[absol89]

Stacked on #25 (fix/reliability-porting), which holds the remote death system that dev doesn't have yet. This ports the rest of urSovngarde's standing-corpse fix to non-VR.

Changes

Files: CharacterService.cpp/.h, ActorValueService.cpp, RemoteDeathSystem.h

1. Leveled NPCs: a dead actor is never rebuilt for the owner's leveled pick. This is slightly stricter than urSovngarde's version, which still let a body with no pick be rebuilt.
2. Health: health broadcasts no longer reach dead remote bodies.
3. Repair: only while connected, every 2 s, for up to 24 dead NPC bodies within 4096 units (never players). It removes any health, and if the pelvis is 50+ units above the feet and hasn't moved between two looks, it sends RagdollInstant, at most 3 tries per body.
4. Logging: BodyStand: lines for every repair outcome, Not rebuilding dead actor … and Respawning actor … on spawn for save/server mismatches.

Verified in Ghidra on 1.6.1170

• IsDead reads only the life state at +0xC8, never health, so a body can be dead and on its feet.
• IsInRagdollState (37491) is true for any dead actor who isn't reanimating, so it can't detect a standing body. That's why the skeleton is measured.
• KillImpl (37896) returns early if already dead, so re-killing doesn't help.
• NiNode GetByName is vtable slot 0x2A (0x140d1d9a0).
• RagdollInstant exists in 0_master.hkx.

On 1.7.104 I only checked that the IDs resolve.

Not verified yet

• That health and leveled rebuilds are what make bodies stand. This comes from urSovngarde's VR notes.
• That RagdollInstant actually lays a dead body down. It had only ever been sent by hand before.
• The height thresholds, which are taken from urSovngarde's measurements.
• Limits: creatures without pelvis or foot bones get their health removed but aren't laid down. Posed upright corpses (hanging, furniture) could be dropped.

Test plan

1. An old save with bodies already standing: BodyStand: … laying it down then … is lying down, and the body falls.
2. Two clients: A kills a leveled bandit, and B enters, leaves and re-enters. It stays down on both.
3. Late join after a cleared dungeon: all bodies lie down.
4. A healing spell on a corpse: it stays down.
5. A body dead in only one save: Respawning actor … on spawn is logged.
6. Hanging and furniture corpses still look right.
7. Single player, not connected: no change and no BodyStand: lines.
8. Dragging a body isn't interrupted.

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