Were you fighting with that player before they went AI?
The game tracks hostility before the AI takes over so that it kind of knows the political situation when it does.
Yes, but not for a few turns. It must track “hostility” with a longer history than a production cycle or two?
Tracks it from the start of the game. Do you think it needs to be more forgiving?
Hmm. Seems to work OK for most, but the “false negative” when you’ve recently ceased hostilities or even actively (but not formally) allied with a player can be pretty rough. No different than a quick betrayal by an active player I suppose.
Sorry for digging this up now, but please keep in mind: Players often “bump into each other” while their scanning ranges are not long enough to see each other arriving at the same star. IMO there should be a way not to interpret this as hostility later on for the calculation of AI behavior!