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I haven’t participated in this forum much, but have kept an eye on it for those Civ4 tid bits. I have a few suggestions for Friaxis that I’d really like to see implemented in Civ4. I’m not sure if they or something similar have been suggested before, if so then please toss out this thread. 
1. The ability to name geographical features of the map.
Wouldn’t it be great to label your map as you want! Perhaps you have a mountain range to the north of your civ, you could call them the “Smokey Mountains”, or whatever tickles your fancy, and the label would be displayed on your world map whenever you scroll past. Same goes for oceans, seas, peninsulas, lakes, forests etc.
In multiplay you could have the option of switching off other players labels if you don’t like them or don’t agree on the name of a bordering river for example.
I really like the idea of personalising my fantasy world, and this would go a long way to achieving that. (As a side note I’d also like an option of choosing your own leaderhead when you first set up a game. I’d like to choose the default, from a selection, or even put my own face/artwork in there if I wanted).
2. The ability to make notes in-game.
I often use a notebook for my PBEM games to keep track of my strategies and to provide reminders. It would be handy to have an in-game notepad that you could use. I’d also like to be able to set pop-up reminders – for example set a pop-up to appear in 15 turns time that reminds me that a peace treaty only has 5 turns left – thus prompting me to move some troops around or what have you.
I don’t imagine there would be too much involved in introducing these features, and they would add a lot of practicality to the game.
Here is hoping that someone from Friaxis reads this!
Looking forward to Civ4.
1. The ability to name geographical features of the map.
Wouldn’t it be great to label your map as you want! Perhaps you have a mountain range to the north of your civ, you could call them the “Smokey Mountains”, or whatever tickles your fancy, and the label would be displayed on your world map whenever you scroll past. Same goes for oceans, seas, peninsulas, lakes, forests etc.
In multiplay you could have the option of switching off other players labels if you don’t like them or don’t agree on the name of a bordering river for example.
I really like the idea of personalising my fantasy world, and this would go a long way to achieving that. (As a side note I’d also like an option of choosing your own leaderhead when you first set up a game. I’d like to choose the default, from a selection, or even put my own face/artwork in there if I wanted).
2. The ability to make notes in-game.
I often use a notebook for my PBEM games to keep track of my strategies and to provide reminders. It would be handy to have an in-game notepad that you could use. I’d also like to be able to set pop-up reminders – for example set a pop-up to appear in 15 turns time that reminds me that a peace treaty only has 5 turns left – thus prompting me to move some troops around or what have you.
I don’t imagine there would be too much involved in introducing these features, and they would add a lot of practicality to the game.
Here is hoping that someone from Friaxis reads this!
Looking forward to Civ4.
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