September 16, 2021 Patch

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Sources

Source: The International Approaches

Patch Notes

Spectator HUD Updates

• Top Bar now shows which heroes are currently .
• Top Bar now shows which hero has the Aegis of the Immortal and the Cheese for spectators.
• The following items now show a timer on their item icon:
  • Black King Bar: Timer appears when cast, counts down the buff's duration.
  • Aegis of the Immortal: Shows when the Aegis disappears.
  • Shared Tangos: Shows when the shared Tango expires.
  • This has been added for both spectators and players. Players can these items to broadcast the timers in their team chat.
• The Roshan timer in spectator mode now shows a countdown.
• Added a new spectator pop-up that tells whether the Power-Up Rune spawned top or bottom.
• Added a Buyback readiness indicator to the stats dropdown menu in spectator mode.
• The item panel in spectator mode now includes neutral items, and which players have Aghanim's Scepter and Aghanim's Shard.
• Added a combat log entry for when Runes get denied.
• Spectators can now see the teams' item stock counts of items that have a stock count.

Graph Improvements

• Combo graph shows win probability, gold, and experience all at once, as well as deltas, without needing to select separate graphs.
• Added momentum indicator, pointing out which team's performance is increasing more within the last 2 minutes.

Camera

• Override Cam allows you to move the camera in non-free camera modes when you want to inspect other areas of the map, returning you to your selected camera mode after a short delay.
• Directed Cam lets you click on heroes to temporarily select them as the subject of your focus.
• Fixed directed camera jumping to origins at times.

Playback

• Improved 'Next Highlight' feature lets you easily skip to the action (fixed old version).
• Added the ability to skip to the match instead of waiting for draft phase to end.

Other Changes

• Updated Snapfire's mount models.
• Updated Siege Creep Radiant and Dire models and animations.
• Updated Skeleton Warrior model and animations.
• Updated Dawnbreaker's model.
• Updated Earthshaker's model.
  • Updated Enchant Totem leap animations to match the new leap duration.
• Updated Leshrac's model and animations.
• Updated Mars's soldier model and added run animation.
• Updated Queen of Pain's whip taunt animation.
• Updated Wraith King's model.
• Updated the gold coin's model.

HUD

• Updated Talent tree HUD element.
• Updated Buyback HUD element.

• Updated the following ability descriptions:
  • Epicenter
  • Hammer of Purity
  • Arcane Curse
  • Wolf Bite
  • Fiend's Gate
  • Pig, Out!

• Updated the following modifier descriptions:
  • Tree Grab
  • Poison Sting
  • Spirit Siphon
  • Surge
  • Silken Bola
  • Cinder Brew
  • Lucky Shot
  • Shadow Walk
  • Poison Attack
  • Corrosion

• Updated Invoker's Aghanim's Scepter description.
• Fixed Attribute Shift not showing its mana cost in the tooltip.

• Updated purchase limit error message
  • Old: Item is Not Allowed for This Hero
  • New 1: [?] This Item Has Already Been Purchased, and Cannot Be Purchased Again.
  • New 2: [?] You Have Reached The Maximum Number of Items That Can Be Owned By Your Hero.

Abilities

• Fixed Winter Wyvern's +400 Splinter Blast radius talent being bound to Cold Embrace in Ability Draft, instead of Splinter Blast.
• Updated Call Down particles.
• Swiftslash now turns the caster's model blue as intended. [?]
  • Updated Swiftslash particles.
• Updated Fiend's Gate particles.
• Fixed Fae Grenade not using the neutral item model when dropped on the ground.

Cosmetics

• Updated Davion of Dragon Hold texture and model.
• Updated Desert Burn mount models.
• Updated Planetfall model and animations.
• Updated Astral Terminus arms and armor models and particles.
• Updated Lord of Chronoptic Synthesis weapon model.
• Updated Force of Kylin weapon model.
• Updated Ire of the Hinterlands weapon model.
• Updated The Scarlet Flare belt and head models and particles.
• Updated Sullen Hollow custom Death Pulse projectile model.
• Updated Nacreous Stag ward model.
• Updated Iguana's Quiver model.
• Updated The One True King's hero and loadout throne model.
• Added Radiant and Dire Siege Creep loadlout slots.
• Fixed Aurora's Pyre loading screen not working.
• Fixed Gothic Whisper Belt being tradeable.
• Fixed The_Good_Old_Days's 10th death response not being split up properly.
• Removed D2 Hustlers' 2nd ▶️ chat wheel sound file.

• Added unreleased cosmetic items
  • gargoyles_awakening Night Stalker set
  • ardian_of_the_desert Sand King set (2 styles)
  • yasha_oracle_v2 Oracle back item
  • resurrection_curse_summon Shadow Shaman Serpent Ward
  • lesales_metamorphosis_lesales_plant Venomancer Plague Ward
  • wd_father_of_spirits_death_ward Witch Doctor Death Ward

Misc

• Added new props:
  • spring_ruins.
  • keen_door_01
  • keen_wall_01
• Added new gold coin textures, using Aghanim's head.
• Added 2 more grass ambient textures and models.
• Added ice cracks ambient effect.
• Added new particle textures:
  • flame_ethereal
  • flame_lick
  • frost_linear_add_projected
  • ice_surface
  • lava_blast
  • smoke_burst
  • rocky_02
  • tile_ground005
• Added new Decay thinker particles: undying_decay_thinker [?]
• Added new item particles naginata [?]

Update 2

• Fixed exploit with buying and selling items that have a max stock and restock timer (e.g. Observer Ward, Tome of Knowledge etc.).
• Vengeance Illusion's expiration timer now matches the hero's respawn timer.