So you want to suppress the pop-up for the Tech Advances (discoveries) you make, eh? Too disruptive to gameplay? Too much clicking for info you already have & know from playing the game? I feel the same way.

You're reading the right guide.

I'm gonna make this real simple:

This guide is based on you having the Steam version of the game Civilization 5 with all the expansions. It also assumes you have basic knowledge of how to edit plain-text in-line code (like HTML. Basically just specially-formatted text with alternatives to how a program works listed in them. It's not that hard. You can give it a try!) and how navigate Windows Explorer and folders and stuff.

I'll make a cheater version later if enough lazy people ask me.

Here is how you do it:

Firstly

Go there. If your Steam library is somewhere else, like C:\, well then make that G a C. Easy.

Once you're there you need to find this file:

TechAwardPopup.lua

Make a copy of it first. Right-click, drag, release 'Copy here.' Now there is one with 'Copy of...' or whatever there. Good job.

Right-click on the original. Choose Open. Find Notepad in the list. Choose it. (If you want to always open these with Notepad leave the 'Always open with' checked. Doesn't matter for this purpose though.)

Now it's open. Hit CTRL+F or go to Edit>Find in Notepad

Copy and paste this in there:

Go to it.

Directly below it you will see this:


Except, EXCEPT the hyphens (dashes - these - ) before them will not be there. It is your job to add them there on those two lines.

Two dashes, one space between each just as you see there just like that.

Yes, you can copy and paste those lines RIGHT OVERTOP of the lines that are there if you want but BE CAREFUL since you can only replace those two lines exactly. Nothing before or after can be changed or else the game might get messed up. Just be precise.

Save it and that's all you need to do.

Try it out. Now you will see notification lines at the top of the screen each time a tech is discovered, but no pop-up or dialog read when each is. You still will get the icon and prompt showing up before the turn ends requiring you to select your new tech so you definitely will know you need to research another one.

Have fun!