Persistence of dropped gear

[PoweredBySoy 5]

Quick question: if I drop a pack with stuff in it, run off and then die, is the pack still tied to my character and does it despawn, or is it a part of the world now?

[DMZ_Sniper 73]

It will despawn.

[fakeblood 2]

Assumed wrong sry I found one before half packed.

Edited December 30, 2013 by fakeblood

[PoweredBySoy 5]

It should but it won't survive server restarts.

 

Correct, I know it wouldn't survive the restart, but, hypothetically, could my new character run to the pack?

[RaxUK 61]

If it works the same as the mod then you should be able to go pickup the items on a new character so long as the server has not reset. I have not tested this though.

[mtclipz 31]

This happened to me earlier.  I got in a gunfight on night server at market in North Cherno Towers.  I killed the guy but I was bleeding and blurry, had no bandages or rags and only had a raincoat so couldn't rip it so I went behind a dumpster and dropped everything.  Let a zombie finish me off then I luckily spawned in Cherno so I ran north and sure enough all my stuff was still there.  So yeah it works. =)

[Xequinox90 80]

With the new glitch happening atm , me and our group are having to kill players , and drop all there gear on the floor so that it doesn't go with there body disappearing , it won't de-spawn , only thing that'll wipe it is a server restart .

[PoweredBySoy 5]

This happened to me earlier.  I got in a gunfight on night server at market in North Cherno Towers.  I killed the guy but I was bleeding and blurry, had no bandages or rags and only had a raincoat so couldn't rip it so I went behind a dumpster and dropped everything.  Let a zombie finish me off then I luckily spawned in Cherno so I ran north and sure enough all my stuff was still there.  So yeah it works. =)

 

Awesome. Good to know.

[louist 163]

I have run into the issue of items dropped on the ground taking a long time to appear, and frequently never appearing at all.

[PoweredBySoy 5]

I have run into the issue of items dropped on the ground taking a long time to appear, and frequently never appearing at all.

 

It often takes 15-20 seconds, but I've never had something NOT appear. Move around a bit, make sure you're just not missing it.

 

Oh, and i read to not drop stuff on upper floors of bulidings, as it can fall through the geometry.

Edited December 30, 2013 by PoweredBySoy

[mtclipz 31]

I have run into the issue of items dropped on the ground taking a long time to appear, and frequently never appearing at all.

 

Most likely it ended up on the bottom floor of where you dropped it.

[Etherimp 1323]

Sometimes items can also appear on the other side of a wall, if you are near one.. For example, if you're standing in a garage, you could drop your backpack and not be able to find it.. go outside of the garage and it may be there on the side of the building. 

[louist 163]

It often takes 15-20 seconds, but I've never had something NOT appear. Move around a bit, make sure you're just not missing it.

Oh, and i read to not drop stuff on upper floors of bulidings, as it can fall through the geometry.

Ah, that might be it, as the last time it happened I was in one of the apartments.

[weedmasta 784]

It will despawn.

 

Wrong, it will stay there as long as you are on the server and the server didn't restart. At least right now that is how it works.