Dota 2 Update - July 26Th, 2013

[Dirty]

UI

- Made hero loadout model preview bigger in the main menu.

- Added practice lobby button to swap Radiant and Dire teams.

- Limited number of selectable matchmaking regions to six.

- New users are able to watch live games before completing the tutorials.

- Wins and level are now hidden for players that aren't friends and don't have 'Share Match History' in the options enabled

- Fixed keybindings not being saved properly for Xbox controllers

- Added Dire courier icons to minimap for Spectators

- Fixed a crash when selecting all units while spectating

- Fixed dota_embers convar value being forgotten when the game is restarted

- Spectators can select wards to see their vision or truesight radius.

- Added Xbox controller support for Dota TV

Left / right bumper = Cycle back or forward through the heroes on the field

Start button = Pause (Replay only)

Back button = Rewind (Replay only)

D-Pad up / down = Cycle through stats dropdown menu

D-Pad left / right = Slow down or speed up replay speed

Y button = Show gold graph

X button = Show XP graph

B button = Dismiss open graphs, reset playback speed, revert camera to previous mode (after cycling heroes)

 

MATCHMAKING

- Reduced average wait time and reduced incidence of extremely long wait times

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPENDIUM

- Added further explanation of International Fantasy Challenge rules.

- Exposed the roles of players in International Fantasy Challenge Bench slots.

- Completing the creation of an International Fantasy Challenge team now grants you the Mammoth mount for your Smeevil.

- Completing all the Main Event Predictions now grants you the Bird mount for your Smeevil.

 

MAC/LINUX

- Made the chat wheel work

- Added intro movie for new users, fixed black screen displaying for new users

- Fixed bugs with some tooltips missing text on what abilities do

- Fixed outline color of target units to match what Windows shows

- Fixed some rendering issues

- Fixed some crashes

- A variety of performance improvements

- Fixes to audio (silence, crashes)

- Mac: More robust mouse grab

- Mac: Allow setting "Unit Speech" to "All" in audio settings.

- Linux: Fixed hang when pasting from the clipboard under certain conditions

 

AUDIO

- Fixed some issues with base attack sound modifier (e.g. Tiny's Scepter attacks)

- Adjusted limits on Chen ult target sounds

 

GAMEPLAY

- Tusk: Fixed minor inaccuracies with his Base Strength, Attack Animation and Turn Rate

- Meepo: Fixed Geostrike not affecting units like Spirit Bear

- Morphling: Fixed being the Replicate illusion buff icon being visible to enemy players

- Morphling: Fixed being unable to control the first Juxtapose illusion created by your Phantom Lancer Replicate

- Shadow Demon: Fixed Demonic Purge killing summoned units like Warlock's Golem

- Shadow Demon: Fixed Shadow Poison damage release not having a cast point

- Fixed a minor inaccuracy with Meepo and Ogre Magi's base armor

 

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