The relations system in GalCiv 1 was dynamic but hard to understand. The AI would look at where it currently was in terms of how it felt about you, go through a load of calculations, and then adjust its relations. The problem was that it was often hard to understand.
So this time, I've started making it so that the AI calculates its relations with you from scratch each turn rather than adjusting up and down.
Different situations given different points for and against you. Ironically, a system similar to this is in Civ IV so at least there's others that feel a system like this makes more sense. Here's what I've got so far:
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1 |
You are militarily more powerful |
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2 to 3 |
You are significantly more powerful. |
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4 to 5 |
You are massively more powerful militarily |
|
1 |
You are trading with them |
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2 |
Trade with you represents a substantial part of their economy |
|
3 |
Trade with you represents a major part of their economy |
|
1 |
You are ethically evil and so are they |
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2 |
You are ethically neutral and so are they |
|
3 |
You are ethically good and so are they |
|
1 |
You have helped them in the past. |
|
2 to 3 |
You have provided significant help to them. |
|
1 |
You have recently paid tribute |
|
1 |
You are natural friends (humans & Altarians) |
|
1 to 3 |
You are diplomatically more sophisticated |
|
1 |
They have planets in your influence sphere |
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1 to 2 |
They are pacifistic |
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1 to 4 |
You are a historic friend (after 2228 + galaxy size) players friendly players become friendlier with 1 point per year) |
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-2 |
You are evil and they are neutral |
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-4 |
You are evil and they are good |
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-3 |
You are good and they are evil |
|
-2 |
You are good and they are neutral |
|
-1 |
You are neutral and they are evil |
|
-2 |
You are neutral and they are good |
|
-1 |
They are more powerful than you are. |
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-2 to -3 |
They are significantly more powerful than you are. |
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-4 to -5 |
They are massively more powerful than you are. |
|
-1 to -2 |
They are militaristic |
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-1 |
You are natural enemies (Drengin and Torians) |
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-1 |
You are the Yor (or you’re not the Yor) |
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-1 to -4 |
You are a historic adversary |
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-1 to -3 |
You are diplomatically less sophisticated |
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-1 to -4 |
“Unlucky” event affects you (assassination for instance) |