Can we start a relationship with the update?

[tobu2012]

Maybe I misunderstood the update, but I thought your player and other survivors could get into relationships now. If that's possible, how do you start one as the main player? Sorry if this has been explained because I can't find it.

[Midnight_Toker247]

First off they have to be of the right sexual orientation, if you are for example a guy trying to get with a girl but she is homosexual obviously nothing is going to happen there. Second they have to be in the right age group, I'm not sure the exacts of how this works in the game with numbers but if they are too old or too young for your character they will not be interested. Third you have to gain their respect, once you have their respect as long as they are of the right age group and sexual orientation they will start flirting with you when you say "What's up", answer positively to those various flirts enough times and you will get a relationship quest to go on a walk with them. On the walk you will have to do a mini quest of a few different types, finish the quest and then the next time you say "What's up" they will ask about your relationship, answer positively and you will officially be in a relationship. After that you can get the FEMA/conquer the map quests. You can get in as many relationships as you want and flirt as much as you want but be careful as this will cause fights through jealousy.

[kf4ssf]

Wow that sounds really cool to know you can do that. I've just recently started playing and i am pretty glad i did.

[tobu2012]

@Midnight_Toker247 Thanks for clearing this up! I didn't think it was possible since I've been trying to get with this hottie I just recruited to my group. Now I feel bad for skinning and eating her friend. Looks like it's not gonna work out LOL! Thanks again!

[Salem Graves]

Is this in the beta branch or the official release?

[Midnight_Toker247]

Originally posted by Nose:

Is this in the beta branch or the official release?

To be honest I am not sure, I have been playing the beta version for so long I have no idea what the regular version is at this point.

[tobu2012]

I'm wondering if maybe because I've loaded into a game save from about a year ago will none of the updated mechanics not function within this particular file? Should I start a new game?

[Midnight_Toker247]

Originally posted by tobu2012:

I'm wondering if maybe because I've loaded into a game save from about a year ago will none of the updated mechanics not function within this particular file? Should I start a new game?

Some may work but most won't. Yes you should start a new game.

[tobu2012]

I figured out my issue. Because I was still playing with the main game, the relationship stuff was not working. Even the mods weren't working. I switched to publicbeta and viola, everything started working! I love the dynamic stories that are unraveling now.

A gang of raiders came to kill me and take my stuff. I subdued them and only a girl was left over begging me not to kill her. I forced her to join me and work for me. She hated me every day but did her work, and did it well. She was a great cook. The group expanded and she would tell everyone of them I killed her friends. It took forever but I won her over by taking care of her, giving her gifts, and being kind to her. The other girls in the group got jealous about the relationship that was growing between my survivor and the looter girl. They secretly complained about her behind her back and even physically assaulted her.

She wanted to be with my survivor but there was something she didn't have the heart to do in order to move on with her life. She wanted me to find her ex's body so that he could have a proper burial. His body was located in a very dangerous town thick with the infected. We geared up and went to retrieve his body, but when we got there a group of people were fighting the infected. We joined in to help them and once the infected were dead, I went over to talk to them and realized that her boyfriend wasn't dead. She yelled to them "Hey, I have an easy target here!" and they all attacked me, even the girl I worked so hard to change. It was a setup and I barely escaped.

I plan to go back to kill them all. This game is amazing!

[Midnight_Toker247]

Originally posted by tobu2012:

She wanted to be with my survivor but there was something she didn't have the heart to do in order to move on with her life. She wanted me to find her ex's body so that he could have a proper burial. His body was located in a very dangerous town thick with the infected. We geared up and went to retrieve his body, but when we got there a group of people were fighting the infected. We joined in to help them and once the infected were dead, I went over to talk to them and realized that her boyfriend wasn't dead. She yelled to them "Hey, I have an easy target here!" and they all attacked me, even the girl I worked so hard to change. It was a setup and I barely escaped.

Wow! I have yet to see that. Originally there was just a group of NPCs and a grave, those NPCs didn't have any special dialogue, they also would not get hungry, thirsty, or cold, as I had hoped they were just a place holder. This last time I did that quest there was no living NPCs, just a bunch of red strain, her ex was one of them, we killed them (she got bit, luckily I had plenty of antigen), then we buried the body and she said her goodbyes. Nice to know there are a few different things that can happen with this quest now.

[Lemski07]

There's another one where after seeing his/her ex is still alive they will automatically leave you and join his/her group without hostilities.

[tobu2012]

Originally posted by Midnight_Toker247:

Wow! I have yet to see that. Originally there was just a group of NPCs and a grave, those NPCs didn't have any special dialogue, they also would not get hungry, thirsty, or cold, as I had hoped they were just a place holder. This last time I did that quest there was no living NPCs, just a bunch of red strain, her ex was one of them, we killed them (she got bit, luckily I had plenty of antigen), then we buried the body and she said her goodbyes. Nice to know there are a few different things that can happen with this quest now.

Yea, I guess your survivor's girl didn't secretly hate him. Have you ever had an issue with the console development window not closing? I know this isn't the topic to ask, but I'm hoping it's just something simple I'm missing.

[Midnight_Toker247]

Don't think I've seen that. Does it stay open when you leave and re-enter the game?

[CellNav]

Originally posted by tobu2012:

Have you ever had an issue with the console development window not closing? I know this isn't the topic to ask, but I'm hoping it's just something simple I'm missing.

Yes. You won't be to able ESC out because the active cursor for an item quantity is still running, I'll give you an example ....

Let's say you wanted to add gold. You proceed to the equipment spawner and scroll down to gold. You don't want 1 gold so you click on the quantity box to change the gold amount by typing it in, and then click the GOLD button to spawn the gold. You'll note the cursor in the gold box is still flashing, so if you try to hit ESC it won't close the window, you have to click anywhere to stop the cursor from flashing in the quantity box and then ESC back out.

[tobu2012]

Originally posted by CellNav:

Yes. You won't be to able ESC out because the active cursor for an item quantity is still running, I'll give you an example ....

Let's say you wanted to add gold. You proceed to the equipment spawner and scroll down to gold. You don't want 1 gold so you click on the quantity box to change the gold amount by typing it in, and then click the GOLD button to spawn the gold. You'll note the cursor in the gold box is still flashing, so if you try to hit ESC it won't close the window, you have to click anywhere to stop the cursor from flashing in the quantity box and then ESC back out.

Yea, it turned out to be the controller. Very bizarre error that wouldn't go anywhere. Thanks!