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HarpGamer is now running a H3 ANW 3.10a Server 24/7. HUD3 1.5.0 is the database at the moment, feel free to request a switch to ANWDB. Server (put in resolve name box): eischens.dyndns.org Port: 14342 If the server does appear to crash, chase me down at #harpgamer on irc.stratsims.com or e-mail me at sysop@tgp.net. There is a link to Java IRC client at HarpGamer If you want to see scenarios added/removed/swapped out please e-mail me the scenarios in a single zip file to sysop@tgp.net and I'll make the changes. Make sure to tell me which database the scenarios are for! Tips on getting a successful game: Enable Windows 2000 compatibility mode for Harpo…

Here is a partial list of known 'Bugs' for Harpoon [Advanced Naval Warfare]. Not all the behaviours described below are 'bugs'. Some are simply an explanation of how the game or scenario editor works. Anomalies were reported by many various Harpoon players. If anyone believes that a particular bug has been fixed or is in error, please feel free to notify ughHQ so that this list can be amended. This first message is the list of Current Issues is updated on a regular basis. Please note: This list is not meant as criticism of an excellent and enjoyable game. The sole purpose of this list is to inform players of currently known issues. ONLY BUG/ISSUE POSTS W…

Silent Hunter´s AARs displaying his way through the HC versions are fascinating. I will start a similiar walkthrough, based on the H3 version.

A new beta update is available. http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3217676

I was curious if anyone had thoughts about how to further promote ANW and the HUD-4 database? For example, does anyone have any recommendations of other sites where we could post our scenarios? I have no objection to posting my own in more than one place if it will increase the number of people who can enjoy them. However, most of the other Harpoon sites I know about do not look like they have been updated very recently. Is there anywhere else the HUD-4 itself should be posted? Thoughts? Ideas? Recommendations?

At the request of Ivan Rapkinov, here is a partial list of known 'Bugs' for Harpoon 3. Not all the behaviours described below are 'bugs'. Some are simply an explanation of how the game or scenario editor works. Anomalies were reported by many various players of Harpoon. If anyone believes that a particular bug has been fixed or is in error, please feel free to notify GameSquad so that this list can be amended. Please note: This list is not meant as criticism of an excellent and enjoyable game. The sole purpose of this list is to inform players of currently known issues. EDIT: ONLY BUG/ISSUE POSTS WILL BE ADDED TO THIS THREAD - ANYTHING ELSE WILL BE DELETE…

I have HUCE and installed just the final ANW (3.10 I believe). I installed the update, but when I click on Play, I just get a little error message saying "unknown exception."

Ok, I'm slumming around the harpoon sites and come across the link to buy Harpoon 3 for Mac OS X intel and it's version 3.6.2. I realize it's only community supported but I can't find the community. Is this the right place to start one?

Greetings to all I'm an old Hapooner and I like wargames for a long time, also the Harpoon series, but never in depth. I am a fanatic of naval warfare (one of my first board games was Midway ). I came to this forum after seeing the video series for dummies by ughed and I had tu buy the Ultimate edition with the idea of reviving old battles and I´m sure I took another good time with him. The truth is I am an overhelmed in this moment with a lot of information but I count on your knowledge and my effort to become a connoisseur and lover fo this fantastic wargame. I I would welcome any information that you consider useful to be learned, slowly but surely and steadily…

Please use this thread to express your thoughts and condolences on the passing of a honoured member of our Harpoon community, Darren Buckley of Melbourne, Australia. I don't have much to say, other than it was quite evident to anyone (even if you did not know him beyond the Interwebz) that Darren had a passion for our game that went well beyond the ordinary. His work on the Harpoon Users Database (HUD) was just one example of that. His contributions here will be missed, for sure.

A quick question... Using full realism, once you tell a submarine to go on a mission or plot a course, it submerges and you cannot communicate with it anymore. Is there a mission setting that tells submarines "when you reach point X, please come to periscope depth so you can receive further instructions" or are subs effectively out of your control for the duration of the scenario once you give them a mission? Thanks. Mark

I'm a long-time player of HCE, but I never explored ANW because I ran into operating problems from day 1. At the time, I posted them to the Matrix support desk, but they didn't have even one suggestion. So I'll re-post here what I posted there: Problem 1, This happens in both version 3.10 and 3.63. If the game window is centered, or on the right half, of my desktop, the cursor disappears when I move it over the contents of the window. It will reappear on the other side of the window if I keep moving the mouse. Also, it does work over the blue bar at the top of the window, so I can move the window around on the desktop. If I move the window to the far left…

I just got an original shrink wrapped box with H2 on optical disk, probably CD. It runs only on DOS, so I drug out an old Compaq biz PC, blew the dust off, said a short prayer and fired it up. It's alive! But, running XP, so I installed Windows ME which has a working Virutal DOS mode, and after a bit of tweaking the game runes, but it needs patches, badly.

Guys in v3.9 and above the KC-135 tankers that start at Clark AFB start with 0 fuel and therefore just crash on take-off? I assume this is a bug? Regards Andy

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Am I correct that there isn't much instruction in the manuals for actual game play, just all the warfare theory (which is valuable)? Little problems seem to stop me from playing 'successful' games (IE having fun), my current problem relates to helo ASW game play. I send a helo to attack a sub contact (eg PASON #3 (ASW/ASUW) HUD3 db), it goes so far then hovers outside of the uncertainty area, the unit status window says its 'waiting' but never seems to get a trigger to proceed further. It seems to make no difference as to how I attack, select the helo and use F1, select the sub and use F6, use the mission editor (no shortcut key?), the same result. I can't find any s…

Just curious...is there a way to change the music/video that is played when one wins or loses a scenario?

Greetings All, I just wanted to make everyone aware of an issue that may arise when creating new Battlesets for ANW. The Battleset name field is restricted to 25 character spaces. Exceeding this limit will cause both a corrupted display in the Scenario editor and a crash/freeze when attempting to make use of the editor's Batch Rebuild feature. I've attached a screenshot that, displays the Battleset name field in the BattlesetCreator.exe notated to illustrate the issue. Letters, numbers, symbols and spaces all count toward the 25 character limit. Please beware of this issue as Both Ralf and I have gone through enough hair pulling and gnashing of teeth for every…

A Beta version of the ANW Patch 3.9.0 is now available for those willing to test out experimental software.

Just curious if there was any news about AGSI. Their website, http://www.computerharpoon.com/, simply says "We are having problems with our site ..." but it has been saying that for weeks. Does anyone know anything? Thanks. Mark