TonyE

Demo version 2009.050 has been uploaded. Expiration extended to January 1, 2012.

I would bet on a CEP of 3 months which I suppose makes it more a elliptical EP (EEP?). Still I like the idea of September.

Akmatov made it onto IRC last night and we got his copy of Rene's .rsr file renamed to commondb.rsr which got rid of the errors.

It is a quite common error when working with the editable databases. There is somewhat of an art to the process and it is easy to go wrong and end up with misaligned indexes and other annoying and painful issues. The database authors who stick around tend to visit IRC when they have problems and learn the ropes and get assistance at the same time.

Not sure it will remedy your issue but Rene has a commondb.rsr file that goes along with his DB to provide alternate images, see http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...mp;showfile=328

For user-made EC2000 scenarios that you'd like to convert, there is cvtscen.exe in your HCE directory.

The Ultimate Edition SE is still a 16-bit program so it will not run on 64-bit operating systems. Just to be clear, the SE runs on Windows 7 32-bit without jumping through any hoops.

, I like the contrast in French and US reports. The French are properly concerned, the US takes the practical approach and states the obvious "duh!".

Yup, back to the Bears. In the next build (in theory 2010.007) Recon subtype AI planes will energize their radars 60 seconds or less from starting down the runway (quicker than real life but still...). The ability did used to exist but it was limited to AEW aircraft in October of 2004 and later expanded to AEW and EW. What that means is that even your 2007.000 version has the flaw and the Bears only energized due to some other stimulus (as Brad postulated by being painted by Blue radar or some other similar event).

Okay boys, breathe Akamtov has found a problem with the game that makes the bread and butter Warsaw Pact vs NATO Cold War engagement difficult to game out. That is valuable and the test scenario is appreciated. The approach and wording of the report surely didn't enthuse me and definitely rubbed Brad the wrong way. This is a volunteer effort and as a result should be enjoyable to us. Newcomers don't know the situation, have paid for a product expecting a level of service commensurate with that payment. The two (hobby vs payment) have an obvious conflict in that those of us who develop and support the game are either purely volunteers or receive very small royalty payments (Brad, Akula, and myself share royalty payments). Suffice it to say very small means that they don't cover even a quarter of what I spend on development tools each year, never mind the time invested in the game. Nor did we ask for the payments; money is not why we're here. Anyway, the game needs supporters and contributors. We've made the decision that despite that, the game does not benefit from having Herman around. His presence in this situation and scenario also helped to put us on edge; just the indication of his influence raises my blood pressure. I won't deny he plays more Harpoon than anyone else and won't deny he's one of the best testers around, and won't deny he was and could be a powerful positive force. But he isn't now and only seems to serve to discourage me from spending my hobby time on Harpoon and more than a few others share that feeling. So let's move forward. It looks like the radar activation issue is well proven, properly documented, and will benefit from a EC2003 scenario but doesn't need one to provoke further action. As you'll see in the beta testing forum I'm in the midst of a long-march to the next useable build unlike the usual quick releases it has been and may be weeks before the next build (I'm really really trying to beat the beta build expiration). So if the issue isn't fixed immediately it isn't due to unappreciation of the issue. This radar activation needs to be fixed and will be fixed.

There is no registry affect on the Bear D issue so you nedn't fear that. The gridlines being stuck on however is a registry thing. Find a zip file attached to this post that you can use (with the game closed) to turn off the grid lines. If you start with 2007.000 there is no reason or benefit to installing 2008.024 before 2008.044 if your final destination is 2008.044; just sayin. One thing I will suggest is to do your scenario authoring in EC2003 or newer battlesets as they use the editable databases. You should end up with many fewer frustrating results that way and can then also make use of the database editor and the knowledgeable people who edit databases (everything EC2000 and older does not use the editable database and is almost entirely frozen-in-time database-wise). HCEGridOff.zip

There are a couple of DSD file creators/editors. One of them I wrote and is available at http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...mp;showfile=308 .

Can you please share the test scenario you made that shows the Bear D behavior? The smaller the better. I'll help you with the gridlines when I get back in town, I'm away for another 6 or 8 hours. Ideally create an Issue Report for the Bear D. I know the issue can be worked around with a database change but it may merit a code change. Thank you!

Priceless!

Pete, I did some sleuthing and found http://www.myth-weavers.com/showthread.php?t=103754 but did not see an established (at least publicly) forum there as yet.

Great reporting SH, thank you for sharing!

mmm, Dew, the choice fuel of HC coding

Well said Warhorse. This is definitely one of the more civil forums in which to ask that question but as a result you'll get some of the more boring answers too. Both games are good at what they do and they do similar things. Warhorse hit the high points for sure.

Post 1 updated 2010/07/27

No significant progress the last while. I'm trying to indicate some signs of life by noting any decent chunks of time I spend in the code via the following topic, http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=9950

Stratsims' CIC Warfare Plotter. More about that here. Stratsims seems to be down at the moment ... Apologies for the delay and for the site being down in the first place! It is back, http://www.stratsims.com/

Re-reading Combat, a compilation of 10 mil-fi short novels; left-over 4th of July reading but can't put it back down. Just finished Larry Bond's LEO thriller including Rods from God for Brains.

In some regards a game like WitP but that can actually be finished if you play the whole war http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2520893 Let me know what you think; I've been watching the game's forum on Matrix's site and think the support provided by the developer is unbelievable and something for Harpooners to sit up and say hmm about...

I'm finding it a little tough to follow your argument/understand the case you are making but... Large ships Radar LOS vs Small ship and Small ship vs Large ship is about 24nm Large vs Large is about 28nm Small vs Small is about 19nm Agreed on the handiness of ESM!

Looks like it wasn't as advanced or universal as your approach but the author, Mark Kratzer called it BuoyBlaster