Version 2.3.0
"The DreamHack Patch"
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- Good luck to all of the players and teams participating at DreamHack Winter!
- These notes include the changes from 2.2.9
- The current Free Heroes were changed on Friday, Nov 18. The current available list is as follows:
* NOTE: This week's rotation was hand picked by MsPudding
* Chronos
* Forsaken Archer
* Soulstealer
* Wildsoul
* Fayde
* Nymphora
* Bubbles
* Pollywog Priest
* Empath
* Doctor Repulsor
* Parasite
* Chipper
* Drunken Master
* Legionnaire
* Pharaoh
- HoN TV is now Live!
* You can open HoN TV from the bottom right corner of the new Message of the Day screen or the icon in the upper left corner
* HoN TV lets you watch video in the client seamlessly. You can watch while in the Matchmaking queue, for example!
* HoNCast Live Stream, HoNCast Video Archives, S2Games YouTube Channel, and some User Streams are all available to watch at any time
* AngryTestie and h4nn1 are the initial two people you can watch from the ingame client. More will be added as time goes on!
* Make sure to use HoN TV to tune into DreamHack Winter this week!
* HoN TV currently only supports Windows. We will be adding support for other operating systems in the future
- Report-A-Player interface redone
* Results of the report are now more transparent
* Players now required to deposit a few silver coins to submit a RAP report to improve the quality and validity of reports being submitted
* If the reported players gets punished you receive your deposit back
* If the player is found innocent you will not receive your deposit back
* More information can be found on the forums
- The Test++ mod has been added for practice mode
* This replaces the normal "Test" menu
* Credit to Quzzap for maintaining the mod
- New Message of the Day screen
* Now includes a button to HoN TV and a Competitive Section
- Newerth is no longer Haunted
- Interface rendering improvements in DirectX
- Minor optimizations to all interface rendering
- "Hell", "damn", and "bastard" have been removed from the filter list
- Fixed the UITriggerList console command
- The water near Kongor has been fixed
- The teleporters on Grimm's Crossing now properly unbind and disjoint you
- Various Tooltip fixes
- The Chatserver has been updated for HoN TV
* You must patch up to 2.3.0 to connect to it again
- Added a new Announcer: BreakyCPK Pack
* Make every game a shoutcasted game!
* Will be available to purchase on the 29th
== Heroes ==
- Added a new Early Access Hero: Lord Salforis
* Based on the Dream hero Necromancer created by Passthechips
* Named after the Name-A-Hero contest winner Salforis
- Added a new Limited Edition Early Access Alt Avatar: Dreadknight Salforis
- Added a new Nymphora Alt Avatar: Spriticus
* Voiced by the great Jesse Cox of OMFG (One Moderately Funny Gamer)
* His YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGcata
- Added a new Zephyr Alt Avatar: Turkey Zephyr
* Will be available to purchase on the 22nd
- Added a new Corrupted Disciple Alt Avatar: Steampunk Disciple
* Voiced by the magical TotalBiscuit
* His YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut
* Will be available to purchase on the 25th
- Monarch is no longer Early Access, but cannot be used in Tournament Mode yet
- Mandromeda now has better effects for his first ability
- Dreadknight Salforis now plays the proper custom sounds when using the Alt Avatar
== Bugfixes ==
Engineer- Brought back "Keg Away!" cast sound
Forsaken Archer- Fixed Piercing Arrows so that they deal the proper damage if the illusion dies
* Before the fix, they dealt 0 damage if they were in flight after the illusion died
Gauntlet- Fixed his Grapple so it unbinds targets if it touches a valid unit
- Fixed his ultimate from hitting units behind him
Gemini- Fixed the wolves' attackrange to properly be 128
- Fixed typo in his first ability
Gladiator- Now can't tab to gadgets from Pitfall and Call to Arms
- Brought back Chariot sound without it being played to enemies
Midas- Fixed a bug with him being unselectable
Rampage- Fixed his alt avatar Stampede projectiles so they don't pierce through invulnerability anymore
Revenant- Fixed a bug where dispelling the visual state did not dispel the damage from Mortification
- Fixed a bug where the dark-ghost transparent effects attached to the target did not disappear when the visual state gets dispelled
Scout- Fixed Detonate so that the level progression tooltips displays properly
Just in time for DreamHack Winter, S2 Games has launched HoN TV, an in-game window to display live streams and VoDs without having to run a browser. It saves some alt-tabbing while you might be sitting in the matchmaking queue or waiting to respawn, or perhaps its convenience is just too good for your lazy side to pass up.
While not everyone will choose to watch tournaments through HoN TV, the new feature will certainly increase exposure for events such as DreamHack. It will be interesting to see what kind of stream numbers the HoN tournament will get this weekend as a result.
Links
forums.heroesofnewerth.com - Source
