Mgellis

Sounds good. I agree the conversions have to come first (it probably makes more sense to get those done before adding any new platforms anyway). I'll keep looking for things that can be added someday, but I understand it might be a while. Looking forward to the new release. Mark

I think the crux of this issue is that we need to do two things... 1. We need to distinguish between those who have contributed to protecting our country in a significant way and those who not only done so but who have done so even though it meant putting themselves in harm's way. 2. We need to find an appropriate way to honor those who have contributed to protecting our country in a significant way, even if it did not involve putting themselves personally at risk. The guy who takes out a terrorist with a drone may not have been on the battlefield himself, but he has still done something pretty important. It does seem odd to give someone a medal when they have not taken any actual risk to life and limb, but we should find an appropriate way to honor such people for their service.

SELEX Galileo Falco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_reconnaissance_drone "The Falco (English: hawk) is a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and produced by SELEX Galileo (originally by Galileo Avionica) of Italy. The UAV is designed to be a medium-altitude, medium-endurance surveillance platform [1] capable of carrying a range of payloads, including several types of high resolution sensors. Its payload does not include weapons, however. The launch customer, Pakistan, reportedly wanted the Falco armed, a request that Italy rejected.[4] A larger variant, capable of carrying larger payloads and designated Falco Evo, is in development. The Falco UAV is not capable of deploying weapons such as guided missiles and bombs, but the Falco Evo is expected to do so." --Wikipedia Used by Pakistan and under consideration by other countries, mostly in the Middle East. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

I'll be looking forward to it! Hopefully, some more new platforms can be added, too, although the conversion of existing platforms to the new data obviously comes first.

File Name: Scuffle with Saiburi (2018) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 12 Apr 2013 File Category: Scenarios My twelfth HUD-4 scenario of the year! In the near future, tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have increased. Thailand must station three warships along its maritime border with Cambodia and protect the oil rigs it has in the area. Image: The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) frigate H.T.M.S. Saiburi (FF-58) (Author: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class David Didier.) Click here to download this file

I have noticed that the CIV Generic Barge is rather heavily armed. (Lots of interesting things you could do with this...this is good platform, actually, for a "post-collapse" scenario with local militias handling their own defense against raiders, etc.) Could an unarmed version (an actual barge, with just the crane) be added, though? Also, a minor point, but most of the weapons on the barge appear to be Russian except for the Stinger post...maybe that should be dropped and a second SA-14 added, simply for consistency? ANW HUD-4 v1.11

OPV-70 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPV-70 "OPV-70 [1] is an Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Royal Moroccan Navy, designed by Raidco Marine and built at STX France SA. The first vessel received, was named after the Battle of Bir Anzaran, between rebel Polisario Front and Royal Armed Forces in 1979." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.11

Swiftships Model 35PB1208 E-1455 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftships_Model_35PB1208_E-1455 "The Model 35PB1208 E-1455 patrol boat was ordered by the Iraqi Navy from Swiftships Shipbuilders in September 2009.[1] The first was accepted into service in October 2010. Five others have since been delivered, the sixth in September 2011. The total order is for 15, with an option for a three more vessels." --Wikipedia The Iraqi navy sails again! ANW HUD-4 v1.11

TT-400TP gunboat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TT-400TP_gunboat "TT-400TP is the first warship designed and built by Vietnam in Z-173 shipyard (Hong Ha company, Hai Phong, Vietnam)." --Wikipedia Nice little gunboat. The 76-mm. gun has a range of about 6 miles and could definitely be a hazard to merchant shipping, light combatants, or even larger warships if it got lucky and got close enough to get in some hits. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Information for the Bedok can be found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedok-class_mine_countermeasures_vessel "The Bedok class are mine-countermeasure vessels (MCMVs) of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). They play an important role in the maritime security of Singapore, ensuring that the Singapore Strait and the sea lanes surrounding Singapore remain mine-free and open to international shipping. It is estimated that closure of Singapore’s ports would result in direct trade losses amounting to more than US$1.2 billion daily, posing a serious threat to Singapore's economy.[1][2] The four ships form the 194 Squadron of the RSN." --Wikipedia I think that even though mines are not modeled in HUD3/ANW, there a good case for including more minehunter classes. "Minehunting" missions can always be simulated with a Station victory condition; the real mission would probably be something protecting the minehunters from hostile forces, which is exactly the kind of low intensity conflict that might happen anywhere around the world and which ANW can model quite well. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

BRP Bacolod City (LC-550) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRP_Bacolod_City_%28LC-550%29 "The BRP Bacolod City (LC-550) is the lead ship of two Bacolod City class of Logistics Support Vessels, and is based on a helicopter capable variant of the US Army's Frank S. Besson class. She is also considered as one of the most modern transport ships in the Philippine Navy, having been commissioned during the early 1990s." --Wikipedia ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Pilatus PC-6 Porter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-6_Porter "The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 has been built in both piston engine and turboprop powered versions, and has been built both by Pilatus and by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. It remains in production as of August 2011....The PC-6 is noted for its Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) performance on almost any type of terrain - it can take off within a distance of 640 feet (195 m) and land within a distance of 427 feet (130 m) while carrying a payload of 2,646 lbs (1,200 kg). Thanks to its STOL performance, the PC-6 holds the world record for highest landing by a fixed-wing aircraft, at 18,865 feet (5,750 m), on the Dhaulagiri glacier in Nepal." --Wikipedia An interesting little light transport; hundreds have been built and are used by air forces and governments and police forces around the world. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Mobile Landing Platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Landing_Platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Montford_Point_%28T-MLP-1%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_John_Glenn_%28T-MLP-2%29 "The Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is a type of amphibious assault ship being constructed for the United States Navy, with the first ship due to enter service in 2015. MLP ships are to serve as floating bases for amphibious operations, and operate as a transfer point between large ships and small landing craft. Proof-of-concept testing began in 2005, with heavy lift ships serving as substitutes for the MLPs. General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company was awarded a contract to design and build the first ship in late 2010, with construction beginning in July 2011. The United States Navy initially plans to acquire three vessels (with a possible fourth proposed in 2012), which will be designated the Montford Point class." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.11

Pilatus PC-12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12 "The Pilatus PC-12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The main market for the aircraft is corporate transport and regional airliner operators. The U.S. Air Force's designation is the U-28A." --Wikipedia Not an urgent need, but an aircraft that is used by several governments and air forces. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Welcome SaSi and thank you for sharing your thoughts. Myself and a few others (as you may gather from the early posts in the topic) have an aversion to direct stocking of individual weapons per base, per supply ship, etc. That is mainly due to experience editing databases and scenarios in Harpoon 2/3 where ensuring proper weapons is a major undertaking that scares away many people. There is also the player-side effect of the game growing complex tracking which bases have the right weapons and the concern that such an approach will take too much enjoyment out of the game. Those thoughts lead to my preference for a more abstract points based system like Akula laid out in the first post. All that said I don't want to restrict the conversation, hopefully my comments here help you all refine your ideas rather than abandon them. I agree to an extent...while I like the logistics aspects of H3/ANW, because it really lets you tweak some details, I can definitely see it being a headache for people. Some advantages, if it could be added to HC... * Lets you tweak individual ships for the kind of loadouts they might have had in a certain year, if a year-specific platform is not already in the database * Lets you limit munitions for aircraft on ships and at air bases, which can affect tactical choices. If you know you only have 20 Harpoons...well, that's different than knowing you have as many as you need. * If a particular weapon is buggy (Gunny has squashed most of these, but there are still four or five weapons--not too shabby, considering there are hundreds in the HUD4--still giving him grief), you can remove it as an option and only leave munitions that work so people don't select the buggy weapon and botch a scenario because of it. There are some shortcuts one can use while editing scenarios that make most of it pretty simple but there is definitely a bit of a learning curve when it comes to using the logistics function.

Another option for random number generation is to download one of the freeware dice rollers people have written. There are a bunch of them. I use Smallroller. Using tables with 20 items doesn't mean anything special; I set things up that way simply because I have a bunch of d20s in my house and it was an easy way to do it. In any event, the tables are really set up more as a brainstorming tool than anything else; you can roll on one table or all of them or anything in between and just use the results to inspire ideas and re-roll anything that does not make sense. As for neutrals, yes, absolutely. You can set up a "protection" mission by making another side (in H3) an ally (friendly posture on both sides). You can't control their units, but any losses against their forces will still count against you if you have a "Protect" victory condition where you have to protect a certain number of units. For example, you could set up "United Nations Peacekeepers" as one side (the side you are playing) and "Doctors Without Borders" as another Blue side. Your task force will follow your orders, but the DWB side (maybe a merchant being used as a floating hospital) will simply follow a pre-programmed mission...you still have to protect it if you have set up a Victory Condition like Protect/1 Unit/100%/Sub-Class: Merchant.

CB90-class fast assault craft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB90-class_fast_assault_craft "Combat Boat 90 (CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. In addition to the many variants in service with the Swedish Navy under the Strb 90 H designation, the CB 90 has been adopted by the navies of several countries, including Norway (as the S90N), Greece, Mexico (as the CB 90 HMN), and Malaysia. Also the German Navy plans to equip the Berlin-class replenishment ships with the CB90." --Wikipedia ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Swearingen_Metroliner "The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner or the Fairchild Aerospace Metro is a 19-seat, pressurised, twin turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas, United States." --Wikipedia Another widely used light transport, in service with several air forces around the world. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

I've updated the tables a bit and added some additional information about some of the countries involved.

File Name: Crisis in Mallorca (2018) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 31 Mar 2013 File Category: Scenarios My eleventh scenario of 2013... Insurgents have seized part of the island of Mallorca. Spain has to take it back. They also have to board and take control of a merchant where high value hostages are being held... (This one is not too hard to win, but you have to think about your tactics and use caution when approaching the insurgent positions. There are a few surprises waiting...) Image: Spanish EF-18 (Author: Greg L. Davis, USAF) Click here to download this file

Shantou-class fast attack gun craft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantou-class_gunboat http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/shantou-pc.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/shantou-pc-specs.htm "The Shantou-class gunboat, was a Chinese built gunboat of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Known in the United States as the "Swatow"[1] class gunboat; it was based on the Soviet P-6 class torpedo boat. The boat is designated as Type 55A (55 Jia Xing, 55甲型). Instead of being wooden hulled, and consisting of torpedoes as the main armament, the Shantou class is steel-hulled, with guns as the main armament. The Shantou (or Swatow) is the predecessor of the Type 062 class gunboat, or more commonly known as the Shanghai-I & II class." --Wikipedia Another large class (dozens were built). Some exported to Third World nations. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Project 1204 Shmel http://russian-ships.info/eng/borderguard/project_1204.htm Large class of Soviet patrol boat. Some exported to other countries. The three-inch gun gives it a pretty serious punch for such a relatively small boat. Good for pirates, perhaps? ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Gulfstream IV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_IV "The Gulfstream IV (or G-IV or GIV) and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use. The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003." --Wikipedia Another popular business jet. Several hundred have been built. Used by many air forces as a VIP transport. ANW HUD-4 v1.11