Teiwaz

I stand corrected. The error was on my side, must have been further away from the SPI on my drop than I thought I was, which resulted in the GBU not picking up the laser. Tested it several times now minding the distance SPI <-> TGP and despite using Auto Lase and manually lasing the target during the whole run every GBU hit the lased target as I expected it to do from the start. Thanks for all your input and happy busting! :)

Afaik there is no ingame option to turn it off (as for whatever reason you can't access the options from anywhere else than the main screen). You might "cheat" it by changing your radio frequencies though. [edit] Maybe there's a shortcut/key combo to turn it off though, not sure.[/edit] Just download DCS World ( http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?ProductId=21&end_pos=137&scr=product&lang=en ) + the A-10 module ( http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?scr=product&ProductId=8&end_pos=136&lang=en ) from the DCS homepage, install those and you're up2date. Keep your A-10 retail version installed for starters. Once you start your first mission (training will suffice) from DCS World you'll be asked to register your A-10 copy - as long as you have your retail version still installed your key will be already registered there. Once you've done that you'll be free to uninstall the retail version.

It doesn't matter if it's proper procedure or not. If it is due to manual or automatic activation is (or should be) irrelevant. As you say, either the laser's flashing or not. And as I stated in my initial posting: the laser was definitely on and flight level was 10,000ft AGL. Again, I know how to drop GBU's to hit my target (auto or manual lasing), it's just that one "incorrect procedure" that seems to produce a not expected outcome even though it should work the same as manual lasing only and I'm just wondering why that would be. Maybe the distance mark point/SPI <-> TGP center was to high and I didn't notice - I will re-check that when I got home from work. PS: Don't put to much effort into this, it's purely a "what if?" mind**** out of curiosity.

Sorry, but this is still no explanation why for the same bomb run Auto Lase AND manual lasing result in a different outcome than using Auto Lase OR manual lasing only.

That's what I expected. Not saying you're wrong, because you clearly arent on what you're saying, but [edit] I'm pretty sure [/edit] there's another difference (intentionally or not) - try and you'll see. Without setting your SPI, Auto Lase & manual lasing your GBU will hit your mark point ("last known SPI") and not the point your TGP is pointing at. Just thinking nobody before tried it that way, because it's pretty stupid and useless actually :) That's under the asumption I didn't do anything wrong and afaik I didn't.

After some additional testing I think I figured it out: Auto Lase seems to lase at your SPI, Latch lases wherever your TGP points at. So when you have a SPI set (probably some mark point you set before) and you move your TGP to far away, you won't be able to pickle (CCRP error). If your new TGP point is within CCRP parameters your GBU will hit that new point IF you lase manually (given enough time to adjust) - that's why my second run was a success. Bottom point: better always set your SPI ;) Might be different with area mode though and I also might be completely wrong on this issue :)

As the other 2 runs went smoothly I don't think my issue's range related, but thanks for the input. Much appreciated.

Hello fellow tank busters! I'm kinda reluctant to reactivate this thread, but as I couldn't find a better suited thread for my question I'm posting it here. I'm curious about the interaction of Auto Lase & Latch On settings. It seems to me that an LGB will not hit a manually lased target when Auto Lase is also given and I just want to know why that would be the case. Let me give you an example to better clarify the issue (GBU-12 used). -) 3 not moving targets get marked as A, B & C to make later localization with TGP easier/faster -) 1. bombing run, using Auto Lase (10s) & Latch Off (= no manual lasing), level flight at 10,000ft --> direct hit -) targets move around a bit, so whe point our TGP (point mode) at the new location of target #2 - afaik not setting the new location as SPI doesn't matter as the laser will always point at TGP center -) 2. bombing run, using Latch On & no Auto Lase, level flight at 10,000ft --> direct hit -) localize target #3 -) 3. bombing run, using Auto Lase (10s) & Latch On (= manually activating the laser when starting the run), level flight at 10,000ft --> miss I'm absolutely no expert and still learning, but I know how to use Auto Lase & Latch On and I normally hit my targets with LGB's when I'm using one or the other. TGP wasn't masked and I definitely was lasing the target. As far as I'm concerned "double lasing" shouldn't be a problem, but apparently it seems to be a problem. Does anyone of you have an explanation for me?