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September 1, 1991
MEDCBB01 Version 4.1
" The New World Order Explodes"
One year HSWBBS-USA anniversary celebration scenario
By JIVA - SYSOP HWSBBS-USA
Well it has been just over one year of operations for the HSWBBS. We
release a anniversary celebration scenario every six months ( except for
the one month release). Each has been in a different Battleset released by
Three Sixty. With luck each six month HSWBBS celebration release will
involve a different battleset. This scenario involves the MEDC. And is
designed to be played from the Blue side.
Designing a scenario for the MEDC turned out to be the most
challenging and difficult of the three Battlesets. The NACV and GIUK
involves purely hypothetical events of the Cold War turning hot.
The MEDC covers a geopolitical arena with numerous ongoing historical
conflicts; which simmer and break out as the balance of powers change.
Except for the close proximity to the Desert Shield/Storm AO no theme
could be found for the scenario to evolve around. Especially since Desert
Storm was already a page in military history by the time the scenario was
being designed. However more history started to unfold itself on the
newspaper headlines; within the geopolitical area covered by the MEDC
battleset. Every day headlines started telling the story of how the many
different ethnic peoples were adjusting to new found freedoms caused by
the crumbling of the Russian empire and communism. As with all people;
passions and the human condition leads to military conflict. And so it is
here where our story of the "The New World Order Explodes" begins. Our story
begins with actual headlines and stories from the newspapers and then
continues into what may be a real possible military conflict. Enjoy
yourself. ( author's - note the following headlines are actual; taken from
local papers July 1991 through September 5th 1991.. after that date they
were improvised to complete our story )
Since we cannot change the base names in the Scenario Editor we will
have to use the following conversion chart below;
"TOPEL" = Sibenik, Yugoslavia
"Murted = Zagreb, Yugoslavia
"Sevestopol" = Rijeka, Yugoslavia
"El-Arish" = Venice, Italy
"Fiad" = Budapest, Hungry
"Brindisi" = Pescara, Italy
"Merzifon" = Patrai, Greece
Also note that the Red Merchant groups are included for affect to
simulate the busy shipping traffic found in the Med. So as per orders they
should not be fired upon unless one turns guns on your forces and fires.
This scenario is a large one and may not run on old systems. The most
preferable system would be a 386 or 486 using DOS 5 memory manager ( or
another of your choice to obtain maximum memory. A RAMDrive setup would
make things go a little faster. I have had this BETA tested a few times.
Depending on the start up configuration ( there are thousands ) you may get
a MEMORY HANDLE ERROR message within the first 30 minutes of game play ( when
playing v1.3 and lower ).
To get around this try and keep your ASW patrols in the beginning
of the game to a minimum... also keep your air patrols to a minimum except where
the action is taking place. I found out to get around losing the game is to
save it very often in the beginning. When the MEMORY HANDLES message comes up
just restart and usually it doesn't come back. If using a RAMDrive
the game save routine is not very bothersome. Also it is advised not to go
over a 1:5 compression setting during the earlier stages of the game. The
BETA testers found that they couldn't go above that setting for the first
one third of the game.
ADDENDUM 09-10-92
This scenario has been updated/refined to play in v1.3 and higher.
This allowed for a trim on size of scenario file and amount of memory used.
So the game will have less of a problem with memory. Below is suggested
Config.sys and Autoexec.bat for use with a straight DOS 5.0 system using the
latest version of HIMEM.SYS - EMM386.EXE - RAMDRIVE.SYS which was released by
Microsoft with Windows 3.1, and Microsoft Mouse driver v8.1. Also note the
size of the RAMDRIVE... 20+ MEGs. You must adjust the CONFIG file for the
size your computer can make; and the AUTOEXEC file to load the appropriate
Harpoon files that fit on your RAMDRIVE. A 10 MEG RAMDRIVE is needed to
load all nine released battlesets and the Scenario Editor. The HSWBBS has
a very good multi-boot program that comes with it's ELITE membership disk,
which will allow you to make several boot up configurations for smaller than
10 MEG RAMDRIVE setups. It is worth getting the elite memberships status
just for it.
CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=8
BUFFERS=1
FCBS=1
STACKS=0,0
LASTDRIVE=D
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 20572 /E
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS /X
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p /F /e:160
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CLS
PROMPT $E[31;47m▌$p▐ TYPE IN YOUR COMMAND$E[5m»»$E[0;34;47m
SET MOUSE=A:\
LOADHIGH C:\DOS\MOUSE.COM
SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
PATH=C:\;C:\DOS
XCOPY C:\HARPOON D: /s
D:
PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notes HSWBBS: this information is continuously updated please read!
6:11PM 9/12/92 Membership - 2500+
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The scenario file packet you have just un-compressed contains several files:
1: The scenario file itself with the appropriate Battleset file extension.
2: Scenario text file or files containing background for the scenario
and orders. They use the same file name as the scenario and conform to
the the new Harpoon v1.3 orders text format ( BLx or RDx page #9 in the
v1.3 manual ) This means both the.
4: A file named ELITEINF.TXT which is a form to fill out for ELITE
membership status on the HSWBBS.
This user edited scenario originated from the HSWBBS; operating it's
terminal at 516-829-2557 in ANSI emulation
Transmitting via a US Robotics Dual Standard HST modem 1-8-N
USR-HST-16,800 14,400 12,000 9600 7200 and 4800 bps
CCITT V.32 bis/V.32 modes 14,400 12,000 9600 7200 4800 bps
CCITT/BELL modes 2400 1200 300 bps
CCITT V.42 bis/MNP5 data compression CCITT V.42/MNP 2-4 error control
(2400/1200/300 N-8-1) using a modified WWIV TERMINAL VERSION 4.2e
On July 16, 1990 the Harpoon Scenario Warehouse BBS started where
a central point could be maintained for the uploading and downloading
of the Harpoon Game edited scenarios. As interest and usage of the BBS
grew. The BBS improved it's service and terminal to a full fledged BBS
on October 2, 1990. We then formed an association with the Harpoon Users
Group - HUG. The BBS will continue to work on improving the terminal and
services as long as interest continues for Harpoon scenarios. The future
will bring regional HSWBBS's around the country depending on the
concentration of HUG and ELITE HSWBBS members. The true test of success will
be the users and plenty of scenario uploads made by members with the Scenario
Editor.
The Scenario Warehouse is connected to the WWIV International Network
which allows it's members to send E-mail to each other via a local WWIV BBS
in the Network; our node number is @7851. We also host the "HARPOONER
SCENARIO WAREHOUSE" Bulletin Board sub. This is the place where all
Harpooner's can exchange ideas and tactics.
Ask your local WWIV BBS which is in the WWIV Network to subscribe to it.
Tell the SYSOP to contact JIVA at 1@7851 on the Net. This way you will
be able to post messages and read up on what's happening just by a local
call. For more info contact JIVA the SYSOP at the Warehouse.
These WWIV BBS's already subscribe to the "Harpooner's Scenario
Warehouse" sub/bulletin board:
The Foundation @7465 SYSOP - Hari Selden 714-966-0640
The Game Room @7409 SYSOP - Doomsday 704-596-4137
The FarStar @6989 SYSOP - FarStar 619-225-1775
D.E.P. BBS @5289 SYSOP - Captian Armpit 512-339-6305
HSWBBS-UK (regional HSWBBS England) SYSOP - Neil Marshal 0689-824666
The Data Trek BBS @4400 SYSOP - JIAN 404-664-5485
The Old Guard @3122 SYSOP - L'Empereur 301-391-2563
The Afterburner @3352 SYSOP - Dan 313-478-5836
Shinobi's Sword - Japan @856 SYSOP - Kashiro 611-735-5608
Terninal One @5070 SYSOP - Weasel 510-432-2461
The Rubicon @19955 SYSOP - Spackle 919-676-0738
Bear Mountain Railroad @6902 SYSOP - The Bear 609-265-1144
Hard Rock Cafe @8361 SYSOP - 813-989-3279
ARC BBS @2366 SYSOP - 213-265-0523
Illusions @3065 SYSOP - The Craw 310-864-3324
Viper's Pit @6912 SYSOP - Viper 609-259-0561
The Ultimate Warrior III @19999 SYSOP - Desperate Edge 919-347-2023
Shadows over Bogenhafen @7315 SYSOP - Dark Angel 703-556-9673
Feel free to call at anytime to share ideas and find information to
help you in playing a better game.
The Scenario Warehouse urges you to give feedback to the author of any
scenario you play whether it is positive or negative, by using the HSWBBS
E-mail (also through the WWIVnet). This will help the person to improve
his/her scenario creation and to make any changes which need to be made.
When you connect to the BBS as a first time user type in "NEW" and
follow the prompts for initialization as a member. Veterans of the original
Pro-Comm Plus terminal also will have to initialize onto the new WWIV terminal.
Correspondence can be mailed to:
Richard Wickboldt
HSWBBS - SYSOP - JIVA
25 Beach Road
Great Neck, New York 11023
To save callers time on line; the following files have been made:
HARPBB.ZIP/ARJ - File containing information regarding the Harpoon
Edited Scenario BBS.
BBGUIDE.ZIP/ARJ - file containing the WWIV terminal manual explaining
the commands and menus used.
BBNET.ZIP/ARJ - file containing information on how the WWIV network
works and how to use it.
WOMRD110.ZIP/ARJ - This is a Off-line message and E-mail reply/reader.
All members are urged to download and use this program. It will save
you connect charges by allowing you to view all messages and E-mail at
your leisure off-line.. and then make any replies you wish and upload
them.
To insure ease of use by the Harpoon Warriors; certain guide lines have
been developed by the users. The guide lines so far are as follows:
1. There should be an ASCII text file associated with the scenario.
This text file should have victory conditions (victory conditions
and orders are optional and can be in a separate file for each side
following the guidelines listed below - THIS IS THE RECOMENDED PROCEEDURE)
some background information and anything else you wish to add. Include
also your name and HSWBBS # so feedback can be sent to you; Also include
your E-mail address of any WWIVnet board you are a member of by including
the node number also ( ie: 56 @2105 ).
2. The scenario filename must include the whole eight character
field. The first four characters should indicate the battleset the file
is associated with.. ie: GIUK????.sc1 NACV????.sc1. ???? can be any
four character set which will uniquely identify the scenario.
3. The text file should have the same file name as the scenario file
and file extension of .TXT. You MUST have a text file of some sort!!
in addition to any seperate orders file.
4. You must have separate order/victory condition files for each side
by using either of the two following combinations BLx and RDx. The "x"
is the battleset designator number ( ie 1 for GIUK 2 for NACV 3 for MEDC )
This convention follows the new Harpoon v1.3 scenario orders file naming
convention to insure that the orders/info file will be pulled into Harpoon
for viewing. They must be pure ASCII text file!!!
However insure that the 8 character file name is identical to the
scenario filename. NOTE: Do not include readme files. Any text/order
file included must have the same eight character filename as the
scenario filename.
5. The above files should be compressed using the ZIP or ARJ
compression utilities into a single file with the same eight character
file name used for the scenario and order files. Failure to follow the
file naming procedure will cause the BBS maint programs to lose your
scenario files.
6. When possible leave an E-mail message on the BBS; giving some feed
back on how the scenario played. This will enable the author to
improve their future scenarios or correct any deficiencies in existing ones.
Address the messages to the author.
The files on the BBS right now are in a compressed format to save
on-line time and cost to callers. The compression utilities used are the
ZIP and ARJ. To upload you needn't do it in the compressed format.
We will do it here if you have no compression facilities. You may also
download the zip compression utility from the HSWBBS..
filename - PKZ110.exe.
If this scenario was downloaded from another BBS other than the
Harpoon Scenario Warehouse you may not have the latest version. Most
scenarios go through revisions to take out any bugs or add items which will
enhance the play of the scenario ( via feedback using the HSWBBS forum ).
This is specialy so after the release of Harpoon v1.3. Also they are
updated using the latest version of the Scenario editor which gives the
author more commands to use making the scenario play better. The only way to
insure that you have the latest version is to download from the HSWBBS.
It is suggested you call and become a member and use the WWIV network to
keep in touch via a local call.
If you are not a member of the HSWBBS and do not use a modem.
You can recieve our non-member release disk which will include Harpoon help
files and scenarios released by the HSWBBS staff and DCT ( scenario design
and consulting team ). Fill out the form below and mail to:
**********************************************************************
Richard Wickboldt
JIVA SYSOP/HSWBBS
25 Beach Road
Great Neck, New York 11023
NAME ____________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________
CITY , STATE, ZIP___________________________________________
SIGNITURE __________________________________________________
I do hereby state that I am not a member of the HSWBBS
nor have been a member for the past 6 months. I also understand
that if I do become a member of the HSWBBS. The processing fee
paid for the non-member release disk will no way constitute a
membership of the HSWBBS.
Please send a 25$ processing check made to Richard Wickboldt enclosed
along with this form via the US mail. All over seas orders will be
45$ in US funds. Sept 12, 1992
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