I recently tested SOTL's OP Civs against a few vanilla civs. Here are the results

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@KrakenLord9254

Civbuilder tries to modify and/or add new effects where necessary, so the Folwark + Sicilian bonus is most definitely an oversight. I’ll look into how Casusin Berbers mod does it, thanks!

For the showmatch, that’s why the civs are to be submitted 48 hours beforehand. That way I can generate with civbuilder, and then thoroughly playtest and triple-check everything, making sure there aren’t any conflicts and/or unexpected interactions (proceeding to manually edit the generated files if necessary).

Given that Folwarks and Kamandaran (Edit: and Forced Levy and Hussite Reforms) are (probably) the only effects that would need tweaking if used in combination with other bonuses, I realize now that it probably won’t take that long to fix civilizations built in Civbuilder. In turn, I now support having bonuses match official descriptions (RIP gold generating Arbalesters). Considering this showmatch has a monetary reward, we should be very transparent in the effects that will be modded. We should post the following notes somewhere:

• Kamandaran now sets Archer-line gold costs to 0, as opposed to the original effect where it subtracted 45 gold. A 35 wood cost is still added to Archer-line units.
• If Folwarks are used in combination with the Sicilian’s Farm bonus, three new effects will be created in the data file so that Folwarks will instantly gather 32.5, 57.5 and 92.5 food. If the Chinese Team bonus is added, then three additional effects will be created so that Folwarks will instantly gather 35.8, 63.3 and 101.75 food.
• Forced Levy now sets Militia-line gold costs to 0, as opposed to the original effect where it subtracted 20 gold. A 20 food cost is still added to Militia-line units
• If Hussite Reform is used with the Burmese 50% Monastery tech discount, a new Hussite Reform effect will be created so that the Monastery techs will cost their proper amounts in food (e.g. Block Printing will cost 100 food). This fix will prevent Monastery techs from generating gold when they are researched.
• The two Saracen Market bonuses, while listed as separate bullet points in the official description, will be considered a single bonus due to both of them being defined in a single effect.

(Also, for those unfamiliar with modding who are wondering what I mean by “effects,” you can read this guide I wrote.)

We also still need to decide on whether the Burgundian eco bonus (early eco upgrades and eco discount) is a single bonus or two separate bonuses. Civbuilder separates those two eco bonuses, but, going by the bullet point rule, I think it should be a single bonus.