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