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Below is an installer that should bring any copy of the game purchased from Matrix Games up to the current build. https://www.harpgamer.com/downloads/HC2025.025_ComprehensivePatch.zip When you get to selecting an installation directory and Start Menu group, please double-check that they are correct before proceeding.

The official Harpoon 5 Jumpstart is released. This is a preview of the H5 rules in the form of a scenario playthrough. The Jumpstart is a free download. It can be downloaded here, and will be available soon at the Wargame Vault (http://wargamevault.com) or at The Admiralty Trilogy (http://www.admiraltytrilogy.com/). For your behind-the-scenes information, the Jumpstart scenario was run by me using SimPlot. There were actually three scenarios executed, with each one resulting in tweaks to the rules, data annexes, or the scenario graphics. The Guardian scenario contained therein is the third and final version. Some changes to SimPlot were also implemented to facilitate making data changes to the scenario. Some of these changes will find there way into the next SP update. Larry Bond has given permission to freely copy and distribute the Jumpstart. The H5 rules, data annexes, and Player's Handbook are awaiting final print proofing. We are almost there! HpnV Jumpstart 10 Jul 20.pdf

An item to keep in mind, if you already own Harpoon Ultimate, you have Harpoon 97 already (and a lot of other versions) via the 20th Anniversary launcher pictured below.

In hopes of being allowed to get an official patch distributed by Matrix Games, I threw together this overview list of improvements since the 2015.027 patch and thought you might enjoy: Staff Assistant – Added additional player dials to increase/decrease prompts to radiate. DB Structure – Increased magazine limit per platform from 127 to 32,767. DB Structure – Increased countries limit from ~127 to 1023, country width from 16 to 32 characters. DB Structure – Increased to 255 Aircraft, Ship Types. DB Structure – Increased to 128 runway sizes, 32 characters each. Scenario Editor – Show the same expanded set of loadout data the Game Engine (GE) shows. Game Engine – More improvements to allowing 255 units per group, up from 127 (continued bug fixing). Game Engine – Air to Air refueling improvements splitting tankers to RTB when their range is less than refueled planes. Game Engine – Added RWR sensor model. Game Engine – Increased number of formation zones from 4 to 64 (6 available in UI), max formation radius from 255nm to 32767nm. Game Engine – Formation-keeping works better than ever Game Engine – Started adding UUIDs to game structures (unit, group, …) to be able to globally track them. Game Engine – Scenario and Saved game lineage added to be able to track the history of a scenario or saved game. Most useful for troubleshooting but also other benefits. Game Engine – Saved games now store the orders, previously the user would lose access to the orders when loading a saved game. Game Engine – Added setting to force the AI to stay on plotted paths or if they can run off on their own volition. Game Engine – Torpedo noise level logic that was making torpedoes way too quiet fixed. Too short torpedo acquisition range logic fixed. Game Engine – Expanded maximum groups possible from 676 Red & Blue total to move than 1,300 groups for each of those sides. Game Engine – Nuclear detonations game crash fixed and more accurate/thorough destruction of units as a result of the detonation(s). Game Engine – User can change speed & altitude/depth of some individual units in groups. Game Engine – Dialog window sizing and position improvements. Game Engine – Revamped victory condition evaluation. Also record more meta information for AARs, etc. General – Tons of bug fixes. Game Engine - ExportDLL interface expansion. Every non-UI aspect of the game can be overridden as a result. This has been utilized to great effect. Don Thomas in Australia has written add-ons to automate aerial refueling, most of submarine prosecution, AAR generation, and more.

The code in AreaDefense loops thru the mounts from first to last looking for a valid weapon, not the optimal weapon. AreaDefense also tags the target missiles as crossing targets so that skips at least one range check (which doesn't take courses into account so would not have prevented the SAMs from firing. It is not a small undertaking to replace the AreaDefense logic. The ExportDLL interface allows it to be replaced without modifying the core game (which we can no longer do). In short, don't hold your breath on a fix for this one. The intriguing bit is that NewAreaDefense() which I wrote in the 2013 timeframe. It does check speed and bearings to see if an intercept is kinematically possible. NewAreaDefense was not completed.

AAR for this scenario, I hope it's in the right place. Thanks for this, it was very fun. I got Minvic with 60 A/C shot down, and 5 ships sunk. After that, it seemed like I was just making the rubble jump, so I moved on. What I found out is that the F-35 is almost invincible, even with the shorter range C7 AMRAAM.

Following a suggestion from someone else on the Steam forum, I was able to find an almost 30 year old fix! Dr. Who's Harpoon Pages https://www.harpoonpages.com/harpoon1.htm The 4/04/97 update can be downloaded and imported into the Harpoon Classic 97 folder to replace the NAVC.res file (I created a backup of the original file just in case). When I ran the scenarios using that updated file, the ships all appeared correclty as Okean class instead of Kalinin class. The website also includes an update for the EC2000 scenarios. Were there any old bugs you can remember from those scenarios - anything I should look out for before deciding whether to apply that update as well?

There aren't many sims that can claim the longevity of Harpoon. As TonyE has said, the community has been the key factor to both its success and long life.

It's been a long time dream by many of us to be able to limit the number of munitions available to aircraft. Recent additions to the game by TonyE just migh have us there. This is a screen shot of an early use of the new Stores Consumed feature that tracks most munitions as they are fired. They can be filtered by firing unit class, home base and side (amongst other). The listing is circled in the lower right of the screen. The information can also be exported to a text file for later perusal. An extension of this could be assigning $ values to munitions giving another dimension to 'scoring'.

HCE - 2025.011 - 2025-02-28 =========================== - Chg:32850 GE Non-air groups could have up to 30 minute delays in turning to an intercept course. Fixed by checking if a group has an intercept event during path navigation and if it does, recalculate the course much more often. (thanks donaldseadog) https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/32850-delayed-turn-of-destroyer-to-engage-enemy/ - Chg:33573 GE Player was previously allowed to fire AAMs not capable of orbital altitude at enemy missiles at orbital altitude. CheckGroupWeapons now does an altitude check but only for missiles fired against missiles. Also applied these for Satellites. (thanks Enrique) https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/33573-harriers-launching-aams-to-orbit/ - Chg:33224 SE Position dialog DIALOG316 when changing a group's position always showed East and North. Corrected. (thanks donaldseadog) https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/33224-se-incorrect-label-for-west-longitudes/ - Chg:00000 SE Made the left mouse click Range and Bearing text at the bottom of the window show just like the GE by adding coordinates and water depth to the readout.

Ok, this was fun! Second run was better, the big enemy surface group was a bit further off. Sadly, it spawned in the vicinity of my smaller surface group, enveloping it with its SAMs, thus making it impossible to safeguard the smaller surface group from missile attack. The few aircraft in Cyprus were also not able to stop air attacks against the islands installations and I could not get my carrier aircraft over the island in time, since I had to manuever around the SAM envelope of the big enemy surface group. RED thus managed to pull of a minimum victory after annihilating my smaller surface group, sinking 3 of my ships. I did not give up and launched an all-out counterstrike. Repeated air strikes killed the enemy surface group and then one by one the enemy bases and supporting units died. Total victory was inevitable.

aviator, here is a list of Soviet nuclear powered submarines that were commissioned by 1990 and which were serving with the Northern Fleet at the time: Project 627 (NATO November) SSN: K-3, K-5 (decommissioned in January 1990), K-11, K-21, K-50; decommissioned in April 1990: K-11, K-21, K-50 Pr 658 (Hotel) SSBN: K-16, K-19 (in reserve since 1979, decommissioned April 1990), K-33, K-40, K-145, K-149 (went into reserve fleet in March 1990) Pr 667A (Yankee) SSBN: K-32 (did not deploy after 1986 due to reactor accident), K-137 Leninets (on missile patrol in the North Atlantic from 19 October to 31 December 1990), K-140 (out of service by 17 December 1990), K-214, K-228, K-241, K-245, K-249, K-253 (Yankee Notch conversion), K-395 (in drydock for Yankee Notch conversion), K-403 (sea trials of towed array pod), K-411 (completed Yankee Stretch conversion in 1990), K-418 (removed from active service in 1989), K-420 (Yankee Sidecar SSGN conversion, but torpedoes only by 1989), K-423, K-426, K-444; decommissioned in April 1990: K-32, K-140, K-426 [Note: In 1988 the director of US naval intelligence Adm Studeman told Congress that Yankee class SSBNs had ceased patrols off the US coast in late 1987 and were instead conducting "combat service patrols against theater targets" (i.e. staying close to home), presumably to compensate for the loss of the SS-20 under the INF Treaty.] Pr 667B (Delta I) SSBN: K-279, K-385, K-447, K-450, K-457, K-460, K-465, K-472, K-475 Pr 667BD (Delta II) SSBN: K-92, K-182, K-193, K-421 Pr 667BDR (Delta III) SSBN: K-44 (in post drydock sea trials), K-129 (had powerplant failure in June 1989, may not have been available), K-424, K-449 (went to Pacific Fleet in November 1990), K-487, K-496 Pr 667BDRM (Delta IV) SSBN: K-18, -51, -64, -84, -114, -117, -407 (not commissioned until late November 1990) Pr 670M (Charlie II) SSGN: K-209, -452, -458, -479, -503, -508 Pr 671 (Victor I) SSN: K-38, -53, -69, -147, -306, -323, -367 (did not deploy again after a reactor accident in 1985), -370 (may not have been available for deployment), -398, -438, -462, -481 Pr 671RT (Victor II) SSN: K-371, -387, -467, -488 (never returned to sea after 1988 drydock), -495, -513, -517 Pr 671RTM (Victor III) SSN: K-218, -244, -254, -298, -299, -358, -502, -524, -527 Pr 671RTMK (Improved Victor III) SSN: K-292, K-388, K-138 (operational from January 1990), K-414 (not commissioned until 30 December 1990) Pr 675 (Echo II) SSGN: К-1 (may not have deployed after 1989), K-22, K-28, K-35 (final deployment in 1989), K-47 (in refuel and overhaul, did not return until 1992), K-74, K-104, K-125, K-128 (not in active service after 1989), K-131 (did not deploy after 1984), K-170 (may not have been operational after turbine accident in 1988), K-172 (stayed in port after reactor leak in June 1989); decommissioned in 1990: K-28, K-74, K-128, K-172 (in April) Pr 705 (Alfa) SSN: K-123 (received a new reactor in 1990, probably not operational until 1992), K-316, K-373, K-432, K-463, K-493 (all but K-123 decommissioned in April 1990) Pr 941 (Typhoon) SSBN: TK-12, TK-13, TK-17, TK-20, TK-202, TK-208 Pr 945 (Sierra I) SSN: K-239, K-276 Pr 945A (Sierra II) SSN: K-534 (not commissioned until 26 December 1990) Pr 949 (Oscar I) SSGN: K-206 Minsky Komsomolets, K-525 Pr 949A (Oscar II) SSGN: K-119, K-132 (transferred to Pacific Fleet in late October 1990), K-148, K-410 (not commissioned until 22 December 1990), K-442 (not commissioned until 28 December 1990) Pr 971 (Akula) SSN: K-154 (commissioned but reportedly not operational until December 1993), K-157 (commissioned but reportedly not operational until November 1995), K-317 Pantera (not commissioned until 27 December 1990), K-328 (commissioned but reportedly not operational until December 1992), K-461 (commissioned but reportedly not operational until December 1991), K-480 I will further update this list with information about which boats might have actually been available for service.

As far as missiles are concerned I have notice some missiles rated as surf capable will hit the targeted ship. Some of the are Slam-er a land attack also variant of the harpoon and the Scalp EG of French design. If it has a surf attack flag it usually will attack the designated target assigned to it despite other ships. If it has sea attack flag it will attack the first detected after activation. These are my findings.

For those of you not active on social media, you may not have heard that long time Harpoon community member Byron 'JClark' Audler passed away on 15 April. His notable contributions included being a knowledgeable ship fitter (irl), scenario author, HC2002 program manager, and HULL mailing list moderator, and a Lifetime Pooner award winner. His bio can be found at Ed Ladner's website Dr Who's Harpoon Pages here : https://www.harpoonpages.com/Bios/bio022.htm Fair winds and following seas.

I like that the Discord link is more visible but to your point, Downloads are less visible. I see them in a Browse menu.

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Thanks for the idea, but the possibility of a Russian convoy clearing the Kattegat against even light opposition is zero. However, how about a Russian convoy to reinforce Kaliningrad from St Petersburg while NATO (with no USA) is distracted elsewhere? I could cook up something like that pretty soon.

*** SPOILER ALERT*** Well while I got my total victory, the sinking of a damaged merchantman in reprisal for a UAV incursion on my airspace, I suffered a large loss and the opinion rating in the polls are pretty bad I spent about 4 hrs for 10 hrs game time. I decided to try and occupy the mid and east Black Sea and to weed out and sink anything that Russia had in the area. Maintaining air cover by F-16 proved costly. Keeping up good surveillance without AC loss proved difficult (OK I didn't manage it). Not waiting for Poland to bring in better AC for ASUW attacks proved costly, in the end a flight of three F16 and a pack of mavericks was all I needed. Well trimming the number of Russian fighters patrolling the area before hand did help but at a worse than 1:1 loss ratio. I'm going to have another go at this gem, after a bit of wound licking, and with a much more conservative strategy. I'll certainly be trying tho dodge their Su-35S Flanker E and maybe let their naval patrols have their end of the Black sea for themselves Thanks heaps for this Patrick. Stats: [Victory Summary] Time=05 Jan 2026, 06:14:02 The RED side has met their minimum victory conditions Time=05 Jan 2026, 10:50:02 The BLUE side has met their minimum victory conditions Time=05 Jan 2026, 10:50:02 The BLUE side has met their total victory conditions [Kill Detail Blue Side ] F-16CM40 Falcon 15/Plane=6 MQ-8C Fire Scout 17/Helicopter=3 F-16CJ50 Falcon 14/Plane=5 CN-235MSA/Plane=2 Super Lynx Mk110 05/Helicopter=1 Heybeliada/Ship=1 S-70B28 Seahawk 12/Helicopter=5 Gediz (FFG7/11)/Ship=2 E-737 Peace Eagle/Plane=2 [Kill Detail Red Side ] MiG-35 Fulcrum F 18/Plane=8 Il-38 May 92/Plane=4 Ka-27M Helix A 17/Helicopter=3 Ka-29RLD Helix E 95/Helicopter=1 MiG-31BM Foxhound 15/Plane=1 Buyan Pr21630 06/Ship=1 Su-35S Flanker E/Plane=4 Steregushchiy Pr2038 07/Ship=1 Su-34 Fullback 16/Plane=12 Gorshkov Pr22350/Ship=1 Grigorovich (1135.6)/Ship=1 Soobraziltelny Pr20381 11/Ship=1 Merchant damaged/Ship=1 MiG-29KR Fulcrum D 15/Plane=2 [StoresConsumed - Blue] Blue Weapon=Tally AIM-120C7 AMRAAM=41 AIM-120B AMRAAM=29 AGM-158A JASSM=32 Taurus KEPD350=24 AGM-88B HARM (ARM)=28 AGM-84K SLAM-ER=26 SOM-A=16 SA-10c Grumble (S-300PMU)=22 SM-1MR Block VIB=29 RIM-162B ESSM=12 UGM-84C Harpoon=8 DM2A4 Seahake=2 SM-3 Block IIB=16 RGM-84G Harpoon=4 AIM-9X Sidewinder=10 AGM-65G Maverick=6 [StoresConsumed - Red] Red Weapon=Tally AA-12 Adder B (R-77-1)=12 AA-13 Arrow (R-37)=6 SA-21 (9M96E)=43 SA-N-12 Grizzly (Shtil-1)=36 AA-12 Adder C (R-77M1)=26 AA-10 Alamo C (R-27RE)=26 AA-10 Alamo D (R-27TE)=6 SA-N-11a Grisom=3 SS-N-26 Strobile=8 SS-N-27 Sizzler (3M54)=8 Sosna-R (9M337)=3 AA-12 Adder A (R-77)=8 AA-10 Alamo A (R-27R)=11 AS-4 Kitchen D (Kh-32)=24 SS-N-25 Switchblade=8 SA-24 Grinch (Igla-S)=14 SA-6b Gainful Mod1 (Kub-M4)=12 AA-11 Archer (R-73M)=4 SA-23b (9M82M)=4 AA-11 Archer (R-73)=2 [Damage List Red] ZZa: 00 Yeysk damage=265/2500 ZXp: 00 Novorossiysk damage=1067/2500 ZYS: 02 Grad Sviyazhsk damage=33/36 [Damage List Blue] ARS: 00 Anadolou damage=303/425 Time (well) spent: [Session Summary] Session Game Start=5 Jan 2026, 01:00:00 GameTimeDuration ThisSession=3Hrs23 Mins TotalGameTimeDuration=3Hrs23Mins GameTimeToGO=68 Hrs: 36 Mins Session End RealTime=4/02/2026 22:00:00 RealTimeDuration ThisSession=1:09:59 ==== ===== Session Game Start=5 Jan 2026, 04:23:54 GameTimeDuration ThisSession=3Hrs21 Mins TotalGameTimeDuration=6Hrs45Mins GameTimeToGO=65 Hrs: 14 Mins Session End RealTime=5/02/2026 13:01:14 RealTimeDuration ThisSession=1:39:00 ==== ===== Session Game Start=5 Jan 2026, 07:45:18 GameTimeDuration ThisSession=3Hrs20 Mins TotalGameTimeDuration=10Hrs5Mins GameTimeToGO=61 Hrs: 54 Mins Session End RealTime=5/02/2026 17:51:41 RealTimeDuration ThisSession=1:18:20 ==== =====

Progress is slow. The yanks must be running low on TLAMs, they've lost important surveillance, fighter and bomber AC and we're getting our bases stocked. But it still looks dodgy. Having lots of fun!

Thanks broncepulido, Merry Christmas all!

Those are some powerful AGIs! I can confirm that the HC97 we published with Matrix Games also has/had that flaw. I suppose that would mean it is a known issue since for nearly 30 years <g>. The same flaw is present in the most recent builds so was not corrected. What we did with some similar situations is programmatically override bad BattleSet data when the BattleSet (which in those old ones included the platform database specific to each BattleSet) did have issues. The tools to re-generate those legacy BattleSets were lost to time. MicroProse has the ability to fix in a couple of ways (via programmatic override or painstakingly re-building the BattleSet). I suggest the time is much better spent re-making such scenarios in newer BattleSets that do not have the flaw, something you can do without any exotic tooling. I'm 99% sure I wrote a utility that could at least view but possibly update some of the legacy BattleSets but haven't located it yet.

I don't for certain but does the steam hc97 have a scenario editor that would let you edit the battleset scenario and replace the units with something more suitable. It sounds like a clerical error in putting the database together. In these old games the database is built into the game,so fixing it is a major item that I'd guess isn't likely to happen, but who knows. Someone else might very well have better ideas.

Yes, MicroProse is a small operation at present. You also hit upon an important additional consideration, they are not as intimately knowledgeable about Computer Harpoon as many of their consumers. The next six months or so should be informative, how they handle the growth in their catalog, communication with players about roadmap, etc. but in my dealings so far there has been positive intent and a desire to learn.

Taiwan Straight 2nd Crisis Escalated View File Scenario Background: On 24 and 25 August 1958 Chinese Communist (PRC) forces and Taiwanese (ROC) forces clashed in the vicinity of Dongding Island, which the Nationalist (ROC) troops controlled. The action was seen as an attempt by the communists to land on the island. This was the only naval and amphibious landing action during the crisis. ROC had begun to build military installations on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu archipelago, very close to the Chinese mainland. The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands in an attempt to take them from Taiwan, governed by the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend the Republic of China. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious operations. Then U.S. secretary of state Christian Herter reportedly described it as the "first serious nuclear crisis". The USA provided military assistance in both material, especially aircraft and artillery, and a strong naval presence including naval escorts for island repleshments. The Communist Chinese government announced a unilateral ceasefire on 6 October 1958. However, on 20 October the PLA resumed artillery fire on Kinmen because a U.S. Navy warship had breached the PRC-declared 3 nautical miles exclusive zone from the coast of China that they claimed was a stipulation for their unilateral ceasefire agreement. In this scenario we play with the idea of the situation escalating, rather than subsiding. Use Database HCCW 140314 and for best play Game version 2025.023 or newer and ErrataGE.dll (download from harpgamer.com forum). Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 08/25/2025 Category WestPac  

This released on the weekend. It's H97 version 1.60.

Confirmed in 2025.024 This can be fixed with the aid of an ExportDLL. In other words, it doesn't absolutely require a change to the game code itself.

That is what is known as a pre-commondb BattleSet so it does not use the user modifiable databases. I strongly suggest players only play the EC2003 and 'newer' BattleSets as they use the user-created databases and also don't have sub-optimal (i.e. compatibility) logic.

Well, al least it all means Harpoon still has some future.

Since this is in theory the last build of the game related to the Matrix Games publishing of the game, we will list some workarounds here for serious issues that arise. Errata: 1. 2025-07-02 The Scenario Editor (SE) has multiple issues in the release build. Rather than using Wscenedt32.exe, please use Wscenedt32dbg.exe which does not show the same issues. An even better idea may be to rename Wscenedt32.exe to Wscenedt32rel.exe then copy Wscenedt32dbg.exe to Wscenedt32.exe so that you don't accidentally use the more troublesome build. a. This is resolved in the HC2025.025_ComprehensivePatch.zip installer. 2. 2025-07-02 The BattleSet Builder makes very washed out maps so we need to go back to an older version 2015.027. a. This is resolved in the HC2025.025_ComprehensivePatch.zip installer. 3. 2025-08-23 The HDSR.RSR file (for Malacca Straits BattleSet) was not included in the installer. a. This is resolved in the HC2025.025_ComprehensivePatch.zip installer.

AutoTesting results. This is a process that runs every built in scenario in autoplay mode (game plays itself) from first the Blue side, then the Red side. 2025.022 Release Build GE Original 4 no crashes HDSI no crashes HDSII no crashes HDSIII no crashes EC2000 no crashes EC2003 no crashes WestPac no crashes USNINew no crashes This is perhaps the best results ever. There were three crashes but upon re-running the scenarios they did not crash.

And yes, Doolitov´s Raid is my fav, too! This means Harpoon Commander´s Edition, the latest evolution of the Harpoon 1 / Classic line. There is similiar scenario in H2 / H3, "To protect the Queen". Playing it gives You a really good feeling about the differences beween the two Harpoon lines which both are so great, even after decades.

Colors have shifted a bit over time, yes. The game is semi-stuck in 256-color land with a custom 256-color pallette that I do something to mess with once in a great while. I've been a programmer of HC for over 20 years now and what working on it looks like continually changes. When I converted from tester to programmer there were four of us programmers, one working on the platform editor and the rest of us on everything else. At the time my real job was running my own IT contracting firm but to be taken under the wings of a genius Harpoon programmer was an amazing gift. There were a ton of surrounding people, I don't say supporting because I was no more important than the people creating platforms in the database. Anyone can learn to sling code but to sift through mountains of articles to derive platform data, that is a special skill! The collaboration was efficient and rarely were there insurmountable agreements. You ask about the to-do list and being infinitely long, there is always something of particular personal interest to build or improve when a break is needed from the drudgery of maintaining a 36 year old piece of software. A fraction of the to-do list is illustrated in the Issue Tracker here and the Wishlist forums. For the last decade or so I've put I'd say around 1/3 of my effort into the ExportDLL interface that allows those without the game source code to write addons. That has brought fresh life to the game as you see from donaldseadog's addons and will allow it to live on when the rights holders (Bond & Carlson) pull the plug on the publishing of the game. Maintaining a semblance of backwards compatibility is a huge but rewarding burden. Many times in those early years we nearly dropped all legacy BattleSets to reduce that burden but we always left them in and accepted the burden. I went even further sometime after 2007 and started writing saved game format converters. Between 2002 and then we would periodically enhance/break the saved game format (not the scenario format) meaning we didn't commit to saved games from a previous build being able to be opened in the current build. These days I'm the only one programming the package that you get from Matrix games; one other pops in every few years and does something amazing. Most of the administrative tasks fall to me as well, it is a tiny group compared to what we had. You've seen some passionate testers here and amazing scenario authors but they are few in number. There are interesting times ahead with much opportunity for someone to come along and re-build a strong community that can get the best out of each of us. Much more help is needed to make efficient use of myself, donaldseadog, and when we provide the tools for them, the database editors.

Greetings All, I have a bit more time on my hands (and keyboard) these days than when I engaged with Harpoon oh so many years ago. Starting off by trying to digest HCE database contents and structure and how to use the scenario editor. Based on Tony's recommendation, kicking off this wish list to capture what I come across. Oh - just downloaded and installed the 2024.001 beta. Best I can tell took care of the reload problem I was having with DPRK missile bases. Thanks!! 👍 Okay. Wishing away.... - (1/2025) (SE) Provide a method for viewing and editing opords/attack orders for bases in the scenario editor. At present, you can revise targets for existing orders but you cannot view and change the entire order (e.g., time to initiate). - 2/2025 (GE) Provide a means for including over the horizon surface search radar in fixed facilities and mobile systems. Current system limits surface search radar distance to line of sight. - 2/2025 (SE) When adding a new base, the dropdown list is searchable on "Base" name. Would prefer the dropdown list to be searchable on "Country" e.g., like aircraft/ships. - 2/2025 (GE) Include aircraft cruise speed with maximum speed on unit display pop-up. Would help out quite a bit in mission planning.

The Russians have been using almost exclusively gun fire to attack naval drones generally, including machine guns from helicopters and deck mounted aboard ship.

I believe both the 76mm OTO and the 30mm AK-630 were originally on the spec sheet when the configuration for INS Vikrant was being developed. Even the AK-630 series is getting rather long in the tooth.

I couldn't resist giving it a try, looks promising. I should be able to get the build out in the next 24 hours for you to poke holes in it (or a bunch of ships).

It is comforting to see folks still producing scenarios and folks still playing them. In related news, it does look like F-16s in Ukrainian will be receiving both AIM-9X and AIM-120C8.

Time for bed, I'm getting a feeling the csv file is OK (it took a while to work out for each class the order of mag items in the csv is reverse to the PE). The move to the commondb file is getting the number of items right but messing up if the first is deleted or overwritten. I'll look tomorrow at what happens when simply adding items

Fix confirmed for affected scenarios.

HCE - 2023.004 - 2023-04-04 =========================== - Chg:32897 GE Rather than loosing attacks against submarines from close to a weapon's max range, now prompt to fire them from at most 2nm away. This could negatively affect weapons like CAPTOR mines that might ideally loose their torpedoes from farther away. It would be a good thing to test. https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/32897-stand-off-asw-weapons-failure/ (thanks Enrique)

Heart 3 View File The Heart of the Problem, Part 3 It is October 2022 and the Chinese have invaded Taiwan. The US is on the way to help. This might prove difficult. A larger and challenging scenario that explores the difficulty of reinforcing Taiwan. OOB and situation is pretty close to what's in the theater today. Uses GE ver. 2022.11. Duck. Submitter rainman Submitted 08/25/2022 Category WestPac  

HCE - 2022.007 - 2022-04-30 =========================== - Chg:00000 GE Minor change to give ExportDLLs the opportunity to process Harpoon Events as part of the scenario loading process. dllexEffect18(); HCE - 2022.008 - 2022-05-21 =========================== - Chg:32297 GE Fixed heap corruption in BOL. The game was trying to come up with a class name for the activation point 'group' which isn't possible. When class name is requested for an invalid annex_id the game now sets it to a null string. (thanks TonyD) https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/32297-bearing-only-launches-crash/

Oops, I'll fix the version required reference, thanks for feedback

View File Nicobar.zip Nicobar Waltz China and India are at war. If the Indians can defend the Andaman and Nicobar islands they can cut off the supply of oil and gas to China. The Chinese have knocked the US out of the fight and are determined to take them. This is intended for show what it would be like for a 2nd world country to take on China these days, and is intended for intermediate to advanced players. Duck. Prepared with Scenario Editor 2015.027, playable with GE 2015.027 or newer. Submitter rainman Submitted 04/22/2021 Category WestPac

I have yet to find a commercially available simulation that can come anywhere close to realistically modeling the real life outcome of any military clash of arms on the kind of scale approached by sims such as Harpoon. That includes Command. These sims are far too mechanical, too regimented, too structured to realistically simulate the swirling multi-factorial chaos that is war. But they rank among the best we have, for the moment.

"Think" I have everything fixed. All units are showing up in the scenario. Only question is whether or not I can get them to actually move since for some reason they won't start out with the speeds I set for them. Onward and upward... Got the speed thing figured out. Been about 20 years since I wrote scenarios...and my memory ain't the best.😬 Still have a few things to iron out. One thing, Tony: the editor does NOT crash at all now.

There is the issue of perception during game play (because of the effect of die rolls, principally.) And then there is the DB reality: Rafale (all versions), ATA/DATA values are 55/30 (the same as Eurofighter, for example.) By comparison, the F-14B/D is 45/25. As for Mica (all versions), its hit probability (pH) is 75. By comparison, the AIM-54C Phoenix is 55. Send an early fourth generation fighter up against a late 4.5 generation fighter, get bad die rolls, and viola ... these kind of results.

Well they're much more spectacular Xmas photos than I could provide. While Tony had a white Xmas I sat in humid 35 deg C temps overlooking the western brim of the Pacific Ocean. I hope everyone relaxed a bit and were able to enjoy family and friends. Don

Welcome back broncepulido! The same fix should work for you.

I've been working on this add-on to help promote the non-profit United States Naval Institute (USNI) and may well be able to release this month, the 30th anniversary of Computer Harpoon's release.