Brad,

 

Thanks for the newest version of the HCDB.

 

Quick questions and requests (for the next version)...

 

As far as I can tell, the F-35 JSF cannot attack ships. All of its

strike loadouts are for land targets (some of them say SURF in the

scenario editor but when I play the test scenario they switch over to

LAND). Is this correct?

 

Can you add the Spanish S-80 class submarines? (listed on the HazeGray

site)

 

Can you add the Mi-8 helicopter (carries troops and can be armed with

rockets, etc.)...used by many armed forces around the world

 

see http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mi-8.htm

 

Since you've added the British CVs, could you add a Chinese one? (You

could probably just use the Russian carrier with Chinese sensors,

SAMs, etc.) I'm guessing they'll fly Su-33s.

 

Thanks.

 

Mark

Brad,

Thanks for the newest version of the HCDB. Quick questions and requests (for the next version)...

As far as I can tell, the F-35 JSF cannot attack ships. All of its strike loadouts are for land targets (some of them say SURF in the scenario editor but when I play the test scenario they switch over to LAND). Is this correct?

 

The JDAM as presented in the DB cannot attack ships. (The ability to hit moving targets with GPS/INS guided bombs is still being perfected in real life). That said, the full range of planned weaponry for the JSF is not yet implemented in the HCDB (current loadouts reflect internally carried weapons), but in due course, I will be adding weapons like LGBs and JASSM which will add a degree of anti-ship capability.

 

Can you add the Spanish S-80 class submarines? (listed on the HazeGray

site)

Done. See the HCDB-050812 release.

 

Can you add the Mi-8 helicopter (carries troops and can be armed with

rockets, etc.)...used by many armed forces around the world

see http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mi-8.htm

 

The Mi-8 Hip helicopter is already in the HCDB. Look for the "Mi-8MT/-17 Hip H" under INTL entries.

 

Since you've added the British CVs, could you add a Chinese one? (You

could probably just use the Russian carrier with Chinese sensors, SAMs, etc.) I'm guessing they'll fly Su-33s. Thanks.

Mark

 

Whether the Chinese will ever build and deploy an aircraft carrier remains in question. Just recently the PRC denied that it was already building a carrier, and gave indications that such a project was on the "backburner" due to cost. But then, only today, I saw a report that China was refurbishing the Varyag (Kuznetsov's unfinished sister ship), repainting her in Chinese naval colours, and performing other unspecified work. So, suffice to say, any Chinese aircraft carrier that went into the HCDB at this point would be completely hypothetical. Its something I'll have to think about.

 

Thanks for your continued interest (and scenarios !), Mark.

The JDAM as presented in the DB cannot attack ships. (The ability to hit moving targets with GPS/INS guided bombs is still being perfected in real life). That said, the full range of planned weaponry for the JSF is not yet implemented in the HCDB (current loadouts reflect internally carried weapons), but in due course, I will be adding weapons like LGBs and JASSM which will add a degree of anti-ship capability.

 

Can you add the Spanish S-80 class submarines? (listed on the HazeGray

site)

 

Done. See the HCDB-050812 release.

 

 

Okay, glad to hear, both for the game and for real life, that the JSF will have some ASuW capability--it just seemed odd to that the premier carrier-launched attack aircraft in the world would not be able to attack...ships.

 

As for the S-80 submarine. Are you sure? I've got the scenario editor open and I am not seeing it.

 

Mark

As for the S-80 submarine.  Are you sure?  I've got the scenario editor open and I am not seeing it.

Mark

 

Yeah, it's there, in the HCDB-050812 release. You're probably looking at the HCDB-050810.

As for the S-80 submarine.  Are you sure?  I've got the scenario editor open and I am not seeing it.

Mark

 

Yeah, it's there, in the HCDB-050812 release. You're probably looking at the HCDB-050810.

 

That is weird. I downloaded and re-installed the database and it still isn't there. The only Spanish submarines are the Mistral, the Galerna, and the Daphne. The other things like the Indian TELs are there, though. Is it listed under some other nation?

 

The text file that came with the zip identifies the database as the 050811 database. Could that mean something? Any chance the wrong .res file went into the .zip file?

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

 

Mark

Sorry, you're right. I must have forgotten to export after completing that entry. In any event, there should be another release by the weekend, so look for it there. My apologies.