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We had an incident this morning of accounts being successfully created, validated, then used to post 50ish garbage posts about airlines. Those accounts have been marked as spammers and IP addressed blocked. The captcha mechanism for the forum has been changed and hopefully won't make your lives more miserable. What will be miserable is that we have re-enabled moderation of all posts. As a result, your posts will not be immediately available for others to read. Those of us caring for the site are hobbyists will real jobs so there could be a delay in approving posts of a day or more but we expect it will be much less. Hopefully we'll be able to go back to the free…

Fellas: Some of you know that I got a new computer recently. Since I got the computer, I did not install H3 on it. Frankly, working on the H3DB, I ran into a few obstacles and “show stoppers” in both the db itself and GE. I seriously considered abandoning the project altogether. However, I am not one to leave things unfinished, so I have decided to take a fresh approach to this challenge. This however means that the H3DB as we know it is dead and will not be updated. I will be working using the following principles: • The previous H3DB is based on the HUD II. The new H3DB is my own work entirely. I am starting fresh from scratch so it is not based on any db. I…

Interested in a free book? We're looking for a few good men to help out around here and we're willing to offer some small tokens of appreciation in return. More specifically, we're looking for folks to: * write documentation for HCE, something that has been sorely needed for a while now * create good issue reports and follow them through resolution (bug testing/smashing) * write and share new scenarios, especially ones that exploit the newer battlesets * create pretty after action reports (AARs) with screenshots and annotated/explanatory text, or even better, videos! * create a wish list of features you would like to see added to the game * speak up an…

Permissions to the Downloads area have been fixed for Brains and the HUD4 group. My apologies if you were not able to see large chunks of the downloads until now!

I'm happy to announce five new scenarios for HCCE ... Allegro - for Westpac (and sequel to Prelude), by Christopher Stoner The Ninth Immortal - for Westpac Dynasty - for Westpac Predator or Prey - for Westpac Get Your Goat - for EC2003 MEDC And a couple of reworked versions of two earlier scenarios ... Thirst for Victory v2 - for Westpac Waking the God of the Dead v2 - for EC2003 IOPG Grab all of them at the HC Scen/AAR page. Have fun !

Tonight I updated the forum software and the Downloads module. Now we'll finally get to work on skinning the board.

Four new HCCE scenarios for your enjoyment: Shroud over Turin - for EC2003 MEDC Pinger Charlie - for EC2003 GIUK Bad Moon Rising - for Westpac Waking the God of the Dead - for EC2003 IOPG Grab them at the HC Scen/AAR page. Have fun.

If you would like to contribute to the ongoing H3DB Editing Project, please let us know by posting here, or by sending an e-mail to webmaster@harpgamer.com. Fred Galano is the Lead Editor and Project Manager for H3DB, so you should expect a reply directly from him. From Fred's Change Log for this release: H3DB---April 13, 2005 Updated numerous weapons and sensors see version codes below. These version codes correspond to the version field in the db editor. They should give some idea as to the work done on these units. If none of the codes appear, this means that no work has been done on the unit yet. Added: Takanami per user request---546 H3DB--April 1…

It's been a year since we launched HarpGamer, and I for one have been very happy with the experience. Many thanks to my fellow site administrators, and to all of you whom have supported and participated in the effort.

HarpGamer members, We sincerely apologize for any harm caused by an e-mail sent out to you after one of our adminstrative accounts was compromised. The board has been cleansed and passwords have been changed. The e-mail claimed to be from the HarpGamer board admins. If you happen to have received such a message, please delete it without opening.

HarpGamer.com has just been updated to include the following: 1) Detailed info and download link for new Public Beta of HC2005 2) Newly posted HC Databases: HCDB_050305 Rene' Haar's HC_EURO-DB_050227 3) Newly posted Harpoon II / Harpoon III Databases Link to the DB200 at Harpoon Headquarters Darren Buckley's HUDII 4) Three New Scenarios for Harpoon Classic World War III (WestPac) by Fred Galano Resolve (WestPac) by Brad Leyte Operation Thistle (EC2003 GIUK) by Mark Gellis 5) A newly revised Live Chat system, accessible via our Java based web applet or from any stand alone IRC Client. Come visit us to discuss the latest Harpoon release…

HarpGamer.com has just been updated to include the following: 1) Aircraft Appendix for the Platform Editor: A companion to the PE User's guide, this document provides a detailed discussion of the Aircraft Flags and Radar Cross Section data entry fields for anyone interested in the HC database. First in a series. 2) Newly posted HC Databases: * HCDB_050314 * Rene' Haar's HC_EURODB_050316 3) Newly posted Harpoon II / Harpoon III Databases * Link to the DB200 at Harpoon Headquarters * Darren Buckley's HUDII 4) Four New Scenarios for Harpoon Classic * In Self Defence ? (Westpac) by Brad Leyte * World War III (WestPac) by Fre…

We have just concluded a site update to add H3 Scenario and AAR pages to the HarpGamer website. At the same time, we've posted Fred's H3DB-050323 release along with 2 HC scenarios he rebuilt for H3, his own Cold North scenario, and Mark Gellis's JAPFISH scenario. Also new to the H3 Scenario Page are two previously authored, original HUD2 scenarios by Kelly Crawford, Kurils and Okinawa II. On the HC front, Brad has released HCDB-050327 and this is also incorporated into the website update. Work continues on the PE User's Guide Appendix for Ships, and I expect to upload Jan Masterson's update of Joe Lanza's PE DB Worksheets, along with a Guide to HC Hotkeys within the n…

Link to Matrix Games forum announcement here. Link to Matrix Games product page here.

The product of many months of hard work (well, hard fun, at least) is finally here. Harpoon: Commander's Edition was released today by Matrix Games. More about the release here. Now, as they say, the real 'work' (or fun) begins.

Find the announcement at: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2749422 This is for HCE owners, not HUCE owners.

HCDB-060212 Aircraft: BO-105CB - INTL BO-105P PAH-1 - Germany F-15A/B Baz - Israel F-15C/D Akef - Israel F-15C/D Eagle - Saudi Arabia F-15J Eagle Plus - Japan F-15C Eagle Blk 39 - USA F-15C Golden Eagle - USA HKP-9A (BO-105CB) - Sweden KE-3A - Saudi Arabia RE-3A/B - Saudi Arabia Su-17M-2 Fitter D - Russia Su-22M4 Fitter K - Poland Su-27SM Flanker - Russia Y-8J AEW - China Y-8(DZ) - China Installations: Generic Port Facility - INTL Kadena AB - USA Lielvarde - Latvia Siauliai - Lithuania Tallinn - Estonia Ships/Mobile Land Units: FREMM (ASW) FFG - France FREMM (ATV) FFG - France Kojoonbong LST - South Korea Mackinaw WMEC - USA …

Brad Leyte has just posted an update to HCDB at the DBShare Section of Harpgamer.com. From Brad's change log: HCDB-050507.zip new additions include: MCM Sandown - UK SSBN Borey (Project 955) - Russia SSN Type 093 - PRC Arrow II ATBM Battery - Israel Shahab-3 Site - Iran

Brad Leyte has just posted an update to HCDB at the DBShare Section of Harpgamer.com. From Brad's change log: HCDB-050510.zip new additions include: Lynx Mk 80 - Denmark Lynx SH-14D - Netherlands FF Descubierta (Morocco) - Morocco LCU Lt Malghagh (EDIC) - Morocco LSM Daoud Ben Aicha - Morocco LST S.M. Ben Abdallah - Morocco PG El Lahiq (Osprey 55) - Morocco PG El Yadekh (Kebir) I - Algeria PG El Yadekh (Kebir) II - Algeria PG Okba (PR-72) - Morocco SAM SL-AMRAAM Bty - INTL