November 5 Dota 2 Patch – Content Analysis
Frontal modifications
Change logs
Dota 2 Update – November 5, 2014
- The Match Ready dialog now works during a bot match.
- Fixed effects attached to Whale Blade, Kantusa, and several other items not always displaying correctly
- Improved network performance with various multi-target attacks (like Cleave)
- Various ambient weapon effects of Phantom Assassin have been fixed.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent low end settings from displaying effects correctly
- Beacons with aura such as Juggernaut’s Healing Beacon, Tusk’s Seal, Pugna’s Netherward, and more. Now correctly stop ambient effects when they expire or are killed.
- Fixed Phoenix not being selectable in CD
- Various path fixes
- Activated creation of local lobbies with 5v5 bots
- Fixed the Hero Guide submission.
- Fixed a bug with the Terrorblade Arcana where the portrait colors were wrong after respawning.
- Fixed a bug with Terrorblade Arcana where Terrorblade would lose its wings after respawning in some cases, such as after swapping from a player who did not own the Arcane.
- Fixed a bug that caused custom particle effects generated by animations, like Juggernaut’s critical hit, to only display the default.
Dota 2 Update – November 3, 2014
- Redesigned how broadcaster voice audio is handled in DotaTV and replays to keep the audio more in sync and also improve the experience when variable latency or high packet loss is involved.
Updates to the messaging model
Prismatic Drake
The eye of the flying version of the Prismatic Drake has been fixed, meaning it will now flash correctly in-game instead of looking derpy.
Gallery
New League Pass Packs
GG League Season 2
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Includes the Bedrock Serenity Earth Spirit set
In game updates
Local lobbies
You can now create a local lobby with 5v5 bots without encountering any issues.
Hero Guides
The submission process in the client has now been corrected.
Path corrections
Several path fixes have been applied including a fix to hunt heroes around the tower. RIP fails of the week.
Back-end changes
User interface updates
Simple loan
A new command now exists to use an alternate simplified prep dialog instead of the current default. This will remove all transition and hover effects.
dota_simple_ready_up “1”
Overview
Particle updates
Mirana’s particles
The particles for Mirana’s mount that came with the DotaCinema Captains Draft pack show that there is still an effect to attach to the legs, but the leg effect is final, leaving behind an imprint instead of a flame.
Kunkka particles
Kunkka has a new set of core particle effects for his Tidebringer, Torrent, and X abilities. They also include an additional set to visually see the effect by placing creep or hero models.
Other changes
DotaCinema HUD Skin
The DotaCinema HUD has been updated with a new center panel to address the issue of heroes with more than four abilities.
The minimap on the glowing version of the HUD has also been updated to remove the glow from the bottom of the minimap.
Workshop updates
Venomancer’s SMD files for its service are now available in vpk files.
Arcana of the Phantom Assassin
More references for working on Phantom Assassin’s Arcana have been added with a new VMT file.
VScript
A new batch of vscript lua files has been added to VPKs.
Predictions for the next hero
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