Database Design & Discussion

It seems that these answers are pretty well know by many people, so can someone tell me what are the range of ESM, RWR, FLIR, IRST and TCS codes that can be seen in the Aicraft Annex, under the "Flags" field. Thx by advance.

Sea King AEW.7, id.10362 Name his official designation seems to be Sea King Mk7 ASaC but AEW.7 is very common too. Size, from Small to Large MaxAlt: real life ceiling is 4250, so MaxAlt should be High because Medium is up to 3500m, but High is up to 20000m. Pretty higher for an helo, don't u think? So let's keep it at Medium. Range: from 700 to 664 DATA: from 5,0 to 10,0 Pic: id: 240 http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/jansfiles/harpoon/res394.bmp Flags: Blip Enhance? U sure? Alt/Speed: Cruise Speed: from 90 to 112, Mil. speed from 110 to 131 Loadouts: Loadout "Patrol #55768 (664 nm)" updated to match Range and Data corrected values. Sensors: The "Searchwater LAST" (…

Hi, there´s a new db out for HCG2004. It is focused on GIUK/Atlantique Ocean/Mediteranean. IOPG is also supported but only very limited and it is not sure that this theater will be supported in the future. It is a regional DB for the period from around 1975-2005. The db is still in a BETA state! So please feel free to report all errors/wishes/hints/etc to the author (me). Get it here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group...7s%20Scenarios/ Later it might be found on www.harpgamer.com and/or WHQ too! (I hope!) The main difference is the changed philosophy for base structure. All long range weapons (SAM/SSM) will be removed from Habours/Airbases. So a Sc…

Here are the mods i applied on french platforms: PS: sorry for the "telegraphic" spelling, it's late here and i'm tired.

I've a problem with the new DB, when i import it, even with a fresh new install, in the PE editor REV.2003.16b5, it prompt an error "Execution error 3061, not parameters enough, 1 waited". When in chosse "end" ("FIn" in french version), it seems to freeze (waited 35 minutes). What is it and what can i do to resolve it? Thx

Here is a little xls sheet (office 97/2003) created to help loadout designers by converting real life datas into multipliers directly applicable to loadouts. All instructions incorporated. the file is free of know viruses. http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/jansfiles/har...liers_table.zip (3,758 Ko)

Here are the facts: I learned just yesterday that refuel pods are just an interface, between the "tanker" and the "client", that allow to ransfer the fuel contained in the tanker fuel tanks to the client. Before yesterday, i was conviced that refuel store just transfered the fuel that it contain, nothing more. So, since i know this fact, i'm asking myself if, in Tanker configuration, drop tanks shouldn't be considered as "fuel store" only for "clients", not for the tanker, since, AFAIK, it's almost impossible into Harpoon (any version) to have an accurate fuel store management. (basically sahring fuel between tanker and "clients" and update the tanker's radius)…

Here are the modifications i applied to "my" DB (in fact, HCDB-050124 on my HDD). I verified sources, at least, twice, most figures comes from Jane's publications, H4 or real life professionnams working with this plane. U can see the loadouts i designed for my own usage here, feel free to use it They are based from real life rafale's validation videos, pilots indications and Jane's publications. I used the rule i exposed on this forum (loadout multipliers) to match as close as possible the effects on range and DATA that specific loadouts can have. http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/jansfiles/har..._C_loadouts.htm http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/jansfiles/har.…

Access the "DB Share" navigation button, at HarpGamer.com While it still has a single active link to the current HCDB commondb.res (in .zip format), the new section includes reserved slots for future efforts from the members of this group. There are also instructions on what to do if you have a db you'd like to share with the community, so have a look, and if you need the current HCDB, please grab it there.

What is exactly "area" ECM? because, AFAIK, Type-D, FLIR and Laser (Sub-Type) pods aren't functionnal at all. In fact, what is a "Type-D" pod? About "sensor flags" in the aircraft annex, FLIR allow to detect ships but not planes and IRST detect aircrafts not ships, isn't the opposed IRL? Thx, Jan

AFAIK, at this time, loadouts designed for HC are issued from H4 forms or designed by DB... designer. AFAIK again, there aren't fixed rules about designing, at least, about range and DATA determination. If AFAIDK, there are rulles, the following wouldn't be usefull at all, but, please, let me thrust that the time i took to design it isn't wasted for nothing. What i suggest it to determine fixed multipliers that will influence DATA and range based on real life values and H4 rules. So i took the "Performance effects for Turbofans and Turbojets at cruise" issued in the rules book and adapted it. Here is what it gives: % of Max Payload Carried | Range/DATA…

Hi guys, after a "Very educational night" along Rook and HermanH, i'm thinking more and more about "specialized" databases, let's call them "thematics" databases, as they'll be intended to be exhaustive on a determined geographic area (Europe,Pacific,IO), timeline (Cold's war end '89-'91, Lebanon,...) or a fictional background (WWIII, United States of Europe,...). Why several databases rather than a big one? Because databases have their technical limitations and an only one database can't be exhaustive without being far bigger than actual limits allow. So, thematics DBs will alow to be exhaustive on platforms thanks to clear spatio-temporal limits. How can i (pl…