Defect Tracking

Defect Name: Patrol zones centred on wrong position Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: Patrol zones centred on wrong position.sc1 Long Description: Formation patrol zones are centred on different positions and not consistent This can cause major problems when trying to add new air or ship patrols. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Change zone size for formation to 1nm, 2nm, 3nm, 4nm. 2. Re-position ships by ordering them to the same zone they occupied before the ranges were changed Patrol zones centred on wrong position [assigned].gif 3. Run at high compression to allow ships to move to patrol zones …

I found in my current game that somewhere during the game my air patrols for Guam lost their identity and went out of their patrol zones. They lost the number of aircraft that were in the patrol in the Formation Editor. I found the file where the patrols lost place in the formation and started playing from there. I played for awhile saving the game every second. I checked the Formation for Guam and all planes were where they were supposed to be. I turned the Formation Grid off in the Staff options and the patrols lost the number of planes and their patrol area. Whats even stranger, the information was lost in earlier turns that were saved that were never opene…

Defect Name: T-80 indestructible Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-071223 Scenario used: T-80 indestructible.hph Long Description: 4 L-39 Albatros attack a single T-80 unit with a full load of 68mm Rockets and autocannon fire. Several hits are registered, but absolutely no damage is incurred by T-80. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Rockets and cannon fire should be able to at least damage, if not destroy, T-80 Expected behaviour: Rockets and cannon fire should be able to at least damage, if not destroy, T-80 Observed behaviour: T-80 impervious to rockets and cannon fire T_80_indestructible.zip

Defect Name: Cruise at full speed [2005] Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: Love is My Vengeance [EC2003 IOPG] User-built Long Description: Air group BIA is currently cruising at 90kts. This should be Full Speed. Cruise speed should only be 80kts. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Select Air Group BIA. 2. Order BIA to Full Military power at low altitude. Speed remains at 90kts and Throttle setting now shows Military. 3. Now order BIA to Cruise power. Speed drops to 80kts and Throttle setting changes to Cruise. 4. Now order BIA back to Military power. Speed increases to 90kts but Throttle setting remains at…

Defect Name: Missing planes Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB Scenario used: HDS9 - #4 The Devil's Due Long Description: Planes do not appear in selection menu when splitting group. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Select Air group ZLA 2. Group display indicates 12 aircraft. 12 aircraft can also be seen in unit menu. 3. Hit F8 to divide group. 4. Only 4 aircraft appear in the selection window. Expected behaviour: All 12 aircraft should be available for division of group Observed behaviour: Only 4 aircraft are offered for division of group. Missing_planes.zip

Defect Name: Ghost of Scorpio Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-071223 Scenario used: Saved game - Ghost of Scorpio.hpi Long Description: Scorpio ship unit ZC04 does not appear to be susceptible to attack. Two attacks were made against group ZCs with 15+ Harpoon allocated to Scorpio on both occasions. No hits and now the player is unable to select the ship group for attack. This scenario was played before and I *think* that I was able to kill the ship, but I cannot be certain. Sequence to reproduce: 1. ZC04 cannot be attack. Player cannot even launch group against ZCs. 2. Note that the oddly discoloured icon for Scorpio …

I was playing Pac.6 with data base 170909. After getting a couple of hours in to game time I experience game crash to desktop during a save, both manually and autosave, with the save game becoming corrupt and unable to reload. The popup at times would give me GetMemAnnexA Error: !IS_DISK)65535 [oxffff]) = 65536. I began to repeat the process with a game save about a minute before the crashes would occurred repeatedly and attempted save game would not reload as I believed it was corrupted. I then noticed an event the proceeded the save crashes. The AI's helicopters would start crashing due to no intervention of my own mainly in task groups. Once this event took p…

Defect Name: Runway too short for Harrier Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-071223 Scenario used: Runway too short for Harrier.hph Long Description: Beachhead Charlie, AAp, allows some versions of the AV-8 Harrier to land on it yet prevents other Harriers. I think that all Harriers should be the same type of aircraft utilizting the same landing restrictions/requirements. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Attempt to ferry Harriers from ship group AIs to AAp Expected behaviour: All Harriers should have the same landing requirements. Observed behaviour: Harriers have different landing requirements. Runway_too_short_for_Harrier.zi…

During landing of Air Group, AC get locked up and all planes will not land. Group FiA landing at captured base Fuzhou, China (CHa) only will land 4 planes. ! plane will never land in game. The same thing has happened on Carrier Group AEC. Air Groups F1A, IvA, G0A, HXA, AaA, and EtA. This situation occurs if you exceed the # of runways the base or carrier is rated for. I attempted to create the same issue in a small test scenario and wasn't able to duplicate the issue. TonyD and I have both sen this issue. He brought it to my attention. Attached is a saved game 1 second before the air group lands. If any additional saved games are needed…

Defect Name: 253 and 120 planes in a group Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: WW3.SCq Long Description: Huge groups of enemy planes appear even though the planes never existed on the airfield. Groups of 253 and 120 planes appear over an airfield that only originally started out with 90. I suspect that this occurs due to the airfield sustaining damage during the launch sequence. This used to be a problem in pre-HCE versions. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Order TROKA division to bombard Taebukpo-Ri. 2. Repeat gun order every second or so for the next 30 seconds until aircraft groups appear to launc…

Defect Name: Patrol zones do not match positions Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: Patrol zones do not match positions.sc1 Long Description: Graphic circular display in formation editor does not match ship positions. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Change zone size for formation to 1nm, 2nm, 3nm, 4nm. 2. Re-position ships by ordering them to the same zone they occupied before the ranges were changed Patrol zones do not match positions [assigned].gif 3. Run at high compression to allow ships to move to patrol zones 4. Hit Formation editor. Patrol zones do not match positions [actual].gif …

Defect Name: Red group cannot be selected Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-071223 Scenario used: Red group cannot be selected.hph Long Description: Red group ZUs cannot be selected for attack because it has "Ghost Ship" Scorpio as the first unit of the group. Ships within the group can be attacked and destroyed by SSMs on Bearing-On-Launch. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Attempt to launch air strike against ZUs. 2. Group will not appear in the target selection window. Expected behaviour: Group ZUs should be an eligible target for strike creation. Observed behaviour: Group ZUs is ineligible target for strike creation. Re…

Hey TonyE Was playing the Block 2 Mediterranean Scenario and came upon a BOA crash event. Version 2022.006 Scenario Block 2 Battleset Med 2003 DB 15928 Upon launching a group or Growlers with decoy I launched them at a base with the expected results. I also did the same with a group of F18E with slammers with the expected results I then tried to use BOA attacks of which both ordinance I believe are capable of. In both case the believe attached png was the result and upon clicking any button shut down the game. I have attached a test scenario for testing. I simply launched both set of aircrafts to attack red base directly…

I get a couple of different errors when trying to load user scenarios in HCE. GetMemAnnexA Error: !!S_Disk. The message has been logged. The Program will now terminate. or The requested scenario file requires a newer version of the game. This scenario is version 5. This games supports through version 3. Exiting. (game says no updates are available) Any help getting these scenarios to load would be appreciated.

Is this behaviour going to cause any problems when the a/c have more than one type of weapon? i.e. a plane with both ARMs and bombs/AShMs? Will the release of one type cause the a/c to return to base? Conversely, will the non-release of one type (i.e. ARMs) cause the plane to continue even though it should probably RTB once the AShMs are fired?

Defect Name: Suicidal ASW Attacks Build: Basic HCE installation. Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: Not Sure (Westpac from HCE install?) Scenario used: Backyard Long Description: AI sends May ASW aircraft to attack the carrier group. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Load Savegame. 2. Watch as May ASW planes try to attack the carrier formation. Expected behaviour: Not sending ASW planes with very short range weapons to attack a fully stocked carrier group. Observed behaviour: The May ASW planes try to attack the group (no subs in the group either). My guess is the "Sea" rating on the ASW-LR loadout's weapon "USET-95" (range 7.0) is causing the AI to …

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Defect Name: Dead in the water Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: Test scen - Dead in the water.scm Long Description: TF goes dead in the water when HVU sunk. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Launch all 48 Harpoon from P-3 Orions at ZW00 2. When ship is sunk, TF stops moving and will not move for the remainder of the game Expected behaviour: TF should continue movement after HVU sunk Observed behaviour: TF goes dead in the water after HVU sunk Dead_in_the_water.zip

Defect Name: Ineligible target type Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-071223 Scenario used: Ineligible target type.hph Long Description: When ordered to attack a surface group known to contain ships, subs, and aircraft, only subs and aircraft are offered as target types. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Order DOa to attack ZRc. 2. Only Submarine and Aircraft show up as eligible targets Expected behaviour: All three platform types should show up on selection menu Observed behaviour: Only two platform types show up on selection menu Ineligible_target_type.zip

Defect Name: No Standoff attack possible Build: HCE 2007.000 Repeatable: Y Operating System: XP DB used: HCDB-070524 Scenario used: Ambush Long Description: Sub group ordered to attack carrier group. Elects to attack the sub in the group with Stand-off weapon. However, Weapons Allocation window is blank. Sequence to reproduce: 1. Run No Standoff attack possible.hp2 2. Order subgroup ZWU to attack AFC submarines with Stand-Off weapon 3. Weapon allocation menu appears with no eligible weapons Expected behaviour: Eligible weapons should appear for selection or else the window should not be called. Observed behaviour: Allocation screen is blank. No_Stand…