Dota 2 <li>Reborn

Added Dota Levels system, described here.
Improved input latency in more cases
Reduced memory usage
Added Tournaments section for browsing tournaments, viewing live tournament matches, and watching tournament replays
Enabled Treasury
Added the ability to have multiple armory filters (and adjusted filters UI)
Armory filters are now automatically saved to the SteamCloud
Fixed Dire mid ramp being slightly too wide
Improved selection boxes on various units
Various improvements to the watch section with support for the "Watch Later" feature
Enabled purchasing from marketplace
Fixed various crashes
Added controls showing all items in your shuffle, and added an Equip control which will set your shuffle to contain just that item
Fixed many default global items not having correct icons in the loadout screens
Added Templar Assassin's armor slot
Fixed speech not playing for item purchases
The Custom Games UI now displays if a game has dedicated server support.
Fixed a crash in Ability Draft mode.
Equipping new cursor packs while in-game will now correctly change the cursor pack
Fixed a bug where the default wards would appear on the loadout screens of other item types, for example the music loadout page
Fixed a bug where some hero bio text was being cut off, for example Oracle's
Improved the preview of loading screen items
Improved layout of large 3D view in 4x3 aspect ratio windows
Demo mode now properly supports HUD skin, weather, and cursor packs
Fixed a crash when demoing global items you already own
Fixed a bug in Demo mode where some couriers wouldn't appear with the correct particle systems, for example the Wyvern Hatchling
Made it so that customizing the effigy items wouldn't change your currently equipped items
Fixed a bug where you couldn't select a different hero to make an effigy from
Fixed a bug where the customize screen wasn't correctly previewing all selected items
Default announcers, music packs, etc. no longer show multiple times
Fixed a bug with couriers with multiple styles sometimes not showing the right materials, for example the Wyvern Hatchling
Fixed global loadout item shuffle: it now will randomly select items within the shuffle instead of the last one selected in the loadout screen
Fixed a crash when going to the loadout screen, then to a different page, then changing the window aspect ratio
Fixed some cases where stats would display incorrectly in custom games

Reduced camera movement latency
Fixed a case where input would have higher latency than expected
Improved projectile accuracy when last hitting
Improved sharpness on some terrain textures
Fixed a bug with shackleshot effects being stuck
Fixed World Chasm missing its custom black hole sound

Fixed crash bug when refreshing ping times
Fixed bug incorrectly blocking high MMR players from playing ranked in Reborn
Fixed a bug in custom games where teams with no human players did not update visibility.
Renamed dota_disable_range_finder to dota_enable_range_finder and added it to the settings menu.
Fixed numerous bugs with editing effigies.
Fixed Queen of Pain and Lone Druid's Spirit Bear incorrectly drawing a model during Blink.
Fixed Sven's God's Strength image appearing in hero selection.
Fixed a crash when loading custom maps with an empty tile grid
Fixed Hammer tile grid sizes set to odd values causing some objects be offset relative to the tile grid
Fixed a crash on OSX with HD 3000 cards.
Custom Games: CDOTABaseNPC:HasModifier and CDOTABaseNPC:GetModifierStackCount are now defined on both the client and the server.

Added full support for the 64 bit Dota client
Improved input processing latency
Inventory items can now be tagged with custom tags allowing for more powerful filtering options
Enabled Autoexec.cfg support
Started rolling out community created custom games on Valve dedicated servers
All Source 1 content (items, music packs, etc) is now in Source 2
Increased custom game maximum map size to support 32k on each axis (2x larger on each axis)
Added additional Open Mic voice options in the Settings panel
Fixed various bugs with Control Groups not loading and saving correctly
Mouse button keybindings will now display correctly in the settings dialog
Enabled the All Hero Challenge panel (accessible via the profile)
Fixed additional cases where global items could become unequipped
Improved hero loading speed in various game modes
Improved the time it takes to perform the initial update when connecting to a game server
Add settings option to control whether the console is enabled or not
Added force right-click attack to the settings dialog
Added spectator smooth drag to the settings dialog
Added effigies in the Global Items panel
Weather effect default items now appear correctly
Fixed various crashes
Reworked how projectiles are sent from the server to be more resilient to packet loss
Fixed an issue that caused players to take too long to time out, and thus be unable to reconnect quickly
Fixed various issues with Voice Chat
Fixed being unable to enter the game after being automatically randomed a hero in Ranked All Pick
Fixed a rare case where item combining could cause items to be destroyed
Friends list is now sorted correctly
Fixed an issue where spectating would sometimes never finish loading
Allow editing of the profile card options from your own profile page
Fixed some cases of particles not being destroyed correctly
Fixed some cases of particle effect models flickering; for example Tusk's Ice Shards
Visage's Familiars will now display their ambient particles
Fixed Scepter upgraded Demonic Purge being refreshable
Winter's Curse and Reaper's Scythe will not prevent Aghanim's upgraded Skeleton King Reincarnation
Fixed some cases where trying to purge invisibility effects would cause visual flickering
Improved the selection boxes on Winter Wyvern
Fixed some cases where incoming voice would affect the audio even when voice volume was set to zero
Fixed a bug with reconnecting during ARDM
Improved rendering performance on Global Items panel
Fixed a bug where SendCustomGameEventToServer wouldn't work correctly on Valve dedicated servers
Added SendCustomMessageToTeam scripting function
AddCommand bindings are now cleared between games
Implemented the player_chat game events
PhysicalArmorBaseValue and BaseMagicalResistanceValue are now networked
Fixed a bug where setting certain style properties via Javascript could stomp other properties (e.g. setting panel.style.x would stomp panel.style.y)
Added the ability to specify the size of a new tile grid or resize an existing tile grid
Added shadow filtering for sfm lights, controllable by shadowFilterSize control
Added DepthBias and SlopeScaleDepthBias controls to sfm lights
Added ambientIntensity control to sfm lights
Increased max sfm light count to 32 (max shadowed light count is still 16)
Implemented ambient occlusion in sfm
Workshop tools are now an optional DLC

Fixed Charge based spells being refreshed by refresher orb.
Tracking projectiles will now visually track invisible units that are revealed.
Fixed some cases where compendium coin rewards did not display compendium level bonuses correctly (the correct rewards were actually given).

Fixed some cases where an incorrect number of compendium coins would be awarded.
Fixed Soul Ring removing too much mana when the effect expires.
Fixed ambient particle creation on some heores, for example Io.
Fixed some cases where wards did not allow placement in very small spaces.

Added some missing ward spots along map edge cliff tops.
Various networking improvements in high packet loss situations.

Greatly reduced the time it takes to enter the game when locking in your hero at the end of hero selection.
Fixed a bug where reconnecting during hero selection could prevent joining the game.
Fixed an exploit involving issuing orders that target units in the fog of war.
Various improvements in memory usage.
Fixed some crashes on 32bit operating systems.
Fixed placing wards over cut-down trees.
Added an actions panel to the profile so that you can interact with a user directly from their profile (to, for example, add them as a friend, watch their game, etc..)
Fixed a bug where the equipped item for the hero loadout wasn't showing the correct full name of the item if only 1 item other than the default was equipped.
Added "Pro Info" tab to the player profile (local profile only), where you can specify your name, team, sponsor, role, and country.
The "Add Friend" dialog has been connected.
If whispers are disabled in settings, the steam overaly will be used instead for any outgoing messages you send.
Improved performance in the Armory with many items.
Hammer: Implemented the ability to preview the fog of war light settings in Hammer.
Hammer: Fixed bug where the specular power light setting didn't preview correctly.
Mac: Treat Command as Alt on Macs.

Fixed a bug with Dire tower attack speed.

Significant networking improvements.
Improved mouse input tracking. Fixes old issues like the AOE targeting effect not tracking the mouse pointer accurately.
Custom Games on dedicated servers now limit pause in the same way regular Dota games do.
Videos attached to a Custom Game's workshop page can now be viewed in-game.
Fixed a bug where global items could become unequipped.
Fixed a bug where after spectating a game, sometimes neutral units would be invisible.
Fixed a bug where coaches could see all teleport effects.
Death Prophet ghosts will now animate at the correct speed in custom games.
Fixed spectating and replays for Custom Games on dedicated servers.
Fixed error particles appearing when a sentry ward died.
Searching items while on the loadout page will result in those items being selected in the loadout page instead of opening the item details page.
Fixed a bug where sometimes a courier or ward portrait would be empty after selecting the unit.
Fixed a bug where particles associated with gems weren't showing up in loadout views.
Fixed a number of bugs with particles appearing correctly on couriers both in loadout and in-game. Greevils are still known to not appear correctly in loadout.
Fixed a bug where items with more than 8 styles wouldn't appear correctly in loadout pages [Smeevil, for example]
Fixed a crash when buying a courier, activating the courier item, selecting the courier, then buying another courier and activating it.

Custom Games

Added support for up to 24 players in custom games.
Custom Games can now be played on official dedicated servers. You'll start seeing Overthrow and Dota 10v10 on our servers today, and we'll expand coverage to other games in the near future.
Added the Dota 10v10 Custom Game that was played at the TI5 Allstars game
Added support for debugging Lua scripts with Eclipse.

Gameplay

Wards now give a visual indication before you click to place them if the location is invalid
Mid-lane river ramps seperation lessened.
Updated neutral camp spawner locations and nearby tree formations to bring them more in line with Source1.
Fixed a bug with selecting lanes on the map during hero selection.
Courier and ward loadout screens are now mostly functional.
Due to a known issue, particle systems on couriers may sometimes appear incorrectly in this release.
Hero selection performance has been improved for players who own many items.
Fixed jittery portrait animation.
Fixed some hero sounds getting stuck on when clients requested a full network update (e.g. due to packet loss)

Mac/Linux

Fixed bug where middle-clicking could sometimes cause mouse wheel events to be incorrectly triggered, resulting in middle-click-to-drag causing the screen to zoom in.
Fix networking bug causing extremely high packet loss in matches that are using the new relay protocol. This caused many clients to be stuck at the loading screen.

Panorama

Added the Entities.GetCurrentXP( nEntityIndex ) and Entities.GetNeededXPToLevel( nEntityIndex ) APIs.
Added Panorama bindings for client-side particle systems in the object Particles, with the same API as CScriptParticleManager in Lua.

SFM

Fixed a crash during movie layoff.
Fixed movie layoff to write alpha if requested.

Hammer

Architecture_example tileset updated.
Reduced map compile time.
Fixed excessive memory usage when adding many layers to a map using the tile editor.

Fixed some server crash exploits.

Phoenix's Egg will now animate correctly during Supernova.
Fixed Dazzle's Shallow Grave allowing illusions to outlive their expiration.
Fixed a server crash with Echoslam.
Earth Spirit Stones, Io's Spirits, Treant's Eyes in the Forest and Troll Warlord's Whirling Axes now appear at the correct height.
Reduced input latency in DirectX 11 and OpenGL configurations.
Enabled South African servers for Reborn.
SFM: fixed regression causing create animationset for character to fail to create an animationset.
SFM: recording no longer requires disabling model combiner, fixing recording from demo files to record heroes correctly.

Improved Armory performance with many items.
Addressed a network issue where some messages may have been lost during busy fights that could have resulted in stuck particles.
Fixed some cases where you would be unable to see last hit indicators during packet loss.
Fixed a crash with certain cosmetic items with large numbers of socketed gems.
Material Editor: Fixed a crash when toggling a setting that changes the translucency state of a material while that material is loaded in other tools or in game.
Dota2 will now choose the high performance graphics card automatically on laptops with multiple graphics devices.

General

Added support for recycling.
Fixed a case where framerate could hitch while loading resources.
Fixed a bug with shadow demon's shadow poison not hitting disrupted units properly.
Fixed El Gato flying courier
Ward dispensers now clone state onto illusions correctly.
Changed the default fps_max to 120 to match source1 dota.
Fixed a rendering issue with Ember Spirit's Remnant.
Fixed a bug where on closing the join chat channel popup, focus went back to the page rather than to chat.
Fixed console spew with Bristleback's Immortal item.
Mac: Improved frame rate on HD 5000 cards.
Mac/Linux: Fixed performance problems in the settings menu.

Custom Games

UI Example: Added a display of buffs to the example HUD.
Panorama: Added new 'Buffs' global panorama API that refers to buffs using entity index + buff serial number.
Panorama: Added APIs Entities.GetNumBuffs(), Entities.GetBuff(), Players.BuffClicked().
Panorama: Added new tooltip type: DOTATooltipBuff, and events to show a buff tooltip: DOTAShowBuffTooltip/DOTAHideBuffTooltip.

Tools

Hammer: Fixed bug where editing a tile set and then switching to a map using it got progressively slower with each update.
Particle Editor: Fix for hitboxes when setting, clearing the setting a new model.
SFM: Added a context menu in the viewport to control map layer visibility.

Added a new Farm Distribution graph to DotaTV’s Live Streaming. The new graph shows which team is gaining the gold advantage in each lane throughout the game.
Fixed a recent bug with drag and drop selling of items.
Fixed issue where some particle systems attached to heroes were not displaying in the correct locations.
Fixed an issue with Earth Spirits Boulder Smash not triggering on nearby stones.
Phantom Assassin's Arcana should now create swords correctly.
Fixed a problem with Terrorblade's Arcana illusions not animating.
Added script function GetTreeIdForEntityIndex() which allows converting an enity index into a tree id for use with unit orders.

General

Fixed network settings resetting at startup
Fixed a case of inconsistent framerate on some video drivers in DX9
Earth Spirit will now walk into range to cast Boulder Smash.
Fixed an issue when Treant Protector's Eyes in the Forest was not being detected with truesight correctly.
Fixed an interaction between enter to accept a match and alt+tabbing.
Fixed TI5 Music pack not respecting the music volume slider
Radiant towers now attack at the correct speed.
Fixed Visage Familiars being able to use items
Fixed Bat Rider mount - The Rough Rider of Yama Raskav not animating in game view

Custom Games

Fixed a memory leak with GridNav:GetAllTreesAroundPoint.
HUD error messages do not display when effects are disabled for orders submitted using PrepareUnitOrders.
Fixed a crash when using SetContextThink on Abilities.
Added the Lua function GetEntityIndexForTreeId to convert from a TreeID to an entity index.
Lina's Fireball is castable in rpg_example.
Fixed a number of Lua errors with the items in rpg_example.
Fixed a bug where in some custom games using a tango or quelling blade on a tree would cause remote clients to run to a different tree
Added script function GetEntityIndexForTreeId() which can be used to correctly convert the "entindex_target" value when implementing a FilterExecuteOrder() for an order of type DOTA_UNIT_ORDER_CAST_TARGET_TREE

Panorama

Added new CSS properties: saturation (0 = desaturated, 1 = normal, > 1 is oversaturated), hue-rotation, brightness and contrast.
Desaturation will be removed in the next update, please update your CSS to use the saturation property instead.

Tools

SFM: Fixed crash in character picker
Fixed a case where the tools would fail to start for certain addons with an erroneous panorama override message.

General

Ranked Matchmaking has been enabled in Reborn Beta.
Compendium challenges are now enabled. For the next few weeks, challenges completed in the Reborn Beta award 50% additional coins.
Reworked the client and server animation timing systems in order to improve features sensitive to animation desyncs, such as last hitting and projectiles.
Enabled all cosmetic items released by 7/16 (including the Collector's Cache and Immortal Treasure 3)
Rebuilt the network stream system in order to improve packet reliability as well as how the game responds whenever there is packet loss
Fixed input lag in DX9 in cases where the GPU couldn’t keep up with the CPU.

Fixed a bug where in-game portraits weren't showing overridden models, for example, Crystal Maiden's arcana.
Fixed a crash relating to Luna's Eclipse when she has Aghanim's Scepter.
Fixed a crash related to combining observer wards and sentry wards on the courier.
Fixed "Normal Maps" video setting not being saved properly.
Fixed some video settings changes getting reverted if they were made while playing a custom game.
Fixed cases where fire particles in the map would show through tree geometry.
Improved the performance with Tinker's Immortal Rollermaw.
Reduced CPU usage of sound output.
Added support for 7.1 audio systems.
Made various adjustments to the Dota map.
Fixed a bug with Windranger's first blood voice line.
Improved font size for Thai characters.
Fixed a bug where the courier's deliver items command could get into a bad state if one courier was dead.
Fixed various client crashes and memory leaks.

User Interface

Pressing the Enter key when the accept match dialog appears will now accept the match.
Join Chat Channel dialog now allows sorting by channel name or channel member count.
Added support for copy/paste to the dashboard chat.
Added support for initiating and accepting trades from within the game client.

Added the ability to gift wrap items from the armory.
Fixed bugs where popups or context menus related to chat were minimizing the chat while they're up.
Fixed some bugs where left/right clicking while interacting with a text selection in a label was behaving strangely.
The embedded web browser is now properly put into Background Mode when the browser is no longer visible.
Fixed a bug where tooltips wouldn't appear in the accept match dialog after the player accepts/declines.
Many popups now support hitting the Escape key to dismiss them.
Fixed various bugs related to the hero loadout screen becoming blank.
Fixed cases where the hero loadout screen was playing the spawn animation too erroneously.
Fixed bugs where the hero model would disappear from the loadout screen.

Custom Games

Added more variability to the 9th and 10th slot of the top custom games list, to provide more opportunity for other popular games to grow a bigger player base and move up the list.
Added a weighting factor to games displayed in the suggested games panel. Games that consistently get very low playtime when they appear in the suggested games panel will show up less frequently.
Added a vote dialog that appears after playing a custom game you haven't voted on.
Dota now also considers your upload network quality when choosing a host for a custom game.
Some complex custom maps should load significantly faster now.
IsCastableWhileHidden key added to npc_abilities.txt, to allow scripts to cast the ability while it is hidden.
The dota_modifier_dump command now displays more accurate information.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_FULLY_CAST now has a target defined in the modifier params.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABILITY_LAYOUT now uses the highest value instead of the first applied value.
Added ModifierGained filter for adjusting modifiers when gained.
Added the ability to create Lua-based items.
Lua memory allocation tracking is now more accurate.

Custom Games: Panorama

Added GameUI.SetCameraYaw, GameUI.SetCameraPitchMin.
Added Game.IsInAbilityLearnMode(), Game.EnterAbilityLearnMode(), Game.EndAbilityLearnMode.
Added Entities.GetAbilityPoints.
Custom games can now specify keybinds in addoninfo.txt which are local to that game mode.
Changed JS API EmitSound() to return a handle that can be passed to StopSound().
Changed PrepareUnitOrders() to use new OrderQueueBehavior_t rather than bForceQueue.
The UI Example has been refactored to demonstrate improved panel performance techniques.

Custom Games: RPG Example

Added Lina as a playable hero.
Shift+Click now has cast-in-place behavior.
Shift+Click uses the new QueueBehavior order, to prevent shift key queuing the ability.
Added an example of using custom game keybindings.
Added Lua defined items, an example of dynamic item properties.
Juggernaut's abilities now scale with base damage as well as ability damage.
Added item_broadsword_epic to rpg_example to showcase dota_item_lua.
Added two Lua-based items that provide effects to their user when a target dies: item_saprophytic_blade, item_ritual_dirk.
Allow player to teleport to checkpoints (they're now buildings that get their team assigned when they're triggered).
Play sound when checkpoint is activated.
Item drops get launched from the killed unit.

Mac/Linux

Mac/Linux: Made various framerate and bug fixes.
Mac/Linux: Added a fullscreen mode that allows better interactions between the game and the desktop.
Mac: Improved performance on OSX systems with nVidia GPUs.
Mac: Fixed issues going from fullscreen to windowed mode.
Linux: Fix various problems when running under Turkish locales.

Tools

Enabled support for stereo morphs
Model Editor: Added menu options to re-order animation groups
Model Editor: Fixed a bug where arrays in the property editor were not drag-and-drop reorderable.
Hammer: Fixed tint not working on static props that had alpha set to 0.
Hammer: Added the gamma_to_linear and linear_to_gamma console commands to convert color values.
Hammer: Fixed bug where copying a tile from one tile set to another could result in tiles with invalid property values which could then never be successfully matched.
Hammer: Fixed bug where lifting the material under the cursor would pickup hidden tool materials in tile sets.
Hammer: Fixed bug where lifting materials or using assets under mouse didn't work for models placed in a tile map
Hammer: Added a toolbar button to toggle tools materials seperately from everything else.
SFM: Added support for rendering alpha masks to poster and movie layoff
SFM: Fixed materials using expressions to use SFM time when rendered from the SFM
SFM: Fixed IK pole controls to draw correctly
SFM: Transform controls are now drawn with left/right/center/misc color-coding
SFM: Typing in character picker now always filters by name
SFM: Particles recorded from the game which were attached to models now are locked to (ie follow) those models
SFM: Fixed depth of field using only as many progressive refinement samples as motion blur
SFM: Recording from demo files now works
SFM: More work making Auto Attach Rigs more robust
PET: Improved preview of psf-related operators
PET: Fix for crash when selecting a model helper pointer or scene object pointer as the target of a scalar value.

Gameplay: Fixed all units having 1 less mana than intended.
Voice: Added voice_always_sample_mic convar as workaround for users experiencing stalls when using voice.
Engine: Enabled low-address memory reservation in 32bit builds for Lua stability running under 64bit Windows as well as 32bit Windows when the /3GB flag is set.
Custom Games: Allow AbilityTextureName overrides on any item, not just data driven items.
Custom Games: Updated a number of hero abilities to work correctly with multiple teams and truesight.
Custom Games: Data-driven modifiers now support MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FORCE_DRAW_MINIMAP, MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DISABLE_TURNING and MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IGNORE_CAST_ANGLE.
Custom Games: Truesight modifiers from different teams will work correctly.
Custom Games: Fixed a bug where heroes without an ultimate used improper hotkeys to trigger the last ability.
Custom Games: Added Entity I/O functions SetEnabled(), SetDisabled() and SetEnabledExclusively() to info_player_start_dota. SetEnabledExclusively() allows custom maps to easily change the active spawn location.
Custom Games: Fixed bug where disabling fog of war using SetFogOfWarDisabled() caused issues with trees and invisibile heroes.
Panorama: GameUI.SetCameraPitchMax and GameUI.SetCameraDistance added to the API.
Panorama: GameUI.SetRenderBottomInsetOverride and SetRenderTopInsetOverride added to the API.
Panorama: Entities.IsValidEntity, Entities.IsItemPhysical and Entities.GetContainedItem added to the API.
RPG Example: Now allows a left-click to pick up dropped items and double-click is now captured by the mouse filter.
RPG Example: Added checkpoints to rpg_example using info_player_start_dota entity i/o and added basic item drops.
RPG Example: Now demonstrates turning off the top bar HUD
Misc: Replaced dota_render_crop_height & dota_render_y_inset convars with with dota_render_bottom_inset & dota_render_top_inset
Hammer: Fixed bug where dota_item_spawner didn't show items from npc_items_custom.txt
Hammer: Dota_item_spawner will now preview models for items which have a model specified

Fixed illusions not appearing correctly when the additive light pass was disabled.
Improved method used to calculate ping to data centers
Before entering the matchmaking queue, client will confirm network connectivity to gameservers and relays in selected regions.
Fixed up Winter Wyvern's hitboxes.
Unit tinting now applies to portraits.
Fixed units popping in and out of view when Phantom Lancer was in the game
Reduced memory usage to help with out of memory crashes
Fixed a crash that occurred as a result of disconnecting while still in the middle of connecting to a game. The crash would occur the next time the user tried to connect to a game.
Improved unit selection behavior
Fixed some situations where the video settings UI would not properly recognize the current state.
Linux / Mac: Fixed flickering on the contours of shadows
Linux / Mac: Offer a reasonable selection of windowed mode resolutions even when the resolution would not besupported in fullscreen. Fixes notshowing 16x9 windowed mode resolutions on some Macs, for example.
Linux: Fixed crash due to setting input focus on a hidden window.
Panorama: Added Entities.IsAlive()
Panorama: Entity indices are now consistent between Panorama bindings and Lua.
Panorama: Add support for adding documentation to panorama events. Use the console command "dump_panorama_events" to spit out all documented events in wiki format.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dota_2_Workshop_Tools/Panorama/Events
Custom Games: Added example addon named rpg_example. This addon demonstrates using javascript to perform an ability on a mouse, how to set up basic creature spawning and AI roaming behavior, as well as some of the other recently added features.
Custom Games: PrecacheUnitByNameSync and PrecacheUnitByNameAsync can optionally take a PlayerID as the last argument and it will use the cosmetic items from that player when precaching. The player must be connected to the game otherwise it will fall back to the default cosmetic items.
Custom Games: Addons can enable the unexplored fog of war mechanic with GameRules:GetGameModeEntity():SetUnseenFogOfWarEnabled( true )
Custom Games: You can now determine whether there's a continuous walkable path between two positions by using GridNav:CanFindPath( vPosition1,vPosition2 ). The length of the path can be determined using GridNav:FindPathLength().
Custom Games: Fixed a bug with Vector:Cross()
Custom Games: Fixed a memory leak when launching multiple custom games in a session.
Custom Games: Fixed a problem with client to server custom game events that contained strings.
Custom Games: Fixed a crash with large minimaps in custom games
Custom Games: Fixed bug where minimap fog of war did not render correctly for non-square maps
Custom Games: Fixed bug where GameEvents.SendCustomGameEventToServer didn't properly handle string values
Custom Games: Changed panorama script bindings to use entity index instead of ehandles to be consistent with Lua APIs. Should address problems mod authors are running into where they can't interchange ents.
Custom Games: Lua based abilities can now override GetCastAnimation and GetChannelAnimation.
Custom Games: Fixed bug where trees and obstruction entities used in world layers were not destroyed correctly and could cause players to get stuck.
Model Editor: Fixed bug where the model editor could not be opened
Particle Editor: Added a Save All command
Particle Editor: Fixed title bar to correctly reflect dirty state
Particle Editor: Fix to window layout changes not persisting after closing and opening Pet.
Particle Editor: Added toggle for viewing system information.
Particle Editor: Fix to hero not getting equipped with his set gear when preview model is chosen or an item set is changed.
Hammer: Fix for crash when changing dota_light_info settings in hammer.
Hammer: Fix for issue where parts of a tile set map could not easily be copied from one map to another.

Fixed a crash when equipping taunts in the in-game hero loadout screen
Fixed the wrong games being selected in the Watch Live panel when you'd loaded more games
Fixed some games being stuck on "Waiting for Game Data" in the Watch Live panel
Taskbar will now flash on Match Ready
Fixed problems with mod2x shaders on SM3 hardware [nVidia 6000 + 7000 series, for example] which made the textures look like bright squares
Fixed many particles not appearing on shader model 3 cards [for example, nVidia 6000 and 7000 series].
Fixed a bug wherein-game portraits weren't updating correctly when selecting new units on low-end graphic settings and low framerates
Fixed bug where cutting down a tree did not properly update fog of war rendering on the client
Ember Spirit's Sleight of Fist, Juggernaut's Omnislash and Zeus' Thundergod's Wrath will now damage invisible units that have been revealed
Fixed client side replay recording. They are recorded with the 'record <filename>' console command
Fix bug causing connect/disconnect button to show as “reconnect” immediately after connection attempt starts, until initial communication is received from gameserver
Added and updated several language localizations
Fixed a bunch of issues in 5:4 aspect ratios (1280x1024)
Sounds in hero loadout now immediately stop when switching away to another hero or item set
Fixed various terrain issues
Custom Games: Exposed GameUI.GetClickBehaviors() to get the modal state of the mouse
Custom Games: AddedGameUI.SelectUnit( int nEntityIndex, bool bAddToGroup ) to the Panorama exposedAPIs
Custom Games: Game.PrepareUnitOrders() now may take a ShowEffects boolean that can be used to hide the interaction effectsof the order
Custom Games: Fixed bug where SetCustomGameForceHero() did not work correctly for players assigned to custom teams
Custom Games: Added GameUI.SetMouseCallback( func ) to allow filtering of mouse commands before the main game window eats them
Custom Games: Added Abilities.IsDisplayedAbility() whether the ability shows up on the action bar
Custom Games: Abilities.GetKeybind() now works for items
Custom Games: Added Items.ShouldDisplayCharges()
Custom Games: Added Items.ShowSecondaryCharges()
Custom Games: Added Items.GetSecondaryCharges()
Custom Games: Added Game.DropItemAtCursor() which creates a 'drop item' command
Custom Games: Fixed bug where incorrect ability keybinds would be reported for abilities beyond the first 6
Custom Games: Fixed bug where towers assigned to custom teams would not attack unless "TeamCount" was specified in the addonInfo.txt of the game game
Custom Games: "TeamCount" no longer needs to be specified in the addonInfo.txt file of a custom game that wants to use more than 2 teams
Custom Games: Fixed a problem with dropping Datadriven items that have passive modifiers with MODIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_MULTIPLE
Custom Games: Exposed BaseNPC's GetAggroTarget and SetAggroTarget functions to Lua script
Panorama: Added new UI example implementing some inventory functionality in Panorama, and demonstrating drag and drop
Panorama: New panel type: DOTAItemImage
Panorama: Added Panel2D.SetDraggable() and IsDraggable()
Panorama: DOTAAbilityImage panel supports the ability itself as context entity
SFM: fixed multi-second hang when dragging manipulator along surface
SFM: fixed particle systems not updating when their control points are manipulated or their visibility is toggled
SFM: fixed hang during simulation of particles that perform ray traces (for example, Tusk's Snowball particle effect)
SFM: Auto-Attach Rig is now more robust

Fixed various memory issues leading to crashes on 32-bit operating systems
Fixed the game not launching on older nVidia video cards circa 2005/2006
Automatically-created custom game lobbies will now choose a host based on hardware specifications
Fixed bug in animation blending where the bone position wasn't always being blended properly
Added a ConVar "dota_chat_enable_whispers" which lets you disable receiving Steam messages as whispers
Adjusted various juke paths in the Dota map
Fixed bug where fog of war did not display correctly for some trees in the dire base
Fixed various hard-coded English strings to be properly localizable
Fixed a bug where the Watch button would be visible for unwatchable games
Fixed a bug where you couldn't accept a match in certain scenarios
Fixed a performance problem relating to Tinker's Immortal and March of the Machines
Fixed an additional case where cheats could be enabled in public Custom Game lobbies
Added a -vconsole command line parameter that determines whether the game connects to VConsole
Fixed a tools mode crash on Windows N machines
Fixed various bugs around the "Friends ready to play" feature
Updated the processing on Slark's voice, including a pitch fix
Fixed a bug where the Anti-Mage immortal Basher Blades bundle appeared as a checkerboard in the armory
Fixed issue where the camera starts in the middle of the map for a few seconds upon initial connect when spectating
Fixed various visual bugs relating to the chat window
Fixed a bug where Nyx Assassin wouldn't play splash effects when using burrow and unburrow in the water
Fixed bot-controlled units (such as pets) not playing their swimming animations in the river
Fixed bug where selection glows didn't appear when the 'Additive Light Pass' option in the video settings was disabled
Fixed a visual bug where Visage's teeth were not animating
Fixed non-maxed-out abilities not transferring after using Equip New item in Hero Demo mode
Fixed bad camera view bounds being displayed in the minimap when using the showcase camera
Mac/Linux: Fixed a bug where the minimap would go invisible after changing resolution
Mac/Linux: Added a "Default Device" option to the list of sound devices
Mac/Linux: Fixed a crash when trying to play videos on systems that are currently missing support
Mac: Fixed a bug with Command+C/Command+V cut/paste
Panorama: Enabled tooltips, popups, and context menus in Custom Game UI
Panorama: Added a new panel type for ability images: DOTAAbilityImage
Panorama: Added Abilities.ExecuteAbility() which attempts to execute the specified ability
Panorama: Added Abilities.PingAbility() which pings the specified ability
Panorama: Added Player.GetLocalPlayerPortraitUnit() which returns the local player's current portrait unit
Panorama: Exposed ABILITY_TYPES and SPELL_IMMUNITY_TYPES enums to Javascript
Panorama: Added the ability to create client-side console commands via Javascript
Panorama: Added a monospaced numbers/symbols variant of the Radiance font, used by adding the MonoNumbersFont class to any label
Panorama: Fixed bug where 'cl_panorama_script_help' would print all enums in addition to whatever you asked for
Panorama: Fixed a crash when Panorama APIs expecting a function were called with a different type
Panorama: Added Game.PrepareUnitOrders() which issues orders on behalf of the local player (see dotaunitorder_t)
Panorama: Added Abilities.CreateDoubleTapCastOrder() which attempts to self-cast/double-tap the specified ability
Panorama: Added Abilities.GetKeybind() which returns the keybind for the specified ability
Panorama: Exposed PlayerOrderIssuer_t enum to Javascript
Panorama: Added support for pseudo-selector ":enabled"
Custom Games: Fixed fOriginalDamage being empty in events other than OnTakeDamage
Custom Games: Exposed C_DOTA_Item to client Lua scripts, and added more client and server item script bindings
Custom Games: Added GetRespawnsDisabled/SetRespawnsDisabled to disable respawning of the hero through script
Custom Games: Added an enum corresponding to Dota item and stash slots, named DOTAScriptInventorySlot_t
Custom Games: Added a function SwapItems on Dota NPCs, allowing you to swap the contents of any two item slots
Custom Games: Added two functions, CanSellItems, and SetCanSellItems, for controlling whether NPCs can sell items
Custom Games: OnUnequip no longer gets called when items are removed from the stash
Custom Games: MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABILITY_LAYOUT now works with data-driven modifiers
Custom Games: Fixed a bug causing ability layout to not refresh properly until the unit was re-selected
Custom Games: Added FindAllModifiers/FindAllModifiersByName/FindModifierByNameAndCaster to the NPC Lua API
Custom Games: Fixed a bug causing ability_lua to not refresh intrinsic modifiers properly
Custom Games: Fixed a non-multiple modifier bug in the case where the modifier is provided by a data-driven item
Custom Games: ShowRecent now properly cycles back to your forced selection if one is set
Custom Games: Added CastFilterRejectCaster to data driven items and abilities, to automatically filter out the caster
Custom Games: Custom games now only auto surrender when all real players are disconnected
Custom Games: Setting the selection override entity now prevents querying units
Custom Games: An OnEndTouch event will now be generated if a npc dies while touching a trigger
Custom Games: Fixed custom loading screens not displaying on the first load of a custom game when in tools mode
Custom Games: Added ApplyDataDrivenThinker for ability_datadriven and item_datadriven
Custom Games: Script DamageFilter now passes in the Dota damage type instead of the deprecated damagebits value
SFM: Fixed bug where Set Color Tint was making translucent and alpha-tested models invisible
SFM: Improved SFM bone groupings for many heroes
SFM: Warn if the user’s graphics card or render settings aren’t high enough for SFM lighting

Improved responsiveness when spawning a hero
Add the ability to turn off sounds when receiving a chat message per-channel
Fixed a bug where clicking at the very edge of the minimap wasn't moving the camera correctly
Improved the chat UI for when you have many chat tabs open
Fixed some couriers that were using incorrect materials for rendering
Fixed a bug that was causing significant performance loss on Macs
Fixed a bug where creating hammer map variables would show an invalid character error
Fixed some bugs with the interaction of Dota voice chat and Steam client voice chat
Minor visual adjustments to the terrain
Improved the performance setting slider functionality
Fixed some rendering artifacts on custom game maps when using the lowest graphics settings
Added a brightness slider to the settings menu
Reduced memory usage used by the Particle System
Fixed various minor bugs with Demo Hero mode
Added an option for "Quick Attack" in settings (replaces some deprecated console commands from Source 1)
Linux: Added desktop notification when a match is ready.
Fixed chat names being converted from UTF16 to UTF8 incorrectly
Fixed various bugs with Meepo cosmetics
Players that are Steam Broadcasting now have an icon next to their name
Fix chat wheel settings being incorrectly rotated compared to the in-game version
Fixed some issues on Mac and Linux with stray UI elements showing up
Custom Games: Fixed how non-multiple modifiers work when multiple items are equipped, unequipped and dropped
Fixes bugs where focus goes nowhere after a popup, disabling the mouse forward/back
Whisper chat command now sort the autocomplete entries
Custom Games: Added SetOverrideSelectionEntity on the player resource, for per-player overrides
Fixed various hotkey related issues
Fixed various crashes with the Panorama UI
Hosts can no longer turn on cheats in public lobby custom games
Fixed the item icons in the Inspect Hero panel in Demo Hero mode to reflect the items being demoed
Improved the visualization of the camera view bounds on the minimap when the camera is near the edge of the map
Custom Games: Increased mana/maxmana precision and max values
Fixed various elements of the UI that were not localizable
Custom Games: Added a script filter to modify ability tuning values when they are about to be used
Fixed attachment points on towers
Improved some sound issues when selecting heroes in the loadout screens and navigating away
Fixed a bug with the custom game lobby browser when you leave and come back to that screen
The reconnect button now shows you when it is attempting to reconnect
Fixed various bugs when using copy and paste
Fixed disarm effects not showing up properly
Linux/Mac: Fixes to audio skipping and improved latency
Custom Games: Data-driven modifiers can now specify a "Priority" key to set their relative priority
Linux/Mac: Fixed the setting to not play sounds on the desktop not working
Fixed a bug where the missed message count would be wrong if you left a chat channel
Fixed the hero browser displaying incorrectly on some resolutions
Fixed some resolutions being missing in full screen mode
Fixed being unable to load localization files sometimes

Fixed bug where units would be delayed when coming out of the fog of war based on latency
Fixed a bug where heroes would sometimes spawn in the middle of the map and be uncontrollable
Fixed a courier delivery bug where the courier would stop responding to delivery commands
Fixed a bug causing the most popular custom games list to not update correctly
Loading into a game where players have effigies equipped no longer causes an additional loading stall
Fixed bugs in the Dota map involving warding invalid locations
Made various collision adjustments to the Dota map
Fixed several juke spot bugs in the Dota map
Fixed trees and plants not looking as high quality as intended
Fixed the visuals associated with Tinker's March of the Machines
Fixed missing particles, models, and effects on certain econ items (such as the Wrath of Ka set for Necrophos)
Fixed many couriers that were missing their correct bind poses
Fixed inconsistencies where abandoning could cause the game to end without punishment
Fixed a performance problem with Tinker's March of the Machines
Leshrac's immortal weapon can now be properly unequipped
Added a new simple network information overlay option that can display FPS, ping, and packet loss when in-game
By default, the custom games lobby browser will now show the most recently created lobby at the top
Made region sorting alphabetical in the custom games lobby browser
Added a UI option for the dashboard rendering quality setting
The F5 key will now refresh the custom game lobby browser
The left/right arrow keys can now be used to browse the list of all custom games
Fixed basic/advanced video radio buttons not being properly selected upon entering settings popup
Fixed Thai language text incorrectly using the wrong font
Fixed various dashboard tooltip styling bugs
Fixed console key detection when multiple keys are bound to toggleconsole
Added model loaded sounds to various UI screens
Fixed various bugs relating to the Watch Live game list
Fixed the reconnection UI incorrectly appearing after a match is accepted (but before a connection is established)
Fixed various IME issues
Fixed issues with Legion Commander's voice when the Arcana is equipped
Fixed a bug relating to the in-game respawn music
Hero Demo mode now respects the selected style from the loadout screen
Changed the Hero Demo invulnerability buff to only prevent damage (but not prevent buffs, for example)
Fixed the Hero Demo invulnerability buff not being transferred over when you do Equip New Item or Select New Hero
Fixed a crash in the Hero Demo when playing as Meepo and using the Equip New Item feature
Mac/Linux: Fixed bug where the Watch tab would get stuck on "Waiting for game data"
Mac/Linux: Fixed bugs where high-quality water wasn't being rendered correctly
Mac/Linux: Fixed bug where a green screen would be seen intermittently when starting the game
Linux: Fixed bug where the game wasn't rendering properly on various hardware configurations
Linux: Fixed issues involving viewports on AMD FOSS drivers
Fixed bug where many model files couldn't be opened in the model editor
Fixed the URL in the Tools' Help menu pointing at the wrong address
Fixed a bug where Hammer wouldn't save correctly after changing maps
A trailing semi-colon is no longer necessary when setting CSS styles in Javascript
Added dump_panorama_css_properties, which prints out the list of all valid CSS properties and their documentation
Added CreateHTTPRequest and the CScriptHTTPRequest object
PlayerResource:SetCameraTarget( playerID, entity ) now more reliably locks the camera to the target
Included dkjson library for JSON encode/decode in Lua
Fixed crash when custom games attempted to destroy an invalid tree
Changed invalid file references in Panorama from being an error to a warning
Added a Panorama dialog handler for key binding names: {g:dota_key:<dialog_variable_name>}
Added script function GameRules:PlayerHasCustomGameHostPrivileges()
Javascript $.Msg() now prints the name of functions instead of 'undefined'
Add support for the <pre> tag in HTML labels
Fixed a bug when registering a Lua modifier outside of an ability
Fix for Particle Editor UI missing combine mode
SFM: Can now change resolution dynamically
SFM: Can now layoff movies to higher resolution than the SFM viewport resolution
SFM: Fixed poster layoff
SFM: Particle effects that use traces for placement (e.g. Earthshaker's Fissure) now correctly render along the ground

Enabled Mac client
Enabled Linux client
Fixed various bugs with non-QWERTY keyboard layouts
Fixed performance bug relating to Huskar's Searing Dominator and Life Break ability
Fixed issues where the units you have selected may be out of date.
Fixed Familiars being visible in FoW
Fixed an out of memory crash that would occur after playing multiple games in a row
Fixed bug where there were spots along the edge of the map where camera grip did not work
Fixed a case where alt-tab would return to a blank screen
Fixed various layout bugs with active friend lobbies
Fixed some unselectable units like Stone Remnants being selectable with certain options
Fixed various bugs related to IME input
Added support for a wider range of bindable keys
Fixed character voices getting cut off
Fixed audio static in the dashboard on some systems
Custom lobby list supports filtering by region name
Fixed Auto Attack behavior being inconsistent with Source 1
Fixed various areas on the Terrain where you could get stuck
Fixed Ember Spirit voice
Fixed various bugs and performance issues when playing multiple games without restarting
Fixed some juke spots that were unintentionally changed
Fixed various bugs with Mud Golem behavior
Fixed a bug that could cause voice chat to be garbled
Fixed camera height being slightly incorrect in Dota games
Added walkable flag to the nonavclip material so that it will set the ground height
Various terrain warding fixes
Fixed the top bar text in the UI disappearing sometimes
Fixed various performance issues and bugs that result from alt-tabbing
Custom Lobby list now support filtering by region name
The "Unable to load sound system data" error is fixed after validating and restarting Steam.
Fixed multi-team bug where Slark's Shadow Dance passive was only disabled by vision from one of the enemy teams
Fixed data-driven modifiers being unable to apply MODIFIER_PROPERTY_COOLDOWN_PERCENTAGE
Fixed data-driven modifiers being unable to apply MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_DAY_VISION
Fixed data-driven modifiers being unable to apply MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_NIGHT_VISION
Fixed a bug where reloading the same map would cause Lua-based modifiers to fail
Panorama's AsyncWebRequest function now works for any URL when used in custom game UI
Added GetAttributes() scripting capabilities to modifier_lua
Fixed a bug in Custom Games scripting where ReplaceHeroWith would crash if the unit name was invalid
Fixed a bug causing the dota_npc_creature class to sometimes not receive its HP upgrade
Fixed an issue causing script_help2 and cl_script_help2 to not display certain bindings
Fixed a bug where the panorama debugger tries to invoke a nonexistent p4.exe
Fixed bug where modifying panorama files didn't cause them to be automatically recompiled
Fixed crash in custom games when upgrading an ability on a hero that has more skill points than their level
Changed SFM to default to saving in the user’s addon directory, which fixes some "failure to save" problems
Tuned SFM light and camera defaults, so that creating a light in a new session now visibly lights the ground
Improved the quality of shadows in SFM
Fixed the Dota map's radiant and dire base ground meshes not rendering in SFM
Added user-editable color tint support for SFM models

Fixed a bug where users would not always be properly removed after they left lobbies
Fixed a bug where the custom game would not automatically launch when full
Fixed players getting 1025 gold in AR
Fixed missing particle effect for Winter Wyver's Arctic Burn attack
More Terrain fixes
Fixed a crash when failing to connect to a server
Fixed a crash when selecting a shared announcer
Fixed Broodmother Webs blocking neutral camps
Fixed crash when moving sliders in material editor
Updated Faceless Void hero movie
Fixed some issues with voice cutting out
Lobby chat is global by default
Fixed being unable to respond to whispers in team select or waiting for players screens
Fixed pending invites menu blocking tooltips
Fixed scrollbar not showing up with emoticon picker
Fixed Earth Spirit voice
LinkLuaModifier can now be called with three parameters to specify a filename/location (Ex: LinkLuaModifier( modifierName, fileName, LuaModifierType )
Fixed a bug related to abilities and scripts being in folders
Added OnProjectileHit/Think_ExtraData functions to ability_lua
Added GetTexture to modifier_lua
Fixed some cases where you would be able to join a lobby with a different version of the custom game
Fixed Faceless Void's Timewalk effect
Fixed a case where the dota font wasn't showing up on Chinese clients
Fixed capitalization not working correctly with unicode characters
Fixed some bugs with IME input
Fixed sound event not obeying their respective volume sliders
Fixed some cases where heroes could spawn incorrectly and be stuck
Left clicking on a lobby in the custom game lobby browser will now join the game rather than show game info
Fixed various bugs with Smoke of Deceit
Added Texture and Shadow qualities to video settings UI
Fixed sometimes not filling a lobby if there was one player left
Fixed some hardware detection issues that could result in lower performance
Added script supported for ExtraData kv with Projectiles
Fixed a crash when using the workshop submission tool
Fixed some bugs with Lua scripting where table to kvconverssions were missing Boolean types
Fixed playing the sound when you create/join a lobby through the UI
Fixed some areas where you could place wards that you normally wouldn't be able to
Demo mode invulnerability now affects additional units you own
Fixed some bugs with using max level in Demo mode
Added Lua script support for GetAdditionalOwnedUnits
Fixed Watch live minimap showing buildings incorrectly
In some cases where there is an error in the install (like the soundmixer error), the game will automatically try to verify the install to fix the issue
Fixed a crash when alt tabbing in a UI that uses 3D models
Fixed attacking and selecting Nyx while he is burrowed
Fixed being unable to target Supernova

Fixed illusions being able to manipulate and sell items
Fixed various bugs with Render Quality setting
Fixed Huskar causing significant framerate loss
Fixed various crashes when joining lobbies
Fixed Armlet causing you to lose too much HP when toggling
Updated many areas of the Terrain
Fixed various bugs with hero abilities in Demo Mode
Fixed various lobby bugs (including games often not launching when full, more lobby fixes to come here)
Fixed being able to escape the map in Demo Mode
Fixed Decay not manipulating HP properly
Fixed a crash when using Charms
Fixed Custom Game panel sometimes not showing games
Fixed various bugs when gaining item drops
Fixed some old Arcanas not working properly
Fixed being able to ward in the Roshan pit
Fixed Terrain texture quality bugs
Added a new netgraph vconsole subtool. Launch Vconsole2.exe and select the netgraph icon.
Fixed an issue with how we update the beta that caused existing downloads to restart when updates started (fixed for updates after this one)
Fixed being unable to play private bot games when in a party
Fixed enemy seeing Necro units on minimap
Fixed sometimes being unable to see the game name when you join a lobby
Fixed a crash when dire or radiant ancients were destroyed
Fixed bugs with Truesight
Fixed disconnect button not working while connected to a custom game
Fixed some heroes having incorrect voice filters
Fixed Windranger spawn line
Fixed Necrophos voice and spawn lines
Fixed all chat not working sometimes
Fixed various bugs with screen resolutions
Fixed automatic region detection not working
Fixed sometimes not being able to see which custom game your friend is playing
Fixed some areas where player IPs were discoverable
Profile now shows the same stats as the ones you select for your miniprofile
Added Australia and Brazil regions for Reborn beta
Fixed text formatting carrying through incorrectly in the friends feed
Fixed Acid Spray from blocking neutrals
Fixed "Chat with player" not grabbing focus
Fixed some crashes when using chat commands
Fixed losing some sound settings if they were changed while playing a custom game
Fixed not being able to start game under Windows N
Fixed a crash related to various source1 command lines (-enable_addons, -novid, -dxlevel)
Fixed match disabled label in play tab not going away when match disabled time expires
Solo bot match when in a party now starts a lobby game and connects, instead of playing a local match
Fixed "Kick from lobby team" showing up at the wrong times in player context menu
Fixed ApplyDataDrivenModifier causing an error when setting duration in script
Fixed the reconnect button behavior when in custom games
Fixed Lone Druid bear not animating sometimes

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