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Romance question

shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
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Well, this is... rather odd.

In my current playthrough, my original party included both Dorn and Neera, but I meant to romance Dorn. However, Neera's dialogues kept popping up more frequently, and while I always chose the more "neutral" responses (no need to be rude, right?), her romance variable just kept going up. After completing her quest, I sent her off and replaced her with Baeloth, at which point Dorn's dialogue began to progress.

I think I've successfully made it to the end of the romance with him - our last conversation ended with him saying "Maybe you and I..." - but I can't seem to find the CLUAConsole variable to check. What's more, Neera's variable is still set at 3, and the last thing I want is to import my PC to BG2EE and find out that I'm with Neera by default...

So my question is twofold: first, what's the GetGlobal variable for checking Dorn's romance? And should I reset Neera's variable back to 0? Will that affect her dialogue if I decide to bring her back into the party?

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  • MykraMykra Member Posts: 252
    edited February 2013
    It should be CLUAConsole:GetGlobal("Dorn_Romance","Global"), yes? I haven't done the romance myself, but I've seen a Candlekeep encounter mentioned a few times.

    Does CLUAConsole:AdvanceRealTime(50000) work with the new romances like it did for the old romances? I hated messing with global settings as they always seem to have the highest chance of making something go wonky.

    As to Neera, I don't think it will hurt you. In BG2, there always seems to be a moment where you have to make a choice who you will romance and who you will break it off with. They may carry it over that Neera likes your character, but it will be easy for you to simply say No to her in a dialogue. Also, I'm not sure if I just did it while it was buggy, but she worked like Jaheira did for me in BG2 that if I removed Neera from the party, the romance ended.
  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    Dorn's romance is tracked differently. Put your cursor over him and type 
    CLUAConsole:GetGlobal("DORN_ROMANCE_2", "LOCALS")
    If it's 2 (which it should be given your dialogue), you've completed his romance.

    The romances in BG:EE are based on game time, not real time, so advancing that will do nothing. Since Dorn, Neera, and Rasaad aren't mutually exclusive in this game, BG2:EE shouldn't automatically pick one for you at the start. (That would be a serious bug. ;)) It's a shame you can't turn down Neera without being nasty to her, though.
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    @Jalily: Thanks, that did the trick. :) You're right, there's definitely an imbalance in terms of how the two characters' romance tracks play out - it's actively impossible to shut Neera down nicely, whereas some of Dorn's dialogue options can shut the whole romance down prematurely. Hopefully BG2:EE will be a bit clearer...
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