Which is why I don't understand everyone's obsession with making wards unique to one hero. For support heroes and the like I can understand, because if a player likes that hero and wants something that matches that hero it works. If I can add, wards are not hero bound, they are account bound, you can't have a ward set for…
Has there been any news about new hero additions to the workshop? It's been forever since the last group of heroes were made available... And there are so many heroes that are workshop ready, like Techies and Undying, and all Valve has to do is flip a switch!
Copy your vtf file to the dota 2 test and change their VMT file. It should look like this: CustomHero { $baseTexture "models/heroes/kunkka/kunkka_tidebringer_color" $normalmap "models/heroes/kunkka/kunkka_tidebringer_normal" $maskmap1 "models/heroes/kunkka/kunkka_tidebringer_masks1" $maskmap2…
VMT magic is forbidden, hero and all of his items use one material, this happens because hero and all of his items are "baked" at the start of the match, i guess. So you'll have to roll with the detail texture that hero has. Hopefully, they're fitting most of the time.
Yeah, riki is a small hero, with really tiny knives, all those great details wouldn't show up at all on him. Try to pick a hero with a big weapon for that.