How do I delete my backpack?

[Ruchi]

My backpack fell down to the abyss (y=-1000).
If I die the 2nd time, I cannot use "Return to my backpack" function.(When I click the button, I teleport to the 1st backpack location.)

How do I delete my backpack?
Do I need to delete any region data?

TimeStayAfterDeath in entityclasses.xml is 3600 but my backpack never disappears even if 3600sec pass.
<!-- *** DROPPED_PLAYER_BACKPACK -->
<entity_class name="Backpack">
<property name="Class" value="EntityBackpack"/>
<property name="UserSpawnType" value="None"/>
<property name="Mesh" value="@:Entities/LootContainers/backpack_droppedPrefab.prefab"/>
<property name="ModelType" value="Custom"/>
<property name="Prefab" value="Backpack"/>
<property name="Parent" value="Backpack"/>
<property name="TimeStayAfterDeath" value="3600"/> <!-- player death backpacks will go poof after this many seconds. 0 means 0, not infinite. -->
<property name="IsEnemyEntity" value="false"/>
<property name="LootListOnDeath" value="playerBackpack"/> <!-- used to determine container X/Y size -->
<property name="Faction" value="none"/>
<property name="NavObject" value="backpack" />
</entity_class>
(Even if I set TimeStayAfterDeath value to 1, the backpack was still alive.)

[JoeSloeMoe]

Apparently the backpack will despawn after 60 minutes. I dont mean to sound like an idiot but why does it matter, why do you need to delete it? Is it just annoying that the marker is there?
One thing you can try is to go into god mode:
- bring up the console (F1 on my keyboard)
- type DM
- Hide the console (F1 again)
- press Esc to get the menu
- on the lower right hand side, select 'God Mode' (this will auto-check the no clip option)
- Esc again to go back to the game
- You can now move around freely - use the 'c' key or whatever is 'down' on your keyboard and go a get you backpack.
- afterwards, press Esc again - unselect God Mode, go back to game, bring up console again and type 'DM' again to turn off 'Developer Mode'

[Ruchi]

Originally posted by JoeSloeMoe:

Apparently the backpack will despawn after 60 minutes. I dont mean to sound like an idiot but why does it matter, why do you need to delete it? Is it just annoying that the marker is there?
One thing you can try is to go into god mode:
- bring up the console (F1 on my keyboard)
- type DM
- Hide the console (F1 again)
- press Esc to get the menu
- on the lower right hand side, select 'God Mode' (this will auto-check the no clip option)
- Esc again to go back to the game
- You can now move around freely - use the 'c' key or whatever is 'down' on your keyboard and go a get you backpack.
- afterwards, press Esc again - unselect God Mode, go back to game, bring up console again and type 'DM' again to turn off 'Developer Mode'

I already tried that but I cannot find my backpack.
Also, my backpack does not despawn after 60mins.(Still alive after 600mins after.)

[JoeSloeMoe]

Well dam, thats unfortunate. This webpage talks about the backpack - most of it is useless to you but maybe 'Method 3' will help you.
https://hypernia.com/7-days-to-die-backpack-missing/

An old youtube vid that may have some info thats still relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNDeJjQeSM

cheers

[Pryn1k_Man]

I found a solution to the problem, you need to delete one line from the file. Go to AppData, find the folder for the game 7DaysToDie > Saves > "Your map" > "Name your map" > players.xml. You need to delete the line with the backpack there; it will contain all your backpacks that are on the map.

[Paras]

Sorry to ask this blunt - but how do I delete this from an xml file? It seems like a programing tool is needed to do so? I cant really find anything making sense to me on the web about it.

My issue is the same with backpacks - respawn still ports me to an old one which does not exist in the world anymore but only in the files and it is very annoying. often enough quests get disrupted

[Capt. W. Schwartz]

Originally posted by NewParas:

programing tool

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