looting while prone

[LeYuno (DayZ) 51]

It came to me that can't loot dead bodies or piles of stuff without sitting on one knee. I recently started playing the game and I had noticed someone shooting zombies in a town furter up. Suddenly the shooting stopped. I went over there, crawled my way in and noticed the dead survivor on the ground.

I crawled near him, undetected by the zeds. The second i hit G to loot his backpack I notice my character going to a kneeled position, and suddenly all hell breaks loose (ended up dieing a cruel zombie munching death). This way I realised that when you are in middle of town surrounded by zombies there's no chance you can loot while being undetected by the creatures, which is kind of a pitty imho. Being a lone wolf player I prefer staying at a distance and planning out my strategy before going in, remain undetected and sneak out the same way.

I think it would be more realistic if I could loot a guy's body while lying down, so I don't compromise myself when zeds are around.

[oktyabr 53]

Good point, good post. I've thought the same myself many times.

[nexerius 0]

Looting seems a bit "hard" to do if you were proning.

Maybe look inside the inventories when you proned, but when you took something, you kneeled.

[curiousepic 1]

I'm pretty sure this would be difficult to mod. It also adds tenseness to these situations - rifling through a dead body, turning them over to get to their back pockets, etc, isn't exactly a stealthy action. You have to wait for an opportune moment.

[dallas 5195]

Did you have a handgun or rifle in hand while looting?

I think if you loot with a handgun in hand you raise to a knee, but not with rifles.

[LeYuno (DayZ) 51]

I only had a handgun, so that must have been it. Thanks for the tip, so if you have your main gun equiped you can loot while lying down?

[dallas 5195]

Checked it in the editor. When a handgun you rise to a knee, with a rifle you can loot prone.

[TeaLeaf 5]

I think you should be able to grab items off the ground while prone, but when you want to actually loot a corpse you should have to kneel.

[mooncabbage 2]

I think this thread just highlights the unfortunate way the engine treats pistols compared to other weapons. Atleast they fixed the ladder thing.