Made an update of this:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3565815124
Hope it helps anyone!

If anyone revives this mod, I hope they are open to expanding on it. I would LOVE to see some sort of retractable docking bridge for the gravships. I am building my ship to have the airlocks be protruding further from the hull, but I have recently expanded the ship so now they are recessed a bit. This hasn't been an issue yet, and I plan to extend them further out soon, but this could be a useful way to still ensure access in the event the ship has to be parked in a way where the airlock in badly positioned.

@Playground Co.
I don't have any mods for boats or cars, but pawns and trains can move across them just fine for me

welp. guess this mod is dead then.

Unfortunate. Feel free to let the usual people know that this project is up for grabs. I can't be arsed to deal with Rimworld modding to be honest, Paradox Script is enough of a headache for my life <3

@Siveen It seems to work for boats, but not pawns or cars.

Someone go check if this works on 1.6.

same as @thesoupiest said. having a Medieval Drawbridge would be epic for a Pure Medieval Playthrough.

Medieval options?? I would kill for a proper drawbridge over a moat!

Also would be cool if they didn't block line of sight, can't shoot someone who is right across on the other side as of now!

Is it somehow possible to make raiders ignore the bridges? They like to attack raised bridges but destroying them doesn't help them cross the water anyways lol

why does every time i try to open the bridge, it doesn't let ships pass, and when it does my pawns and animals get pathfinding errors?

The D Type Gunboat from Rimthunder Lake Ladoga works though, so at least the bridges themselves work.

I have just tested it, and the Caravel was able to fit just fine through the bridge. There must be another tile blocking pathing or a mod incompatibility.

Even with the chaining is still doesn't seem to work. Would I need to chain 3, I only have 2 chained right now?

Ah sounds good, yeah some people can miss the most obvious solutions.

You would be surprised about some people.

You are reminded that the Caravel is 4*7 in size. It would not fit through the bridged area either way, bridge or no.

Did you know that you can chain multiple Bridges together? It looks a bit jank but it totally works from a technical standpoint.

Yes, why would I not have

Have you tried raising the bridge?

The Caravel from Alpha vehicles Age of Sail is unable to go under the 5x6 Bridge. Is there anything that can be done?

can you put traps while it's lowered? What happens to the pawns on the bridge if it gets raised?

would there be any issues with adding this to a 1.4 save file?

Unfortunately, this cannot support ox carts.

any chance of adding/changing them to look like the one in the workshop icon? a bridge that when down doesn't block line of sight (for those using CAI5000) and more importantly projectiles. (also low tech primitive version for those medieval goblins out there) could make them like need two pawns to open/lower, would be neat. thanks.

i can finally live out my dreams of making a castle

We need a LOT more mods like this. I'd love to see drawbridges for multiple tech levels, but I know that art assets are the biggest roadblock on that. Wish I could do art, I'd be super happy to help with that, but alas stick figures are my limit.

great mod !!!!!!

Unfortunatly, this car cannot enter this bridge. Any fix?

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3026484272

Fantastic idea. What happens if I'm on an island and deep water is preventing anyone from reaching it, except for the drawbridge? Will enemies attack it? That'd be very stupid if they do :D

I just have the 2x6 bridge unlock, is it normal ?

I'm not saying you should do this or anything. Just throwing out this idea for a counter to people who build things across small rivers or otherwise unpathable areas of a map. But same drawbridge tech can also be added to vehicles. Just look at things like the M60 AVLB, the armoured vehicle-launched bridge.

As some people do play with map mods that add things like lava fields and other environmental hazards that ether can't be walked on or should be avoided do to effects like taking damage when on the tile.

Again nice mod. Having a river city is a bit more realistic now.

YES THANK YOU! This is exactly what I needed in my current playthrough

Could we use this as a moat?

Currently, the plan is to flesh out the existing bridges. They are still missing proper resource costs and power requirements and I want to experiment a little bit more with them.

If there are any artists that want to contribute medieval sprites, they are welcome to come have a chat with me.

oh mannn could u add a wood plank version this would be sick for us medieval players lol either way sweet idea

are there plans for medieval/wooden ones?

Only two-sided ones at this time.

Are there only drawbridges with parts on both sides, or are there also single sided ones, like on the medieval castles

Now building a base on an island in the middle of a large river can have tactical use without blocking the waterway between the inland and open sea. While also keeping those sightstealer raid out of my base when I send the adult fighters away.

great idea but it looks incredibly ugly, i suggest asking someone to do a retexture

Realistically you could do a Medieval version of the mod as well. Instead of Steel, they're made of wood. They raise and lower slower then mechanical ones, can be set on fire, have a lower amount of health and require a pawn there to physically raise and lower it.

logically it'll need power. You could have it require like 10k watts when operating but use like 10w at all other times, for balance purposes. People would need battery installations to run them which adds strategy and nuance to how they are positioned and also adds some extra "story-ness", such as if there were to be a solar flare just as you were preparing to cross to escape a manhunter pack, idk. It's tempting to just make it simple and easy to use with no downsides but that often results in very simple and unfulfilling mechanics. Basegame rimworld has hundreds of examples of tiny minutia that can compound and make every situation and circumstance into a unique story.

Damn, that's a great thingy

Very cool idea.

Starting to think about proper costs for this now. I was thinking normal steel bridge cost+3 per tile, and also 4 components. How do people feel about this?

I've waited for this for a while, big thank you

ignored this at first because there is no Cover image. but its a good mod

This is awesome. Instant perma add to my modlist

That's awesome. people probably aren't clicking it because the image file is broken. I usually ignore mods without any attached image file because they're low effort.

sick