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June 22nd 2003, 01:11 PM
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I just knew I saw that question not too long ago... since I answered it.

Doesn't anyone download those handy tutorials anymore?

This is from one of the tutorials.

If you want to add a bridge all you have to do is to "Delete" the hardness from where you want the bridge to start, and from where you want the bridge to end. Next you have insert the sprites for the bridges, set their hardness to 1, and "depth que" to -10. Also you have to add sprites on the sides of the bridge so that you can’t walk onto the water. If you're smart you'll set these sprites "Type" to 2 (invisible).
If you're adding a horizontal bridge then the railing should not have the "depth que" set to -10, or you'll be able to walk on top of it.

How do I make a bridge that works right?
First get into hardness-tile-edit-mode and copy an empty tile over the edge of the water where the bridge crosses. Now Dink can walk across, but once he is on the bridge he can also walk out into the water. So you need to put either hard tiles or hard sprites on the sides. I find sprites work better.