(NOT A BUG) River trading without sailing?

[Cookie Crumbs]

It says [trade icon] is enabled along rivers with Sailing, but they still connect resources and my own cities without the technology.

 

[kazapp]

Please post a screenshot so we can analyse the situation ourselves.

 

[Spearthrower]

Sorry Cookie Crumbs - just tested this and it definitely is working normally.

I put 2 cities on 1 river, one had corn, the other wheat.
Teched agriculture, built roads and farms on them - each had its own resource and no more.
Researched Sailing, they both had corn and wheat.

I can only guess without seeing the save game that you had a road connecting them.

 

[Cabay Jet]

I'm encountering this as well. I don't really know what's up. I'll try to get a screen shot up as soon as I can, which will probably be tomorrow.

 

[LedHead]

The first question I would have is your culture from one city touching the other? I believe if your culture "owns" the river tiles it acts as a road... seemed to at least... (will have to check that part)

 

[Underdawg]

The first question I would have is your culture from one city touching the other? I believe if your culture "owns" the river tiles it acts as a road... seemed to at least... (will have to check that part)

As I understand it (I believe Ainwood was the one who explained this in a thread just like this one), if the two cities are connected by culture (the borders touch), then the resources don't need sailing in order to be connected.

 

[kazapp]

Yep. You only need sailing to connect out-of-culture rivers (not in-culture ones), so please submit a screenshot if you still believe there is a bug.

 

[Cabay Jet]

I won't be able to upload one, my new game put me in a place that didn't have many rivers. Sorry guys.

 

[Cookie Crumbs]

Nope, the culture explains it.

 

[Commander Bello]

Nevertheless, then the description is absolutely misleading.

You would expect from the description that you have to have sailing for any ressource/cities/forts/what ever not connected by roads to be able to trade via rivers.
A more detailed and more accurate description would be necessary, as I see it.