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View File Guardian (Harpoon V Jumpstart Guide) Guardian is the scenario featured in the Harpoon V Jumpstart guide. The included map is a standard SimPlot version, unlike the Jumpstart version which was modified for printer-friendly colors. All the units (ships, helicopter, and missiles) that could be used in the scenario are pre-built and ready to be imported when needed. Submitter kmart494 Submitted 05/31/2021 Category Scenarios

The official release of 2.1 will be at the end of May.

I hope you don't mind my asking, but why do you want to spend time changing formation within a scenario? Most scenarios are over before a formation could be effectively changed.

Peter, The Bugout scenario and map was created using the not-as-yet-released SP 2.1. The maps for all the High Tide 2 Baltic scenarios are made with a new process using polygons for land and depth. This is only supported by the new 2.1. Also, you would need to fill in the exact ship positions for your scenario. The map for Bugout only has the flagship for each side. That was for clarity. Kevin

SHUK, I sounds like the map file is loading correctly, but maybe something in the map.txt file is off (this error would occur in the background map drawing, or the city/country name drawing). The name of the .png file should match what is in the .txt file. If it is not too big, can you post the .txt file or send a copy to me? Kevin

Der_Bar, I have always had difficulty with International number values. Over the past few years I have solved many of the issues, but it is good to discover any that I am unable to find on my own. After you re enter the values, do the decimal values remain? Do you use a comma "," for decimal, or a period "."? This is according to your regional settings. Some values have a truncated decimal. Heading, for example, will only display one decimal place. Some values may be integer only. That is, they are whole numbers without decimals. ES and Sonar bearings, I think, are interger values only. Kevin

A new reference point type, called a Datum, will be in 2.1. You can use it for a variety of purposes. I don't know when I can deal with formations. The problem revolves around where to keep the units in relation to each other. If a High Value Unit (HVU) turns from 090 to 360, does the frigate escort to its port (bearing 360) stay to the left to now become bearing 270? If so, then the frigate has to do more than just turn left. The upcoming addition of waypoints will apply to all movable units. Additionally, the altitude or depth can be specified for each waypoint (although they do not yet play a role in SimPlot) The only SimPlot group is right here at HarpGamer.com.

When the referee saves a game, there should be four files saved at the same time. One game file for the referee, and one each for Red and Blue players. The last file is a player settings file that is for the referee (actually all players have their own that is specific to whatever the player has set in the way of graphics and display). I wonder if the referee is sending the players his game file and not the Red or Blue files. Setting perception would only affect the Red and Blue files, not the referee file. Look at the file you have. You can open it with a text editor. If it says something like File:"Referee" then you have the wrong file. The next version of SimPlot will allow players to set movement waypoints that can be exported as a JSON file. The referee can then import those files and the unit movements will be automatically set. Kevin

Errata and more here: http://www.admiraltytrilogy.com/gamesupport.php Kevin

The diagram on the right is more accurate. The passive sensor is an array of smaller sensors that give a range of bearings to the source. This is also very similar to how ES bearings work. The rules do not specify the bearing angles because there are so many diffrent degrees for all the different systems. For example, a towed array has narrow angles when listening to the sides, but the angles increase towards the front or rear of the array. Strange stuff. When playing H-V I believe the actual angles are not relevant. Someone, whether a single player or the referee, knows the actual bearing. As long as you get a good fire control solution, your torpedo will track true and have a good chance to hit.

I uploaded a new version of the User Guide. I finally filled in the missing procedures, and made corrections to obsolete information. This guide is compatible with the current version of SimPlot 2.0. It is still somewhat incomplete, but the section on creating and modifying units is complete. That is the area I get the most questions for, anyway. The file is available in the Downloads section.

As long as the air threat is known to the ship (in this case radar detection), then your guns can fire with directors when the missiles reach the Point defense range. See 8.1.3 and 8.1.4 (CIWS). The CS reaction delay applies to SAM systems under 8.1.1.

I will forward the question to Chris Carlson for his input.

Are you trying to determine the weight for purposes of aircraft loading? My guess is that sonobuoy weights (and quantity) is not enough to make an aircraft more than lightly loaded.

Dylan is correct that surface contacts and air contacts are two different things for this rule. Surface contacts are detected at the radar horizon or the radar's max range, whichever is less. Air contacts at VLow would be detected at 1/10th the radar's max range.

It probably represents a more sophisticated way to passively track ASMs using sensors on both the ship and helo. The pod may have a computer that can calculate ASM movement more precisely due to helo movement and ES crossfix. In game terms it won't mean much until we learn more about it does its business.

As the creator of SimPlot, I am biased and highly recommend it. 😀 You do not have to wait for your copies of H-V to arrive to begin learning SimPlot. My documentation for the program is incomplete and somewhat out-of-date, but I designed the program to be as intuitive as possible. Feel free to post any questions you may have about H-V and SimPlot in this forum. Kevin

My guess is the pod is just Electronic Support (ES) which passively detects hostile radars but does not provide jamming or active detection. Several Google results show it has the ability to passively detect and locate incoming Anti-Ship Missiles in conjuction with ship-based ES/EW. So far it does not appear the pod has any jamming capability.

They typically attend the HMGS’s Cold Wars (March) and Historicon (July) events. Both used to be in Lancaster, PA but CW will be in Ocean City, MD next year. They play a mixture of all their games.

View File Guardian (H-V Jumpstart Scenario) Guardian is the scenario featured in the Harpoon V Jumpstart guide. The included map is a standard SimPlot version, unlike the Jumpstart version which was modified for printer-friendly colors. Submitter kmart494 Submitted 08/15/2020 Category Scenarios

It gets 2 shots for being Autonomous. You can shoot at different targets, too. On the weapons line the AA rating would read something like "5.0A". The "A" is Autonomous. I agree that some information impacts gameplay even if it's not a rule. I think Larry and Chris were greatly affected by the recent revelation (declassification) of how good or bad certain systems were in reality. Much of Harpoon to date was based on the theoretical. I attended several of Chris' seminars that were quite an eye opener for me, too. They wanted to include that kind of stuff in H-V but it's hard to make a special rule for evey little thing that could make a difference.

As Tony said, it just denotes the barrel type (rotary). Normally, where the 'R' is would be a numeral to show the number of barrels in a given mount. Some modern gun systems have 1 or 2 barrels, but older post-WW2 ships may have as many as 3 barrels per mount.

Even without a data link, the SH-60 could relay radar information to the ship. He will know the contact's position, and after one Tactical Turn, the speed and course. This is enough information to cue the OH Perry for a missile shot. The free H-V Jumpstart shows how to do this. BTW, there is a data link between them, but it is very limited, so you do not get the Helicopter bonus when calculating a firing solution.

Your one-step-at-a-time approach will work well. Harpoon4 had a series of scenarios that took players through various aspects of the game mechanics. The present Jumpstart doesn't do it quite as well, but it is a place to start, anyway. Do you have the free Jumpstart?

Presently, only US and Russian naval/air units are available for Harpoon V. Chinese units are in the works. They will most likely be done before your bachelor's party. But, please don't hold me to it since H-V was supposed to be done months ago...🤨