Auto-Attack forcing you to declare war on other civs

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When I put fleets on Auto-Attack (shortcut k), they would seek out the straightest line to an enemy: they don't deviate for neutral fleets or freighters. What this does is that when they run into a neutral fleet, you get the pop-up asking you to reconsider declaring war on them. The problem is that, no matter the number of time you answer no to this pop-up, it WILL come back, until you answer YES, forcing you to declare war.

A fleet on auto-attack should avoid contact with neutral fleets.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I'll have to take a look at that.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've ran into this same problem, I just hafta be quick enough, get your finger ready to hit the k key, say no, then you have half a second to hit the k key to stop auto attack. Not a fix, but it'll get ya out of the loop.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was wondering about that. Its assuming any race that isn't an ally is an enemy. Warm and Friendly aren't enough to pass muster, to say nothing of neutral or worse.

Plus the detection range for Auto Attack sucks. If an enemy formation isn't within a contiguous sensor range (meaning, visible space on sensors between it and the target), it will cancel auto attack. Like it won't path through the fog outside of sensor range.