how do you get romantic relationships between the survivors?

[upuaut2]

i know you need to build the marriage thingie for them to get married but so far none of my survivor have turned into a couple yet

[NukeAJS]

I'm not sure 'cause I haven't got it either, but on a survivor's main tab -- there's a social section at the bottom. One of my characters has: "Interested in ________" however the other character isn't reciprocating.

I'm not sure how I got one character to like the other but not vice versa, but I imagine that most of it has to do with those random social pop-ups like "Agreed with xyz about xyz." So, having two people near each other a lot and getting lucky (or maybe certain characters are more compatible than others?). I would imagine that any character that's married, whether or not their spouse is also present, isn't capable to be romanced.

That being said, it'd be pretty scandalous if a spouse could fall in love with someone who isn't their spouse while their spouse is present. As a sidenote, Greyson is really in love with his wife Vanessa but Vanessa REALLY hates Geryson. Yet, she still gets the "slept next to my love" buff.

[upuaut2]

i heard that one way is putting their beds next to each other. so far i got ken hating nova but she is interested in him. i managed to get 8 survivors now. but two of them are old guys lol

[Boothy]

Not sure what the mechanism is, but I've played with Vivien in my last two games (for her 4 x crafting boost for clothing).

And in both games she's ended up in relationships, resulting in marriage each time.

In my current game, she got engaged, married, was happy for a couple of years, then dumped the guy, and hooked up with Ken!

I didn't even notice till I saw a few people were unhappy, and it turned out Ken was in his own room alone, while Vivien was still sleeping next to her ex! Quick bed ownership swap and Vivien and Ken were now happy, but the ex was very unhappy for months afterwards!

[Daiska]

I know it's not compatability factor, because I've had the same two survivors get engaged on one, then the next save they despised each other. So I think it's random, combined with being around each other often. But just working together can also make them -99 hate the other one. It's fun to see how it plays out.

[Elgar]

I haven't had a wedding yet, but I noticed in my game that everyone loves Jack. Almost everyone (I have 6 survivors so far) hates everyone but Jack.

I wonder if it's because Jack is my main cook ? Everyone is thankful for the good meals he prepares ?

[Lastpick72]

I've had it happen a few times, so I must be doing something right. Since it's not too difficult to plant the seeds for a relationship compared to the ongoing happiness benefits, I will usually do the following. Take Jack, he's a player. The biggest way to improve the chances is somewhat like real life, the "future" couple needs to spend time with each other. To that end, I've had multiple successes with Kadrina and Emma hooking up with Jack by assigning the same tasks to each forcing them to spend time with each other. For example draft both and send them hunting together, or assign them to craft benches that are right next to each other. Keep in mind though that all it takes are a couple of meltdowns to ruin any romantic opportunities. In one play through, Jack had a meltdown and destroyed Emma's bed right in front of her, and from that point on she was afraid of Jack.

[jO nAt hAn 11]

as far as i know its random. ive had multiple play throughs with the same core survivors and it always varies. i current have a love triangle rn with an engaged couple that cant get married because theyre too busy vomiting every day during their wedding, plus another chick who is interested in the groom... might need some polish on this factor

[spacedog]

Originally posted by Boothy:

Not sure what the mechanism is, but I've played with Vivien in my last two games (for her 4 x crafting boost for clothing).

And in both games she's ended up in relationships, resulting in marriage each time.

It's just random. I'm not sure, but I think the game seed might influence it in some way.

I've used the same seed for the last few games, because I like the terrain layout. In every one of those games, Vivien has universally hated everyone (and they return the sentiment). Probably because they keep her working in the clothing sweatshop 14 hours a day.

Krista on the other hand... men, women, young, old -- she always latches onto pretty much the first living human she spends more than 10 seconds around. But, again, I don't expect that to be the same on other seeds.

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Originally posted by upuaut2:

i know you need to build the marriage thingie for them to get married but so far none of my survivor have turned into a couple yet

Hey upuat2! it mainly comes from survivors spending time with each other, but their relationship can be both positive and negative from this. Their relationships can also change from positive to negative, and vice versa!