You're right about the Alt-Tabbing. I've noticed I can't do that anymore. I'd love to turn this into a mod, or at least have the game updated the Excel file automatically, but I have no idea how to do either of those things. For now, I may have to have the game running on my desktop and run the Excel file on a laptop. A poor compromise I know.

All those other things are pointless though if I can't get current building cost data. Could someone please post the data here, or provide a link to a tool that will allow me to dig the data out of the DB files? The DB editor linked in the mod section is no more (discontinued).