Dota 2 for linux release date

Dota 2 releases on Mac and Linux, system specs & patch notes inside

By Dave Cook, Friday, 19 July 2013 10:49 GMT

Dota 2 has launched for Mac and Linux, following its release on PC last week. We’ve got system specs for both formats here.

The release announcement was made on Valve’s blog along with the following system specs:

Dota 2 Mac OS X Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X Lion 10.7
• 4GB RAM
• 8GB Hard drive space
• nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher

Dota 2 Linux Minimum System Requirements:

• Ubuntu 12.04
• Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 8GB Hard Drive Space,
• nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
• OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

Valve also released a new update for the game, along with the following patch notes:

UI

• – Added automatic detection of GG calls in tournament and practice lobby matches, which then ends the game 10 seconds later.
• – In the fantasy stats dropdown, players you have on any of your teams will be highlighted and mousing over them will list which of your fantasy teams they are on.
• – Guild invitations now display who’s inviting you, and how many members the guild has.
• – Added a tournament drop for early roshan kills (before creeps spawn)
• – Quick Cast now works on the portrait of your currently selected unit.
• – Players can customize which messages appear on the Chat Wheel.
• – Messages sent via the Chat Wheel appear with an arrow icon next to them.
• – Calendar page now shows a list of tournament games per day.

Visuals

• – New Earthshaker model
• – Updates to some Earthshaker effects
• – Fixed Eclipse not always playing the missed Lucent Beam visual effects
• – Made Abaddon’s Borrowed Time effect and healing more clear

Matchmaking

• – People who decline Matchmaking are temporarily restricted from searching for 45 seconds
• – Parties are more likely to be matched against other similarly sized parties
• – Reduced the average skill variance in games where there are 10 individual players
• – When matching parties, the matchmaker now also considers the minimum experience level on both teams rather than just the average.
• – Fixed a bug in the matchmaker that was causing it to insufficiently segregate players based on win count
• – Fixed a bug that would cause excessive queue times, especially for large parties or high skill players

Gameplay

• – Abaddon: Fixed Abaddon’s illusions applying Curse of Avernus
• – Abaddon: Fixed Aphotic Shield being dispelled
• – Abaddon: Fixed Mist Coil Heal/Damage order
• – Dragon Knight: Fixed Dragon Blood’s bonus armor not showing properly in the UI
• – Gyrocopter: Fixed the Fountain doing no damage to Gyrocopter ‘s Homing Missile
• – Io: Fixed Tether sharing mana regeneration when you have full mana
• – Io: Fixed Spirits initially spawning 250 units away instead of 150 units
• – Medusa: Fixed various spells being unable to remove the stun from Stone Gaze
• – Medusa: Fixed Stone Gaze facing requirement not taking into account distance once the debuff is added
• – Necrolyte: Fixed several specific heroes being unable to buyback for the rest of the game if they died to Reaper’s Scythe.
• – Omniknight: Fixed Guardian Angel not affecting Siege units
• – Silencer: Fixed Curse of the Silent being removed by Aphotic Shield/Manta
• – Slark: Fixed Pounce’s Leash getting dispelled
• – Visage: Fixed being able to dodge Soul Assumption
• – Fixed the free courier in Mid Only not always being controllable if you selected your hero too late
• – Fixed Backswing behavior for: Soul Rip, Tombstone, Cold Feet, Ice Vortex, Chilling Touch, Enfeeble, Shallow Grave, Thunder Strike, Kinetic Field, Static Storm, Malefice, Midnight Pulse, Howl, Stifling Dagger, Static Link, Shrapnel, Psionic Trap, Whirling Axes (Ranged), Storm Bolt, God’s Strength, Wave of Terror, Venomous Gale, Shadow Word, Fatal Bonds, The Swarm, Time Lapse, Maledict, Overpower and Ice Shards

Audio

• – Non-default announcers will now comment on pick/ban phases.
• – Windows Mixer control for Dota2 no longer resets to full volume on start up.
• – Music volume floor goes to 0.
• – Updated Abaddon VO

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Dota 2 Adds New Outpost Building And Introduces Neutral Items

New building and new game mechanic. Valve

Dota 2 has dropped its latest update, which introduces two new heroes to the game. There are also large amounts of changes arriving to both heroes and items. However, the highlight of the update involves two interesting new additions to the game with update 7.23: Outpost and Neutral Items.

Outpost

Let’s start with Outpost. This is a new neutral building type and players should see two of them. They are located where the Side Shops previously were. What players need to do is right click to channel and after six seconds gain control of the Outpost. The more allies channeling, the faster the Outpost is converted. So, what do you get if you convert the Outpost? You get:

• XP bonus of 25*Min XP to each player on:
  • initially capturing the Outpost
  • 5-minutes intervals on the game clock
  • XP bonus is only gained once per period regardless if you have one or two controlled
• 500 AoE truesight
• Ability to TP to it.
  • It takes 6 seconds to teleport to it.
  • Shares the delayed TP duration mechanic with T1 towers.

Outposts are inactive for the first 10 minutes of the game and cannot be captured until they are made active.

Neutral Items

Another exciting change is the introduction of the Neutral Items. These are unique items that are dropped by neutrals and cannot be sold, though they can be shared with allies. There are a total of 62 unique items divided into five tiers. Within each tier, the odds get cut by half for each subsequent drop. Items of a specific type only drop once for each team. Drops only begin after five minutes. In addition, probably to address the new items, the backpack slots have been increased to four.

These are the neutral drop mechanics:

• 5-15 Minutes
  • Tier 1: 10% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance
• 15-25 Minutes
  • Tier 2: 10% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance
• 25-35 Minutes
  • Tier 3: 10% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance
• 35-45 Minutes
  • Tier 3: 5% Chance
  • Tier 4: 5% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance
• 45-70 Minutes
  • Tier 4: 10% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance
• 70+ Minutes
  • Tier 5: 10% Chance
  • Other Tiers: 0% Chance

As mentioned, the odds are cut by half with each subsequent drop. This means that if the first drop is 10%, then within that tier the second drop is now 5%.

Time to kill some neutrals. Photo: Valve

While we won’t list all the new items (you can view them here), we can give you a peek at what you can expect for Tier 5 items.

• Force Boots
  • 50% Movement Speed and unlocks max movement speed.
  • Can be activated to self dispel and push you 800 distance forward.
  • Cooldown: 6 seconds.
• Seer Stone
  • +500 Cast Range
  • +800 Day and Night Vision.
• Mirror Shield
  • 75% Chance to block and reflect targeted spells.
  • +20 All Stats.
• Fallen Sky
  • Recipe combines Blink Dagger and Meteor Hammer.
  • Grants +20 Strength, +20 Intelligence, +15 HP Regen and +10 Mana Regen.
  • Activate to disapear and turn into a Meteor, quickly falling on the target area, applying Meteor Hammer’s stun and damage.
    • Cast Range: 1600.
    • Cooldown: 15.
    • Does not get disabled by incoming damage.
• Fusion Rune
  • Consumable that can be activated to gain every Power Rune effect for 50 seconds.
    • 3 Charges.
    • Cooldown: 120 seconds.
• Apex
  • Increases your Primary Attribute by 80%.
• Ballista
  • +400 Attack Range.
  • Attacks Knock the Enemy 50 Distance Back.
• Woodland Striders
  • +50% Movement Speed, unlocks max movement speed and grants +50 HP Regen.
  • Grants Treewalking.
    • Activate to leave trees in your wake as you move for 3s.
    • These trees last up to 60 seconds.
    • Cooldown: 20 seconds.
• Trident
  • Recipe combines Sange, Yasha and Kaya together.
    • +33 Agility
    • +33 Strength
    • +33 Intelligence
    • +33 Movement Speed
    • +33 Attack Speed
    • +33 Status Resistance
    • +33% Mana Loss Reduction
    • +33% Regen and Lifesteal Amp
    • +33% Spell Amp.
• Book of the Dead
  • 35 Strength and Intelligence.
  • Activates to summon 6 level 3 Necronomicon units for 90 seconds.
    • Cooldown: 75 seconds.
• Pirate Hat
  • Grant +250 Attack Speed.
  • When you kill an enemy hero, a bounty rune spawns between you and the target.
• Ex Machina
  • +25 Armor.
  • Activate to refresh all item cooldowns (except Refresher Orb).
  • Cooldown: 30 seconds.
• Desolator 2
  • +100 Attack Damage
  • -12 Armor on attack
• Phoenix Ash
  • +30 All Stats.
  • Lethal damage is prevented and heals you to full HP.
  • Gets consumed upon triggering.
  • 1 Charge, gets destroyed after use.