Bodies which can't be looted

[Night FM]

I've noticed that some dead bodies can't be looted, despite showing an X marker on your screen. This seems to be the case with bodies which were placed there by the game rather than ones you actually killed. IMO, this is poor design, since it makes it difficult to distinguish between lootable bodies and non-lootable ones. If there are non-lootable ones, it shouldn't show an X icon for those bodes on your screen.

[sunflower]

never happened to me. if this annoys you i would try to put something, and then remove
maybe game will get event that body is looted, and remove the marker

[DomEReapeR]

Not as frustrating as enemies that you DO kill and it says ''looting unavailable'' for whatever reason, still have no idea what causes it.

[Night FM]

Originally posted by sunflower:

never happened to me. if this annoys you i would try to put something, and then remove
maybe game will get event that body is looted, and remove the marker

There are some bodies which are already on the map when you arrive there (meaning you didn't actually kill them). The only icon which appears for these bodies is the "move body" icon. No option to loot them is even given, but they still show up as a grey X on your screen.

[PuffyLunk]

Sounds like a "you" problem

[Night FM]

Originally posted by PuffyLunk:

Sounds like a "you" problem

It's not. The bodies can be picked up by pressing X. But the "loot body" option never appears on the screen even when you are close to them. This seems to only happen with bodies which were never actually killed by the player (e.x. in some of the SIRCAA missions, you will run into Ward soldier bodies which were already dead before you arrived).

[PuffyLunk]

Originally posted by Night FM:

Originally posted by PuffyLunk:

Sounds like a "you" problem

It's not. The bodies can be picked up by pressing X. But the "loot body" option never appears on the screen even when you are close to them. This seems to only happen with bodies which were never actually killed by the player (e.x. in some of the SIRCAA missions, you will run into Ward soldier bodies which were already dead before you arrived).

I know this. I've played the game. I'm saying I dont have a problem with the non lootable bodies. Its a "you" problem.

[prawns]

I’ve seen it twice. I think it may sometimes occur when an npc loots another. I couldn’t loot an army dude and then I killed a few more army dudes in the area and all of a sudden it allowed me to loot the guy. I got a fair few masks and suits from them cause they looted each other during the engagement. Perhaps I had to kill the npc that had interacted with the one I couldn’t loot before I could

[† ⅤΣ†𝓤𝟝Ω †]

Originally posted by prawns:

I’ve seen it twice. I think it may sometimes occur when an npc loots another. I couldn’t loot an army dude and then I killed a few more army dudes in the area and all of a sudden it allowed me to loot the guy. I got a fair few masks and suits from them cause they looted each other during the engagement. Perhaps I had to kill the npc that had interacted with the one I couldn’t loot before I could

It can happen on various occasions. Quicksave, quickload and body becomes lootable. It seems like a scripting bug can which occurs before random NPCs walk in the area when you resolved your looting problem. 125h and it still happens.

[Cryptic]

ive seen this a few times myself. i have no idea what causes it

[Napolon]

As far as I understand, this happens in case the corpse inventory is empty in the moment of the death.
Also, same situation happens with some preset NPCs, that are dead from the beginning, for example, stalkers corpses in the Eastern entrance of the lesser zone. These corpses also do not disappear, unlike regular ones.

[Night FM]

Originally posted by Napolon:

As far as I understand, this happens in case the course inventory is empty in the moment of the death.
Also, same situation happens with some preset NPCs, that are dead from the beginning, for example, stalkers corpses in the Eastern entrance of the lesser zone. These courpses also do not disappear, unlike regular courpses.

Right, it seems to be the case with preset bodies.

[Yung Ducky]

Originally posted by PuffyLunk:

Originally posted by Night FM:

It's not. The bodies can be picked up by pressing X. But the "loot body" option never appears on the screen even when you are close to them. This seems to only happen with bodies which were never actually killed by the player (e.x. in some of the SIRCAA missions, you will run into Ward soldier bodies which were already dead before you arrived).

I know this. I've played the game. I'm saying I dont have a problem with the non lootable bodies. Its a "you" problem.

Anecdotal evidence doesnt prove anything. *You* got lucky, so the fact you didnt encounter the bug is a YOU problem. Does that help bud? Jesus christ never thought I'd say it but I swear steam forums are worse than reddit with you cringe neckbeards. It's crazy I could hear the nasal clog just by reading your text on a screen.

[Set-115689]

Some bodies appear to be unlootable. Might be quest related or just placed bodies?

On the way to the rookie village might be some? Can't really remember.

[devil_505]

Happened to me several times, but that were always "decoration bodies" that were placed there by the developers to show that the situation is tense.

Never had that problem with bodies I placed myself.

[Nite69]

Yea those are just prop bodies, ones you kill that won't happen