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Corpse.mdl -

A typical corpse.mdl contains:

In the Source engine (e.g., CS: Source ), corpse.mdl evolved into a hybrid: a ragdoll that “freezes” after a few seconds, converting from a physics object back into a static corpse.mdl to save server resources. corpse.mdl

In vanilla gameplay, 32 corpses lying around won’t hurt performance much. But if you’ve customized your player models (e.g., high-poly military skins), the server must keep all those corpse.mdl instances in memory. Use a low-poly proxy corpse.mdl —identical in silhouette but with 1/4 the triangle count. A typical corpse

In the early 2000s, photorealism was the "holy grail" of game development. It was a common industry practice to use real-world reference photos for textures. The burnt corpse from GMod is a real body CS: Source )