This section concerns modifying the various difficulty settings for each handicap. Barbarians: Handicap values relating to Barbarians, which generally affect the human player.AI Bonuses: Bonuses applying to AI-controlled Civilizations.City-State Bonuses: Bonuses applying only to City-States.Player Bonuses: Bonuses applying only to human players (AI players use the player bonuses from their special AI_DEFAULT difficulty).

It is important to note that AI free techs have been removed from all difficulty levels in Vox Populi via the DifficultyMod.sql file.Each handicap is divided into 4 sections.These range from Settler to Deity, along with a special AI_DEFAULT difficulty, which AI players use. It is divided into 9 different handicaps, also known as difficulty levels.The Windows file path is: Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/MODS/(2) Community Balance Overhaul/Balance Changes/Difficulty/DifficultyMod.xml The DifficultyMod.xml file overrides the BNW difficulty settings.2.3 Example 3: Change the AI to always make optimal choices for City Production, Technology and Social Policy choices on all difficulties (remove randomness).2.2 Example 2: Add a starting Worker for human players to all difficulty levels.2.1 Example 1: Add a 20% unit maintenance discount for the human player on Chieftain.

Civilization 5 map editor