Exterminatus : Destruction of all life on a world by the Imperium of man. This mod is set in Games Workshop's, great Warhammer 40,000 ( 40k ) universe, as seen in Dawn of War and our previous mod . The 40k universe is set in the year 40,000 by which time mankind has colonized millions of worlds thought the galaxy by interstellar warp travel. Humanity is ruled by a vast, uncaring, priesthood/bureaucracy on Earth in the name of an all powerful God/Emperor. A galaxy of insidious alien races have threatened and fought the Imperium since its earliest days in innumerable wars and battles. Exterminatus is under development after a long and democratic consultation process. A team of Space Marines will be air dropped into a planetary warzone to stall the invasion of the monstrous synapse creatures of the tryanid team and their AI broods. Each map will see the Marines and Tyranids competing in a series of mission objectives, culminating in a battle to decide the fate of the planet. Players...

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Extermaunatus, Warhammer 40,000 mod for Half-Life 2 , overdue news update for February. We're still alive! In closed Beta testing. New Features: HUD mission update and Crouched aiming. Help Wanted: Sound Effects technicians.

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Beta testing continued this month, feedback from the beta testers resulted in the return of an old feature from our parent mod Rival Species, crouched aiming. Players now have the choice to stay mobile and less accurate or crouch down for a more accurate shot. Beta feedback has gone into improving the game balance too, our testing games are now closer and more compelling than ever.

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The last of the planned HUD elements was added to EX for this months Beta. The new HUD element shows players their team's mission as the game progresses. Typheron continues to develop his map Dig Site, having overcome corrupted map files, an IRC ban and and his AOL internet connection to get it to us.

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Finally we would like to thank the (highly productive) Foot Clan for their final set of sound effects they contributed to Exterminatus and wish them the best of luck with their new projects. If anyone is interested in finishing the few remaining sounds EX needs please get in touch (I shall be getting back in contact with earlier volunteers this month).

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FJS
FJS Mar 1 2008, 4:40pm says:

Great Mod, I hope they finish the closed beta soon!!

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broadsword
broadsword Mar 1 2008, 6:49pm says:

Looks so awesome! Cant wait!

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c_harding
c_harding Mar 1 2008, 11:39pm says:

So on the stats screen, I'm assuming the tyranid class "Fex" is a carnifex?

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migb
migb Mar 2 2008, 4:45am replied:

yes it is

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Harimau
Harimau Mar 2 2008, 12:59am says:

i hope this becomes popular or i'll never get to play it. :( living in australia kinda sucks sometimes. absolutely no servers.

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Blubbles
Blubbles Mar 2 2008, 3:40am says:

I hope it will be balanced with suitable player numbers

Possibly 6-8 Marines, 8-16 Tyranids

With Tyranids Respawn time at like 3 seconds
and
Space marines at 5 or more

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ChromeAngel
ChromeAngel Mar 2 2008, 5:23am replied:

As migb says it's planned to be balanced 1 on 1, with additional wargear or brood creatures being handed out when one team outnumbers the other.

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migb
migb Mar 2 2008, 4:44am says:

Nope, it's a 1-1 match, meaning 1 tyranid equals 1 marine.
I know the team considered an asymetric solution, but decided to do this instead.
There is a Tyranid class called overmind, which control a number of hormagaunts or termigaunts, so the Marines will be outnumbered.

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Shadowdancer
Shadowdancer Mar 2 2008, 12:53pm says:

This looks cool. As a Warhammer 40k fan I´m looking forward to this. And Tyranids?! W00T!!

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sutsko
sutsko Mar 2 2008, 3:01pm says:

Hope somebody want to play the Tyranid, Im all i for the marines only!

The maps need more grass I think.. And Details..

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Cloud6556
Cloud6556 Mar 3 2008, 4:30pm replied:

Hell yeah people want to play tyranids, me for one :)
you wont be laughing when im 12 foot tall and have gigantic claws :)

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Swansen
Swansen Mar 5 2008, 8:02pm says:

HIVE MIND!!!!

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