Alien turned hostile

[Toydoll]

So...I guess I\m not the only one who have problems trying to be friends with the aliens, they spwn in big numbers in some locations and are in the way for my units etc. etc. I hope there will be a fix for this.

But... I managed to become friends with them (worthless as an ally), but then all of a sudden they all became hostile and attacked me. I did *nothing* that could upset them. They kept attacking my workers etc. so I had no option than to eliminate them.
Why did they all turn hostile on me?

Bonus question: Why do steam force me to use an american keyboard(?) layout when the rest of my windows use the Swedish one? Can I change this?

[Pillow]

Well the only reason I know of that the aliens will turn from friendly to hostile in one turn is if you complete the Mind Flower for the transcendent victory path. It will always happen because it is a feature of the gameplay.

[Misfit Eye]

I have seen some strange behavior from the aliens. Once after I had 4 cities, they made a defensive line across my island to stop further expansion. Other times they wait until they have enough units, grab a seige worm or two and make my life miserable. I kind of like it. But hate when an alien will sit on a pod and not move for 50 turns.

[Toydoll]

hm, ok. The mind flower was under construction, but I'm 99% sure it wasn't completed. But maybe it enough if it's under construction?

Do they get friendly again afterwards (after a couple of turns or after I've won)? I didn't have the chanse to find out due to the crappy "time victory", I'm so gonna turn that off next game.

[Pillow]

I can't say for sure if the aliens will turn back to friendly or not. They did change from red(hostile) back to green in my game, but there where so few of them, and then the other AI players where killing them so hardly any left on the map I could see.

[SamBC]

Did you build the Mind Flower? That drives them nuts. Not sure if the other victory wonders do.

[Ostey]

Your standing with the Aliens does improve over time (faster with some ranks in Harmony). They do also get angry when you make the Mindflower.

Personally I have a very hard time getting the aliens to be angry to me. It almost never happens, even after wiping out troves of bugs and nearly all their bases. Even on aggressive aliens they also just seem docile. Maybe the next patch will improve it.