Alpha 8.28 features a Barbed Strangler weapon combo for Tyranid Warrior and optimizations to the Dreadnaught's smoke grenade effects.
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 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 8.21 and Exterminatus Alpha listed in your library.
Features- Barbed Strangler view model and textures from Chris Wassum.
- Barbed Strangler firing and impact sound effect from DontAsk4470.
- The barbed stangler launches a creature that sits in wait and pulls it's victms toward it. Each weapon can only launch 1 creature at a time. Relaoding sacrifices the current creature and allows the weapon to fire again.
The Barbed Strangler model was spotted on DeviantArt and contributed to the mod back in 2008 and has been waiting to be implemented ever since. Special thanks to Chris Wassum for the original model and DontAsk4470 for throwing together new sound effects at such short notice.
Bug fixes- DontAsk4470 has optimized the smoke grenade effect to reduce lag.
- Tyranid warrior now plays the correct aim animations when using the Devourer.
- Custom kill icon for the Devourer.
- Fixed some "missing" sounds.
Known issues- Dreadnaught player model is still twitchy.
- Barbed Strangler isn't pulling correctly.
- Barbed Strangler isn't rendering it's barbs.
- Barbed Strangler using a placeholder model for it's creature part.
