Database Design & Discussion

Hi to all I am new to HPCE, and i would like to know how to instal the new database thank's Ben Quebec

Hi As most of us know is the LRMTS Flag used to represent the capability of a plane to fly nap of earth with out crashing. But LRMTS stand for laser ranging ... not for terain following. But it is possible to rename the field in the PE with out hurting the game... So let us find a smarter name for it!

Hi Brad or Tony I am a long time user and editor of Harpoon games from days 360 of Both types , I just restarted when I purchased HCE about a month ago , I was modifying the HCDB-080122 for my own use, I wanted a database with just a few countries (UK France Germany Italy INT Russia USA Canada and maybe Spain ) after I deleted some entries and tried a scenario it said there are no names for that class ie: I was adding a mobile AD site to a Russian Airbase so I add a different Sam and loaded the scenario and it the game Crashed , my question is are you able to delete platforms you are not going to need ? and another question is there a way like in Harpoon 3 database …

So the general idea as I understand it, is the America's database will allow the ships and the air assets to be fully described for the North, South- and Central American countries. And some of the other 'interested parties' such as UK, Russia, probably China. Is that correct? Is there a way to write a scenario for the new battleset maps like Caribbean, and use the HCDA database, and keep the database and the scenario associated. Or will anybody that wants to run the scenario going to have to swap in the database files like what was described on the HCDA thread? To make people do the manual file swap, it can be done but not very convenient. I have not yet download…

I was prowling through the HCDB 080406 sensor annex today, and discovered that the APQ-181 radar in the B-2 is shown with a detection probability of only 20%. Is that correct, and if so, why? Thx ...

I set up two new bases in the PE for HCE. EC2003 MED battleset. Both are "RED" Syrian airfields Both are inputted copies of airfields I did in 2002db (where they worked). Longitude and Latitude worked in 2002 version which uses the same map as the HCE version (I assume). Both id #s are in numerical sequence. ID: 53248 and 53249. Prior installation was 53247. The DB was exported as usual. Both DO NOT show up in the Scenario Editor. I've removed and re-entered the bases with the same result. They are logged into the PE but not the SE ?????? Thanks, Steve M

I made a scenario involving the French vs United States on the high seas. They have no trouble finding me and shooting my F-35C's down with great regularity. Yet I never seem to find thier? Rafales. I know it is a good plane, but come on it can't be that good. It even hunts down my F-22's with ease. I love this game. Sorry for the complainning. -Rich

How many different platforms, weapons, installations, etc will the database handle? I went into the PE and made a new missile entry. The scenario editor/game would not accept the new entry, either gave a warning and closing or it wouldn't open. Same thing happened when I created the BCGN USS Colorado class. (Although I created a new OPV class surveillance vessel and a Chinese C-14 missile boat class that have been accepted.) I deleted the new entry and the the editor and game worked. I also went in an deleted a "do not use" JDAM bomb (ordinance) figuring that I had simply too many weapons. I replaced the deleted ordinance with a "RATTLR" hypersonic land attack…

In HCDB 080406, I note that the RF-5S Tigereye from Singapore seems to have the loadouts for an attack aircraft, rather than a recon bird. As I was hoping to use it as a stand-in for South Korea's RF-5, which is not in the DB, in a Second Korean War scenario, I was wondering if it might be given a recon loadout, as well or instead? Thank ye ...

I am doing some platform editing and i need info in the f-14 upgrade that was proposed by grumman In the same vein i would like to know how i can copy individual items from one db to another easily without having to print them each time. And when will the upgrades for the PE and SE will be coming out ?

Are these the launch parameters or are they the altitudes the weapon travels at? I'm asking because I'm having trouble understanding why a AGM-84E SLAM can only be launched at VLOW altitude...when I've seen footage of them being launched at atleast High.

Please make all your Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Americas Database (HCDA) requests for new platforms, changes to existing platforms, fixes and updates in this thread. It is much easier for me to track requests and changes if they are in one place. To recap HCDA design philosophy: The platforms (ships, submarines, aircraft, installations, and weapon systems) contained in the HCDA will cover (generally speaking) the 1980-2015 era, but this is not a hard and fast rule, and there are some exceptions. Like any database, the HCDA is always a "work in progress". There will be always be errors, typographical or otherwise, to some degree, so please be patient and…

If I wanted to have multiple databases, how would I go about doing it. For example; I want a separate database for each of the battlesets, including the new battlesets like the South Atlantic. How would I go about creating said databases and then integrating them into the game without screwing anything up? This would allow me to add installations and additional ship/aircraft/weapon platforms for different time periods. I am concerned that there aren't enough slots left in the current database to do this. Any help would be appreciated. If the topic has already been raised, please send me to the correct posting. Steven M

Sorry folks I sent this question to the wrong forum. I downloaded add-on 080401 and incorperated it into my data base and did not find the new platforms. my path is Matrixgames\HCE\BattlesetBuilder. What is the currect path and proceedure? Thanks -Richard

What is the Database number that has DDG-1000 in it? Is there a database with the A-6F Intruder2 or the A-12 Avenger2 or the Arsenal Ship in it?

Would you consider adding the Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov? I found this on Janes and several other sources: 4500 tonnes 132m armament will include: 8 SS-N-26 SA-N-7 Uragon VLS (I assume similar to SA-17) 1 Kashtan Medvedka 2 SS-N-29 VLS 130mm A-192 Also, after reading Janes and then doing some quick research online I found a few bits of interesting info that is slightly different from the current DB. For Yaseni, most sources I read have 24 missiles (8 launchers with 3 missiles each) which will be a combo of cruise missiles and SS-N-26. Also, all the sources I find has Aster 30 range of approx 100km. For Steregushchiy, everything I can find says that the…

I put the Zumwalt through a few tests to check her sea legs using HCDB-080326 which generated a few observations: o Why a max cruise speed of 18 kts instead of 19 kts? Is this associated with her drive-type? o Why are the 155mm/62 AGS LRLAP rounds modeled as missiles? o Why does the 57mm/70 Mk110 ppq mount have 16 bursts but the 57mm/70 M110 ssq mount have 255 bursts? o The game allows me to use gunfire against a target for which I had a bearing-only, area detection (using sonar). I did not hit while the detection box was big but did when it became near-exact. o She's very stealthy. Thanks, Brad! DN

I notice that both the RQ-4A Global Hawk Block 10 and the RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 20 seem to have exactly the same range listed in the "weapons" display, even though the Block 20 is supposed to have rather greater range, and claims to have 14,000 nm range (vs 12,500 for the Block 10) on the "Unit Display" popup. Is this proper?

I'm looking for technical info (for HCE database) on the Argentine supply ship/freighter ARA Isla de los Estados, which was sunk by HMS Alacrity during the 1982 Falklands war. Anyone know of a source, please let me know. Thanks.

I'm tinkering with the platform editor at the moment and have a few questions about the way fuel consumption works. As I understand it you set the range for particular loadouts. So what is the significance of the range figure in the aircraft description form. Is that just for reference? Also what is the significance of the fuel entry? Surely the fuel consumption etc. is modelled simply as range? Thanks Paragon