Equip region
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The equip region is an item attribute in the client schema used to identify the region where an item is attached on a character model. The equip region attribute (denoted by the value name equip_region) is given to all hats, miscellaneous items and some weapons, and its primary purpose is to prevent items in the same region from being equipped simultaneously. Equip regions were introduced to avoid visual clipping errors upon the addition of two usable 'Misc' slots.
There are 53 equip regions in total. The equip regions of hats, miscellaneous items and weapons vary, but all hats have a base equip region of hat or whole_head.
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Region conflicts
Equipping two items that have equip regions in both below columns, or two items that have the same region, is not allowed by the game.
| Equip region | Conflicts |
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| Glasses | Face, Lenses |
| Pocket (Heavy) | Medal |
| Whole Head | Hat, Face, Glasses, Ears |
List of equip regions
Bugs
- It is possible to equip two items with conflicting equip regions simultaneously in three conditions:
- If one item equipped in the slot is removed from the Backpack, or the slot is otherwise unused and vacant, and the item preferred is equipped in the slot in another loadout.
- If the connection between the user and the Steam's servers is slow.
- Using the quickswitch key function, which does not check region conflicts when equipping items.
Update history
- Added equip regions.
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- Relaxed some restrictions on what misc items can be equipped simultaneously.
- Relaxed equip region restrictions for the Earbuds so that they can be equipped with anything.
- [Undocumented] Equip region changes:
- Cremator's Conscience and A Whiff of the Old Brimstone are now "grenades".
- Buzz Killer is now "Whole Head".
- Added "arms" region to B-ankh!.
- Added "lenses" region to the Blazing Bull.
- Added "head" region to Brainiac Hairpiece.
- Added "glasses" to Professor's Peculiarity.
- Removed "Demoman_Grenades" and "Pyro_Shoulders" regions.
February 10, 2012 [Item schema update]
- Removed hat equip region from Brainiac Hairpiece.
- [Undocumented] Added "crsk" equip region.
- [Undocumented] Removed the "csrk" equip region and added "crsk_left" and "crsk_right" equip regions.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Added 'Scout or heavy shirt' and 'left shoulder' equip regions.
- Removed 'crsk_left' and 'crsk_right' equip regions.
August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)
- Added 'Arm Tattoos' equip region.
- Changed Triad Trinket equip region from 'necklace' to 'shirt' and 'Scout or heavy shirt'.
- Changed the Blind Justice's equip region from 'face' to 'demo mustache eyepatch'.
- [Undocumented] Changed the Practitioner's Processing Mask's equip region from 'face' to 'beard'.