[geoschmo]

Whether or not an AI will surrender to you is determined by the AI_politics text file. All the stock AI will surrender if asked and you have either 10 times or 50 times their score. Some custom AI have been changed to never accept surrender, or to do so at a much higher rate.

Getting to 50 times there score is as stated a matter of denying them resources though blockade or glassing their planets, and destroying any ships they have. Until they reach the 10x or 50x threshold though your demands will fall on deaf ears.

Getting them to accept a peace treaty however is a more complicated issue. We asked Aaron about it and he said they should after enough time has passed and their anger has dropped to a certain level.

I had an AI once that I beat down to almost nothing and then I ignored them and went on to face other empires. After a few years they finally asked me for a trade treaty. I have never got one to accept a trade treaty from me though once war has been declared. But maybe I just never waited long enough. It takes years, not just turns. And you have to eliminate any factors that may cause them to remain angry towards you.

Geochmo

[ 28 December 2001: Message edited by: geoschmo ]