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HCE - 2008.037 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Fix bug in 2008.036 mouse click depth that wasn't taking into account when a group was being clicked (doh!)(thanks Brad) - Chg:0000 SE When mouse is clicked and shows distance on status bar, show water depth. Only for Group window at present. HCE - 2008.036 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Move the unit/group icon graphic out of Harpoon32.dll and into the Graphics subdirectory of the game. - Chg:2021 GE Tentative fix to non-air groups being asked to fire AAMs at air groups. The situation is a surface group with fighters in formatio…

I'll start releasing them again once the existing untested release notes items are resolved so please take care of them, only a couple of them require much thought and effort.

HCE - 2008.021 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Updated credits - Chg:0000 GE Made range rings into range ellipses (see WestPac). - Chg:0000 BB Allow the user to continue working after trying to make a BattleSet with illegal lat/lon (thanks Akula) Brad tested the scenario converter and it worked fine in his attempts. You'll find the range rings sometimes distort (usually with really large ranges), that's just the way it will be for now. 2008.021 has been passed on to AGSI for submission to Matrix for public testing.

Well, going thru the posts this has been a pretty poor 3 month period for activity on the beta testing front. Lucky for you I did this preliminary review tonight so those of you needing to contribute more still have two weeks to do so. There are many release note items yet to be verified, the Pipe Dreams always need attention (I think of those as the low hanging fruit). There are items in the Bug Tracker that haven't even been verified, plenty to do, and plenty of time to do it... Current as of: 2008/11/12 People who get to stay anyway: Akula Bretm - Bret McKee CV32 TonyE UncleHarpoon Testers who have contributed enough: Divefreak - Rene TEPonta - Bu…

The focus of 2007.011 was fixing the attack type dialog where you choose Missile, Torpedo, or Guns attack. Please Test: 1. Make sure the dialog is consistent for you. a. i.e. Missile attack doesn't include torps, torp attack doesn't include missiles, etc. 2. Make sure ASROC type weapons work (torps in missiles) a. From player side b. From AI side 3. Make sure Subs can attack ships (from player and AI sides) a. With missiles b. With torpedoes 4. See if AI ships will torpedo Player ships (Rene verified this to be non functioning) a. Probably requires DB customization. Related Mantis Entries: http://www.harpoon5.com/m…

I just DL'd ansd installed 2008.021, and when I load the game the old opening sequence seems to be gone. By that I mean, I'm not presented with any Battleset or Scenario menus, it just goes straight to a scenario, seemingly at random. To load a specific Battleset/Scenario, read the Orders, etc. it is necessary to allow the random scenario to load and then select File - New from the pulldown menu. At this point I can select a Battleset, Scenario, read the Orders and select game options. Hardly a disaster by any means, but a little inconvemient. Buddha

It would be helpful to add the name of the battleset used in the test scenario as part of the general information. I don't have the suffix letters memorized and it would be easier than scrolling through the battlesets to find which it belongs to.

HCE - 2010.010 - 2010/10/29 =========================== - Chg:0000 GE Alt-t really will cycle between showing no paths, path for the current group (if side of group window perspective), and all groups that are the same side as the group window perspective. - Chg:0000 GE Got rid of an array overflow in GroupWndProc caused by curWind getting set to 4 since the GroupWin[curWind].hwnd value hadn't been assigned. In practical terms this means saved game creation and loading will work but any saves made in 2010.007- 2010.009 will be unuseable. (thanks JMS) - Chg:0000 GE …

HCE - 2008.022 ============== - Chg:0000 SE Bret made the changes to allow opening of scenario files that are larger than 64kB!

HCE - 2009.027 ============== - Chg:0106 GE Implementing a new eff115 (Autonomous Sensor Intelligence) that determines when the AI should turn on active sensors and when to prompt the player to do the same. Added a new log type option to the command line for this, emcon_ai . Also added a new command line option to switch back to a fixed version of the old eff115 that will properly notice if a group's radars are already on. The option is -e i.e. c:\games\HCE\Winharp32.exe -e would revert to the fixed old eff115 that is much more apt …

The focus of 2007.012 was allowing the use of battlesets created with the BSBuilder. Please Test: 1. Using BSBuilder battlesets with the GE and SE. a. Textured maps should not be used as you'll see when you try.

The focus of 2007.014 was the Base Add dialog. The goal is for it to remember the side and position of last base added, until you exit the base add dialog Related Mantis Entries: http://www.harpoon5.com/mantis/view.php?id=1920

Suddenly, whenever I try to run any scenarios from any of the EC2003 or WestPac BS's, I get the attached error before the game can load. The SE doesn't seem to be effected at all, nor do any of the other BS's. Any advice anyone? Thanx: Buddha

Thread for things that are wrong enough in 2008.021 that they need to get fixed ASAP. Add you own thoughts please, and only things you think have to be done before the patch reaches the masses: Must Fix: Crash - Open HDSK 9.0 select group AGS, go into Formation Editor, click on the Burke Flight II, game crashes, buffer overflow. Found by CV32; Fixed in 2008.023 Questionable if need to fix: Each sound only plays once per session due to big huge sound files. Fixed in 2008.023 EC2000 battlesets always show IOPG mini-map in battleset selection screen.

The Beta site lists a new DL for HCCE 2007.000 released today, but I keep getting "404:Not Found". Am I doing something wrong here? Buddha

I have been working away on the icons since the gift of 2008.037 and I intend to release a mod for the playerbase based on this when the next full patch is released to them. This is ongoing work at the moment and I would appreciate any feedback on how you think they look, and whether they screw up at all for you! Please extract the .bmp file in this .zip file to your graphics folder and make sure you have backed up your original copy. Stalintc_Icon_Mod_V1.2.zip

HCE - 2008.047 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Game Options - Added separate map color options for the Unit window. - Chg:0000 GE Game Options - The dialog now enables and disables the textured water option as appropriate per battleset. - Chg:0000 GE Disabled map lat/lon grid lines since they are quite inaccurate.

HCE - 2008.023 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Fixed a buffer overflow in formation editor if a ship had a long class name. Also allowed the displayed information to be longer/complete. - Chg:0000 GE The Red Victory graphic for EC2003+ will now be the same as the pre-EC2003 one (Kirov over a map of Europe+Asia) instead of a US carrier and US flag... - Chg:0000 GE Sized the sound files to be smaller so that they play as they should. So, sounds should now work and play more than once if needed.

I just noticed that Map Grid lies Lines are set to off in .047 and can't be changed. Not sure if this came up before.

HCE - 2009.039 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Fixed a crash bug in EC2000 MEDC 11.0 upon load (it was trying to load an invalid aircraft loadout). if you can load the scenario from each Red and Blue sides and run it for 5 seconds of game time in each case, you can report this as verified.