First Impressions

[Bucephalus]

In my current game, I was astounded to find that Brennus was already 'furious' with Hattie barely twenty turns into the game; -5 diplo came from different religions, and a whopping -9 for 'first impressions'. What is it that causes such a bad first impression? Oddly, he actually liked Monty - needless to say it wasn't reciprocated...

 

[shyuhe]

Large differences in base peaceweight. Each leader has a base peaceweight modified by a random factor (+/- 2 I think) in each game. The weight goes from 0-10, and for every 2 point difference, relations get a -1 modifier. This only applies to AI-AI relations. Warmongers tend to have low peaceweight values and peacemongers have high values. It's part of the design that's supposed to prevent warmongers from crushing each other.

 

[CivMonger]

I keep getting + or - relations from first impressions when I meet guys. Usually a minus

But I'm not sure if its from the standard game, or something from BUG/BAT mods.

 

[SeptimusOctopus]

I'm pretty sure the first impressions relations modifier is in the game by default. BUG/BAT/BULL just show it in the hover text now. I used to wonder why some AI's just seemed to hate me even though we shared religions, had open borders for centuries, etc.

 

[shyuhe]

There is a hidden modifier based on the difficulty level, which may be the "first impression" modifier you're asking about. If you're playing at a higher difficulty, you get an automatic -1 modifier. If you're at a lower level, it's neutral or positive. The details are in the code but I can't remember them right now.