New databases and scenarios for Harpoon Classic

[Herman]

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-070227) is now available. Get it at HarpGamer via the DB Share button.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

Aircraft:

C-130H (Tp84) - Sweden
C-5M Super Galaxy - USA
E-3A Sentinel (NATO) - Intl

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[Herman]

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-070414) is now available. Get it in the Download section.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

Aircraft:

A-6A Intruder - USA
A-6B Intruder - USA
B-52D Stratofortress - USA

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[Herman]

The 254th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

Re-Take - EC2003 MEDC Battleset

Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" has failed. The pro-Russian party which had won the last elections has used its renewed power to move the country back towards Russia and an autocratic regime.

Russian forces were invited to "secure" Ukraines borders against "potential aggressors". There has been a massive inflow of Russian naval aircraft and Ukraine is now "guarded" by Russian warships and subs too.

Few hours prior to that parts of Ukraines armed forces declared they will not follow any orders of the new regime dominated by Russia. They have taken side for "Free Ukraine" - a political movement of those still believing in the "Orange Revolution".

The "Free Ukrainian Forces" (FUF) have joined a US carrier group which has arrived in order to protect Romania against any Russian attack out of Ukraine.

Stakes are high and an epic clash is about to begin.

Author: Ralf Koelbach

This scenario has been tested for compatibility with the HC_Euro_DB (edited by Rene Haar) which can be found at HarpGamer.com

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[Herman]

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-0070507) is now available. Get it in the Download section.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

Aircraft:

Alkmaar (Latvia) MCM - Latvia
Osprey (Intl) MCM - Intl
Type 331 Fulda MCM - Lithuania

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[Herman]

The 261st NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

Korean Gulf

A few years in the future...

A recent dispute in the United Nations regarding the relationship between North Korea and Iran has escalated in recent weeks because of remarks made by South Korean government. Iran has declared it will no longer allow South Korea to export oil from the Persian Gulf. South Korea has responded by moving warships into the area to escort tankers. They have also transferred a number of military aircraft to the area, basing them at Abu Dhabi.

Author: Mark Gellis

This scenario requires the latest release of the HCDB available at HarpGamer.com

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[Herman]

The 287th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

The Backyard - Part Two: Final Shootout

The Cold War finally went hot and furious battles arose all around the world. This Westpac scenario deals with a final US multicarrier attack supported by Japanese forces in the West Pacific. The US forces have neutralized all but one Soviet bases in the theatre. Now it is time to finish the job.

But beware: The Soviets have reinforced their last bastion to the utmost.

This scenario is the sequel to the official HCE WestPac scen No. 9 The Backyard. It is very large, too.

Special thanks to Tony Eischens and Brad Leyte for the intense testing of Backyard I and II.

Author: Ralf Koelbach

This scenario requires the latest release of the HCDB available at HarpGamer.com

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[Rotary Crewman]

Herman, just got my copy of Harpoon Classic Gold 02 back on my machine and noticed that alot of these scenarios are for Harpoon Classic Gold 05. I have looked on the AGSI website and cannot find any reference to a 2005 edition.

Am I being a biff or is the 02 edition the same?:hmm:

[Herman]

Sorry about that. 2005 was when the HCE was previously meant to be released. So it's a couple of years late... I guess I need to change the title.

In general, you might get some of the scens rated as 2005 to work on your Harpoon Gold edition (2002), but there's no guarantee. The HCCE release incorporates some new database fields not found in the HCGold edition. It might cause a crash for you if you play the older version. However, you might get lucky, too.

[Rotary Crewman]

Ok cool, thanks for the reply. Think I'll just stick to HCG02 as I never got round to getting anywhere near finishing it!

[Herman]

HCG 2002 is a very fun and enjoyable game. Nothing wrong with it.

Just to let you know, HCE has area ECM incorporated. This simply isn't available in HCG. If you've every played a game with ECM and compared it to one without ECM, you might fight it like night and day. Just try fighting a war without effective Prowlers or Raven jammers.

I hope that they'll release a demo some day so that you can see for yourself. The results will knock your socks off.

Until then, Happy Hunting in HCG 2002.

[Herman]

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-071223) is now available. Get it in the Download section.

HCDB-071223 is the first "post release" version of the HCDB, the official database for Harpoon Commander's Edition.

Please note that this version incorporates certain major changes to the Game Engine (GE) code which will be released by way of a patch, including:

(1) Major improvements to the gunnery model (magazines are now fully implemented for surface ships, SAM/AAA batteries, etc).
(2) The expansion of electronic warfare to surface ships and mobile land units (i.e. chaff, flares, point defense jammers).

Therefore, until the patch becomes available, these new features will not be fully functional.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

Aircraft:

EA-6B Prowler ICAP I - USA
EA-6B Prowler ICAP III - USA
Comandante OPV - Italy
Conrado Yap PG - Philippines
Soryu SS - Japan

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The 290th NEW Harpoon scenario in the last 12 months!

Foxes in the Hen House

A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the Westpac battleset.

The Soviet HEN submarines - the Hotel class SSBNs, the Echo class SSGNs and the November class SSNs - that began deploying in the early 1960s introduced a major technological breakthrough that gave them a dramatic acoustic advantage over the US Navy's Skipjacks and Skates. The new concept was rafting - where a submarine's engineering plant was placed on a flexible mount or raft within the submarine - dramatically reduced the transmission of mechanical vibrations through the hull, and into the water.

Author: Brad Leyte

Iron Wolf

A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 GIUK Gap battleset.

The three small Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are no strangers to a hard life of aggression, occupation, and oppression. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a determined populace grabbed the opportunity for independence once again. But history had taught them a lesson: that their long term survival was dependent upon becoming part of an international alliance. In Spring 2004 they became full members of NATO. Without any strategic depth, there is nothing that the Baltic states could do to stop a reasonably determined Russian attack, so instead NATO has opted to do such things as emphasize early warning and control, improve the defensive capabilities of local light forces, and have NATO air forces take turns in providing fighters for territorial air defence. There is at least one significant flaw in the arrangement. The Baltic states still rely heavily on Russia for their supplies of natural gas and oil, and their power grids remain linked. In 2007, they entered into an agreement with neighbour (and NATO partner) Poland to replace the ageing (Chernobyl type) nuclear reactor at Ignalina in Lithuania. The Ignalina reactor has now been shut down, and the new powerplant is still under construction, despite the protests of Russia and Belarus regarding the increased pressure on the regional fossil fuel supply. The Baltic states therefore remain critically exposed, and their former ruler has decided to make its move.

Author: Brad Leyte

http://www.harpgamer.com/

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[Herman]

Brad Leyte

The initial release version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) 'Americas' Database (HCDA-080302) is now available.

In anticipation of the soon to be released BattleSet Builder, in which HCE players will now be able to play scenarios across the entire globe, I've put together a new database that focuses on the 'Americas' - North, South and Central.

The Harpoon Commander's Edition Database - Americas (HCDA) contains a wealth of new aircraft, ships, submarines and installations for the theater, as well as retaining and/or adapting many platforms from the official database of the Harpoon Commander's Edition simulation, the HCDB. This allows the fullest range of scenarios to be created with the BattleSet Builder tool, from Soviet/Cuban interventions in Central America and the Caribbean basin, to the 1982 Falklands conflict between Great Britain and Argentina, to an action by the People's Republic of China to protect its 'investment' in the Panama Canal, to a Second Civil War between the States.

As always, a database is forever a 'work in progress' and the HCDA will continue to be improved, updated and expanded as time goes on. I would be happy to receive your requests for new additions to the HCDA (especially if you're writing scenarios for the rest of us to enjoy!) in the same manner as I have for the HCDB. And, as before, the HCDA will retain the same general database philosophy as the HCDB.

The initial release version of the HCDA is now available from the Downloads section of this website.

Stay tuned. There's more good news in store for HCE players, particularly if you're big on the Second World War.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

Aircraft:

A-1A AMX - Brazil
A-4AR Fightinghawk - Argentina
A-4C Skyhawk - Argentina
A-4P Skyhawk - Argentina
A-4Q Skyhawk - Argentina
A-58 Pucara - Uruguay
AF-1 (A-4KU) Skyhawk - Brazil
AB212ASW - Venezuela

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[Herman]

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-080308) is now available.

Get it in the Download section.

New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include:

E-6A Mercury - USA
E-6B Mercury - USA
Atago DDG - Japan
Tridente (Type 209PN) SS - Portugal

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[Herman]

The 168th NEW Harpoon scenario in the last 12 months!

Patrick is the 19th author to post up a Harpoon scenario.

No Place Like Home

A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 GIUK Gap battleset.

The time is the present, and the Kosovo crisis and the resulting Serbian invasion has led to long simmering tensions between Russia and the US exploding, with the sinking of an American submarine found within Russian territorial waters near Archangel. The Commander of the ASW frigate involved has been cashiered for his aggressiveness, but the loss of USS Dallas and 155 American sailors has the US public infuriated, and the US government is bent on revenge. American diplomatic staff have been recalled, and war is imminent. Unfortunately, the AFS Kuznetsov with his escorts is in the Atlantic on exercises, far from friendly ports and exposed to American attacks. The US has claimed that this task group is a threat to American shipping and must surrender to US forces. Your job is to get him and his escorts home safely in the face of overwhelming opposition.

Author: Patrick Howard

http://www.harpgamer.com/

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