Need help with Bridges (mac parallels)

[want2beaqui 0]

 So i finally got windows running on my mac just so I can play this game.... The only problem I have ran into so far is in building bridges.  My shift key will not adjust the height of any bridge so i am basically always ending up with an elevated causeway... anyone else having this problem?

[PsychoStorm 0]

its just a pita, just keep tryin

[dolsson 0]

I am having trouble, too, but I can do the height adjustment. It's actually done by shift-mouse. If you click a starting point on the shore, then hold the shift key and move your mouse forward or back over the point, the height of the foundation adjusts. I can't tell from your post if you already knew that, but maybe this info will help.

My problem is that, regardless of the adjustment I just described, the height difference from one shore to another seems to prevent me from building a bridge. I'd love to hear suggestions on how to resolve that problem.

[morriswalters 16]

I'm not sure about the shift key problem, however starting a bridge from a road and ending at a road makes bridges easier to set.  If you can't do that then adjust the height until the cursor is on the ground, snap it and move to your destination.  In the middle snap to set the center.Continue to where you want the bridge to land and again use the shift key and your mouse to lower the cursor to the ground.  As you pull the bridge out you will see it start to flatten when it does that complete it.

A few other things about bridges.  You can raise and lower them as you go.  Just snap to set and then adjust the height.  All things being equal it takes about 160 to 200 meter to land a bridge. it can be done in shorter lengths but you should be aware that it's possible to land a bridge that you can't connect to.

This bridge has pulled down as I described but the bridge piers and the bridge foundation haven't connected and the bridge won't set.

This bridge will complete.  The bridge pier and the foundation have met.

This picture shows all the bridges starting at a road and ending at a road, with one click in the center to make sure the bridges don't go flat.

The tiles on the right are small 40 meter tiles to show scale.

[dolsson 0]

Another problem: Even when the bridge spans the river, I get a "bridge incomplete" error when I try to end the bridge or run it to the edge of map. I think I have some ignorance about road-to-bridge connections. I wish there were guides available for Cities XL like there were for SimCity 4 when I began to play it. Maybe, if I figure this stuff out, I can put together a walkthrough or guide like the ones that I found so valuable on Simtropolis when I played SimCity. I think that Cities XL is still too new, or there are too few people playing it, for such guides to be available.