keeping a maximum slope of 40...
U---V---X---Y---Y
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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 than 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.
So to raise corner M up 120 dirt, then you need to get all corners 40 up, + 40 more for the middle ones + 40 for M = 25 * 40 + 9 * 40 + 40 = 1400 dirt (35 cart loads).
So for the Vires land 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 land bridge, a . A one tile wide land bridge will be affected by dirt flow, where as a two tile one is not (if done correctly).
So for the Vires land bridge...
Overall... 210 * 30 / 40 = 158 cartloads
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So looking at that, a 2 tile wide land bridge would take a fraction more than a one tile wide one up to an average depth of 70 dirt. So if the deepest part is over 100 deep, then i I would recommend a 2 tile wide one.
The decision for the Vires 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).
So where is the secret? Very simple, first you raise tile 1, then with flattening help you move dirt to tile 2 and then to tile 3.
This way of land bridge building is good when you don't have enough place space to build a 2 tiles wide bridge or you don't want to spend the rest of your wurm Wurm life by digging dirt for a 2 tiles wide bridge.
<li>Double width</li>
<li>When flattening, don't stand on the highest point as you may get "Ouch that hurt!" (multiple times)</li>
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<span style="display: none;">--[[User:Tich|Tich]] 02:27, 22 January 2007 (CST)</span>
