Hi guys,

 

I am old fan of this game I played it when it used be on 12 floppy discs (must be early or mid 90') so when I saw this new HUE I bought it in blink of eye.

In this new edition I have seen some old classic scenarios/battlesets but also some new.

Please can you explain me how to install user made scenarios like lets say Falkland (so I can sink Invincible, and die happy ).Is there some kind of sticky or topic where is everything explained step by step.

Also is there possibility when installing user scenario something to go wrong with official HUE, I would definitely like to avoid that.

 

I checked FAQ so now I know a little bit more about battlesets, files names and so on...

You can expect similar topic soon on ANW sub-forum, but for now I'll stick to Harpoon after all it is my ''first love''.

 

Thx, and greetings from Croatia

If you've read the FAQ, and learned about the organization of BattleSets, scenario filenames and such, you're already well ahead of most newbies. Congrats for your initiative!

 

You can create a separate directory for your downloaded - and hopefully! - user built scenarios, and drop them in there, but it isn't necessary.

 

So you can drop them into the main HCE directory without causing any trouble (except clutter over time from the very large number of scenarios available).

 

Oh, and welcome back to Harpoon. Glad to have you here.

I found some information here matrix forum

It looks right... ... is it?

 

 

The easiest way: Unpack those scens in the HCE folder, that´s it. OK you need the right commondb.res file (the databasefile ) too.

 

I would recomend that you create a subfolder "scenarios" makes the searching a lot easier.

 

so a little hotwo:

 

1. download the scens and the dbfile

2. unpack the right db fileinto the HCE main folder

3. Start the game

4. selecet the battleset (most Scens are written for the EC2003 or Westpac!)

5. hit "User Senarios" in the Scenario selection menue

6. start the desiered Scen

I found some information here matrix forum

It looks right... ... is it?

 

Yep, that'll work.

I use the new launcher, for download here at harpgamer. With this I organize my scenarios by database. I have a 65-80 folder with Rene's db and scenarios fitting it, and another one called HCCW for the db by CV32 and scenarios for it. Instead of starting HUCE directly I will use the launcher and point it to the database and scenario/savegame I want to use.

I use the new launcher, for download here at harpgamer. With this I organize my scenarios by database. I have a 65-80 folder with Rene's db and scenarios fitting it, and another one called HCCW for the db by CV32 and scenarios for it. Instead of starting HUCE directly I will use the launcher and point it to the database and scenario/savegame I want to use.

I like to use something like what TETET has described. Once you get used to the file type code you can tell what 'battleset' a scenario is from but not what database was used, so by organising the scenarios by database and starting the game from "launcher" it works pretty slick. (get the launcher from the downloads/ tools-mods-docs, the keyboard shortcuts that you can find in the tools-mods-docs is useful too))

I know you'll love it, I started with a version 1 demo from early 90s and when I got HCE I couldn't believe the improvements and the huge number of scenarios that the harpoon community share. Good to have you join the family.

Don

Thx, guys everything is working now and those pesky Harriers are real pain in the ...

Just one thing: it seems that sound doesn't work, I can only hear song when victory condition are achieved.

I ticked all the boxes in sound options but it doesn't work, but when I play old classic battlesets/scenarios everything is fine.

Not a biggie but if someone knows what do I would appreciate. BattleSet is ''Falkland Island wars'' by wmarsh.

 

Thx, and watch your 6.

Hi,

 

This is my first post, I have played Harpoon for 20 years and never realised there was a forum like this!

 

Please can you help me. I have recently upgraded to harpoon comanders edition and wish to try out some of the user built scenarios.

 

I have read the above but have encountered the following problems:

 

1. When I unzip the DB2000 database it identifies all the databases as video cd movies, this cant be right...

 

2. the file attachments for the user built scenarios is .scn but harpoon is looking for files with attachments .scq?

 

The 1 usefull thing I can offer is that I run the the program on a Windows 7 64 bit laptop with no problems (yet). I also use an XP desktop which is where I am trying to solve the problem above.

 

I would in time like to contribute to the supply of user built scenarios.

 

Cheers

 

JIMBO

Hi,

This is my first post, I have played Harpoon for 20 years and never realised there was a forum like this!

 

Welcome.

 

Please can you help me. I have recently upgraded to harpoon comanders edition and wish to try out some of the user built scenarios. I have read the above but have encountered the following problems:

1. When I unzip the DB2000 database it identifies all the databases as video cd movies, this cant be right...

2. the file attachments for the user built scenarios is .scn but harpoon is looking for files with attachments .scq?

The 1 usefull thing I can offer is that I run the the program on a Windows 7 64 bit laptop with no problems (yet). I also use an XP desktop which is where I am trying to solve the problem above.

 

The DB2000 was built for Harpoon3, and not for Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE), and it is entirely incompatible with this sim.

 

You need to be using a database that is made for HCE firstly, and then a database that works specifically with the scenario you are trying to play.

 

I would in time like to contribute to the supply of user built scenarios.

 

Good to hear.

That explains it, thankyou.

 

Please can someone direct me to a source of user made scenarios for HCE?

 

Cheers

That explains it, thankyou. Please can someone direct me to a source of user made scenarios for HCE? Cheers

 

How about the Downloads section right here at HarpGamer?

 

Note that the 'Harpoon Classic' part of the Downloads would include all flavours of Harpoon Classic, of which HCE is the most recent.

Cheers

Hi all,

 

Sorry to bring this old thread to a light of a day, I didn't won't to open new one, I have couple of more questions not strictly connected to thread name but still...

I'll use for example nice historic scenario called Battle of Latakia, everything works except platform display, I just cannot connect dots, I tried

lots of stuff, trying various combination of picturefiles and databases with no success. Same thing with Israeli-Iran 2010 scenario.

I have HUCE if it means something.

Playing without picture of weapon platform is not crucial but why not have it when it's possible?

 

Maybe you should just put some tutorial on you tube for as ahm slower ahm members.

 

So there you go, any help is welcomed.

Hi all, Sorry to bring this old thread to a light of a day, I didn't won't to open new one, I have couple of more questions not strictly connected to thread name but still... I'll use for example nice historic scenario called Battle of Latakia, everything works except platform display, I just cannot connect dots, I tried lots of stuff, trying various combination of picturefiles and databases with no success. Same thing with Israeli-Iran 2010 scenario. I have HUCE if it means something. Playing without picture of weapon platform is not crucial but why not have it when it's possible? Maybe you should just put some tutorial on you tube for as ahm slower ahm members. So there you go, any help is welcomed.

 

Sounds like your platform display is functional, but just not showing images/pictures for every ship, aircraft, etc?

 

If so, this is because we just don't have images available for every platform, due to intellectual property issues.

Hi all, Sorry to bring this old thread to a light of a day, I didn't won't to open new one, I have couple of more questions not strictly connected to thread name but still... I'll use for example nice historic scenario called Battle of Latakia, everything works except platform display, I just cannot connect dots, I tried lots of stuff, trying various combination of picturefiles and databases with no success. Same thing with Israeli-Iran 2010 scenario. I have HUCE if it means something. Playing without picture of weapon platform is not crucial but why not have it when it's possible? Maybe you should just put some tutorial on you tube for as ahm slower ahm members. So there you go, any help is welcomed.

 

Sounds like your platform display is functional, but just not showing images/pictures for every ship, aircraft, etc?

 

If so, this is because we just don't have images available for every platform, due to intellectual property issues.

 

Yes it is working fine, but without pics for most of the platform.

Thx and as I said it's not a problem, just cosmetics.