Is it me, or does Terra Vitae not have the "Vehicle dodging" mechanic that actually makes car chases survivable if you can't escape within the first turn? Got into a car chase today when the CCS chased after me for shooting up a Judge Hall, and nobody was dodging the bullets with their vehicles. Not even the CCS, who presumably had more skilled drivers than my Liberals
Sadly, no - that feature was added to vanilla LCS after TV was developed. We really need to re-sync the mod with the core game. Maybe we should embark on that this coming week?
Another thing I noticed about Terra Vitae was that spouses of new recruits can occasionally join them in the fight for Liberalism, which is a feature that I absolutely love. Does anything affect the odds of a spouse also joining up?
Yes, quite a lot of things, in fact. The code is in SeekRecruitSpouse() in additionalchars.cpp. To summarize:
1. The most important determining factor is how the liberal was recruited. Liberals recruited via persuasion are more likely to bring their spouses than liberals recruited via seduction. Enlightened liberals will never come with spouses (you didn't kidnap the spouse to enlighten xer).
2. The second main factor is the recruit's age. Recruits have a maximum chance of being married at age 32, and drop off rather precipitously if they are younger and more gradually if they are older. Thus if you want to recruit people's spouses, it's best to aim for recruits in their early thirties.
3. Conservatives are more likely to be married in the first place. Therefore if you recruit a liberal via persuasion, it is somewhat more likely that the recruit will bring xyr spouse if xe was previously conservative prior to recruitment. However, liberals are more likely to approve of and be open about their extramarital affairs with their spouses, so if you are recruiting via seduction, a recruit is more likely to bring xyr spouse if xe was already liberal prior to recruitment.
4. Every profession belongs to a social class, and some social ranks are more likely to have spouses than others (although only the destitute gang members and homeless people are markedly different). People you recruit are also typically more likely to marry within their social class or a nearby social class. The classes are destitute, blue-collar, academic, military, professional, respected, and rich.
5. CCS members are more relatively likely to be married to fellow CCS members than would be expected for people at large. The same applies to criminal professions like gang members and the Mafia, to the super-powered community, and to Terra Vitae. The Terra Vitae leader is
always married (to a TV Agent).
6. People are assumed to be 80% heterosexual and 20% homosexual. Homosexual conservatives are less likely to be married than homosexual liberals. Vivian Pines is
always heterosexual, but her successor(s) can have either sexual orientation (although in her case this doesn't matter for having a spouse).
Also note that there is a "Cheat Marry Me" code.
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