12.07.2015 Minipatch bug - animal corpses

[tomw84]

Since yesterday minipatch I've noticed that corpses of animals i killed just after the patch (so like 11 hours ago) havent disappeared nor animals that ive killed 3 hours ago, while they are just laying around outside my plaim on the ground (not at mine or inside building, but outside). I was logged out most of the time, so they should dispawn long time ago.

Was that changed on purpose, or its a bug ? Did anyone else experienced that ?

[Procne]

Maybe there was someone else online in that area? Maybe someone is spying on you?

[tomw84]

Maybe there was someone else online in that area? Maybe someone is spying on you?

I doubt it - its deep deep inside darkness, and also meantime some animals like alive darkenbear that decided to follow me into my base, and live with me have despawned

[Procne]

In this case the lack of people may cause it, making the area work like a mine. Once you log out the whole map chunk is unloaded and decay / corspes despawning does not happen i think. If you went foraging for some time then I guess the corpses would despawn

[tomw84]

In this case the lack of people may cause it, making the area work like a mine. Once you log out the whole map chunk is unloaded and decay / corspes despawning does not happen i think. If you went foraging for some time then I guess the corpses would despawn

Yeah, but you log out inside the house -> i often despawned animal corpses this way-> brough them into my walls and logged/waited till they decay. Have you killed any animal since the patch that had decayed ?

[Procne]

Bo, but I have witnessed the situation you described several times a few months ago and 2 years ago. When you make a camp in a rarely visited area this will happen. Which is kinda random - if some other people appear in the area then they may cause the corpses to despawn. Probably this time noone was around. And by "around" I mean within up to 10 minimaps (I think map chunk consists of 11x11 minimaps or so)

[tomw84]

Another 6 hours, with a lot of logouts/logins, providence tp's, and hunting far away. Still corpses of 2 hydrukeys that ive killed nearly 18 hours ago are here.

[tomw84]

UPDATE: 1,5 days and dead animals, partialy butchered still havent despawned. Can someone from dev team tell me if was changed on purpose, or its a bug after last patch?

[Shrapnel]

They shouldn't despawn as long as the area is loaded (player logged in the area).

Usually leave the area or log out for ~30 mins and they will despawn.

Ive left several beaver corpses near my home in the last day, all of them have despawned as normal.

[tomw84]

They shouldn't despawn as long as the area is loaded (player logged in the area).

Usually leave the area or log out for ~30 mins and they will despawn.

Ive left several beaver corpses near my home in the last day, all of them have despawned as normal.

Hmm, weird -> mine hydrukeys are laying outside for over 1,5 day (i killed them like in an 30 mins after minipatch) -> they are still there for over 1,5 day -> i was logging out several times, including logging out for 8 hours at night, i was hunting far away from base too. Moving them from outside of my base to my pclaim. And they are still there..
If Your beavers despawned, then maybe its some temporary one time bug.. ill just butcher them and hope i wont have same problem with other animals.