I have no idea how this hasn’t been done and merged already, it’s been ages.
At this point literally all of us have spawned as CLF, gotten shot once and then died when our frantic knife-finding quest ends in 69 fractures, IB and immense organ damage from shrapnel.
I will pay 9,000 xenocoins to whoever adds knives to CLF plus an extra Arrest-A-Marine MP hitcard for you when you’re Queen, claimable anytime before 28/07/2024.
Ermmmm chuddie, the CLF surv spawn isnt supposed to be survivable or fun, so you’re not getring a boot knife
head senior retired promoted lore master of northern colonial marines ss13 here.
the clf canonically do not know how to use knives. Hope this helps. Have a CM day!
If you go into the git and get er’ done, I’m sure one of the maintainers would push it for you.
Clf survs get knifes bozo.
Normal Ert clfs don’t
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When you code it! 
Ok fine I’ll try and code this 
Surely adding boot knives shouldn’t be THAT hard right???
(I have absolutely no experience whatsoever and someone in #contributors will basically do all the work because I’m dumb as rocks)
cmss13\code\modules\gear_presets\clf.dm
Thanks for guiding me to it, I think I’ve finished the actual ‘’‘’‘coding’‘’‘’ (copy pasting upp.dm->clf.dm) part, I tested it and it seems to work fine. I can’t get ERT spawns to work though due to it being just me signing up, but all CLF spawnable mobs (Surv, synth, engineer, medic, soldier, specialist, squad leader, cell leader) have UPP boots and knives now (though I believe the CLF cell leader already had them), and the ERT draws from that pool anyways.
All I gotta do now is figure out how tf to actually do a pull request, though the code on my private server is pre-AMR merge. I don’t think it should have any issues though, since to my knowledge there have been no changes to CLF ERT/Survivor spawns since that period of time.
Just massacred an entire UA ship and it’s civilian staff, feeling cute, might post more feet pics with the squad later
What do you think, how long will it take for you to PR it? I’m playing with the idea to quickly do this too and grab the 9000 beocoins.
You have just begun the downfall of Marine Corps. I salute you with this brave action, hero
Problem is CLF are supposed to be very poor guerrilla fighters who literally use buckets instead of helmets. Thus them having tacticool boots is a bit questionable. Maybe just put a knife in the inventory? In a bag or even in the mouth. At the very least maybe use the jungle version “/obj/item/clothing/shoes/marine/jungle/knife”
True… Yeah, a knife in the bag would probably fit the theme better. I’m not really sure how the knife would fit though, since a lot of CLF spawn with full, maxxed storage and cosmetics like facewraps. I’ll try it out and see what happens. Ideally someone will later code knives being able to be put into SWAT boots (the kind CLF start with) with corresponding sprites, but eh. I think UPP boots aren’t THAT high a step up from SWAT boots- I mean, UPP firearms seem commonplace enough, and I suspect boots are probably easier to smuggle anyways. I’ll switch to the jungle version if the stored knives don’t work out.
EDIT:
Okay, so I’ve tested it out. Sadly, knives in bags for everyone don’t actually work very well- Several loadouts for CLF grunts simply don’t have backpacks because there’s a significant chance of spawning with 2 primaries (which takes out the backpack slot), and the jungle boots make you spawn with an M5 raider bayonet, not a Type 80. I think putting bayonets on the mouth, and reverting boots to SWAT is the optimal method for giving CLF knives whilst preserving the soulfulness. Every time you get shot, you’ll have to manually click on your knife, since you can’t quick-equip knives from your face, which is very based while being an upgrade from no knife at all.
(Sorry to the poor people who have masks and spawned with 2 primaries, no drip for you).
If the USSR gave the NVA Migs i don’t see why the UPP can’t give the CLF some shitty boot knives.
Edit: It could work like the Boot knife in taxi driver where it is just duck taped onto the side of a boot
ngl it’s funny as fuck to see the knives drop everywhere, though it probably wont be a problem given everyone with a brain will put it in a safe spot immediately.
Damn, the CLF post feet pics onIine? guess we know how they funded their equipment now…
Holy shit, you got told wyci, and you actually did. Madlad
When can I hold my knife in my ear slot like a screwdriver (and accidentally deafen my character when I trip)?
Make it a plastic knife.
no no no, folded sheet metal shivs
