Just a question, each attribute such as mini-balance (the one im trying to disable) i cant seem to disable, because it says mini-balance=Mini Machine Balance or something like that, ive tried deleting the line or turning it to false, nothing works it loads perfectly fine, but nothing changes, no module slots, no cost changes, nothing at all

so it turns out
i was editing the wrong thing entirely
instead of editing the data.lua file, i was editing mini-machines.cfg
my bad

You shouldn't have to edit the lua files to change settings; just disable it through the in-game Factorio Settings > Mod Settings menu. Editing the lua files will technically work, but it's a lot more effort than necessary; unless the mod settings keep getting reset for some external reason.