Moving to China, how to carry on playing Dota 2?

[Lestat]

Hi, I am moving to work in China. Can I still connect to Dota 2 servers and steam there? How is it done?

I heard something about "Perfect World" which is the platform Dota 2 is played in China, but not exactly sure what I need to do, a google search and reddit search just confused me more.

Could someone that knows give me a good explanation please? Perhaps some other expat like myself moving there for work.

Thanks a bunch.

[isqaaaaaaaa]

Of course you will be able to play DOTA there. The Chinese client is the biggest market for DOTA. So big in fact, that as you mentioned, in order to abide by the standards set by the economic legislation of specific countries, Valve opted to contract with nationally-based developers for publishing. Thus, Perfect World (A Beijing video game developer), announced the acquisition of the exclusive rights to publish and distribute Dota 2 in China. You will be able to sync your steam account to the PW servers without losing any of your cosmetics or stats

[Lestat]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Snorlax:

Of course you will be able to play DOTA there. The Chinese client is the biggest market for DOTA. So big in fact, that as you mentioned, in order to abide by the standards set by the economic legislation of specific countries, Valve opted to contract with nationally-based developers for publishing. Thus, Perfect World (A Beijing video game developer), announced the acquisition of the exclusive rights to publish and distribute Dota 2 in China. You will be able to sync your steam account to the PW servers without losing any of your cosmetics or stats

Hey, thanks for the info, buddy... Do I need to install a new game client or something? My research on reddit found people stating all sorts of problems.

Can I use my existing computer with all the software loaded and just change some settings?

I really don't want the game to play the game on a Chinese language client.

[isqaaaaaaaa]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lestat:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Snorlax:

Of course you will be able to play DOTA there. The Chinese client is the biggest market for DOTA. So big in fact, that as you mentioned, in order to abide by the standards set by the economic legislation of specific countries, Valve opted to contract with nationally-based developers for publishing. Thus, Perfect World (A Beijing video game developer), announced the acquisition of the exclusive rights to publish and distribute Dota 2 in China. You will be able to sync your steam account to the PW servers without losing any of your cosmetics or stats

Hey, thanks for the info, buddy... Do I need to install a new game client or something? My research on reddit found people stating all sorts of problems.

Can I use my existing computer with all the software loaded and just change some settings?

I really don't want the game to play the game on a Chinese language client.

Nope you won't need to install a new client

You just need to link your perfect world account with your Dota2/Steam account.

1) Go to http://members.dota2.com.cn/login to start registering your Perfect World account
Fill up the register form and get your confirmation code through email

2) Now you have a PW account and it shows that you have not yet linked dota2/steam account
Launch your dota2 with parameters, -perfectworld for perfectworld version and -language schinese for simplified chinese UI if u need. In addition, language in dota 2 here determines your in-game voice language, so far 3 languages available and you may need to download additional voice packs.
Launch and you'll see different screens, start linking process, and click play. Your Chinese/PerfectWorld dota2 is now activated.

[Lestat]

and will I still be able to watch matches with the tickets I already bought for TI4

[isqaaaaaaaa]

This should also help :) good luck

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Dota2ChinaExpats

[isqaaaaaaaa]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lestat:

and will I still be able to watch matches with the tickets I already bought for TI4

I believe so, on that, I am not positive

[Lestat]

hey Snorlax, thanks a lot for your help, would like to add friend or +rep if your settings allow.

yup I found that group on the reddit thread I searched and already applied to join. cheers.

[Dirty D Dawgs]

http://www.expatgamingchina.com/

We are an expat gaming community that consists of members from all over China. We are looking to grow our crew to create an even better environment to game in.
Our community is a place where you can jump online and find anyone to play any game you want, like such games as Rust, Overwatch, Battlefield 1, GTA V, CS:GO, League of Legends, World of Warcraft and multiple co-op games.

Community Benefits
Provide our own Game Servers(working on it)
Guidance on what servers to play in China Weekly competitions
Extremely active friendly Admins and Moderators
General and tech support (how to change Chinese client/games to English)

Voice Comms Info
If you have TeamSpeak then connect to our TS server: vip.ts1.cn:4201