September 29, 201510 yr File Name: Tesseract File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 29 Sep 2015 File Category: WestPac TesseractA Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the Westpac Battleset.This scenario is designed for play by the BLUE side only.A month ago, the Peoples Republic of China seemed to finalize its grip on the South China Sea, appearing to complete efforts to establish full fledged military installations on several newly created man made islands. Its territorial ambitions and aggressive land reclamation policies in the region have long aggravated and alarmed its neighbours in Southeast Asia, but the events of the past two weeks have been deeply disconcerting. The Chinese have now moved troops and weaponry into these new bases, and declared an air defense identification zone that encompasses almost the entirety of the South China Sea. In an emergency meeting of the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN), all but Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have agreed to send military forces into the Spratly archipelago to confront the Chinese. Click here to download this file Created with beta SE (HCE 2015.008+). Make sure you are running the equivalent GE or later.
October 14, 201510 yr Can't start the scenario without the game crashing. I am using the proper database, and all of the other Westpac scenarios load without problems......
October 14, 201510 yr Author Can't start the scenario without the game crashing. I am using the proper database, and all of the other Westpac scenarios load without problems...... Are you also running the latest version of the GE? (post HCE 2015.008+)
October 14, 201510 yr Author If what you mean is the winharp32.exe, no I'm not. my version is dated 5/2/09. This scenario was created with a recent beta version of the Scenario Editor (SE). You will need to run the equivalent version of the Game Engine (GE), that is, HCE 2015.008+ or later.
October 14, 201510 yr If what you mean is the winharp32.exe, no I'm not. my version is dated 5/2/09. Visit http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/2049-current-files/ for a version that will run this scenario.
November 3, 201510 yr Started a few times, but messed up with the strange platform display issue, and with the configuration of a new mobile (the old was crashed beyond repair).
August 12, 20169 yr AAR- Tesseract SPOILERS APPLY This is a great scenario. It's pace is moderate, but it is a challenge. I achieved minvic after about 18 hours of game time. Things started out with ballistic missile attacks against the Vietnamese and Philippine bases, damaging them and destroying several aircraft. Curiously, Second Thomas Shoal and the Sierra Madre were not attacked. I ferried most of my A/C to Brunei and Ranai, supplying them with constant trips by my two precious transport aircraft. I did my best to stick with the rules about sorties, but there were a few violations. There are plenty of tankers as well, so that helped a bunch. Then began a long process of attrition of Chinese attack planes, trying to get to my (great) AEW assets above Ranai and Brunei. As I was running up the score against the land base air, J-15's started to appear, coming in with radars off. These proved to be no match for the AMRAAM's of the Thai and SAF F-16's, and an AEW helicopter was detected soon after. The Triton from Anderson was invaluable for this, and I was very careful to keep it safe. The Vietnamese surface force was discovered by a roving fighter, and two ships were sunk by ASM's (I presume). The carrier and escorts were heading due south, until the butcher's bill of Chinese aircraft losses got too big. North of them was the Vietnamese Kilo, and when they retreated they obligingly headed right toward it. Meanwhile, I was using HARM attacks followed by the F-15's to reduce the AAW defenses on the three islands. One by one the SAM's were destroyed, and with their aircraft gone all three are now defenseless against air attack. There was no sign of ASW patrols in the carrier group, and the Kilo sunk the carrier with 4x53-65K torpedos. Attacks against the escorts were unsuccessful, and with sonars active the sub was located and sunk. Status at this time: The Phillipines have lost 3-S260 and all of the OV-10's, mostly to missile attacks. The TA-50's were ferried to Brunei, where two were shot down defending the base. Vietnamese aircraft also suffered, with 1-SU-27 and all of the Mig-21's being lost in missile attacks, and three more SU-27's lost in an ill advised iron bomb attack. Two Thai F-16's were lost to fuel exhaustion. At this point, I can't say I have "won", because there is still 300 nm of submarine infested sea to traverse before the ships get to the islands. But their destruction is assured, so I may move on to other things, like "Niceguy", perhaps. It was great fun to put together an air force out of the motley assortment provided. Thanks for a great scenario!
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