Why does Codsworth not like me even though i'm doing approvable things?

[Sir Cobalt]

Everytime I do something that Codsworth likes, I ask him about what his thoughts on us are and he says worse things everytime. First he said he wanted me to go back to my old self, then he said he things had changed but not for the better and then he said I was no longer the man he knew that went into the vault 200 years ago! Is it going up or down?

[casualsailor]

I'm more concerned about your desire to romance a robot. You've got METAL FEVER boy!

[Sir Cobalt]

I've just realised the things he says change everytime you ask him. But still, why does he not like me? Is it just because I fueled Mama Murphy's drug addiction because I wanted to know what she had to say even though i've completed the main quest line?

[Sir Cobalt]

Originally posted by casualsailor:

I'm more concerned about your desire to romance a robot. You've got METAL FEVER boy!

Yeah... no. It sounds like that I know but there's no need to assume something so ridiculous. Jesus christ honestly

[lechkingofdead]

i have the opasit with nick as i have a relation ship with him and he likes me but he is hardwired to hate the player but not enught to not falow thim and im thinking i may have a glish in my game on my xbox one game and the thing is its on a non-modded save so i have no idea so any thights

[lechkingofdead]

Originally posted by ZatsNotMedicine:

I've just realised the things he says change everytime you ask him. But still, why does he not like me? Is it just because I fueled Mama Murphy's drug addiction because I wanted to know what she had to say even though i've completed the main quest line?

it may be becus of mama murphy as i have gotin a negitivew on codsworth when i got merhy's some chems (a.k.a dugs) so it may be her that is the problom

[Haunt Fox]

Nick? I've never had a problem getting Close to Metal with Nick; in fact, he seems to warm up really quickly.

As for Mama Murphy, can't really help you there, I mostly just stay away from her, except for my attempt at making her an arena fighter (had a problem with my design, I think, and NPC pathing or AI, but I had DCMS still installed at the time, and haven't bothered trying again yet), and haven't gotten around to trying out Codsy as a companion, either. But the reason I stay away from her is because I did figure how you treat her would affect any companion that happens to be in Sanctuary at the time, but on the other hand, I haven't wanted to lock out her visions, either.

[Tin Can]

Cogsworth took a long time to get his perk, even with charisma at 8. He likes it when you help people and build settlements.

[sdack]

One way to find out is with a console command. Make a save file before you try in case you mess something up:

1. Open the console.
2. Click on the companion. You'll see a reference number showing up in the middle of the screen.
3. Enter "getav CA_Affinity" (without the quotes).
4. The returned value is your current affinity standing towards the companion. It's a number between 0.0 and 1000.0 iirc.

I don't know if the number can go negative, but if it did then you'll have to work harder to get it back up. At 1000.0 does one get the companion's special perk and with romance can one get up to 1100.0 with certain companions I believe.

The command "setav CA_Affinity N" will set it to the specified number N.