is there anyway to hook up this uranium ?

[Methos]

Did you try ending your turn after adding the fort when the mountain was still there? And what patchlevel?

This is very correct. With forts you need to end turn, as it isn't connected until the turn after it is built. Found out the hard way that it is best to build the fort first and then the road, then the other way around.

 

[DanF5771]

Methos is wise, but don't trust him here!
Ending the turn doesn't do anything directly for establishing the connection. It might be though, that someone founds a new city somewhere or DoWs a neighbor in the IBT which would then trigger an update of the plotgroups and thus give you the resource on the next turn. But it could also take 10 turns for such an event to occur...
Your second part is right: road AFTER fort guarantees access to the resource.

 

[Methos]

Ending the turn doesn't do anything directly for establishing the connection. It might be though, that someone founds a new city somewhere or DoWs a neighbor in the IBT which would then trigger an update of the plotgroups and thus give you the resource on the next turn. But it could also take 10 turns for such an event to occur...

Dan is correct. The code appears to state that only war/peace, founding a new city, or a city changing hands will cause the update.

 

[Og The Caveman]

This is simultaneously one of the greatest, stupidest and most confusing thread I've ever seen

The irrationalities in the deep game mechanics annoy me to no end...