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Front End Changes

Changelog

Dota Store

　　Increased speed/responsiveness of the storeAdded Loading Screens to the storeAdded new Tournament and HUD/Loading Screen sections to the Featured page

Hero Model Updates

Lifestealer's Model

Lifestealer now has a base model which means he may be potentially ready for cosmetic items in the near future.

　　Lifestealer's default items are his Belt and Chains.

　　Lifestealer's censored mask is now also in the files as a separate model that is attached onto the base model.

　　

Vengeful Spirit's Model

Vengeful Spirit's base item buildup has been changed and now features upper and lower models for her base equipment instead of being broken up into multiple pieces.

　　Upper Equipment

　　Lower Equipment

　　

Map Updates

With the end of the New Bloom event just around the corner the retirement of the New Year map will shortly happen. When we return to the default base map you will be granted by a number of updates across the entire map.

　　The base plates for both teams have been updated.

　　The lighting on the base map has been completely redone which you will be able to see in the comparison screenshots below. It also appears that the new version of the map has had the terrain slightly raised as well.

　　Comparison Sliders

　　Drag the slider all the way to the right to see the new version of the map.

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　　New Blossom style trees are also featured on the Dire side which may also be a possibly location indicator for juke spots.

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　　The material blending on the paths appear much more apparent in the newer version of the map.

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　　The tweaks to the colour palette and the map should make it much more appealing to your eyes and help contrast the heroes against the background.

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New Cosmetic Hero Sets

Alchemist's Item Set

Toxic Siege Armor Set

　　

Death Prophet's Item Set

Witch of the Outlands Set

　　Includes a custom Outland Witch's Spirits ghost

　　

Pugna's Item Set

The Nether Grandmaster's Robes Set

　　

Lion's Item Set

Curse of the Malignant Corruption Set

　　

Skywrath Mage's Item Set

Divine Ascension Set

　　

Weaver's Item Set

Dimensional Infestation Set

　　

New Pre-order Items

Drow Ranger's Set

Tools of the Master Thief Set

　　A Genuine version of this set comes with a pre-purchase of the new Thief game. The pieces are also in the item drop list.

　　

New HUD Skins

Antiquity

Crystallized Mana

Jolly Roger

The Jolly Roger HUD also features an alternative style which doesn't have water covering the hero portrait.

　　

Radiant Entity

New Loading Screens

Kunkka Loading Screen Bundle

Clash of Heroes

　　Beneath the War Moon

　　Caucus of Heroes

　　

Jolly Roger Loading Screen

Clash of the Ancients

New League Passes

This section also includes some tickets that were added in between this and the previous content analysis post.

　　

Bulgarian Amateur League Season One

"A Bulgarian League with 50 teams which will compete for 23 days for a prize!"

　　

Banglagamer Dota 2 Championship

"The BanglaGamer Dota 2 Championship is a tournament organized by BanglaGamer.com for all Dota 2 players located in Bangladesh. This tournament is proudly sponsored by Team Group Inc. Winners will get Team products; estimated worth of $1000!"

　　

Brunei Dota League 2014

"The first season of the Brunei Dota League gives amateur teams an opportunity to compete and improve their game play!"

　　

Dota 2 Ireland Season 2

"Irish teams compete for pride and glory in the second season of the Dota 2 Ireland league!"

　　

Dota 2 Romania 5 - Spring Cup

"D2RO is back with The Spring Cup! The 5th edition features some of the most popular teams in Europe competing for a total prize of $1000 in cash. This ticket includes the Fire Tribunal set!"

　　Includes the Fire Tribunal Set for Dragon Knight.

　　

Dota 2 Vietnam Champion's League

"The first professional league for Vietnam players where the best teams compete to be crowned the Dota 2 Vietnam Champions!"

　　

Gamersportperu Season 3

"Gamersport Peru presents Season 3 of their league where teams in Peru compete to be crowned champions!"

　　

GCCSL Cup Lan #1

"Twelve of the best teams in the Leningrad region compete for a grand prize of 16,000 Rubles!"

　　

ICL Dota 2 LAN

"The Hungarian LAN Series continue with the Infinity Csarnok LAN featuring Hungarian teams competing to become champion!"

　　

Korea Dota League Season 1 Bundle

"The KDL launches its first season featuring all new Tier system. The KDL spans four seasons with a total of KRW 6.5 million worth of prize funding. The new winner system creates more incentive for players to win since prize money accumulates based on the number of wins. Includes the Blue Lightning courier!"

　　Includes the Blue Lightning Courier

　　

Ladder Dota2Chile.net Season 1

"The teams in South America compete for 8 weeks culminating in a 8-team double elimination tournament!"

　　

LerucyGaming Tournament

"32 teams from Indonesia compete in this tournament for a total prize pool of 6.000.000 IDR!"

　　

Copa LiveDota Chile ExpoFAN

"The best teams in Chile compete for more than $600 at the LAN Final during the live ExpoFAN event!"

　　

Little Yard Festival

"32 teams compete in the Little Yard Festival for a total prize pool of 10,000 Rubles!"

　　

MPGL Season 6 Southeast Asia Qualifier Bundle

"Mineski Pro Gaming League presents its sixth season! Teams from various countries in Southeast Asia will have their own qualifiers and the grand national champion will fly to the Phillipines to participate in the grand finals in November 2014! Bundle includes the Forest Faun courier!"

　　Includes the Forest Faun Courier

　　

MSI Beat It Gaming League

"MSI Beat It Gaming League takes place in Indonesia where teams will compete for various prizes including cash and MSI hardware!"

　　

Netolic Amateur League Season 1 Bundle

"The Netolic Amateur League is an open tournament where teams from all around the world are welcome to join for free! Each season will consist in 4 weekends, the base prize pool for this League is $1,100.00 monthly! Includes the Sentinel Set for Drow Ranger!"

　　Includes the Sentinel Set for Drow Ranger

　　

Red Bull Battle Grounds

"Red Bull plans to hold multiple online and live events to lead up to our grand finals at the end of the year. We aim to have coverage and promotion similar to our 2013 events circuit."

　　

SDL 2014 Season One Finale

"After three amateur leagues we have the top 16 Brazilian teams fighting for the trophy and R$1000,00 of SDL, one of the biggest Leagues of South America!"

　　

Sunday Evening Cup Series Season 3

"The Sunday Evening Cup Series (SECS) began in December 2009 and is the longest running Dota tournament series to date. SECS provides an open competitive platform for North and South American teams to gain real tournament experience."

　　

Steelseries Malaysia Cup - February

"The top eight Malaysian teams will compete for gaming equipment from Steelseries worth $1,000!"

　　

Thursday Evening Cup Series Season 2

"The Thursday Evening Cup Series returns for its second season! This semi-pro tournament series is for North and South American teams. Every week there is a best-of-1 single elimination bracket, $100 winner-take-all."

　　

Thailand Dota 2 Pro League

"The top eight teams in Thailand compete in the first season of the Thailand Dota 2 Pro League!"

　　

Zotac Starleague 2014 Bundle

"The Zotac Starleague 2014 is the biggest Brazilian Dota 2 Tournament ever! It has the biggest prize pool in the history of Brazilian Dota (R$10.000,00)! After two qualifiers 32 elite teams of South America will fight for the grand prize! Includes the Gifts of the Vanished Isle set!"

　　Includes the Gifts of the Vanished Isle Set for Juggernaut

　　

The XMG Captains Draft Invitational Bundle

"DotaCinema presents the XMG Captains Draft Invitational! This is the first major competitive Dota 2 tournament being played in Captains Draft mode! Teams included are Alliance, Na`Vi, Fnatic, RoX.KIS, Sigma.int and Team Liquid. The teams battle for $20,000! Each ticket purchase includes JanJou courier and adds $1.25 to the total prize pool!"

　　Includes the JanJou Courier

　　

UI Updates

Dashboard Updates

We now have a new Notify panel which can support multiple notifications and act as a log.

　　The performance of the in game store has also improved and we have two new featured panels that show the latest tournament tickets and hud skins/loading screens.

　　We also have a new category specifically for loading screens.

　　Although the Year Beast event is over you can still redeem your Jade Tokens via the new button on the play tab up until the 25th of February 2014.

　　

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

We have a new section in the tutorial which now asks whether the user would prefer the minimap on the left or right side of the screen.

　　"DOTA_Tutorial_Minimap_Side_Title" "On which side of the HUD would you expect to see the minimap?"

　　"DOTA_Tutorial_Minimap_Side_Subtitle" "You can change this at any time in the Settings menu"

　　Updates the strings for the unreleased Fantasy Team system.

　　"fantasy_create_team_details" "To participate in this Fantasy League, the first thing you need to do is create a Fantasy Team. Below you can enter the name for your team, and if you'd like, set a logo for it.nnOnce you've created a team, check when your Fantasy League Commissioner has scheduled your player draft."

　　"fantasy_set_logo" "Set Logo"

　　"fantasy_create_team" "Create Team"

　　"fantasy_league_messages_wait" "Retrieving Messages..."

　　"fantasy_league_messages_error" "Error retrieving messages."

　　"fantasy_league_messages_none" "This Fantasy League has no messages."

　　"fantasy_add_message" "Add Message"

　　"fantasy_league_transactions_wait" "Retrieving Transactions..."

　　"fantasy_league_transactions_error" "Error etrieving transactions."

　　"fantasy_league_transactions_none" "This Fantasy League currently has no transactions."

　　"fantasy_league_max_teams" "Maximum Players in Fantasy League"

　　"fantasy_league_draft_pick_time" "Time Limit per Draft Pick"

　　"fantasy_league_start_time" "Season Start"

　　"fantasy_league_pick_time_30" "30 seconds"

　　"fantasy_league_pick_time_60" "60 seconds"

　　"fantasy_league_pick_time_120" "2 minutes"

　　"fantasy_league_pick_time_600" "10 minutes"

　　"fantasy_draft_completed_details" "You can now set your lineup, browse matchups, drop players, and pick up free agents. Good luck!"

　　"fantasy_draft_avg_stuns" "Avg Stuns"

　　"fantasy_draft_avg_healing" "Avg Healing"

　　"fantasy_draft_avg_tower_kills" "Avg Tower Kills"

　　"fantasy_draft_avg_rosh_kills" "Avg Roshan Kills"

　　"fantasy_slot_c" "C" // core

　　"fantasy_slot_s" "S" // support

　　"fantasy_slot_any" "Any" // any

　　"fantasy_slot_b" "B" // bench

　　"fantasy_slot_core" "Core"

　　"fantasy_slot_support" "Support"

　　"fantasy_slot_any" "Any"

　　"fantasy_slot_bench" "Bench"

　　"DOTA_FantasyLeagueDraftEdit_Error" "You must set the draft time to at least %s1 minutes ahead of the current time."

　　"fantasy_team_drop_player_unavailable" "You cannot add a player when you already have a player add request pending."

　　Supported strings for the new Notification UI.

　　"Notifications_All" "Notifications"

　　"Notifications_Description" "This is a list of all of your Notifications."

　　"Notifications_ViewAll" "View All"

　　"Notifications_Requesting" "Retrieving Notifications..."

　　"Notifications_Failed" "Failed to Retrieve Notifications."

　　"Notifications_No_New" "No New Notifications."

　　"Notifications_None" "You have no Notifications."

　　"Notification_Delete" "Delete"

　　"Notification_Dismiss" "Dismiss"

　　"Notification_DismissAll" "Dismiss All"

　　"Notification_Item" "You have received an item!"

　　"Notification_Item_Wide" "Received Item"

　　"Notification_Action_Taken" "We’ve recently taken action against one or more players you’ve previously reported for bad conduct. You have received an additional report submission to use. Thanks for your help in making the Dota 2 community a friendlier place."

　　"Notification_ViewItemDetails" "View Item"

　　"Notification_ViewDetails" "View Details"

　　"Notification_RecruitAccepted" "<font color='#FFD700'>%s1</font> has accepted your recruitment request. Play games with your recruits to increase your Recruitment Level and earn bonus Battle Points!"

　　"Notification_FantasyDraftSet" "The Live Draft for your Fantasy League '%s1' has been set for <font color='#FFD700'>%s2</font>."

　　"Notification_FantasyOwnerJoined" "<font color='#FFD700'>%s1</font> has joined your Fantasy League '%s2'."

　　"Notification_FantasyInvited" "You have been invited to join Fantasy League '%s1'."

　　Strings for a single game battle point booster.

　　"DOTA_XPBonus_Confirm_Single_Game" "Are you sure you want to consume this Battle Points Booster item? Your rate will increase to %s1 for your next game. The item will be destroyed upon use."

　　"DOTA_DropRateModifier_OneGame" "Remaining: <font color='#FFFFFF'>1 Game</font>"

　　"DOTA_DropRateModifier_ExpiredHeader" "Your Battle Point Booster has Expired!"

　　"DOTA_Booster_One_Game_Remaining" "You have one game remaining on your Battle Point Booster"

　　New store banner strings.

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Alchemist_ToxicSiegeArmor" "Alchemist: Toxic Siege Armor Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Alchemist_ToxicSiegeArmor" "This stuff burns!"

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Weaver_Dimensional_Infestation" "Weaver: Dimensional Infestation Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Weaver_Dimensional_Infestation" "Out of time's weave..."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Skywrath_DivineAscension" "Skywrath Mage: Divine Ascension Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Skywrath_DivineAscension" "Fly where you will, I will follow you there!"

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Pugna_NetherGrandmastersRobes" "Pugna: The Nether Grandmaster's Robes Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Pugna_NetherGrandmastersRobes" "The Nether reaches out!"

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Lion_CurseoftheMalignantCorruption" "Lion: Curse of the Malignant Corruption Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Lion_CurseoftheMalignantCorruption" "With grim resolve..."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_DP_WitchoftheOutlands" "Death Prophet: Witch of the Outlands Set"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_DP_WitchoftheOutlands" "Let me tell your fate!"

　　"StoreBanner_Header_HUD_antiquity" "Antiquity HUD"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_HUD_antiquity" "In the contested lands, peace is ancient history."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_HUD_jolly_roger" "Jolly Roger HUD and Loading Screen"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_HUD_jolly_roger" "Glug-blub-dub-glug-glug-Uuuuuuuuugh-gurgle."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_HUD_radiant_entity" "Radiant Entity HUD"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_HUD_radiant_entity" "A verdant perspective on a violent world."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_HUD_crystal_mana" "Crystallized Mana HUD"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_HUD_crystal_mana" "Time to work your magic."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_Clash_of_the_ancients" "Clash of the Ancients Loading Screen"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_Clash_of_the_ancients" "Where heroes meet face to face."

　　"StoreBanner_Header_kunkka_bundle" "Kunkka Loading Screen Bundle"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_kunkka_bundle" "Three loading screens from longtime Dota community artist Kunkka"

　　Style strings for the Jolly Rogers HUD skin.

　　"DOTA_Item_Jolly_Roger_Style0" "Davy Jones"

　　"DOTA_Item_Jolly_Roger_Style1" "Landlubber"

　　

Server Divisions

Some new updates that have shipped with this patch have introduced a new Divisions system, the base Division file makes references to four primary locations. There are further references in the server region file that breaks down each server into a specific division.

　　

Division File

The main division file has the following commented out at the top making a direct reference to professional divisions for leaderboards and International seeding:

　　"// High level world professional divisions for leaderboards and seeding the International"

　　The regions are broken down into the following divisons:

　　

Americas

US EastUS WestBrazil

Europe

LuxembourgStockholmAustriaSouth Africa

South East Asia

AustraliaKoreaSingaporeJapan

China

Perfect World TelecomPerfect World Unicom

Other Changes

Armoury Image Updates

We have had some armoury UI image updates for a number of cosmetic items.

　　

Lion's Set Images

The outdated set images with Lion's old style have also been updated.

　　

Predictions For The Next Hero