Mavgaz

It appears you used anti-aliasing on the colored columns. Each colored icon should be exactly one color (the same color as the original GR_ICONS.BMP graphic and should be exactly masked by the black and white column. See the attached examples of what you have now (dithered, multiple colors) and what you want (single color). Thanks TonyE for your help. The Icons are fixed and ready to install in the game. The File is in the attachment of the icons post.(Icons Post) I will upload to at the HCE tools

x2... really like them Thanks Divefreak.. Unfortanelly isn't working fine, do you know why? Update done. The Icons file is at the icons post. (Icons Post)

1.3 - Detection problems at AI engine fix. 1st - This problem was detected at the WWII scenario. When the AI first detect us a group, order to all ships and subs capable to intercept. This is correct until we are sure the AI lost our contact, then we may change the course of the group previous detected but the AI units always track it even without knowing.This make slower ships to scape. I've made one scenarion to test in the earlier scenarios. But didn't happen. 2nd - When one Sub is detected by intel we can send planes to intercept. The plane is launch and go to intecept, the diamond detection grows and the contact is lost. However the plane still go on to intecept the Sub. He always detect him when arrive at the destination. Also If the Sub group have 2 Subs and the plane sink one of them he go to intercept the second one even if not detect. He found all subs and sink it. This is just what AI engime do, so It make always impossible to scape undetected from the planes. This problem happen several times in the earlier scenarios. 3rd- I don't understand why in air combat the AI planes start with diamond detection when they were detected before and are aprouching to our range. I can supose the go to very low altitude and can distract the radar, but at sea don't make much sense. 4th - When you detect a plane or helo from a ship group you can't defines as a shipgroup with under 30knots speed. Far away you know there is a ship group. I think if the game will go forward to Multiplayer gaming must have this problem fixed before. Looking foward for your comments.

When playing I remember some units aren't good represented. The troops are represented by armor symbol, and was best to has the it own icon. My sugestion is: so I will update the previous post with this Icon. Thanks Silent Hunter IV for your comment.

1.2 - More building symbols (tetet) Will be intresting to introduce new pictures to stratégic buildings. My sugestions are: - City buildings (House, warehauses, city) - Radar station (antena, radar stations) - Head quarters ( Fortress, command building, land base) - weapons Lancher ( missil silos, cost defenses, air defenses) - Logistic buidings ( bridges, tunnels, roads, railroads) - Economy buildings ( factories, power plants, refinary, damms) - Resources explorations(oil digging, Mining, farms) - Patrol control ( barriers, border posts,) - Soliers ( Soldiers, terrorists, marines, paratroops) Also some changes to the hold Icons I've created my ones..hehe.. I hope you liked..You can donwload the icons.bmp at the file attached and install by replace the file at HCE main folder\ Graphics. My advice is to backup the old file. Ship Carrier Plane Helo Base Airport Port Sub Missil Torpedo Nuclear Unk AD Fixed ADMobilie Armor Convoy City Logistic Infra Economic Buildings Headquartes Resources Dig Control Post Fixed Sensores Weapon fix Lancher Soldier looking forward comments and sugestions. GR_ICONS.bmp

1.1 - Conduct to campaign mode options The creation of modification in the start menu. This may open a campaign battleset menu which the player will play scenarios by follow an order. This order will be conditioned by winning or losing of the scenario played before. This may create a battleset campaign with an order of events depending on the performance of the player. Modification suggestion: In the first battleset menu, appear a button of campaigns battlesets. The button will open a file search box to choose the campaigns battleset. After open the campaign battleset will normaly go to the side choice menu and forward to scenario orders box of the first scenarion from the respective side. This will require an update on battleset editor of a campaign TAB. Is necessary to order the scenarios by victory conditions but also to create a finish message when the player win or Lost the campaign. I suppose nothing more is required to this modification but may appear comments or ideas which can be useful suggestions.

My wishes list maybe a little bit strange. I've try to divide in three parts. 1 - easy modifications 2 - future modifications 3 - Best Game creation ever Also I've try to order by importance, dependence and complexity modification. 1 - I think the easiest modification are: 1.1 - Conduct to campaign mode options - description 1.2 - More building symbols (tetet) - description 1.3 - Detection problems at AI engine fix. - description 1.5 - WW realistic game engine corrections 1.6 - indication of air refuelable units (donaldseadog) 1.8 - speed and sensor setting at patrol dispatching (donaldseadog) 1.9 - Tanker units instead of tanker planes (donaldseadog) 1.10 - Land helo at land position (donaldseadog) 1.11 - Refuel of Helos at air and land(tetet) 1.12 - Damage in the planes (tetet) 1.13 - Deploying/load units by/in other units (tank by Helo/ LCAC by LPD) 1.14 - SAR operation options in sea and land 1.15 - Capture Buildings/bases (RkoelBach) 2 - Future modifications 2.1 - Logistic game 2.1.1 - Fuel 2.1.2 - Weapons 2.1.3 - Man 2.1.4 - VIPs/Rescue 2.1.5 - Repair material 2.1.6 - Supplies 2.1.7 - reload logistic time 2.4- New Editor 2.5- Multiplayer Game 3 - Best Game creation wishes - for insane 3.1 - Map improvement lines and terrain 3.2 - Land combat realism developing 3.2.1 - combat condition rates 3.2.1.1 - moral 3.2.1.2 - leadership (officers,communications,infiltration) 3.2.1.3 - terrain (mountain,plains,forrest,jungle,desert) 3.2.1.4 - Action (offensive/defensive/assault/deploy) 3.2.1.5 - obstacles (rivers, gorge, rocks) 3.2.2 - Amphibious/deploy assault option landing ships and planes 3.3 - Country/Alliance manage 3.3.1- production (units/buildings/sensors) 3.3.2- Technology (land,air,naval,economic,sensors,tactics, logistic) 3.3.3- Infinitive date playgame (start date, and no limit date) 3.3.4- Diplomacy (declaration of war, trades) 3.3.5- resources control (energy, oil, metal, rare materials) 3.3.6- productions distribution (repairs, upgrades, reinforce, construction) 3.4 - best interface option 3.4.1 - Strategic Map 3.4.2 - country options 3.4.3 - interface menu 3.4.4 - unit real scenario camera 3.5 - user creation design interface in the game 3.5.1- units(ships,subs, aircraft, land) 3.5.2- weapons 3.5.1- sensors 3.5.3- Buildings 3.6 - New editor 3.7 - New Multiplayer I know it's insane, but we always can say our wishes...hehehe I believe also if the best game creation will be made, for sure will be a best-seller..hehe If you have any doubts or detect any mistakes, please advise me. I'm looking forward your comments. MavGaz

I'm with Tetet. This discussion is going far and I hope it is near of the next step of creat it..hehe.. I'll love this option of SAR may insert in the HCE game. I know many suggestion were made. But I think the objective of SAR option will be: - Sea and Land capability - All units has SAR points like damage points representing the number of man possible to rescue - SAR units has equipment like weapons which hit the unit SAR points until is totaly rescue. - SAR points after full damage of the unit, it start to decrease in a rate time untill the full sink/crash life survivel time (3-5 days). - The detection between 90-2010,it exists EPIRB transmiter where sent the position signal to Flag side , so it is define the position, and the enemy have detection rate. This already happen in the game and isn't necessary to change it. - I think, only it may possible to kill SAR points by the enemy FLAG However I think the purpose of SAR is simply understand and objective. About creating in the game this SAR option. I don't know totally what is easier to create in the game engine so I may be giving stupid suggestions but it also be possible to help. I don't know how it works the sinking progress, but it appear that the unit stay some time in sinking after full damage.This will possible to be the time where the SAR points are decreasing and the meantime where it can be rescue. Is what is making more sense to me. It may need to make this option and changes in aircraft. I hope will be useful post, and I'll love to this idea go forward.

Update was done. However some problems has to be fixed in the game engine. It will required some time for the programers of the game can fix it. Those problems are delayed to further HCE update. WWII - 1941 - Battleset - Try to solve the engime problems - Delayed - Insert Pictures of the units of the missions - Done - fix the supremacy of Arado163 - Delayed WWII - 1941 - May 1941 - hunting of bismarck - scenario - Insert some Kondor Planes at the west france bases. - Done - Start RED side formations corrections - Done - RED Victory conditions problem fix - Done - Reinforce the Axis airsuperiority in norway coast - Done I hope you enjoy it.

Hi.. Thanks for testing the scenario and give the opinion. I realized arado 163 can shoot outher planes. That was the main reason for existing of fightes in this base and carriers. With those fighters you can aircover and destroy the Arado163 planes. The scenario it's not easy task to reach the goal..However with your opinion I'm working to be a good scene and create a good confit between ships and planes. If you want to be with Allies. After find bismarck you have intercept him with Battleship and aircover fighter to kill all of his planes, then you can engage him and send many planes to damage him. However you have be prepared to have heavy casualities. I'm looking foward more opinions, and thanks for your post. Good Victory MavGaz

World War II - 1941 Battleset. File Name: Hsdu.res + hsdu.rsr File Submitter: MavGaz File Submitted: 27 November 2010 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: HCWW_101110 embedded Authors: MavGaz Battleset: World War II - 1941 Battleset Scenarios: WWII - May 1941 - Hunting of Bismarck This BattleSet is ment to be mainbase for the world war scenarios episodes during 1941 in WWII. This is in testing process where I will be gratfully to receive any opinion, correction or sugestion, even if is criticize. This is my first work in Moding or creating scenarios and battleset. .So it is possible to require few details or modifications. I will be available to any changes and I send any file you need for changes. Moreover I want to thank to TonyE and CV32 for the constant support and lovely hoby job which still make Harpoon game working. Also without their help in the contruction of the battleset and scenario, and without WWII database of CV32 would be impossible to create it. The Battleset only have one scenario for now: WWII - May 1941 - the hunting of Bismarck ( This scenario was built whit some study on the event and try to be represent as real as possible. It has the untis envolved in this event and some suport of bases and planes for some strategic balance for each side. It was dificult to manage the total realistic progress on bouth sides, caused by the computer player behaivor) More scenarios will appear. Click here to dowload this file I will wait for your the feedback for the final update. I'm looking forward your comments. PS: This may have some gramatic mistakes, please tell me or ignore them.. ...English isn't famous... ################## Update #################### Testing RED side: - It's been compleet the goal with the follow status Blue Side 6 ships sinked 1 ship damaged 22 planes killed Red Side 2 ships damaged 6 planes killed debriefing: Set Bismarck Group arround the coast of Scandinavia until Bergen base Set course to North of Iceland Detection near 50miles farway 2 CAs near island channel between Iceland and Greenland Keeping the distance to the CAs and going foward follwing the coast of Greenland The CAs still keeping following Bismarck Group Contact with the Hood Group and change of shoots, sinking Hood and Prince of Wales, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen damanged Reduce speed due of Prinz Eugen damaged to 25knots Following course to south end of Greenland. Contact with Birmigan CA, was sinked Contact with Arethusa CA, was Sinked Reach the south end of greeland Aprouch of Norfolk and Sufolk CAs, Sufolk sinked Start course to La Rouchele Base Contact with Dorsetshire, sink of the CA Middle course between Greenlad and Brest, Contact of Carrier Group aprouching.. Split the group to reach 29 knots and run from carrier group leaving Prinz Eugen Alone. Attack of swordfish plane well defended with the destroyers cover. Run of the two groups sucessfull Course set to La rouchele and in the Biscay Bay set course to Brest base. *** Problems Reaching the GOAL, But Bismarck group and Prinz Eugen Safely reach Brest Base, GOAL Complete. Testing BLUE side: - It's been compleet the goal with the follow status Blue Side 3 ships sinked 1 ship damaged 56 planes killed Red Side 4 ships sinked 1 Ship damage 8 planes killed debriefing: Starting formation of the north UK bases to patrol coast of Norway. Put the SS patroling the Norway coast trying to intercept the Bismarck Detection of Bismarck group near Bergen Base. Follow the contact with catalina planes Change course of hood group, victorious group, and CAs to intercept Bismarck. Change the swordfish planes of the south bases to the carrier CAs reach bismarck and start to follow him but keeping the distance. Hood group intercep and engage bismarck group. 2 destroyers sunk, bismarck and prinz eugen damaged reducing speed to 16knots Hood and prince of wales sunk. Victorious launch the 56swordfish attack the bismarck group. Attack sucessfull however with heavy losses Last Destroyer sunk and the battleships catch more damage forcing speed to 8knots Mistake aproximation of one CA to bismarck group, CA sunk Slipt victorious group two battleships, Repulse and King George V. setting course to Bismarck Final contact King george V sink Bismarck and Prinz Eugen Damaged Goal Completed and Victory condition appear. Problems detected: Game engime - Attack with guns is time limited agianst AI side be substantially short - All AI side fleet set course to intercept Bismarck group even when is not detected. - Any Submarine can hit ship with the torpedos after several attacks. - Confirmation of the disaventage between the Allies figthers against Arado196. Strategic - torpedos don't have any success so sub not give any defense to Bismarck group and are slower to intercep - Along the course the group of Bismarck are with lack of support - The defence of the destroyers are really good agains the plane attack from the carriers - Bismarck Group need some support of Knodor planes from france. - Victory condition of RED Side isn't working as the orders. - The low effectiveness against ships using aircraft Realism - The destroyers don't have the fuel range to following Bismarck group between bregen and brest. - Confirmation of the disaventage between the allies figthers against Arado163. - The soon detetection of bismarck is caused by the player know his route. Maybe will be necessary to reinforce the airsuperiority of norway coast. Update done: WWII - 1941 - Battleset - Try to solve the engime problems - Delayed - Insert Pictures of the units of the missions - Done - fix the supremacy of Arado163 - Delayed WWII - 1941 - May 1941 - hunting of bismarck - scenario - Insert some Kondor Planes at the west france bases. - Done - Start RED side formations corrections - Done - RED Victory conditions problem fix - Done - Reinforce the Axis airsuperiority in norway coast - Done

File Name: World War II - 1941 File Submitter: Mavgaz File Submitted: 27 Nov 2010 File Updated: 13 Dec 2010 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: HCWW_101110 embedded Authors: MavGaz World War II - 1941 Battleset. This BattleSet is ment to be mainbase for the world war scenarios episodes during 1941 in WWII. This is in testing process where I will be gratfully to receive any opinion, correction or sugestion, even if is criticize. This is my first work in Moding or creating scenarios and battleset. .So it is possible to require few details or modifications. I will be available to any changes and I send any file you need for changes. Moreover I want to thank to TonyE and CV32 for the constant support and lovely hoby job which still make Harpoon game working. Also without their help in the contruction of the battleset and scenario, and without WWII database of CV32 would be impossible to create it. The Battleset only have one scenario for now: WWII - May 1941 - the hunting of Bismarck ( This scenario was built whit some study on the event and try to be represent as real as possible. It has the untis envolved in this event and some suport of bases and planes for some strategic balance for each side. It was dificult to manage the total realistic progress on bouth sides, caused by the computer player behaivor) I hope you enjoy it. More scenarios are adjourned for game engine problems fixed. Click here to download this file