Zombie Bodies

[Creeze]

When do they dissapear? After quite some time I return to towns and all the zombies I killed are still laying there. Do they ever disappear because they don't seam to spawn there when there are bodies.

[Valmar]

Zombie bodies remain for 30 seconds after death, then they turn into corpse blocks. Corpse blocks can and will eventually clean themselves up but it takes a while.

[Creeze]

Thanks. It just seems they stay there forever. Haven't measured it though. Guess I could chop up every one I kill but that gets to be a pain

[I Don't Care]

It is random. I've had corpses that seem to never go away and some that disappear quickly.

[Creeze]

Would be nice if zombies would keep spawning but unless the bodies go away areas are completely empty. Especially noticeable at the small intersection "towns."

[Ragequit Inc.]

Note that if a chunk is unloaded, the corpse blocks don't decay. So if you leave an area, you can come back days/weeks later and the corpses will still be there.

[Hellrazer001]

I wish Horde night Corpes lasted longer, when I get down in the Morning after shooting them all night there are hardly any left to loot.

[Bromulus]

Originally posted by Ragequit Inc.:

Note that if a chunk is unloaded, the corpse blocks don't decay. So if you leave an area, you can come back days/weeks later and the corpses will still be there.

Ah ha. Thanks for this tidbit, I couldnt for the life of me figure out why this was happening based on my settings.

Originally posted by Hellrazer001:

I wish Horde night Corpes lasted longer, when I get down in the Morning after shooting them all night there are hardly any left to loot.

You can control this at the entity level by adjusting the value of this line:

<property name="TimeStayAfterDeath" value="100" />

[vv [FuMM]]

Originally posted by Valmar:

Zombie bodies remain for 30 seconds after death, then they turn into corpse blocks. Corpse blocks can and will eventually clean themselves up but it takes a while.

As of alpha 15 (or 15.1) this dosn't happen any more. I've got zombie bodies around my base and other location for weeks. They also act as containers and will reset when loot resets. It's quite handy.

I don't think this is based on chunk loading. I've seen it based more on "X max bodies in chunk" kind of thing. If I kill 5 zeds then I have 5 bodies there. If I keep killing zeds in the same area (15 or 20 I think) then I start seeing some of them explode and drop stuff.

[YamaKami]

Zombies will spawn when there are corpse blocks present. Wandering hordes roam right over the squishy suckers.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by vv FuMM:

Originally posted by Valmar:

Zombie bodies remain for 30 seconds after death, then they turn into corpse blocks. Corpse blocks can and will eventually clean themselves up but it takes a while.

As of alpha 15 (or 15.1) this dosn't happen any more. I've got zombie bodies around my base and other location for weeks. They also act as containers and will reset when loot resets. It's quite handy.

I don't think this is based on chunk loading. I've seen it based more on "X max bodies in chunk" kind of thing. If I kill 5 zeds then I have 5 bodies there. If I keep killing zeds in the same area (15 or 20 I think) then I start seeing some of them explode and drop stuff.

Not Valmar said bodies last 30 seconds then become "corpse blocks". Those are what remain. Your correct though that after "X" amount some of them will start to pop. So maybe do not use them as containers given that...

[vv [FuMM]]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by vv FuMM:

As of alpha 15 (or 15.1) this dosn't happen any more. I've got zombie bodies around my base and other location for weeks. They also act as containers and will reset when loot resets. It's quite handy.

I don't think this is based on chunk loading. I've seen it based more on "X max bodies in chunk" kind of thing. If I kill 5 zeds then I have 5 bodies there. If I keep killing zeds in the same area (15 or 20 I think) then I start seeing some of them explode and drop stuff.

Not Valmar said bodies last 30 seconds then become "corpse blocks". Those are what remain. Your correct though that after "X" amount some of them will start to pop. So maybe do not use them as containers given that...

Oh. I missread that. I thought he was talking about gore blocks :D.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by vv FuMM:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Not Valmar said bodies last 30 seconds then become "corpse blocks". Those are what remain. Your correct though that after "X" amount some of them will start to pop. So maybe do not use them as containers given that...

Oh. I missread that. I thought he was talking about gore blocks :D.

No, the red zombie jellos been gone for a loooong time now. lol

[Ragequit Inc.]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Zombies will spawn when there are corpse blocks present. Wandering hordes roam right over the squishy suckers.

Hm, source please?

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Ragequit Inc.:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Zombies will spawn when there are corpse blocks present. Wandering hordes roam right over the squishy suckers.

Hm, source please?

Me.

I play a shed load of the game. When I am at my base plenty of hordes will still come by and I can hear them crawling over the bodies, I have to be careful backing up too as a stepped on corpse block really slows you down. Also slows the them biters down though too so bit of a double edged sword there. If I do not clean up the corpse blocks though and more zombies come by and I start making new corpses after a certain point (one I have never bothered to ascertain) the old ones begin to "pop" or "burst" I guess is the best descriptive word to use on it. Any loot (Usually sham sandwiches I did not pick up) then is left on the ground to despawn after it times out.

[Ragequit Inc.]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by Ragequit Inc.:

Hm, source please?

Me.

I play a shed load of the game. When I am at my base plenty of hordes will still come by and I can hear them crawling over the bodies, I have to be careful backing up too as a stepped on corpse block really slows you down. Also slows the them biters down though too so bit of a double edged sword there. If I do not clean up the corpse blocks though and more zombies come by and I start making new corpses after a certain point (one I have never bothered to ascertain) the old ones begin to "pop" or "burst" I guess is the best descriptive word to use on it. Any loot (Usually sham sandwiches I did not pick up) then is left on the ground to despawn after it times out.

Well, I play the game a lot too. :) I was more questioning your first statement, which is kinda misleading, if not flat out false. The wandering hordes spawn whether or not there's bodies around is all I'm saying.