Alpha 9.11 features the return of an old EX map Spacehulk and more improvements to the scouting system along with bug fixes and balance adjustments.  The chapter pack this week is for the Blood Angels chapter, my personal favourite.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Features

• Spacehulk map returns, but now it is chaos that have been awakened.  csm_spacehulk has been added.

Tweaks

• Turrets can now be tagged by Genestealers.
• Added an audio cue for when a Stealer tags a target.
• Taggers now received rewards for damage done to their tagged targets.
• Deployed sporemines now home in on tagged player (needs multiplayer testing).
• Added and improved lighting on csm_trench.

Chapter Pack of the Week - Blood Angels
New chapter packs continued to prepared for all our favourite chapters.  As with previous packs not all battle cries are replaced, only a couple of new cries are added specific to this chapter.


Just extract the zip file to your ex folder to change your Bloodravens battle bothers to Blood Angels.
More detailed installation instructions can be found on the EX forum thread on the topic.

Balance

• Reduced the cost of flamer specialists to 50 points.
• Reduced the cost of meltagun specialists to 75 points.
• Reduced the cost of plasma specialists to 90 points.
• Buffed Tagging range from 2250 to 3012.
• Buffed spore mine launcher spread from 15 degress to 5 degrees.
• Increased the cost of the sniper rifle from 10 to 25 points
• Buffed sniper rifle rate of fire from a shot every 2 seconds to a shot every 1.5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed tags not rendering on network clients.
• Fixed a bug where tags would not remove themselves when the tagger no longer had line of sight.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the server to loop if a tagged player was killed.
• Fixed missing animations on the boltgun view model.

Future Plans
I anticipate some more alphas before I start working on the Version 1 release.  The scouting mechanic is taking longer to tweak than expected due to the need for multiple players for testing.

Alpha 9.10 features improvements to the new scouting system and bug fixes.  I had not planned on releasing another alpha so soon, but the packaging issues with 9.09 made it necessary.  Plus Salamanders chapter fans get their skin pack sooner.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:30 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Chapter Pack of the Week - Salamanders
New chapter packs continued to prepared for all our favourite chapters.  As with previous packs not all battle cries are replaced, only a couple of new cries are added specific to this chapter.


Just extract the zip file to your ex folder to change your Bloodravens battle bothers to Salamanders.
More detailed installation instructions can be found on the EX forum thread on the topic.

Features

• ex_transmitter a NID VS IMP defence map by WhitelightingTwister in which the marines objective is to defend their transmitter for a fixed time against waves of tyranid attackers.  A very early version to test gameplay with this layout and mechanic.
• csm_transmitter a chaos version of ex_transmitter.
• Added the scouting system to the secondary attack of the Genestealers claws, so they can scout for the hivemind.

Tweaks

• Awarded Scouts and Stealers 5 points per target tagged.  This might need tweaking/removing later to prevent farming.
• Nerfed (Chaos and Imperial) Dreadnaught armour resistance to Melta attacks.

Bug Fix

• Fixed missing graphics for the scout icon.
• Fixed players being tagged with more than one scout tracker at a time.
• Fixed all players seeing scout trackers, not just the team that placed it.
• Fixed a bug where vital parts of ex_transmitter and csm_transmitter where missing.

Future Plans
I anticipate some more alphas before I start working on the Version 1 release.  These new maps and scouting mechanic have a lot of potential, but are also pretty raw in this build, so may need a few more Alphas to dial-in.

Alpha 9.09 features three new maps from WhitelightingTwister and a new scouting mechanic for the scout as well as the usual array of bugfixes and balance tweaks.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Double Feature - Chapter Pack of the Week - Dark Angels and Raven Guard
New chapter packs continued to prepared for all our favourite chapters.  Both packs come with chapter specific battle cries.  As with previous packs not all battle cries are replaced, only a couple of new cries are added per chapter.


Just extract the zip file to your ex folder to change your Bloodravens battle bothers to your chosen chapter.
More detailed installation instructions can be found on the EX forum thread on the topic.

The Black Templars skins released with 9.08 have also been updated based on feedback from long standing EX community leader Otakumon.

Alpha 9.09 Features

• ex_exchange a CSM VS IMP map by WhitelightingTwister (author of ex_compromised and ex_bunker) with 6 objectives across a market port city.  A very early greybox version to test gameplay of this layout.
• ex_transmitter a NID VS IMP defense map by WhitelightingTwister in which the marines objective is to defend their transmitter for a fixed time against waves of tyranid attackers.  A very early version to test gameplay with this layout and mechanic.
• csm_transmitter a chaos version of ex_transmitter.
• Added outputs from the ex_gameplay entity to register kills made by players on the teams. This should allow development of more Team Dealthmatch style maps.
• A scouting system has added to EX.  The scout can activate this using the secondary attack of the shotgun (replacing the inspection animation).

Using the scouting system a scout can place a tracker on players under his crosshair.   The tracker will appear on the HUD of all his team-mates in the same way that objectives do.  If the target dies or the scout looses sight of the tracker for more then 3 seconds the tracker should expire.  When placing a tracker the scout should also notify his team of what player and class he's spotted.  This includes a voice notification for each targeted class recorded by the excellent Bulwark and edited by DontAsk4470.  Much of this features relies on network code and multiple players and as such needs testing.

In future i'd like to reward the scout for wounds inflicted on targets they are tracking and grant a similar ability to the Genestealer class, but I wanted to make sure it was actually working first.

Balance

• Reduced bolter kick from 0.8 to 0.7
• Nerfed the Barbed Stangler's accuracy from 4 degrees spread to 40 degrees.

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug in 9.08 where CSM could not throw their grenades.

Future Plans
I anticipate some more alphas before I start working on the Version 1 release.  These new maps and scouting mechanic have a lot of potential, but are also pretty raw in this build, so may need a few more Alphas to dial-in.

Alpha 9.08 features a new version of chaos attack map ex_bunker, balance changes to the Tyranid weapons and re-organising the slots for all existing weapons (this should make them consistent and predicable for new players).


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 15:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Double Feature - Chapter Pack of the Week - Black Templars and Iron Hands
New chapter packs continued to prepared for all our favourite chapters.  Both packs come with chapter specific battle cries.


Just extract the zip file to your ex folder to change your Bloodravens battle bothers to your chosen chapter.
More detailed installation instructions can be found on the EX forum thread on the topic.

I tried the Black Templars skins in-game and found it to be a little confusing when fighting the Black legion, with black armour on both sides.  So, you might want to think twice about using these.

Alpha 9.08 Featured Tweaks

• Nerfed tyranid weapon combos so they cannot use both attacks at the same time.
• Primary/default weapons are now in slot 1, except for the Narcathium.
• Frag Grenades are now in slot 2.
• Knives and Narcathium are now in slot 3.
• The solo bolt pistol is now in slot 4.
• Moved the garage objective in ex_bunker to a position where I hope it will be easier to capture (but not too easy) to  prevent further 1st objective stalemates.

Balance

• Buffed Sniper rifle from 2.2 seconds per shot to 2.0 seconds per shot.
• Nerfed the tyranid warriors ability to absorb weapon recoil, so stance will have a greater effect on their accuracy.
• Nerfed Warrior Venom Cannon range and damage by 10%.
• Increased Carnifex class cost from 150 to 175 points.
• Reduced Carnifex Devouer wargear cost from 125 to 100 points.
• Reduced Carnifex Venomcannon wargear cost from 275 to 250 points.

Bug Fix

• Turned all ex_bunker dropzones to face the entrance to their spawn room.

Future Plans
I anticipate 1 or 2 more fortnightly balance updates before I start working on the Version 1 release.

Alpha 9.07 is a collection balance tweaks and bug fixes, specifically for the space marine scout and tyranid warrior.

These balance tweaks should make the sniper rifle less the hand of god and more a rifle for shooting snipe with.

Tyranid warriors have been tweaked with the goal of making them an equal match for the low tier space marine classes, while making the venomcannon a viable option again.

Carnifex pricing has been adjusted to make it more economical to use the screamer killer wargear, while keeping the more powerful load-outs rare.


Due to issues with 9.07 making that version impractical to play i've had to put together a "B" patch to address those bugs.  The "B" patch should be installed over the top of version 9.07 and does not include all the changes in version 9.07.

The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Alpha 9.07 Balance Changes

• Nerfed Sniper rifle reload time from 1 second to 3 seconds.
• Nerfed Sniper rifle from 1 second per shot to 2.2 seconds per shot.
• Nerfed Sniper rifle damage from 110 per shot to 50 per shot.
• Reduced Sniper rifle cost from 225 to 10 points.
• Buffed Shotgun damage from 35 to 46 per shot.
• Buffed Devourer ammo regeneration rate from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds per shot (both warrior and fex versions).
• Nerfed Warrior Devourer damage from 26 per shot to 23 per shot. to give the same DPS as the shotgun.
• Nerfed Warrior Devourer range from 3000 to 1000 units to match the shotgun.
• Buffed Warrior Venom Cannon range and damage by 50%.
• Reduced Carnifex class cost from 250 to 150 points.
• Increased Carnifex Devouer wargear cost from 50 to 125 points.
• Increased Carnifex Venomcannon wargear cost from 175 to 275 points.

Tweaks

• Reduced the influence of stance on spread and recoil from 0.3 to 0.2 per factor.  This should make moving with the boltgun more accurate, while still favouring a fixed or crouching firing position.
• Tweaked the Sniper rifle to better enforce it's maximum range (3000 units).
• Tweaked the Sniper rifle tracer to remain longer after each shot.
• Tweaked the Warrior Devourer to fire 5 pellets per shot (4 damage per pellet).  Making it easier to hit, but less effective against armour.
• Tweaked hitboxes on the Imperial Terminator, Specialist and Assault marine to bring them into line with their CSM counterparts.

Bug Fix

• Fixed the chaos havoc crouching with a heavy bolter animation, so he does not appear ot levitate.
• Fixed the scoreboard crashing the client.
• Fixed tyranids being unable to save points for better Carnifex wargear.

Chapter Pack of the Week - Crimson Fists
As announced last week new chapter packs are being prepared for all our favourite chapters.


Just extract the zip file to your ex folder to change your Bloodravens  battle bothers for Crimson fists.
More detailed installation instructions can be found on the EX forum thread on the topic.

Future Plans
I anticipate 2 or 3 more fortnightly balance updates before I start working on the Version 1 release.

By default Exterminatus (EX) features space marines from the Bloodravens chapter.  Chapter packs allow you to customize your EX to feature the chapter of your choice instead of the Bloodravens.


Exterminatus has had chapter packs before (you can find them on the downloads page), but they were only built for the EX Beta, scattered files all over your EX install and were missing skins for new classes an some weapons.

This new Ultramarines skin pack is the first of a new set of skin packs, to take advantage of better support in Source 2013 for customization and all the new classes and wargear in EX.

Installation

• Locate your "ex" folder, this will usually be C:\program Files\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\ , but can vary depending on your Steam installation.
• If you already have an "ex/custom" folder delete any chapter pack folders inside it.  You can only install one chapter pack at a time.
• Extract the "custom" folder from the zip file inside your "ex" folder.

These packs work for alpha or beta versions of ex, just replace the "ex" folder name with "ex_alpha" in the instructions above.

If you would like to assist with updating chapter packs for the other space marine chapters, bellow is a link to download the source files and instructions necessary to make your own chapter pack.


If you've decided to make a skin pack for a well known chapter it's probably worth dropping in to the Discord and asking if anyone else is working on the same chapter.  When you're done making your skin pack feel free to get in-touch via leader@40ksource.com so I can tell everyone here on 40ksource.com.

Alpha 9.06 adds polish to the scout weaponry and the trench warfare map.  Work continues on improving game balance.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Alpha 9.06 Features

• Added scout hands to all weapon view models used by the scout class (shotgun, sniper, boltgun, boltpistol, knife and frag grenades).

The original first person knife animations could not be salvaged to work with the scout hands, so entirely new knife animations had to be created.

Balance

• Nerfed plasma bolt speed from 5600 to 3500 (fixes a plasmagun accuracy bug in 9.05).
• Nerfed shotgun damage from 108 to 35 per blast.
• Buffed shotgun from 3 to 8 shots per reload.
• New server variable ex_shotgun_dmg  to set the damage across all pellets in a blast.  Default 35.
• New server variable ex_shotgun_pellets to set the number of number of pellets in a blast.   Was 12, now defaults to 10.

Tweaks

• Doubled the influence of player stance on weapon spread and included strafing as an increased spread factor.
• Added a client-side notification to the Sniper rifle to report the effect of player stance on weapon spread to assist with additional tuning of the stance and sniper rifle.
• Shell_spots (as used on csm_trench) wander around a bit between shots, while saying near their authored location.
• Added missile impact effects to shell_spots so they are more visible (tell me if these get confused with real missile impacts).
• Added more sound effects, lights and fixed some player clipping issues in csm_trench.
• Use the zoom crosshair/HUD for the sniper rifle scope.
• Aligned vote and capture notices to account for the size of icons added in an earlier build.
• Reverted the plasmagun trigger changes from 9.05.

Future Plans
Additional balance tweaking builds are likely as are additional abilities for the Scout class.  Imperial chapter packs will also be updated to include scout skins and chapter specific battle cries.

Alpha 9.05 rolls up a collection of weapon improvements and tweaks since Alpha 9.02, including balance fixes to the Sniper Rifle, Shotgun, Meltagun and Plasmagun.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Alpha 9.05 Features (including 9.04 and 9.03)

• New shotgun firing sound effect from DontAsk4470.

Balance

• Buffed Meltagun damage from 7 to 8 per hit.
• Buffed Shotgun damage from 9 to 10 per hit.
• Buffed Plasma bolt speed from 4000 to 5600.
• Nerfed Plasma bolt size from 8x8 to 6x6 (4x4 for pistols)
• Decreased the cost of the sniper rifle from 75 points to 175 points.
• Nerfed the capacity of the sniper rifle from 8 to 4 shots.
• Nerfed the accuracy of the sniper rifle even more.
• Decreased the cost of the specialist classes from 150 to 55 points.
• Decreased the cost of the specialist classes Meltaguns to 0 points.
• Increased the cost of Flamers to 100 points.
• Increased the cost of Plasmaguns to 105 points.
• Nerfed the accuracy of the sniper rifle based on how much the player is moving around.
• Nerfed Carnifex armour so that boltguns can hurt it again.

Tweaks

• Shotgun primary attack now fires both barrels.  So it's now 4 shots per reload.
• Exponent maps for the scout's Shotgun and Sniper Rifle.
• Sniper rifle now un-zooms if you move in any way other then turning.
• Sniper rifle now un-zooms when reloading.
• Added an option to Ammo shrines so they can dispense ammo for free (for use in the lab maps).

Bug Fixes

• Attempted to fix cancelling out of the class and wargear menus (again).
• Fixed sticky feeling Plasmagun trigger.
• Fixed a crash bug relating to notices about objective captures and map votes.
• Fixed the sniper rifle view model turning upside down when scoped.

Future Plans
The scout is currently using power armour hands in first person as a placeholder, one day he will have his his own properly gloved hands.  Then it's time to refresh all the imperial chapter packs with their own scout skins.

Alpha 9.04 is a further balance patch to address the imbalances introduced in Alpha 9.02 and 9.03.  I also makes the shotgun sound badass.


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

• Install Alpha 9.02 if you have not already installed it.
• Apply the Alpha 9.03 patch if you have not already done so.
• Extract the patch to your Steam/SteamApps/SourceMods/ folder, overwrite any files or folders when prompted.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha 9.04 listed in your library.

Alpha 9.04 Features

• New shotgun firing sound effect from DontAsk4470.

Balance

• Decreased the cost of the sniper rifle from 225 points to 175 points.
• Nerfed the capacity of the sniper rifle from 8 to 4 shots.  For real this time.
• Nerfed the accuracy of the sniper rifle even more.
• Buffed Meltagun damage from 7 to 7.5 per hit.  Which should kill a terminator at arms reach with one full tank.

Alpha 9.03 is balance patch to address the imbalances and some bugs introduced in Alpha 9.02.


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

• Install Alpha 9.02 if you have not already installed it.
• Extract the patch to your Steam/SteamApps/SourceMods/ folder , overtwrite any files or folders when prompted.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha 9.03 listed in your library.

Alpha 9.03 Features
Balance

• Increased the cost of the sniper rifle from 75 points to 225 points.
• Decreased the cost of the specialist classes from 150 to 55 points.
• Decreased the cost of the specialist classes Melta guns to 0 points.
• Increased the cost of flamers to 100 points.
• Increased the cost of plasmaguns to 105 points.
• Nerfed the capacity of the sniper rifle from 8 to 4 shots.
• Nerfed the accuracy of the sniper rifle based on how much the player is moving around.
• Nerfed Carnifex armour so that boltguns can hurt it again.

FYI the Meltagun changes are made a Clay_more's suggestion.  Direct your criticism to him.

Tweaks

• Sniper rifle now un-zooms if you move in any way other then turning.
• Sniper rifle now un-zooms when reloading.
• Added an option to Ammo shrines so they can dispense ammo for free (for use in the lab maps).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash bug relating to notices about objective captures and map votes.
• Fixed the sniper rifle view model turning upside down when scoped.

Future Plans
The scout is currently using power armour hands in first person as a placeholder, one day he will have his his own properly gloved hands.

Alpha 9.02 adds a new wargear set to the imperial scout, a sniper rifle.  Improvements to the scout's animations for wargear introduced in Alpha 9.01.  Balance tweaks to the scout's shotgun and the Meltagun.

Sorry this version has taken so long to deliver, a combination of flu and time-consuming player animations made it run long.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 16:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Alpha 9.02 Features

• New Scout Sniper Rifle model by Clay_more, textured by ChromeAngel, sound effects by DontAsk4470.  Secondary fire toggles the scope.
• New HUD icons for shotgun and sniper kills, map votes and objective captures.

Balance

• Buffed shotgun primary attack speed.
• Nerfed scout health from 100 to 90.
• Nerfed (disabled) shotgun auto-reload.
• Buffed Meltagun range from 700 to 900.
• Nerfed Meltagun "clip" size from 30 to 20
• Nerfed Meltagun damage per shot from 12 to 7 but...
• Buffed Meltagun rate of fire from 0.2s to 0.1s per shot.

Tweaks

• Reduced the subset of options in the map vote menu to a more manageable number.
• Added a separate first person animation for the shotgun secondary attack.  Showing greater recoil.
• New 3rd person scout animations (aim, idle, crouch idle, run x8, crouch walk x4, jump, shoot, reload) for when he's equipped with the Sniper Rifle
• New 3rd person scout animations for when he's equipped with the Grenades.
• New 3rd person scout animations for when he's equipped with the Boltpistol.
• New 3rd person scout animations for when he's equipped with the Boltgun.
• New 3rd person scout animations for when he's equipped with the Shotgun.
• New 3rd person scout animations for when he's equipped with the Knife.
• Tweaked the 3rd person boltgun, bolt pistol and knife models and animations to work better with the scout.
• tweaked imperial space marine hitboxes to bring them in-line with the CSM hitboxes.
• new helmet style for the veteran class (related to IMP texture pack work).
• Granted the Meltagun back to the Specialist classes.

FYI the Meltagun changes are made a Clay_more's suggestion.  Direct your criticism to him.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash bug with the Chaos Dreadnaught (actually related to hints for new classes)

Future Plans
The scout is currently using power armour hands in first person as a placeholder, one day he will have his his own properly gloved hands.  The scoped sniper rifle has a known bug where the view model glitches out.

Alpha 9.01 adds a new playable class, the imperial scout, his first unique weapon a shotgun.  The Tactical marine's weapons have been tweaked to make the boltgun faster and combo weapons slower.


The ModDB mirrors unlock at 14:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 EX alpha, delete it.
• Run the alpha installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see the Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.

Alpha 9.01 Features

• Spacemarine Scout player model by Wikkyd, textured by ChromeAngel.
• Scout Shotgun model by Clay_more, textured by ChromeAngel, sound effects by DontAsk4470.
• New mapping entity ex_shell_spot.
• New prop models for live and fired Earthshaker shells.

Balance

• Bolt Pistol combos either shoot or melee attack, you can no-longer do both at once.
• Bolters are faster with less recoil and more magazine but weaker to balance them out.
• Chain axes are now slower, but more damaging than Chainswords.

Tweaks

• ex_gameplay entity has options for mappers to freeze the spawn locations used by teams.
• cap_lab map to test frozen the spawn locations.
• Added the following console variables for balance tuning the server: ex_csword_rof, ex_caxe_rof, ex_caxe_dmg, ex_bolter_range, ex_bolter_actual_rof, ex_bolter_kick1, ex_bolter_kick2
• Map vote menu shows how many votes each map has received.
• Map vote notifications show how many votes the map has.
• Updated csm_trench to use shell spots and new shell props.

Bug Fixes

• Cancelling the wargear menu returns you to the class selection menu.
• Selecting the team you're on from the Team menu shows the class menu, but only if you're already
  dead.

Future Plans
9.01 is the start of the ramp up to version 1 of EX.  The scout is currently using power armour hands in first person as a placeholder.  When the scout hand model is made all the weapons will be updated to use that.  A scout sniper rifle is in the works, but not ready for play.

Beta 9 completes the introduction of the Black Legion of Chaos Space Marines (CSM) to Exterminatus (EX).  Now in addition to the Imperial and Tyranid factions you can play as one of the seven CSM classes, with their own chaotic weaponry on one of the five new chaos versus imperial maps.


Installation instructions

• Install the "Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer" to your steam library (it's listed under "tools").
• Run the Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer at least once.  You can exit once the menu has finished loading.
• If you already have a copy of the EX Beta, delete it.
• Run the Beta installer and follow it's instructions.
• Restart Steam.  You should now see both the Exterminatus Beta 9 listed in your library.

What's new since 8.70?
The previous big release 8.70 saw the introduction of the chaos classes, but they were somewhat rough around the edges and still using weapons from the imperial loyalists.  Since then the CSM player models and skins have been improved, chaos version of all the weapons have been added, including a unique hand-flamer and dual chain fists for the chaos dreadnaught.


Chaos forces can now balttle it out on 3 completely new maps csm_trench by ChromeAngel, ex_bunker and ex_compromised by WhiteLightningTwister , plus classic EX maps Orbital and Thunderhawk have received overhauls with new chaotic versions and three entirely new chaos maps have been added.


A full record of all the changes since 8.70 can be found on ModDB.

What's next for EX?
Wikkyd and Clay_More have contributed most of the assets required to add a space marine scout to EX. The scout class is planned to be inexpensive in the early game, with access to a much more costly sniper rifle in the late game. Once the scout is in-game a kit for creating custom chapter skins packs will be released before we move on to updating the existing chapter packs.

For over a decade now EX has been released as work in progress Alpha versions, with the occasional release of a stable Beta version showcasing major new features.  Having made contact with Warhammer 40K's owner, Games Workshop and confirming they are satisfied with our use of their property, it's nearly time to take EX out of Beta.

With all the chapters supporting scouts the next major release will be version 1.0 of Exterminatus (no longer Alpha or Beta).

Beta 9 - Release Candidate 3, features a new chaotic, version of the Orbital space station map and yet another updated version of csm_trench.


This is a Beta release that rolls up all the changes since the previous roll up back in July.  As such their is no patch available this week, just the installer and a 7Zip archive of the full mod.  It also installs to the "ex" folder, rather than "ex_alpha"

The ModDB mirrors unlock at 17:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 Release Candidate

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

BarTwoOne has taken the time to produce a second tutorial video going into some details of the EX movement system can be used.

Since CSM won't be getting any more classes for a while and their is a clamour for more legion skins i've decided to release a package to help players make their own custom CSM skins right now.  If you're interested in trying this please Download the CSM skin templates (92.4mb) and follow the readme.txt inside.

Features

• New map csm_orbital by DontAsk4470, based on Nic2's original ex_orbital.
• New textures by DontAsk4470 as seen in csm_orbital.

Tweaks

• Enabled the use of custom skins.

Future Plans
Depending on how testing of this release candidate goes we may go ahead and release Beta 9 next weekend.  Any screenshots, demos or videos of recent EX games you have could help promote Beta 9, please get in touch and share them with me.

The plan is still to move on to work on the space marine scout once Beta 9 has been released.  Then release PSD templates of chapter skins to allow players to make their own chpater packs.  Hopefully the ability to make DIY skin packs will see new skins faster then waiting for me to get around to it.  I'll then update all the existing marine chapter packs support the scout and the chapter specific battlecries Bulwark has already recorded.  Adding a new playable class will mean that game balance will almost certainly need testing and tuning.

Once all that is done I look forward to taking EX out of Beta and making public the version 1.0 release.

Beta 9 - Release Candidate 2, features the return of an updated csm_trench, an overhaul of ex_lycantium and attempts to address the sound issues that occurred in release candidate 1.  It was that sound glitch that really didn't give me the confidence to release the first candidate in time for Christmas.


This is a Beta release that rolls up all the changes since the previous roll up back in July.  As such their is no patch available this week, just the installer and a 7Zip archive of the full mod.  It also installs to the "ex" folder, rather than "ex_alpha"

The ModDB mirrors unlock at 12:00 GMT, if it's busy or not working the installer can be downloaded from 40ksource.com.  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 Release Candidate

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

BarTwoOne has taken the time to produce a video tutorial going into some details of the EX weapons and weapon systems.

Features

• New textures by DontAsk4470 as seen in ex_lycantium.

Tweaks

• Returned csm_trench to the default map cycle.
• Added more scenery, details and effects to csm_trench.
• ex_lycantium has received and overhaul by DontAsk4470, making it a night map.

Bug Fix

• Included pre-built sound cache to address the audio issues in RC 1.

Future Plans
Depending on how testing of this release candidate goes we may go ahead and release Beta 9 next weekend.  Any screenshots, demos or videos of recent EX games you have could help promote Beta 9, please get in touch and share them with me.

The plan is still to move on to work on the space marine scout once Beta 9 has been released.  Then release PSD templates of chapter and legion skins to allow players to make their own chpater and legion packs.  Hopefully the ability to make DIY skin packs will see new skins faster then waiting for me to get around to it.  I'll then update all the existing marine chapter packs support the scout and the chapter specific battlecries Bulwark has already recorded.  Adding a new playable class will mean that game balance will almost certainly need testing and tuning.

Once all that is done I look forward to taking EX out of Beta and making public the version 1.0 release.