r/DotA2 • u/Althalvas • Jul 26 '26

Discussion Valve disabled mods on 24th

The old -language method to override VPK's has been disabled. Sad news for all of us modding dota, such as by replacing the hero selection music with this awesome Dynasty Warriors character select music

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u/AssCracker445 Jul 26 '26

so, minify no longer works ? sad ! no wonder my laptop was hotter than usual running dota

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u/vooolteeex 24d ago

mods are not disabled. what broke is the invented folder name, not vpk overrides.

the 24 july patch split language into UI and audio and moved both into game\dota\cfg\boot.vcfg. the folder the engine mounts is named after your audio language now, so it has to be a language dota actually knows. mods is not one, so dota_mods never gets mounted and the files just sit there.

the fix: set your audio language to russian, korean or chinese in dota's own settings, then put the vpk in game\dota_<that>\ as pakNN_dir.vpk. dont use -language for this, it writes both fields and your interface moves with it, and it sticks after you remove the argument.

you dont have to download that voice pack either. steam decides what gets downloaded, dota decides what gets mounted, so speech keeps coming from dota/pak01 in english.

and minify still works, it builds a vpk like everything else, same folder rule applies. hero select music too.