Under the guise of Stratsims I'm able to leave a dedicated server up and running for a while.

 

IP: 72.21.228.42

Port: 14343 - PDB aka Players Database

 

The server has been stable since I turned MPLogging off in the harpoon3.ini file. Occasionally the clients come unsynched and the clients crash but the server piece itself has been pretty stable.

 

Click image to enter chat.

 

The above image indicates whether there are any people at HarpGamer ready and willing to undertake an Multiplayer mission. The games need not take place on the Stratsims server, this can function as a general meeting place to set up MP games, and requires only a fairly recent web browser. Refreshing this page will in most cases indicate the current chat status.

 

Is what you will see if there are players chatting

 

Is what you will see when no players are chatting

 

Either way head over when you want to play!

 

 

If the server does appear to crash, chase me down at #harpgamer on the NewNetIRC network or e-mail me at sysop@tgp.net. There is a link to Java IRC client at HarpGamer

 

If you want to see scenarios added/removed/swapped out please e-mail me the scenarios in a single zip file to sysop@tgp.net and I'll make the changes.

 

The connection isn't super fast, T-1 so if you all show up at once there could be issues. I'll leave the server up as long as cooling capacity and my interest holds out or I actually put the server into its planned service.

Brad Leyte and I faced off on the Stratsims server just now.

 

The scenario was AEGEAN by Stephen Mills using DB2k, H3 3.7.0.0

 

I commanded the Greeks while Brad drove the Turkish ships.

 

The scenario opened to confined waters and some fast patrol groups. Anxiously I searched for aircraft to find none! Ouch, without my E-2C I'm a sitting duck.

 

My strategy was to scoot around with two of my groups emitting and my other two groups silent.

 

Brad's strategy was to blend with the merchants and pick me off solely based on the speed of my units.

 

Based on the strategies the conclusion should be obvious, Brad killed 7 of my ships while I killed only three of his. Victory was granted to Brad, six sunken enemy ships was his goal. Some misguided Exocents that I fired killed a merhant, they weren't even BOL or aimed in the direction of the merchant, oh well.

 

The Nav bug hit both Brad and I but it hit Brad much harder, I was using manual plots that didn't trigger any craziness.

 

In the end this was very enjoyable, I was worried at the outset it would be a fruitless search.

 

Sounds like fun. Will have to take the plunge soon.

Taitennak, CV32, and myself just got back from ODAX 2004 by François

Guérin for DB2k.

 

CV32 commanded the French Air Force.

 

Taitennak has the Navy, and I had the other guys.

 

My approach was to do some gaining of air superiority with my Mirage 2000C craft. CV32 showed me in short order that the odds were not in my favor, as I was losing about 3 aircraft for each one of his I shot down. Undaunted I sent out my early strikes after 30 minutes or so and got some nice hits in the South of France. However, CV32 downed a whole strike force since I didn't have any AAW assets to cover the strikers on return to base. Luckily Taitennakshowed up with his dandy Rafales and saved my second strike group.

 

Taitennak had some successful coastal strikes and continued wiping the skies with his Rafales while I huddled in a corner and lured what battles I could into advantageous positions. A couple of hours into the game I found myself with only a couple AAW Mirage 2000s left alive (they were re-arming) but a number of strikers. I sent them up North and in combination with Taitennak's Rafales had some success in downing more of Brad's craft.

 

Before my large strike arrived up North, CV32 called an end of game, having no more tenable defense. This was another fun scenario, three players was certainly more enjoyable than two, so head on over to HarpGamer IRC and see if anyone is up for a battle (there hasn't been much traffic...).

Okay folks, this will almost certainly be the last weekend of the Stratsims server being available for your use. My old server is getting quite cranky so I need to put the new one into daily service instead of using it to host H3 games <_ .>

 

So play often this weekend. We will still offer the chat services at HarpGamer and once I'm transitioned to the new server we may host a H3 ANW server on the old hardware.

 

It's been fun!

This time I'm not lying, server will be taken down in about 3.5 hours, so play now if you are looking for it . There will probably be something up in a couple of weeks.