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If I put up an E-3 Sentry in the Formation Editor, does it automatically turn on its sensors and fly at the right height? Or, should it be positioned manually? What about the Prowler and the Raven? What about if I put any of them in groups with other planes? The ingame db for the EF-111A Raven says that it can collect intelligence. Does this mean it can used as an E-3 Sentry? If so, do I just turn on the sensors? I've never used a Prowler or a Raven, how should they be used? I think they're primarily radar jammers, but I'm not sure how to use them. Thanks for the help!

I'm playing the HCE scenario #10 Return of the 18th. I haven't played at all in several months and haven't played steadily in quite awhile. I don't remember firing missiles and missing so much, along with not remembering the soviets firing missiles and hitting so much. I have fired 68 missiles and only shot down 13 planes while they have fired 11 missiles and shot down 10 planes. This is a little over 5 missiles per plane on my end and a bit over 1 missile per plane on their end. I can't believe the soviets planes and missiles are so much better then the allies/nato planes and missiles. My missiles were a combo of Sky Flash, AIM-9M Sidewinders, AIM-7M Sparrows, and AIM-9R Sidewinders fired at MIG-29 Fulcrums, and SU-27 Floggers. Their missiles were AA-10 Alamo B's, AA-11 Archers, and AA-10 Alamo A's fired at Tornado F.3's, and F-15C Eagles. Based on the ingame db, it would seem that all the planes are relatively similar with the Tornado probably the worst of the four? Am I doing something wrong? Is there a known bug in missile accuracy?

This is a corrupt registry problem that has occurred before with earlier versions of Harpoon going back to Harpoon 2002. To fix: 1) From the Start button, select Run and type the word regedit. 2) Find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder and expand it through Software/Matrix Games/HCE/Options. 3) Delete the Options folder. 4) Run Harpoon again, which will reset all those erased pointers with fresh ones, and all should be well. Note: There is also a Matrix Games folder within the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder. Do not tamper with this folder. Among other things, it contains the Serial Number pointer, and erasing will cause the program to crash with an invalid serial number message. You then need to uninstall/reinstall. Thanks very much for this information! I recently tried to play and had this exact problem. It makes the game very difficult to play! lol Thanks again for the help!