Corpses changes in Project Zomboid

Fixed dropping a corpse midway through the grab corpse animation on controller freezing the player

Corpses thrown onto basement stairs now land at the right height, so you can interact with them.

Fixed throwing a corpse onto basement stairs resulting in the body having an incorrect Z coordinate and not being interactable

Fixed players incorrectly being able to throw corpses from a distance when right-clicking a window

Fixed an issue where remote players could appear frozen while dragging corpses, despite continuing to move normally.

Fixed an issue where corpses could appear to be dropped unexpectedly while being dragged by remote players outside of the vision cone

Fixed an issue where corpses could incorrectly remain visible after being moved into containers.

On controller, the GrabCorpse button now drops a corpse as well as picking one up.

Fixed GrabCorpse binding not also dropping corpses

Corpses can now be thrown over fences and through windows, an option added as part of the controller rework because controller players need it.

Fixed butchered animal corpse reappearing in the player’s inventory

Fixed corpses sometimes not going over a fence when thrown

Players in multiplayer should no longer get stuck when they start or stop dragging a corpse.

Fixed player stuck when start/end grab corpse

If you log in near a player who is dragging a corpse, you now see it correctly in multiplayer.

Fixed sync when login near player, that grab corpse

Characters at "Very Low Weight" or lighter can now pick up corpses again.

Fixed not being able to pick up corpses when "Very Low Weight" or below

Corpses now move in the right direction when you drag them, and disconnecting a gamepad no longer causes a stream of errors.

Corpses now dragged in correct direction.

• Corpses now dragged in correct direction. No more stream of errors when Gamepad is disconnected.

Fixed not being able to grab corpses small rooms

Fixed corpses not being transferred into containers properly in MP

Fixed the "Walk To" action not working while dragging corpses.

Fixed animal corpses ignoring the time-slowing effects of fridges and freezers.

Burning corpses no longer destroys held items.

Fixed burning corpses from destroying held items.

The animal designation zone UI now shows and highlights animal corpses.

Added displaying and highlighting animal corpses to the animal-designation-zone UI.

Fixed the corpses of animals killed in inventory sometimes disappearing.

Fixed corpses reanimating if a player reloads a save while dragging.

Corpses that fall as ragdolls can now be looted.

Fixed ragdoll corpses becoming non-lootable

The butcher hook's Add Corpse menu now shows item icons and highlights the corpse you are pointing at, so it is easier to pick the right one.

The "Add Corpse" context menu in the butcher-hook ui shows item icons, and highlights the corpse when an option is highlighted.

Ragdoll corpses shot in the head should no longer end up in the broken spider position.

Fixed deaf players hearing corpse-fly sounds.

Fixed corpse-flies sound continuing after teleporting.

You can no longer move or turn while picking up or laying down a corpse.

Fixed being able to move around or rotate while picking up corpses and laying them down.

Several bugs with the events that fire when a character drags a corpse have been fixed.

Fixed issues with character dragging corpse events

The Grab menu now lists more than one corpse and highlights corpses the same way it highlights items.

The Grab context menu now shows multiple corpses, and highlights corpses the same way items are highlighted.

Display corpse icons in the Grab context menu.

Fixed some cases of dragged corpses remaining hanging in midair.

Dragged corpses should no longer get stuck in midair, and if you are interrupted while picking up a corpse, it now drops properly.

Fixed dragged corpses remaining in midair sometimes.

• Fixed dragged corpses remaining in midair sometimes. If a pickUp corpse is interrupted, there is now a transition to the appropriate dropped state.

Throwing corpses now works the same way over window frames and short fences, where before a corpse could go over a window frame but not over a short fence.

Fixed corpses being throwable over the window frame but not over the short fence.

The Walk To option now works while you are dragging a corpse.

Trashed & Looted buildings now have fewer corpses and less trash outside them.

Reduced the amount of exterior corpses and trash when buildings are Trashed & Looted.

Corpses can now sometimes appear just outside looted and trashed buildings, though only in the narrow strip of ground around each building.

• Corpses will now sometimes spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings; this is RNG dependant, and also "buildings" don't really have much of a outside footprint, it's basically a row a squares surrounding the building in most cases, so there's not much real estate to work with.

Corpses in trashed buildings now spawn using the new corpse spawning system.

Reworked the corpse spawning in trashed buildings to use the new corpse spawning code.

Unequipping an animal corpse now drops it on the ground as it should.

Fixed unequipping animal corpse not dropping them on the ground.

Maggots are now on the default list of items the world removes automatically, so they get cleared away.

Maggots are now a default item in the world item removal lists.

• Maggots are now a default item in the world item removal lists.
• Added a comment for the world item removal lists explaining that Base.Maggots should stay in the list due to corpse maggots.

Maggots that spawn with zombie corpses are now mildly poisonous to eat.

Maggots that spawn with zombie corpses will be mildly poisonous.

Some corpses that spawn as you explore can now be fake dead, so approach bodies carefully.

Sometimes the corpses that spawn as the player explores the world will be fake dead.

Corpses can turn fake dead as they rot further, so older bodies are not always safe.

As corpses progress in rot stages they have a chance of becoming fake dead.

Rotting corpses can now spawn maggots, both in their inventory and on the tile where they lie.

As corpses progress in rot stages they have a chance of spawning maggots in their inventory and in their square.

In multiplayer, player clients no longer update rotting and fake dead corpses.

Stopped clients updating rotting corpses and fake-dead corpses.

Extra corpses placed in randomized world stories can occasionally be fake dead.

Additional appropriate corpses spawned in randomized world stories will rarely be fake dead.

Fixed corpses disappeared when killed by trailer

In multiplayer, grabbing a dead body no longer breaks its reanimation.

Fixed dead body grabbing breaking reanimation

The Decaying Corpse Health Impact setting now scales properly, so Low and High no longer both reduce health less than Normal.

Fixed "Decaying Corpse Health Impact" health reduction for "Low" and "High" both being less than "Normal".

Dead bodies now get a new ID when they are added to the world in multiplayer.

Fixed dead body id not changing when added to world