Thx for clarification. Good to know.Damn I haven't been on the forum for a while and just randomly came across you shouting me out, it was nice to see so thanks
But yea the mechanics are in VP now as modifiers which are updated in the HandicapInfos table.
There's less instant yield bonuses for AIs now and more cost reductions, which can scale with era so the AI bonuses are less heavily weighted to the early game.