New HCE scenario - Sixth Battle

[CV32]

A Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) scenario for the South Africa Battleset.

This scenario is a tribute to a favorite novel of mine, The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman, and although some effort has been expended at recreating the battle depicted in that book, I have also taken varied some of the events and players to make a workable Harpoon scenario. The scenario background contained in the file is considerably more detailed, but essentially:

Several large Soviet battle groups, now operating under the banner of the Union of Eurasian Republics (UER), have assembled off the coast of South Africa. Their intention is to force a change of power in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), into one that favors the African National Congress (ANC) and, indirectly, the Front Line States (FLS) of Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The UER has cut a deal with the ANC and FLS to form a cartel that would extend to all of the RSA’s resources, including uranium. Hard line regimes in the client states of Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam have pledged their assistance. The UER and its allies in the region have overwhelming firepower, and the South Africans stand virtually no chance without American intervention.

The elderly US Navy carrier USS Ranger is the only NATO carrier in the Indian Ocean, and it can count on little support from other friendly forces. The Ranger battle group has been planning for several days the best way to attack the UER carriers, plotting and wargaming several possible options, and now they think they have found a winning idea.

This scenario is intended for play by the BLUE side only. It uses the HCDB database and South Africa Battleset.

Download the scenario and the database from HarpGamer.

[Desertmole]

CV32,

I downloaded this file and get a number of error messages when trying to load. I upgraded to HarpCE.024 earlier this year, could this be the problem?

[CV32]

ORIGINAL: Desertmole
CV32, I downloaded this file and get a number of error messages when trying to load. I upgraded to HarpCE.024 earlier this year, could this be the problem?

I'd patch up to 2008.044 and try again. If you still have issues, we will want to know what the error messages are.

[Desertmole]

I have patched the game to 2008.044. Ther error message reads:

GetMemAnnex Error 3089[0xc11] & INDEX _MASK> AnnexMemRecCount [0]=1041 The message has been logged The program will terminate

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Desertmole

I have patched the game to 2008.044. Ther error message reads:

GetMemAnnex Error 3089[0xc11] & INDEX _MASK> AnnexMemRecCount [0]=1041 The message has been logged The program will terminate

Your database is too old, note on the scenario download page that HCDB-081124 is listed, that is some 5 months newer than the database shipped with 2008.044.

You have two options:
1. Update to game version 2009.042 which includes a new enough database. http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2049 (note, don't grab 2009.043 from that thread unless you want to be using a beta version of the game)
2. Download HCDB-090620 from http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.ph ... owfile=235

[Desertmole]

Tony,
 
Thanks, that did the trick!
 
Chuck