What's New in Beta 9 feature

Beta 9 Features

• New map csm_orbital by DontAsk4470, based on Nic2's original ex_orbital.
• Early draft of a new CSM VS IMP trench warfare map csm_trench. Mainly to see how the layout plays.
• Chaos defence map called ex_Compromised made by WhiteLightningTwister.
• Spacemarine Scout player model by Wikkyd, textured by ChromeAngel.
• New Missile Launcher model for the Chaos Havoc class. The Missile launcher was modelled by Clay_more. It will continue to work the same as the imperial version, the primary attack firing a wide area frag missile and the secondary attack launching a Krak missile that does more damage in a smaller area.
• New combi-bolter and powerfist combination weapon warhear for the Chaos Terminator class. Both weapon models were made by Clay_more.
• New hand flamer and powersword combo wargear for the Aspiring Champion class.
• New chaos Meltagun model by Clay_more.
• New chaos Heavy Bolter model by Clay_more.
• New chaos Flamer model by Clay_more and texture tweaks by Dontask4470.
• New chaos Bolt Pistol for the Specialist and Havoc.
• New chaos Plasma weapon effects by Dontask4470. Pistols and guns now have different effects. Need to check that kills show the correct icon.
• New chaos Plasmagun model by Clay_more.
• New aspiring champion plasma pistol combo, thanks to Clay_more for the chaos plasma pistol and powersword models.
• New sawbones narcathium, with voice acting from Bulwark, edited by DontAsk.
• Chaos Dreadnaught view model by Clay_More, textured and animated by ChromeAngel.
• New Chaos boltpistol and chainaxe models (first and third person) by Clay_more.
• New Chaos bolter (first and third person) models by Clay_more.
• New Choas knife (first and third person) models by Clay_more.
• New Earthshaker Cannon prop (IG artillery piece).
• New Basilisk prop (an Earthshaker mounted on a Chimera chassis for mobility) .
• New Ageis Defence line prop by Clay_more.
• New Container prop from Wikkyd, with imperial and chaos skins (not actually used in any maps yet).
• New arched wall light prop.
• New large, arched door, prop.
• New arch fence prop (inspired by recent 40k terrain kits) to fit in with existing fence props.
• New imperial cargo container prop to replace the HL2 "Northern Pertrolium" containers.
• New Chaos space marine kill taunts by Bulwark (AKA Greloc), edited by DontAsk4470.
• New imperial and chaos space marine battlecries by Bulwark, edited and scripted by Dontask4470.
• New Chaos bolter sound effects by DontAsk.
• New textures by DontAsk4470 as seen in csm_orbital.
• New textures by DontAsk4470 as seen in ex_lycantium.
• New textures for Militarium and Mechanicus themed doors.
• New map texture from Clay_More.
• Added custom kill icons for the Loyalist Dreadnaught's Powerfist attack.
• Added custom kill icons for the Chaos Plasma weapons.
• 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.[/li

The basilisk has been sat in my props folder for an embarrassingly long time. My apologies to the contributor who made it, but I lost your name somewhere along the way. If you made the Basilisk and want to claim the credit please let me know, so I can properly acknowledge your contribution.

On Youtube

Zoran the Bear was good enough to do a review of the state of EX, while Beta 9 was under work including plenty of gameplay footage.

Bar Two One has made some tutorial videos about EX going beyond the in-game tutorial with more depth on weapon systems and movement.

Tweaks

• Enabled the use of custom skins.
• ex_lycantium has received and overhaul by DontAsk4470, making it a night map.
• Added normal, specular and exponent maps to the imperial generator prop.
• Removed ex_convoy from the install.
• DontAsk4470 has finished his detail pass of ex_forge and it looks wonderful.
• 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.
• Tweaked the details of how the Narcathium works as an offensive weapon.
• Tweaked the Chaos Dreadnaught player model.
• Added trophies to the CSM Terminator's rack. These should be randomized each spawn.
• Polish and detail pass for the CSM Terminator textures.
• Polish and detail pass the CSM Dreadnaught textures.
• Additional texture detail pass for the Raptor, Specialist, Aspiring Champion, Havoc, Chaos Terminator and Chaos Dreadnaught.
• Tweaked Powersword, Plasma Pistol and Plamagun materials.
• Tweaked a bunch of the old metal door textures.
• Enhanced Chaos Powersword, Plasma Pistol and Knife weapon skins by DontAsk.
• Tweaked the red-room objective on ichar_iv.
• Tweaked the kill notification code to show kill icons for the new chaos weapon variants.
• DontAsk4470 has added new details and lighting to ex_hive.
• Improvements to the chaos Regenade textures (better specular and normal maps).
• New chaos weapon entities to use the chaos weapon models (this may result in missing kill icons).
• The imperial crate prop has been replaced, with a new, hopefully better one.
• ex_ichar_IV has been updated to use the new container prop and the red-room objective has been
  re-worked.
• Krak and Frag missiles now have different kill licons.
• Reverted to the old bolter impact sounds.

Balance

• Buffed Terminator resistance to bullets and bolts from 0.2 to 0.52.
• Nerfed Dreadnaught resistance to bullets and bolts from 0.55 to 0.159.
• Buffed Dreadnaught resistance to fire by applying it's general armour modifier after accounting for the general marine resistance to fire.
• Buffed Terminator resistance to bullets and bolts.
• Buffed Dreadnaught resistance to bullets and bolts.
• Nerfed knife damage from 55 to 52, so it takes as many knife hits to kill a marine as chainsword hits.
• Nerfed meltagun damage from 18 to 12.
• Buffed melta weapons so they do 20% of their maximum damage at maximum range.
• Nerfed melta weapons maximum damage by 20%.
• Buffed flamer damage from 30 to 35.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the 3rd person chainsword appearing with white between it's teeth instead of transparency.
• Dreadnaughts should take damage from melta weapons.
• Different kill icons for Inferno Pistol and Powersword.
• The Inferno Pistol's Powersword now ignores armour.