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Hi Steve, Eric has hit the high points. What version of the game are you running? When you run Winharp32.exe (the Game Engine/GE) a build should appear in the title bar and should read as a yyyy.bbb where yyyy is a four-digit year and bbb is the build, 2009.050 is an example. As Eric posted, 2025.025 is the current build. The platform editor (PE) had significant updates since 2015. 2015 was when I updated it to work even with 64-bit versions of MS Office. In order to make the changes work, in 2015 the minimum Microsoft Access (or MS Access runtime) version required was bumped up to Access XP/2002 from Access 97. I suspect you are running an even older version of the game possibly trying to import a database that is not compatible with that version of the PE (likely the DB is too new for the PE in question). Your next steps are up to you, we can help you determine what will and won't work with your installed version of the game or you can update to current, hopefully on a newer computer (Windows 10 or Windows 11 preferably).

It was only a matter of time…and what a way to do it. Iran: check Submarine: check Shipyard: check Daylight: check “Just another day in the office.” vibe: check I like the matter-of-fact verbiage from DVIDS: Using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran, July 12, 2026. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. The strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping. As Mehdi pointed out, just drove right in like we owned the place. You can find it on google earth at N 27.140700, E 056.211584. If the Corsair sounds familiar, it is because we covered Saronic’s boat a month ago. She’s the one that picked up the Apache helo pilots who found themselves in the drink after being shot down—the accidental CSAR at sea. The Corsair is a multi-tool. It can pick up your airmen, and it can also take out your enemy's submarines and shipyard facilities. Just go watch that video again while humming the national anthem. You’ll feel better about everything, I promise. Now that you’re in a great mood, ponder the opportunities now that we’ve broken that attack USV (or surface RAS, whatever) seal. More, better, faster, forward deployed. Taiwan, call your office. If we and the Ukrainians can do it, so can other people. Arm your ships and shipyards accordingly. Ponder how you blind it (other nations’ version of the Corsair), and make it deaf and mute while you are at it…because it is coming our way. Expect a lot more. The US Navy has been building a family of USVs and recently replaced its Modular Surface Attack Craft (MASC) program for the medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) marketplace. The requirements for the designs include that the unmanned vessels have a range of 2,500 nautical miles with a speed of 25 knots in rough sea conditions. Each vessel should be able to carry 25 metric tons of containerized payload to carry out a variety of missions including strike, ISR, and transport. According to the US Navy, “the MUSV marketplace creates new opportunities for smaller, non-traditional shipyards to build our future fleet. This initiative represents a strategic shift in naval acquisition, designed to rapidly field unmanned technologies by leveraging mature, existing commercial solutions.” The US Navy recently announced seven companies that will be advancing to the at-sea testing phase: Sea Machines, Leidos, Saronic, Galliano Marine Services, PacMar Technologies, Birdon, and Huntington Ingalls Industries. The companies that successfully complete the at-sea testing, which will be completed by this coming October, will receive $15 million for follow-on production. Pay attention. Sometimes, like Hemingway’s description of bankruptcy, naval weapons developments happen suddenly, then all at once. Big things are moving. Keep in front of it. Leave a comment Share This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. View the full article

I have sent a message to TonyE who is the HUCE master and programmer. He is also available to message on the HarpGamer Discord Chat Room. .

HUCE no runs on 64bit computers. The link to upgrading your HUCE is attached. This will take you to the latest version of Harpoon 2025.025. https://www.harpgamer.com/downloads/HC2025.025_ComprehensivePatch.zip HUCE has Access Runtime as part of the install. This will allow you to open the Platform Editor (PE).

The U.S. military has now named the exact weapon it used to make history over the weekend, confirming that three Saronic-built Corsair unmanned boats carried out the first combat strike ever conducted by American sea drones, slamming into a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base. U.S. Central Command detailed the […]View the full article

A single soldier could soon carry a weapon capable of dropping an air-bursting grenade precisely over an enemy hiding behind a wall, then swinging the same weapon skyward to knock a small attack drone out of the air, and American Rheinmetall Munitions just released a new video showing off the rifle it’s betting will do […]View the full article

Babcock International has finished building the last of 123 Jackal 3 high-mobility vehicles for the British Army, with the final vehicle, a six-wheeled Extenda variant, rolling off the production line at the company’s Devonport facility in Plymouth and now heading into testing before it joins the Army’s operational fleet. The Jackal has been a fixture […]View the full article

Thanks for the recommendation. I attempted that but received the a Runtme 3201 error. Is it because I'm using an older Access 2000 version? I'm using that because I have purchased a refurbished 32 bit computer just to run this game. and the refurbisher recommended that it not have access to the internet for security reasons because it uses a very old OS system.

Ukraine’s military appears to have carried out its first mass simultaneous strike using converted light aircraft that function as reusable, remotely piloted bombers, with Serhii Sternenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Defense Minister, publishing photos showing at least ten of the modified planes armed with Soviet-designed high-explosive bombs and describing the image as one worth calling […]View the full article

Ukrainian forces have carried out what the military describes as the world’s first known combat mission combining a naval drone with an armed ground robot, using an unmanned surface vessel to ferry a machine-gun-equipped robotic vehicle across the Black Sea and land it directly on Russian-occupied shoreline, United24 Media reported July 13, citing Ukraine’s 123rd […]View the full article

A U.S. Army base in Washington state just got a new kind of neighbor: a kinetic interceptor built to shoot small drones out of the sky before they reach anything worth protecting. Joint Base Lewis-McChord began installing a suite of Anduril Industries counter-drone hardware, the first physical build-out of a system meant to shield one […]View the full article

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion spent early June learning to handle a boat the Marine Corps has bet will let small reconnaissance teams operate across the scattered islands of the Western Pacific without waiting for a ship to carry them there. The unit, part of 3rd Marine Division, conducted familiarization training with the Multi-Mission […]View the full article

U.S. Central Command struck dozens of targets across Iran on Sunday using one-way attack sea drones for the first time in the conflict, a new addition to a strike package that already included fighter aircraft, naval vessels, and one-way attack aerial drones, marking the fourth round of American strikes against Iran since Tehran resumed attacks […]View the full article

German defense giant Rheinmetall has secured a contract worth just under €1 billion (roughly $1.1 billion) for its role in overhauling how the British Army trains its soldiers, part of a broader £2 billion (approximately $2.7 billion) government program that will replace traditional live exercises with a blended system of virtual, synthetic and data-driven training […]View the full article

Norwegian defense and technology group Kongsberg posted a second quarter that outpaced its own recent growth trajectory by a wide margin, with revenue climbing 31 percent to NOK 10,389 million (roughly $1.06 billion) and operating profit jumping nearly 50 percent to NOK 1,669 million (about $171 million), as demand for its missile systems and layered […]View the full article

Try downloading HCDB2 from HARPGAMER and install a fresh copy. See if that fixes your problem. HCDB2 will nor work with the Scenarios that come with HUCE. The official db for HUCE is HCDB-250724 (1980-2015 era). Here is the link: https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/files/file/235-hcdb-250724-1980-2015-era/ You can join us in the HarpGamer Chat Room in Discoed if you would like. Eric

Sorry, Yes, I am running HUCE not Harpoon 3

Steve, The db HCDB2-170909 you are trying to load is a Harpoon Commander Edition d. It may not be compatible with Harpoon 3. Eric.

Hi Steve Is this playing harpoon 3\ANW or harpoon classic? I see its filed in the harpoon 3\anw section but to me the db id looks more of a hc db (hcdb2 170909). I'm not familiar at all with anw but the error messages remind me of ones I've seen when (badly) amending db files in hc.

From the Sea of Azov, Strait of Hormuz, Ankara, to the South China Sea - don’t miss today’s LIVE Midrats Podcast from 5-6pm Eastern. You can join the live session and contribute the chat room at this link. In our melee format, Mark and I have our list of topics, but if you join the live show chat, you can ask us questions or even suggest a topic we cover. Live…not net. If you are reading this after the show, check the Substack later Sunday night for all the podcast links. Don’t miss it! Leave a comment Share This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. View the full article

When I try to import the new date base, I get a Run-time error 3201`: You cannot add or change a record because a related record is required in table tPlatform. Then if I try play the game, I get the following error message: ADDID to list error: expected a dick ID, got 53369 (Oxd079) This message had been logged. The program will now terminate. Additionally, if I try to run the platform editor, Get Disk Annex Error: (-8175 [Exe011])=2 This message has been logged. The program will now terminate. I've been playing 20+ years and have uploaded many a new DB many times. However, I know little about DBs so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

The fast-attack submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770) slid into Apra Harbor on July 10, swapping its old home in Pearl Harbor for a new one at Naval Base Guam, in a routine-looking port call that carries real weight for how the U.S. Navy positions its undersea forces against a rapidly expanding Chinese fleet. Tucson, a […]View the full article

U.S. Central Command finished its third round of airstrikes against Iran in a single week on July 11, hitting roughly 140 military targets after Iranian forces attacked another commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries a fifth of the world’s oil out of the Persian Gulf every day. The strikes, […]View the full article

Russia has begun arming its large surface warships with new electronic warfare systems in an apparent attempt to counter Ukrainian drone attacks, according to imagery circulating in recent days on Russian military-affiliated social media channels. The anti-drone complex, identified as “Pereyed-M,” has reportedly been spotted installed on four vessels of the Russian Navy: the Project […]View the full article

Germany’s DEUTZ AG, a 160-year-old engine manufacturer better known for building diesel motors than battle tanks, agreed on July 9 to buy FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau, one of Europe’s leading makers of armored vehicles, for €1.6 billion (roughly $1.83 billion). The deal marks the largest acquisition in the Cologne company’s history and signals a decisive break […]View the full article