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:'''Current Item''' refers to the specific item being equipped.  
 
:'''Current Item''' refers to the specific item being equipped.  
 
:'''Total Size''' refers to the [[Armor#Size, Permit, and layering armor|size]] of all items equipped on that body part, excluding the item to be equipped (while including those on a different [[Armor#Size, Permit, and layering armor|layer]]).  
 
:'''Total Size''' refers to the [[Armor#Size, Permit, and layering armor|size]] of all items equipped on that body part, excluding the item to be equipped (while including those on a different [[Armor#Size, Permit, and layering armor|layer]]).  
:'''Permit''' is a capacity value indicating the maximum allowable size of items equipped on the same layer and lower layers as the item being equipped.
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:'''Permit''' refers to the maximum allowable size of items equipped on the same or lower level as the item to be equipped.
  
In order to equip a new item, the dwarf (or other creature):
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In order to equip a new item, the dwarf (or other creature) ...
:*determines if they are eligible to wear the item in question (perhaps the body part is missing/severed);
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:*will determine if they are eligible to wear the item in question (Perhaps the body part is missing/severed).
:*must start with the lowest layer first, continuing to the next layer when no other items of that layer need to be equipped;
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:*must start with the lowest layer first, continuing to the next layer when no other items of that layer need to be equipped.
:*checks if the item is shaped [S] and will only equip the item if no other shaped items are equipped '''on that body part''';
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:*checks if the item is shaped [S] and will only equip the item if no other shaped items are equipped '''on that body part'''.
:*considers the item with the lowest permit value first. If two items share the same permit value, the highest-size item would be equipped first{{verify}};
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:*will equip items with lowest permit level first. If two items share the same permit value, the highest-size item will be equipped first{{verify}}.
:*checks if the total size of items on each body part the current item would cover (excluding the current item's size) is less than or equal to the current item's permit level.
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:*then checks if the total size of items on each body part the current item would cover (excluding the current item's size) is less than or equal to the current item's permit level.
 
:*in case of an Armor layer item, also checks whether its own size + permit value is greater than the total size of items already on the body part.
 
:*in case of an Armor layer item, also checks whether its own size + permit value is greater than the total size of items already on the body part.
 
:*in case of any non-Cover item, checks whether the total size of '''items in the same layer including the current item''' is less than the smallest permit value among these items.
 
:*in case of any non-Cover item, checks whether the total size of '''items in the same layer including the current item''' is less than the smallest permit value among these items.
:*if all above conditions are met, the dwarf/creature will equip the item.
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:*if all above logic is true, the dwarf will equip the item.
  
 
===Equipment process example===
 
===Equipment process example===

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