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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

DotA Allstars 6.70c AI Test, Tuskarr

Here you can see my first tests of Tuskarr`s basic AI. He is doing very good despite the rough code.



His Walrus Punch was a big problem because it crashed the game 100% when used. We tried to fix it but the skill is rewritten and you may experience bugs (extra critical hits) with it. Either rewritten or 100% crash on use. Some of the skills are just not AI map compatible. Some of them are Kunkka`s Tidebringer, Storm Spirit`s Overload and etc.

Monday, March 28, 2011

DotA 6.70c AI news and Invoker`s AI Feedback

Great news, we began working on 6.70c AI with IceFrog`s blessing. Things are going smooth... i can say smoother than ever. Here is my first test of the 2 new imported heroes: Phoenix and Tuskarr.



They still lack item and skills builds, but we will fix that. I can`t promise full AI for both of them but let`s say i`ll try to make at least the one having AI. Also i want to work on some old heroes and more items to be usable by the AI.

Speaking of AI... i`m very glad of the feedback i`m getting about Invoker`s AI. I`ll continue tweaking his reactions and hopefully he`ll be even better in the next releases. Some day he might have different skill builds, item builds and skills combos corresponding to his builds. It`s a complex system with a very fragile balance.. and one must be very careful to not disturb the equilibrium (great movie btw). Here some quotes:

crisgon wrote:
Cant beat him on 1vs1 -ap mode, he uses his skills almost perfectly, good job PBMN keep it up!!
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GravedamN wrote:
I love that classic Blast/Meteor combo, and also the Tornado/SStrike combo.
I was chasing him once with Pudge when he was at about 100 hp and then I was like "Shit, the fucker Ghost Walks too." Tried to hook him but I don't use low dodge mode, so I failed.

But the most impressive is his APM. My laning APM is quite high, but from mid-game, it drops to between 90 and 110. That Invoker had close to 150 and, most importantly, he changes his balls at hyper speed without ever having to stop. That was quite impressive.

I have to say, I was not disappointed. He's a great team player and he's pretty decent. One of the best AI laners in the game right now. He was my ally and solo mid and, by 6 mins, my cs was 27/7 and his was 26/9. I raged.

Well, he was farming about 45 mins in a game and he was ganked by a Balanar, Luna, KotL and Venge.
He ultra-killed them. Blast/Meteor then Tornado while he Manta Styled and auto-attacked the four of them. His Linkens apparently saved him from being silenced by Balanar. I believed he used his Alacrity afterwards. Can't remember.

It took me about thirty seconds to gather my shit. I just realized I should have taken a screenshot.

PBMN, well done man.
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mrEd88 wrote:
he used all of his skill..n ownd every living being on his path
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reidzeibel wrote:
Second play : 5 (me, Insane Invoker, 3 easy AI) vs 5 Insane AI, -apnnst, Invoker outleveled everyone, getting Ultra kills like twice, even pushed the mid lane alone and crushed both barracks...

Saturday, March 26, 2011

DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BETA)

Here we go again, another release of our beloved DotA AI map.
I want to thank all the people in the AITeam who took extra care for this release and ported most of the changes in the map. Thank you, guys! Cya in the next release

Now, I present to you:

DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BETA)
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ENGLISH VERSION
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DOWNLOAD: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BETA)

MIRROR: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BETA)

BRAZILIAN VERSION
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DOWNLOAD: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BR)

MIRROR: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (BR)

RUSSIAN VERSION
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DOWNLOAD: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (RU)

MIRROR: DotA Allstars v6.69c AI (RU)

That release should be memorized as the first one with AI for Kael, Invoker. I think he has a room for improvement but let`s see how it goes . I would like to see feedback for his accomplishments. He usually starts slow, but after he gets lower Invoke cd and enough mana... things get HOT!

CHANGELOG: HERE

Friday, March 25, 2011

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Kael, Invoker

After a whole day tweaking Kael, Invoker... i think he has a promising future. Watching some games, i saw a pattern: Invoker`s team was always loosing with ratio like 2-14... after Invoker rushes his Aghanim`s... the whole picture changed. He changed to a really pushing warlord... spawning 2 manta mirros, 2 necro warriors, 2 Spirits and himself...
His team won in all games after sucking hard in the beginning. A game changer :)
He might be my second favorite child after Kaldr, Ancient Apparition.

Stay tuned... i think Saturday is D-Day.



Saturday, March 19, 2011

BAD NEWS... sorta

I have some bad news, guys...



AI doesn`t drop free scrolls of town portal at fountain area anymore.... and if they do it... consider yourself lucky...
So sad... too many ppl liked it lol

Hello

Hi, guys.
Long time no see :)
I`ve been busy at work and some vacation weeks but now i`m back on track. AITeam did great job during my absence. We had some stability problems after some aggressive leaks cleaning and renaming but as the last tests showed us.. the map is playable. I`m just putting that last 6.69c changes and some AI improvements and probably next week the map will be released.