Dota 2/en
Dota 2 is the official follow-up to the 
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom mod Defense of the Ancients (DotA, retroactively called Dota 1, originally released in 2003). Developed and published by Valve alongside IceFrog, the original developer of the first game, 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 and runs in 
Source engine in 2013, using the Dota 2 engine branch which formerly succeeds 
CS:GO engine branch, it was later ported to 
Source 2 in 2015 as part of Dota 2 Reborn update. This also making Dota 2 being the first Source 2 game (through the first game to be completely made in Source 2, and not ported from previous engine was 
Artifact, or 
The Lab - Robot Repair).
Bugs/Limitations
Warning:no longer supports OpenGL and DirectX 9 since 2021!
Note:the game shows unable to start the game warning as of June 15, 2023 without Vulkan even with -safe_mode and without -vulkan...Note:the game shows black screen after the trailer as of June 15, 2023 without Vulkan with older Proton...Use GitHub to report gameplay bugs in order to prevent duplicate or outdated bug reports at the wiki. Use GitHub to report client bugs specific to 
Linux and 
macOS.
About The Game
- The most-played game on Steam.
- Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has truly taken on a life of its own.
- One Battlefield. Infinite Possibilities.
- When it comes to diversity of heroes, abilities, and powerful items, Dota boasts an endless array—no two games are the same. Any hero can fill multiple roles, and there's an abundance of items to help meet the needs of each game. Dota doesn't provide limitations on how to play, it empowers you to express your own style.
- All heroes are free.
- Competitive balance is Dota's crown jewel, and to ensure everyone is playing on an even field, the core content of the game—like the vast pool of heroes—is available to all players. Fans can collect cosmetics for heroes and fun add-ons for the world they inhabit, but everything you need to play is already included before you join your first match.
- Bring your friends and party up.
- Dota is deep, and constantly evolving, but it's never too late to join.
- Learn the ropes playing co-op vs. bots. Sharpen your skills in the hero demo mode. Jump into the behavior- and skill-based matchmaking system that ensures you'll be matched with the right players each game.
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.
