Possible Parthian gov type 4 error
I spotted this in the e_d_b.txt file at lines 18279 and 18280:
law_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { parthia, }
population_loyalty_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { parthia, }
Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but they're listed in the Seleukid section of the type 4 governments. They may need to be moved to join the Parthian stuff (and I need to do some editing!). If they're supposed to be Seleukid, the first needs to be changed to { romans_julii, } and the second removed, as the Seleukid already have a -1 loyalty bonus.
e_d_b.txt - potential bonus error
I think there are some fairly universal errors in e_d_b regarding bonuses and penalties. Each number is typically supposed to represent 5 percentage points, correct? IE 1 = 5%, 2 = 10%, etc? Unfortunately some bonus tags exist where 1 = 1%, 2 = 2%, etc. For example, Ptolemaic gov type 3 gets a farm level bonus of +1 and a tax bonus of +2 - which is 2% - as opposed to 10%, which I presume it was supposed to be. This also applies to certain unit or building costs that provide discounts. I say "potential error" because it seems to break form with the rest of the game, as all VNVs I've encountered always use 5% increments.
Here are the specific tags that may or may not need to be altered to 1:1 instead of 1:5 per my verification of e_d_b--
taxable_income_bonus
construction_cost_bonus_religious
construction_cost_bonus_defensive
construction_cost_bonus_other
The following are also potentially incorrect, but as far as I know don't actually work regardless of what numbers you use, so you may want to replace them entirely with something that does--
construction_cost_bonus_military
construction_time_bonus_military
The good news is that this is an easy search/replace task if they do need to be changed.
Re: e_d_b.txt - potential bonus error
Yeah, you are correct. They should be 5% bonuses. I think qwerty is doing some overhauling of the govt bonuses though, so it might be best for us to let him know this and incoporate it into his new bonuses. thanks!