07-16-2018, 02:37 AM
Dota 2 Update – July 11th, 2018
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<p> Dota Plus:<br />—<br />* Added a new Summer Terrain<br />* Added a new Plus in-game prediction charm, grants you increasing amounts of shards for correct predictions in a row (10/20/30/40/50 for 1/2/3/4/5x, 50 for subsequent)<br />* Added a new feature to let Plus members spectate their friends’ games live, seeing only what their friend’s team can see. You can join in any time the game is ongoing.<br />* Added dozens of new Hero Quests<br />* Playing Turbo games now grants half the normal hero xp for wins/losses, rather than none.<br />* Added a new global Hero Trends page<br />* You can now purchase some Tools for shards in the Plus Rewards store.</p>
<p>* Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Plus guides to get stuck and not work.<br />* Improved the item/ability/lane suggestions<br />* Plus item suggestions now default to the first suggestion, with a button to examine alternatives.<br />* The full popular items list is now shown even when you have a specific sequence selected. <br />* Suggested items that have already been purchased are now greyed out, to improve readbility.</p>
<p>* Added the Plus Hero Badge to the Post Game screen.<br />* The Profile screen now shows your Plus Hero Badge and Relics</p>
<p>General Changes:<br />—<br />* Ranked Roles: Added a new type of report function that can be used during the picking phase for players that don’t adhere to the selection they queued for. Does not consume normal reports.<br />* Trivia: Added a button that lets you disable playing trivia sounds automatically.</p>
<p>* Turbo: Added an ability that lets you toggle the couriers auto deliver behavior. <br />* Turbo: Courier will deliver gems and other shareable items picked up from your teammates.<br />* Ctrl-alt clicking HP bars now correctly messages raw HP/Mana values of the target to the rest of your team.<br />* Fixed a variety of consistency issues with alt-click modifier messages not being worded from the point of view of the person sending them.<br />* Fixed a bug that caused AFK abandons to be assesed earlier than intended in cases where the player was AFK during the pick phase and was forced to a random hero.<br />* Monkey King’s Disguise now uses the correct bounty rune model for 5 minute runes.<br />* Minimap icons for Viper and Slardar have been updated to their remodeled verison.<br />* Enabled custom minimap icons for Primal Split Brewlings<br />* Added a custom minimap icon for Arc Warden’s Tempest Double<br />* Refresher cast sound effect now audible to nearby teammates and enemies.</p>
<p>* Custom Games: Fixed the lobby list connection sort not working correctly<br />* Custom Games addoninfo.txt: “HeroGuidesSupported” setting is now defaulted to truebv<br />* Custom Games addoninfo.txt: Added a new setting “ShouldForceDefaultGuide” which will cause default_* files to be utilized (if none is defined it will use the default from the base game)<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Linked several missing modifier properties<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added function “SetUseDefaultDOTARuneSpawnLogic” to let custom games opt into the current set of rune spawning rules (previously it was forcing usage of an older rule set )<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added “SetPowerRuneSpawnInterval” and “SetBountyRuneSpawnInterval” functions to customize rune spawn intervals (works with either the current or backwards compatible ruleset of rune spawning)<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added several functions for asking for basic stats on units on the server “GetBaseAttackRange”, “GetStatusResistance”, “GetEvasion”, “GetSpellAmplification( bool bBaseOnly) ” </p>
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<p> Dota Plus:<br />—<br />* Added a new Summer Terrain<br />* Added a new Plus in-game prediction charm, grants you increasing amounts of shards for correct predictions in a row (10/20/30/40/50 for 1/2/3/4/5x, 50 for subsequent)<br />* Added a new feature to let Plus members spectate their friends’ games live, seeing only what their friend’s team can see. You can join in any time the game is ongoing.<br />* Added dozens of new Hero Quests<br />* Playing Turbo games now grants half the normal hero xp for wins/losses, rather than none.<br />* Added a new global Hero Trends page<br />* You can now purchase some Tools for shards in the Plus Rewards store.</p>
<p>* Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Plus guides to get stuck and not work.<br />* Improved the item/ability/lane suggestions<br />* Plus item suggestions now default to the first suggestion, with a button to examine alternatives.<br />* The full popular items list is now shown even when you have a specific sequence selected. <br />* Suggested items that have already been purchased are now greyed out, to improve readbility.</p>
<p>* Added the Plus Hero Badge to the Post Game screen.<br />* The Profile screen now shows your Plus Hero Badge and Relics</p>
<p>General Changes:<br />—<br />* Ranked Roles: Added a new type of report function that can be used during the picking phase for players that don’t adhere to the selection they queued for. Does not consume normal reports.<br />* Trivia: Added a button that lets you disable playing trivia sounds automatically.</p>
<p>* Turbo: Added an ability that lets you toggle the couriers auto deliver behavior. <br />* Turbo: Courier will deliver gems and other shareable items picked up from your teammates.<br />* Ctrl-alt clicking HP bars now correctly messages raw HP/Mana values of the target to the rest of your team.<br />* Fixed a variety of consistency issues with alt-click modifier messages not being worded from the point of view of the person sending them.<br />* Fixed a bug that caused AFK abandons to be assesed earlier than intended in cases where the player was AFK during the pick phase and was forced to a random hero.<br />* Monkey King’s Disguise now uses the correct bounty rune model for 5 minute runes.<br />* Minimap icons for Viper and Slardar have been updated to their remodeled verison.<br />* Enabled custom minimap icons for Primal Split Brewlings<br />* Added a custom minimap icon for Arc Warden’s Tempest Double<br />* Refresher cast sound effect now audible to nearby teammates and enemies.</p>
<p>* Custom Games: Fixed the lobby list connection sort not working correctly<br />* Custom Games addoninfo.txt: “HeroGuidesSupported” setting is now defaulted to truebv<br />* Custom Games addoninfo.txt: Added a new setting “ShouldForceDefaultGuide” which will cause default_* files to be utilized (if none is defined it will use the default from the base game)<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Linked several missing modifier properties<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added function “SetUseDefaultDOTARuneSpawnLogic” to let custom games opt into the current set of rune spawning rules (previously it was forcing usage of an older rule set )<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added “SetPowerRuneSpawnInterval” and “SetBountyRuneSpawnInterval” functions to customize rune spawn intervals (works with either the current or backwards compatible ruleset of rune spawning)<br />* Custom Games Lua API: Added several functions for asking for basic stats on units on the server “GetBaseAttackRange”, “GetStatusResistance”, “GetEvasion”, “GetSpellAmplification( bool bBaseOnly) ” </p>
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