Keeping npc locked

[Rivazar]

If I take a no name generic npc knocked out, bring to house, leave there and lock the door, will it despawn?

[caverat749]

if you leave the cell , sometimes they might do. it's the same principle as carrying a unconscious NPC over a long distance and not having the camera facing "the body"
Normally I kept them in a cage, spar with them, heal them and after a few fights just recruit them, some get really buffed up stats - sometimes put a med kit so they improve healing too...but still had reloaded and they were completely gone...left the cell (the Hub) to explore the swamps and Mongrel aaand the animal and 2 prisoners despawned..unless the slavers took them hmmmm

[Cattrina]

If you put them in a cage, they won't despawn. But if you just toss them inside a house they will despawn next time the region unloads, fe. loading a save.

[caverat749]

Originally posted by Cattrina:

If you put them in a cage, they won't despawn. But if you just toss them inside a house they will despawn next time the region unloads, fe. loading a save.

had a few that despawned - they were in a cage in the snail house in the Hub and the door was locked maybe I was unlucky

[TamTroll]

house locks don't do much anyways, NPC's will always try and pick or break the door to get out.

If you want to keep someone imprisoned without a cage, you'd need to physically prevent them from escaping, like putting interior walls around them with no gap to walk through. this won't prevent them from despawning when you leave the area though. you DO need a cage for that.

[Cattrina]

Originally posted by caverat749:

Originally posted by Cattrina:

If you put them in a cage, they won't despawn. But if you just toss them inside a house they will despawn next time the region unloads, fe. loading a save.

had a few that despawned - they were in a cage in the snail house in the Hub and the door was locked maybe I was unlucky

uhoh

[Hozzenplozz]

Originally posted by caverat749:

Originally posted by Cattrina:

If you put them in a cage, they won't despawn. But if you just toss them inside a house they will despawn next time the region unloads, fe. loading a save.

had a few that despawned - they were in a cage in the snail house in the Hub and the door was locked maybe I was unlucky

For me this only happened when I forgot to feed them before I left. Dead people despawn...

[Cuddle_Rat]

Skeletons are my cages, I just have them hold prisoners and keep them in one place.
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