Harpoon for Dummies

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I tried to create a small scenario (for my own learning and testing purposes) in which an F-15C had a mission to intercept a CH-53. His distance was ~43 nautical miles.

The F-15 had an AAW loadout and was at low altitude, the CH-53 was flying nap of the earth.

The idea for the F-15 was simply to upon scenario start kill the CH-53 (there are others trying to defend it).

I tried several things and could not get the plane to do what I wanted it to do.

The first was to simply create an intercept mission. The second was to manually have it fly and maybe I would get lucky. The third is AAW patrol, but I think I did something horribly wrong there (I put out 2 reference points? Possibly needed more?) because he just spun around in the air looking for something to do, wasting good ole tax dollars on that cheap ole gas.

I did realize one fatal error... I forgot to turn his radar on (who says Eagles can't be blind and still hunt?) So I attempted active radar at intervals to maintain a bit of stealth. Still... no luck.

I asked a veteran for some help on the issue... his answer... put a unit on the ground to spot the CH-53. Not exactly what I wanted... but I imagine it works (haven't tried it as of this posting).

So... he asked me to put this post up to see if any of the community had thoughts on how to do this effectively and/or correctly so a video can be made for creating interception missions. (at least I hope that's what he was wanting).

Does anyone know how to do my scenario effectively, or any air intercept mission effectively for that matter?

[Herman]

I'll get to work on some basic tutorial lessons and videos for the creation and use of Missions.

They will be along the lines of the current tutorials already posted on Harpoon for Dummies. If those are insufficient, just let me know what addition details are required.

[Herman]

I was looking at the video tutorials already posted. Have you reviewed Lesson 07 Mission Editor ?



It seems as though the AAW mission is covered in it and would be appropriate for this situation. Creating an AAW Area Patrol mission surrounding the helicopter would allow the F-15 to find and attack the helo.

[CapitanPiluso]

Originally Posted by Herman

I was looking at the video tutorials already posted. Have you reviewed Lesson 07 Mission Editor ?



It seems as though the AAW mission is covered in it and would be appropriate for this situation. Creating an AAW Area Patrol mission surrounding the helicopter would allow the F-15 to find and attack the helo.

Sorry, I just saw the video and it´s so clear now.I ll gonna try this in some simple scen.
Thanks again

[Herman]

Harpoon for Dummies

In response to ongoing pleas for player assistance, additional videos for the Harpoon3 Tutorial have been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience.

Eight additional Lessons have been added to H3 Tutorial to show the basic procedure for the creation and use of Missions in the game.

Lesson 21 Missions Overview
Lesson 22 Transit Missions
Lesson 23 Ferry Mission
Lesson 24 Air Intercept Mission
Lesson 25 Strike Missions
Lesson 26 Plotted Strike Missions
Lesson 27 Area Missions
Lesson 28 Reconnaissance Missions

http://www.youtube.com/user/HarPlonk.../0/M70t0oCavlw

[Herman]

In direct response to yet another user request,

ORIGINAL: coldstayr

Could you post a scenario play-through where you use the "missions" feature of the game? I noticed that you haven't used that feature in? any of your scenario tutorials yet (except for the tutorial of course). Thanks.

another video After-Action Report for Harpoon3 has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience.

You can watch the complete scenario run from beginning to end:

[Herman]

In direct response to yet another user request,

ORIGINAL: MartinB

Of course the next request has to be that some of you pros running the Guardian by hand and show us how it is done.

another video After-Action Report for Harpoon3 has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience.

You can watch the complete scenario run from beginning to end: