ok, so having tried
@sha1062 's 0.6.3 EFI there was one issue i noticed immediately which is a big problem with opencore for me, and clover does not suffer from this
when the laptop is closed (aka clamshell mode) and connected to an external monitor with clover, it will work unplugged or plugged in. this is actually NOT how normal macbooks work, but its exactly what i want.
in OpenCore if the laptop is in clamshell mode and i unplug power, it immediately sleeps, the same as on a normal macbook pro.
do other uses experience this on OC aswell? and if so is there any easy way for me to change this and make it behave like on clover, perhaps it was because after going to opencore i didnt clear my nvram, i may need to try it again.