Dota 2

Dota 2 is the official follow-up to the Warcraft III custom map Defense of the Ancients. 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.

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.

Maps

• dota

See Also

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