You might want to install the PlayersDB before you try the tutorials. When the tutorials were re-written for compatibility with the PlayersDB, several problems were fixed. If you run the Official Tutorials, you may encounter them unknowingly.

Thanks for the tip, I installed the PlayersDB after my previous reply. The Mission Editor tutorial crashed when assigning the Tomcats to the AAW patrol mission so I disabled PlayersDB temporarily.

Now I'm starting the Falklands battleset.

Sorry to hear of your crash. Can you specify which version of the game you are running? (H3 v3.6.3, ANW 3.9.4, or HUE 3.11)

Also, what version is your computer operating system?

I would like to try and replicate the problem.

Harpoon version is 3.6.3 with PlayersDB v19.01.30 running on Windows 10 64-bit

My steps to reproduce are:
1. Load tutorial "Mission editor"
2. Drag-select reference points 3, 4, 5, 6
3. Create mission from the 'Mission' pull-down menu
4. Rename the mission to 'AAW patrol 1'
5. Select mission type as 'Patrol AAW'
6. Check 'Edit now'
7. Uncheck '1/3 Rule'
8. Select RAD Emissions as 'Act'
9. Press 'Ok'
10. In the 'Edit Missions' window, press 'Add AC' button -> Harpoon crashes with prompt about unhandled exception at some address.

https://i.imgur.com/fAC2APF.jpg

Thank you for such precise instructions on your steps to the crash. When dealing with bugs, there is no such thing as too much information.

I tested with my WinXP Service Pack 3 32-bit computer and another computer with Win7 Pro 64-bit system and managed to successfully advance to the next step without a problem.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/atta...1&d=1550195567

Sadly, I have no access to any systems with Win10 and thus am able to fully replicate your crash.

Are you able to continue with the v3.6.3 game tutorials using the official databases? Have you tried the other game versions (ANW v3.9.4 or HUE v3.11) and encountered the same crash? The PlayersDB is available for all three H3 versions.

I do notice a small discrepancy between our two images. Your image shows "LESSON VII" while my image depicts "Lesson 07 Using Mission Editor". "LESSON VII" is the manner in which the original tutorial scenarios for the official databases were named. When the tutorial was re-written for compatibility with the PlayersDB, it was re-named more extensively.

I only have Harpoon 3.6.3 installed. After you highlighted the discrepancy in scenario names, I browsed the battleset list again and noticed a set 'Original Tutorial' is also available. When running this with the PlayersDB, no crash happens when adding the aircraft.

Is the 'Tutorial' or 'Original Tutorial' set the correct one to use with the PlayersDB?

Anyway I was able to continue the tutorial with PlayersDB disabled and I spent a couple of minutes in each anyway so it is not a real problem.

On the other hand, could this crash be an inidcation that I'm using an incorrect instance of the PlayersDB?

The sub-folder 'Original Tutorial' contains all the original tutorial scenarios written for the official (buggy) Harpoon3 game. When we were given permission to re-write the tutorial scenarios for compatibility with the PlayersDB, I did not think it 'right/proper' to over-write the original scenarios. Thus, I put all original tutorial scenarios into the sub-folder named, "Original Tutorial" and the revised PlayersDB tutorial scenarios were put into the sub-folder named, "Tutorials".

If you load the tutorials from the "Load Battleset" function (which lists all the tutorials available), then it immediately draws the PlayersDB scenario from the correct folder. However, I suspect that you used the "Load File" function and went directly into the "Original Tutorial" sub-folder and grabbed the specific file that was written with the official (buggy) database. This would cause a scenario-database mis-match error. It still should not have crashed, but I can understand how this could have occurred. Regardless, as long as you managed to get it to work and am happy with the results, that is all that matters.

A new video for Liberation of Antilles 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 Liberation of Antilles

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Complete PlayersDB Harpoon 3.6.3 Library

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Complete PlayersDB Harpoon ANW Library

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Complete PlayersDB Harpoon HUE Library

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