The server crashes when a player uses the suicide emote. The script error is at emotemanager.c:797 in KillPlayer, which calls SetHealth. The server process stops, and on the next start the RPT shows [CE][offlineDB] No Shutdown message present.

Every crash rolls the economy back to the last persistence save. Players lose bases, items and tents built since then. On 2026-11-14 this happened several times, for example at 16:26:25 (minidump available), and many players were affected.

In our logs the crash always follows a suicide emote with a HuntingKnife, usually from players rerolling their spawn. We could not find another cause. The server is a PS4/PS5 community server on Nitrado, DayZ 1.30.164289.70, map Nasdara, with 82 slots.

1. Start a DayZ console server (PS4/PS5, version 1.30, map Nasdara, around 80 players).

2. Join as a fresh character who spawns with a HuntingKnife.

3. Use the suicide emote (EmoteSuicide) with the knife.

4. Respawn and repeat, for example when rerolling the spawn. Several players doing it over time makes the crash more likely.

5. The server crashes with the script error at emotemanager.c:797 in KillPlayer → SetHealth. After restart the RPT shows [CE][offlineDB] No Shutdown message present, and the economy rolls back to the last save.

We expect to tell us whats the issue causing these crashes and what should we do next