July 04, 2012 Patch (Test)

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Sources

Source: Update Notes - July 4, 2012, Update 2, Update 3

Patch Notes

• Added Disruptor and Undying!
• Enabled Rubick, Io, and Luna in Captain's Mode.

Update 1

GAMEPLAY

• Bloodseeker
  • Fixed Blood Bath not properly granting a heal from enemy heroes dying in an AoE.
• Invoker
  • Fixed DPS burn from Chaos Meteor not stacking per tick.
• Luna
  • Fixed Eclipse ending if you get Cycloned.
• Outworld Destroyer
  • Fixed astral indicator to only show for hero and allied team.
• Rubick
  • Fixed stolen Persuasion not killing stolen creeps when lost.
  • Fixed stolen Relocate not teleporting teammates who are linked with a stolen Tether.
  • Fixed Toggleable spells not being stealable.
  • Fixed not getting flying vision or flying height when stealing Firefly.
  • Fixed Fade Bolt stopping when Rubick dies.
  • Fixed stealing Morph Replicate and Replicate not working correctly.
  • Fixed Invoker's Spell Stolen abilities having broken hotkeys sometimes when using Legacy Mode.
  • Fixed Telekinesis land AoE triggering Linken's Sphere.
• Io
  • Fixed Magic Stick interaction with Tether.
  • Overcharge and the two spirit control sub abilities no longer proc magic stick.
  • Spirits no longer don't retain their vision after they explode.
  • Fixed Relocate's return not interrupting other channeling spells (like TP Scroll).
  • Fixed heroes continuing old movement orders after returning with Relocate.
  • Fixed Soul Ring not working with Tether.
• Warlock
  • Fixed the burn aura from Warlock Golems so it stacks correctly.
• Small fix to creep aggro reaction time.

VISUALS

• Fixes for guardian spirits rendering with pops and such when entering/leaving FoW.
• Added 'Telekinesis Land' effect marker for Rubick.
• The game now desaturates when paused.
• Fixed Wisp voice lipsync getting stuck on with random noise.
• Fixed ranged display stomping on ambient effects, including Wisp.
• Fixed Unusual Flying Couriers losing some of their effects when transitioning.
• Fixed Tether being left behind when enemy teleported into FoW.
• Changed Guardian Wisp Explosion Effects.
• Added more obvious Wisp Tether Boundary Effect.

UI

• When someone buys back, an icon now shows on the top bar for 5 seconds.
• Tether now shows the amount that it heals its target.
• Wisp spirits no longer show up on the minimap.
• Wisp and his tethered unit move their camera when they Relocate and Relocate back.
• Right clicking an upgradable item in the shop will attempt to upgrade any (fully combined) version of that item that the player already owns. (Right click on Necro 1 will actually buy a Necro recipe if the player has a Necro 1 or 2, etc)
• Fixed shop closing when other players' selections change
• We now show the Aghanim upgrade info in the ability itself if you're holding the scepter.

AUDIO

• The Relocate sound stops correctly now.

BOTS

• Fixed a bug were all bots would disable themselves if a human on the other team disconnected before picking a hero.
• Changed how bots use Glyph, they should no longer use it when their buildings aren't being attacked.
• Made Crystal Maiden bot even more timid.
• Bots will temporarily no longer do Roshan.
• Made bots go to the lane front when defending in-base rather than cowering behind the innermost towers.
• Fixed bug where bots weren't correctly parsing their roles, which would lead to bad hero picking/randoming.
• Fixed case were bots could "cheat" and have knowledge of where their target was when blinking.

UNDOCUMENTED

• Added teleport (start & end) animations for the following heroes:
  • Death Prophet
  • Doom
  • Dragon Knight
• Added spawn animations for the following heroes:
  • Doom
  • Dragon Knight
• Added the following animations for Doom:
  • Injured Attack
  • Injured Idle
• Added the following stolen spell animations for Rubick:
  • Blink
  • Mana Void
  • Shadow Strike
  • Blink
  • Scream of Pain
  • Sonic Wave
  • Viper Strike
  • Void
  • Crippling Fear
  • Culling Blade
  • Dismember
  • Brain Sap
  • Fiend's Grip
  • Earth Spike
  • Mana Drain
  • Finger of Death
• Added a new skin and particle effect to the Enduring War Dog that features The Defense logo.
• Added a new Secret Shop Keeper to the Dire side.
• Updated Juggernaut's Grand Claive of the Unshamed texture.

Update 2

• Fixed Undying's base armor.
• Fixed Tombstone HP regeneration.
• Fixed Wisp portrait movie not drawing.
• Fixed Thunder Strike not continuing to in the area where its target dies.
• Fixed Thunder Strike dispellability.
• Fixed Glimpse dispellability.
• Fixed crash when showcasing Alchemist.
• Fixed Tombstone not clearing the trees before spawning at the targeted point.
• Fixed Tombstone not spawning zombies around Magic Immune units
• Fixed Tombstone affecting units in Fog of War.
• Fixed Tombstone being selectable as a controllable unit.
• Fixed Tombstone not properly upgrading on the first interal.
• Fixed zombies being controllable after Berserker's Call ends.
• Fixed zombies not always getting hasted as the target gets low health.
• Relocate now provides vision to the target area for both teams along with an ally teleport effect for his team and an enemy teleport effect for his enemies.
• Fixed being able to target Soul Rip on wards.
• Fixed Soul Rip not doing HP removal to nearby units
• Fixed Acid Spray affecting zombies.

Update 3

• Fixed Decay not damaging illusions
• Fixed Zombie armor type
• We now destroying trees every time we cancel motion from tether to prevent wisp from getting stuck.
• Added a check for the ability to block creep spawns. Now the spirits should correctly provide vision and not block creep spawns.
• Fixed issue that would cause map locations to be increasingly marked as impassable for bots when timed out on long pathfinds.
• Re-enabled bots doing Roshan.