River and desert - but not a flood plain?

[slightlymarxist]

Hey guys,

Something weird happened in my current game. I've found a new city next to a river by desert tiles, but for some reason they don't count as flood plains. They count as desert, but I can work them for 1 commerce (since they're next to the river)! The city gets no unhealthiness from being near flood plains. The 3-food tile to the SW is an oasis tile.

Feature or bug?

 

[slightlymarxist]

Here's another shot of the city interior. Notice there's no unhealthiness!

 

[The Keeper]

It happens. Seen it occasionally.

Not all deserts that are beside rivers are flood plains in real life. Look at the grand canyon in the USA. Big desert with a hole in the ground that a river runs through.

 

[ChrTh]

Well, typically the flood plain tiles have green along the river:

What patch level are you playing at, 1.61?

 

[ChrTh]

What are the game settings? Is it a "dry" climate?

 

[slightlymarxist]

Patch 1.61, all map setting standard, standard size Fractal map.

 

[theorykid]

You're not crazy...i saw the exact same thing in my current game. (Almost the same game too: fractal map, standard settings).

Maybe i haven't been paying attention, but i thought it was a little strange myself. Although i have noticed that flood plains seem fragile. ie. if you raze a city that was on flood plains, it goes to desert.

Edit: opps, important to mention that's my first 1.61 game. hmm.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

You're not crazy, it is part of the game.

 

[Mewtarthio]

Deserts next to rivers are not Flood Plains. Mouse over the tile before you make any long-range plans around it.

 

[DrewBledsoe]

It happens more often than you might think, as someone said, unless it had the green tinge to it, its not a flood plain....you can at least watermill it later on, so its not totally useless