Scenario Design & Discussion

Tindal Tallyho View File 170909 Scenario Background: In August 2023 it was announced that RAAF Tindal would be upgraded to host USAF B-52 bombers. In this scenario, which is aimed to be the first in a series, RAAF Tindal hosts not just the USAF B-52 but also thier long range IFR tankers, F/A-18 tankers, F22 fighters and F15 attack aircraft supported by RAAF AEW and maritime patrol and F/A18 and F-35 attack/fighter units. A small RAN surface group is present to patrol close in waters to the north. The principal task is to provide anti shipping patrols over the numerous seas between Australia and China. Some Chinese air defens…

Toolbox exercise View File A very simple scenario allowing use of exportDLL "Toolbox" (obtained from the downloads - tools/mods/... section) to practice your skills in using IFR tankers to extend the range of air groups. A couple of few simple targets at long range from your airbases make it essential to use tanker supported strike groups. Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 07/11/2021 Category WestPac  

ToolBox Walk Through scenarios View File Toolbox is an add-on style program that runs within Harpoon Classic to provide extra function and information. This is a collection of three basic (low action) scenario that illustrate the various functions of the main Toolbox features. Toolbox can be downloaded from the HarpGamer forum download section - tools. Many thanks to TonyE for the continued development of the powerful export.dll structures that allow toolbox to operate. Use Database HCDB2 170909 and Westpac Battleset. Submitter donaldseadog …

View File Transit This is a revamp of an old scenario played in the Westpac Battleset using HCDB data base with operations revolving around a small surface group comprising RAN helicopter carrier Canberra transiting from north of Australia thru to Singapore. Air assets are available from Australia and Singapore and need to be used along with Canberra's helos to seek out and destroy hostile installations. Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 03/31/2021 Category WestPac

File Name: transit2 File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 11 Feb 2010 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCDB-091024 Authors: Don Thomas Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Provide cover for the transit of a small convoy from north of Australia through the restricted sea lanes to Singapore. A 'small' scenario designed to be played at a fast time compression. Aircraft recon and suppression is key operation (or loss of ships). Well planned use of aero-tankers a must. Watch the mines and the long range land based anti shipping missiles. Don Thomas Click here to download this file

File Name: When Shove Comes to Punch (Part 2 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Updated: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea War (Part 2 of 5) The Philippines are in an uproar over the destruction of their naval task group by the PLAN. Questions are being asked as to what the true mission of the task group was and the circumstances surrounding its destruction. The President of the Philippines has stated that the task group was sent to protect its fishing fleet and the attack was unprovoked. The Philippine government has filed a formal protest. Meanwhile, the PRC is seizing this opportunity to "flex its muscles" and to …

World War III View File Chaos is rampant in the Pacific. Japan and Russia are engaged over a large find of oil reserves at Sakhalin Island. China must crush Hong Kong secessionists who have declared their independence; failure is not an option as Taiwan and others would surely follow suit. North Korean brinksmanship is at a new peak. DPRK forces are massed at the border and threatening to invade the ROK unless Pyongyang is granted an impossible package of economic concessions. In short, every hot spot in the region is about to boil over! (Released March 2005). Submitter CV32 …

View File WW2 Battle of Coral Sea (Alternative) In WW2 to strengthen their defensive position in the South Pacific, the Japanese decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby (in New Guinea) and Tulagi (in the southeastern Solomon Islands). The plan, Operation MO, involved several major units of Japan's Combined Fleet. Two fleet carriers and a light carrier were assigned to provide air cover for the invasion forces. The U.S. learned of the Japanese plan through signals intelligence and sent two U.S. Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-American cruiser force to oppose the offensive. On 3-4 May, Japanese forces invaded and occupied …

File Name: WWII skirmish File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 10 Aug 2009 File Updated: 11 Aug 2009 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCWW-090805 Authors: don thomas Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Something to start playing with the great WWs database, not included in this download, get the latest HCWW from the database downloads. If you're new to changing databases read the instructions attached to that download to ensure you don't loose your standard database. In this scenario two conflicts are taking place on either side of Australia, one above (what I guess is ) the Coral Sea, one in the east indian ocean approaching Perth. There may be som…

hi all i'm seeking advice on how to do a particular scenario. the scenario i want to do is replicate (to a point) the movie Firefox, with Clint Eastwood. You, a secret agent have to steal the latest Russian superplane. I'm using the GIUK map, and have put in nearly all Russian, Czech, Romanian and Polish airfields. I've also put in 2 blue airfields, one in south-east Romania, and one in Greenland. The mission will be to get the superplane from Romania to Greenland without being destroyed (roughly 2500nm). Between you and Greenland will be the entire defence force of those countries. My problem is on the selection of the aircraft. I originally …

Attached is a scenario I created. Been playing Harpoon for years, back to 360Pacific and finally decided it cannot be hard to create good scenarios. I think this is a challenge, please take a run and let me know. RAS Crete.zip

Hi everbody....got some questions about scen design.....premis is japan has fallen to red forces Tokyo,Hamamatsu have approx 300 aircrat ea 12 sam btys 4 other red airbases same 2 btlle grps (cv/bcgn)20SSGN 20SSN in pacific. Blue forces are 4 Cvn Ed lasner 20 CG/DDG/FFG/AOE Guam/Shemya 130 aircraft ea approx question 1 will ai form its own attacks/movement orders for Aircraft/Subs/Ships or must they all be scripted? Q2 will ai use EW assets intellegently or must they be scripted? Q3 all red bases have 10aew 10-20 ew/recn ac is this enough? Q4 all reb bases have total 20ac on cap (su-35/mig-31) enough? Q5 will friendly asw patrols actually use dipping sonar?sprint an…

Been having a lot of rain lately, so here's three new HCCE scenarios for you to try ... Third Idea (Westpac battleset) Negative sentiments flowing from Japan's role in the Second World War continue to run deep in Asia, even six decades later. This remains especially true in China. Nevertheless Beijing tooks steps to rein in vehement anti-Japanese rallies in Spring 2005, ostensibly with the intention of protecting its own internal stability. And yet there was a deeper strategy at work. A newly revitalized relationship between Russia and the PRC, on both economic and defence levels, resulted in a joint plan to seize a commanding position in the Asian sphere of influ…

A flurry of new scenarios (rather than snow) in the dead of winter is a great thing to see. Thanks, folks.

Greetings everyone, I just completed my 3rd attempt at Fortress Keflavik scenario. The simulation gave me the opportunity for victory after achieving the minimum conditions, but I decided to try and sink all Red force surface vessles. Mission accomplished. Does this make me some sort of scoundrel? For those of you who have played this particular battle, have you found a way to compeltely anihalate and sink ALL Red Force vessles, surface and sub? Also were you able to do any damage to the Red Force airfields? I sank all the Red Surface forces, and 2 subs at a cost of 10 aircraft. Any ideas or suggestions?

Hi all, I saw this article today and it spurred some interest: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=626...c=SEA&s=TOP Combined with the news about the Varyag almost reaching completion and US talks about selling or updating Taiwan's F-16's, I think there are some cool possibilities for scenarios here. 1. Growing escalations have led to increased US deployment before crisis. A more balanced scenario with the US having 2 CVBGs, increased air power from Kadena and Andersen, and subs already in position in the Strait and near key Chinese strategic areas. Objective would be to eliminate Chinese air and missile bases. 2. Surprise. US CVBG is out of p…

Has anyone ever seen the Red side AI use the Oscars against the airfields? Just a few shipwrecks sent the right way and you get all those Orions and Nimrods out of the way.

Came across this error tonight. Get Annex Error: Annex_shift(53311[0xd03f])=13, annex=14 This essage has been logged. The program will now reminate. Any ideas? Thanks,

Get Your Goat A new HCCE scenario for EC2003 Mediterranean Battleset (RED side) Relations between Spain and Morocco deteriorated after the departure of the Socialist government in Madrid, re-opening numerous old wounds. A brief but anxious confrontation in July 2002 had failed to resolve a longstanding quarrel over certain disputed territories in the Strait of Gibraltar, principally among them Leila (called Isla Perejil in Spain), Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco now claimed sovereignty over all three areas, declaring that Spain should be satisfied enough with its claim to the Canary Islands. In reply, Spain has renewed a permanent military presence at Ceuta that had not e…

I am having a problem getting homemade scenarios to work. So last night I reinstalled HCE and copied the original-original .mdb and .res files for safe keeping. Went into PlatEdit-Import DB-and changed the AA denfenses for Kef-Red and added a blue airbase in Greenland (an overwrite) using the basic, provided DB - Export DB. All OK, I can pull up the saved data in PlatEdit and can create a scenorio with ScenEdit using the new bases. BUT I can not load it to play. I get this message "GetAnnex Error-ADDIDToList Error: expected a disk ID, got 0 (0x0). this message has been logged. The program will now terminate". HELP!