Tile (=road) upkeep, how to destroy roads

[kroket]

Ok i remember watching the demovideo with the developers playing and the guy said that the civilization that builds the road pays for the upkeep.

Yesterday i conquered egypt and Thebes and Memphis were connected by a road built by Ramesses. I connected Memphis to my own city but only Memphis was added to my trade routes (check F10 trade routes for better view) I didnt pay any upkeep for the roads.

Today however i conquered Japan and now Kyoto has 1 road. I built 4 so my upkeep should be 4. It is 5 however while i did not built the road (yes i did count correctly )

So i tried to 'pillage' the road (and the sheep at the same moment) in Kyoto which i have kept a puppet state because the terrain kinda ***** over there. I wasnt able to get rid of the road its just pillaged now.

So how do i get rid of roads?? Upkeep = 1 gold per turn right? I play prince now.

 

[Jerrymander]

Use a Worker. They have a "remove road" command.

 

[kroket]

Really?? Thats silly i hadnt even thought of that

 

[kroket]

On a sidenote Kyoto (the puppet) just built a harbor but the city isnt added to my trade routes. Is that supposed to be that way? There is an unobstructed path to my coastal capital.

 

[PawelS]

On a sidenote Kyoto (the puppet) just built a harbor but the city isnt added to my trade routes. Is that supposed to be that way? There is an unobstructed path to my coastal capital.

I think you should also build a harbor in the capital, or any coastal city connected to it by roads.

 

[Xylic]

On a sidenote Kyoto (the puppet) just built a harbor but the city isnt added to my trade routes. Is that supposed to be that way? There is an unobstructed path to my coastal capital.

Remember a ship needs a harbor to load and unload. So you need a harbor in a city connected to your capitol also, or in the capitol itself

 

[Doctor Phibes]

On a sidenote Kyoto (the puppet) just built a harbor but the city isnt added to my trade routes. Is that supposed to be that way? There is an unobstructed path to my coastal capital.

Have you researched Wheel? Harbors won't connect otherwise - this got me puzzled once, and that was the reason, I'd bypassed it...

[Oh, sorry, you said you'd built roads. Bit of a puzzle then, sometimes there seems to be a delay for the harbor to come on line, though...]

 

[tcjsavannah]

Use a Worker. They have a "remove road" command.

I tried this once and it told me that I could not remove the road because it was not within my cultural borders. So that road had to just sit out in the open. I never paid attention to see if I was getting charged for it or not..

 

[Jerrymander]

I tried this once and it told me that I could not remove the road because it was not within my cultural borders. So that road had to just sit out in the open. I never paid attention to see if I was getting charged for it or not..

Yeah, it only works in your borders, but you also only pay for roads in your borders, I believe.

 

[tcjsavannah]

That's interesting. So if you travel across a large continent, capture a capital (or two) and then send a lonely worker on a long journey to hook up those capitals to your capital via one long road, you're really only out the cost of the worker's time.