The item schema for the internal version of Dota 2 has once again been updated. This week’s schema update is huge with a number of new additions, suggesting that the store may soon? be arriving to the normal client.

The item schema for the internal version of Dota 2 has once again been updated. This week’s schema update is huge with a number of new additions, suggesting that the store may soon? be arriving to the normal client.

The Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta now has it’s own SDK which ships with more up to date tools than the Alien Swarm SDK does.
You can view the old Alien Swarm SDK guide here.
It fixes a number of issues we’ve been having with the model viewer, for example, it allows the models that have been broken up into multiple parts that don’t currently work properly in the Alien Swarm SDK like Windrunner’s and Nature’s Prophet’s to work properly resulting in the ability for me to provide you GIFs like the one below.

The DotA 2 6.73 patch is by far the biggest update Valve has provided so far and as always there are plenty of goodies hidden away within the updated files. Below you can find my analysis/findings from DotA 2′s most recent patch, enjoy. (PS: Click to enlarge the images)
With the addition of two new heroes (Silencer and Spirit Breaker) we’ve also received portrait and model updates for a number of the existing heroes (Slardar, Huskar, Drow and Earthshaker) the latter two only receiving minor changes.
Slardar with the full head remake, Huskar with a rework to his face, Drow with a rework to her jaw, and Earthshaker with his positioning, totem and beard.