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Post pictures or a track then.

Part of the problem I see here is that the target is being lased too late. The 24's autopilot needs to see the laser for the entirety of its flight in order to maximize its range for the most energy-efficient profile. At the ranges you're dropping from in this example, self-designation would be impossible given the limited laser range in DCS, and would be better suited for designation by an offboard source.

Make sure the aircraft doesn't move during the alignment at any point (especially rearming).

From the latest changelog: Known Issue ASE dot is not always accurate

8 minutes or so is standard for a NORM alignment. Stored Heading takes about 90 seconds. You can turn off the Halloween effects with 'no_easter_eggs = true' in your autoexec.cfg.

@Hellbat It's just the Halloween event, you can disable it with no_easter_eggs = true in your autoexec.cfg.

Realistically speaking, water is a good thermal insulator, so it takes longer for it to heat up or cool down. Depending on the time of day and outside temperature, it may appear warm based on how much energy it's absorbed. Metal, on the other hand, is a good thermal conductor, so it takes less time to heat up or cool down, and metal pylons should reflect that. In terms of DCS, the new FLIR render may need additional tweaking for certain objects based on their material, the time of day, air temperature, and presumed energy state (e.g. a mission that starts at twilight/sundown should assume that things are still relatively warm and should begin bleeding off, versus one that starts before/around sunrise and should start warming up). A track or the specific miz you were flying in would help for us to see the specific conditions.

NVGs are not thermal, just light amplification. PNVS is an infrared sensor.

Lasers in DCS have a finite distance where the end of the beam terminates at around 8.2nm, so it'll pick up the end of the beam mid-air.

Nothing to do but wait, it's the weekend, give it time.

You already posted here: Be patient, give it some time.

Already reported:

Track? Pictures? Miz file? Need more info.

In addition, if a switch is in the OFF position, its brightness is variably controlled by the FORM knob. To completely turn a set of lights off, the Master knob must be in COVERT or OFF.

Initial suggestion I would have is to verify that no other axes are assigned to the TDC, or try un-assigning the TDC axes and have nothing bound to it to ensure it's not a TDC problem.

It steps L&S in RWS as well, provided LTWS is selected.

The reason the Harrier can't self-lase the 65E is because the TPOD and LMAV displays run on the same video line to the MFDs, it can only display one or the other. The Hornet doesn't have this problem (each pylon has its own dedicated video line), and can use the standard 65E with a TGP all day long. The 65E2 on the Harrier uses a differing display logic that allows the MFDs to sort-of 'hot-swap-merge' the TPOD and LMAV videos displays with each other while maintaining TPOD control.

If George already has the TADS slaved to an area, AI Helper Aft Long with the menu open will command George to re-search that LOS (provided the target list is not currently active).

@Mr_sukebe Verify APU switch is off?

The latter: depress, release, move.

Should be depress then castle towards the attack format. So if the radar is on the left, depress then left. You should almost always keep the it on the right DDI though to avoid the ADV line on the left (plus the SCS logic supports ATTK on the right and AZ/EL on the left).

Can you make a quick scenario to test it and post the track for that? Do you use buttons or an axis to control your antenna elevation?

Kuwait and Malaysia.

Give this a read, it might be related: