They are not a glitch, they're supposed to be there. What happens is that when a fatal hit with an Energy Weapon is determined to be a critical, instead of spawning the 'dead' version of a critter/NPC it spawns an ash/goo pile, depending on whether the weapon is Laser or Plasma, along with the critter/NPC's death item(s).

The fact they never go away is also not a glitch, due to how the respawning mechanics work, however the ever-increasing number of persistent references that have to be loaded each time you go through an area you've previously cleared can lag down/out some machines, thus some folks are seeking a way to be rid of them.

Unfortunately, due at least in part to said mechanics it's not that simple to permanently get rid of them. It is fairly simple to insure they never spawn in the first place, but that's not what's being asked for since some of the folks who are having a problem with the piles themselves do not mind the disintegration animations, and you have to block the latter to prevent the former from showing up.

What about the option to clean up the ash/goo pile if you approach it in sneak mode. The same way you get the option devour a corpse.

mojave maid service achievement would make me laugh

:rofl: That sounds perfect!

I wish it all stayed.......... bodies littered across the fields of battle. Goo and ash piles as well.


Bodies fill the fields I see the slaughter never ends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU1gpboHUV8

Hmm, 19 'no' votes but not mnay good reasons why they stayed.

Hero40k guy, yes it was 'necessary'.
I don't play from a pc so I'm not on here looking for some 'nexus' homebrew mod...
I'm wondering, given the fact that they have actually started looking at ways to optimise the game via their patches, why they haven't written a nice little code snippet that changes the way the ash/goo piles behave..
Also, I didn't appreciate your tone or condescending manner in your post. Thanks.

Eh, in all honesty I don't mind them being there, and I usually use EW more often than not. Though, on the same note, I rarely come across the same ash pile twice anyway. :shrug:

I'd prefer them gone cause if it's in an area with respawn it gets difficult to loot with all them ash/goo piles forcing me to use regular guns most of the time, which i don't mind but makes me feel like getting energy weapon skillpoints were wasted. Papas gotta eat and when i can't loot my kids can't eat, what kind of man am i when i can't feed my family

*rips a heavy metal rift* A B A D M A N *aerosmith*