How long does your body remain after death ?

[Deadly Chicken XoP']

I was in Fort Narith and died on the stairs in the HQ,
I spawned into the base camp and then had a long phone call so I just kept my player alive by moving around every so often, dealt with a bunch of work stuff (that I should have been doing anyway)

later some friends joined the server I was on probably about 2 hours later. And we went back to Fort Narith and fought our way to the HQ, but my body was no longer there.

Now I know about the missing body thing, unfortunately there was an AI died pretty close to where I thought I was but I carefully walked every step looking and usually even if I cannot see my body I can still loot it. However I began to wonder if player bodies disappear after a time the same as AI bodies ?

No huge loss, but I just wanted to see if there was a reason or if my body should have still been there ?

Also that dam more the merrier mission looking for the paperwork in the barracks, I guess it can be behind one of the many locked doors that I dont have a key for. quite frustrating when you have to fight your way in and clear the place out but cant find the item.

[Scott]

I don't know about a time limit, but I do know that you are only allowed one corpse at a time. If you die on the way back to your corpse, it de-spawns your old one and gives you a new one. I've also had my body disappear for no apparent reason as well, but every entity/corpse more than likely has a time limit, I assume it has a longer de-spawn time than AI though. Also, "More the Merrier" is currently bugged, they fixed it with the 5.2 hotfix, but broke it again with the rollback.

[Deadly Chicken XoP']

ahh yes I did remember seeing a note on them adjusting it, forgot that it was the rolled back hotfix. thats a shame.

yeah I know about the second death thing, I didnt die again. it was just a lot longer than the usual time to get back to your body I guess :P

[xsmoke]

I believe it's like an hour. Same has happened to me when i took too long.

[Mo_is_here]

Originally posted by xsmoke:

I believe it's like an hour. Same has happened to me when i took too long.

1 hour!!??
Thank! good to know.

[Sn4pFPS]

1 hour maybe or less , sometime went back and wasn't there

[FloppyDoppy]

Originally posted by Deadly Chicken XoP':

I was in Fort Narith and died on the stairs in the HQ,
I spawned into the base camp and then had a long phone call so I just kept my player alive by moving around every so often, dealt with a bunch of work stuff (that I should have been doing anyway)

later some friends joined the server I was on probably about 2 hours later. And we went back to Fort Narith and fought our way to the HQ, but my body was no longer there.

Now I know about the missing body thing, unfortunately there was an AI died pretty close to where I thought I was but I carefully walked every step looking and usually even if I cannot see my body I can still loot it. However I began to wonder if player bodies disappear after a time the same as AI bodies ?

No huge loss, but I just wanted to see if there was a reason or if my body should have still been there ?

Also that dam more the merrier mission looking for the paperwork in the barracks, I guess it can be behind one of the many locked doors that I dont have a key for. quite frustrating when you have to fight your way in and clear the place out but cant find the item.

to be more precise its around 45 to 50 minutes, I tested with a bag (that works the same way as a body) I droped on bushes and it disapeared between 45 to 50 minutes when I was farming tigerbay.

[Deadly Chicken XoP']

thanks for the responses, good to know one way or another, makes sense I guess and not the end of the world, but at least it will stop me looking for something that wont be there if similar situation happens again ;)