My body isn't there?!

[Starwight/ttv]

So I died, then happened upon where my old body SHOULD have been. Given I died with a hiking bag, I was really hoping to find that damn bag.

But it isn't there. My body is not in the house where I died. Oddly enough, there IS a dead body almost exactly where I finally keeled over, but it is a generic body with bleach next to it--my other character died from zombie infection, so that can't be her.

In IWBUMS, does the old body not appear when you hit continue like it should?

[Red]

I reckon it just puts a zombie with all your stuff nearby to where you died. I managed to find my body after a few gunshots and alot of blood on my tires. If you wanna do it quiet, then have a look around in the surrounding area/houses.

[Starwight/ttv]

Originally posted by Red:

I reckon it just puts a zombie with all your stuff nearby to where you died. I managed to find my body after a few gunshots and alot of blood on my tires. If you wanna do it quiet, then have a look around in the surrounding area/houses.

I looked, but just can't find it. Is it possible it slipped out an open window or something and wandered off?

[Red]

I think it just spawns it in the general-ish area of where you died. It took a little while for my zombie-me to wander over. So it's probably quite a wide range. Keep an eye out for that hiking bag!

[DarkFaceGlow]

That’s weird. All 5,844,790 times I’ve died in this build, I’ve found my corpse right where I died.

[Red]

It's possible, i assumed their base was sealed off the game had it tp'd nearby. I'd found my zombified corpse had wandered a fair distance from where i died.

[Starwight/ttv]

Originally posted by Red:

It's possible, i assumed their base was sealed off the game had it tp'd nearby. I'd found my zombified corpse had wandered a fair distance from where i died.

It wasn't a base, just a house I'd barely started working on. I made sure the doors and windows were shut before I died.

I'll chalk it up to a fluke since nobody else seems to have had the issue

[Plague, M.D.]

as far as i can tell, your zombie body should be where it was when you died, unless it wandered off. If i know I am going to die, I usually try to barricade myself in a room somewhere. everytime i have gone back to those rooms, my former zombie self is there. maybe the zombie you is just wandering off?

[Myriad]

Originally posted by Plague, M.D.:

as far as i can tell, your zombie body should be where it was when you died, unless it wandered off. If i know I am going to die, I usually try to barricade myself in a room somewhere. everytime i have gone back to those rooms, my former zombie self is there. maybe the zombie you is just wandering off?

This^

Zombies can travel quite the distance, and sometimes it's hard to recognize them in the midst of a hoard. Although it's easier now with the animation update.

But yeah, unless you were dragged down on the spot, if you know you're going to die unload your gear and strip your character. And if you want to bury them for immersion, lock them in a room somewhere.