OK the AB40k.org folks beat me to the punch and posted the Army Builder files for the new Space Marine codex late yesterday. Kudos to them, they look really good! Now we can all go for the high score in Army Builder with the new Space Marines.
A few items of note regarding the new files:
- The previous Space Marine codex still appears in Army Builder. It's listed as "Space Marines" while the new codex is listed as "Codex: Space Marines"
- The files don't allow Space Marine chapters to ally with each other (yet).
- They've already released a patch for the files. Note that it does not correct the "Space Marines allying with themselves" issue - I'm not sure exactly what all is in the patch.
- The new Space Marine files don't allow alliances of any type with any other armies or vice versa.
I've uploaded a patch of my own that includes the following:
- Latest Codex: Space Marines patch referenced in the above list.
- Fixed alliance issue with Codex: Space Marines - they can now create alliances as detailed in the 40k rulebook. Note that this is not a fix for Battle Brother alliances between chapters.
- Removed previous Space Marines codex from the Army Builder army list.
- Added Farsight Enclaves rough cut. Point values are there, rules enforcing Signature System uniqueness are not. Wargear for Farsight's Commander Team is not listed, but point values are. Users of the Farsight Enclave files will need to perform manual validation of their army lists. Don't be that guy who shows up with 3 Riptides all with Earth Caste Pilot Arrays!
Instructions for applying the patch:
- Download the patch
- Make sure Army Builder is closed
- Run the patch. DO NOT place a check in the box saying delete files not updated - you will destroy the files and have to start fresh with a new 1.29 import
- You may want to install to a different game system folder to preserve your current Army Builder files (recommended)
- Start Army Builder
- Profit
