I'm using the kill command to dismember a corpse (Actor.Kill Killer:ref DismemberLimb:int CauseOfDeath:int), the same way Bethesda does it, but then there's that loud *splat* sound.

Does anyone have an idea on how to get around it?

Having a script do it when the player is outside doesn't seem to have any effect. I've also tried doing it while the corpse is disabled, and then enabling it, but that just leaves an intact corpse.

You can move the corpse a few thousand unit above the players position decap it then move it into the position its suppost to be in, should eliminate hearing the sounds.

When I tried it Havok went havoc... and the corpse went flying.

If the corpse is a creature, then give them a unique bodypartdata that doesn't associate an explosion with that limb dismemberment.

Cipscis

It's an NPC though. I'll just settle for the splat...

I had scattered a few dismembered NPCs around a cell through an OnLoad block. I do not recall there being any "Splat" noise.

If you enter the cell far enough away you don't hear it, but it's there.

The Splat is from using the KillActor "Killer" "LimbValue" "Method" function to pop off a limb and as long as the player is even remotely near the actor you should hear the sound.