Changing laser code in the air?

[johnmjones1975]

Are we able to change the laser code in the air?

 

Stuck on a mission from a downloaded user-made campaign where there are 4 targets each with a different laser code

 

They send me up with 4 LGB's so I assume I should be able to drop, change code and repeat.

 

when I pull up the Kneeboard I'm unable to change the code

unless I am sitting on the runway.

 

I realize IRL, this entails a ground crew member setting the code on the ground.

 

in DCS, I didn't know if they would be willing to crawl out on the wing with a harness and a wrench.

:-)

 

[QuiGon]

Nope, no such stuntmen in DCS for the Tiger. You can only change the code on thr ground, just like IRL.

[Frederf]

The kneeboard won't advance through digits unless the battery switch is off and the airplane is on the ground. A mission that's designed for different codes would require a new sortie for each code.

[johnmjones1975]

Thank you Gents, that's what I thought.

 

I'm gonna play with in the ME and see if I can figure out how to change the assigned laser codes at the unit level.

or I'll probably just pull those out and add my own JTAC's if I have to.

[Northstar98]

Yeah, the GBU-12s for the F-5E-3 are set on the ground by dials on the guidance section that are turned with a flathead screwdriver (same with APKWS too). Once set it's impossible to set them in flight (unless someone is feeling brave enough).

 

As for the JTACs - one of the limitations of combined arms is that AI JTACs will only lase on the default PRF code: 1688, I don't think there's a way to change it without having a human JTAC.

[Dragon1-1]

IRL, each LGB would have been set up with a different code on the ground, and you'd just have to keep that in mind which bomb goes where. I don't think that's possible in DCS, though (not with the Tiger, anyway).