Thread:MondlichtPanda/@comment-37484301-20200302021510/@comment-37915141-20200328215743

BB never had romance "points". There's a variable for all 4 LIs which holds a true or false value based on whether you've ever picked a romantic option with them (except for BBDS, that didn't have this variable, it didn't matter what you picked there). Once you picked one, the variable switches to true and that's it. No numbers, no scores, nothing else.

There are "score" variables in BB3 that hold an integer value but were never used. I have seen and tested all possible lines in the series (save for BB3.15-16, I'm just about to) and no score-related line appeared ever, until Chapter 15. These score variables were also only present in Book 3 and all LIs had one for some reason (perhaps they changed their minds later, IDK). They weren't in Chapter 8 where none of the LIs had a diamond scene (or a romantic option for that matter), neither in Chapter 16 when it doesn't matter anymore. They did appear in Chapter 7 where all LIs had a scene but surprisingly the true/false "romance" variables weren't present (meaning all the Bacchanalia diamond scenes keep the relationship platonic, I don't get the logic either). Who you talk to in random scenes was never tracked. (But in Chapter 7, there wasn't such choice anyway, in Chapter 8 there was but the score wasn't there, so this would rule this possibility out anyway.)

Whenever the score was present at least 1 LI had a solo scene, or there was a group scene. Hence, these scores probably depend on how many diamond scenes you took in Book 3. Your closest LI is automatically safe. Not sure if telling them you loved them means anything. Not sure having once romanced them is calculated into it. Not sure what exactly counts as a scene (group scenes which would add 1 to both I guess, taking Takeshi's sword for Jax, etc). And as you said there has to be a default one. I doubt it's random though. I created several test playthroughs so I'll see if they give any conclusive results (if I can read through it so many times, that is).