Loot de-spawn

[Dr. J]

I was interested to see in the latest dev-blog https://community.survivethenights....evblog-20-player-loot-rv-update-design.10691/ that zombies and players will now both drop loot. The reply from @JB_ that there is a timer on how long loot is available before disappearing shows the team @a2z(Interactive); are not rushing the games development, but focusing on a fully rounded game.
Excellent! It's what we all want, I'm sure.

But it raises a few questions ...

Is the timer adjustable by a server admin, or hard coded?
Are there separate timers for, as examples, player dropped loot or zombie dropped loot?
What if I'm trying to build up a stash of goodies in a building, will they disappear over time, or if I don't log in to the same server for a certain period?
If I'm working with other players to build up a base of operations, how does this effect any de-spawn timer?

 

[Dr. J]

I logged on earlier today to the official EU2 experimental server. It's one I normally play on. It had been a couple of days, but the little farmhouse North of Sage Creek I log off in was missing all the loot I'd left there. Looted? That's fine. De-spawned? Server reset? Those are questions I'd like to know.
If we get a server reset with an update, that's all well and good. Or if servers go to more default settings from time to time to make them more efficient/help with memory losses/back end driver issues/whatever, then that's all good for the game as well.
My beef is the lack of visibility with loot de-spawning or server resets.
Yes, we can read the Dev. blog, but how does that effect the official servers?

 

[Num47]

As far as I am aware loot that is placed by you will not despawn, not sure if a server restart effects this or not tbh. Also you are placing the loot after dropping it?... i.e picking it up with "E" and placing where you wanted.

 

[Dr. J]

Sometimes I just drop loot, sometimes I use the shift+button to place it, slower to do, doesn't seem to have any effect on if it's there next time I log in, apart from I can place loot on shelves I can't collect it from again!