In Legends of Revolution I've added a couple of lines of code (thanks to Sephi), that checks if a civilization knows another civilization before a "You have traded with our worst enemy" penalty function is run. This makes it so that when you first meet a new civ you don't have a -4 diplo penalty right off the bat. This applies to AI-AI relations as well. I haven't noticed any real gameplay effects of this change, I just like not meeting some new civ and having them hate me for no reason I could have foreseen.

This code is pretty simple and I've been thinking of adding it to RevDCM. However it's the type of gameplay change I need to check with people to make sure if it's a wanted thing or not. So do people want to see this applied, or do people want things to stay as is?

For the record this is the code:

//phungus Has Met Worst Enemy Trade Penalty check
//make sure that if A trades with B and A is C's worst enemy, C is only mad at B if C has met B before
//A = this
//B = eIndex
//C = (TeamTypes)iI
if (GET_TEAM((TeamTypes)iI).isHasMet(GET_PLAYER(eInde x).getTeam()))
{
GET_TEAM((TeamTypes)iI).AI_changeEnemyPeacetimeTra deValue(GET_PLAYER(eIndex).getTeam(), iChange);
}
//phungus end

This is a MUCH needed change. For gameplay reasons, obviously, but also for realism reasons. A human would not hold another human so arbitrarily accountable for doing something that the other human never could have been aware of.

I like it, go for it :thumbsup: !

Yes please.

Is there any way to remove the "non-ai" catches from AI-AI diplomacy?

Things like "A first impression is a lasting one" don't seem to affect the AI.

Basically, the AI doesn't hate its neighbors enough, which leads to stagnation, which leads to the human player always winning.

OK. Since it seems to be supported, and there were no objections, I have updated the SVN with this change.