Dropped my gun and its gone?

[31hearts]

what the heck happened? i dropped my sub machine gun to pick up some water. i didnt have any room on my back or in my bags so i had to lay it down. after i get done drinking the water, my gun is gone. i checked all around the building. its completely gone. whats wrong with this game?

[FTA-Koar]

Dam sasquatch. Happens to me all the time.

[31hearts]

Originally posted by FTAKoar:

Dam sasquatch. Happens to me all the time.

so its not just me?

[Zaphod]

Not just you. If you are lagging any at all, even if you don't realize it, it will remove the item from your inventory - but the server won't register it as being there. Just happened to me today.


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[us271934-Слава Україн]

I need more fingers to count how many times this has happened to me. One of the hazards of double carrying guns you think you can't live without. Some update versions have been worse than others but it's still a unfinished game and there's plenty of unintended bugs.

Lost a double-carried MP-133 today but thank the gods that I still have my P1, Magnum, 1911, Trumpet, and repeater. As a side note: I've never seen the mags for a P1 before and found 2 of them within a 1/4 mile of each other.

[Pacifist]

This seems mostly related to a door state desync issue. 9 times out of 10 you can find the gun outside of whatever building you entered that the server believed had closed doors. You can also spot this issue if you ever enter a building and cannot pick an item up you find inside. You can shoot/punch the outside walls and the doors will snap to their proper state and you'll be able to loot the items and any items you drop will appear inside rather than outside.

This is a known issue. Just be mindful of this when you're playing. You can always drop an item of lesser value before a weapon if you're worried about losing it. (i accidentally threw my AUG the other night, :/)