Happy birthday, corpse!

[Greek]

Has anyone else ever noticed corpses going up in age? I'm looking at the corpse of what was clearly a woman in her twenties.

Do you think it's important enough to be fixed?

[Slowness_Incarnate]

No its kind of hilarious actually.

[Kyriel]

I think the real issue is that there's no way to tell how old a corpse is beyond "fresh" and "slightly less fresh". A body could have died 2 years ago or 200 years ago.

[sanchez]

Do corpses in burial projects last forever? At what age do corpses turn to dust if not buried?

[Kyriel]

Corpses don't turn to dust at all.

[*Wiro]

They do eventually crumble away, but for some reason they can't be picked up even when they weigh less than 15 kilograms.

[Kyriel]

Really? I could have sworn I've seen some corpses I know had to be really, really old. Maybe they were just in burial projects.

[*Wiro]

It's an assumption based on the fact that they decay. Slowly. They don't decay in containers though (sarcophagi). I'm sure it's been discussed before so the real answer is out there somewhere.

[sanchez]

They do vanish eventually, if not in containers. Unless something's been changed recently...

This is the reason sarcophagi were introduced iirc. And dragging from outside rooms and vehicles, too. It does sort of suck to find your loved one, protected in a locked room, no longer visible. But as far as being able to enter a location previously blocked by bodies, it's useful.

[Kyriel]

I don't know, I find it kind of creepy that people keep bodies around like that. I would think that hanging around with a decaying corpse would be moreso.

[Snowdrop]

I recently noticed a deceased body had vanished. I'm not entirely sure how old it was, but I was a little disappointed my character hadn't got around to putting the body to rest properly before it happened...

Has anyone else ever noticed corpses going up in age? I'm looking at the corpse of what was clearly a woman in her twenties.

Do you think it's important enough to be fixed?

I like being able to see them age

I think the real issue is that there's no way to tell how old a corpse is beyond "fresh" and "slightly less fresh".

Yup. It would be nice to see the approx time of death for a bit longer than just the first year.

[Friar Briar]

They do eventually crumble away.

Awww, really??...

One of my characters collects corpses as a hobby. She keeps them in labeled brining barrels and everything.

[*Wiro]

viewtopic.php?f=90&t=27097

The above links to the lockable/portable container thread. It includes coffins that might interest some of you corpse enthusiasts.

[hyrle]

The ones I was mentioning on my earlier post were burial projects... that's how I knew they were put into the ground between 1000 and 1200.

As for unburied corpses, they disappear after a time. I'm not sure about the exact timing, though. It seems to be around 400 days, maybe longer.