Dying of temperature while off line? I’ve never had it happen before. Is this a new thing or a Bug? I was in the mountain cold area but not in an extreme cold area. Food and water were all at 100 when I logged off.
I logged off on Saturday 4th May at 14.29 and logged back on today Monday 6th May at 9am. Server log says “die because of temperature changes”, Sunday 5th May at 14.29.
Body was full of gear…all lost. Cant recall body due to time elapse.
First of all, I’m sorry for your experience and lost gear.
This behavior has been a part of the game for quite a while. While your character will not be under the effects of thirst or hunger while signed out, you can take damage from other players (depending on game mode), NPCs, and environmental factors. Environmental factors might not include the sandstorm, but do include temperature changes and noxious gas, fire, explosions.
I do believe that having the area you are in actively rendered by another player is a requirement, but that’s mostly an educated presumption.
If you have a base that is in the cold, try placing warming lighting, torches, etc around your sign out location. Solutions like that which don’t require fuel solved this problem for me. Also, certain armor is better than others for insulation effects. Actually the basic cloth armor isn’t bad.