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Hi: Is there a list of the changes, improvements, fixes, we will see in the new version?? Thanks. JJ

Harpoon Classic Since Update. My dad has been playing harpoon and noticed there was a problem in the beta update when he was playing, but bare in mind he is running this game in vista. In this picture there are some icons missing for the range and aircraft patrols for the formation editor. will there be a patch that can fix this problem? or would he have to go back to the earlier version before the patch? Many regards Matt

I have searched the forum but am unclear on use of multiple databases. For example, I can download a scenario which needs the america's database. If I download the additional database I know I need to rename the HCE database. How does the new scenario read the right database and are there any problems in renaming the existing HCE database in existing scenarios. Thanks and you have done a great job in updating this wonderful game.

I'm sorry but I can't find the thread where this stuff was taking place, so I'm starting a dedicated thread for discussing/reporting this special testing I'm tasked with. All runs here were using the 050 Demo. Initial test-runs on one new(er) computer, of my earlier games-saves that demonstated the issue of inability of player's AA missiles to acheive hits in some scenarios, has been a complete bust so far. If anything, the player's AAMs have seemed to be almost too effective, achieving infallible 100% hits. This is adding more confusion to the situation then it is resolving. Last night, I also tried running the THB scenario on that machine, because of the s…

I don't know what's been wrong, lately. I wiped my Windows install about a month & a half ago. After reinstalling HCE, some enemy groups do not show in the group window. It did that with the 2008.44 version, I reinstalled/repatched HCE and it was still doing it. I updated to v 2009.035 and still no help. All using 090427 DB. It's done it on a couple different battlesets. I have no idea what's going on but I don't recall it doing this a few months ago. My most recent example is the Serhiy scenario I'm going to upload the save for. It's user-created but that hasn't mattered as the stock ones are doing it, too. Anyway, there are a lot of ground &a…

Does anyone recall an 'issue' (maybe a long time back) regards ships attacking snorkeling subs? I vaguely remember something about it, and want to look to see if there might be problems with having ships being able to attack snorkeling subs with naval gunnery. I want to have snorkeling subs as a simulation of ukraine type semi submerged fast attack drones.

File Name: WWII-USAvsDEguns File Submitter: TonyE File Submitted: 21 May 2009 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: embedded HCWW Authors: TonyE A WWII BattleSet pitting US vs German units in gun battles. Thanks to CV32 for the HCWW database that is embedded in this BattleSet. Only one scenario so far, perhaps more will follow. Usage Instructions: 1. Unzip the contents of the file to your HCE directory then run the game. You will find the battleset towards the end of the list. Click here to download this file

The Databases for EC2000 and EC2003 make reference to, for example, Mawsil AD and Kifh TC. What do the AD and TC signify?

When playing Harpoon I realize that radars do not always detects the whole number of aircrafts in a group. Is it stealthier a group composed of 2 F16 (or another plane) than a group composed of 4 F16? I suppose that radars have more chances to detect a group if there are more planes in this group.

I've been wrangling some code and am wondering what you all think...

I was squarely smoked in the Labyrinth, WPAC 8.0, by the Neuron UCAV and the Hammer AASM GBU, I only know it was Neuron as it turned on radar for a look just before launching (could be an AI improvement, go all the way passive for stationary targets, ouch!). I still wonder how to defend this threat but can't find the chink in their armor, other then planting a CAP on the direct route between the enemy AB and my HVU, which is just gaming the game. One option could be to rather have the CAP try to intercept the weapons they deploy, the Hammer AASM, only those are even harder to detect than the platform. Looking in the DB the GBUs (JDAMs, EGBU, Hammer AASM and t…

File Name: Australia battleset File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 23 Jun 2009 File Updated: 23 Feb 2011 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: HCDB-100930 Authors: don thomas A battleset based on continental Australia Eight scenarios of differing character, some heavily air craft dependant, some not. This new version 110222 fixes clerical and platform errors, provides better descriptions and removes undesirable SAM barges. The embedded scenarios use HCDB-100930 (official HCE database) or newer. Don Click here to download this file

Problem is with seeing the orders when playing from a saved game. Situation: I started a user scenario, played for a while, then saved it. In this case in the Westpac battleset, the Duel_v2 scen. I come back later and load the save. I cannot call up the orders to review as HCE says it can't find them. Judging by the error message it appears to be trying to create the file name for the orders based on the *save file* name and not the original scenario. I've seen this behavior too in other scenarios, always a user scenario. Saves from a campaign scen do not seem to have this problem. Is there a fix or a work-around for this ?

Hi, I just dug out my copy of HCE again and was looking for some info on game mechanics, the best source I could find was for H3. Specifically regarding air to air missiles "The probability of an air-to-air missile hitting the target depends greatly on the geometry of every situation, as well as which kind of missiles and targets are involved. Many factors will increase or degrade the probability of a hit or a miss. A common occurrence of this is when a missile is fired at a target that is moving away (an opening shot). Another common situation occurs when non-dogfight capable missiles such as the AIM-54 Phoenix are employed against nimble fighters. These missiles ar…

I have hcgold and have been trying to use this scenario editor to download new scenarios. I have read and re-read this numerous times and have come to the conclusion it must be on an old version. 3. Using the Scenario Converter "First, copy the four pairs of RES/RSR files for EC2000 (hdsd, hdse, hdsf, hdsg) from your hard drive or HC97 CD-ROM to your HC2002 GOLD root directory. Then: ......" I cannot find this ec2000 file anywhere in hcgold nor on my hard drive, so I assume it must be from 97. Do you know where i might find this file? Thank you very much. Thanks, Russ

From a few weeks ago I feel when play HCE the game developes very sloooooowwww, even in vry simple scenarios and with 30 min time compression. I think I can set something erroneously at the game star (in both almost-new computers!), some hints or ideas about it or erroneous settings?

After a number of years away, I purchased the HUCE version and noted the WestPac scenarios are missing. I think I have to download another database and (maybe) the battleset? Confused as to how and where to install DB and potential battlesets, and if the install will allow just WestPac and no other of the newer HUCE included scenarios. Is it an all or nothing or when done w WestPac can I back off to the HUCE as downloaded list of battlesets? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Dukera

im kind of wondering how hce handles asw patrols by aircraft. I send out a p-3 or a s-3 on a patrol, and making sure the loadout is asw, and once they get to the location of the patrol, all they do it seems is fly around in circles, loitering...arent they supposewd to start a line of sonobuoys? or maybe a box MAD search? Or am i not doing something, or doing something wrong? Any help or tips would be great

Howdy! About a month ago, I dusted off an old box and found my original copy of Harpoon 2 and thought I'd give it a whirl on my XP box. No dice, so I saw the HUCE package from Matrix, and downloaded it. Let's just say my entire weekend's been spent trying to bomb Soviet air bases. I was supposed to clean the house, take out the trash, do the dishes, make dinner. . . yeah, none of that happened (happily). So being 're-newbed' to the game, I had a couple of questions: 1. Is there a good strategy guide that helps catalog system capabilities (for instance, all of the US radars) or weapons systems? Having been away from it for so long, I really have lost a lot…

I have been playing HCE for years. Recently tried installing the new .dll file (first time changing those files). When I run HCE I am told I need to update/upgrade my GE. Any guidance?