Resources for DotA 2 custom game creation

Table of contents

• Communities
• Repositories
  • Custom games
  • Resources
• Tools
• Tutorials
  • Starter guides
  • Scripting
  • Ability Examples
  • Panorama
  • Video tutorials
  • Miscellaneous
• Examples
• Contributing

Communities

• moddota forums
• /r/Dota2Modding
• The Hive Workshop - Dota 2
• #Dota2Mods and #Dota2ModHelpdesk on IRC

Repositories

Custom games

• Legends of Dota | Information
• Dota Run | Information
• Ashenvale Archers | Information
• Icewrack | Information
• Warchasers | Information
• DotaCraft | Information
• Reflex | Information
• Slide ninja slide | Information
• Trolls and Elves | Information

Resources

• Barebones | Information
• Spell Library | Information
• Dota 2 VPK | Information
• KVUP | Information
• Worldsmith | Information
• Dota 2 Modkit | Information
• Dota 2 Soundkit | Information
• Dota KV | Information
• Dota 2 Sublime Packages | Information
• Dota 2 Building Helper | Information
• KVLib | Information
• VPK Parser | Information
• Dota Custom Files Joiner | Information

Tools

• GFScape
• Worldsmith
• Source 2 Decompiler

Tutorials

Starter guides

• Getting Started with Dota 2 Modding
• Beginners Guide to Dota Scripting
• Setting up your Addon with GitHub
• Useful Console Commands
• New API Wiki Pages
• Basic Dota 2 Addon lua scripting

Scripting

• Official Valve scripting documentation
• DataDriven Ability Breakdown - Documentation
• DataDriven Ability Events & Modifiers
• DataDriven Items
• DataDriven Units
• Item Restrictions & Requirements
• Item Drop System
• Custom Mana System
• The importance of AbilitySpecial values
• Passing AbilitySpecial values into Lua
• AbilityDuration tooltips
• Calling Spells with SetCursor
• Apply Hero and Creep modifier durations
• Creating units with a duration
• Channeling Animations
• Reutilizing Built-In Modifiers
• Doing arithmetic with KV
• All about the Target
• Precache, fixing and avoiding issues
• Hiding HUD with SetHudVisible
• Unit producing buildings
• Adding and playing Custom Sounds
• Scripted Shop Spawning
• Built-In Quest System
• Simple Custom Ability
• An in-depth example of a Datadriven Ability
• A trigger_dota-based arrow trap

Particle Design

• Particle Attachment
• Extracting and Compiling VTEX files
• Particle Creation Series: Basics
• Particle Creation Series: Falling cherry blossom
• Particle Creation Series: Chaos Wave
• Volcano Particle Creation

Panorama

• Valve's VCSS (CSS) Documentation
• More Valve documentation

Video tutorials

• Dota 2 Reborn Tools: Project Folder Overview
• DOTA 2 workshop tools mod tutorial: How to make a DOTA-style map
• How to make a map in DOTA 2 with Steam Workshop mod tools
• Dota 2 Reborn - Install Intructions
• Source 2 Mapping Tutorial: Simple Custom Ability

Miscellaneous

• Importing custom model into the map without any cosmetics

Examples

• Invisibility Ability Example
• Illusion Ability Example
• Rotate Ability Example
• Point Channeling AoE Ability Example
• Physics Ability Example - Exorcism
• Basic datadriven ability

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Edit README.md (Cheat sheet)
3. Create a pull request