Modern Roads fail to appear inside cultural borders

[Count Okula]

It's my first post on the forum here, which has been an invaluable resource for me in the past. But now I'm struggling with a pesky problem that's annoying only me, it seems. That's why I'm bugging you fine people.

At the dawn of the Industrial age, I was delighted to observe asphalt roads appear on the map. At the time, I was enjoying a smashing good wallop against Babylon, and the capitol I seized left the prior civ's infrastructure without cultural borders. The roads in the wild were modern, while those inside my borders remained ancient. As soon as my cultural borders expanded, the modern roads that appeared only a few turns before became ancient, and I was left very confused. Has anyone else observed this, and are there any solutions?

 

[ori]

welcome to the posting side

this is due to the latest patch. That disabled modern roads - probably because someone thought they were ugly

there are a few mods out there that put them back in - just search the downloads database for modern roads and you'll find one of them...

 

[Dresden]

I think the OP's problem is somewhat different.

@Count: Modern roads will only appear in civs that are themselves in the Industrial Age; civs that are a little behind will still have the Roman roads and because of this roads can switch appearance due to culture changes. Have you yourself entered the Industrial Era yet?

 

[ori]

I think the OP's problem is somewhat different.

reading comprehension and such

 

[Count Okula]

...this is due to the latest patch. That disabled modern roads - probably because someone thought they were ugly ...

Thanks for the welcome, Ori. Although time on the forums is time not civving, I'm glad to be among friends (especially prodigious posters such as yourself). My first order of business with BtS was downloading the latest patch from a third-party server, so I can't compare my experience beforehand. Have you ever seen this kooky road business yourself? The consensus seems to be that they're "ugly," but so are most things in our modern world. If the Civ team was concerned enough to nix asphalt, they might as well have done off with the industrial era all together.

Dresden: I have long since entered the Industrial Age. I even plowed through Modern and Future, hoping vainly that modern roads would reappear. I think the patch is the likely culprit. That, or my Greeks have gone Amish.

 

[Dresden]

OK, now I'm confused. You are using Official Patch 3.17 and you see modern roads in unclaimed territory? That's a new one for me. I was under the impression that 3.17 disabled modern roads completely (which was apparently intentional) as I've never seen them under that patch. I guess ori was right after all.

Anyhow, you can make some small XML changes to re-enable them (don't recall the details offhand), but I prefer using ricardojahns' I love Asphalt mod which not only re-enables them but uses a much darker road graphic that has better contrast with railroads.

 

[Count Okula]

Thanks Dresden for the valuable advice. It's a vain issue to wrestle with, but it the kind of thing that can keep me up at night. Appreciate the link! I'll make the change ASAP.