Getting AI to demand surrender

[Mark Walton]

Well...

I am watching my AI run itself by setting all the ministers on, some of the empire options off, then just hitting "end of turn" and seeing how my AI performs.

It will consistantly wear it's enemies down to next-to-nothing (just a weakened homeworld and no ships) but doesn't seem to ever demand surrender... If I go in and demand surrender it will be accepted so the thresholds have all been met, and in the politics file I have tried lots of different settings.

Is it just because I'm playing the race "as a player" but with full AI on? If I let it play as a proper computer-run empire will that be different (and how can I check results)?

Thanks in advance - maybe when I've sorted this out and checked it on 1.35 I can zip up my race and let everyone test it for me...