How do Hookups Work?

[Jivebot]

How do hookups and relationships even work in this game? I've got a few flirty/pretty characters now. Their genders/orientations are right. They have +50-100 opinions of each other. But they don't mess around.

They're having lots of road conversations and such but never hooking up. They do seem to want to "confess their love" but no cheap, meaningless fling options dangit. lol

[AquaMidget]

If you set up a camp, there's a camp and a kitchen tab on the left side of the screen. If you click on the camp tab, you'll get options to party, hookup, and trade knowledge (initiating a conversation). I've personally never used the hookup feature, but it'll be there at least.

[Sacrilege™]

Hook-ups are a free and effective way to relieve stress. Camp -> (fatigue must be under 40%) -> hookup and relieve stress (negative effect if there is a 3rd, un-matched character that adds stress because they have "to watch").

Basically camp, sleep, hookup, sleep, refreshed and green.

[Jivebot]

Still not understanding how this works.

They're not fatigued.

Their genders and sexualities are compatible. A couple of them even have the flirty traits.

But when I hit 'Hook up" it just says there's nobody to hook up with.

[JimmyD]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Still not understanding how this works.

They're not fatigued.

Their genders and sexualities are compatible. A couple of them even have the flirty traits.

But when I hit 'Hook up" it just says there's nobody to hook up with.

you have to get the dialog that theyve become a couple (you will see the portrait of their partner on the right side top of the character menu)

they have to have a certain amount of opinion points with a person theyre compatible with and vice versa. i dont know what the threshold is or if its just increased probability but it maxes out at 100. i find chars with similar traits will tend to flirt like they have the flirty trait.

easiest way is to camp with just the two of them and spam share knowledge. every so often they will talk about something they both like and gain opinion points. you can have them console each other but the RNG on that isnt great for net positive opinion points

do single chars that hit 100 opinion of each other automatically couple?

[Jivebot]

Oh. Silly me. I was thinking a "Hook up" would be a tad more casual and avoiding the more serious relationships. lol

[JimmyD]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Oh. Silly me. I was thinking a "Hook up" would be a tad more casual and avoiding the more serious relationships. lol

me too! i thought i had to "console" them first or something 🤦‍♂️

[Jivebot]

So I let two of my truckers become a couple.

But shortly afterwards ANOTHER Trucker wanted to confess her love to the guy, so I was curious and let it happen.

Nothing happened at all. At least that I noticed.

Shortly after that, ANOTHER trucker made a love confession. I said yes again. This time I got a comment that the one he was already with "saw them flirting and is heartbroken".

But the stress levels didn't change. they still seem to be considered a couple. The character menus continue to display only the original two as each other's lovers.

So does this mean the one Trucker can hook up with the other two who confessed their love, even though he's still a couple with the first? Why didn't the "heartbreak" change any stats? Did it change something I didn't notice?

[JimmyD]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

So I let two of my truckers become a couple.

But shortly afterwards ANOTHER Trucker wanted to confess her love to the guy, so I was curious and let it happen.

Nothing happened at all. At least that I noticed.

Shortly after that, ANOTHER trucker made a love confession. I said yes again. This time I got a comment that the one he was already with "saw them flirting and is heartbroken".

But the stress levels didn't change. they still seem to be considered a couple. The character menus continue to display only the original two as each other's lovers.

So does this mean the one Trucker can hook up with the other two who confessed their love, even though he's still a couple with the first? Why didn't the "heartbreak" change any stats? Did it change something I didn't notice?

this happened to me, it took like 3-4 times of the "worker caught trucker flirting with driver, worker is heartbroken" dialog but I didn't pay attention to what the trigger was for them to break up. the homewrecker became the new partner too lol but i dont know which had what influence on it

did their opinion of each other drop at all? maybe they split up once one opinion goes negative again or something