World of Arena 1.0.5: The Red Count's new look and the merchant Dareva

Highlights

• New Red Count look: The map is repainted. The ground, lanes and bases use a brush texture.
• Brush-skinned interface: The menus and the in-match HUD share one painted stone look.
• Arsenal merchant Dareva: A merchant stands at the Arsenal counter in both bases. Her name is Dareva.
• Smoother play: Low and medium texture detail now use half-resolution textures.
• Honor system: An honor vote from your own group now counts as half.

Map

• The ground and lanes use painted textures. The mid crossing is now a stone corridor.
• The stone walls along the lanes are layered, broken rock.
• The towers have new models: Menhir, Prizma and Vorun. They carry season gold and team-colored capes.
• Props and trees are new. There are new crimson grass tufts along the lanes.
• Crystals glow in vivid colors.
• The scenery outside the map is new. Waterfalls, cliffs and mist layers are darker and deeper.
• The bases have new stairs and new edge stones.
• Champions who spawn at the base fountain stand on a flat floor.
• Crystals turn see-through when they cover your own champion.

Arsenal merchant

• Dareva is one of the Saltmen of Hesperra. The House of Count wrote her into the ledger twice: once in the blue column, once in the red column.
• That is why she has a counter in both bases. She reacts when you open the shop.

Interface and art

• The menus and the in-match HUD have a brush skin. Buttons, panels, screen frames and the minimap frame look like painted stone.
• Chat bubbles look painted too.
• The client header and the project icon show the new World of Arena emblem.
• Champion splash art, portraits and loading screens are new.
• Badge icons have no background and are easier to read.
• The store now shows product images.
• Item and rune names now match the original names used in the game.

Units and effects

• Minions have new textures. The two teams are easier to tell apart.
• A unit that gets hit no longer turns into a flat white silhouette. It flashes briefly, then goes back to normal.
• Tower and minion effects are tuned to each team color. No more white blobs.
• Champion models use painted textures. Details and colors stay the same.

Performance

• When texture detail is low or medium, decor, structures, plants, monsters and effects use half-resolution textures.
• Textures take less video memory.

Server

• An honor vote from your own group now counts as half.
• The honor level of some players may be recalculated.
• You do not need an update for this.