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Hello, have been out for a while. Now I´m back and working on scens. I have a problem with the Orders Write V.2008.0.2.1 It looks like it simply doesn´t create the orders files. No error messages, but there are no files. Any clue? Regards, Ralf

First of 2 bugs found in SE. This one causes the orders menus to become disabled in SE if you clear a course in course editor after issuing attack commands. Repeatable: Always 1. Create a new scenario with a blue base and a red surface or sub group. 2. Activate the group and choose orders > enter course. 3. Enter 1 or 2 legs of the course, then click F1 to bring up the attack menu. 4. Order the group to attack the blue base. 5. Clear the course and close the course order editor, at this point all orders menus will be greyed out and unselectable, even with hot keys. Build 2008.026 Additionally, it seems to disable the menus even if you acce…

HCE - 2008.056 ============== - Chg:0000 GE More internal changes for Unit window efforts. Pass HC window handle to DLL to allow HC to be parent window. Convinced the DLL not to crash the GE when using Application.ProcessMessages to increase DLL responsiveness. - Chg:0000 GE Send all detected units to the UnitWindow DLL, not just the ones visible in the game unit window. Find a new build of the DLL uploaded in a few minutes.

Version .025 - Scenario Editor Error: 1. Create a group and a path with more than 1 waypoint and the 2. Orders2/alternate path and create an alternate path at a waypoint (and give it more than 1 waypoint too) and give it say 65% probability and click OK 3. Select the 65% alternate path entered and click edit 4. Orders2/alternate path and create an alternate path at one of the waypoints and give it say 33% probability. When you click OK to the 33% alternate path you'll then get window asking you to click OK/cancel for the linked prior 65% alternate path (created in #2 above). When you click OK or cancel you'll get an error window and crash to desk top.

I'm use 2010.001 GE. Attached is a test scenario and database necessary to run the scenario. Scenario: Blue (Bainbridge) will launch 8 SSM's (Harpoon IC) at a Red test platform armed with 2x127mm/38 Mk28 mounts (1 bearing Port and 1 bearing Starboard). We're testing: 1. How many shots will Red's mounts fire 2. Which of Red's mounts (if not all) will engage *** Note: I purposely changed the min/max altitude for the Harpoon IC's to LOW/LOW to put them in the engagement envelope of the 127mm/38's. Setup and Run: 1. Select the RED side to play 2. Blue (Bainbridge) will immediately get a visual and fire off all 8 of it's Harpoon IC weapons 3. Speed …

We've had a couple of situations now where Victory Conditions have a ship/sub subtype that is not even in the scenario. I need someone to take charge of the situation and tinker with a database to see what effect changing the subtypes has on scenarios already created with the database. General suggested procedure: Make a scenario, use both type and subtype in various VCs, note the type/subtypes you used in which VCs. Modify the database by editing the lVictoryType table for VCs in your scenario. Modify the database by editing the lPlatformSubTypes table for VCs in your scenario. Check and see if your VCs are still applicable to the platforms in the sc…

Hi Everyone, We had a really good run of testing a little while back and I'm hoping you can all gear up and make a push to verify open release notes items so that we can wrap things up and toss out a patch. There are still some bugs I want to fix but I think we're pretty close feature-wise. Thank you.

2008.065 and 2008.066 release notes. Use the USNI demo... HCE - 2008.066 ============== - Chg:B050 GE Hotkey C does not centre Unit window. Now when c is pressed in the group window with a group selected, the Unit window will center around that group on the Unit window as it did in previousl releases (thanks Herman) http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...&showbug=50 - Chg:B052 GE Arrows keys now work to scroll the Unit window again. (thanks Herman) http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...&showbug=52 - Chg:B049 GE Unit window display corru…

This scenario, 'Worst Case Scenario', is for play by BLUE in the Westpac Battleset. This is a "monster scenario", depicting a war between Russia/China/DPRK vs USA/Japan/ROK/Vietnam across multiple fronts in the Western Pacific. It has over 1,700 aircraft, nearly 50 bases and nearly 100 ships in play. It is PC memory intensive, and labour intensive. It will be a challenge to keep control of all of your units, let alone successfully employ them. But thats half the fun, right? You will need the latest version of the HCDB. Please take this scenario for a spin and let me know if you have problems, issues, thoughts, opinions, whatever. The scenario is NOT read…

Try 2 at the guns only working at their database limited altitude bands. Same tests as 2007.020 1. Test AAA guns in pre-EC2003 battlesets 2. Test AAA guns in EC2003, test for altitude Also you'll see in the zip file a DLL file that wants to go in a directory called ExportDLLs. When you have appropriate DLLs in that folder they will be sent information from the game (to be documented eventually). I'm hoping you can test somewhat with the DLL in place but it will slow the game down and will make a pretty large file datadump.txt in your HC directory so once you get sick of it, rename the dll to datadump1.dll.bak. Naturally if you have crashes and such please …

Okay, with all of the change verification going on we're very close to sending our next patch off to Matrix. While we haven't included a lot of things I'd like to have in this patch, we have done quite a lot and what feedback we've had says to release the patch and move on to the next big set of changes. Today I put together the installer for the patch and it is working well. We do still have a few things to do, some of them you can help with: Anyone - Finish up verifying releasenotes items 2008.044 - http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2998 TonyE - Add the new battleset descriptions for the four new battlesets. Brad wrote them, I have to add…

HCE - 2008.057 ============== - Chg:0000 SE In all previous SE releases when a LR air attack/ferry/patrol was deleted, any repeat event associated with that event was not deleted. In other words until this build it was impossible to fully delete a Long Range air event. The repeat events now show in the orders display for the launching platform. Editing the repeat events may cause problems, only delete them or leave them alone, do not try to edit them. (thanks TonyE) - Chg:0000 SE When using repeating LR air events the repeat interval started …

Today I finally did the March 1, 2008 review of beta testers and we lost five of our members due to insufficient contribution and/or not renewing NDAs with AGSI. Time to recruit your friends and enemies to the effort. Still here (next review 2008/06/01): Akula CV32 TonyE Bret McKee UncleHarpoon RalfKoelbach Divefreak Gopher Stalintc TEPonta wombat1417

I have been tinkering away and sampling various sounds and turning them into something suitable for HCE! And for my efforts I bring you the attached file which contains several brand new sounds for HCE in the form of a Mod. Just backup your sounds folder and spill the contents of this zip into it. This Mod includes: - New jet takeoff sound - New prop takeoff sound - New helicopter takeoff sound - New missile launch sound - New torpedo launch sound - New torpedo hit sound - New explosion\hit sound - New gunfire sound Please give this a whirl and let me know what you think. Also please dont just listen to the sound file, please give me some fe…

HCE - 2009.021 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Updated list of beta testers. - Chg:B092 GE When a surface/sub group is given a stop order, keep it stopped. Previously group speed could be restored to the last known non-zero speed. This was a side effect of the code that returns a group to the ordered speed once units reach their newly assigned formation patrol positions (i.e. group slowed down as a whole after new formation assignments, when the ships got to their new stations, the group would return to the ordered speed). Added code to say tha…

HCE - 2008.042 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Torpedo acquisition range now converted internally from yards to DUs. 3.260943 yards = 1 DU. - Chg:0000 BS WestPac 1.0 orders section 11, "in tact" changed to "intact" (thanks Larry) http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?s...;showtopic=2922 - Chg:0000 PE Changed "LRMTS" flag to "NOE - Nap of the Earth" flag. - Chg:0000 BS Added descriptions for the four new battlesets. (thanks Brad) - Chg:0000 BS Radically changed boundaries of South Atlantic BattleSet to fit Ascension on the map. - Chg:0000 BS Removed sample scenarios from the …

The only changes were to the ExportDLLs, test them if you like, but keep playing anyway

HCE - 2009.022 ============== - Chg:0000 GE When prompted to choose a group to land at, highlight the home base of the first plane in the air group by default if the home base still exists. (thanks Akula and others) - Chg:0099 GE Added debug logging to help track down the occasional problem of not being able to click on the map to select an enemy group for attack. The various messages are... 1) Group YWp clicked outside of select Group dialog 2) Group ZCS clicked inside of select Group dialog 3) Group AGU clicked but not valid for this operation …

HCE - 2011.004 - 2011/04/26 =========================== - Chg:B203 GE Make baka ships, subs, and mobile land units work by killing off the firing platform. (thanks Don Thomas) http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...amp;showbug=203 - Chg:0000 GE First Sensor Export DLL, Visual sensor model. I'd be interested to see some rough benchmarks of speed of the game with and without ExportDLLs\SensorVisualH3.dll in place. In this build if the DLL isn't in place, the built-in Visual sensor model is used (they are identical functionally but I'm wondering about the overhead of calling the DLL).

Since upgrading to .042, I have been unable to run the BS Builder. On the rare occasions that I can get past "Not Responding", I get the attached error message. Also, a shortcut named "DelRes" suddenly appeared in the Harpoon menu group. I'm not sure what that does. Any suggestions, anyone? Buddha