Latest update (over two years since the last one lol) I have adjusted down the housing and amenity bonuses

The only issue seems to be that these changes make the AI have more population a little too fast early game, and the loyalty pressure from it can be impossible to deal with.

I really like the concept of this mod. It reminds me of JAM's smooth difficulty in how it removes arbitrary combat bonuses. These changes basically allow the AI to gain more population faster from the mid game to late game, thereby indirectly boosting their stats but organically. I will test your mod and see if it really is better.

Causing crashes or bonuses not applying ? Or something else ?

Currently not working with all community mods disabled.

this is pretty cool tweak. i usually play on the marathon and deity level, and always feel AI are too fast(tech) but too dumb(city location, battle, etc) this looks helpful for balancing! Two thumbs up!

As someone who played with difficulty modding before, i like how this makes the AI harder without being noticeably unfair to the player.

If this is the only mod you are playing with - yes, AI will start with extra units.
I decided not to adjust the starting units as there are mods that already do this.

So do they still start out with extra settlers?