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Last week I announced my plan for the next phase of Exterminatus development.   The first item in that plan was to port the EX code to the latest Source 2013 Beta_test code base in readiness of it's eventual public release.  This week Valve released that update, making the current EX beta unplayable without all players and servers downgrading to the previous version.

I have managed to get a new build of EX working with the new version of Source 2013, which is the main reason for this weeks Alpha release.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 22:00 BST (GMT+1), if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com (http://www.40ksource.com/files/Exterminatus_Alpha_8.40.exe).  Please try the ModDB first.

Install the Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer

• Navigate to the "Tools" section on your Steam games "Library"
• Install the "Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer"
• Run the Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer at least once.
• You can exit once the menu has finished loading.

Install the latest Exterminatus Alpha

• If you already have a copy of the EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see both the Exterminatus Beta 8.28 and Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

According to the Source 2013 news post it's main features are:

• Fixed potential security issues.
• Fixed a case where changelevel2 would print a map not found error and fail to function in SDK2013 modss.
• Fixed an exploit that could be used to crash dedicated servers.

Now i've had to port over every scrap of EX code into the new code base in a very short time.  Every single EX feature needs testing in this Alpha, all the classes, all the weapons, all the menus, all the maps.  I've tested as much as I can solo, but there is a lot of this game that only happens in multiplayer.

Features

• Compatibility with the latest version of Source 2013 Multiplayer.

Balance

• Marine players now score points for killing off Barbed Stranger projectiles.  This is to discourage prolonged BS ambushes, where the marines cannot counter attack their ambusher.

Known issue

• Class hints are back and sometimes the background box stays on-screen.

The priority for EX development will be to fix any issues that this new version before continuing with the plan (http://www.40ksource.com/common/smf/index.php?topic=3094.msg10827) I laid out on the 8th of may to get EX on the Steam Store.