destinations

[el toro loco]

this has been bugging me for awhile. when i select to build a road or move a unit to a certain square, the preview road or preview destination route will come up and i select preferred preview. but as soon as i select it, the route or destination changes to something different and i lose a turn going back to what i wanted. and then i have to spend the next few turns baby sitting unit so that the build is as intended.

 

[Ataxerxes]

This is a bug. It also occurs with units. You select the goto orders for the unit and it shows a path. The unit then takes a different path. If you are moving directly diagonal you're OK, but otherwise the worker or unit may take a different path.

 

[s.bernbaum]

Like Ataxerxes says, I frequently see the path laid out on the Go command and then see the unit take a different path. If I want it to take a particular path, I have to move it one tile at a time.

 

[Danelius90]

if you're building a road, rather than babysit it you could use shift to queue orders e.g. move, road, move, road in the exact route you want

 

[Koockaburra101]

So which one is the better one? Does it always go the fastest route, or does it display the fastest one and go another?

 

[jordiflor]

This is particularly irritating when you select a military unit to go some tiles away, and you expect that he will pass through the tile where you have just moved a settler, to protect it. But not, he prefers to shelter himself in a nearby forest tile leaving the settler to the mercy of an approaching barb.

 

[Danelius90]

I think the routes are the same length/take the same time to build (for roads and through hills and forests etc). But you may be planning a certain route to pass by a future city site, or to keep worker out of the way of barbs, and then they change their mind which is why this is annoying.