Monday, June 30, 2008

Warcraft Patch 1.22 Released by Blizzard

Warcraft Patch 1.22 Released by Blizzard today. Just connect to one of the four servers and patch up. But a lot people complaining about some problem that will occurs.

I. If the patch 1.22 download won't start for you, try getting it using the other three servers.

II. If "war3.exe cannot be found", download the missing update (Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)) from here.

And here is the changelogs, correct me if i'm wrong:

Q u o t e:
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WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE VERSION HISTORY
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Patch 1.22
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FEATURES

- There is now a replay auto-save feature in the options menu. Replays
are automatically saved to the "replay" folder.
- The game is now automatically saved in the event of a potential
disconnect. These saved games are placed in the "save" folder.
- Player color selection can now be limited by the number of players in
the game using an option in the "Advanced Options" screen during game
creation.
- Added an option to always show unit and building health bars.
- You can now enable and disable the display of minimap signals
from players and other observers using chat commands:
/showminimapsignals and /hideminimapsignals.
- Added a new in-game cheat "maxfps" to limit the maximum frame rate to
the given number. Example: "maxfps 30" will set the maximum frame rate
to 30 FPS.

BALANCE CHANGES

HUMAN
- Scout Tower repair rate changed from 12 to 20.
- Knight damage increased: Attack cooldown changed from 1.50 to
1.40 and base damage increased from 25 to 28 (Average damage is 34).

UNDEAD
- Increased Ziggurat base armor from 1 to 5.
- Reduced the build time of the Necropolis from 120 to 100.

NIGHT ELF
- Reduce the Orb of venom poison duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Increase the experience gain from Dryads from Level 2 (40xp) to
Level 3 (60 xp).

FIXES

- The cooldown on unlimited usable items (example: the staff of
preservation) now persists after the item is dropped or traded.
- A cooldown exploit with potions has been fixed.
- When you unburrow a Crypt Fiend, its auto-cast will no longer be toggled
off.
- An exploit bug in which items could lose their cooldowns when transferred
between heroes has been fixed.
- Fixed DotA-specific sound effects on Intel Macs.
- Fixed sound falloff on Intel Macs. Distant sounds should now still be
audible.

MAPS

- New maps from contest winners:
- (2)MeltingValley
- (2)RoadToStratholme
- (4)CentaurGrove
- (4)TidewaterGlades


The good news is, with Warcraft patch 1.22 the Mac user will now be able to hear "FIRST BLOOD" and the other anouncer sound when playing Dota-Allstars. We also have in game option to always see the health bar, nice! But there's also some issues that will occur when we are playing Dota-Allstars with Patch 1.22. The most reknown is the problem with the rune and lag. I hope this won't stop IceFrog to release Dota-Allstars 6.53 next week.

I'm still don't know how to upgrade to 1.22 without connect to server (offline), i know a lot of you want to do it. If some of you know how to do it, i will be happy if you share it in here :)

Edit: Add more information


Update: Upgrade again to Warcraft III 1.23 Patch ;)

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Dota-Allstars 6.53 Released Next Week - New Hero Added!

Dota-Allstars 6.53 will be released next week if everything working fine. IceFrog has said this in the forums. There will be balance and the most waiting change, new hero added! The other language version will also released, Chinese/Korean/Russian. Curious? This is the statement form IceFrog.

I'm sorry for the delay. When i said it was near, it was very close.. however some things came up that i'll explain below. The plan for 6.53 was: a new hero, balance changes, bug fixes, various mode improvements and most importantly the simultaneous release of the Chinese/Korean/Russian cross language compatible versions.

Because of the special nature of this event as it relates to the Asian audience, their satisfaction level with the translations was important. Soon after the quick 6.52d update, a final translation specific feature request was made (primarily by the Chinese communities) for inclusion before 6.53's worldwide release. Normally i'd save last minute requests for the following version, but because of how special this version was to the foreign communities, i decided to delay 6.53. My hope is that the final version will be ready in a week, but it'll depend on how the translation testing goes. It could be a bit before or after that.

Thanks for everyone's patience :)


Can't wait for it! :D

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Now Dota-Allstars 6.52d is a Stable Map!


At last, a new stable map is announced. If you check getdota.com, you can say sayonara to 6.48b and welcome the Dota-Allstars 6.52d as the new stable map. Maybe some of you didn't care about this matter, but a new stable map means a lot. The competitive game/ tournament of Dota-Allstars will use new map (even tough some of them already are). And the another good news is, a new stable map means RGB/LazyFiend will make us another AI map! Yay! At least that's what he promised us.

Another thing is, if you check the getdota.com, you maybe notice that the Dota-Allstars AI link is replaced with Beta Tester Sign up. I hope this change doesn't mean IceFrog is decreased his support to AI map section. AI map section is important, especially for those want to learn or only have a single PC without connection.


The above picture is the screenshot of the signup page. Interested? Just go to this link and signup there. And one last thing, after declaring a new stable map, usually there's gonna new contents on the next map! Look forward to 6.53! Stay tune in this blog by subscribing the feeds and we'll send you an email everytime there's a new post :)

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Dota-Allstars 6.52c Bug/ Exploit on Syllabear

Dota-Allstars 6.52c Bug/Exploit. At last i found some clue about the bug/exploit on 6.52c, it's on Syllabear. You maybe still remember the Dota-Allstars 6.49b Lanaya bug? This one is even more game breaking. You can duplicate items using Syllabear. That's why IceFrog release Dota-Allstars 6.52d and cannot wait until 6.53. Here is the step and the video about it.

After Syllabear has level 4 Spirit Bear, use this trick.

1. Make your Spirit Bear health under 1000 and you can start to deny it, but don't deny it yet.
2. Place the items you want to duplicate in the Spirit Bear, the video place 2 desolator on the bear. (still not sure, maybe you must have 2 of it?)
3. Start denying your bear while take and drop the item on the Syllabear.
4. After the Spirit Bear died, revive him and voila! Your item is duplicated.

Here is the video about it:




To be honest, when i wrote this post, i'm still in the office and cannot try it. But, the moderator of DotaPortal and some forums said that the bug/exploit on Dota-Allstars 6.52c is indeed on Spirit Bear. Thus, that video make me sure about it. Curious? Why don't you try it and post it in here about the result. If i'm giving you the wrong step, i will fix it after i try it. Cheers!! :)

PS: Cheating is ruining the game, only use this trick for fun ;)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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Dota-Allstars 6.52d Official Map Free Dowloads

dota allstars 6.52d loading screen Images Official Dota-Allstars 6.52d Map Free Dowloads. So, Looks like IceFrog really want to make 6.52x as the stable version. Another patch of this version is released, 6.52d. I think this is the first time a Dota-Allstars map reach "d" version. There's not much change, just a patch to fix a major exploit on Dota-Allstars 6.52c (i will try to find it). And the another good news is, 6.53 is soon to be released and if you're Korean/Chinese/Russian, IceFrog will release the the official map with those language.


6.52d Changelog
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* 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.

This is the official links from getdota.com. Enjoy!

Mirror 1
Mirror 7

Surely, IceFrog is wanted a new stable version :)

PS: I already found the Dota-Allstars 6.52c bug/exploit :D

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