Database Design & Discussion

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Is there an up to date (or nearly so) database for PLAN and PLAAF platforms/weapons? Thanks, Byron

Very interesting and detailed article(s) and web site: https://www.navylookout.com/the-all-rounder-the-30mm-automated-small-calibre-gun-in-focus/

Divefreak has requested an increase to the number of runway sizes in the DB structure and perhaps more importantly to actually include them in the import/export process so that they flow from the PE to the commondb.res and back. This is not a trivial change in terms of level of effort but it is a similar pattern to what we have done in the last couple of months with increasing the number of country names and aircraft types. Level of programming effort for the PE <-> commondb.res changes: ~20 hours Level of programming effort to modify the game logic to understand and use more runway sizes: TBD (research will take ~1 hour) To put the pro…

Question: If you install this Database does it screw anything else up (Other Databases) or you can switch back and forth. I know it stalls a new Common file, what does that affect? Thanks

Perhaps of interest, Turkish Weapons Catalog 2019/1: https://www.ssb.gov.tr/urunkatalog/en/403/

I just fired up the old HCE after many years and noticed that a lot of the unit pictures are missing. First I thought I'd ask how to replace/add them, but perhaps a patch fixes the issue? I looked up and apparently my version is 2009.043.... Where are the patches? I see 2017 is mentioned on the forums. Additionally are there any scenario sites alive apart from this one? I stumble over a lot of dead sites/links out there, and even a lot of the harpgamer links are dead.

Chinese Type 055 destroyer and Type 075 LHD Royal New Zealand Navy ANZAC class frigates with the 2017 Frigate Service Upgrade Thanks!

I was wondering if there was a way to find out how many weapons were left in each individual magazine. Just have a total # of each weapons left would be good too. I have included an excel spreadsheet with an idea of what I would like to see, If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks, Eric Weapons Remaining.xlsx

Legacy standoff ASW weapons, like ASROC, relied purely on inertial guidance to put them on the target's last known position prior to launch. If the target was maneuvering, or moving rapidly, there could potentially be a largish discrepancy between its current position and the splashdown point of the torpedo. That said, some modern standoff ASW weapons, like the French/Italian MILAS, for example, are capable of receiving target updates from the parent ship, so that their terminal accuracy is considerably improved. How do we accommodate both possibilities?

HI , i m new , excuse me if the question has been asked before , i looked at several pages and did not find it. is there a place where we can find images for the HCWW Database units ? Thank you ! (I M SORRY I AM TALKING ABOUT WW2 (HCWW) , not HCCW as my title mentions. i made a mistake in the title)

File Name: HCDB2-170909 (1980-2025) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 04 Dec 2016 File Category: Databases HCDB2-170909 This is the latest release version of the HCDB2 database for Harpoon Commander's Edition. This version replaces the previous iteration, HCDB2-170714. The legacy HCE Battleset scenarios will NOT function with this database installed. The HCDB2 will adhere to a policy of adding platforms but not deleting to retain backwards compatibility with all HCDB2 scenarios. There will be a period of time - while the HCDB2 structure is being finalized - where the above policy may be suspended. Unzip this file into your HCE main directory. It will o…

Reading this very interesting USNI article, I was thinking in something similar to this for a new damage point calculation based in the named "Navy’s Survivability Instruction 9070.1A are taken into account in designing U.S. Navy surface ships to three survivability standards", affecting mostly auxiliary and low-value ships (analogy can be applied to other navies/ships), as for me many civilian/merchant ships (also in other time periods) receive too many damage/hit points: Level 3: CVN, CG, DDG (and decommisioned BB, CV, CVN, CG/CGN, DD/DDG, FF/FFG?). I think this Level 3 can keep 100% hit points derived from her standard displacement, as usual (previously to constru…

Hello, I copied the Melbourne to create the Bonaventure for Canada. I did not make any adjustments that I remember other than the country and the names. Attached pic of error for review. Thanks, Dale

Who can help narrow down the issue GKM is seeing? http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/tracker/issue-144-platform-annex-mount-annex/

DB Authors please read through: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/tracker/issue-134-problem-naming-individual-ships/?gopid=641&do=findComment&comment=641 It boils down to a suggestion that you add new ship and submarine names to the end of the list of names for the class so that scenarios built with an older version of your database will show the correct names when played with a newer version of the DB.

As discussed in the other thread, I am toying with the idea of a new, revamped HCDB that would look to fully exploit the new increased entry limits in the DB annexes. This new version of HCDB would depart from the stock scenarios supplied with the sim and from all scenarios created with the DB up to the point of departure. The old version of HCDB (1980-2015) would be maintained in place to preserve compatibility with those older scenarios. Goals for the new HCDB would include: * a focus on the post Cold War period (post 1991) * getting rid of the large amount of duplication in the Installations annex (no longer necessary now that we can rename units an…

I'm about to upgrade the PE format from Access 97 to Access 2003 (so that it can be opened with Access 2003-2016 instead of the current Access 97 - 2010). Does anyone have big complaints about this? For those hanging on to Office 97 and 2000 you should be able to install a newer MS Access runtime (*free).

I'm having a problem with a new Mk41 VSL mount. I'll add the missiles I want add the mount to the ship the export the DB to the game but when I look at the ship it will say I have 17x 40mm Bofor cannon on that mount. I go back and check the DB and it is as I built it. I imported an older DB looked at my mounts and Is is it has changed to the 40mm Bofors load out. Someing happens when I export the DM. I've tried changing things around but always ended up with the same result. I don't think I broke any rule as I modeled my mount after other Mk41 VLSs I've seen in the DB. Anyone have a idea how to fix this?

I haven't play for a couple of years and I have forgotten how to start the HCE Platform Editor... Can anybody help me? Harpoon Ultimate Commanders Edition v2009.097 + Windows Vista + MS Access 2007 Thanks a lot.