Inspect Hats/Cosmetics

[Daerux]

Description

When going on to the Steam Community Market you can click an ,,inspect weapon" button on Warpaints, Weapon skins and Australium/festivive weapons. However when watching a normal cosmetic the ,,inspect"button still exists and even asks you if you want to open the link, but it only opens TF2. When inspecting a weapon not only opens TF2 but shows a rotatable weapon model of the weapon you are inspecting. Since it opens an unique link I think it might be possible to add an inspect option in the Mann co store. CS:GO also has a system for inspecting weapons that uses links like TF2 so the leaked CS:GO code could give more information if the TF2 code doesn't have the inspect weapon feature since its from mid JI.

Checklist

• [x] None of the open or closed issues document this idea.
• [ ] This is a new idea, not a bug.
• [x] This idea does not seriously affect game balance.
• [x] This idea is for the code of the game, not for textures, sounds, or other resources.
• [x] This is not an idea for new game content (e.g. new weapons, maps, sounds).
• [x] This is obviously an improvement, not something that people commonly disagree on.

• [x] This idea has been implemented in vanilla TF2.
• [ ] There is proof that this idea is well liked (e.g. a history of use of a similar mod in a competitive league).
• [ ] This idea has been implemented in a mod.
• [x] This feature has existed in the vanilla game but was removed.
• [x] This idea is for internal procedures or tooling (e.g. improving the build process, supporting new systems).

Screenshots

Some examples I made in photoshop:

Alternatives

None really.

[micwoj92]

@Daerux you know what "checklist" is?

[Daerux]

No, sorry this is my first time.

[Daerux]

Update: I remember it actually working, but wasn't sure if it was just my bad memory playing tricks on me. However the last comment of this steam discussion seems to confirm my suspicion. (https://steamcommunity.com/app/440/discussions/0/1651043320658262734/) By what I can recall the feature broke around The Gun Mettle update, probably because of the introduction of weapon skins. I think it's because the game loads up a 3D preview on every item, even on cosmetics.