Valve Addresses Complaints and Makes Changes to Dota 2’s Collector’s Cache System
Valve has heard the concerns of the Dota 2 community regarding the fairness of the 2020 Collector’s Cache voting. As a result, they are making adjustments to ensure a more equitable system.
One of the main issues Valve encountered was the polygon limit imposed by Steam workshop tools. This limit determines the maximum “budget” allowed for each submission. Upon review, it was discovered that some of the submissions surpassed this limit. These over-budget selections will be replaced with the next two sets that received the highest number of votes.
This oversight seems to have been unintentional on the part of creators who had previously worked with Valve through the workshop. These users had different submission guidelines because their accounts were tagged by Valve to submit raw files for various content types. This lack of flagging led to the exceeding of the polygon limit.
To prevent similar occurrences in the future, Valve plans to be more vigilant in monitoring submissions. They are also revising their submission process for contract work.
Valve also addressed sets that contained references to particles before the voting process. These references serve Valve’s strategy of saving popular content for potential future releases. If the content doesn’t make it into the Collector’s Cache voting, it can be released in a later treasure. This approach was utilized last year to create a second Cache using a mix of older and newer items.
Valve is currently uncertain about the existence of a second Cache this year. They may either feature other saved items or introduce new content in the upcoming months. Regardless, the changes to the Collector’s Cache Submissions will be implemented smoothly and without disruption to the ongoing process.
For more information, visit Valve’s official announcement.
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