TonyE

This happens because the battleset file (in this case original GIUK) contains the database and there are no ship names listed for the USSR AO. 2007.032 will tell the user there are no names and will not exit out of the SE. Nice find

I do not have an author, sorry, it came to me via e-mail from a soldier in Iraq. I'd imagine an Internet search might turn up an author.

HCE - 2007.031 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Undo the attempted fix to prevent GE crashes when there are empty groups in a scenario, the fix was specific to my machine. - Chg:0000 GE Stop the CPU usage from pegging, aka give some cycles back to the operating system. - Chg:0000 GE More guns work. Player and AI now allocate the total number of bursts they want to fire, the GE handles spreading the fire over number of mounts, tubes, combined with ROF. Disabled Impact and Airburst radio buttons on attack type dialog since player choice has no effect on what type of damage is actually applied. Mount, ROF value is total bursts for that mount, no matter what the mounts= value is and no matter how many weapons are in a multimount. Mount, Tubes and mounts= affects how many bursts can be fired at once, ROF permitting the mount can fire Tubes * Mounts bursts all at once. HCE - 2007.030 ============== - Chg:0000 BB For locales where a period is not used in floating point numbers, force it anyway to avoid errors. - Chg:0000 BB Include some more battleset specific messages in the seed files for the battleset. Prevents a problem Rene reported about the game crashing after a victory condition dialog was dismissed. HCE - 2007.029 ============== - Chg:0000 SE When lots of ship/sub/aircraft classes are in the DB, it could overflow the maximum contents of a 16-bit listbox. Fix is to dynamically narrow the width of the shown fields so that all entries are shown. This will mean some country names, class names, and side names may be cut short to make each entry small enough for them all to show. (thanks Rene) - Chg:0000 GE An attempt was made to have the GE not crash if a scenario has groups with no units. HCE - 2007.028 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Anti-Surface gun ammo allocation improvements * Rather than assuming each mount can only fire one shell, use # of tubes instead. * Don't assume player should only fire 1 shell (pre-allocation in attack dialog), do the full calculation to estimate how many to fire. - Chg:0000 GE Mount weapons fired in current 60 seconds was being reset incorrectly, fixed it by making ROF_Divisor = 0 in all cases. - Chg:0000 GE In CheckMissileHits, show ECM reduction and such for misses as well. (attempt 2, thanks Rene) - Nfo:0000 GE Gun mounts should check arc, isn't happening yet. - Nfo:0000 GE Verified that ROF is reset every 60 game seconds, not 30! HCE - 2007.027 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Anti-Surface Guns now adhere to mount rate of fire limitations, only after the initial allocation, player can cheat on initial allocation. AS Guns will fire the correct ammunition now, and will not 'dump ammo overboard'. Previously guns were firing one burst per 15 seconds and throwing any other bursts overboard. AS Guns by the AI will fire 2 x target remaining DP of bursts at the target, this helps reduce overkill/ammo wastage. AS Guns will stop firing when the firing platform is out of range of the target platform, previously any bombardment in progress would keep going even if out of range. - Chg:0000 GE In CheckMissileHits, show ECM reduction and such for misses as well. - Chg:0000 GE Show Range column in launch aircraft dialog for each line of ready AC. (thanks Akula, HermanH) - Nfo:0000 GE The period over which ROF bursts will happen is 60 seconds, this contradicts some of the code comments which suggest 30 seconds. Will be doing further research. - Nfo:0000 GE The decision was made (Akula,CV32,TonyE) not to change the Impact vs Airburst criterion. They are... If the burst will impart more than 1/8 the total DP of the target, the shell is considered impact, if less than 1/8 the shell is considered Airburst. This is why destroying an airbase in the game with guns just doesn't happen. We'll look at this again when we can change data structures to suit a potentially better model. - Nfo:0000 GE Guns impact/airburst radio buttons should not even show since user selection has no effect on how the damage is applied. HCE - 2007.026 ============== - Chg:0000 GE In CheckMissileHits, show ecm reduction to PH. This doesn't show missiles hitting planes. - Chg:2347 GE Game crashes when starting EC2003 scenarios without starting with full ordnance. (thanks Terminus) - Chg:2112 GE Really make show all and iterative saving work in release builds. - Chg:0000 GE After firing command guided missiles, if the firing unit is destroyed before the missiles impacted, the game would crash due to a null value for sourceUnit. Fixed by adding a null check, say "Firing unit destroyed" as the name of firing unit if the firing unit is already gone. (thanks Krasny) - Chg:2350 SE SE Would crash in HDS III GIUK if you open Iceland Thaw then hit F4 with group ABC selected. The group has a bad formation patrol entry for an aircraft. Fix is to ignore bad formation air patrols. (thanks Herman) HCE - 2007.025 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Game could crash when splitting tanker from group if there is no group selected. Fixed so that landing for split is based off of tanker group, failing that, base it off group tanker was part of. - Chg:0000 GE Game could crash when using Full button display on report window. Fixed it up to use Unit instead of Group where needed. - Chg:0000 GE Added ECM ability to mounts. Now a ship may carry ALQ-99 for area and point defense jamming. Flares and Chaff will also now work for units other than planes. HCE - 2007.024 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Stop showing SAM and Gun counts at enemy installations and land units on the mini report window. - Chg:0000 BSB Hide the running of end_edit.bat but capture its output to the log file. - Chg:0000 GE Improve DLLExport interface to improve speed when no DLLs are loaded. - Chg:0000 GE Hopefully prevent Neutrals from attacking AI, prevent AI from giving player detects of Neutrals. HCE - 2007.023 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Prevent potential crash when launching weapon with long name - Chg:0000 GE Allow battlesets with zero scenarios, no more crashing - Chg:0000 GE Upon scenario load, suppress the orders window if no orders are available, go straight into the game. - Chg:0000 GE Refueling manually will now replace any existing refueling events that haven't started to transfer fuel. The aim is to prevent an inability to manually refuel (i.e. the command is given but no refuel occurs until much later). - Chg:0000 GE Let BOL weapons hit anybody, including player ships. - Chg:0000 BSB Fix controls alignment on scenarios tab so they behave when the form is resized. - Chg:0000 BSB Re-ordered the controls in the program so the tab key usage makes a little more sense. - Chg:0000 BSB Expanded logging to cover entire program. - Chg:0000 BSB Added a most simple facility for saving and loading battleset settings. - Chg:0000 BSB Prevent error about invalid float when manually entering a Lat or Lon value. - Nfo:0000 BSB Determined that the map creation utilities do not know how to make a map from Iceland as a Western boundary to the USA as an Eastern boundary. This needs to be remedied. HCE - 2007.022 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Removed DelphiGUI.dll interface since it has been supplanted. - Chg:0000 GE DLLExport interface coded, version 1, more refinements - Chg:0000 DLL DataDump1.dll updated with changes to match GE HCE - 2007.021 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Guns should now adhere to altitude limits in air engagements and in point defense. Try 2... - Chg:0000 GE DLLExport interface coded, version 1. HCE - 2007.020 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Guns should now adhere to altitude limits in air engagements and in point defense. HCE - 2007.019 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Tweak to 2007.018 so pre-EC2003 battlesets work - Chg:0000 SE Tweak to 2007.018 so pre-EC2003 battlesets work HCE - 2007.018 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Mis-reading of data from battleset .res file instead of commondb.res file. Barely tested. - Chg:0000 SE Mis-reading of data from battleset .res file instead of commondb.res file. Barely tested. HCE - 2007.017 ============== - Chg:0000 SE Add zoom levels to SE, 16x, 32x, 64x 128x is not possible with the 16-bit SE The Unit window rectangle that shows on the Group window is not showing as the correct size. HCE - 2007.016 ============== - Bug:0000 GE AI will now fire surface capable torps ship to ship. - Bug:0000 BB Full installer created - Bug:0000 SE Allow use of hdsm.res, hdsm.rsr - Bug:0000 GE Allow use of hdsm.res, hdsm.rsr HCE - 2007.015 ============== - Bug:0000 GE ASuW range ring will now properly show a surface gun range for dual purpose guns. Dialog needs to be renamed Surface Weapon from surface missile. - Bug:0000 GE AI will now fire surface capable torps ship to ship. HCE - 2007.014 ============== - Bug:1920 SE After adding a base, dialog reverts to first blue base, should revert to last added base HCE - 2007.012 ============== - Bug:0000 GE Add some code for battleset 27 (BS Builder) - Bug:0000 SE Add some code for battleset 27 (BS Builder) HCE - 2007.011 ============== - Bug:2224 GE Wrong Weapon allocation (torpedoes in missile allocaton) - Bug:2228 GE Attack type dialog, multiple types can errantly be selected (Missile/Torp/Gun) - Bug:0000 GE Fixed crash while saving weapon allocation dialog position HCE - 2007.010 ============== - Bug:1881 SE PD won't show blank classnames, SE PD won't GPF on long mount names - Bug:2053 SE PD Blank Entries

Up thru HCE Release Version 2007.000 HCE - 2007.000 ============== - Bug:2095 Airplanes will no longer teleport to landing spots after loitering due to failed intercept - Bug:1907 Fixed small bug where aircraft would loiter during intercept without informing the player - Bug:2112 Several debug features have now been turned into cheat codes. HCE - 2007.b25rc3 ================= - Bug:1977 Credits have been updated - Bug:0063 WestPac Scenarios now lead to correct scenerios - Bug:0191 Submarines can no longer fire missiles while surfaced - Bug:1700 Subs no longer change position while firing torpedos HCE - 2007.b24rc2 ================= - Bug:2071: Message Log will no longer report non-player loitering events. - Bug:1964: CommonDB now updated with new pictures. 2 more scenerios added to WestPac. HCE - 2007.b23rc1 ================= - Bug:1907 GE Aircraft Loiter after finishing an intercept will now pop up a staff assistant informing the player. - Bug:2047 GE WestPac 6.0 Orders mistakes have been corrected - Bug:2048 GE Windows menu reset: maximized is now spelled correctly. _ Bug:1700 GE Subs dive to their previous depth after firing torpedos after a small amount of time based on how far they had to ascend - Bug:0191 GE Submarine can now only launch missiles from shallow depth - Bug:1976 GE Groups will now no longer ignore course orders due to improperly stored formation events HCE - 2007.b22 ============== - Bug:1950 GE Helos attacking subs now correctly determine what weapons to use. - Bug:1903 GE ASW weapons now allocate correctly - Bug:1887 GE Sinking Blue Units will no longer ask for a new course while playing red - Bug:2041 GE Added 4 new WestPac Scenerios - Bug:2044 GE Animations and Full button on Unit report will no longer crash the game - Bug:1990 GE Red Groups will no longer inform blue player that they are loitering or winchester. HCE - 2007.b21 ============== - Bug:0001964 Data Updated CommonDB - Bug:0002001 GE Aircraft losing contact with a sub will no longer crash the game nor report to blue - Bug:0002003 GE Aircraft losing contact with a sub will no longer crash the game - Bug:0001994 GE Red group will not longer ask blue side for new course - Bug:0001989 GE Aircraft losing contact with a sub will no longer crash the game - Bug:0001948 GE Giving waypoints (with waypoint screen up) to a unit that wasn't supposed to get that course order. - Bug:0001946 GE Airgroups now launch at proper height - Bug:0002020 GE New window reset feature added to the window menu HCE - 2007.b20 ============== - Bug:0001989: Game will no longer crash after asking if a ASW group should return to base - Bug:0001715 Upgrade Graphics for EC2003 and Westpac HCE - 2007.b19 =============== - Bug:0001887 Sinking Blue units not longer ask for new course HCE - 2007.b18 =============== - Bug:0001652 You can no longer join/split groups while the group is launching/landing. - Bug:0001651 Course dialog no longer lets you edit a group's path if it is intercepting except for clearing the path/canceling the intercept - Bug:0001775 Start each scenerio at x2 Zoom - Bug:0001824 Upgrade Sounds - Bug:0001890 Ferry Missions no longer start flying before group is fully formed - Bug:0001896 AFterburner now shows correct knots in speed dialog. - Bug:0001917 Aircraft now ask to go home if they lose track of their target - Bug:0001949 SAMs now correctly reload HCE - 2006.b17 =============== - Bug:1774 Change Title - Bug:0778 Patrol aircraft RTB with plenty of fuel and weapons - Bug:1650 (SE) Cancel on adding a Group causes pre-existing Bases to get wiped - Bug:0828 Air units within missile range, do you want to attack? dialog keeps popping up - Bug:1197 Inconsistant weapons load reported - Bug:1164 F8 w guns attacks MiG25 @ Vhigh and shoots it down - Bug:1736 When enemy surface unit is sunk/severly damage, dialog asks if I want to give orders - Bug:1699 Units in a group have differeing altitudes HCE - 2006.b16 =============== - Bug:1641: Resolved an issue where helos wouldn't decend directly to low without first going to low alt. - Bug:1197: Fixed a inconsistency with the range finding of a nuclear weapon. - Bug:0191: Submarines now psuedo simulate ascending to fire missiles before decending again. - Bug:1645: When splitting a group, there was as check for sides in forcing the new and old unit to check its throttle vs knots setting. This was removed. - Bug:1605: Some registry settings from the origional divorcing of HCE from HCGOLD were accidently left behind in the SE. These were removed. - Bug:1639: Staff Assistant has had an intelligence boost. Will now correctly inform user of bingo fuel problems even if there is a land event along the current course. - Bug:1275: New debugging feature has been added. '-x' will disable enemy sub AI control. This feature will be removed in the release version. - Bug:1594: Fixed the mini-rep to accurately display speed updates of patrols. - Bug:1595: All A/C now fly at the same speed in a group of mixed A/C - Bug:1634: Naval unit group splits now allow you to enter a course for the new group. - Bug:0468: Made a partial update to the serial number system requiring the use of the new executable 'TestReg.exe' in the harpoon directory. This will be updated in furture releases. HCE - 2006.b15 =============== - Bug:1516: (GE) resolved Auto saved game issue with filenames being too long - Bug:0270: (GE) Modifications to range circles should make them appear less oval like in some circumstances - Bug:1368: Resolved a bug where A/C are told that they are in range of their own AA defenses - Bug:1367: Group Window was listening to add points to the path even if other modeless dialogs were up. I now have it checking for modeless dialogs. So speed and attack dialogs will no longer trigger pathing if you click in the group window. - Bug:1537: Planes won't land. Pathing AI has been improved. - Bug:1594: Minor bug fixed where speed/alt dialog was mis-reporting the speed of the unit - Bug:1595: Fixed a bug where aircraft groups were going faster than they were allowed HCE - 2006.b14 =============== - Bug:0828: (GE) Air units within missile range, do you want to attack? dialog keeps popping up - Area defense dialogs now target entire groups instead of units, reducing the number of Staff Assistant popups. - Bug:1260: (GE) Intermittent sensors turn off - Patrols landing no longer accidently turn off intermittent sensors - Bug:1197: (GE) Inconsistant weapons load reported - Minor edits to the 'no weapons available' message to better reflect the possibility of nuclear weaponry not being released. - Bug:0204: (GE) ARMS Prevent bombing - Bug:1256: (GE) Tankers don't return to base - Added supplimental dialog allowing the users to pick a landing base for tankers after they split. - Bug:1299: (GE) AI Land units run away from any opposing units - Fixed. Land units now actually attack when detected but not in range of attacking - Bug:1271: (GE) Ships Repeatedly miss navpoints on high TC - Significant changes made to nav point AI to help streamline navpoints HCE - 2006.b13 =============== - Bug:0191: (GE) Submarine can launch missiles (cruise and ballistic) from any depth - Subs now automatically move to the target's depth before firing torpedos. - Bug:0860: (SE) Enhancement: Write entry to message log when friendly units are damaged. - For the debug versions only, DP now appears on non-instant kills in the message log. - Bug:1376: (SE) Adding Base listing always appears covering apart of the map - Add Base dialog now appears lower on the screen in the information area - Bug:1375: (SE) Adding the first base on the list causes confusing behavior - Item selection in the 'add base dialog' now keeps track of what you hilighted and corrects for any switching between unit types. - Bug:0197: (GE) Ferry Mission not cleared when target base is destroyed - Ferry Missions to a base will now be cleared if the base is destroyed. - Bug:1348: (GE) A/C launch but have no hope of reaching target - Minor bug in calculating round trip fuel - Bug:1263: (GE) Aircraft stuck launching on Ferry Missions - Issues where a nearby enemy base would attack launching aircraft causing the aicraft to get stuck. HCE - 2005.b12 =============== - Bug:1298: (GE) While testing for the lost a/c bug- I crashed the game after a "normal" sequence of events - Minor crash bug related to loitering/RTB decision after intercept - Bug:1329: (GE) Missiles disappear - Added UI messages offering information of missile loss do to lack of guidance - Bug:1339: (GE) Canceling a Weapons Allocation - Canceling the Weapons Allocation Dialog now prompts if aircraft wish to RTB. Otherwise intercepting group is set to loiter. - Bug:1344: (SE) Can't create RED GROUPS - Fixed a bug where SE couldn't create red groups correctly - Bug:1297: (GE) Ship to ship torpedo - operator interface problem? - Functionality was added that now fully allows ship to ship torpedos with a user initiatated attack - Bug:1273: (GE) Dipping while cruising - Aircraft with the ability to dip sonar can no longer do so unless they are loitering and at Vlow altitude. Sonar settings are disabled unless these conditions are met. - Bug:1254: (GE) Aircraft with gun ammo available refuse to engage - Removed a limitation which didn't let aircraft attack groups with cannons unless they were within 10nm of the group. HCE - 2005.b11 =============== - Bug:0196: (GE) Ready Aircraft Anomoly. Group splits in ready aircraft interface and one group of 3 unusable - Bug:1291: (GE) SAM's used as SSM's - Bug:1228: (GE) Red reports to Blue - Bug:1229: (GE) Neutral reports to Blue - Bug:1272: (GE) Sonobuoy hotkey - "." hotkey will drop an aircraft to Vlow if not at Vlow. If aircraft is at Vlow, will force the aircraft drop a sonar bouy. - Bug:1226: (GE) Autosave time setting not saved - Autosave timer now saves correctly - Bug:0179: (GE) Weapon display window no hotkey to close, ESC also doesn't close it - Esc key now closes the Weapons display window - Bug:1030: (GE) When destroyed, land units denoted as sinking - Land units are now denoted as 'destoryed'. - Bug:0414: (GE) High Time Compression and weapons allocation menu -GUI synchronicity. - Unit and Group windows now updated if weapons allocation menu appears during high time compression - Bug:0644: (GE) Laptops that have 2 monitors will display all dialogs in 2nd (extended) desktop - Computers that used extended desktops may find HCE Dialogs being misplaced. See ReadmeDialogs.txt for information on how to fix this. HCE - B10 ========== - 0000778: [GE Game Engine] Patrol aircraft RTB with plenty of fuel and weapons (Fletcher) - 0001164: [GE Game Engine] F8 w guns attacks MiG25 @ Vhigh and shoots it down (Fletcher) - 0001201: [GE Game Engine] Loading a saved game causes autosaving feature to fail (Fletcher) - 0001204: [GE Game Engine] Divorce registry settings from HCGold (Russell) - 0001268: [GE Game Engine] Scrolling through units in display dialogue can cause crash (Fletcher) - 0001269: [GE Game Engine] Add build number to title bar (Fletcher) - 0001145: [scenEdit] Crash on adding plane to new group (Fletcher) HCE - 2005.b09 =============== Includes new debugging tools. - 0001177: [GE Game Engine] Adding debugging tool: Iterative Saving (Fletcher) - 0000979: [GE Game Engine] Add EXE Properties (Fletcher) - 0000468: [GE Game Engine] Add Matrix serial number system to the game (Fletcher) - 0000982: [GE Game Engine] Iterative Saving (Fletcher) - 0000983: [GE Game Engine] Save Timer Modified (Fletcher) HCE - 2005.b08 =============== Should only require HC2002 Gold and be the first Fletcher heavy release. - 0000274: [GE Game Engine] Errant radar detection message (aeischens) - 0000359: [GE Game Engine] safe_io: error writing: annex_disk_id_list[0][0] upon program close (Fletcher) - 0000937: [GE Game Engine] Add new command line for debugging log (Fletcher) - 0000614: [GE Game Engine] Air groups with tankers running out of fuel (Fletcher) - 0000759: [uI] Click-Scrolling through units in unit window causes crash (Fletcher) - 0000698: [GE Game Engine] Attack option window keeps popping up (Fletcher) - 0000663: [GE Game Engine] Fuel consumption issue (Fletcher) - 0000828: [GE Game Engine] Air units within missile range, do you want to attack? dialog keeps popping up (Fletcher) - 0000975: [installer] Unzipping B08 to HC2002 Gold installation causes error when trying to load through Start menu (Fletcher) - 0000413: [uI] High Time Accleration+attack on target with attached land units causes difficulty in attack resolution and odd aircraft behavior (Fletcher) Version 2005.b07 Released 2005/07/02 Fixes: * GE (###) Updated about box, credits. If you think you should be there, please contact AGSI. * GE (###) Don't allow AI to pull planes from formation, airfield, or LD Patrol to intercept SAMs and AAMs. Effectively means AI will not try to intercept SAMs and AAMs. * GE (###) Show IDs for Neutral groups as well as Red and Blue groups. * GE (###) Remove country names from Ctrl+H status display for neutrals since country names were only used in legacy battlesets. * GE (###) Allow partial ordnance flag at scen start to also affect neutrals. Previously neutrals received full missile complement even if other sides didn't. * GE (###) Beginnings of each unit and group storing information about the detection of each other side vs the unit. This changes from a player side vs other sides into a player independent structure. * GE (###) Unit window won't close at high group window zoom. Units will never show on group map. * GE (###) Increased the number of zoom levels in Unit window to match group window. * GE (###) Fixed a bug where ARMs could not be fired from plane to ship when ARMs were the only weapon type on the plane. (thanks Ben) * GE (###) Improvements to range circles on Group map, no longer kludge at certain key measures. Hmm, seems to only work for exactly detected groups. Items Modified: * GE * SE Notes: * This version modifies the saved game format making all previous saved games useless in this version. * This update must be applied to 2005.b02 or newer. Version 2005.b06 Released 2005/04/03 Fixes: * GE (204) Further tweak composite group behavior when dealing with radiating target groups that stop radiating mid-attack. Items Modified: * GE Notes: * This update must be applied to 2005.b02 or newer. Version 2005.b05 Released 2005/03/30 Fixes: * GE (381) Don't allow auto-intercept attacks to use SSMs against submerged subs. * GE (365) Still more nuclear release timing fixes. * GE (274) Errant detected by radar warning messages from bases should no longer happen. * GE (211) More work to prevent fixed installation location from changing based on detection. * GE (374) Additional work to prevent firing SSMs at submerged subs, in this case as a result of using Intercept button. * GE (213) Appears that when you destroy a base, units that were in the base formation can now be destroyed as well. * GE (375) VC completion crash fixed? * GE (280) VCs not registering for MLUs. Appears the problem did not exist and still doesn't seem to exist. * GE (204) Composite ARM+Bomb groups couldn't use the Bomb/Missile at some times when target isn't radiating. However, in some circumstances after expending some weapons, the air group runs back and forth near target. * SE (365) More nuclear release timing fixes. Items Modified: * GE * SE Notes: * This update must be applied to 2005.b02 or newer. Version 2005.b04 Released 2005/03/13 Fixes: * SE Allow scenario designer to place bases from any side on any side. Base listing changed to include color so scenario designer knows what they are getting. * SE after you have added a base and go back in to add another, the scrollbox will bring you to the previously added base. * GE Subs aground go to max water depth, not one level shallower than max depth * GE more work on planes attacking surfaced subs with ASMs. In the process, get rid of cannon fire message when plane is carrying both Torps/Depth Charges and ASMs at the same time. Items Modified: * GE * SE Notes: * This update must be applied to 2005.b02 or newer. Version 2005.b03 Released 2005/03/05 Fixes: * 0000361 GE Hopefully prevent super fast ship groups bug that appears to have been the result of code to lower dippers to low alt. Items Modified: * GE Notes: * This update must be applied to 2005.b02. Version 2005.b02 Released 2005/03/01 Fixes: * GE Fixed bug Vince found where sonobuoy droppers were causing crash. * GE allow aircraft to split from base formation patrols * GE allow ships to split from base formation * GE allow MLUs to split from base formation * GE allow various units to join base formations * GE allow various units to join MLU formations * GE allow player to attack Neutral units as a way of allowing attack of all Unknown units * GE fix an issue where radar guided missiles weren't hitting enough. This may make intertial SARH missiles too accurate, test please. * GE More rebranding to HC2005/ Harpoon Commander's Edition * SE ditto * PE fixed type in import specifications that was preventing the import process from working * PE was not importing sonar BSL! Fixed * db_utils updated, Torpedo Annex was not exporting correctly due to linefeed problem * WestPac Beta status removed from text * Uninstaller activated Items Modified: * GE * SE * PE * db_utils Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.10 or newer. * Note, this is again a Debug GE and will be slower than the release version. Version 2005.b01 Released 2005/02/21 Fixes: * GE Prevent error in AirAttacker function caused by targeting by group rather than by unit. * GE AI AC evasion turned off by a majority vote of three to one on the AGSI HCG Beta forum. * GE Fix Noisemaker crash error caused by problem with passive sonar detect sound. Now plays active sonar detect sound for passive detects. * GE Compromise a bit with range circles, they will be somewhat rounder now. * GE Must be at Low or VLow to use dipping sonar or lay sonobuoy, GE will move units to Low on its own and set Throttle to Cruise * SE Deal a little more gracefully when items in the Installations annex have invalid IDs * DB Gave SH-60F APS-124 radar * PE Changed drop down items listed for base source level from one item per noise level sorted by item name to every item sorted by BSL, then item name. Items Modified: * GE * SE * DB * CDB.res * PE Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.16b8 or newer. * Note the speed, the GE has very little debugging turned on and should be running at about the speed that can be expected with a real release. Version 2003.16b12 Released 2005/01/23 Fixes: * GE Hopefully fix malloc assertion errors that were caused by freeing the same chunk of memory twice.. Items Modified: * GE Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.16b8 or newer. Version 2003.16b11 Released 2005/01/22 Fixes: * GE Turn on non-player controlled EW bird's radars soon after take-off so that they can provide escort jamming services. Items Modified: * GE Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.16b8 or newer. Version 2003.16b10 Released 2005/01/22 Fixes: * GE More area ECM tweaks. * GE Revert to the AI not being able to form attacks against bases on it's own. Only attacks against bases created in the SE will be honored. This prevents an uneven and often deadly (to the AI) allocation of weapons so that there is nothing left to attack player ships. * GE very beginnings of allowing ships to attack ships with torpedoes. * GE very beginnings of allowing planes and ships to attack subs with ASMs when sub is on the surface. * SE incremented version number Items Modified: * GE * SE * DB Notes: * This version modifies the saved game format making all previous saved games useless in this version. * This update can be applied to 2003.16b8 or newer. Version 2003.16b9 Released 2005/01/20 Fixes: * GE/SE Changes to allow 47 character ship/sub /plane names. * GE New area ECM model based upon plane loadout ECM type weapons with range > 0. Both direct jamming of emitting radar when jammer is close to emitter and escort jamming of strike groups within the jamming range of the ECM platform (does not need to be in the same group as the escorted platforms). Jammed units/groups will show a little yellow lightening bolt near the unit icon. The indicator will persist for 30 seconds or less after the last jammer stops jamming. * DB to make 47 character names work in custom DBs, open pfData file, lAnnexDefaults table and set the type code value to 47 where it is currently 17 (first three lines) Items Modified: * GE * SE * DB Notes: * This version modifies the saved game format making all previous saved games useless in this version. * This update can be applied to 2003.16b8. Version 2003.16b8 Released 2005/01/17 Fixes: * GE continued work on Ctrl-H status for Land Units * GE/SE Allow use of all 128 loadout types. Still a maximum of 32 loadouts per plane. * GE allocate less a reasonable number of weapons when attacking a land unit. Previously for weapon allocation, all land units were considered bases and maximum force was applied. * GE will load without error pre-EC2003 BattleSet Scenarios Old User Scenarios (pre 2003.16b3) New User Scenarios The SE somewhere along the line started creating a bogus ship entry that was causing trouble. This works around that. * SE shows DB Flavor in quasi status bar when in EC2003 or WestPac battlesets * SE added land unit types to Victory Conditions dialog. * SE added land unit types to scenario analysis Items Modified: * GE * SE Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.15 or newer. * The PE in this version is 2003.16b5 as it has not changed since then. Version 2003.16b7 Released 2005/01/01 Fixes: * GE will give Nuclear Release at proper time. * GE added Ctrl-H status for Land Units * Ctrl-H status report should count up to 65535 instead of 255. * Added HC2004 logos * Changed SCUD missile site reload times to 105 minutes, up from 8 minutes. Items Modified: * GE * SE * DB * CDB.res * DLL Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.15 or newer. * When granting Nuclear release in the SE the designer must open the nuclear release dialog a second time and re-enter the appropriate time for it to 'stick' correctly. Version 2003.16b6 Released 2004/11/27 Fixes: * SARH AAMs will self destruct if guidance is lost. * SARH AAMs with Inertial flag will not self destruct. They will continue towards last known contact and explode at distance to last known contact. If guidance is restored the missiles will head back towards the target. * SARH AAMs with Inertial flag will have only a tiny chance of hitting target if guiding platform doesn't radiate before/during impact to provide guidance updates. Items Modified: * GE (Game Engine aka Winharp32.exe) Notes: * This update can be applied to 2003.16b5 or newer. Version 2003.16b5 Released 2004/10/31 Fixes: * Made another attempt at convincing evading AI AC to RTB when they reach Bingo fuel state. * Exposed Ship, Sub, and Torpedo base noise level (aka Base Source Level aka BSL) to the PE so that base noise levels are no longer hard coded. DB needs edits, the values in the current DB are what the hard coded values were giving. Items Modified: * db_utils (db_make.exe in db_utils folder) * PE (pfBuild2002.mdb, Platform Editor) * GE (Game Engine aka Winharp32.exe) * SE (Scenario Editor aka WSCENEDT.EXE) * DB (pfData2002.mdb no item changes, only BSL exposed) * SC (Scenario Converter, cvtscen.ese) * CDB.res (commondb.res compiled DB for those not wishing to use PE) Notes: * This version modifies the saved game format making all previous saved games useless in this version. * This update can be applied to 2003.16b3 or newer. Version 2003.16b4b Released 2004/10/24 Fixes: * Increased robustness of PE search for HC Main directory for use during export and import process to avoid as many 3044 'File not Found' errors as possible due to corrupt or otherwise unreadable registry entries. This also helps export and import work better on computers with tight security that don't allow registry reads from MS Access. Items Modified: * PE Notes: Version 2003.16b4 Released 2004/10/19 Fixes: * Course plotting at > 8x zoom should now result in a path very close to what was desired rather than wildly off-course. * The number of weapons per loadout and weapons per multimount has been increased from 4 to 8. This also fixes an off-by-one bug in the multimount code that was crashing the game when the Ohio SSGN fired TLAMs or SEALs. * AI Aircraft evasion has been tweaked. The feature is by no means perfect but should be much better. AI aircraft will now close closer to player aircraft before running away. In addition, if AI fighters approach a player AC and do not have the player group targeted, the AI group will take a snap-shot before running away. As before, if the AI group is targeting the player planes, they will close and fire, no matter how suicidal. * Database name changed to 'AGSI HCG Official DB-040428'... Anyone else have a better name before we have versioning working better a steady database name would be good (except for the date portion that changes after each database edit). Items Modified: * db_utils (all six programs in db_utils folder) * PE (pfBuild2002.mdb, Platform Editor) * GE (Game Engine aka Winharp32.exe) * SE (Scenario Editor aka WSCENEDT.EXE) * DB (pfData2002.mdb no item changes, only DB name changed) * SC (Scenario Converter, cvtscen.ese) * CDB.res (commondb.res compiled DB for those not wishing to use PE) Notes: * This version modifies the saved game format making all previous

I'll try to remember to periodically post the release notes of the current (test) builds of the game. It would be nice if there wasn't a significant lag from a change to when the change makes it into the hands of non-beta players but that just isn't the arrangement at present. Hopefully having an idea of what we're working on will be a positive thing.

HCE - 2007.031 ============== - Chg:0000 GE Undo the attempted fix to prevent GE crashes when there are empty groups in a scenario, the fix was specific to my machine. - Chg:0000 GE Stop the CPU usage from pegging, aka give some cycles back to the operating system. - Chg:0000 GE More guns work. Player and AI now allocate the total number of bursts they want to fire, the GE handles spreading the fire over number of mounts, tubes, combined with ROF. Disabled Impact and Airburst radio buttons on attack type dialog since player choice has no effect on what type of damage is actually applied. Mount, ROF value is total bursts for that mount, no matter what the mounts= value is and no matter how many weapons are in a multimount. Mount, Tubes and mounts= affects how many bursts can be fired at once, ROF permitting the mount can fire Tubes * Mounts bursts all at once. Moral of the story, test guns, you'll almost certainly be doing some database editing in the process

Pearl Harbor Day rolls around again, I'm in the mood after watching a documentary on FDR, so with no further delay... A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

Gopher, please keep working at uploading those files (your custom scenario and the saved game before the crash), zip and upload...

No, I didn't change anything, but perhaps the conversion of commas to periods in the save file had an effect.

Very nice AAR! Thanks Herman

Shouldn't happen with battlesets created with 2007.030 BS Builder.

Thanks guys, sorry Akula, your scen has provided accessible test fodder for a potential workaround for the groups with no units crashing the GE but the fix was unique to my machine. So I'll take out the fix and the rule remains, don't have empty groups I'll move the thread in a couple days.

Also, if you are beta tester, post your bugs here, Herman can't post his here since he isn't a beta tester, thanks!

and do you still have a harpoon8.dll file in your game directory? If you don't, reinstall, then see if your virus scanner thinks it is a virus or something, Herman had his disappear but these files just don't disappear without reason...

Are you using GE 2007.029 Buddha? If you aren't, please try it with that. Thanks!

Well, I'd have to say 2 v 2 in Fighters Anthology would do even better

but really ROFL

Moved from Pipe Dreams forum to adhere to the rules of the Pipe Dreams forum. But yes, let's get as much of that discussion, from the now defunct AGSI forum, recreated here.

Includes the full BS Builder download, I hope you don't have slow modems... You can install this one right on top of your old copy if you have one.

HCE - 2007.030 ============== - Chg:0000 BB For locales where a period is not used in floating point numbers, force it anyway to avoid errors. - Chg:0000 BB Include some more battleset specific messages in the seed files for the battleset. Prevents a problem Rene reported about the game crashing after a victory condition dialog was dismissed. This one is for Rene, to test your CTD, and to make sure Save/Load work okay in the BS Bulder.

Thanks guys, I'll take out my fix for empty groups since it only applies to my machine.

Okay, I've uploading a re-compiled copy of the same code, how does it work now?

Good to know, anyone else have trouble? I run Vista and have no trouble but that doesn't mean all that much

HCE - 2007.029 ============== - Chg:0000 SE When lots of ship/sub/aircraft classes are in the DB, it could overflow the maximum contents of a 16-bit listbox. Fix is to dynamically narrow the width of the shown fields so that all entries are shown. This will mean some country names, class names, and side names may be cut short to make each entry small enough for them all to show. (thanks Rene) - Chg:0000 GE An attempt was made to have the GE not crash if a scenario has groups with no units. What to test: Try opening some scenarios in the GE that have empty groups. Not only add a last empty group and save in the SE, but also try adding a couple of proper groups after the empty group. http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2365 is one to test.

I've always been interested in the nuke areas but never got around to asking anyone who knew, what they might be for. My guess is that they were supposed to be places not to go (irradiated) but there isn't really any code behind them. You should be able to place them in a scenario for cosmetic benefit with the understanding that maybe some day they will do something. Now the reference point unit is one I've had some serious time looking at. That's the one we should be able to use to indicate on station boxes if the scenario designer placed a few reference point groups. Just another thing to do some day (and for showing alternate start points in the SE).