Time of death

[Spygon (DayZ) 6]

I was thinking of a way of finding out the time of death of fellow surivors you find in game.As many times i have came across dead bodies wondering how long have they been laying there and if the guys that killed them are still around.Nothing to set in stone like TOD 10.32 but like the longer they have been laying there the more flys around the corspe.

If there is a way and this is a noob question please ignore just thought it would be a good idea to be able to guess roughly a persons time of death

[Disgraced 1123]

Non fixed lividity vs fixed lividity, of course.

Liver temperature?

:P

[thatcommiekid 57]

Its posible (with enough coding) that over time we could see break down of the player skin. it would be cool but not intirely nessicary.

[Gogster (DayZ) 626]

Stick your finger up their bottom and check the temperature :huh:

Joking aside less flies on death gradually increasing over time surely should be possible.

[unclegus 21]

Don't the bodies despawn after half an hour anyway? I'm pretty sure a person wouldn't start decomposing before then, and half an hour would surely be a narrower window than the margin of error when guessing someone's time of death with no medical apparatus.

[Spygon (DayZ) 6]

Don't the bodies despawn after half an hour anyway? I'm pretty sure a person wouldn't start decomposing before then, and half an hour would surely be a narrower window than the margin of error when guessing someone's time of death with no medical apparatus.

Well i assume you can guess from amount of blood lost from wound,smell and body heat to give you an idea.Ranging from the poor guy having face planted the tarmac a few minutes ago to this guy has been down long enough to attract wildlife.

Edited July 23, 2012 by Spygon