Alpha 8.80 features new kill icons, updates to the maps ex_compromised, ex_forge, the Chaos Missile Launcher textures and Clay_More's imperial wall lamp.
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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 Alpha listed in your library.
Tweaks- Re-lit ex_compromised, added details, missions, cubemaps and a thumbnail for the level selector.
- DontAsk4470 has Re-lit ex_forge and added new textures, details and reworked many of the decor of many rooms and hallways.
- Added normal, specular and exponent maps to the Chaos Missile Launcher and fixed smoothing issues with the model.
- Added custom kill icons for the Chaos Dreadnaught's Chainfist attack.
- Added custom kill icons for the Aspiring Champion's Hand flamer.
- Added custom kill icons for the Chaos Terminator Combo.
Future PlansSeveral maps still need more work before we can test a release candidate for Beta 9 and make a big hurrah about unleashing the Chaos marines.
The plan is still to move on to work on the space marine scout once the CSM weapons are in-game. Then update all the 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 those are done I look forward to taking EX out of Beta and making public the version 1.0 release.
