Bridge Constructor (PS4) - glitches and observations
3I played Bridge Constructor for PS4 (unpatched) and found a few odd glitch effects.
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0:00 - Here's the first menu glitch. When in edit mode, press O and X in a quick succession to start building a block. Game will return you to the overview while the block is still being built. Now open the "delete bridge" prompt. Pressing any button will glitch the prompt up, causing it to remain on the screen indefinitely while other menu controls also remain available for use. The game is pretty much softlocked after this point since there's no way to do anything in edit- or simulation-mode after this.
(Not on the vid: you can get rid of the glitched prompt by exiting and returning to the level, but the selector that lets you edit things won't re-appear regardless.)
0:39 - Here's the second menu glitch. It can only be done before completing the game and tank trucks become available.
Have the sub-menu visible while in overview, then press R1 to enter simulation-mode. Then try to use tank trucks. After the error message, all the buttons are available in simulation-mode, although most are invisible at the moment. So in practice this is like a combined edit- and simulation-mode.
1:02 - Trying to erase bridge during a simulation just ends the simulation like normal.
1:10 - You can delete individual pieces mid-simulation quite easily with "undo". Note that any pieces you delete don't become reduced from your budget. The budget cannot change while simulating, in practice preventing exploits like completing the level with a completely deleted bridge to get maximum score.
(Not on the vid: if you enter edit-mode directly after starting the glitch, it is difficult to create new pieces at the moment for some reason. You can press various pieces but nothing seems to happen, and sometimes the game can become softlocked while you're doing this as well.)
1:30 - after doing this glitch, if you open the "delete bridge"-prompt for a mode and then enter edit-mode, you are able to place new pieces or delete old pieces with the cursor while the simulation is underway.
Since budget doesn't change during simulation, you can place an exorbitant amount of new pieces. There is a natural limit, though - after a certain point the game just refuses to create new bridge pieces.
None of the new pieces have collision or are a part of the physics simulation until you press R1 to enter simulation-mode again.
I have the impression that you can't save any constructions you make during this time, and they disappear when you run the simulation again. (Ought to double-check, though.)
2:46 - while streaming and trying out this glitch, I noticed another bizarre side effect: sometimes when creating bridge pieces during a simulation, old bridge pieces may start stretching in X- and Z-axis. The stretching continues indefinitely, and the pieces remain stretched when you re-enter simulation-mode with R1. Looks pretty interesting.