Hello Zeppelin4,
welcome to this mod
you should not use earth maps because they have a problem with the new resources.
Possible workaround that worked for some players : If you want to play an earth map, you can go around the bug that deletes the resources. First start a game without the mod. load it with an earth mod. then save the game, as a map (button: save map), name the map however you like. Then restart a game, selecting that map, and all resources are in place .
For myself I play at regular speed but I think that marathon is probably the best speed.
This way you can really enjoy each era and unit.
The merged mods are already included into my mod. This means that if you have separately installed any of them you should not activate it or it will lead to a conflict.
They are in an specific folder ("Merged Mods"!) so that they can be easily deactivated if needed.
If you have any other question or just want to give feedback don't hesitate to come back here.