Improving relations?

[Torric Roma]

any way to improve relations past peace talks. some factions started hating me cause i defend myself from raids while raids were taking place and their guys were in the cross fire

[FutaSenpai]

If they aren’t hostile I believe going to one of their camps to trade raises it. And I think building a com radio thing lets you offer them money kinda like a bribe.

[Vladislak]

If they turn hostile then capture as many of them as you can when they raid you, then release them after treating their wounds. For every one you tend to and then release the faction likes you more (+15 I think).

I got one tribe to become reasonably friendly with me and start trading... And then they were visiting and a bunch of maddened deer appeared and slaughtered them. They blamed me (like I had any control over that) and now they hate me again. My only consolation is that the traders that were killed were slavers so I like to think those deer were karma. :P

[cstoneburner]

If you capture one of their people during a raid, and release them and they make it safely off the map, that gives one, too.

If you like mods, take a look at https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=753498552&searchtext=hospitality. If you give your visitors enough places to sleep, something fun to do and you have enough socially adept people set to negotiate with them it can dramatically improve relations as well as offering minor trading opportunities and a chance to recruit new colonists (although that will cause a hit to your faction relationship, how much depends on how valuable the recruit is, and if the rest of the visitors are also having a great time it can offset it almost completely.)

Also this one looks like it should, although I haven't tested it https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1225610022&searchtext=ransom