overlapping squares assigned to one city by PC

[KMadCandy]

this is not the way it was in civ2/civ3 so i'm hoping that it's a bug rather than a design decision. i did not see anything about it in the manual and i did look specifically for it once it started bothering me.

if you start 2 cities near enough each other that they overlap a bit in the workable squares, the overlapping squares seem to be assigned to one or the other city. if the square is greyed-out (not workable) for city A, it stays that way even when city B isn't working that square, even waiting a turn for the game to realize that city B isn't working that square doens't make it available for city A.

in older versions i'd sometimes swap which city worked a certain tile by which one needed more production atm, things like that. doesn't feel like an exploit to me, which is why i'm having a hard time being sure they took that option on purpose, especially since i haven't yet figured out the logic of which city the squares will be assigned to. so i'm far more nervous making cities that overlap a bit in civ4 than i was before. anybody know if i'm missing something, or if this is a bug or intended? thank you.

 

[Ravellion]

You can still assign it to the other city. Just click (might be right-click, not sure) on the darker square once first. It is then assigned as "available" to that city (and unavailable to the other). Then you can assign a citizen to work the square.

Rav

 

[KMadCandy]

oh yay!! thank you! i'd posted about this on someone else's thread in the general discussion, and started my own, but got no replies so i assumed it was a bug. you are my hero for the day!!!