The offline mode.

[rich]

Please read before your reply, not anything stupid please.
I did some research. And it seemed like the offline mode is still not being removed,
I do what I always do; restart steam in offline mode for bots training cuz I don't want my stupidity being recorded therefore increasing my lose rate. Also I play dota at midnight time because I have other tasks to do.
After this arcana update I can't play offline no more,
I startup the game and it stucks on "connecting to dota 2 server"

I think I'm not the only one who gets this prob...

This problem is still not widely known, so I hope valve will fix this asap.

[What A Strange Game]

Here's something you COULD try;

Start Steam in offline mode
Go to Library, right click on Dota 2, Properties, click "Launch Options", add -console
Start the game
Open the console (default should be \ if not open immediately) and paste:
dota_start_ai_game 1; sv_lan 1; sv_cheats 1; dota_bot_set_difficulty 0/1/2/3*
the number being how difficult you want the bots.

[rich]

Originally posted by Roki:

Here's something you COULD try;

Start Steam in offline mode
Go to Library, right click on Dota 2, Properties, click "Launch Options", add -console
Start the game
Open the console (default should be \ if not open immediately) and paste:
dota_start_ai_game 1; sv_lan 1; sv_cheats 1; dota_bot_set_difficulty 0/1/2/3*
the number being how difficult you want the bots.

Thanks! Will try that. Do you know what happened actually? Is it the update?

[What A Strange Game]

I think it was just something getting broken with the new coding being put in, things like this happen a lot; especially with Garry's Mod.

[rich]

Originally posted by Roki:

I think it was just something getting broken with the new coding being put in, things like this happen a lot; especially with Garry's Mod.

Oh okay thanks for the info!
Cheers

[76561198121453747]

got the same problem....dude...how can it be fix? hope steam will fix this sort of problem....

[rich]

Originally posted by KAZUKI:

got the same problem....dude...how can it be fix? hope steam will fix this sort of problem....

Using console doesn't work for me... Hopefully Valve to do some fixes...even newest patch doesn't work. Just what the hell is wrong with the update!

[76561198110868221]

Originally posted by Sandwich:

Originally posted by KAZUKI:

got the same problem....dude...how can it be fix? hope steam will fix this sort of problem....

Using console doesn't work for me... Hopefully Valve to do some fixes...even newest patch doesn't work. Just what the hell is wrong with the update!

yes, i got same problem too. maybe steam make the new update as soon as possible. i do not have any internet connection on my home. so if bot offline mode can't be played, i cant play DOTA . please steam fix this problem . thanks ^^

[rich]

Hey guys I have found a way to play dota 2 offline, but this is a temporary method, I think it is best to wait the game to be fixed.

I found this online from somewhere, but I don't remember already. But here it is.
1. Open up steam, click library, right click dota 2, select properties.
2. Click on the "Local Files" tab.
3. Select "Browse Local Files".
4. You should now see a new window pops out, go to dota/cfg. If you find the file autoexec.cfg, skip step 5. If you didn't see this file, follow step 5.
5. create a new txt file, rename it to autoexec and change the extension to .cfg, it should look like autoexec.cfg
6. Open the file with notepad and paste:

////
alias "offline0" "sv_cheats 1;sv_lan 1;dota_start_ai_game 1;dota_bot_set_difficulty 0;map dota.bsp;"
alias "offline1" "sv_cheats 1;sv_lan 1;dota_start_ai_game 1;dota_bot_set_difficulty 1;map dota.bsp;"
alias "offline2" "sv_cheats 1;sv_lan 1;dota_start_ai_game 1;dota_bot_set_difficulty 2;map dota.bsp;"
alias "offline3" "sv_cheats 1;sv_lan 1;dota_start_ai_game 1;dota_bot_set_difficulty 3;map dota.bsp;"
alias "offline4" "sv_cheats 1;sv_lan 1;dota_start_ai_game 1;dota_bot_set_difficulty 4;map dota.bsp;"
////

7. save it.
8. enable your dota console. (easy step, ask google if you don't know)
9. Start steam offline mode, start dota 2.
10. You should see console open up. Open and close it using \ by default.
11. Type a offline*(0/1/2/3/4)

0 1 2 3 4 5 is the difficulty of the bots.

0 - Passive
1 - Easy
2 - Medium
3 - Hard
4 - Unfair

Example: if I wanna play medium bots, I type offline2 in the console,
If i wanna play unfair, then offline4.

Bugs: I think difficulty fails a bit, easy and medium bots know how to deny creeps, they don't by default.

Hope this helps!

[Darman]

I think this is a source (22-11-2014)

[76561198116026897]

guys is there a cheat or console for the items of heros like arcana and other items, playing in offline mode?

[76561198116026897]

could you help me out.

[corbet]

i hope they fix this problem offline mode is really a special thing that allows some people to actually live the dream of playing dota2 any where. such as places that don't have good sattelite receptance and so on.