reported earlier Litening pod won’t slew to waypoint

[Mikeck]

Did I miss something in an update on the litening TGP pod and waypoints? When I waypoint designate on either my HSI or SA, the TGP pod simply locks whatever area it’s looking at and won’t automatically slew to the selected waypoint. Been flying the F-18 for 2.5 years and never had an issue.

 

not sure how to find a target on the pod if I can’t use coordinates to create a waypoint and then hit weapon designate to make the pod jump to it

 

what am I not doing now that I should be?

atflir won’t slew automatically when I weapon designate the waypoint either

[Hammer1-1]

Theres an issue with it currently. You have to set the TDC to another MFD and THEN it start working again.

[Mikeck]

Ok...can you explain what you mean by “set TDC to another screen”? Do you mean TGP? Or make another screen SOI?

[Hammer1-1]

when you bring the FLIR screen up, move it to the left MFCD instead. Let me clarify a tad bit - it comes up by default on the right MFD; turn it on, let it align and time itself out, then when your screen comes on, cycle it to the left MFCD. You can move it back to the right if you want, but for now until we get a hotfix this is how you get eyes back on.

Edited May 24, 2021 by Hammer1-1

[Mikeck]

Got it. Thanks !

[pete_auau]

On 5/24/2021 at 12:16 PM, Hammer1-1 said:

when you bring the FLIR screen up, move it to the left MFCD instead. Let me clarify a tad bit - it comes up by default on the right MFD; turn it on, let it align and time itself out, then when your screen comes on, cycle it to the left MFCD. You can move it back to the right if you want, but for now until we get a hotfix this is how you get eyes back on.

 

thx  for  this  info  helped me  heaps

[imacken]

On 5/24/2021 at 3:16 AM, Hammer1-1 said:

when you bring the FLIR screen up, move it to the left MFCD instead. Let me clarify a tad bit - it comes up by default on the right MFD; turn it on, let it align and time itself out, then when your screen comes on, cycle it to the left MFCD. You can move it back to the right if you want, but for now until we get a hotfix this is how you get eyes back on.

 

This doesn't work for me.  Even  if I swap the FLIR to the left, the undesignate issue is still there.  Can't use JDAMs with mark points, multiple targets with MAVs etc.

Very surprised that this slipped through the net.

[Hammer1-1]

I havent tried this patch, although I didnt see it in the changelog either. From what Ive read, it was fixed internally, so I dont get why its not fixed yet. Maybe they made it worse? Ill try again later; my last few flights have been without a TPOD so I cant vouch for it since latest patch.

Edited May 30, 2021 by Hammer1-1

[skywalker22]

On 5/24/2021 at 3:51 AM, Mikeck said:

Did I miss something in an update on the litening TGP pod and waypoints? When I waypoint designate on either my HSI or SA, the TGP pod simply locks whatever area it’s looking at and won’t automatically slew to the selected waypoint. Been flying the F-18 for 2.5 years and never had an issue.

 

not sure how to find a target on the pod if I can’t use coordinates to create a waypoint and then hit weapon designate to make the pod jump to it

 

what am I not doing now that I should be?

atflir won’t slew automatically when I weapon designate the waypoint either

@Mikeck, same here: 

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by skywalker22

[skywalker22]

On 5/24/2021 at 4:16 AM, Hammer1-1 said:

when you bring the FLIR screen up, move it to the left MFCD instead. Let me clarify a tad bit - it comes up by default on the right MFD; turn it on, let it align and time itself out, then when your screen comes on, cycle it to the left MFCD. You can move it back to the right if you want, but for now until we get a hotfix this is how you get eyes back on.

 

Works for me

You can see on my MFCD bellow that it goes selected the waypoint 4 where os my target.

[skywalker22]

From 200km away:, crazy, no need to take manual control over rocket

[Ourorborus]

I found the same. I wasn't sure if it was a change to how it SHOULD work or just a bug but now I find to slew the TGP to a waypoint I have to TDC to the MDI/AMPCD that I have the SA/HSI displayed on , then press the OBS for TGT designate. Then I can TDC back to the TGP.

 

For me I usually have TGP on left and SA/HSI on the AMPCD (middle). I go TDC down, select waypoint/markpoint, Traget desig on the AMPCD, then TDC left to adjust the TGP.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Ourorborus

[imacken]

Yep, it would seem that we have to set the SCS to the AMPCD to make the targeting work after the first designation.

Now, whether this is a bug or new behaviour, I don't know.  I don't see how this could work when trying to ripple JDAMs.

Has there been a bug report on this?

[Skoop]

I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this.  I was driving me crazy, can't be how it's suppose to work, has to be a bug.

[AKULA_OPTIMUS]

F-18 is almost useless right now, please fix this issue, can´t understand how something this big went unnoticed.

[Hammer1-1]

5 hours ago, imacken said:

Yep, it would seem that we have to set the SCS to the AMPCD to make the targeting work after the first designation.

Now, whether this is a bug or new behaviour, I don't know.  I don't see how this could work when trying to ripple JDAMs.

Has there been a bug report on this?

Its been fixed internally, so they say. They should have released it this past patch.

[SharpeXB]

Is this Stable or Open Beta? I’m not noticing this on Stable. 

[imacken]

Open Beta. 

[A.P. Hill]

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"Its been fixed internally, so they say. They should have released it this past patch."

 

Nope its still broken.

[Hammer1-1]

Just now, A.P. Hill said:

 

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"Its been fixed internally, so they say. They should have released it this past patch."

 

Nope its still broken.

Duh.

[Mikeck]

What works for me is setting up the TPOd on the MfD of your choice. Then make the HUD SOI. Then you can click waypoint/target designate on the HSI or SA and the TPOd slews fine. Once it slews

ro the waypoint, make the TPOd MFD SOI and play as usual. Switching left and right never worked

 

so DMS up, then waypoint/target designate, then DMS back to whatever screen has the TPOd display and play as usual 

[imacken]

What works is making anything but the TPOD SOI. 

[imacken]

On 5/31/2021 at 4:53 PM, Hammer1-1 said:

Its been fixed internally, so they say. They should have released it this past patch.

where did you see that is is 'fixed internally'?  Still broken in today's patch.  That's 2 now without a resolution for this.  You would think that if 'fixed internally', the patch would show that.

[Hammer1-1]

3 hours ago, imacken said:

where did you see that is is 'fixed internally'?  Still broken in today's patch.  That's 2 now without a resolution for this.  You would think that if 'fixed internally', the patch would show that.

Im going by what one of my squad reps stated. Ill try to pull up a link if I can, but this isnt the first thread about this issue.

[Hammer1-1]

standby

 

Edited June 2, 2021 by Hammer1-1