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After designing my own scenerio with an Ohio class sub and starting the game (ANW V 3.10 HUD 3 DB) my sub turns blue and disappears. Some missiles after being fired also turn blue and vanish. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve

File Name: BattlesetCreator.zip File Submitter: HUD3 File Submitted: 30 May 2011 File Category: Tools/Docs Authors: Jan-Paul Köster/Darren Buckley This file contains the Harpoon 2/Harpoon 3 ANW BattlesetCreator.exe program, used to create new Battlesets for use in the game. There is also a usage rights statement and short "how to use" description of instructions included in the file. Cheers Darren Click here to download this file

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…

In a rather hectic moment I torpedoed a 'neutral' whale by mistake (it was a 'yellow' unidentified solid contact running from me at about 18 kts while I was 2 mile off his tail having been tracking him at 5 kts for about 20 mins). I expected to get put through the ringer during debrief but got a "you fired at an unidentified contact but it turned out to be enemy-good call" verdict. Some one sure must like whale meat Don

Is there a way to determine if enemy radar is active straight from the screen (IE without selecting the units one by one and looking in the detail tab)? In particular I'm in Ralf's Pason wings of steel (#4?) and have considerable problem dealing with HARM attacks. Planes inevitable fly in without loosing off weapons but instead get shot down at about 30 mile from target (which I assume means that some ones radar is working). (Currently using 3.9.4 from UE package.) Don

Hey im new n just downloaded Harpoon 3 ANW, but i have a problem. I downloaded it n got it but i dont have a serial for it soo if somebody kan point me in the rite direction for the serial generator or kan loan me one i dont knw!!! i just want to play a great looking game lik this!!!!

Time to show my ignorance of ANW again I guess. I'm trying to get a handle on launching helo's loaded with troops to take over other enemy units. I can create a mission to have a CH-46 loaded with troops launch and sieze an ammo dump, but the same helo flat out will not do the same to a merchant ship off the coast at roughly the same distance. The helo shows as being assigned to the mission, but never launches. If I launch it first and make the assignment while it is loitering, it again seems to accept the order, but never goes anywhere. What am I doing wrong here? Thanx, Buddha

I'm interested in comments from H3/ANW old hands regarding the different versions of the game that are in the ultimate edition relesae. One item that might be a hiderance to me is my RAM, 1/2 gig including onboard video. 3.6.3 seems to play more smoothly than ANW [3.10.1 update?] and it handles automated ASW work better (my observation open to user error). ANW certainly has a few nice extra bits but I'm looking for what will play the game best. Recent custom scenarios look far more interesting to me than the old built in ones (and I need up dated databases to run them but haven't yet managed to effect this in 3.6.3), how would this effect version choice? Are there any…

I don't think it's mentioned often enough just what a great bunch of members we have in this group. A week or so ago, I upgraded to the Ultimate Edition, and completely lost the SE. Within a day, Tony had me back up and running again. This morning, I was attempting to do DB update in ANW, and bolluxed things up to the point I couldn't load a scenario. This time it Was Ralf who saved me from what I thought would be a complete reinstall. I heard back from him with a solution in less than 2 hours. Try getting action like that, (gratis no less), from Microsoft sometime. Thanx to all, Buddha

I'm frequently having a situation where I have done significant damage to some members of a task group and I "K" them (denote probable kill) so that auto or blanket attacks use resources to more benefit but then when I get the others hosed down sufficiently I don't seem to be able to undo the "K" tag in order to finish them off. I suppose being a good humanitarian I should leave them in their toothless but living state, however the victory conditions don't seem to share this view. Is there a way to undo the "K" command (I can't find any in the manuals), do people think that the "K" command is to be avoided? Interested to hear experienced opinions. Don

I recently got the ultimate package (thanx to Tony and Don for that), and I've been going through the tutorials to get up to speed on the H3 game and play it. My problem is that in the sub warfare lesson, I flat out can't get my sub to launch a missile. Plenty of torpedoes available, but no SSM's. I've tried all depth, speed, ane headings with no success. I've also attempted the original Harpoon 2 tutorial running with DOSBox with the same results. I'm obviously doing something wrong here somewhere. Any advice, anyone?

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…

I am just struggling here. I have a B2B with a loadout of AGM 154A and I cannot shoot any land target with the weapons range. The attack dialog screen comes up allowing to select the weapon and target yet the weapon will not fire. What gives? Thanks, Steve

Harpoon 3.9.4 scenerio editor using the HUD 3 DB. While adding a quantity of 8 B1B to an airbase and assigninging a loadout to that aircraft, the loadout screen states that a quantity of 5 of SO#143 is available yet all 8 of the bombers can be loaded. Am I missing something? Thanks, Steve

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."

While playing Harpoon 3 w/ HUD3 DB enemy units dont seem to be having any radar returns and only a "ghost image" regardless of ship or aircraft thus an exact location is not known. Any suggestions?

Friends, I'd be grateful for a bit of advice. Here's my situation... I've long enjoyed HCE, but Windows 7 (64-bit) does not like the scenario editor! I can play the game, but I can't open the editor. I don't know when, if ever, a version of the scenario editor will be available that is 32-bit (I guess the problem is that the 64-bit windows doesn't like the 16-bit scenario editor) and, along with playing Harpoon, I'd love to keep writing Harpoon scenarios. I'm willing to give Harpoon 3 another try. I got an early version that crashed a LOT and finally gave up in disgust, but that was many years ago. In fact, H3 might be a better program for me to write …

Hello All, I've set up an ANW Dedicated Server running with Players DB. Server is version 3.94 and we've found that people with 3.10 are crashing the server upon login, so FYI, if you've still got 3.94 and want to play Multiplayer, you're welcome to play at: 67.171.132.46 Port: 14342 It is available 24 x 7 --Wolff

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TAITENNEK'S HARPOON PAGES HUD-3 DATABASE Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov [photo: unknown author] Heya all! Check this link to enter the HUD-section on Taitennek's Harpoon Pages: HUD-3 SECTION Comments, etc. are welcome at: HUD3-Mailbox Scenario Designers: I invite you to send in your work and I will publish it on your behalf Enjoy! Greetings, Frans Koenz [owner website]