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I'm completely ignorant regarding coding. 
But I have a proposal for anybody wanting to get their feet wet with Civ IV modding.
I (and I suspect a few others) would enjoy a mod that gave old-fashioned pop-ups for important events such as a Civ you have contact with being wiped out, wonders being finished by other civs.... and maybe more info.
Ideally, there would be an option menu to select which popups you do or don't want, so if one player wants to know when wonders are finished and wars are declared, but not when a civ is wiped out or a city taken from them, and another wants the oppposite it's all good.
Possible events that could generate a popup:
War between two known civs breaks out.
Peace signed between two known civs.
A "First Discovery" tech is researched by a known Civ(ie, when someone else gets Music you see a message that "so and so
Great Artist in Whatever Country discovers Music.") so that we don't have to guess if we'll get the bonus from being first.
A city of yours is taken or razed (I actually had a border city destoyed without noticing until a few turns later.
)
A known Civ is destroyed.
A Great Wonder is completed by somebody else.
As far as I can tell this is all information you can get from the game if you check certain screens every turn, or you don't miss the four second display of the event three minutes after it actually happens.
If that kind of interface mod strikes your fancy I'd be very appreciative.
Regards,
Fosse
But I have a proposal for anybody wanting to get their feet wet with Civ IV modding.
I (and I suspect a few others) would enjoy a mod that gave old-fashioned pop-ups for important events such as a Civ you have contact with being wiped out, wonders being finished by other civs.... and maybe more info.
Ideally, there would be an option menu to select which popups you do or don't want, so if one player wants to know when wonders are finished and wars are declared, but not when a civ is wiped out or a city taken from them, and another wants the oppposite it's all good.
Possible events that could generate a popup:
War between two known civs breaks out.
Peace signed between two known civs.
A "First Discovery" tech is researched by a known Civ(ie, when someone else gets Music you see a message that "so and so
Great Artist in Whatever Country discovers Music.") so that we don't have to guess if we'll get the bonus from being first.
A city of yours is taken or razed (I actually had a border city destoyed without noticing until a few turns later.
)A known Civ is destroyed.
A Great Wonder is completed by somebody else.
As far as I can tell this is all information you can get from the game if you check certain screens every turn, or you don't miss the four second display of the event three minutes after it actually happens.
If that kind of interface mod strikes your fancy I'd be very appreciative.
Regards,
Fosse