age in burial projects

[sanchez]

Dead bodies age in unfinished burials? I am currently working on a burial project of a man in his eighties, but the project was started in 750-2, meaning I would not expect anyone older than their 50s. But if he died in his twenties and the body aged in the burial project, eighties would be about right now. What other processes occur to these lingering corpses?

[ceselb]

Hmm, is this perhaps a source of some of the lag? I mean, if aging takes place, might other things as well? Hunger, tiredness and such?

[Darkle-ish]

Perhaps even sickness too.


9999-9.99 You see the dead body of a man in his fourties sneeze.

[tiddy ogg]

Unburied bodies certainly age, so that eventually they will disappear, so presumably the same process is underway when half buried. Whether they'd eventually disappear and the project be cancelled is another question.

[Chris Johnson]

This has long been known - bodies continue ageing in Cantr after death - The issue is not contributing to lag - its a fly on the wall calculation of age from spawn date and current date (as opposed to death date) - also death date is not known for all characters as it was not recorded before Cantr day 1201

[sanchez]

Thanks. I guess it's a relief to know people weren't slaughtering the elderly, way back when.

[SumBum]

lol It all makes sense now. A char of mine just got to a place with 16 burial projects and 10 of them are people in their 80s. It seemed really odd to me, but now I understand.