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Well, I'm back! ANW has pissed me off, so I'm back looking closely at HCE. I've been playing around with the download section getting some of the battlesets that include the very nice textured maps some of which are very dark. The game icons blend right in and are in effect invisible. Is it possible to modify the icon colors to make them visible ? I think this needs urgent attention. Regards, RedMike...out

I understand ROF for gun mounts is per minute, but please explain what ROF = for missile mounts. For example a Mk41 VLS has ROF of 30 per tactical turn (30 seconds) per Harpoon Data Annex. What value would you put in the database for ROF for the Mk41 mount? Example Mk26 has ROF of 6 missiles per tactical turn (30 seconds) per Harpoon Data Annex. What value would you put in the database for ROF for the Mk26? From testing it appears the ROF is irrelevant for non-SAM mounts. SSM missile or torpedo mounts for example fire as many round as allocated in the attack menu all at the same time. I'm more concerned about getting a good understanding of how SAM ROF works and how …

Hello folks, I just started playing this game, a long long time ago I used to play Harpoon Online on AOL. Was glad to see there is still a version out there and supported. I seem to be having some trouble defending my carrier groups against enemy subs. I read in one of the guides that the Perry class frigates have excellent sonar, and I see it is supposed to have a towed array. But according to the range circles, it appears their sonar has less range than the Spruance class destroyers (perhaps not suprising) and also the aegis cruisers. If you go into the unit display, it lists ranges for the main sonar, but the SQR-18 (I think this is the towed array) never shows t…

Hello all, I am hoping you can help with a problem I am having. I have HC2002 and unfortunately I have not been able to complete a game without the game crashing. It seems to just lock up everytime and I have to use task manager to end the program. I haven't been able to pinpoint what event causes this crash as it happens at different times or events each game. I re-installed the game and am having the same problem. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help you can provide.

A blue player has 2x LR-SEAD and 4x GP loadout F/A-18D's, and 1x EA-6B and is planning on striking a an isolated Coastal Defense Bty defended by a lone SAM Bty. Is it best to keep all five aircraft as one group or are all of the unique attributes of these aircraft types/loadouts aggregated when employed as one group? My intent would be for the EA-6B to jam enemy radar, the SEAD to suppress the SAM, while the GP's hit the coastal defense bty. Thanks,

View File ExportDLL - GoogleEarth Viewer GoogleEarth.dll interface version 5, for GE 2009.042+ Runs a tiny webserver that serves a kml file to GoogleEarth on port 8183 to the local machine (and elsewhere if you do port forwarding). Installation: Extract ZIP with directories intact to your HC directory, the HCGoogleEarth.dll will end up in an ExportDLLs directory and a GoogleEarth directory will be created with each unit icon separated into its own file. See the Word document in the ZIP file for further instructions. History: 01: 2007/09/28 Initial release that is HCE compatible. 02: 2009/02/10 Updated to be compatible w…

I've been playing Harpoon on my Netbook and while it is playable it can bog down sometimes which I put down to the pretty poor 1.6Ghz Atom processor in my Compaq Netbook. I've been looking at "trading up" to an Acer Travelmate 8371 which has a 1.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor which is slower 1 core v 1 core but dual core is basically 2.8 Ghz, so I was wondering if Harpoon would actually utilise two cores?

Downloaded the demo and took a short look at it. It doesn't feel (or look) like an automatic fit. Think it will take some time to getting to understand how it all works and then how it will play. No doubt a lot different from the wargames I usually play (Combat Mission series by Battlefront). Haven't looked if there is a manual attached to the demo yet, so I don't yet know if I have to find out for myself how to command, steer, attack etc. or that there is additional info in the demo. But in the coming days I must be able to find some time to figure it out ! BTW, is the big difference between Harpoon CE and Harpoon 3 ASW the fact that the former looks a bit bett…

Matrix Games will stop publishing Computer Harpoon no later than April 30, 2025. This action is at the direction of the rights holders of Computer Harpoon. The team at HarpGamer has been dedicated to maintaining and developing Computer Harpoon. However, we do not hold the rights to the game nor to publish the game. As a result, Harpoon Classic/Commander's/Ultimate and Harpoon 3/ANW licenses will no longer be available for purchase. If you would like to buy a copy, visit https://www.matrixgames.com/game/larry-bonds-harpoon-ultimate-edition This ends development of a simulation package first published in December of 1989, 35 years ago as of April, 2025. …

Can I play HCE with the 64 bit version of Vista? I'm a real noob when it comes to dealing with OS's.

Now that you've donated to the Matrix coffers by buying HCE we invite you to help the game move forward by giving of your time and talents. The HC3 development group has many hopes for HCE, far more than we can accomplish alone in our volunteered time so we need help! We are in need of (pretty much in order of need): Instruction manual writers/editors as well as help file editors. The documentation has not kept pace with added features or knowledge gained by players asking questions. Scenario designers/editors willing to work with the existing battleset scenarios fixing victory conditions, orders, and possibly improving the scenarios themselves. Photo search…

Hi everybody, I'm an old Harpoon fan (I must have one of the first CD versions in Italy, I guess) and just a while ago I purchased HCE, willing to refresh my strategic competences :-) Now that I have some time to play again, I would like some enlightenment about the program and its new logic: 1) which is the best fuel efficency altitude for each plane? Is it still the default altitude it starts flying at when is launched? Is there a standard rule about it? 2) what does that "little lightning" symbol sometimes appearing on some of the planes means? 3) why the old air-to-ground attack "launch all and run home" logic is not working anymore? I see the logic is now "launc…

Just wanted to say ahoy to all been harpoon deficient since 93 just got HCE and H3ANW takes a little gettin used to,but i am gettin back in the swing of it...... btw i am not exactly a comp whiz and this is my first forum post anywher soooo....if i ask any daft questions or seem daft caveat empor

Hi all I have Hapoon 97 and have played it for years and love it(crashes every now and then but I set the auto save to every 5 min so I don't loose much which files can I use if any to add scenarios to play I also have Harpoon 3 ANW I just don't like the look compared to 97 is there anything I can do? Thanks

In earlier discussions, we've seen that relative altitudes affect detectability of target groups, as does separation distance and target size. I'm curious whether other factors such as target emissions, target speed, target or detector aspect, relative speed of target and detector, number of units in target (and/or detector) group, and absolute altitude, are figured into all this - and if so, how. We have seen demonstrated that AI targets having their radars on don't necessarily result in detection by player's forces, but we don't know whether the reverse is true. I have tried to set up some tests to see whether most of these other aspects have any effect, but…

Hi All, Playing the first scenario of GIUK 2.0, where I have to escort 2 merchants to Narvik. A flight of 6 floggers comes in...presumably intending to attempt to kill my ships. However the first thing they did was shoot down all 4 of my ASW helos. While this makes good sense I'd foolishly figured they wouldn't waste time trying to shoot down helicopters while in range of ship based SAMs... Regardless of my stupidity on this point...how does one defend against this? Land all your ASW helos as soon as you suspect an enemy flight is coming in? This is very crafty as the very thought of a fighter attack would force me to land all my helos, which is going to put…

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I am currently in the middle of playtesting a rather large and intense scenario in the Med, and the Staff Assistant is making me Very Grumpy. About every ten seconds real time he pops up to tell me that there are enemy aircraft in SAM range, and I really should light up my radars. This can go on for half an hour at a time, and makes playing the game somewhat ... painful ... Even worse, on the rare occasions when I do light up, he doesn't seem to realize it, and keeps popping up to tell me to light up radars that are ALREADY ON! This, I can really live without, because it happens while I am trying to deal with inbound SSMs. Is there any way to make him just STFU, o…

Hi everybody, I'm trying to reinstall my old HC on my new PC, but I don't seem to remember well the steps to have the whole thing working. I installed it by the hcgold_full.exe installer, but now I cannot use the EC2003 default battleset, since I receive the message the the game can only be played by the registered COMMONDB version. I have my serial number and the key Bruce sent me in the old days, but the registration seems ininfluent for the game. I can actually play the other default Battleset. Can someone help me with some advice? My HC version is the 2003.15, Dec 19, 2003 (release) Thank you Francesco Cozzi

Hello! Situation: I have an airfield where are present both ground (and air) attack aircraft and tankers aircraft. The target is over the attack group range so it needs the support of the tankers and this is my question: the tankers should be launched as a part of the attack group, or it better to to launch them before and to station them loitering in a convenient location and make the attack group joining, refueling and splitting from them? Thanks! Roberto