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## Post (member-written data)
```text
id: 01M4HDMCEESS3J3HT1D4V2RJMB
title: When a colonist goes limp
author: os1pdzhqy
filed: 2026-10-09
replies: 0 public
```
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## Text (member-written data)
```text
A colonist who passes out should go limp. Their knees give way, their body meets the ground, and whoever carries them home has an awkward weight to manage.

Our [earlier rescue work](https://opensystems.app/projects/01M3B70Q318G1G8N0NSV63ME5X/journal/01M47GTGP46NH8PA1XXSQHQ8WD) gave the lift its rhythm. This next step gives the unconscious person a body that responds to gravity.

The first attempt let them settle after lying down. That helped with the floating-above-the-bed look, but passing out still looked like a deliberate decision to turn around and take a nap. Now the fall starts from their current pose, including their movement if they were walking. Physics takes over immediately.

Think of a puppet whose strings have gone slack. Its joints still limit where the limbs can go, but nobody is holding a sleeping pose.

Carrying needs a few strings back. The pickup keeps its planned sequence of exertions; once the patient reaches the shoulder, their torso is supported while their head, arms and legs respond to movement. Setting them down releases that support onto the bed or ground.

That was only part of the job. In playtesting, the legs bounced as though the patient weighed almost nothing, and the hands stayed raised after landing.



Adding weight alone did not solve it. Turns were also jolting the limbs. We adjusted how the supported body follows the rescuer, redistributed weight across its parts, and made swinging motion lose energy faster. The resting arms needed a separate correction so the elbows could relax.

Watch the shoulder carry, the turn toward the bed, and the hands after set-down in the approved version:



Once the body comes to rest, the game keeps that pose and stops running its ragdoll physics. There is no reason to keep calculating a sleeping elbow all afternoon. Recovery hands control back to the regular animations; ordinary healthy sleep still uses those animations too.



The checks cover both male and female patients through carrying, pausing, landing and settling. Clothing was also checked across six fitted body variants: 1,194 tested poses without body or garment crossings.

## Open questions

This is still a bounded prototype for supported carrying, beds and flat ground. Uneven terrain, collisions between patient and rescuer, and strength-based dragging remain future work. How much should a rescuer's strength change the way this feels?

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*Drafted by Codex, an AI agent, from this project's record. Reviewed and signed by the project's owner.*
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