How to get affinity to match the command output?

[DynV]

My PC is not into having multiple lovers. He's being pursued by an NPC and giving in so want to break up 1st. His lover was at 1600 something affinity so I ran

modav ca_affinity [#]

to get it down to ~700, then did something the NPC liked and the affinity got to 2500 something (from the command "getav ca_affinity"). I ran the command (modav) again, did something else the NPC liked and got it to 6-700. At some point the lover became an ex in the process as the dialogue relationship status and going to sleep next to didn't yield Lover's Comfort. I was doing chores at a settlement when I got a notice my ex-lover was unhappy with me and it turns out it was now below -1000. I quick-saved to see what happened and getting near triggered an ultimatum. After quick-loading, I think I used command to get it to 8-900 then did something liked but although I was not submitted to something so harsh, the lover's dialogue showed little desire to be with my PC.

For some time now, I've been keeping an eye on the affinity and adjusting when it's outside 800-950, and when the cool-down expired did something like and the ex-lover keeps being annoyed with my PC. I only wanted to go back to friendship, to the 750-999 status. I'm tired of hanging with the ex-lover but don't want to dismiss like that.

 

Thank you kindly for your help

 

[aurreth]

Instead of modav, which adds/subtracts certain amount, use setav, which makes it equal to that amount. setav ca_affinity 750 will immediately change the affinity value to 750.

 

From the wiki:

 

 

Do not use the modav ca_affinity command, as it messes up the gain/loss multipliers, which will cause the game to incorrectly change the character's affinity values in the future and will stop all future romance options. This effect also persists on saves and is irreversible without modifying the save file.

 

You could put that command in an autoexec batch file to run every time you load the game.

Edited June 8, 2021 by aurreth