Dota 2

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Dota 2 is the official follow-up to the Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (and it's expansion The Frozen Throne) custom mod Defense of the Ancients (DotA, retroactively called Dota 1, originally released in 2003). It is an "Action RTS" where players control a Hero unit and engage enemy players using their Heroes' unique abilities. Valve is collaborating with one of the primary contributors of the original DotA series.

While Dota 2 was originally developed in the Source engine, it was ported to Source 2 in 2015 as part of Dota 2 Reborn update.

Features

Cloth simulation

Real-time cloth simulation (i.e. soft-body physics) will be introduced to Source.

Global lighting

The world is lit and shadowed dynamically with env_global_light (in addition to pre-compiled light).

Steamworks integration

Building upon community-driven features from Team Fortress 2, players will be able to share strategy guides and coach newer players through Steamworks.

MultiBlend Textures

4-way texture blending, upgrading/replacing WorldVertexTransition

Screen-space Anti-aliasing

Anti-aliasing for use with deferred shading

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion

Ssao post-process shader

Published demo file format

Dota 2 Demo Format contains a link and instructions for parsing the Dota 2 demo files

Custom Addon Support

See the Dota 2 Workshop Tools for more details.

See Also

• Dota 2 Workshop Tools
• Dota 2 Addon Portal - Documentation for the old Source 1 engine release.