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Hi Jan, Welcome to HarpGamer. Regarding the "clean-up" in the Installations Annex, you may recall that we exceeded the maximum allowable number of entries in that annex (approx 2,000) some time ago. The entries over and above that limit, which did not appear in the GE/SE in any event, have now been deleted. This should correct a problem with export hang-ups that some were experiencing. Also, there are a number of "DONOTUSE" entries, mostly SAM/AAA installations, which will be deleted in due course and replaced. These had been added when the code team was still experimenting with the introduction of mobile platforms. I think the nuclear facility and power station already exist in one form or another (though they may need re-naming), and I will look at these. A generic railway station or railyard is a good idea, and I will take that one under advisement. Thanks again for your continuing input.

A new version of the Harpoon Classic Database (HCDB-050220) is available. The download is available from the HarpGamer website (www.harpgamer.com). PLEASE NOTE that we are now just including the commondb.res file to reduce the size of the download and simplify things. Just rename your current commondb.res file (such as commondb_original.res, for example) and copy the new one into the HCG root directory. Keeping the old file will permit you to easily switch back and forth between databases. You do not need to import to play the sim using the new HCDB. You will need to import if you want to use it in the Platform Editor. More details can be found in the FAQ at our website. New additions to the HCDB include: Bunker (Surface) Bunker (Underground) Dupuy de Lome AGI - France Type 41 (Leopard) FF - Bangladesh F-35B JSF (RN) Fokker F27 Friendship Mirage IVA Mirage IVP Juliett (Project 651) SSG I have started work on fixing names that had been previously truncated due to name length limitations, as well as work on expanding the loadouts (now that we can have 8 weapons per loadout instead of four). Also, I am happy to announce that we will be able to get a few new installations (thanks to some clean-up being done in that annex), and so, please let me know what you would like to see in the way of new installations. Lets focus on what the priority entries should be (in other words, what we will really use ?). Thanks to everyone for their recent words of support, and obviously, I've taken your encouragement to heart. I am hoping that here at HarpGamer we can really focus on why we all love this sim. Enjoy. Brad Leyte

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