Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 9:09 am
IceFrog has just made a post about the new features for DotA 6.67. The first one is the zoom ability for the observers. As you know, it’s pretty difficult to keep touch with all part of the DotA game with the current Warcraft 3 default view. This update hopefully will help the observer maintain a larger area and can spot the interesting event faster. Another one is a new game mode, Capture Point! How long since we got a new game mode guys? I can’t remember it. Capture Point is kinda fun mode with bonus aura for your team if you manage to capture it. Curious? Check out the complete quote from IceFrog blog:
Hey guys, I just want to share some small information about the upcoming patch. It is too early for me to give a complete list of features or changes to expect, so I’ll just be sharing a couple of small features as a sneak peak.
First, I’ve implemented a zoom mode for observers to allow spectators and shout casters to see a larger part of the battlefield rather than the current view.
The second is a Capture Point action style game mode. It is designed to be a short fun mode with lots of movement and action, as a break from the usual stuff. There will be many capture points (6+) spread around the map that, when captured, will provide various auras (Damage, Armor, Gold, Regen, Movement Speed, etc) for your team depending on which one is captured. The Capture Points all spawn after the first 10 minutes of the game. You gain control of a CP by standing on it for a certain amount of time (the more allies the faster). Capture Points can always be reclaimed by the enemy team after it is taken or it can also be interrupt during the capturing process itself. Keep in mind that all the mechanics and numbers are not final yet.
These are just two misc things in 6.67 that I wanted to share with you guys. There will of course be more work done on improving the current content with balancing and misc features. If there is something specific you want to see, don’t hesitate to let me know.
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 9:08 am
DotA 6.66b Map Download – DotA-Allstars 6.66b Official Map has just released! A lot of bug fixes and some nerfs. The ultimate Doom Bringer on DotA 6.66 got nerfed pretty much. I guess he’s time is over now.. Some major bug fix are done on Divine Rapier drop mechanism. Here is the download link and changelogs of DotA 6.66b..
DotA 6.66b Changelogs:
- -unlock now requires a majority vote before the gold and items of a leaver will be released. As a reminder, once a hero is unlocked, it cannot be switched.
- Added a 15 second wait period before the drafting begins in -CD to give both teams a chance to look at the heroes.
- Renamed the controlon/off commands to be clearer which is which. They are now -disableselection (-ds) and -enableselection (-es)
- Various map optimizations
- Fixed an old recipe fusing exploit with leaver items that could result in crashes
- Fixed Essence Shift on units that change form
- Fixed a couple of bugs with Dark Pact debuff
- Added replay data for creep kills/denies (at time intervals, format: “CSK”+I2S(PlayerID),value and “CSD”+I2S(PlayerID),value)
- Fixed various tooltips
- Fixed gold not being split after using -unlock when someone leaves via -kickafk
- Fixed being able to -unlock while a switch vote is ongoing
- Fixed some spells incorrectly triggering Magic Stick/Essence Aura (Devoured Neutral Troll Priests Heal, Radiance Swap, etc)
- Fixed some -CD language text issues as well as some missing parser information
- Fixed Arcane Ring recipe purchase hotkey
- Fixed some potential Basher bugs on some levels of Spirit Bear
- Fixed an abuse possible with one hero carrying multiple Urn of Shadows
- Fixed the second Forged Spirit from being added to your control despite having control helper turned off
- Fixed a bug with -switch when you have Rapier (that you don’t own) on you
- Fixed a few other misc minor bugs
As always you can download the newest version from GetDota
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Warcraft 1.24d Patch has just released by Blizzard. The Warcraft Patch 1.24d contain improvement which close the hole for the crash hack. It’s still unknown if this 1.24d patch can be played with 1.24b or 1.24c, but some people say that you will randomly dropped. So, it’s better upgrade if your friends is already using Warcraft Patch 1.24d. Here is the full Warcraft Patch 1.24d changelogs:
Fixed a client crash related to queuing too many invalid build commands
Just like the previous version, Warcraft 1.24d Patch gives big trouble for players that can’t update through Battle.net. Luckily, you still can use the Warcraft Version Switcher 1.24d to switch between the old and new versions.
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