I've lurked these boards for years, and after reading snoopy369's Fixes/Features thread and Dale's PatchMod thread, I've come forward with a request for a feature in a future patch. This request is for a toggle-board for a standard, non-modding user to allow and disallow for certain changes, beyond the planned "Bug-Fixes Only" edition.
Of course there's a large number of Civilization players out there, and many of them may have played Colonization as well. When it comes to meshing together contemporary coding/design and following a predecessor faithfully, these people will of course not agree with each other perfectly. Somewhere along those lines, however, the work you've done is more than satisfactory and should be applauded.
There will be players who do want all the bells and whistles, and others who want the Colonization game they played yesterday but powered on today's computers. I did not play the Colonization until a few years back, and even then it was the Windows edition; but the person who introduced me to Colonization played the original while growing up.
Without any mods, the two of us from different schools of Colonization manage to enjoy playing with and against each other with Civilization IV: Colonization. Still, I'd like to be able to look forward to a menu for switching things great and small bundled into a later patch: from Dale's "Colonopedia" or Sid's "Colonizopedia" to Converted Natives being permitted or barred from returning as Missionaries.
Thanks for taking the time to read and answer player posts.
Oh, and by the way, I too prefer the sound of "Colonopedia" better.
Ciao,
BestestAsbestos