www.getdota.com

6.52 Changelog
===============

* Rewrote all item code and systems. It now supports things like properly tracking item ownerships, fusing recipes with a full inventory as well as fixing a lot of older miscellaneous bugs and usability issues, and setting groundwork for other things in the future
* Fixed all CustomKey problems. All hotkeys in the game can now be properly remapped to any other hotkey
* Map strings are now properly allocated to allow players with different language versions to play with each other without having to download multiple maps themselves. This means, for example, that you can play or watch games with your English version of the map with someone using a Chinese, Korean or Russian translated version of the map without any problems. The maps for the other languages will be posted on getdota.com alongside the English version for each release

* Lowered side angles on Bristleback
* Agility Morph and Strength Morph can now be clicked on directly for one-time use
* Morph interval is smoother when it levels (same overall rate though)
* Improved Elder Form attack animation
* Improved cooldown progression on Soul Rip
* Rewrote Timewalk to keep constant speed (so its not slow motion when you click nearby)
* Dark Rift can now be cast by targeting minimap
* Increased AutoQuills release requirement on Bristleback from 200 to 300
* Improved cooldown progression on Primal Split
* Improved initial AI on Dopplewalk image to make it less obvious when it's created
* Sonic Wave cooldown no longer improves per level in non-scepter form
* Reduced Reverse Polarity AOE a little
* Reduced Dragon Knight's Breathe Fire manacost
* Undid a portion of the cooldown buff done on Elder Dragon Form last version
* Increased Huskar's attack range from 350 to 400
* Lowered Puck's attack range from 600 to 550
* Increased level 2 and 3 Purge's damage to summoned unit
* Lowered Faceless Void's strength gain
* Improved Faceless Void's cast animation time
* Increased level 3 Insatiable Hunger cooldown
* Lowered Sand King's base armor
* Improved cooldown progression on Spirit Bear
* Lowered movement speed on Beastmaster's Hawk
* Increased Abaddon's movement speed slightly
* Scream of Pain manacost is now constant on all levels
* Increased Primal Roar cooldown by 10 seconds
* Lowered Living Dead bounty and increased their magic resistance
* Decreased Timelapse cooldown
* Increased Immolation damage on level 3 Primal Split's Fire panda
* Lowered Sven's agility gain
* Improved Huskar's attack animation time slightly
* Scaled the movement bonus on Chemical Rage (lower at level 1, level 3 remains the same)
* Lowered Scepter upgraded Doom's cooldown
* Increased cast range on Drunken Haze
* Changed Fatal Bonds from damage to HP loss (numbers adjusted to keep it at the same effectiveness)
* Lowered Medusa's attack animation time
* Lowered Will O' manacost
* Undid manacost change on Level 1 Reaper's Scythe
* Slightly reduced Rikimaru's cast animation time
* Scattershot gives vision on the area it is cast on
* Flesh Heap now works with denies
* Lowered cast range on Neutral Dark Troll's Ensnare
* Increased cooldown on Neutral Dark Troll's Raise Dead

* Items now have muted form when carried by non-owner (aside from a few exceptions like regeneration and leaver items). -pm can be used if you want to allow pooling in your games
* Improved basic item's descriptions layout and presentation (133979)
* Flying Courier cannot carry Observer Wards from enemy base
* Lowered transmute bounty on previously untransmutable creeps (lvl 6)
* Change Sange and Yasha recipe costs and bonuses it gives as well as fixing some minor inaccuracies with it
* Flying Courier can no longer carry Aegis
* Added Blades of Attack to the Goblin Shop
* Increased the Fountain's bottle autofilling range
* Increased Diffusal Blade's agility bonus by 5 (carries through to Manta Style)
* Lowered Black King Bar duration slightly
* Increased HP loss rate when Armlet is activated

* Improved Lina's projectile and visuals (170933)
* Added allied only overhead cast effect for Assassinate (203083)
* Listed maximum targets for Wrath of Nature in the tooltip (212395)
* Added special effect when Berserker's Blood is stacked at a high level (176376)
* Added special overhead allied-only text to show duration while channeling Unstable Concoction (196859)
* Added a sound effect when Culling Blade kills a hero
* Added new Power Treads icons for the agility and intelligence versions (207886)
* Added an allied-vision only visual effect for Weave (139374)
* Lowered volume on creep horn sound
* Improved Dragon's Tail's visual effect (192582)
* Added a new visual effect for Soul Assumption
* Improved King Leoric's visual effects (180737)
* Changed Mana Void visual effects (211058)
* Removed status buff icon for Hunter in the Night when it isn't affecting him
* Puck and Clinkz now have a chance to get an alternate "fun name" like Ursa

* Fixed a fatal error problem when upgrading Flying Courier after reloading from saved game
* Fixed some overhead text effects that would show through fog of war
* Fixed a bug when either of Rot, Sand Storm or Storm Seeker are in the same area
* Rewrote Juxtapose and Dopplewalk image creation to fix a rare minor bug
* Fixed a minor bug with moving Lothar's Edge while not in cooldown
* Fixed an exploit with Lanaya
* Fixed Phantom Edge to properly stack with Magic Resistance like the others
* Fixed a bug with Primal Roar that could occur when used on blinkers
* Fixed a control loss issue in recent versions with Sand King when Burrowstriking
* Rewrote Reverse Polarity to fix some rare issues with it stunning but not pulling
* Fixed some minor bugs with Assassinate
* Fixed World Tree and Frozen Throne towers not sharing bounty with allies
* Fixed Sand Storm not affecting sleeping neutrals properly
* Fixed the interruption requirement to leveling up Storm Seeker
* Fixed a minor bug with the damage of Invoker's Tornado not syncing accurately with the cyclone effect
* Fixed a minor bug with Dagger and Aegis creating blank dummy items in base
* Fixed Centaur's Return from triggering off on ally attack order
* Fixed a rare issue with not properly creating Haunt images (DonTomaso)

* XL Mode changed to have 4 hero removals per side instead of 3
* Minimap now does a special ping to allied players when a unit uses Scroll of Teleportation or Boots of Travel
* Improved Scroll of Teleportation code to armor enhance the building you are teleporting to when you click in the area instead of only when directly clicking on the target
* Various other map performance optimizations
* Added lots of music modes. You must have music enabled to use these. Use '-music xxx' where xxx is one of the following added options: off, random, nightelf1, nightelf2, nightelf3, human1, human2, human3, orc1, orc2, orc3, undead1, undead2, undead3, other1, other2, other3, other4, other5
* Added a new mode -poolingmode(-pm) to allow pooling
* -lvlup now allows a number after it to level up faster in test games
* Reduced delay on End Game scoreboard for Sentinel victory
* -roll without specified number now does it out of 100
* Added command -list for use in -sd to show the pick options again
* Changed follow allied unit range to move closer to the target
* Restored and fixed previous issues with -unstuck
* Added a time delayed warning message when the game is in -test mode (some people have been abusing private chat to activate it before using -ah to clear the screen in order to use test commands to cheat without anyone knowing)
* Added commands -rollon and -rolloff incase people spam with roll. Default is on
* Added single player commands -killall/-killsent/-killscourge (169041)
* Added a new mode -observerinfo(-oi) to display extra information for game broadcasters/observers when you hover over player heroes
* Initial creep waves in -ap now spawn 30 seconds later
* Added single player test command -time xx to set the time of day
* Improved the text display on courier death
* Added a new single player or -test mode subcommand (-noherolimit) that lets you get multiple heroes, primarily for video editors that have been requesting it
* New Invoker story from the contest (Ike_Ike)

This post has been edited by talexeh: May 20 2008, 09:01 PM

www.getdota.com

6.52b & 6.52c Changelog (6.52c released just a few hours after 6.52b)
================

* Changed some bounty values on Transmuted neutral creeps when using Hand of Midas
* Significantly lowered Ancient of Lore and Temple of the Damned’s armor and increased their HP regeneration (15->5 armor, 2.5->20 HP/sec)
* Fixed a minor bug with Juxtapose
* Fixed some bugs with -pm
* Fixed a bug with capturing a rune using a Bottle from a leaver
* Fixed a minor bug when trying to form Satanic on courier.
* Infest now properly dispels buffs when you go in a unit
* Fixed Marksmanship hotkey
* SinglePlayer’s test commands -lvlup and -refresh now work for multiple heroes
* Siege units now get a minor bonus when the respective range rax (Temple of the Damned/Ancient of Lore) is destroyed
* Fixed Meepo with Aegis of the Immortal
* Fixed some aggro problems with one of the scourge neutral camps
* Fixed an issue with buying an item on a unit as it was dying that resulted in a tome version of the item appearing
* Fixed multiple Dagons with different levels not sharing cooldown
* Fixed a bug with Sandstorm that caused various game glitches with Blackhole and Spectral Dagger
* Fixed a potential suicide issue with Fatal Bonds
* Fixed a minor glitch with Maelstrom triggering Perseverance’s cooldown
* Improved cast range and cooldown on Plague
* Changed Soul Rip allied damage to hp loss to prevent it from dispelling consumables
* Improved damage progression on Slithereen Crush
* Fixed a bug with Morphling in -dm when spawning with melee bashers
* Fixed the recent Morph not transfering stats at proper speed at levels 2 and 3 (DonTomaso)
* Increased Howl’s duration
* Fixed a bug when combining -sd and -du game modes
* Fixed -music from affecting other players
* Removed leaver hero icon when using -kickafk
* Lowered Bounty Hunter's Wind Walk cooldown
* Fixed an exploit with Time Walk
* Fixed an old rare bug involving Sprout and Spirit Bear
* Fixed a potential bug when healing with Bottle near the fountain
* Fixed a bug with captured rune not expiring when using allied shared Bottle
* Fixed a bug with Spirit Bear dying with bottle in -dm

This post has been edited by talexeh: May 21 2008, 10:07 AM

http://www.getdota.com/

6.52d Changelog
================
* Fixed a major exploit that has been discovered very recently


Notes: Both 6.53 and the official map translation project (Korean/Chinese/Russian for now) are almost ready.

http://www.getdota.com/

6.52e Changelog:
=================
* Fixed some critical bugs introduced in the 1.22 patch

V6.57

Changelog for v6.57

* Changed how -sd hero selection works. The three heroes are now added as icons to select from your circle of power
* Lots of fixes and improvements to the translation capacity of the map
* Fixed a few Warcraft 1.20e specific bugs for Chinese community
* Some performance improvements (more coming in the near future)
* Your Circle of Power now has 6 inventory slots. The items it has are now abilities instead. You cannot pickup items that you don't own with Circle of Power
* Items drop on top of your Circle of Power if a unit is not there instead of making a big pile in the center

* Improved Shallow Grave cooldown
* Increased the bounty on Power Cogs a little bit
* Decreased Clockwerk's Intelligence gain slightly
* Increased Hookshot manacost from 125 to 150
* Scaled the cooldown on Eclipse from 140 seconds for all levels to 160/150/140 seconds
* Eclipse no longer continues after death, Beam interval is increased from 0.5 to 0.6 seconds
* Improved Windrunner cooldown
* Lowered Admiral Proudmoore's base Intelligence and intelligence gain
* Decreased X Marks The Spot duration
* Added manacost to manual return ability of X Marks The Spot
* Increased Ghost Ship's manacost
* Lowered Omniknight's base movement speed by 5
* Increased Rhasta's base strength
* Improved AOE on Fervor
* Improved Dark Seer's cast animation point
* Increased length of Wall of Replica slightly
* Lowered bonus damage per second on early levels of Geostrike
* Tweaks to Shackleshot angle and area check mechanism
* Slightly improved Shackleshot duration and cd
* Improved Mass Serpent Wards' cooldown
* Reduced Haunt Illusions' damage from 50% to 40%
* Haunt now has a 1 second delay during which they fade in before the images start attacking the targets
* Improved Thunder Clap AOE
* Improve Primal Split's manacost and cooldown scaling per level
* Improved Life Break
* Improved Slardar's Cast Point
* Increased Command Aura's AOE
* Reworked Voodoo Restoration stats
* Minor improvements to Glyph of Fortification
* Courier now costs 200 gold
* Improved Eidolons damage type progression
* Lowered Lycan's Wolves Hitpoints
* Lowered base armor on Lycan and his wolves by 2
* Increased Empowering Haste's AOE
* Improved Aphotic Shield's life from 100/125/150/175 to 110/140/170/200
* Increased Kelen's Dagger cooldown from 15 to 18

* Circle of Power is now selected for each player at the start of the game
* Added disablehelp for X Marks the Spot
* Fixed some issues with the tree layout near the center scourge neutral camp
* Slight adjustment of top scourge tower position
* Your Circle of Power is more visible than your allies'
* Undid the previous minimap change due to concerns from different leagues
* Tweaked the bash values on Roshan
* Moved Glyph of Fortification from an item to an ability on your Circle of Power to prevent some abuses possible by the enemy
* Added Disablehelp for Keeper of the Light's Recall
* Added new hero sounds to -quote (Ogre Magi, Techies, Blademaster, Panda) and it now also tells you which number it played if u randomed with it
* Changed Windrunner's soundset

* Adjusted neutral pullability area for the Scourge ancients a bit
* Fixed camera movement issues when multiple Meepos respawn with Aegis of Immortal
* Fixed scoreboard consumables count
* Fixed static field doing a small amount more than what the tooltip says
* Fixed BKB being droppable after use when it's duration is decreasing
* Fixed the text display in -sc
* Fixed a bug with Phase Boots and Puck's Phase
* Fixed Phase Boots triggering Last Word
* Fixed some issues with the creep pathing on the bottom Sentinel wave
* Fixed a bug in Death Match that allows you to rebuy the same hero again
* Fixed Observer Board not showing up from a reloaded game in -cm
* Fixed hero respawn issues in regular dm (not dmap or dmar)
* Fixed Dust of Appearance tooltip not showing cooldown
* Fixed an old issue with dropping items away from you while under Berserker's Call pull
* Prevented Flying Courier from using dust of appearance
* Fixed an issue with Dawn Tavern being disabled when repicking in normal mode
* Fixed the RD spot not being marked as unexplored for scourge players after the draft phase
* Fixed a rare bug with Psionic Trap count limit not being enforced
* Fixed a test game only bug that caused the tower deaths to not register properly in single player
* Fixed a bug with Aegis of Immortal not setting proper mana on Meepo clones
* Fixed some performance related bugs with Admiral Proudmoore
* Fixed a bug with Power Treads and Essence Aura
* Fixed some minor bugs with the manabase on Primal Split's level 1 and 2 Earth
* Fixed Sange sell cost
* Fixed some minor issues with Phase Boots
* Fixed Kelen's Dagger being undroppable for the same old cooldown values
* Fixed Windrunner not appearing in -sd or -ai
* Fixed a Drop Items bug with courier and Aegis of Immortal
* Fixed a bug in some game modes where Kelen's Dagger had a small chance to not register properly and get disabled on incoming damage
* Fixed some rare bugs with the combination of Dispersion and Starfall
* Fixed some group selection inconsistencies with Primal Split units
* Fixed Windrunner to not cancel your movement command
* Fixed Phase Boots from canceling Curse of the Silent
* Fixed a bug with X Marks The Spot and Primal Split
* Fixed some issues with super creeps (in -sc) getting stuck
* Fixed Shackleshot and Nature's Guise to work on Sprout trees
* Fixed a recent bug with the -courier command
* Fixed Torrent buff icon
* Added -cm to -gameinfo
* Fixed being able to buy from secret shop from the area above Roshan
* Fixed some group selection priority issues with Circle of Power and the shops

This post has been edited by talexeh: Nov 12 2008, 09:13 PM

http://getdota.com

Dota 6.59d

Changelog for v6.59d

* Fixed some item exploits
* Fixed a rare memory related bug
* Temporarily changed switch voting system. It requires 100% of the vote for now. There will be a better -switch implementation in the next version or two
* Fixed a few other misc bug/exploits


6.60 is still in very active development. I will try to post more updates about it when it gets closer to release. If you have any suggestions you'd like to offer for it, please email me and let me know.

This post has been edited by Ah WanG: Mar 23 2009, 03:35 PM

http://www.getdota.com

DotA Allstars v6.60b

6.60b Changelog:
================
* Some minor performance optimizations
* Fixed a fatal error possible when 2 users with blademail active fight each other
* Fixed a desync bug when using -tips while other map languages are in the game
* Fixed Force Staff so it doesn't push you into an impassable terrain
* Fixed some bugs with RS and other modes like RD
* Fixed a group memory bug
* Fixed camera from moving when you pick a hero in RD
* Fixed pink player from not being able to pick the furthest hero in -CD
* Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Echo Stomp to not get dispelled upon damage
* Fixed some issues with Treant Protector's Eyes In The Forest
* Fixed a multiple quelling abuse
* Added a note in the tooltip about Kunkka not being able to use Quelling Blade
* Fixed a minor visual cooldown glitch with the MKB toggle
* Temporarily disabled -terrain snow. It was causing annoying visual side effects for all terrain modes when exploring terrain that had previously destroyed trees. I'll restore this functionality as soon as I can.
* Fixed some typos

This is just a quick bugfix patch to fix exploits being abused. More changes and balance tweaks will come soon in the next patch.

This post has been edited by talexeh: Jun 14 2009, 09:59 PM

http://www.getdota.com

DotA Allstars v6.61b

6.61b Changelog:
=================
* Fixed some exploits and bugs