Thanks.
They've been probably bribed to war, so they have to comply with the war for 10 (15?) turns. It's useless talking to them during that time.
If I recall, that message applies to city-states. You can’t make peace with a city-state if they’re allied with a civ you’re at war with.
it's like blue ghost says. peace blocked appears on city states. if an a civ is bribed or allianced to go to war, they have to stay in it for 10 turns, and during this time there will be no "trade" button at all in the diplomacy screen.
They can't hit your city in some turns (longer the easier the difficulty). Other than killing them as they appear, you can spam some units in your neighborhood to prevent barbarian campments from spawning and settle fast (camps don't spawn in visible tiles). When they hit secondary cities, your loses are little, so you should try to avoid them hitting your capital.
Also, looking at what will be a city with a large number of sea tiles, I recommend in future games to add "Global - Coastal Waters Only". It will not expand into ocean tiles lest there are resources, will focus on land tiles and will stop the AI from essentially blocking water travel in the early game due to the borders being locked out.
ocean tiles do not have ressources. and, add what to where? it depends on mapscript, right? so you're suggesting he'd change his mapscript? isn't that a bit advanced?
I've been using that one particular map script so long that I thought it was the default for most.
It's a good food tile. For great people you need food. It's one of those tiles that your capital will still be working even when working all specialists. Even better for Tradition. And I don't send GM for the cashout, this is minimal. The good effect is the WLTKD to all cities.
