Higher Speed Stone Bridges

The base game stone bridge is limited to 90 km/h, which makes it unusable on faster lines later in the game. This mod adds nine variants that look exactly the same but allow higher top speeds, so you can keep the classic stone look on mainlines and high-speed lines.By default, each variant unlocks when the first base game train that can use its speed arrives. These unlock years can be changed per variant in the mod settings.VARIANTSTop speed: default unlock year (unlocks with), construction cost / maintenance- 100 km/h: 1906 (Atlantic 4-4-2), 222 / 2- 120 km/h: 1930 (Standard track, 160 km/h), 267 / 2- 160 km/h: 1934 (PRR GG1), 356 / 3- 200 km/h: 1964 (Shinkansen 0 Series), 444 / 4- 220 km/h: 1964 (Shinkansen 0 Series), 489 / 4- 250 km/h: 1985 (FS ETR 450), 556 / 5- 300 km/h: 1995 (TGV Duplex), 667 / 6- 320 km/h: 1995 (TGV Duplex), 711 / 6- 350 km/h: 2016 (Fuxing Hao), 778 / 6For comparison, the original stone bridge (90 km/h) costs 200 with a maintenance of 2.DEFAULT UNLOCK YEARSBy default, each variant becomes available in the year the first base game train that can reach its top speed is introduced, with two exceptions:- 120 km/h unlocks in 1930 together with the 160 km/h standard track, as trains faster than 90 km/h are already available by then.- 220 km/h unlocks in 1964 together with the 200 km/h variant, for players using modded track types for early high-speed trains like the Shinkansen.The base game's fastest track until 1980 is the 160 km/h standard track, so the 200 and 220 km/h variants only reach their full speed before then with modded track.COSTSConstruction costs scale linearly with the top speed, based on the original stone bridge (cost x speed / 90). The game derives bridge maintenance from the construction cost (rounded to whole numbers), so maintenance scales along with it.SETTINGSThe unlock year of every variant can be changed in the mod settings when you start a new game, for example to make all variants available from the start or to match the timeline of modded trains and tracks. Each variant has its own slider with these options:- Always: the variant is available from the start of the game.- 1850 to 2050: every decade, e.g. 1900, 1910, 1920.- Its default year, which is preselected.Hover over a slider to see the variant's default year and why it was chosen. The chosen years are stored in the savegame.USAGEThe variants appear in the bridge menu directly after the original stone bridge. They are never picked automatically by the game, either when building track or road or during map generation, so you always choose them yourself.The bridges can carry both rail and road, just like the original. The bridge's speed limit only matters if the track or road on it is faster; the lower of the two always applies.ASSETSThis mod does not contain any of the game's assets. All models, materials, textures, the icon and the bridge build script are referenced directly from the base game, so the bridges always match the original stone bridge.SAVEGAMESThe mod can be added to existing savegames at any time. Do not remove it from a savegame that contains any of its bridges.