Wish Lists

An interesting process going through the wish list forthe last year and a half, reading each and understanding so as to put similar wish items together and thinking about what parts of the total picture they fit. My favourite was "A nice intro video., “it would pump up any noob to the awesomeness of the sim”" as it shows the enthusiasm that keeps Harpoon Classic going so strong. Plenty of 'hits' for multiplayer and logistics and improving IFR, LR air patrols and the poor old staff assistant (try as he might he just isn't appreciated, but really could we do without him???) Capturing enemy units and carrying units on units also looks high on peoples wishes, and rightly s…

Desired layout of the forum: We would like to see one thread per user, include all of your wishlist items in that thread. Ideally keep a master accounting of your wishes in the first post of the thread. Feel free to reply to the threads of others, please try not to criticize any requests, these are wish lists after all and with enough code and time, anything is possible. If you agree with someone else's wish(es), also add them to your own thread. How we'll use the wish lists: HC development is not a democracy but the wishes of many are still going to overrule the wishes of a few in most cases. The wishlists allow us to note interest in certain area…

As a long-time Harpoon "Classic" player and current HCG player (can't seem to obtain HCE yet ), here are my wishlist items: 1. Ability to automaticically send refueling tankers to join in-flight air groups - at any point in their flight. 2. Ability for tankers to dispense multiple refuels - if they have adequate stores 3. Ability for tankers themselves to be re-fueled - where applicable 4. Unrep for surface and sub groups - similar to refueling for air groups, but for armaments 5. Realistic supplies of arms for air groups - instead of unlimited 6. Show flight paths and courses of enemy (AI) groups 7. "Grey out" ineligible targets, bases, etc. 8. Set up coordin…

1. Allow greater number of items per Annex in the database. (its the DB guy in me) 2. Useable entire world map, including the ability to seamlessly move "across the back of the Earth". (its the scenario designer guy in me) 3. Make anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrols capable of being customised, ie. MAD/sonobuoy patterns, variable loiter times, etc. 4. Increased complexity in the electronic warfare (EW) model, ie. adding EW/decoy capability to surface ships and mobile land units, up to including generational modeling (as per Harpoon paper rules). 5. Allow for damaged bases to be repaired (shamelessly borrowed from Smitty). 6. Allow for capture and use of enemy bases …

First Post 1. Long Range ASW patrols to be improved, say by setting an area and the ASW plane flies around dropping bouys. It is slightly annoying to fly a plane out to a long contact by sosus or something like that, and have the still viable contact drop off, leaving you to either manually search with dropping sonobouys, or have to just route the plane around the area hoping to pick up a MAD contact. Perhaps add a new order, after you use it will have the plane automatically drop sono-bouys for the rest of the plotted course. 2. Add an "intercept" option for tankers, to intercept a friendly group and refuel. 3. Single ship/sub formations automatically centre over the …

Aircraft issued a manual 'land aircraft' order should default to their home/launching base. Player can manually select a closer base if desired. Ability in the course editor to toggle the AI Task Force 'chase' ability on or off, so that the player can determine if the AI has the autonomy to engage targets of opportunity or remain on its assigned course. Search option for SE that allows you to search for units/bases by country when creating/editing groups or bases. Upon completing and intercept/runnin out of ammo (missiles), a pup-up that asks if you wish an air group to RTB or loiter/continue attack. Ability to toggle control of AAW engagements to either automati…

I wish there would be an option for actual 5 minutes Ready 5 time. Must have been discussed here somewhere but search comes up empty, so, why is the Ready 5 time 30 seconds actually? I hardly ever use AAW formation air patrols (or ASuW for that matter) these days, it's manual patrols or nothing. (When there is AEW coverage available.) All but the most severe popup threats can be dealt with manual patrols that can get airborne in 30 seconds. I would love the game to be (optionally) realistic in this and "force" me to not ignore formation patrols.

Begins and ends with online play. the scenarios in HCE are interesting, but the bottom line is the AI should never beat you,and the AI should definitley NEVER beat you the second time through a scenario. As a result, the game has a finite amount of playability. Like many other games, one will gain experience, "beat" the game, and then lose interest. Online play changes all that (just ask the folks running the Call of Duty franchise). It seems ironic to me that ancient AOL could host HC in 1991 and 1992, but we cant this going in 2010?? What would it take to make this happen??

It's hard to believe I've made no wishes since the last wish list condense in 2011. But here we go... 1\ In PE the exported database file having a name other than the std database name, or better the ability to name the database file or place it in a selected folder. just to make it easier (?) import and export from the same folder as the executed PFBuild file. 2/ In scenario Editor an indication of the lat and long of a selected unit or lat and long of a mouse click position in the group or unit window. DONE 3/ Be able to instruct an ASW aircraft with asw sensors but no weapons to attack a sub contact (F1) so that it will attempt to get a fix on …

1. Within the game, a hot key to return to last focus. 2. An ability to land helicopters anywhere on land eg to wait for a refuelling craft. 3. resupply land and sea units with eg truck convoy, unrep ships. 4. in game and SE, an indication of refuelible aircraft Done 5. Completed intercept box include 'orders' option. (I think that was the case in the old DOS game) 6. 'Attack' have an option to approach and concentrate attack on specific unit(s). 7. Set max time on station for patrols. 8. when dispatching a patrol have the speed and sensor setting boxes come up for setting same at the patrol point. So eg can use P3s as anti-ship patrols. 10. When selecting air…

What I would like to see... Useable entire world map, including the ability to seemlessly move 'across the back of the Earth'. Multiplayer! Allow units to carry other units, i.e. LCACs in LSDs, Marines in LCACs Make ASW LR Patrols more customizable, buoy patterns, MAD runs in a defined area, etc. Increase the levels of zoom in the SE (Accomplished in build 2007.017 added 16x, 32x, 64x zoom) Allow greater number of items per annex in the database (Accomplished in build 2015.021, from 2047 to 4096 items per annex) (Smitty) Allow for damaged bases to be repaired. (Smitty) Allow for the capture and use of enemy bases. (Sm…

1. Allow one or more additional range bins in the formation editor and increase the maximum range in the formation editor from the current 255 nm. 2. Add a Mid-East battleset - suggest 20° E to 70° E Long by 10° N to 40° N latitude. This would provide one battleset as opposed to the current split of the volatile MidEast into two battlesets. 3. Add a smaller WestPac battleset that would be more playable - suggest 110° E to 160° E Longitude by 15° N to 50° N Latitude. 4. Allow the time of day for the scenario to start, to be set either at start up or in the scenario editor. It would also be nice to have some sort of progress bar to show the current day night si…

1 - Better and more automated AI routines for plotting ASW searches and sonobouy drops, types of attack on surface targets. Basically outlining to the AI what you want it to do and it then makes its own courses and decisions on how to carry out that order. For example expand the attack order so that there a few types of attack that the AI can plot *pop up* *pincer* *offset* etc etc. Also with regards to ASW you can tell it to do MAD runs and it will plot them or sonobouy drops and it plots them it a pattern you can specify, or of your own choice from a list. 2 - Time delays for ships changing course. (I still think it is weird how ships change direction instantly.…

in no particular order 1- MP 2- 1 more zone in the formation formation that does not have a range limit (for better long range patrols) 3- Easier ASW patrols with auto SB drops/dipping sonar use 4- Ability to set paths or areas of coverage for patrols and not be limited to patrols fling to just 1 point, loiter, and then return. 5- model for USV, UUV 6- easier scrolling on map (instead of having to use scroll bar- similar to googlemaps, mapquest, etc) 7- Ability to set sensors on/off and altitude when setting up patrols/formation 8- Easier aerial refueling- be able to have tanker and the plane needing refueling to automatically take best course get close enoug…

What i would like to see changed in HCE 1. Gun behaviour, spreding the bursts over 1 minute 2. Smarter SAM and AAA Handling 3. In SE (add Group or Base dialog) allow searching for class/installation by name/country 4. Show loadout ranges in attack launch screen 5. Enable ECM/Chaff/Flares for Ships and change the point defense behaviour at the same time, soo only ships carring chaff/flares have an eletronic point defense 6. And a kind of preplotted missions (Patrol, ASw...) as discussed for ASW Patrol missions, set a grid and the AI does the rest. 7. Allow units to carry other units, i.e. LCACs in LSDs, Marines in LCACs 8. Make ASW LR Pat…

My wishes list maybe a little bit strange. I've try to divide in three parts. 1 - easy modifications 2 - future modifications 3 - Best Game creation ever Also I've try to order by importance, dependence and complexity modification. 1 - I think the easiest modification are: 1.1 - Conduct to campaign mode options - description 1.2 - More building symbols (tetet) - description 1.3 - Detection problems at AI engine fix. - description 1.5 - WW realistic game engine corrections 1.6 - indication of air refuelable units (donaldseadog) 1.8 - speed and sensor setting at patrol dispatching (donaldseadog) 1.9 - Tanker units instead …

Hello, I've been playing HC97 since 1998. But as a military wonk, dismayed by numerous odd load outs and degrading of units in the battlesets. For instance differing Mig-21 units curiously missing their natural AAW load out. B-57's! My lord, by the load out they are nearly useless. No reference at all to various guns and rockets they typically used, much less the insanely low bomb load in the game. No word some actually used AS.46 missiles in their careers. But there are others too. Is their a way to edit these load outs? I have the scenario editor, but would dearly love to modify these clearly biased units. Thanks

- PE: A "PlatformTransferManager", a tool for transfering Platforms from one Database to another (for Example: HCDB*.mdb --> HCCW*.mdb) - Harpgamer.com: A new HCE Download Category for single Platforms (Ships, Subs, Aircraft, Weapons, Sensors) where Members can up- and download own-created Platforms. Perhaps a "structured" DataFile, which can be exported from and imported into the "pfData2005.mdb" - Database. (see Platform Transfer Manager above) - GE/PE: Boarding Teams, Assault Troops, Special Forces as deployable Units. actually I created those Troops as "Missiles/Annex09" (when deploying from Aircraft/Helicopter -> single Attack, and then they are…

Hello, I would like to have a tool that allows to switch to afterburner speed and high altitude when the air unit is targeted by enemy air to air missiles. Like the message that allows an intercepting unit to increase speed to military speed when intercepting an enemy objetive. Why? Missiles has an improved ATA of 30% when targeting targets with a speed lower than 1000 knots. So if the objetive has an speed of 1000 knots or more the enemy missiles hasn't got the 30% bonus.

Here is my wishlist, it only has one item: Online Multiplayer for HCE!!!! And I want to ask anyone in this forum to please include MP in their wishlist and think what priority it should have with respect to other wishes. But in doing that, please don't take into account the assumed programming effort. Just assume you can ask for anything... where does MP stand in your list? I am the best Harpoon player ever, nobody can beat me, I just can't prove it. (Sorry, I don't play against AI!) Jerome