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Extra Hard Mode

In Vanilla, the AI gets the following bonuses based on difficulty level:

difficulty_insane_ai = {
tile_resource_minerals_mult = 1
tile_resource_energy_mult = 1
tile_resource_physics_research_mult = 1
tile_resource_society_research_mult = 1
tile_resource_engineering_research_mult = 1
navy_size_mult = 1
}

difficulty_very_hard_ai = {
tile_resource_minerals_mult = 0.5
tile_resource_energy_mult = 0.5
tile_resource_physics_research_mult = 0.5
tile_resource_society_research_mult = 0.5
tile_resource_engineering_research_mult = 0.5
navy_size_mult = 0.5
}


difficulty_hard_ai = {
tile_resource_minerals_mult = 0.25
tile_resource_energy_mult = 0.25
tile_resource_physics_research_mult = 0.25
tile_resource_society_research_mult = 0.25
tile_resource_engineering_research_mult = 0.25
navy_size_mult = 0.25
}

It seems to me that there is an obvious oversight there: Unity. So I add +25%, +50% and +100% unity output to these modifiers, matching the increase for other resources. This should make the AI even harder to play against, and should also make the late-game more interesting, as in my experience the AI tends to fall behind the player on Unity and so seldom manages to unlock and meaningfully use the more interesting Ascension Perks.

I overwrite the modifiers I quoted in a separate file, nothing more, so there should be no compatibility issues; also, there are no localisations to worry about.