Almost makes me cry (Golden Gate Bridge)

[qadams]

After at least 30 or 40 games played with the Gathering Storm expansion, I finally found the perfect location to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Except — the stupid placement rules mean I can't build it on a slight diagonal across a single tile. No, it has to be directly across. Ouch!

Oh well. Later in the game I was able to build it anyway between two other cities to the south. Not nearly as nice or picturesque or useful or realistic as my preferred location would have been, though.

 

[Scaramanga]

No disrespect but of course you can't build the first spot, it would be curved.

 

[qadams]

I know, I know. If it was built on the border along a diagonal, it would effectively be a two-tile wonder, which it's not. But it's just so frustrating when I think I've finally found the perfect spot. And that's why it almost makes me cry.

 

[Zyxpsilon]

The validity of certain "map conditions" is really puzzling when trying to find a proper spot for GGB.. it happens to the best (or within most intuitive planning steps) of us.
Either way, the whole process eventually sets in enough to reliably predict potential opportunities with cool visual candy.

But, speaking of strange angles..

Looks like a sharp pseudo-diagonal luck to me!

 

[Pietato]

No disrespect but of course you can't build the first spot, it would be curved.

No...

 

[Scaramanga]

No...

The two land tiles are separated by one water tile but the route between them would go east then northeast. It would be easier to see if the grid was turned on.

 

[Pietato]

You can easily draw a straight line between the tiles, and only go through one tile.

 

[Scaramanga]

You can easily draw a straight line between the tiles, and only go through one tile.

The straight line would be on the edge between two tiles, not through a tile.

 

[Pietato]

The straight line would be on the edge between two tiles, not through a tile.

Only if you draw it through the middle. You can easily go through only one tile if you start on one side.

 

[Scaramanga]

Only if you draw it through the middle. You can easily go through only one tile if you start on one side.

The bridge placement has to at least follow unit movement rules and a unit going from one of the land tiles to the other would change direction slightly midway through.

If the OP wants to make the case that it's graphically possible to connect the points of land that's fine, but turning on the grid or playing in Strategy Mode would have saved them some grief.

 

[Archaelicos]

After at least 30 or 40 games played with the Gathering Storm expansion, I finally found the perfect location to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Except — the stupid placement rules mean I can't build it on a slight diagonal across a single tile. No, it has to be directly across. Ouch!

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Oh well. Later in the game I was able to build it anyway between two other cities to the south. Not nearly as nice or picturesque or useful or realistic as my preferred location would have been, though.

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Are you running a graphics pack? If so, which one?

 

[qadams]

Are you running a graphics pack? If so, which one?

A "graphics pack"? I'm not really sure what you mean. I do have the Civ 5 Environment Skin mod. Does that help?

 

[Julia97]

Off topic: your landscape abd terrain is so interesting, what map type do you use (is it fractal?) my maps are always just blobs of landmasses...

 

[qadams]

Off topic: your landscape abd terrain is so interesting, what map type do you use (is it fractal?) my maps are always just blobs of landmasses...

Yeah, this one was Fractal. That's definitely my favorite, often providing very interesting landforms.