So this video contains my first go at a "proper" hydraulics level, the diagonal elevator... Spun me out a bit (pun intended) but got there in the end. How did I do? Am I becoming more of a poly engineer yet...?
ur doing awesome in my opinion,i have poly bridge 1 and its such a learning curve, keep up the awesome vids! also, watching you budget shave would be a cool video, or maybe a stream :D
you're doing great, if you need help with more advanced contraptions i would recomend checking out "Arglin Kampling", he makes incredible things, and toturials on how they work, and how to do them yourself
I don't know. Do you consider getting the top 5% on almost every level good enough? If not, you might need set more reasonable expectations. Because it isn't your skill at the game that is the problem in that case.
I like when you look at other people’s creations priced by budget. It’s cool for me to see you, with a very practical, real-world engineering viewpoint, and then seeing how other people use the game’s logic to beat your approach.
Pro Tip: hydraulics are the most expensive material . So if you have a hydraulic ALWAYS have it expanding/contracting the maximum amount possible. To adjust the amount of contraction, just adjust the length of the hydraulic not the percentage. This method guarantees you have the minimum amount of hydraulic possible, which almost always is the cheapest option,
I think he basically means in the first clip he could’ve used 2 hydraulics instead of 5 basically he had one that didn’t even move lol which could’ve just been a bit of wood/rope (this was on top holding the price from moving) and could’ve just made the 2 that was moving instead of one at 7 and one at 20 or somthing he could’ve made it around 30-35 and that theoretically could’ve worked ( keeping the placement of where the second hydraulic was not the first for more leverage) I hope that I explained that well enough lol Edit :he went back and changed the hydraulics that I said😂 I thought he was moving on but he changed his mind lol
I’ve seen it, rope is slightly more expensive than wood and is a lot stronger and cable is cheaper than steel and stronger, but rope and cable sometimes doesn’t work.
I usually dont reply to negative comments but I can assure you that's a coincidence! 😅 this was recorded many many weeks ago too, probably before the video you reference was even posted. It's very strange both had the steel muscle, so I can see why you'd think that, but the designs didn't start off the same nor end the same, you saw my whole thought process. It was only the same at one random point in the video. I was well proud of myself too so I'm not letting you spread false accusations, sorry!
@@RealCivilEngineerGaming i mean it IS possible that it is a coincidence, just you not saying anything kinda made me more inclined to believe it wasn't, but yea i can totally see your point
@@RealCivilEngineerGaming Oh, I thought it was too much of a coincidence but I think the level geometry is favorable to that design then, my sincere apologies, I love your content.
I know this is a year later but if you ever do a poly bridge 3 game, I love it when you go for top 5% seeing what you can remove and cant. I also really enjoy it when you look at other peoples work when you're at the "this is the best it can be I wonder how other people did this" point. Plus its just wild what people come up with. Loving the channel!
When split joints aren't properly connecting back into place try changing keeping the % on both of the hydraulics the same and changing their lengths instead, it helps with making sure the timing better and I find it usually works for consistently getting split joints back together.
When, as in the first bridge, you go for a two hydraulic opening design, you need to have one of the hydraulics be at 1% less than the other. There's a bit of an issue/bug where if they arrive at the exact same time not all joints will lock. Also, for the second bridge, a fully loaded ambulance weighs a lot. I could imagine them rivaling some firetrucks
Your first correct diagonal elevator solution has the be the one the devs were aiming for. It is the only solution I've seen with parallelograms that mathematically makes sense. I have a hard time with hydraulics too and the "math" you did when you said "I'm not sure if that makes sense" is exactly how my brain works. It made sense to me and was the only hydraulic placement I've truly understood yet without completely guessing first.
These videos are super informative…. I always wondered how every job I worked on had horrible engineering… they are just guessing and letting us builders tweak it to make it work…..
See video -> watch video -> comment on video -> next. Four easy steps to success. Great video as always mate. I know those spinning hydraulics can be somethings else at times. Anyways, have a good day and take care.
So you have been making me get back into a game I played and it’s not as nice or advanced but I am playing it and using what I’ve seen and it’s been helping me play better
Personally I think you should book it to challenge mode then go back and try for leaderboards (which I totally believe you can, you're pretty damn good)
On the fist level (3-12) you used a 0% expanding hydraulic that could have just been a regular piece of wood (Or rope it it was too far (but you should have just moved it closer in that case))... idk what your intent was with the hydraulic but in the future, use other things since everything is cheaper than hydraulics! Ok... now i look really stupid... commenting before your done with the bridge... XD You could have suported it from the inside of the triangle though! with 3 wood peices!
on the first bridge you only needed one piece of wood to support the piece that falls, even if that failed a stationary hydraulic is no different than wood or steel
On the first bridge, if you had changed the connection points to keep the left piece on the rights side, it would have supported the top without any additional material
For the bridge with the 4hydraulics, could you not have just put a joint at each end if the part you raised, and raised it as a single piece? Then it could lower back down right into position and act as a bridge again
I love how, since your videos and name has the word "engineering" in it, that RUclips always throws me an engineering degree ad from a local college. I'm just looking for a laugh YT, not trying to get a f***** degree in this shit lmao. I just want to hear "Boosh" and "I Hate Architects" - That's all I want in life at the moment
to be honest all of your top 5% bridges terrify me I'm like "fuck that bridge is designed to snap if even a little more weight is put on it, that's what it's engineered to do"
You can use wood with muscles. Then, create an arched truss above the boat, connect the hydraulics on the arc. I already did it and it's way way cheaper. 😅 Edit: it is so hard to explain thru words but hope you'll get it. 🤣
In my small town when a real tiny bridge broke some dude put steel beams on either side about as far out as a car is wide and 6 pieces of ply wood stacked and it stayed like that almost all Summer until they did a new bridge
Way late to the comments here and no way rce will see this but... Fixed node on a split... Hold up that floppy node after the split by drawing wood across that triangle from split joint to lower anchor side, triangulate to the axis of the floppy wood. Make sure it's on the correct split and voilla you have a fixed recouplable node for cheap.
I was just going to suggest to take away the hydralics on the top, I was wondering what you where thinking putting it in there in the first place. But then you discovered itself, but I still wondering why put it there in the first place.
Now with updated thumbnail and title because that first one sucked!! Learn from your mistakes and you'll be fine, TRUSS ME everyone! 😅
Can you do more real life bridges
Got a couple videos ready to go, just editing them!
Voice reveal . . .
I truss u
You kinda sound like Professor Snape mixed with Robin Williams
So this video contains my first go at a "proper" hydraulics level, the diagonal elevator... Spun me out a bit (pun intended) but got there in the end. How did I do? Am I becoming more of a poly engineer yet...?
ur doing awesome in my opinion,i have poly bridge 1 and its such a learning curve, keep up the awesome vids!
also, watching you budget shave would be a cool video, or maybe a stream :D
You did great, keep up that good work and you'll get better :)
you're doing great, if you need help with more advanced contraptions i would recomend checking out "Arglin Kampling", he makes incredible things, and toturials on how they work, and how to do them yourself
I don't know. Do you consider getting the top 5% on almost every level good enough? If not, you might need set more reasonable expectations. Because it isn't your skill at the game that is the problem in that case.
Yeah man! Getting in those low percentages again. Good stuff!
I like when you look at other people’s creations priced by budget. It’s cool for me to see you, with a very practical, real-world engineering viewpoint, and then seeing how other people use the game’s logic to beat your approach.
Pro Tip: hydraulics are the most expensive material . So if you have a hydraulic ALWAYS have it expanding/contracting the maximum amount possible. To adjust the amount of contraction, just adjust the length of the hydraulic not the percentage. This method guarantees you have the minimum amount of hydraulic possible, which almost always is the cheapest option,
Second this
I think he basically means in the first clip he could’ve used 2 hydraulics instead of 5 basically he had one that didn’t even move lol which could’ve just been a bit of wood/rope (this was on top holding the price from moving) and could’ve just made the 2 that was moving instead of one at 7 and one at 20 or somthing he could’ve made it around 30-35 and that theoretically could’ve worked ( keeping the placement of where the second hydraulic was not the first for more leverage)
I hope that I explained that well enough lol
Edit :he went back and changed the hydraulics that I said😂 I thought he was moving on but he changed his mind lol
@@Crazedpanda999 basically i noticed this too
"A proper fat boy" is a phrase I'll be sure to use from now on haha
😂 I'm glad to have expanded your vocabulary!
I read this comment before watching the video, I was expecting him to be talking about the bridge. Boy was I wrong lmao
@@shaneh7519 Honestly, same
Tip for saving money: if a piece only undergoes tension then rope or cable is better than steel.
in theory, but what about in practice?
@@matth23e2 In practice, if it's only under tension rope or cable is better than steel. Wood rope is cheapest though if you can get away with it.
@@jeffwells641 well I'd have to see it with my own eyes but i'll give you the benefit of the doubt until I do.
I’ve seen it, rope is slightly more expensive than wood and is a lot stronger and cable is cheaper than steel and stronger, but rope and cable sometimes doesn’t work.
@@EuantheFurry q
I just wanna say, that diagonal elevator was gorgeous
13:33 Holy crap! He IS a real civil engineer after all!
except that he just google the level solution, used the "Game Guides Channel" and acted as he made it
@@kafigoto ooh yuck, youre correct
I usually dont reply to negative comments but I can assure you that's a coincidence! 😅 this was recorded many many weeks ago too, probably before the video you reference was even posted. It's very strange both had the steel muscle, so I can see why you'd think that, but the designs didn't start off the same nor end the same, you saw my whole thought process. It was only the same at one random point in the video. I was well proud of myself too so I'm not letting you spread false accusations, sorry!
@@RealCivilEngineerGaming i mean it IS possible that it is a coincidence, just you not saying anything kinda made me more inclined to believe it wasn't, but yea i can totally see your point
@@RealCivilEngineerGaming Oh, I thought it was too much of a coincidence but I think the level geometry is favorable to that design then, my sincere apologies, I love your content.
i personally like seeing you go for top 5% after a level. Very interesting to see where you go with it
This has quickly become my favorite video series to watch. Keep being awesome Mr. Real Civil Engineer :)
Love this old-school Mat, peaceful music and some great engineering :D
Tip for saving money: save hydraulics for when you want things to expand or contract. Stationary beams can be wood or steel.
"That could even be wood.... okay, wood doesn't work." Lol that made me laugh pretty good
That diagonal elevator solution was REALLY clever.
"Sod it! Who cares!?"
"I do, you can do this"
😂😂
Self motivation!
I know this is a year later but if you ever do a poly bridge 3 game, I love it when you go for top 5% seeing what you can remove and cant. I also really enjoy it when you look at other peoples work when you're at the "this is the best it can be I wonder how other people did this" point. Plus its just wild what people come up with. Loving the channel!
you can make muscles out of reinforced road
its stronger than wood but not steel
but cost is less than steel
I'm rich don't worry Ile pay I've already summited mount everest
When split joints aren't properly connecting back into place try changing keeping the % on both of the hydraulics the same and changing their lengths instead, it helps with making sure the timing better and I find it usually works for consistently getting split joints back together.
When, as in the first bridge, you go for a two hydraulic opening design, you need to have one of the hydraulics be at 1% less than the other. There's a bit of an issue/bug where if they arrive at the exact same time not all joints will lock.
Also, for the second bridge, a fully loaded ambulance weighs a lot. I could imagine them rivaling some firetrucks
Your first correct diagonal elevator solution has the be the one the devs were aiming for. It is the only solution I've seen with parallelograms that mathematically makes sense. I have a hard time with hydraulics too and the "math" you did when you said "I'm not sure if that makes sense" is exactly how my brain works. It made sense to me and was the only hydraulic placement I've truly understood yet without completely guessing first.
These videos are super informative…. I always wondered how every job I worked on had horrible engineering… they are just guessing and letting us builders tweak it to make it work…..
See video -> watch video -> comment on video -> next. Four easy steps to success. Great video as always mate. I know those spinning hydraulics can be somethings else at times. Anyways, have a good day and take care.
As always, thanks for the comment slay!
that fiddle scared the crap out of me
I like when you view gallery after each one to see what others did.
Go Seigen is the man. Watched him build a lot of his "top 1%" and "no hydraulics" builds way back when the game came out. Real creative guy.
your videos are so reaxing they honestly just make me happy, thank you so much
That's awesome, thanks for the comment!
2:08 XD HAD ME DYING
He's building bridges in America now
- An American
Tip: For tension bridges, you should use regular road for the entire thing because it makes it lighter.
I feel calmed down and relaxed watching your stuff, thanks, man, good bit of respite.
2:07 "he is going to be transporting a proper fat boy in there" 😂
Your RUclips videos look like you have been her for like 2 years and have like half a million subscribers and that’s very cool. Love it
Haha thanks, still a very new kid (old man) on the block! Loving it though!
18:27
Me: What if you make that a muscle?
Him: Let's also see if we could make this a muscle.
Something about watching a fire truck and ambulance break the bridge and go into the water just makes me laugh.
So you have been making me get back into a game I played and it’s not as nice or advanced but I am playing it and using what I’ve seen and it’s been helping me play better
You know... I've been subscribed for over a month now...
ONLY NOW have I finally gotten the ARCHitect pun! wtf!
13:31
I chuckled at the notion of a BILF. Then I saw that hot mamma jamma. So smooth.
“I can’t think of any way to make this cheaper” *stares in 3 unnecessary hydraulic pieces*
Personally I think you should book it to challenge mode then go back and try for leaderboards (which I totally believe you can, you're pretty damn good)
Not first, no one's first, it's all a lie, a mirage
SquashBanana shut up you’re probably fifth or some shit.
SquashBanana nvm I didn’t realise what the comment said. Sorry.
@@jailee6438 good job sir
@@jailee6438 Mission failed successfully
@@squashbanana No It'S tAsK fAiLeD sUcCeSsFuLlY!
“That is looking quite tasty” CRUNCH
On the fist level (3-12) you used a 0% expanding hydraulic that could have just been a regular piece of wood (Or rope it it was too far (but you should have just moved it closer in that case))... idk what your intent was with the hydraulic but in the future, use other things since everything is cheaper than hydraulics!
Ok... now i look really stupid... commenting before your done with the bridge... XD
You could have suported it from the inside of the triangle though! with 3 wood peices!
Haha yeah glad I noticed that one myself! Good shout for the other idea though!
Love your vids bro, keep up that good work
Can't wait to see you go to the Sanguine Gulch
Spoiler, I actually do surprisingly well...!
on the first bridge you only needed one piece of wood to support the piece that falls, even if that failed a stationary hydraulic is no different than wood or steel
You could choose which side of a split node the conneting wood could be attached to, i.e either side 1 or 2 when it intersects between 2 split nodes
Higher! The king of the sky, he's flying too fast and he's flying too high! Higher!
Oh some Sabaton
Why..... why am I so addicted to watching this?
man world 5 is gonna be a wild ride let me tell ya
I'm terrified from what people have said about it ngl!
I read the ‘tentacles’ part of the title as ‘testicles’, my brain has been frazzled by RCE and his continuous dong jokes
Tip: split joints are heavier then normal joints. If you need to balans something for half the price
I am just a layperson when it comes to engineering, but BELL CRANK.
Use levers with hydraulics and you can make it your lift a thousand times simpler.
Tip when you use hydraulics and it doesn't go high enough use a muscle hydraulic
I think it's better if you try to beat challenge lvls or get top 5% on the lvls that aren't just complete bs glitches, choose what is more fun for ya
2:07 is underrated
I love to watch you figuring out how to make it cheaper, so try to always get top5%. Keep up the good work bro
On the first bridge, if you had changed the connection points to keep the left piece on the rights side, it would have supported the top without any additional material
Didn't think I'd hear you talk about Go Seigen 🤔
7:35 poly bridge in a nutshell
For the bridge with the 4hydraulics, could you not have just put a joint at each end if the part you raised, and raised it as a single piece? Then it could lower back down right into position and act as a bridge again
somehow i did the diagonal elevator under 10k so that basically makes me an engineer?
I love how, since your videos and name has the word "engineering" in it, that RUclips always throws me an engineering degree ad from a local college. I'm just looking for a laugh YT, not trying to get a f***** degree in this shit lmao. I just want to hear "Boosh" and "I Hate Architects" - That's all I want in life at the moment
"That is looking quite tasty" (que in a dominos add) lmfao
You should try out Terra tech, nifty little game I'm sure you might enjoy
to be honest all of your top 5% bridges terrify me I'm like "fuck that bridge is designed to snap if even a little more weight is put on it, that's what it's engineered to do"
11:20 use reinforced roads for weight
To hold the top of the arch up in the center span I used rope too. (hydraulics lol)
The diagonal elevator is such a nice level :D
Ooo I challenge you to get a No.1 in the world on one level of your choosing
The ambulance is transporting a single American.
tip: a 4 bar parallelogram linkage always keeps a road level despite its point of rotation
Is ace Ventura still coming out of gonzos ass?
Or we using it as piglet dolphin
7:59 the stress was literally at 99.9 😂
before you fiddled with emergency interferance the max stress was 99.9% !!!!!!!
You can use wood with muscles. Then, create an arched truss above the boat, connect the hydraulics on the arc. I already did it and it's way way cheaper. 😅
Edit: it is so hard to explain thru words but hope you'll get it. 🤣
I see you are an engineer of culture as well 😏
Why thank you
I wonder if anyone above you made use of the outer anchor points on Low Flyer.
Ive started watching your videos to fall asleep, haha
In my small town when a real tiny bridge broke some dude put steel beams on either side about as far out as a car is wide and 6 pieces of ply wood stacked and it stayed like that almost all Summer until they did a new bridge
Top 5% on every bridge!!
Your tension bridge moved when the truck drove on it
Hello there!
YOOO IM ON THE LEADERBOARDS FOR MONSTER TRUCK RALLY
I'd like to see those top 5% tries
At the Level Emergency Interference, why did you use hydraulic and not steel or even wood at the top part?
This is good
>civil engineer discovers the 4 bar linkage
Way late to the comments here and no way rce will see this but... Fixed node on a split... Hold up that floppy node after the split by drawing wood across that triangle from split joint to lower anchor side, triangulate to the axis of the floppy wood. Make sure it's on the correct split and voilla you have a fixed recouplable node for cheap.
I see everything!
Hi civil engineer
WE WANT MORE BOOSH !!
Just wanted to say i love ya, "TRUSS" me ;)
Top 5% would be fun to see
because of the new title i thought you uploaded twice so epic bait
I'm learning all the RUclips skills 😅 (sorry, wasn't happy with the first one!)
Diagonal elevator gave me a ton of trouble
I was just going to suggest to take away the hydralics on the top, I was wondering what you where thinking putting it in there in the first place.
But then you discovered itself, but I still wondering why put it there in the first place.
So am I mate, so am I!
@@RealCivilEngineerGaming 🤣😂
Yeah, sometimes the brain just see one solution and get blocked and unable to see anything else! 😀
Fun fact: he engineer that made my home used comic sans for his blueprints
That 3rd hydraulic could have been wood... or maybe a rope.
i started watching you back in july and you had almost zero subs, congrats on being one of the fastest growing youtubers on the platform
idea: making a bridge out of vehicles
Way ahead of ya! 😉
that pilot is in violation of 14 CFR § 91.119
Truss time is the best time, truss me.
Watched this in study hall