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I am playing "Crossing the Golden Gate" as the US. The vehicle bridge is build but I cannot cross it with my Patton tanks although the strenght points are less than 12. What am I doing wrong?

And another question: What do the red crosses (for example hexes 43,55 and 46,54) placed on the map stand for? Cannot find it in the manual.

Thanks in advance.

Can you post a screenshot of where you build the bridge?

Screenshot attached.Bridge in hex "Golden Gate". Because my engineers were bored they built a second bridge up left[:)].

Hmm, looks like you built it in the right spot

Can you send me your save file so I can have a look?

Will do. Please let me know your email address as I cannot attach a file when sending via Matrix.

jasonpetho at hotmail dot com

Just put something useful in the header so I can find it.

email sent

Evidence suggests that Light Bridges were built here. In the code, the movement is blocked because Heavy Vehicles are attempting to cross a Light Bridge, which no can do.

Thanks for that Berto...I am playing Tom in this PBEM and wondering if it is worth us restarting. Did Tom just build the bridge with the wrong Engineering unit by mistake (that only had Light Bridge capability) or is there a fault with the scenario in that the US are missing a Heavy bridge building capability and we should wait for a patch ?

I'm guessing he should have saved the Engineers for the mines ahead and used the bridgelayer for the bridge.

I'd recommend restarting, as much of a pain that is and only use the bridgelayer for the vehicle bridge.

FYI, only Bridge Engineers and AVLB units can lay medium (aka Vehicle) bridges

We are both learning the nuances still so it is no hardship.

Thanks for the clarification .

no problem at all. Soooo many little nuances to think about now. hahahaha

Tom, with all the overconfidence of many US commanders at the time is confident he can still "librrate" the area from my liberators so he wants to continue ....so we play on ![:)]

It think part of the mission is actually getting the Engineer trucks to the north, so he may miss some Event Points there... but hey, it's for fun, right?

Thanks for your efforts, Jason. Much appreciated. And you are right, it's for fun!

I had another question: What do the red crosses (for example hexes 43,55 and 46,54) placed on the map stand for?

Oh yes, those are the Area Boundaries.. for example AREA FOOTBALL, AREA BASEBALL, AREA TENNIS