Mac I cant choose a trade route

[madeirabhoy]

Ive gained my first merchant and it brings up a list of 'Possible Trade Routes' but I cant choose any of them. A single click moves the map to the city it's suggesting as the trade route, but no double clicking on that or on the city itself chooses a route.

 

[CliffCo]

You have to actually walk the merchant to the destination first before you can make the route.

 

[BlobRoss]

You have to actually walk the merchant to the destination first before you can make the route.

Until the modern age where the "confirm" button suddenly works to automatically start the trade route.

 

[vorlon_mi]

You have to actually walk the merchant to the destination first before you can make the route.

Yes, that's the confusing part. The game mechanics are different in the different ages, but the trade route dialog looks deceptively similar.

• In Antiquity, you have to manually move the merchant (or unique merchant) to the tiles belonging to your desired destination. Only then will the merchant get an action to "build trade route".
• In Modern, you can select a destination and get a "Confirm" button that immediately makes the trade connection. Much quicker.
• In Exploration, I'm not sure. I think it's still "manually send it to the destination." What I did observe is that I can use the arrow button, "Move To," and select a destination in the Distant Lands. The merchant will make its way, passing thru islands, taking some damage from Rough Seas, but it did survive!

 

[CliffCo]

Yes, that's the confusing part. The game mechanics are different in the different ages, but the trade route dialog looks deceptively similar.

• In Antiquity, you have to manually move the merchant (or unique merchant) to the tiles belonging to your desired destination. Only then will the merchant get an action to "build trade route".
• In Modern, you can select a destination and get a "Confirm" button that immediately makes the trade connection. Much quicker.
• In Exploration, I'm not sure. I think it's still "manually send it to the destination." What I did observe is that I can use the arrow button, "Move To," and select a destination in the Distant Lands. The merchant will make its way, passing thru islands, taking some damage from Rough Seas, but it did survive!

I've had to manually walk them there in all 3 ages, unless something has been patched in the last day or 2. i'm on PC.

 

[Luddify]

This is one of the worst of the UI/UE issues on release. It almost seems like it was designed to be this stupid - any idea why this would be the case?