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I noticed that under the "requirements" in Matrix description of the game, Microsoft Access 2003 is required to use the data base editor. Does anyone know if I should be looking into getting an updated version of Access or will versions earlier than 2003 work as is the case with HC Gold.

R/ Smitty

No, the requirements lie, those are the politically correct requirements, not the real ones [:-].
 
I maintain the database editor in Access 97 so if you have Access 97 or newer you are in luck (it works okay in Access 2007 even).  If you don't have MS Access at all, still no big deal as we'll have the Access 97 runtime available for download along with a little MS Access finder program I wrote. 
 
As for the game itself, it will run on Windows 95, a 486, and 8MB RAM, not that you would want to, kinda slow and pokey that way.  Also unlike the requirements, it doesn't use DirectX so you don't need DirectX 8 to play [8D].
 
 

hey

Tony thanks for the link, like a duck to water.

Once a harpooner always a harpooner [:D]

big cheers
bungle

Thanks for the response. I've been using Access 97 right along, so I guess I'm OK.

R/ Smitty

A small update on release, Cameron and I spent another evening working on the installer for the game, it is pretty good now, still waiting anxiously for a draft of the manual but the grapevine says there is progress in that direction.
 
 

I've heard alot of reasons given for a game release delay, bugs, crashes, needs polish, problems with the CD's, shipping errors, doing a final build... but "The manual is not done" is a new one.

[:D]

"The manual is not done"

But it's still a good one! Playing Harpoon since the first version from "Three Sixty" - I' am waiting for "Harpoon Classic 2005" [:D] since i see it at http://www.advancedgaming.biz.

Still waiting a couple of days is ok after waiting the last two years.

greets
Bigfish

This game doesn't seem to be getting much attention at all. I, on the other hand, am very much looking forward to it. Is it still likely to make the end of July, or is this going to slip? Some news, even a hint, would be welcome...[;)]

Slip slidin' away... I would consider July an impossibility.  Still haven't seen a draft of the manual back from Matrix.  Won't they have fun some day in the future when a delay is my fault!
 
 

Who reads manuals anyway..

Read the manual after the monitor has gone through the window........[8|]
 

If football manager can't make me throw my eqipment out the window, nothing will.

[:@]Aren't manuals written at the same time development is happening?

Just a little bit longer.[>:]

What I'd like to see is a real writer take on the Harpoon manuals.  The users can feed the writer technical data but past manuals are a worthy read on their own for summaries of naval tactics, weapon capabilities, etc. 
 
In this case the manuals are mainly what you had in previous Harpoon Classic versions, with some hard work put in by Rene Haar on the platform editor manual.  Anyway, AGSI handed the data over to Matrix, Matrix formats it, then supposedly we have a manual.  So yes, Matrix was given the materials to compile (and for the most part were already compiled). 
 
 

Any further news or updates? Like maybe how many pages of the manual are done yet?

As a result of your message (which I found humorous) I e-mailed Don Gilman aka UncleHarpoon aka AGSI asking if there has been any progress.  No info on a number of pages complete but Matrix continues to be prodded.  Akula, CV32, and myself have added about 20 more platform photos (Akula did the hard/time consuming part).  It won't make the game run better but looks nice anyway.
 
 

Keep on truckin'

This better be the best tasting manual ever (simpsons joke).

Make preperations to getting underway !!!

Take in mooring lines Fore and Aft !!!

Set Condition Yoke and make readiness reports to DC Central !!!

....stand-down from drill !  /crew grumbles/

Over the 1MC:  "This is the Captain, Liberty has been cancelled. We are on stand-by. Muster all E-5 and below on the
dock with MSCM Bombase to take on food stores in preparation for six month deployment. That is all !"

... sorry fellas, I am disgruntled on the hurry up and wait list too. . . Just have to be patient. However long it takes
and no matter the reason, patience wins in the long run.

Can't wait to retake Keflavik air base.

I can't wait to bomb it into oblivion with 2 backfire regiments.