River Systems and Crossings

[Onep]

So, with the map gen creating a lot more interconnected rivers I was wondering what we're going to do about wagons. Wagon travel is going to become nigh-useless if we can't cross rivers. Judging by the sample we've seen so far, wagon travel is going to be veeeery tedious. So are we going to be getting rafts or bridges anytime soon?

[Bowshot125]

Natural bridges of shallow water hopefully, just let carts be able to be pulled through it.

[vatas]

Wagons can cross shallow water, so they only need to make sure that all rivers have at least one shallow ford.

[shubla]

I think they've said that bridges arent possible currently. But rafts would be nice,

[Glorthan]

A reasonable amount of fords may exist:

My main source of doubt right now as that there may be a case to be made to try and avoid "islands" a bit more. I could perhaps do this by trying to detect river loops and avoid generating them. It could also possibly be done by generating more fords (there are actually quite many fords as it is; it's just a bit difficult to see at the 5 t/p scale). It may also be completely unnecessary and that it's fine as it is. Not entirely sure.

Rafts would be a nice addition though.

[evangili]

bridges would be awesome
also make possible to build a sort of gate at a bridge or toll

[abt79]

I don't see why bridges wouldn't work, couldn't you just place one endpiece on each side like a wall cornerpost and then extend a bridge between them?

[boshaw]

I don't see why bridges wouldn't work, couldn't you just place one endpiece on each side like a wall cornerpost and then extend a bridge between them?

Probably because hitboxes are still 2d.

[shubla]

I don't see why bridges wouldn't work, couldn't you just place one endpiece on each side like a wall cornerpost and then extend a bridge between them?

Probably because hitboxes are still 2d.

I dont see why they couldnt try tweaking hitboxes so special type of 2d hitbox could be boated through.

[boshaw]

I don't see why bridges wouldn't work, couldn't you just place one endpiece on each side like a wall cornerpost and then extend a bridge between them?

Probably because hitboxes are still 2d.

I dont see why they couldnt try tweaking hitboxes so special type of 2d hitbox could be boated through.

I'm sure he could also just make rivers at a lower layer than everything else, but loftar's actual reason is probably something more complex?