I'm back to working on some multiplayer fixes and improvements this week. This patch addresses a rare problem that seems to have been stemming from too many dropped items on the ground, and has in general been a requested feature for some time.

Items dropped on the ground will now decay after 24 (game time) hours. This check takes place when the drops are loaded in, so staring at a dropped bag for 24 hours will not cause it to disappear. Also dropped items will now consolidate with other nearby dropped items to create a single bag with multiple items, which works better for multiplayer.

Tombstones will now appear when a players dies and will contain all of their inventory, and only be accessible by them (or server admins) in multiplayer. Tombstones will decay after 7 days (game time) have passed. Both tombstones and dropped items will disappear immediately if their contents are cleared out.

The mouse over display text for dropped items and tombstones is not quite yet working as intended in multiplayer in this patch.

I also fixed some problems with animals and monsters getting stuck in certain situations.

v 0.6.3.8 2020.02.25
- Doubled dropped item bag size
- Items dropped within one meter of other dropped items will now combine into one bag
- Added tombstones that spawn and store the items dropped by player death
- Tombstones can only be accessed by the owner and/or the host if in multiplayer
- Tombstones will decay after 7 days
- Items on the ground will now decay after 24 hours
- Added /itemDecayTime and /tombstoneDecayTime to world settings and console
- Improved misc (items not placed on buildings) save data disk usage and functionality
- Fixed an instance where animals would ignore being attacked by a player
- Fixed an instance where animals could spawn a second incorrect rarity particle system
- Fixed mobs and animals getting stuck walking in place

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