Database Design & Discussion

For those who are using public beta versions, important note for when you upgrade your game engine! BEFORE you upgrade, note the location of the commondb.res file that you are using. This is especially important if you use the databases from harpgamer or one of your own custom databases. After you install the upgrade, start the game engine and click on the Battlesets button. Re-map the path back to the commondb.res. It should be in the same directory as your game engine. It's a little quirk that is still in the installer system.

Hi, One Question about the way mines are modelt in the dbs. Most mines have a dp of 2 or less. Therefor it is posible to kill a mine with ASW-Weapons. DC for example. Herman models the mines in the PD for H3 with an Dp of 15000. Why not go the same way in HC? I created a test db in wich i changed the dp for mines to 999 and the dp for MCM-Weapons to 999. So a Player needs a lot of ASW-Weapons to kill a mine. And with my MCMforce Scen there´s a nice scen to test this new minemodell in HCE Any comments? Ideas? Regards René

Hi There´s a new HC_Euro_DB out! 9/22/2005 Ground Units added Leopard 1+2, Marder ABC, Gepard, Roland, Mars(MLRS), M109, PZH2000, Bradley IFV,.... Planes: RF-4E, F-104G (Navy Loadout), .... 17/03/2006 Planes added/reworked: Tornado Germany P3-C Germany + many Units new from HCDB Ships added/reworked: Poland: Osa PP ( Projekt 205M) Kaszub Projekt 620) Lublin (Projekt 767) DEBA (PROJECT 716) Notec II (Projekt 207M) Plicia (Projekt 918) Plicia (Projekt 918M) Obuluze PP (Projekt 912) KROGULEC CLASS (PROJECT 206FM) Gen K. Pulaski (FFG-7) Kashin Mod (Projekt 61 MP) Osa I (Projekt 205) Obuluze (Projekt 912M) Bal-Com 10 …

I have posted a 'blank' database to HarpGamer DB Share area. The database has a bare minimum of sample platforms, weapons, and such to make the platform editor, scenario editor, and game engine happy to use the file. As it is a blank database, the battleset scenarios that come with HC will not operate when using this database, only scenarios crafted with whatever database you create from this blank slate will operate correctly. Have fun, design away http://www.harpgamer.com/HARP_dbpage.htm

Is there a Battleset and database available anywhere for Classic 2002 - World War II? Thanks Keith

I would like to know how to change or add a picture to a unit file. I would love to add realistic jpg's to my units. Is this possible? Somebody please tell me how. Thanks Keith

We found out with the last couple of HCDB potential releases that the country names were not being imported correctly by the PE (Platform Editor). There is no problem exporting from the PE, just importing. The import does not error out but rather imports incorrect information for the higher numbered country names (has to do with a 1024 character limit so saying exactly where the problem shows up is difficult as it varies with each DB). For those of you MS Access fans, the import specification called bsStringsImport has a column set to a fixed length of 1024 characters. By modifying the import specification to 4096 characters it becomes more than wide enough to h…

I have a few platforms I've constructed from scratch based on information I have been able to gather, the most complex one being the USS Midway. Whenever a DB update comes out and I install it, my platforms go away and I need to redo them from scratch. Is there some easier, less time consuming way to do this? Thanx;

USCG DEEPWATER specs on new USCG cutters and aircraft. Food for thought for the next HCCE DB

I notice that Kadena AFB on Okinawa is missing from the West Pac battle set. As one of the pillars of the PACAF I hope its' added to the final CE release. I can use a generic AB for it but it's just a matter of principle :>... Is this a function of the platform DB or are bases handled in another way? Thanks!

I didn't dig too deeply into it but I couldn't load Australian Seahawks or Seasprites onto the ANZAC or OHP frigates. Is the size set too large?

Is it possible to model suicide boats in HCCE? Essentially a platform that delivers a short range, high damage attack and then sinks. Both Al Qeda and the Tamil Tigers have used this strategy navally. Could it work?

This is in the weapons database. I found that on all of them while going through the DB today. Is there a reason behind this? Checked Malafon, ASROC w/MK46, etc. Curious as to if this affects whether they work or not. Might explain why mine never seem to hit anything. LOL

OK, I've installed the newest version of the beta, followed the on-site instructions to the letter, and when I try to open anying, the Access DB crashes to desktop. OK, I am using Access 2000. And I did not install the old run-time library, but from the instructions it didn't seem necessary. Anyone have ideas? I can give more info if needed. I am completely stumped on this one.

Brad, Thanks. Nice additions. Just came up with a few ideas for the next version... * SSN 23 Jimmy Carter (after modifications for carrying special ops teams, etc.; see HazeGray for details) * Variant Israeli Dolphin submarine...there are rumors she can carry nuclear-tipped land attack cruise missiles. Why not include a version that does? * Carrier-capable version of the A-4M Skyhawk * My copy of Jane's ('91-'92) says the Super Etendard (France) was capable of carrying nuclear bombs AND the French nuclear standoff missile (separate loadouts) and could also carry Magic AA missiles; might be interesting to the give the French a carrier-based nuclear…

Following the various comments about stealth shoot-downs of AEW birds and other planes, I made up a test scenario and modified some platforms. First I found thru the radar logging that the AEW radars actually do need the LDSD flag, without that flag, radar range is reduced by 50% when detecting any aircraft at an altitude lower than the plane. Brad kindly added the flag to the latest HCDB. Last night I restarted Fred Galano's MedWar scenario and the difference in AEW performance was fantastic. Planes could get close to me but now I could reliably detect even Su-24 aircraft before they could fire on me. Thanks Brad!

When I downloaded and installed HCCE 2005.b09c, I noticed that the installer didn't create a Start Menu shortcut to the Platform Editor. For any users who also noticed this problem, I created a shortcut pointing to the file pfBuild2002.mdb, and it seems to work fine. I hope this helps anyone who has noticed this problem. Tom

Discussions on chat revolving around possible inclusion of generic radars. TPS-43 Use:3D Large:315, Medium:195, Small:126, VSmall: 57, and Stealthy:32 TPS-44 Use:AS Large:162, Medium:100, Small:65, VSmall:29, and Stealthy:16 May be dated as these apparently were employed in Falklands.

Source: P.36 Harpoon Naval Review 2003 by Dave Schuler Notional USMC Battalion Landing Team BLT Adjusted Ground Combat Strength: 22.8893 Broken down into: 3x Rifle Companies (each 27x M16-A2, 9x M16/M203, 9M249, 6x Mk153 SMAW, 6x M240G MMG, 3x M224 60mm Mortar) 1x Weapons Company (8x 81mm Mortar, 8x TOW 2B, 8x Javelin, 6x M2 HMG/6x Mk19) 1x Artillery Battery (6x 155mm (T) Howitzers) 1x Recon Platoon (24x M16-A2, 9x M16/M203, 9x M249, 3x M240G) 1x LAR Company (14x LAV-25, 2x LAV-AT) AAV Company (15x AAV-7A1) Tank Platoon (4x M1A1 MBT)

Brad, I believe that you indicated that most of the new units are now derived from H4.1 paper rules. I hope that this is somewhat the case for the ground units as I would like to request the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigade found on page 37 of Dave Schuler's Harpoon Naval Review 2003. Do you have access to these stats? Can you work with Adjusted Unit Ground Combat Strengths (GCS)? I can list them here if need be and hopefully you can meld them into something workable in the near future. Please let me know. Forever I shall remain, the banned one, Pete