cbn@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Robert S. Unoki) (06/21/91)
I finally scraped up enough $$ to order a copy of Harpoon. Although the scope and technical accuracy of this simulation is impressive, it suffers from a poor user interface. Is the interface the same in the color version? I think I found a bug while playing the 2nd scenario in the GIUK battleset. I made contact with a Soviet sub and promptly launched both skyhawk helos to intercept. One of the skyhawks lauched fine and the new helo group appeared on the group map. I tried to change the speed of the group to its max., but was informed that the group was still in the process of launching. Did I move the launching ship to far from the helo group? The helo group continued on its orders to attack the sub. After successfully terminating the sub, it returned to my surface group. How do I get it to land? After selecting the surface group, both the launch and ready aircraft menu options were disabled. I tried joining the skyhawk into my surface group. No dice - launch and ready options were still disabled and the skyhawk did not appear in the formation editor. After playing for a while more, the game just hung. I had to restart my computer. Oh yeah - I have a IIci, 8MB RAM, harddisk, and Sys 7. I'm just learning to play the game - I need help! P.S. Is it just me, or is the manual really confusing? rob -- Robert S. Unoki cbn@mace.cc.purdue.edu (standard disclaimer, please)
js43+@andrew.cmu.edu (James William Stepanek) (06/21/91)
Well I can tell you that the interface in the color version is just as bad. In fact it is often worse with the screen refreshes being pretty unrelaible and quite messy. The color version has its advantages in the range circle business, but it is not that well put together. As for you problem with the program it may be caused by system 7.0 considering the program version you are using is not really that new it may be a compatability problem. I'll see if I have a problem with this on my machine (IIcx 5meg ram sys 6.0.7). What I want for this game is new battlesets. Anyone out there know anything about the new battlesets? I only like the confrontations involving air power so I hope the new scenarios have a lot of these. James Stepanek esp