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Hi there, I just joined this community. I have played Harpoon since early '80s, starting with Version 1 and running the Resolution 502 campaign when the supplement came out. I have not been playing for many years and with lockdown I resumed and started a remote play campaign again, which is now halfway. In order to handle the campaign I built a series of scripts to handle movement, radar and sonar searches, aircraft launch and land, using a simplified ruleset. You may have a look at the attached image. Now I see this fantastic new edition of Harpoon V and the SimPlot tool, which is vastly superior respect to my homegrown Python scr…

The Harpoon Naval Review 2009 is now available for pre-order from directly from Clash of Arms.

File Name: Persian Gulf Map File Submitter: kmart494 File Submitted: 26 Dec 2017 File Category: Maps This is a map of the Persian Gulf area for use with SimPlot 2 scenarios. Click here to download this file

Hello harpooner In these days I've been making improvements, adding reports, AARSE and more things that can go companions more info seeing as we see happening I have also added access to RSS, multiple languages and regiter for those who want to participate, there is also an access to the forum (in English and Spanish) where you will find all the information available so far and that improving ire as they get a little time. 21 Squad: 21squad.com

File Name: One China - Port Arthur 2 File Submitter: kmart494 File Submitted: 03 Apr 2016 File Category: Scenarios This is the setup file for the One China - Port Arthur 2 (Lushun Revisited) scenario from Harpoon Naval Review 2000. Several units are placed on screen, but the exact location and formation of the PRC task force and Helix helicopters would have to be determined by the Red player. The map for this scenario is available in the map download section. Click here to download this file

View File Iron Bottom Sound Map This is a map for playing Battle of Savo Island or Iron Bottom Sound scenarios. I have not yet added depth zones, since I only intend to use it for surface scenarios, but I may do that in the future. I would appreciate any feedback, since it is my first stab at using SimPlot. Submitter WarPigeon Submitted 01/03/2022 Category Maps  

File Name: Quickstart Scenario Maps File Submitter: kmart494 File Submitted: 26 Dec 2017 File Category: Maps The maps in this zip archive are for use with the scenarios in the Quickstart Scenarios file (in the Scenarios section). Unzip the maps files into the SimPlot2\Maps directory. Click here to download this file

SimPlot User Guide View File The SimPlot User Guide is a work in progress, but there is enough here to get new players started. Submitter kmart494 Submitted 04/07/2018 Category Application/Tools/Mods/Docs  

I posted a video of a SimPlot screenshot showing the new turn replay feature. The game running in it is a re-creation of the Origins 2019 Dance of the Vampires scenario that was run by me and Larry Bond. The original turn files are not compatible with the SP2 update, so I had to run the game all over again using the original turn files as guides. The end result looks just like it happened at the convention. The Undo Turn and Undo Move buttons at the bottom right looked fine in the Win version, but as you can see they aren't right in the Mac version. I will have to fix that. They do, however, work very good. The update is nearing completion. I want to spend…

For Aircraft launched ASCM what is the combat system value used? I have a H-6K being cued by the WZ-7?

View File South China Sea This is a map of the South China Sea between Hianan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. There are no water depth levels on this map. Submitter kmart494 Submitted 04/26/2023 Category Maps  

I am wondering would you consider adding mobile ground units?

File Name: Northern Taiwan / PRC File Submitter: kmart494 File Submitted: 02 Apr 2016 File Category: Maps This map depicts the area of northern Taiwan and a portion of mainland PRC. The map was created for use with the "One China" sub-scenarios "Bogies" and "Skunks" from Harpoon Naval Review 2000. The map scale is 3.9 pixels/nm. Click here to download this file

In Harpoon scenarios that may span a few days or longer are there any tables or rules for aircraft readiness? For example - An A-6E flies off the carrier and returns in 4 hours, is readied in an hour, and flies off for another 4 hour patrol. How many times in a row can it do that before it needs a longer down time for maintenance, etc.? Another example - There is a squadron of 24 P-3Cs based in Iceland. How many of them would reasonably be expected to be mission ready (i.e. not down for maintenance, etc.)? Could all 24 get launched at once consistently or should xx% be expected to not be available at a given time? Perhaps this is too far into the …

View File 2019 Origins System Test These files are recreations of the System Test played at Origins 2019. The game was refereed by Larry Bond and the game turns were run by Kevin Martell (kmart494) on a MacBook using an earlier version of SimPlot2. The old files are not compatible with the current version of SP2, so I recreated them using the latest version. Download and extract the Origins System Test folder to SimPlot's Scenarios folder. You will also need to download the GIUK1 map files from the Maps download section if you do not already have it. The map files can go in the Maps folder or directly into the Origi…

I was wondering if there's any plans to update simplot since I have been using it a lot recently and there's some quality of life that I'd like added. Specifically, A way to put an aircraft into a loitering state without waypointing the same circle 20 times as well as a way to give orders to a bunch of selected units instead of one unit at a time.

View File Balearic Islands This map is centered on the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and will be perfect for Command at Sea scenarios based on World War II or Spanish Civil War Submitter David Ogea Submitted 02/28/2020 Category Maps

File Name: Indian Ocean Escort Map File Submitter: kmart494 File Submitted: 13 Nov 2015 File Category: Maps This map supports the Indian Ocean Escort scenario from Harpoon Naval Review 2003. The scenario setup file is in the Scenario download category. The map scale is 2.3 pixels/nm. NOTE: The old background was a transparency that caused problems with text rendering. This version uses a black background that cannot be changed from within SimPlot. Click here to download this file

Kevin, this is a request, Can be added a 1 sec time advance, I know it is not necessary but I've been thinking about it, and the accuracy and possibilities it brings to the program. Thank You. Will we see an updated Simplot when H5 is released?

Kevin - It is mentioned in SITREP60 that there may be a simplot2 file eventually for the Bugout scenario in the magazine. Does one already exist? I'm going to run this scenario soon and I can make my own easy enough but if the map image and txt file exist already for it (or for that matter, a full scenario file as well as the map files) Regards, Peter Robbins