Whilst I think removing the fluff items from all MREs would completely remove the FOB clutter issue, however I cannot discount the chance some people may use the fluff items in the MREs ergo I've elected to keep the standard issue MRE's the default ones.

An idea I had a while ago was a sort of mid-way sprite when only fluff items remain in an MRE. That or the regular crushed up sprite being visible when only fluff items remain. I believe this would solve the issue without dialing back the amount of fluff items that are available to more roleplay-centered marines (or those who just like the free smokes (virtual nic addicts)).

I, along with a handful of other people, do enjoy the fluff items included in MREs, but I still think FOB clutter is insanely exponentialized by non-crushed up (basically useless) MREs. Though I do want to have the ability to pick out these fluff items at liberty of my own will, be they from MREs strewn along the ground or one that I dropped with.

I don't think we should remove fluff items, instead, just add a option for one to crumple the MRE pack even if it contains the fluff items

The issue with that @Nanu308 is that it would need to be automated as literally no one is going to crumple their MRE manually.

Making it a automatic action is beyond my abilities

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The issue with that @Nanu308 is that it would need to be automated as literally no one is going to crumple their MRE manually.

Making it a automatic action is beyond my abilities

Try adding this to /obj/item/storage/box/MRE/Initialize() starting from line 757

	RegisterSignal(src, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED, PROC_REF(try_forced_folding))

/obj/item/storage/box/MRE/proc/try_forced_folding(datum/source, mob/user)
	SIGNAL_HANDLER

	for(var/obj/item/reagent_container/food/snacks/packaged_meal/meal in src)
		return

	UnregisterSignal(src, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED)
	storage_close(user)
	to_chat(user, SPAN_NOTICE("You throw away [src]."))
	qdel(src)

Your diff should look like this:

What this code does is when the package gets dropped, it checks for whether it still has food in it. If it does, nothing happens. If it has none, it closes the interface and deletes the MRE.

Try above, that sounds fine.

I'll get to this sometime next week

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Altered PR to suggested comments.