Dota 2 Metadata

This repository contains metadata used by LRG-based projects.

Part of the data is managed manually.

Legend

• clusters - Server-Region pairs
• regions - Regions list
• regions_detailed - Detailed regions list (multiple China regions and more specific location for regions)
• creeps - Creeps types with unit names
• heroes - Detailed heroes information
  • includes released field which is an array of [unix timestamp, patchid, (optional) is CM/removed] release date/addition to captain's mode
  • last flag is unset when the hero is added, 1 if added to CM, 0 if removed from CM
• heroes_spells - lists of hero abilities (QWEDFR in order) with their "mask" overrides and types
• items - Item IDs and tags
• item_categories - types of items
• items_full - full items data from Valve WebAPI
• modes - Game modes
• patchdates - Timestamps for gameplay versions
  • IDs are in OpenDota compatible format
  • starting with 6.70 (including versions which were not technically released in Dota 2, using early timestamps based on Stratz)
  • main key represents the release date for the original patch (without a letter), add is for "a" version of it
  • UNIX timestamps in dates array represent all other versions starting with litera "b"
• versions - Major version codes
• zones - Map zones
• levels - exp required for levels
• overrides - data overrides for many different types of metadata depending on the patch
  • doen't include all the matches and all the overwritable data (it would be too much otherwise)
  • only has a handful of patches
  • meant to describe changes to every patch below stated (e.g. item being placed in a different category)
• spells_tags - map of IDs and internal spell tags
• spells_linked - map of subabilities and their corresponding primary spells
• heroes_spells - objects describing abilities of heroes (using spell tags) and talents

Map zones

Map zones are divided by polygons and described by verticies coordinates in cell format. So, for example, point [0,0] corresponds to cell [128,128] which belongs to the dire_mid polygon. Every polygon contains every point inside of it and on its perimeter.