/Dota2AdvancedDescriptions

Dota 2 external utility program that can improve your abilities' descriptions by adding more data to it (currently Cast Point, Cast Backswing and Cast Range, if missing)

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#Dota2 Advanced Descriptions

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An utility program for Dota 2 that allows you to add cast points, cast backswing and missing cast ranges to your abilities descriptions.

Get more information: they will make a difference!

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##Features

  • Multi-language support
  • Full string customizability
  • Dota 2 version-independant: the application gathers data from Gamepedia and from your own dota 2 resources folder!
  • Color customizability
  • Text position customizability
  • Possibility to revert any changes made at any time
  • See a live preview as you make changes to know how it will look like in-game!
  • Preferences will be saved in case you want to re-create the same descriptions!
  • Alternative Cast Point/Backswing display
  • Automatic path detection
  • More to come! Feel free to leave suggestions as to what this application should do for you!

Installation

Download the latest release (Dota2AdvancedDescriptions.exe) and copy the executable in a folder of your choice.

  • Requires Windows Vista or above (Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10...)
  • Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, which you can find here or here. If you are running Windows 10, you most likely already have it installed.

Usage

Note: When a new Dota 2 update is installed, the resources file may be overwritten. In that case, run the application again and follow the same instructions as listed below.

  • Launch the application (preferably as administrator).
  • If launched for the first time click "More info" on Windows SmartScreen: SmartScreen
  • then click on "Run anyway" SmartScreen Expanded
  • and wait for the data to be downloaded.
  • Set the resources folder (if the default isn't correct) and select the language file.
  • Customize all your settings.
  • Press the button Go! to edit all the abilities descriptions!

Credits

Ideated & developed by Filippo Vigani aka Veega

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##Licence

Copyright (c) 2016 Filippo Vigani

Licensed under the MIT license.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.