Yep I wondered too. Knowing how BD is, I was sure it was too early to land. So I went to WP1, to mother and to WP2, waiting for the the next move and finally got the message.
No problem if the screen turns blank at impact but when the bug is present, you cant use the FLIR to search a target because as soon as you look "close" to a burning target, the screen turns blank even is "close" is many hundred feets.
The BIG test are TEW3.0 and OPF campaign. For those you need to be able to handle your Hog quickly without reading all your checklist when emergency CAS are needed.
Happen to me from time to time (chimney is set to 5).
My hotfix : delete fxo and metashader2 folders in saved games\DCS and restart.
To be sure it's fixed I launch the A10 quick mission and blow the first truck with a mav.
Fix works 90% of the time.
PS : using old nvidia drivers 442.74, don't know if it changes anything
Same with the Harrier. Razbam clames it's finished but the MGRS/UTM isnt implemented in the INS and, from what I read about Harriers in Afghanistan, it should be.
it often had dates for modules-to-be-released that were totally wrong. We saw many times that patch hours can change drastically. Just be patient and hope they don't have to postpone it.