Alpha 6.08, Fresh Meat

A new alpha patch is now available to bring Exterminatus up to version 6.08

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6.04 to 6.05 hot fix

6.05 to 6.06 patch

6.06 to 6.06b patch

6.06B to 6.07 patch

6.07 to 6.08 patch

To use these patches you must first install Beta 6.0, copy the Sourcemods/ex folder to Sourcemods/ex_alpha (if you already have an ex_alpha folder delete it). Once that is done, extract patch 6.04 to your Sourcemods folder. Then extract patch 6.05 to your Sourcemods folder. Then extract patch 6.06 to your Sourcemods folder. Then extract patch 6.06b to your Sourcemods folder. Delete sourcemods/ex_alpha/sound/ui/*.mp3. Then extract patch 6.07 to your Sourcemods folder. Then extract patch 6.08 to your Sourcemods folder. After restarting steam you should see Exterminatus Alpha 6,08 appear in your games list.

This version features:
Bugfix

ex_obrital, their was a bug in the 6.0 version of this map the prevented tyranids from spawning

Balance

Buffed Genestealer talons hit detection
Buffed Plasma Pistol rate fo fire
Added a defensive wall to Ichar IV to shorten the duration of standoffs at the last objective.

Tweaks

Made all class costs multiples of 25 (please report any cases of maps awarding 18 points).
Removed some (erroneous) filtering of networked effects. Should now show blood when tyranids are hit or cut. Marines should spark when hit.

Features

Per map loading screens featuring some useful tips and tricks (please suggest your tricks on the forum
Class based hints for n00bs when you spawn (please suggest better hints on the forum)
Vox Commands menu (will need binding to a key via Options->Keyboard)

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Updated this post to include a hot fix patch to version 6.05

Bugfixes

Objectives be giving 18, not 25 point rewards.
Class hints are being broadcast to all players.
Choosing option 7 from the Vox menu and crashes the client. (actually a bigger problem than it sounds).
Loose cable at the Landingpad in IChar IV.

Tweaks

scaled down the Vox Command icon, so you can read the button text easier.

Features

The console command "ex_hint_Elite 1" can now be used to suppress all class hints

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Updated this post to include a hot fix patch to version 6.06

Bugfixes

3rd person player aiming animations (most classes).
Filled some displacement gaps on ex_digsite.

Tweaks

Nerfed the Plasma pistol damage slightly (it was getting spammy).
Buffed frag grenade damage slightly to compensate.

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Updated this post to include a hot fix patch to version 6.06b (b because there are no code changes in this patch). Not much of a patch this week due to some long running work going on. ChromeAngel "has the road up" on some major rework of the EX code, which should make EX mapping easier and make existing maps less confusing for new players. Phott from Interlopers.net is working on a new score for the Main menu while Nqss is putting together a new menu backdrop from Kanartist's Ultramarine art.

In short expect 6.07 to look a little different and have plenty of wacky new bugs.

Features

3rd person Verteran combo weapon aiming animations.
3rd person Lictor aiming animations.
3rd person Genestealer aiming animations.
3rd person Verteran combo weapon aiming animations.
New poster decal from Farseer
New "Spacemarine" inspired Skull Post prop

Tweaks

Improved Terminator 3rd person aiming animations.
Improved Meltagun 3rd person aiming animations.
Improved Fence models and skins thanks to Farseer.

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Updated this post to include a patch to version 6.07

Features

All new objective system and entities (new ex.fgd for mappers) .
New build of ex_digsite using the new objectives, fences and posts (ex_digsite_64)

New build of ex_hive using the new objectives (ex_hive_10)
New menu background art by Kanartist and Nqss.
New symphonic menu music by Phott.
New "Spacemarine" inspired objective button prop

The new objective system is in place, expect many many wacky bugs and weirdness since this touches on player spawning, victory conditions, HUD, tactical overview and a bunch of other stuff. We now have 4 kinds of objective:

ex_objective - for backwards compatibility
ex_start_objective - much like ex_objective but does not appear on the HUD, for un-cappable objectives the the team start points on Thunderkawk.
ex_capture_objective - A button that only allows players of the correct team to capture at the right time. (USE and hold to capture, may take several seconds). These will replace the non-standard brush based buttons and consoles used as objectives in most maps.
ex_break_objective - A brush based entity like func_breakable, but can only be harmed by the enemy when preceding objectives have been captured (you can now safely grenade that stealer chomping on your ores)

I'm still working on adding the objective names to target ID on the HUD when you aim at them and correct ordering of objectives on the tactical overview. I haven't finished porting all the current maps across to the new objective system yet, the old versions should still work, but they may be a bit glitchy.
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Updated this post to include a patch to version 6.08. Due to all the map updates this is quite a large patch (~80MB)

Features

New build of ex_ichar_iv using the new objectives (ex_ichar_iv_14)

New build of ex_orbital using the new objectives (ex_orbital_ca_04)

New build of ex_thunderhawk using the new objectives (thunderhawk_ca9)

Bug Fixes

Fixed capturing an enemy objectives out of sequence
Prevented objectives being broken out of sequence
Attempted to fix the Heavy marine HB animations
Attempted to fix the Stealer idle animations

Tweaks

Tweaked ex_digsite_64 with proximity sensor doors
Tweaked ex_hive_10

I'm still working on adding the objective names to target ID on the HUD when you aim at them and correct ordering of objectives on the tactical overview. I haven't finished porting all the current maps across to the new objective system yet, the old versions sort of work, but spawning is a bit glitchy. Worryingly I was unable to determine the source of the server crashes.
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