DOTA 2 - Setup Guide

Follow these steps to play Deadlock with Archipelago

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Required Stoftware

• Most Recent version of Dota 2 on steam
• this APWorld

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Important

• For this APWorld to work properly you must
  1. Set your Steam Profile to public Steam -> View my Profile -> Edit Profile -> Privacy Settings -> "My Profile" set to public.
  2. Expose Public Match Data on Dota 2 in the Dota settings -> Social -> Expose Public Match Data
  3. Find your SteamId and convert it to its SteamId32 form. This is needed to fetch match data from the custom client

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Setup

• 1. Install the DOTA2.apworld file through the Launcher or place the .apworld into the worlds/ directory. DOTA2 Client should appear in the launcher and DOTA2 should appear in the options creator
• 2. Create Options: Set your goal by selecting number of total wins, unique hero wins, and collectables needed to complete your goal
• 3. Generate A multiworld with your options
• 4. Open the DOTA2 Client from the launcher and connect with server, slot name, and password(if applicable)
• 5. Set your SteamId32 using the custom method /set_player_id 123456789
• 6. Play Dota 2 matches. After every match, even if youy lose, submit the match for checks by typing /parse_recent_match into the Dota 2 client

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Neccessary Client Commands to Know

/set_player_id - Saves the SteamId locally to submit matches.

/parse_recent_match - Tries to parse your most recent match data and get stats for checks. May take a minute after the game for data to be available and may take several minutes for the api to parse all the game stats once method is called.

/goal - See your goal and progress towards completing the goal.

/heroes - See which heroes are unlocked and which progressive unlock pool they belong to.

/game_complete - extra method to check if game is completed in case of no release. nothing will happen if goal is not complete.

/hero_wins - tells you number of unique hero wins and which heroes you have won with.

/minigame - sending in minigame score checks. command should be typed like /minigame {first world of minigame} {score}. Example /minigame Nest 100000 or /minigame gone 5000 minigame keywords are as follows [gone, bat, oasis, sand, sleet, dragon, zaug's, spoon, spleen, nest].