Formation-Keeping
2017.012 and newer obviously have serious issues with formation-keeping. I'm finally getting a better picture of what is happening code-wise.In these builds I've tightened up how often various functons...
View ArticleHC 2017.013
Two issues that will need test scenarios (and testing) from intrepid players: * tendency for aircraft in ASW formation patrol to drop sonobuoys in ineffectual clusters rather than randomly...
View ArticleTonyE Task List
For my own usage/prioritization.implemented 2017.008 Add UUID to Unit structure. Enables linking of 3rd-party structures to HC.implemented 2017.008 Add UUID to Group structure. Enables linking of...
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donald's exportDLL tools
I thought I'd just add a note that I've uploaded modified versions of my toolbox and my extended version of TonyE's lazGUI so as to operate with the GEs since 2017.05. While the internal game changes...
View ArticleTorpedo guidance flag testing
It would be appreciated if someone could test the following torpedo guidance flags:1. Unknown2. Passive3. Active/passiveThe 'active/passive' flag seems to be producing 0% hit probability, and since the...
View ArticleOver the shoulder missile shots
Following on from changes to aircraft turn rates (the results of which I am pretty happy with), I am now wondering whether there is anything we can do with putting an end to 'over the shoulder' missile...
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Current Files
I'll post new test versions of the game files to this thread and will bump the thread as needed. See individual release threads for testing suggestions (those individual threads are also the place to...
View ArticleAlpha Testing Request
I am looking for a few players to give a potentially GE and SE combination a workout. They support doubling from 2047/8 items per annex in the database to 4096 items per annex to give the database...
View ArticleRetrocompatibility?
Says Tony: !!!Scenarios built with the 2015.008+ SE will not work in game versions before 2015.008 due to the first changes to the scenario file structure since HC Gold in 2003!!! But I see it's...
View ArticleIdeas for helping AI
With the new abilities provided by Tony via the exportDLL functions I've recently pondered how can we level the playing field a bit for poor old AI? Any ideas? What do people see as AI's short comings?
View ArticleGroup size and detection
One major challenge with modern Harpoon Classic is detection. In the older versions of Harpoon you were able to spot the enemy at ranges of 200 miles and more, when they were coming at you. Most of...
View ArticleTurn rates for aircraft ... and beyond
As some of you may remember, years ago we implemented in HCE a delayed turn rate for aircraft such that they could no longer "turn on a dime" and fly in the opposite direction. Essentially it delayed...
View ArticleExportDLL Interface Task List
Priority ranked list of capabilities to add to the ExportDLL interface:Implemented:Write functions that can look up platform information from the database. This doesn't necessarily need to be via the...
View Article2015.012 Crashing
First of all thank you Tony and testers for your work. I check the forums a couple of times a year and every time I find new patches, new scenarios, new ideas, even now that you are left with no...
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A Tony status update
As you may have noticed, we have a 32-bit SE. The main side effect of that from the programming side is that I no longer have to maintain backwards compatibility with the Win16 API. I can allocate...
View ArticleRefueling Notes
Notes for investigating air to air refueling.Automatic refueling is instigated from CheckStaff.CheckStaff is called in a few places, the key one being CheckGroupStaff.CheckGroupStaff is Harpoon Effect...
View ArticleIssue Tracker Hint
After you have submitted an issue I highly recommend you click on the "Track Issue" button to set up e-mail notifications when the issue is updated.
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ExportDLL: Getting started with CodeTyphon
This post is intended as a STOVL rocket booster for programmers who are looking at starting out with the CodeTyphon IDE, like myself, e.g. to shorten the time you can get airborne and start to build...
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