TPOD Marker-light - Only for AV8B-NVGs?

[Jarlerus]

Hi.

I tried marking a target with the "marker"-light in the TPOD for an F/A-18 pilot.

He didn't see it, so I wonder what the deal about this is?

Should they not see it, or should they? Did it bug out, or did the 18-pilot just not look in the right direction? :P

Anyone have any experience with this?

 

Just wondering, as it's a cool feature when doing AFAC. (if it would work :P )

 

//Jarl

[Sarge55]

Was the F-18 pilot wearing NVG's?

[Harlikwin]

DCS aside. Anyone wearing NVGs should see it, and most of the time it wont look like some stupid line as its represented in game. You will see a bright dot, just like a laser pointer, you might see a line if the atmospherics are just right, which most of the time they arent.

[Nealius]

DCS aside. Anyone wearing NVGs should see it, and most of the time it wont look like some stupid line as its represented in game. You will see a bright dot, just like a laser pointer, you might see a line if the atmospherics are just right, which most of the time they arent.

 

Cursory Google search comes up with no less than 9 real-life pictures of the entire beam being visible. Standard guidance IR should only be visible as a dot. Marker should show the entire beam.

[Pikey]

tested fine works as expected.

[Captain Orso]

:huh: What do you mean? Did someone in a Harrier point the marker at a target, while someone in another aircraft using NVG's could see the marker laser beam?

[TheKardinal]

:huh: What do you mean? Did someone in a Harrier point the marker at a target, while someone in another aircraft using NVG's could see the marker laser beam?

Pretty sure that is what is being discussed. A few days ago on Georgia at War server I did it for a Hornet to point at a target for him to use his infra red Mavericks on. It was night and he had NVGs. Worked a treat. You cannot see it with NVGs and you need to select your TPOD to MRKR and fire it.

[Captain Orso]

Pretty sure that is what is being discussed. A few days ago on Georgia at War server I did it for a Hornet to point at a target for him to use his infra red Mavericks on. It was night and he had NVGs. Worked a treat. You cannot see it with NVGs and you need to select your TPOD to MRKR and fire it.

 

At one point --about a year ago-- you could see the MRKR (marker) mode laser-beam itself with NVG, but there was no recognizable light-point on the target itself. Jump to 5:05:

 

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What has changed since then, I have no idea. Maybe it is working properly, and only a light-point on the target can be seen, while the FA-18 pilots were expecting to see the entire laser beam. Is this what you mean by, "You cannot see it with NVGs .."?

 

Also, I read a thread somewhere that in an MP mission, someone was marker-lasing a target, and everyone else --in FA-18's IIRC-- was "blinded" by the laser, but I cannot find that thread again.