AI: Modding tribute tech/DOW/no trade request frequencies

[John DiFool2]

As detailed in this thread, in my not so humble opinion the AI asks human players for far too much, even when the request makes no sense ("Please DOW on my worst enemy, 2 continents and 40 turns away"), the requesting civ already is in the negative WRT the human player, and (when asking for tech tribute) the tech in question is far too valuable for even an idiot to part with. The problem really becomes bad when running a mod with lots of civs.

Hence I am just inquiring whether this is moddable or not. Thanks in advance.

 

[Refar]

I think you can change this by editing the <ContactRand> and/or <ContactDelay> fields in the Civ4LeaderheadInfos.XML.
Or you can remove / make less / less likely / expire faster the diplomatic penaltie from refusing such request. To do this you would need to edit the according <MemoryDecay> in the same file.
You need to do this for every Leader.

 

[John DiFool2]

Thanks, Unknown Civ Player guy! [Sorry, just like the avatar] I'll play around with the settings and come back to ya.