My background, which colors my viewpoint -- 20+ yrs in software design and, yes, even some actual programming -- accordingly my questions are directed at what I see in that field.. or dont see.

Overall: this looks like a difficult project to accomplish for 2 reasons: Scope of the project, and dispersal of the programmers.

I see:
ideas, discussion, a program mission statement, lots of technical detail (in some areas), obviously some start on programming.

What I do not see:
A design document. Maybe one exists and it's not public. That'd be ok.
You need to make a final decision on where the code will run, where the data will be kept, what form the data will be stored in, interface elements between modules.
btw: how many modules are in the design?

I was involved in a similar project [not civ, but a space game], 12 yrs ago on CIS. It died for lack of coordination and planning prior to start of actual coding.

Hi. Thanks for dropping by, and your interest. No, there's no design doc yet, but we know we need one Soon. I will put up a proposal of where we go from here and get everyone's comments on it. I have had a process in mind for the project, but haven't explicitly stated much of it. I'll start a new thread so everyone will know its there and can comment briefly on it. When we have a good process worked out then we'll proceed. Please let me know what you think of the process and esp the design doc elements.

-Mark