Friday, June 26, 2009

DotA Custome

Saya beberapa hari lalu iseng mempraktekkan cara kustomisasi dota yang (sebenarnya) sudah lama ada di situs official dota (dahulu), dota-allstars.com (sekarang situs official dota pindah ke playdota.com). Lumayan, sembari mengisi waktu luang. Tampilan layout yang sebelumnya seperti ini:



Bisa diubah menjadi bermacam-macam: Snow (sama dengan terrain snow asli bawaan dota), Barren, Highland, Beach, Hell.

Caranya:

  1. Backup folder Warcraft III anda dengan cara menyalinnya ke tempat lain. Disarankan menyalin satu folder semua, walau sebenarnya hanya berkas War3Patch.mpg yang akan diutak-atik.
  2. Unduh Dota Theme Manager di sini.
  3. Urai berkas hasil unduhan ke lokasi tempat Warcraft III anda berada

  4. Jalankan Dota Theme Manager dengan mengklik ganda DTMV4.exe di dalam folder hasil uraian tadi

  5. Pilih tema ataupun UI (User Interface, bagian seperti frame tempat item, jam, dll). Untuk UI, aplikasikan setelah anda memilih tema. Jika anda memilih UI sebelum tema, maka UI anda akan ditimpa oleh UI default dota (Warcraft III). Tunggu prses hingga selesai

  6. Selesai, silakan jalankan dota anda.


Tampilannya kira-kira seperti ini:
  1. Tema Highland:



  2. Tema Barren:


  3. Tema Beach:


Untuk UI: Panda dengan tema Barren


Saya sendiri suka tema Barren dikarenakan warnanya yang cukup terang (tidak seterang Snow, tetapi lebih terang dari Hell maupun tema default), kesan bersih, dengan warna dauh pepohonan yang bagus. Ukuran dari pohon yang tidak terlalu besar dan rumit, membuat saya lebih mudah untuk juggling di hutan dikarenakan kita bisa dengan mudah melihat spot-spot strategis (blind spot dan sebagainya). Last hit juga lebih mudah.

PERHATIAN!!!! Beberapa server battlenet melarang penggunaan perangkat lunak kustomisasi seperti ini. Jika anda nekat menggunakan dota kustom di server seperti ini, anda bisa kena USER-BAN hingga IP-BAN!!!! Jadi sebelum anda menggunakan dota kustom untuk battlenet, silakan cek dahulu kebijakan server yang anda gunakan. Dan saya tidak bertanggung jawab jika terjadi kerusakan pada segala sesuatu milik anda. Lakukan kustomisasi ini dengan resiko anda tanggung sendiri.

Jadi, sudahkah anda siap melihat Lina berbikini ria di pantai (tema Beach)????????
(just kidding) LOL.....

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Pigdin dan Yahoo

Wew, sudah beberapa hari pidgin tidak online, internet sengaja saya fokuskan ke torrent hehehehe.... Hari saat saya ingin online (unduhan saya sudah kelar hehehe), pidgin saya "ngambek", tidak mau nyambung ke server yahoo. Ops, ada apakah gerangan? Saat membaca milis salah satu majalah linux yang saya ikuti, saya baru tahu kalau ada masalah dengan pidgin jika ingin terkoneksi dengan server yahoo.

Setelah mencoba mencari-cari di internet, saya baru tahu kalau yahoo memberlakukan protokol koneksi baru. Di balasan email tersebut diberikan solusi yaitu dengan mengganti alamat server. Begini caranya:

  1. Buka pidgin, lalu klik Accounts> pilih akun yahoo yang digunakan> Edit Account
  2. Di jendela baru Modify Account, klik tab Advanced
  3. Ganti isi kolom Pager server yang awalnya scs.msg.yahoo.com dengan cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com
  4. Klik Save, dan coba sambung ulang.

Tanpa tunggu lagi, saya langsung coba cara di atas, dan hasilnya: Deng dong! Anda (saya) belum beruntung! Pidgin masih "ngambek" tidak mau tersambung dengan yahoo.
Saya lalu menjelajah dunia maya lagi, mencoba mencari solusi lain. Dari yang saya ketemukan, ada beberapa alternatif isian untuk Pager server, diantaranya cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com, cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com, 66.163.181.189, 66.163.181.179, 66.163.181.180, 66.163.181.181, 66.163.181.182, 66.163.181.183, 66.163.181.166, 66.163.181.167, 66.163.181.168, 66.163.181.169. Dari sekian alternatif server, yang saya gunakan adalah cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com.

Yay!!! Akhirnya pidgin saya bisa bernyanyi lagi!!! Hehehehe....


sumber:
http://kenno.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/pidgin-2-5-5-cannot-connect-to-yahoo-messenger/
http://brainstorms.in/?p=511
http://jimmod.com/blog/2009/06/solving-pidgin-cannot-connect-ym/

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Koleksi Kaset

Cerita kali ini berawal dari saat saya bersih-bersih meja.
Saat merapikan "kotak harta karun" hehehehe... Kotak ini isinya segala macam bleketek dari yang berguna hingga tidak (kurang) berguna, saya melihat ada kotak bekas wadah HP Nokia 3660 milik ibu dulu (HP-nya sendiri raib entah kemana). Penasaran, saya buka tutupnya, voila, isinya koleksi kaset-kaset saya dulu. Wew, di sini toh, ternyata...

Koleksi kaset saya cukup beragam, namun yang saya boyong ke Jakarta hanya sedikit. Ada koleksi nasyid Raihan (saya dulu fans berat Raihan hehehehe) --dari album pertama hingga ke empat atau ke lima saya lupa, Hijjaz (The Best of Hijjaz), Haddat Alwi (yang duet dengan Sulis, maupun yang solo), Sulis (solo), Rabbani (saya cuma suka satu album saja, yang Intifada), The Fikr (CintaMu), lalu ada rock (Linkin Park, dari album pertama hingga Meteora), ada Josh Groban (saya punya dua album pertamanya), Ajeb-ajeb (Safri Duo yang 3.0, lalu ada t.A.T.u. REMIXES --versi remix dari album pertamanya, lalu ada Groove Coverage -- pernah dengar lagu God Is A Girl, 7 Years and 50 Days, Moonlight Shadow? Ya itulah lagu mereka), berbagai koleksi lagu klasik (Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach), Nelly Furtado ( Folklore), Enya (A Day Without Rain, Amarantine, The Memory of Trees), Celine Dion (All The way... A Decade of Song), dan... oh My Dear Sweet Lord, satu kaset berisi lagu-lagu lama: Sweet Memories Volume 2 (1993)

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Wew.......

Dari kumpulan kaset tersebut, yang menarik perhatian saya adalah sebuah kaset berjudul Musik Pengiring Belajar dengan sub-judul Meningkatkan Kecerdasan Pelajar dan Mahasiswa. Di sampul depannya ada foto bertuliskan W. A Mozart, dengan simbol makara UI (What???? Really??? Yeah, It's true...) dengan tulisan PUSKA-UI di bawahnya. Hmm, saya jadi ingat berbagai cerita mengenai bagaimana musik klasik mempengaruhi otak, tubuh, mood, hingga kecerdasan. Dulu saya beli kaset ini saat masih SMA (saya suka musik klasik sejak SMP), saat iseng melihat-lihat satu toko kaset. Huh, saat itu susah sekali mencari kaset klasik (sepertinya sampai sekarang pun masih susah).
Kaset ini berisi empat track, dengan isi yang sama baik side A maupun side B. Isinya:
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Semua dari Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). Kaset ini dulu selalu saya putar saat sedang belajar untuk ujian. Bahkan untuk UAN juga!!! Hehehehe....

Mungkin banyak yang tidak percaya terhadap cerita mengenai lagu klasik mampu meningkatkan kecerdasan, dan saya sendiri tidak tahu apakah itu benar atau tidak. Yang pasti, saat saya mendengarkan kaset ini atau lagu klasik lagin (terutama dari Mozart), saya merasa lebih enak untuk belajar. Badan jadi rileks, detak jantung menurun, tapi otak tetep ON. Kalau saya rasakan dan pikirkan, efek lagu ini sama seperti saat kita belajar pagi buta (sekitar jam tiga pagi, hingga jam enam pagi), dimana mata dan badan masih semi-mengantuk, namun otak sudah ON. Dengan kondisi seperti ini, saya justru lebih mudah belajar, mengerjakan hitungan, ataupun menghafal.

Secara umum, efek ini saya rasakan pada hampir semua lagu klasik. Namun efek ini lebih terasa saat saya mendengarkan karya Mozart. Karya Beethoven di tempat kedua dan Chopin ditempat ketiga. Mungkin preferensi atau selera musik juga memiliki pengaruh. Dan intepretasi dari artis yang memainkan lagu tersebut juga berpengaruh, saya sendiri suka intepretasi yang romantis, emosional, dengan penekanan yang jelas. Favorit saya adalah Vladimir Ashkenazy, wikipedia , website. Saya tidak tahu terlalu banyak mengenai musik klasik, karena saya hanya ingin menikmati tanpa harus dipusingkan dengan berbagai detil-detil. Favorit saya sendiri tidak terlalu banyak, diantaranya:
  • Mozart:
    • Ein Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro K 515.1
    • Symphony No. 40: Allegro Molto
    • Clarinet Concerto in A: Adagio
    • Sonata in A: Rondo alla turca (Turkish March)
    • Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Molto allegro K 551

  • Beethoven:
    • Für Elise
    • Moonlight Piano Sonata I. Adagio sostenuto
    • Turkish March from Ruins of Athens
    • Pathtiqué Piano Sonata II. Adagio cantabile

  • Chopin:
    • Funeral March from Piano Sonata No. 2
    • Raindrop Prelude in D-flat Major

yang lainnya saya lupa (duh, di rumah tidak ada pemutar kaset, jadi saya sudah lupa yang mana yang saya suka).

Ada berbagai hasil penelitian menunjukkan efek musik klasik pada tubuh yang baik untuk belajar. Misalkan dari http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html:
Responses to music are easy to be detected in the human body. Classical music from the baroque period causes the heart beat and pulse rate to relax to the beat of the music. As the body becomes relaxed and alert, the mind is able to concentrate more easily. Furthermore, baroque music decreases blood pressure and enhances the ability to learn. Music affects the amplitude and frequency of brain waves, which can be measured by an electro-encephalogram. Music also affects breathing rate and electrical resistance of the skin. It has been observed to cause the pupils to dilate, increase blood pressure, and increase the heart rate.

Lalu dari buku Quantum Learning (wah, buku saya itu kemana yah?? Kok ngilang???) yang pernah saya baca juga menyebutkan berbagai hasil pengujian efek musik klasik, yang tidak hanya berpengaruh terhadap manusia, tapi hingga tumbuhan. Tumbuhan yang digunakan sebagai percobaan tumbuh menuju arah speaker asal musik klasik, seperti tumbuhan yang tumbuh menuju sinar matahari. Wew.....

Terlepas dari berbagai debat mengenai benar atau tidaknya musik klasik berpengaruh terhadap manusia, saya sendiri merasakan berbagai efek lagu-lagu tersebut. Saat belajar, dengan diiringi musik klasik, saya jadi lebih mudah berkonsentrasi, lebih santai, dan lebih mudah dalam mengerjakan soal. Jadi jika anda, atau keluarga, teman ataupun kenalan anda ada yang mengalami masalah susah konsentrasi saat belajar, musik klasik dapat dicoba. Putar musik klasik saat belajar, dengan volume yang normal, jangan terlalu keras. Semoga berguna.

Beberapa tautan yang menarik untuk dibaca:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effect
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/mozart.html
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Berita Duka

Innalillahi wa innalillahi rojiu'un.... Semalam saat saya baru hendak berangkat tidur, saya mendapat sms dari teman sma saya. Isinya:

Innalillahi wa innalillahi rojiu'un, telah meninggal sahabat baik kita KD (Kurnia Dewi). Mari kita berdoa semoga amalan baiknya diterima Allah SWT. Tolong kasih tau teman yang lain.

Duer.... kaget saya.... Nggak ngira KD akan pergi secepat ini..... Langsung saya sms ke teman-teman yang lain.... Banyak yang ternyata belum tidur juga..... Teman-teman yang merupakan sahabat dekat KD, saya telepon. Beberapa sudah mendengar, tapi ada juga yang belum. Memang saya mendapat sms berita meninggalnya KD itu termasuk cepat.

Tadi, saat saya melihat facebook KD, saya kaget bukan main..... statusnya KD:
Kurnia Dewi: bye bye cmua...q kan sgera kmbali lg ke kota impian
Omigod omigod omigod..............................
Statusnya.... Nggak ngira bakal jadi beneran.... KD......

Saya sangat merasa kehilangan, karena KD termasuk teman curhat saya (yang sangat sedikit itu).... KD adalah orang ke-3 dari 3 orang yang bisa melihat siapa saya sebenarnya, dan bisa melihat tembus ke isi hati dan mood saya yang sebenarnya. Dia juga yang sering memberikan kritik ke saya....
KD: Nji, Nji.... kowe kuwi lho, kok ga peka blas..........
Pan: He? Opo? Ga peka?? Opone???
KD: Yo tho!!!! Ra nyadar yen ono sing naksir.....
Pan: He??? Sopo sing naksir karo aku???!!! Emange ono???
KD: Mboh, golekono dhewe!!!!
Pan: !?!?!?! (Garuk-garuk kepala yang nggak gatal)
KD: Nji, awakmu kuwi ketoke teko njobo cerah ceria, tapi njerone amburadul......

Selamat jalan sahabatku.... semoga kamu tenang di sisi-Nya... perjuanganmu sudah selesai, tidak ada lagi rasa sakit, penderitaan yang kamu rasakan.... Selamat jalan sahabat... Kenanganmu tak akan pernah aku lupakan.....

Monday, June 15, 2009

Berita Sedih

Innalillahi wa innailaihi rojiun... Tadi pagi, baru buka Yahoo Messenger, tiba-tiba datang pesan dari salah satu sahabat SMA saya, isinya berita bahwa salah seorang teman mengalami kecelakaan. Nama sahabat yang kurang beruntung itu adalah Kurnia Dewi. Lukanya lumayan parah, sekarang dirawat di RSU Madiun. Sampai post ini ditulis, kabar keadaannya yang sekarang masih belum jelas. terakhir kabarnya kondisinya cukup kritis. Mari kita berdoa semoga Allah memberi kesembuhan kepadanya.


Edit: tadi baru ada kabar dari teman-teman yang baru menjenguk, kata dokter, sahabat saya tersebut kondisinya sangat tergantung kepada alat medis, dengan kata lain tidak dapat lepas dari alat bantu. Hanya mukjizat dari Allah SWT yang bisa menyadarkan kembali Kurnia. Innalillahi... Sedih sekali, padahal semester ini seharusnya ia berbahagia karena wisuda. Tinggal beberapa bulan lagi.
Benar-benar takdir tidak ada yang mengetahui selain Allah yang Maha Mengetahui. Saat seharusnya sahabat saya ini berbahagia merayakan kelulusan, apa daya takdir berkata lain. Benar-benar hidup manusia itu berada di genggaman Allah, yang Maha Kuasa.
Semoga Allah berkenan memberikan kepulihan terhadap Kurnia Dewi. Semoga Allah selalu melindunginya. Semoga Allah memberikan kesehatan kepadanya. Amin.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Changelog for v6.60 (Part 3: Others)

Changelog for v6.60 (Part 1: Heroes)
Changelog for v6.60 (Part 2: Items)

Misc Highlight


  • Reorganized heroes into taverns based on hero class. There are now 3 taverns per class, the "good" tavern has the heroes that are easier to recognize as "good", the evil tavern has the heroes that are easier to recognize as "evil" and the mix as the ones that are in between. In each tavern the heroes are organized inside of it by alphabet. The Taverns are colored according to the class. For example, the good Intelligence tavern is Blue with the color darkening as it goes to the evil side.
  • Side shops are now organized independent from their item slot in their original stores. This also fixes hotkey conflict issues.
  • Reworked the side shop item layouts. There are now two shops there, a Goblin Laboratory and a Goblin Merchant. New items have been added to these shops. The complete listing of the items in there:
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  • Reorganized all the recipe shops. The goals are both to make room for the recently added items and more importantly to organize them in a manner that makes guessing correctly where an item is an easy task for both existing and new players. I know none of us like to relearn item layouts, but this is a good thing to do for the long run. There are 6 recipe shops now in the following order:
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Modes & Commands


  • Added a new game mode -cd (-CaptainsDraft) [details below]
  • Added a new game mode -rs (-randomside) to randomize which side your team starts in. This does not shuffle the players. It just places a team randomly as either Sentinel or Scourge.
  • Added -random Intelligence/Strength/Agility. It gives you 100 less bonus gold than the 250 bonus gold the regular -random gives you.
  • Added a new -tips system.If you enter the command, the game will give you 5 pointers (at various stages in the game) that are unique to each hero to help you get the basics down. These are not intended to imply guideliens on how to play a hero, but rather as simple tips if you are new with that hero. These are a work in progress.
  • Added -water random
  • -water now supports any color combinations using -water r g b format
  • You can now change the terrain using -terrain snow on a per user basis. It is no longer a game mode. The "-terrain" or "-terrain default" command reverts the terrain to its normal state. Some of the other terrain modes you guys have emailed me about are still being worked on. I disabled them from this version because of some glitches they cause that haven't been fixed yet. I will work on them more in the future if you guys want them.
  • Added -disablehelp to Force Staff
  • Added a command to display bonus gold received from Goblins Greed (-gg)
  • Added -aa (Arrow Accuracy) for Elune's Arrow hit percentages
  • -disablehelp now prevents items from being picked up by non-owners from the fountain area
  • -oi is turned on by default in observer games. Using -oi will disable it instead.
  • Added a sub command to -om that disables neutral spawns
  • Added a player only command "rollhero" or "-rh" to randomly display a heroname. This has no actual functional effect in the game, just a small easy command that some players wanted for their play groups.
  • AFK detection no longer considers a player to be AFK during the drafting phases of some game modes
  • Switch is disabled by default. Added a new temporary game mode -switchon (-so). Haven't developed a new replacement system for switch yet. There are a few ideas I experimented with but nothing final yet. Based on the feedback I've gotten, I think the best thing to do is to disable it by default and allow a mode for it until a more suitable usage of it can be implemented.
  • Improved the text presentation of -switch a little bit so the text is less intrusive

Gameplay & Performance


  • Added a few new terrain paths. Here are the rough areas that a change has been done in:
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  • Range rax no longer has extra regeneration
  • Added a new regeneration armor mechanism for towers and rax.
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  • Increased the non-splitting portion of the xp/gold from 8/level xp & 40 gold to 12*level xp & 30+5*level
  • The non-splitting xp/gold bonuses are now doubled for EM like the rest of the xp/bounty system is
  • Changed the damage type of the first tower to be Siege like the rest of the towers. Adjusted the damage table to keep the damage creeps take in the laning phase unchanged.
  • Tower does not regenerate from allied damage (when trying to deny)

Cosmetic & Misc


  • Added two new hero kill sounds for 4x and 5x kills
  • Added hero and creep stats to the scoreboard title by default
  • Deny visual effect is shown by default now. -cson/off toggles it on and off. -di functionalities (and some extras) are now enabled by default.
  • The upgrade mechanism of courier has been changed. You no longer lose the hotkey bindings you have when it is upgraded to crow.
  • Many passive icons have been replaced with proper passive borders (will do the remaining in the near future)
  • Improved color/text presentation for runes
  • Adaptive Strike now displays the stun duration as overhead
  • Added a joke name to Dragon Knight
  • Added a new ability on couriers "Return Home" that sends your courier back to base
  • Added a new ability on couriers "Transfer Items" that transfers your items to your hero directly
  • Added a new visual effect for Death Pulse
  • Added a new visual effect for Last Word
  • Added a new visual effect for Mana Void
  • Added a warning message when an old unsafe version of Warcraft is detected
  • Added a player only sound effect and a text message when your hero respawns
  • Added allied-only text message when an ally bottles or picks up a rune
  • Added Armor Aura to Neutral Creep Enraged Wildkin
  • Added joke name to Axe
  • Added text for observers to show what abilities heroes are leveling
  • Added the "Allied hero has fallen" sounds
  • Added the music that plays in single player when typing "TenthLevelTaurenChieftain" to "-music special"
  • Adjusted neutral creep active abilities to all be on the bottom left most spot
  • Blackhole now uses an AOE targetting interface
  • Bottled Runes now show color coded icons
  • Changed Bottle and Captured Rune Icons
  • Changed Magic Stick Icon
  • Reduced maximum AFK time from 10 to 5 minutes
  • Changed Omnislash hotkey from N to E
  • Changed the cosmetics on Razor's attack
  • Improved the Cooldown animation so it is much easier to tell when a long cooldown spell is available
  • Lothars windwalk icon is now the same as the item
  • Lycan's attack while in Wolf Form now properly plays an attack sound
  • Normal mode can now pick from their team's heroes plus neutral heroes
  • Removed Furion teleportation restriction into enemy base (no need because of the new regen system)
  • Rot no longer triggers Last Word
  • Rune of Regeneration now expires once it you reach max hp and mp
  • Silencer Intelligence stealing is now displayed as green for the +1 and red for the -1
  • Splitshot no longer automatically turns off when you get disabled
  • Stout Shield has a new icon now. Poor Man's Shield uses stout's old icon.
  • Terrain snow now morphs regular trees into special snow trees.
  • Updated Illusion Rune tooltip
  • Updated Morph's tooltip to reflect the recent attributes bonus added to it
  • You no longer lose vision if an ally or yourself that is targeted with Astral Prison
  • Improved icon for Soul Steal (172705)
  • Added a new icon for Sunder (172705)
  • Added a new icon for Tombstone (263561)
  • Added a new icon for Lycan's Feral Heart (180452)
  • Changed the icon for Ring of Protection
  • Decreased model size of Spirit Bear and True Form slightly
  • Added a new visual effect to God's Strength
  • Enigma returns to the Scourge alliance
  • Linken Sphere now plays a sound when the cooldown is ready and its active on you

Bugs


  • Diffusal Blade automatically fixes itself to burn properly on images when it reaches 0 charges (you used to have to drop and pick it up)
  • Fixed a bug with manavoid damage (it dealt less damage than it should at higher levels)
  • Fixed a rare bug with Open Wounds allied lifesteal
  • Fixed a bug with Open Wounds and Infest
  • Fixed a Moonlight Shadow not working on allied magic immune units
  • Fixed a rare suicide bug with Terrorblade
  • Fixed a recently introduced bug with Ursa's Enrage not properly triggering fury swipes
  • Fixed -hhn to not get reset when a new hero enters the map
  • Fixed some bugs with Last Word when Silencer was dead
  • Fixed Illusions created from Bottle not showing bottle in inventory
  • Fixed Meat Hook not interrupting channeling if the target is fogged
  • Fixed Open Wounds heal not working properly with some custom spells
  • Fixed Replicate not removing the image when it errors due to backdooring
  • Fixed some minor potential bugs with Ion Shell
  • Fixed some -switch issues when combined with -ah
  • Fixed some very minor inconsistencies between Sentinel and Scourge buildings
  • Fixed spells like Laser and Brainsap to work with Decrepify
  • Fixed spells like Zeus's Wrath of God from reseting the AFK counter
  • Fixed the attachment effects on Invoker, Lina, Lich and Chaos Knight from disappearing and reapearing 1 second later after attack actions.
  • Fixed the creep upgrade timer to be in sync with the recent game start time for modes
  • Fixed Tiny's Illusions appearing small

Languages


  • The game is now available in 9 languages (5 new ones). English, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Czech, German, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Mode Remake


  • Captains Draft:
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Notes


  • Thanks to everyone that helped test this version and to all the players that have sent their feedback and requests in. There are many changes in this patch, some depend on the other one, so you'll need to play it a bit to get a good idea for how things play out in practice. That being said, don't hesitate to give me your first impressions and your overall feelings towards the update. There will probably be a 6.60b or a 6.61 to follow this one, so let me know any mistakes you find or any suggestions for stuff to change.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Changelog for v6.60 (Part 2: Items)

Part 1: Hero

Items


  • Added a new basic item Ghost Scepter
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  • Added a new basic item Quelling Blade
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  • Added a new basic item Talisman of Evasion
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  • Added a new recipe item Poor Man's Shield
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  • Added a new recipe item Force Staff
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  • Added a new recipe item Khadgar's Pipe of Insight
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  • Added a new recipe item Magic Wand
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  • Aghanim's Scepter: New Recipe
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  • Manta Style: Reworked
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  • Diffusal Blade: Can be upgraded once. Original stats adjusted
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  • Maelstrom: Recipe and stats adjusted
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  • Linken Sphere: Buff
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  • Assault Cuirass: Buff
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  • Blademail: Returns pure damage type
  • Bloodstone: Lowered regeneration per charge (2->1.5) and passive regeneration (200->150 %)
  • Cranium Basher: Uses Belt of Giant Strength along with a slight increase to stun duration (1.1->1.4 seconds). Total cost is unchanged.
  • Divine Rapier: Improved damage (200->250 dmg)
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity: Can be used to target yourself
  • Eye of Skadi: Lowered recipe cost (1250->750 gold)
  • Gem of True Sight: Lowered item cost (750->700 gold)
  • Headress of Rejuvination: Lowered recipe cost (225->200 gold)
  • Lothar's Edge: Buff
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  • Magic Stick: Added a 25 second cooldown (it now has a buildup)
  • Mask of Madness: Lowered recipe cost (1050->1000 gold)
  • Mithril Hammer: Lowered item cost (1610->1600 gold)
  • Monkey King Bar: Now has an extra new passive ability True Strike that can be toggled on and off
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  • Phase Boots: Nerf
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  • Planeswalker's Cloak: Lowered item cost (650->400 gold)
  • Radiance: Removed the 8% evasion and improved burn damage (35->40), AOE (550->650 AOE), and recipe cost (1525->1350 g)
  • Refresher Orb: Mana regen is now the total sum of its components (150->200%)
  • Ring of Regeneration: Lowered item cost (375->350 gold)
  • Sange and Yasha: Removed the recipe requirements
  • Satanic: Remake
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  • Stout Shield: Remake
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  • The Butterfly: Now requires Talisman of Evasion instead of a recipe
  • Vanguard: Buff
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Changelog for v6.60 (Part 1: Heroes)

Heroes


  • Added a new hero Batrider to the Scourge
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  • Added a new hero Tauren Chieftain to the Sentinel
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  • Lightning Revenant: Reworked
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  • Medusa: Replaced Chain Lightning with a new ability Mystic Snake and Purge with a new ability Stone Gaze
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  • Netherdrake: Replaced Frenzy with a new ability Nethertoxin
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  • Rogue Knight: Replaced Toughness Aura with a new ability Warcry and reworked how Stormbolt works.
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  • Slayer: Replaced Ultimate with a new ability Fiery Soul
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  • Twin Head Dragon: Replaced Autofire with a new ability Liquid Fire, Buff
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  • Troll Warlord: Replaced Rampage with a new ability Battle Trance and Fervor Aura with a new ability Fervor and rebalanca
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  • Morphling: Reworked how Morphiling's Adaptive Strike works
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  • Crystal Maiden: Replaced Frost Nova with a similar new ability Crystal Nova
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  • Phantom Assassin: Changed Blink Strike to a new ability Phantom Strike
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  • Ogre Magi: Reworked Multicast chance mechanism
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  • Sniper: Replaced Scattershot with a new ability Shrapnel
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  • Beastmaster: Replaced Beast Rage with a new ability Inner Beast
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  • Anti-Mage: Reworked Mana Void damage mechanism
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  • Silencer: Buff and Nerf
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  • Treant Protector: Reworked Eyes in the Forest
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  • Admiral: Lowered Agility (18->14) and Agility Growth Per Level (1.7->1.3)

  • Axe: Lowered Base Armor by 1 point (2.8->1.8)

  • Bane Elemental: Improved cast range on Enfeeble (800->1000)

  • Bristleback: Buff
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  • Broodmother: Changed spiderling's armor type from medium to normal and now take damage from first towers (50->100 %)

  • Crystal Maiden: Lowered Brilliance Aura (0.75/1.5/2.25/3->0.5/1/1.5/2)

  • Dark Seer: Buff and Nerf
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  • Death Prophet: Witchcraft no longer gives movement speed bonus

  • Geomancer: Buff
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  • Invoker: Improved Alacrity duration (6->8)

  • Keeper of the Light: Nerf
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  • Lifestealer: Removed the initial stun effect from Open Wounds

  • Lion: Voodoo duration reduced from 1/2/3/4 to 1.25/2/2.75/3.5 seconds

  • Lone Druid: Buff
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  • Lord of Avernus: Buff
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  • Luna: Increased Lunar Blessing aura range (300->900)

  • Magnataur: Buff
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  • Magina: Undid recent buffs to base strength (21->16)

  • Naga Siren: Buff
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  • Necrolyte: Rebalanced
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  • Obsidian Destroyer: Lowered Astral Imprisonment cooldown (20->18/16/14/12 seconds)
  • Pandaren Brewmaster: Improved Fire Panda's Immolation (10/10/30->15/30/45)
  • Pugna: Life Drain max range improved by 50 and its cast range is now equal to its max range
  • Rhasta: Voodoo duration reduced from 1/2/3/4 to 1.25/2/2.75/3.5 seconds

  • Sacred Warrior: Removed the cap on Burning Spears

  • Shadow Fiend: Improved Presence of the Dark Lord armor reduction (1/2/3/4->2/3/4/5)
  • Shadow Priest: Lowered Shallow Grave cooldown (80/60/40/20->54/40/26/12 cd)
  • Slardar: Slithereen Crush damage type is now Physical type
  • Spectre: Restored some vision back to Spectral Dagger path
  • Spirit Breaker: Improved AOE on Empowering Haste and added 2% more movement speed bonus
  • Stone Giant: Buff
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  • Templar Assassin: Buff
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  • Terrorblade: Now gets a movement speed bonus during Metamorphosis (+20)
  • Tinker: Restricted Black King Bar from refreshing
  • Undying: Nerf
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  • Ursa Warrior: Rescaled Overpower from 100/200/300/400% IAS with 5 attack count to a constant 400% IAS with 3/4/5/6 attacks
  • Vengeful Spirit: Buff
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  • Windrunner: Lowered Base Attack Time (1.6->1.5)

  • Zeus: Arc Lightning becomes available for casting immediately after cooldown rather than wait for the Lightning to finish traveling. Cooldown increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

DotA map v6.60

Hari ini map DotA terbaru keluar, yaitu map v6.60. Peta ini membawa berbagai perubahan dibanding peta sebelumnya. Terdapat banyak sekali perombakan hero skill, satu hero remake (Razor the Lightning Revenant), dua hero baru (BatRider dan Tauren Chieftain), perubahan letak tavern, item remake, layout shop, dan beberapa item baru.

Posisi Tavern dan Hero-hero-nya:
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New Shop Layout:
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Hero remake:

  • Razor the Lighning Revenant
    Skill 1: Plasma Field
    Skill 2: Static Link
    Skill 3: Unstable Current
    Skill 4: Eye of the Storm (Ultimate)
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New Hero:
  • Jin'zakk the Batrider
    Skill 1: Sticky Napalm
    Skill 2: Flamebreak
    Skill 3: Firefly
    Skill 4: Flaming Lasso (Ultimate)
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  • Cairne Bloodhoof the Tauren Chieftain
    Skill 1: Echo Stomp
    Skill 2: Ancestral Spirit
    Skill 3: Natural Order
    Skill 4: Earth Splitter
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Skill:
  • Mortred the Phantom Assassin: Blink Strike → Phantom Strike (remake)

  • Viper Netherdrake: Frenzy → Nethertoxin (remake)
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  • Medusa Gorgon: Cain Lightning → Mystic Snake, Purge → Stone Gaze (remake+improve)

  • Kardel Dwarven Sniper: Scatter Shot → Shrapnel (remake)

  • Jahrakal Troll Warlord: Fervor → Beast Rage (remake:switch), Rampage → Battle Trance (remake)
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  • Rexxar Beast Master: Beast Rage → Inner Beast (remake: switch)

  • Tiny Stone Giant: Craggy Exterior → 3,4,5,6 Armor (improve)
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  • Sven Rogue Knight: Great Clave (improve), Toughness Aura → Warcry (remake)
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  • Banehallow Lycanthrope: Feral Heart → Feral Impuls (rename, new icon)

  • Lina Inverse Slayer: Ultimate → Fiery Soul (remake)


Item Remake:
  • Divine Rapier: +200 damage → damage +250 (improve)

  • Buriza-do Kyanon: recipe scroll cost 1200 gold → 1000 gold (improve)

  • Monkey King Bar: True Strike (New Skill)

  • The Butterfly: old recipe + Talisman of Evasion (new item for recipe)

  • Manta Style: Yasha + Ultimate Orb + Recipe Scroll (26 Agility, 10 Strength, 10 Intelligent, 10% MS, Mirror Image). No Feedback/manaburn (remake)

  • Diffusal Blade: 10 charge → Purge 8 charges Purge. Upgradable once more by buying recipe scroll. Upgrading restock your charges back to 8 (remake)

  • Vanguard: 5 HP/sec, 65% change to block 40 damage → 6 HP/sec, 70% change to block 40 damage (improve)

  • Aghanim's Scepter: Soulbooster + Mystic Staff (35 Intelligent, 500 HP and MP, improve some heroes ultimate) → Point Booster + (Staff of Wizardry + Blade of Alacrity OR Blade of Alacrity + Ogre Axe OR Ogre Axe + Staff of Wizardry) + Recipe Scroll 1100 gold (10 All Atribute, 200 HP, 150 MP, Upgrade Ultimate for some heroes Ultimate - Passive)

  • Magic Stick: cost 200 gold → 210 gold. (New icon)

  • Ring of Protection: (New Icon)
    Stout Shield: (New Icon)

  • Bottle: cost 700 gold → 600 gold (New icon)


Item Baru:
  • Force Staff: Quarterstaff + Staff of Wizardy → 10 intelligent 10 damage 10 AS dan skill aktif: Force (300 gold)

  • Khadgar's Pipe of Insight: Hood of Deviance + Nathrezim Buckler + Recipe Scroll 800 gold → 30% Magic Resistance, 8 HP/sec, 5 Armor, Barrier (active)

  • Poor Man's Shield: Stout Shield + 2x Slipper of Agility → 6 Agility, 100% change block hero damage (20 melee, 10 ranged), 60% change to block non-hero damage (20 melee, 10 ranged)

  • Magic Wand: Magic Stick+ 3x Ironwood Branch + Recipe scroll 125 gold → 3 All Attributes and Energy Charge

  • Ghost Scepter: 7 All Attributes and Gosh Form (active). 1500 gold

  • Talisman of Evasion: 25% Evasion. 1800 gold

  • Quelling Blade: bonus damage to non-hero units (36% mele, 12% ranged), Tree Chop (chop one tree - active). Can't carry more than one


Misc. Changes:
  • Aghanim's upgradable ultimate text: pada hero yang ultimate-nya dapat di-upgrade dengan Aghanim, terdapat keterangan di tooltip-nya.

  • Creep: Enraged Wildkin sekarang memiliki Toughness Aura (3 armor)
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  • New Secret Shop: sekarang dibagi menjadi dua bangunan yang berdekatan

  • New Hero Story: cerita baru untuk berbagai hero

  • New command: -test (memberikan berbagai tooltip mengenai hero yang dipilih. Sangat berguna untuk pemain pemula)

  • Pembagian hero di tavern: sekarang ada tiga macam (Sentinel, Normal, dan Scourage). Jika kita tidak memberikan mode apa-apa, maka hero yang bisa diakses adalah hero posisi kita bermain (Sentinel/Scourage) + hero-hero di tavern normal

  • Pagar batu disekitar toko sentinel digantikan dengan pagar kayu


Kesan-kesan
Map ini sudah cukup lama dinantikan oleh para penggemar permainan DotA. Peta ini membawa berbgai hal baru. Banyak sekali skill hero yang dirombak, item baru, dan layout untuk shop dan item yang baru. Namun yang paling dinanti saya rasa adalah hero remake (Razor the Lightning Revenant. Omigod, akhirnya diremake juga ni hero.... kesian soalnya!!!), dan dua hero baru (Taurent Chieftain dan Batrider). Saat saya coba, masih ada beberapa glitch, terutama pada skill-skill yang mengalami perombakan. Banyak sekali skill yang saat kita baca tooltip di tavern (sebelum memilih hero) yang berbeda dengan nama skill saat hero sudah dipilih. Misalkan skill Mortred (Panthom Assassin) yang Phantom Strike (di tavern tooltip) tertulis Blink Strike (di hero tooltip). Lalu ada Medusa (the Gorgon), yang skill barunya berupa Magic Snake (tavern tooltip) tertulis Chain Lighning (hero tooltip).

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Dari skill-nya sendiri sih tidak mengalami perubahan, hanya namanya saja, namun hal ini kurang enak dilihat.

Saat tulisan ini dibuat, official changelog masih belum dapat diakses di getdota (edit: changelog sudah dapat diakses. Silakan baca changelog untuk keterangan yang lebih lengkap). Map dapat diunduh di situs resmi peta dota.

Selamat bermain!

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