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ORIGINAL: Larry Smith

When you switch to route, and have a particular resource selected, you may then either (a) blank out the entire route by right-clicking on the first sea area used for transit, then reconstruct the entire route by left-clicking each sea area you wish to use, in the proper order, beginning with the first [the system will find the appropriate port]; or (b) simply deselect the first sea error that is not correct by right-clicking on it and then adding in the right ones. This generally works, though there do tend to be some persistent issues with any trade resources or BP's, as they are sometimes considered controlled by the sender, sometimes by the recipient, and sometimes the system won't let anyone control them. If you get weird messages, such as that there is no rail connection lining such and such resource to a city - and its one that needs to be convoyed at some point - just exit the form and restart it. Another often missed point is how to prioritize what gets traded. There is a small form down on the left, not quite all the way to the bottom left, that can be switched from "Default", to "Override" to "Computed", and there, on the "Default" form, if you click on the top line [usually blank] you should get a form that allows you to set the trade priority. This form will only pop up, however, if you are trading something, and will only list the present trade partners.

ORIGINAL: Ian R

I'll give it a try. I was thinking of doing something more radical with the standard map TER file and some 'permanently dry-docked' CPs to speed through those issues, but it would be more satisfying to do it from within the game.