So is there a Romance/Love mechanic too?

[Jivebot]

I know there's a crude Romance mechanic in Blackthorn Arena.

But i was poking around in the save files(Innocently, I assure you..hehe) and noticed a "isinlove:no" line, or something like that.

Is that a feature that's coming over from Blackthorn, or is it just some duplicate code because both games use the same engine?

[PIXYTRICKS]

Much of the saves are transferable between the other. Equipment IDs are the same, and the values of the equipment random stuff is easy to identify and alter as you see fit. I have a list of them, as I imagine many others do too. With the change in the levelling system, you can grab previous characters' level ups and replace the entire skill section block, which will allocate the points and even transfer the hotbar settings you've had, which circumvents the cap that has been put in. In fact, you can alter pretty much anything to do with the game as far as your characters are concerned by save editing.

I am sure romance/love MAY play a role, however I'm suspicious of how big of a role that actually is as there are no indicators in the game for how it plays out. That being said, from an RP perspective, you could certainly set the flags to establish both romantic connection and how much of that there is without breaking the game or doing something which can't be undone later, like simply resetting the flags or replicating someone else's flags over existing values.

You could effectively set romance flags for your Slave Master and Gladiator in Blackthorn Arena by changing up the target IDs with the character values, although this provided no benefit as your Slave Master was never present in the arena with the Gladiator.

[Butcher]

Originally posted by PIXYTRICKS:

You could effectively set romance flags for your Slave Master and Gladiator in Blackthorn Arena by changing up the target IDs with the character values, although this provided no benefit as your Slave Master was never present in the arena with the Gladiator.

Slave master is always physically present in the arena - among the crowd. You can hover the mouse over him and check stats even.

[PIXYTRICKS]

But the buff for two romance partners in the same arena wouldn't proc - the Slave Master being present in the stands was not regarded as the same as being in the arena.

[Jivebot]

I got Relationship status to 100 with some of the party members. It says 'Love' and gives you the same Buff you got back in the Blackthorn Arena for having high rapport with party members in your active party.

But in the save file it doesn't flip the "Lover" Flag like it does in Blackthorn so I guess it's just a platonic kind of love.