Soundman766 Posted November 26, 2021 Posted November 26, 2021 I've gone thru all the steps in the manual (and then some) to get the laser to fire and can't get it working. Can anyone confirm it is working using the newest beta?
Frederf Posted November 27, 2021 Posted November 27, 2021 Yeah. You should see an "L" to the right of the "ARM" on the HUD plus another on the 5 o'clock position of the TGP format. Pulling the gun trigger to half or full action will fire the laser and "L" will blink. Track for demonstration: F16 Laser.trk
Soundman766 Posted November 27, 2021 Author Posted November 27, 2021 Thanks Fred... I'm getting the 'L' designation in the HUD, but pulling the trigger doesn't fire the laser.. (no blinking L). I'm a bit dumbfounded as to why not.
fagulha Posted November 27, 2021 Posted November 27, 2021 37 minutes ago, Soundman766 said: Thanks Fred... I'm getting the 'L' designation in the HUD, but pulling the trigger doesn't fire the laser.. (no blinking L). I'm a bit dumbfounded as to why not. Just to be sure, do you have the Laser armed? 1 About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: 14th I7 14700KF 5.6ghz | 64GB RAM DDR5 5200 CL40 XMP | Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super Aero OC 16 GB RAM GDDR6X | Thermalright Notte 360 RGB | PSU Thermaltake Though Power GF A3 Snow 1050W ATX 3.0 PCIE 5.0 / 1 WD SN770 1TB M.2 NVME + 1 SSD M.2 2TB + 2x SSD SATA 500GB + 1 Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 NVME (DCS only) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat.
Frederf Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Soundman766 said: Thanks Fred... I'm getting the 'L' designation in the HUD, but pulling the trigger doesn't fire the laser.. (no blinking L). I'm a bit dumbfounded as to why not. It's because the the laser fires on first stage of the trigger, not second stage. Naturally in real life squeezing the trigger all the way also fires the laser. Because my joystick trigger does both buttons when applying the trigger fully I don't notice this effect. Anyway, it should be logged as a bug so here's a track of the laser failing to fire when only second stage trigger is used. F16 Laser second stage.trk Edited November 28, 2021 by Frederf
Kilo Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 This might be a bit obvious, but... Do you have the first detent mapped? Все буде добре
Soundman766 Posted December 7, 2021 Author Posted December 7, 2021 Thanks to All, Just checked again and yes, the first trigger detent is mapped (I'm using a Thrustmaster Cougar). Earlier I suspected the two-stage trigger might have been an issue, so carefully tried firing the laser again using only the first stage, then the second. It didn't appear to fire either way. To confirm: when opening the control mapping... upon pulling the trigger to the first detent, it highlights "Camera/Gun Trigger-First Detent", so assume this is the correct mapping?
Frederf Posted December 8, 2021 Posted December 8, 2021 Yes, it should jump highlight to first detent on the first half of trigger motion and jump highlight to second detent. The highlight jump occurs when a new down context event occurs. You won't be able to tell if upon pressing the second detent if the first detent remains pressed or not using DCS's control menu. If the laser doesn't work on full trigger action then you know it's changing output instead of adding. Also you can look at joy.cpl in Windows to see how the buttons are being processed by Windows (or any realtime joystick monitor). DCS expects that both buttons are status ON when trigger is at full action.
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