Matrix Games Forums

Join the Matrix Team at Historicon!Recruiting Privates for Germany at War: Barbarossa 1941!Ageod takes you back to the Civil War Battle Academy iPad and PC 50 per cent off!Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem v5.60.53 update Allied Corps Walkthrough playlist and AARConflict of Heroes: Ghost Divisions Released!Pandora Beta Playthrough VideosGermany at War: Barbarossa 1941 Announced!Great Battles Medieval coming to your tablet with a 50 per cent off launch sale!		 Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

Comparing HUCE & H3UANW

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Larry Bond's Harpoon - Ultimate Edition >> Comparing HUCE & H3UANW Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/12/2010 3:13:10 PM   
GBS

 

Posts: 648
Joined: 7/3/2002
From: Southeastern USA
Status: offline 		I decided to purchase this having not played Harpoon 2 for many many years. They are both good but I prefer ANW. There doesn't seem to be as much to do in CE outside of course and speed, turning sensors on and off, playing with preferences and looking at all the data. I love the formation editor anf the mission editor in ANW. Much for fun and realistic to me.
WHERE ARE ALL THE SCENARIOS FOR ANW? CE has tons of battlesets but ANW seems to only have maybe 20 standalone scenarios. Help me please if I am missing them somehow because this is my favorite of the two games?

Possible bug in ANW. Each time I click on PICTURE on the Database window..the game freezes and stops running. I just stay away from that button but that doesn't seem right.

Thanks for the advice.
Post #: 1
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/12/2010 5:32:25 PM   
Nebogipfel


Posts: 104
Joined: 3/16/2010
Status: offline 		You should download the newest database versions, HUD3, PlayersDB and so on, than you will have enough scens to play until death.

< Message edited by Nebogipfel -- 11/12/2010 5:37:32 PM >

(in reply to GBS)
Post #: 2
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/12/2010 8:45:46 PM   
GBS

 

Posts: 648
Joined: 7/3/2002
From: Southeastern USA
Status: offline 		Great! Where can I find those to download?

(in reply to GBS)
Post #: 3
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/12/2010 11:16:21 PM   
Hertston


Posts: 3310
Joined: 8/17/2002
From: Cornwall, UK
Status: offline 		I'm puzzled by this too.. what happened to the original ANW battlesets (regional conflicts 1&2, global conflicts 1&2, Cold War)?

(in reply to GBS)
Post #: 4
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/12/2010 11:57:15 PM   
rosseau

 

Posts: 819
Joined: 9/13/2009
Status: offline 		Never having played ANW, I didn't know anything was "missing." Let's hope this gets cleared up for the "Ultimate" version.

(in reply to Hertston)
Post #: 5
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/13/2010 12:52:55 AM   
TonyE


Posts: 1486
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		To see the plethora of scenarios you were used to in H2...

1. From the Matrix autorun dealie click H3 Configuration
2. Go to the "Database Manager" tab
3. Select "Harpoon 3 Standard Database"
4. Click OK
5. click the "H3 Configuration" again.
6. On the "Launch H3 MP" tab click RUN by "Harpoon 3 Single Player"

You should see the variety of battlesets there. The background is that not every scenario has been rebuilt for use with every database so not all scenarios will appear for every database.






Attachment (1)

_____________________________

Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

(in reply to rosseau)
Post #: 6
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/13/2010 2:50:50 AM   
rosseau

 

Posts: 819
Joined: 9/13/2009
Status: offline 		It would help if I read the manuals. Thanks Tony. You are a one-man wonder working this forum.

(in reply to TonyE)
Post #: 7
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/13/2010 8:27:24 AM   
Hertston


Posts: 3310
Joined: 8/17/2002
From: Cornwall, UK
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: rosseau
It would help if I read the manuals. Thanks Tony. You are a one-man wonder working this forum.


What he said! Thanks again.

(in reply to rosseau)
Post #: 8
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/13/2010 2:49:58 PM   
Erik Rutins

 

Posts: 31667
Joined: 3/28/2000
From: Vermont, USA
Status: offline 		Indeed, thanks Tony, I appreciate your help too.

_____________________________

Erik Rutins
Director of Product Development and Business Relations


For official support, please use our Help Desk: http://www.matrixgames.com/helpdesk/

Freedom is not Free.

(in reply to Hertston)
Post #: 9
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 11/18/2010 12:46:36 AM   
jomni


Posts: 2518
Joined: 11/19/2007
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: GBS
Possible bug in ANW. Each time I click on PICTURE on the Database window..the game freezes and stops running. I just stay away from that button but that doesn't seem right.


Aready reported to tech support. Has something to do with installing several versions of ANW.
Solution for now is to only install one verison.


_____________________________

My Blog
Random Wargame Name Generator

(in reply to GBS)
Post #: 10
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/1/2010 3:22:40 AM   
barerabbit

 

Posts: 137
Joined: 11/9/2007
Status: offline 		Just got HUE and I thought I had read somewhere in this forum that a newer version of HCE allowed you to pause the game without that damned dialogue box in your face. I assumed that that version would be included in HUE, but the harpoon ultimate (ver 2009.05.0) menu links the Harpoon CE item to my old version of Harpoon CE (2008.044) Is there a newer version that should have shipped with HUE? Am I missing a patch? Anybody ever seen a version where the game is responsive to input while paused, or did I dream the whole thing?

(in reply to jomni)
Post #: 11
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/1/2010 5:40:12 AM   
TonyE


Posts: 1486
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		Look ma, no pause dialog

Ultimate 'shipped/downloads' with 2009.050 so if you chose to install the HUCE component you should be able to track down the right winharp32.exe on your computer (C:\Matrix Games\HUCE\winharp32.exe by default).






Attachment (1)

_____________________________

Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

(in reply to barerabbit)
Post #: 12
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/1/2010 9:03:34 PM   
barerabbit

 

Posts: 137
Joined: 11/9/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks for the response, Tony. I have two follow ups. well, ok, 3
1. I found winharp32 (2009.505) where you said I would find it. How do I link the Harpoon CE selection of H20run.exe to that version, rather than my previously installed version?
2. With 2009.050 pause is still bringing up a pause dialog box which steals the input focus so I can't issue orders or get to any other menu items. What's the trick of defeating that behavior? I am presuming in the graphic in your response, you are paused and issuing path orders and when you click OK, you will still be paused. I am using XP if you care.
3. What was that link over on Harpgamer to that exhaustive list of all the changes that have been made to HCE? I saw it here somewhere.
thanks

(in reply to TonyE)
Post #: 13
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/2/2010 2:15:31 PM   
TonyE


Posts: 1486
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		Barerabbit,
1. Not sure yet (I don't use the Matrix pretty menu but will look tonight)
2. The plus and minus keys change time compression, use the minus key at 1:1 time compression and it will change to 0:1 (paused).
3. You can look at ReleaseNotes.txt file in the game directory or look at http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2395 (the latter runs to the present beta build).

_____________________________

Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

(in reply to barerabbit)
Post #: 14
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/2/2010 10:21:09 PM   
barerabbit

 

Posts: 137
Joined: 11/9/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks for the reply Tony
1. After you run winharp32.exe 2009.050 (from explorer, or whatever) the next time you summon Harpoon CE from the h20 menu, you get 2009.050. Bet there is a winparp32.ini involved somehow.
2. Oh,ok. I thought I looked for that, but I missed it. Thanks
3. I will bookmark it this time.
Thank you for taking time with this.

(in reply to TonyE)
Post #: 15
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/3/2010 12:09:50 AM   
TonyE


Posts: 1486
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		Yes, I'm sorry, I misread your question. I wrote the HC20Run.exe program and it grabs the location of HCE from the registry at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Matrix Games\HCE\Options\BattleSetPath\


_____________________________

Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

(in reply to barerabbit)
Post #: 16
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/3/2010 3:22:42 AM   
barerabbit

 

Posts: 137
Joined: 11/9/2007
Status: offline 		Tony, I noticed that the shortcut dropped into the start menu by the install routine points to HC20run.exe while the shortcut placed on the desktop points to autorun.exe and gets you to a higher level menu. Both shortcuts for ANW call autorun. If anyone else cant find 2009.050, that may be the culprit. And where is the right place to list little non project things like this?

(in reply to TonyE)
Post #: 17
RE: Comparing HUCE & H3UANW - 12/3/2010 11:55:59 PM   
TonyE


Posts: 1486
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		I think you are just running the shortcut I like instead of the one from Matrix. The Matrix launcher dealie in the start menu is "Harpoon Ultimate Commander's Edition Game Menu".

I don't think there is an answer for the HC20run.exe that will please everyone so I'm likely to leave it how it is in terms of where it looks in the registry.



_____________________________

Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

(in reply to barerabbit)
Post #: 18
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Larry Bond's Harpoon - Ultimate Edition >> Comparing HUCE & H3UANW Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

0.439