Screenshot Saturday - Double Bridge

MikeSlugDisco

Community Manager
Staff member
Community Manager
We'll post a couple of fire ant bridge-building scenarios this week, starting with an example of recent changes allowing multiple bridges to work seamlessly.

In this first video, the player has put a pheromone marker on an inaccessible spot, one that could not be reached with a single fire ant bridge. So without further input from the player, two bridges are commanded to be built. We think that's pretty neat!

 
ok, so I guess the only cost of fire ant bridges will be the time it takes to place them, I have a few questions though :
1. Are the bridges on defined locations or do the ants simply search for a place that would work with a bridge, by extension, what kind of places are not reachable trough bridges ?
2. can other species walk on fire ant bridges ?
3. can bridge ants be killed, and can you destroy a bridge ?
4. what makes the bridges unbuild themselves, by example, in the video we see the bridge unbuild itself only once there are no more ants on it, but maybe you need to remove the marker, etc. by example if you cross a path with the bridge, then continue with the ants a bit far away, will you have to wait for the ants to reform the bridge when coming back ?
Thank you for your answers and your great work on the game !
 

pakitane16

Colony
ok, so I guess the only cost of fire ant bridges will be the time it takes to place them, I have a few questions though :
1. Are the bridges on defined locations or do the ants simply search for a place that would work with a bridge, by extension, what kind of places are not reachable trough bridges ?
2. can other species walk on fire ant bridges ?
3. can bridge ants be killed, and can you destroy a bridge ?
4. what makes the bridges unbuild themselves, by example, in the video we see the bridge unbuild itself only once there are no more ants on it, but maybe you need to remove the marker, etc. by example if you cross a path with the bridge, then continue with the ants a bit far away, will you have to wait for the ants to reform the bridge when coming back ?
Thank you for your answers and your great work on the game !
From yesterday stream:
1. They can only build bridges on predetermined location on the map. Bridges must be formed on water surface.
2. No idea.
3. Water rising/receding will break the bridge. Ants that drop on solid floor will find their way back to the nest. Ants that drop on water or places that cannot be reached normally will panic and die.
4. The bridge forms a path between the queen and the pheromone marker. Moving the marker to the near side of the bank will unbuild the bridge when all ants in the marker are done using it. Moving ants among pheromone group or destroying brood tiles doesn't break the previously formed bridge until it is unbuilded.
 
From yesterday stream:
1. They can only build bridges on predetermined location on the map. Bridges must be formed on water surface.
2. No idea.
3. Water rising/receding will break the bridge. Ants that drop on solid floor will find their way back to the nest. Ants that drop on water or places that cannot be reached normally will panic and die.
4. The bridge forms a path between the queen and the pheromone marker. Moving the marker to the near side of the bank will unbuild the bridge when all ants in the marker are done using it. Moving ants among pheromone group or destroying brood tiles doesn't break the previously formed bridge until it is unbuilded.
Thanks !
 
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