When are you guys going to finish converting the rest of the older scenarios from the Harpoon3 CD to DB2000? Is it not just a matter of re-loading them into the new database?
Not all scenarios are being converted; typically those are the ‘classic” ones from each of the original battlesets. There are many scenarios that we simply revisit “one more time” again and again for some reason or another, and these naturally have priority in being made DB2000-compatible. Rebuilding a scenario that was made with a different database is not all that simple. First of all, we have to check for unit-reference inconsistencies. For example an US Navy Aegis cruiser in the old database may be a Russian Osa boat in the DB2000, and the F/A-18 Hornets may end up being armed with a simple MiG-23 ground-attack loadout instead of the intended AMRAAM air-to-air loadout. Next, we have to make sure that every single ship, sub and land facility has its magazine rebuilt, we have to make sure the weapon/sensor changes have been “understood” by the scenario, etc.etc.etc. And that’s just the “technical integrity” part. After that, we have to make sure that the changes haven’t unbalanced th
