Road+River trade network connection?

[Blkbird]

How does it exactly work to connect a city to the trade network by combining Road and River?

In this screenshot taken from my current game, the city Nijmegen on the top right is connected, the city Delft on the bottom left is not, although there are roads linking both to the same river:



Why is that? Is it because Delft is only adjacent to the "river spring", and not linked the river itself? Then why is there a road graphic drawn from Delft to the river spring? Is the graphic inconsistent with the logic of the game?

 

[Defiant47]

Why is that? Is it because Delft is only adjacent to the "river spring", and not linked the river itself? Then why is there a road graphic drawn from Delft to the river spring? Is the graphic inconsistent with the logic of the game?

Correct. A river spring does not count as a river in game mechanics.

A road connected to a river spring is not a road connected to the river.
Desert adjacent to a river spring is not floodplains.
Land adjacent to a river spring does not receive irrigation, nor does it receive +1 commerce.

 

[Godwynn]

Why is that? Is it because Delft is only adjacent to the "river spring", and not linked the river itself? Then why is there a road graphic drawn from Delft to the river spring? Is the graphic inconsistent with the logic of the game?

The game designers are tricky like that.

 

[Blkbird]

So, in conclusion, the graphic *is* inconsistent with the logic of the game, as the "road" drawn from the city to the river spring isn't having any effect, correct?

 

[Godwynn]

So, in conclusion, the graphic *is* inconsistent with the logic of the game, as the "road" drawn from the city to the river spring isn't having any effect, correct?

You sir are correct.

 

[Blkbird]

In that case, I'll report this as a bug.

 

[Pitboss]

It seems that they stop at the river because it counts as the same thing.
Which is kinda true, since it's also a means of transport.
It used to be this way, many years ago, that roads didn't always went all the way, but that they were connected between each other with bits of river(s).

 

[The Flame]

In that case, I'll report this as a bug.

ROFL are you serious?

Sorry, I just had to do that.


...