Scenario Design & Discussion

View File The Med Sea Sharks, September 27, 2021. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset and the HCDB2-170909 (or later) 1980-2025 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with Advanced Scenario Editor Build 2017.013 and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/Israeli side or from the Red/Algerian side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: Algerian Navy LPD Kalaat Beni Abbes (L-474) on April 2, 2016, a San Giorgio-clas…

Keeping F35-As flying 1600 mile from base You just need to be organised. One of the advanced toolbox functions is control of IFR beyond the standard game functions. Automated rendezvous of AC groups, adjustable refuel amounts to individual units in your desired order, refueling of IFR tankers from other tankers, use of IFR main tank fuel for refueling (and visa versa for extended IFR tanker range), auto stop of game when IFR routines have finished all make complicated air group patrols and strikes less demanding of the players time and concentration.

With the current Russia Ukraine war I decided to step back in Harpoon time to 10 Sep 2014 and take on the CV32 scenario "Eastern Questions" The scenario description: The cease fire has been broken by the hostile actions of the pro Russian separatist rebels in the southeastern parts of Ukraine. Fighting erupted again in the last several hours. The rebels are refusing to abandon their weapons and are laying claim to the self-proclaimed regions of Luhansk Peoples Republic and Donetsk Peoples Republic for themselves. The Russians have meanwhile strongly protested the assertion that they caused the airliner shootdown, describing it as a subversive and disgusting NATO…

Iceland is occupied by Russian forces in 2015. Take it back with a scratch team. BEARB.zip

Italian carrier CVH550 Cavour in Far East. Air group comprises 8xF-35B (2 of Aeronautica Militare/Air Force), 5xAV-8B+, and 2xSH90. https://www.eurasiantimes.com/wacky-combo-of-f-35-stealth-fighters-loaded/ Details of other European escorts: F594 Alpino, F83 Numancia, F713 Aconit (Also in the region P432 Raimondo Montecuccoli ) https://www.analisidifesa.it/2024/06/lit-csg-con-la-portaerei-cavour-salpa-per-la-campagna-operativa-nellindo-pacifico/ Details of other Italian aircraft deployed Far East,total 15: 2xC-130J, 2xKC-767, 1xE-550 CAEW, 4xTyphoon, 4xF-35A (2xF-35B of Aeronautica Militare deployed on Cavour). https://it.insideover.com/difesa/con-lae…

Greetings. Back into Harpoon. Looks like lots of changes since I last engaged. Working to develop a better understanding of scenario engagement planning. Is there a way to view the orders each platform has in a scenario? I found where I can edit orders but not view what they are before I edit the order. For example, a missile base has a series of 5 attack orders. I can edit the target of each order but I cannot tell when the order is to be carried out. Thanks in advance. Geo

KingASW View File What are the future weapons of choice for screening a surface group from enemy surface and submarine attack? Some years back it was thought that the humble naval gun was an antique, but with ever improving missile and area AA defenses new high technology artillery rounds are being studied and developed for both anti surface and subsurface attack. This scenario is is intended to be the benchmark (current equipment) in a series in which some of the weapon types newly developed or being investigated are at you disposal in a large scale exercise between AUKUS members USA (Red side) and combined AU, UK and guest NZ (Blu…

HB4 View File Headbutt #4, 4th in a series, Carrier combat USN vs PLAN. BLUE or RED. Submitter rainman Submitted 04/16/2020 Category WestPac

Operation Veiled Persona, Operation Veiled Temple View File Operation Veiled Persona and Operation Veiled Temple Two renditions of the B. I. Hutchenson HDSIII NACV penultimate, "Air Force 1," except this time the scene is the Med, and The Comrades are on the run. Blue is tasked with...well...blowing stuff up, akin to Red's orders in the aformentioned scenario. Red's task is to survive...and blow stuff up. Specifically, capital cities. Operation Veiled Temple is a retrospective version of Persona, using older platforms whenever they could be sensibly interjected. Easter Egg Warning: One of the possible target…

The release by Matrix of a new HUCE patch (with a very large amount of enhancements) has spurred on some of the Harpgamer crew and we have a new Pacific Islands battleset in the making utalising some of TonyE's tips so as to break the eastern 180 deg boundary and include Hawaii (Pearl Harbour), amongst other locations, and also additional island land-mass in the elevation map. The above pic is a representation of the cover we are looking at with notation illustrating islands that are available. It's yet to be decided but the geogrphical notation might be included in texture map. At present we are considering a couple of strings of scenario sets in different time peri…

Thanks for the excellent tempo of scenario writing lately, guys. broncepulido and rainman in particular. Very much appreciated. Now if I can find some time to actually play ...

View File Hot Fishes in Hot Waters, February 2019. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 IOPG Battleset and the HCDB2-170308 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/Indian side or from the Red/Pakistani side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: INS Chakra (II) S72 (ex Russian Pacific Fleet K-152 Nerpa), a Project 971I/Akula-class nuclear attack submarine, leased from Ru…

Great article and some ideas: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/01/csis-wargame-chinas-invasion-of-taiwan-in-2026/

View File Turkey in the Black Sea Photo: Ada-class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy This scenario can be played with GE version 2022.027 (matrix last release) or newer, Database HCDB2-170909 in Medc 2003 Battleset. While Russia is still busy fighting it's war with Ukraine she has been harassing other countries with aircraft incursions, but Turkey fights back. Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 11/11/2025 Category MEDC  

Just to mention (because I forgot) if you wish to write some scenarios that will run in the latest official patch, don't use the latest beta version Scenario Editor

Malacca Strait Small Incident View File BATTLESET: Southeast Asia (By Divefreak) DATABASE: HCDB2 170909 SCENARIO VERSION 7 requiring GE 2021.009 A simple situation where sealanes have been mined and perpetrators (and the mines) are pursued by local countries co-ordinated by Malay AirForce. Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 06/28/2022 Category Custom  

Hello, I am creating a new scenario and I have the next question? Does an aircraft flies longer if it flies higher? For example, I have an aircraft with... Low level, cruise speed: 300 knots. High level, cruise speed: 400 knots. Does it spend the same level of fuel flying at different speeds so it can flies longer flying at high level?

THis scenario escaped my eye (I was on extended shore leave )

View File Taiwan Blockade Scenario Background: In August 2023 it was announced that RAAF Tindal would be upgraded to host USAF B-52 bombers. The AUKUS agreement from 2021 is to result in RAN obtaining US SSN attack submarines and announced 2023 upgraded maritime patrol aircraft capability will bring upgraded P-8A Poseidon and MQ-4C Triton. Much of the reason for these expenditures are the tension caused by the Peoples Republic of China's policy of reunification with Taiwan (Republic of China) and a desire for an Australian reach into the general South China Sea and Taiwan region. It's june 2024, Australia and Taiwan join to seek…

MEDC 2003 Vengeance Plus View File This is a more demanding remake of the standard scenario one from the MEDC 2003 battleset "Vengeance" In the haste to get underway the US carrier group is short handed, friends of Lybia are nosing around and possibly giving aid. You'll need to plan IFR and carefully utilise your available strike assets. If you've played and mastered the original then this will have a few twists to extend the fun. donaldseadog 21/Dec/2022 Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 12/21/2022 …