TPOD laser does not work

[Nivek990]

Before seeing comments like: "F-15 is dead" "ED and Razbam are at war" etc...etc... I specify that I know the situation perfectly.

I just want to share this issue that popped up after the latest update.

The TPOD of 15 does not work, specifically the Laser does not work. Even if the WSO switch is set to LASER ARM, in the TPOD display the laser continues to be in SAFE mode and does not apply the laser after the GBU release

[Zahnatom]

are you under 25k ft?

are you close enough to the target?

is the laser arm really set to on? (check the light in the front cockpit to the right of the right display)

is your gear up?

is your laser code valid? 1111-1788

 

check those and it should work.

 

all of the scenarios are accurately described on page 452 in the official manual

Edited August 16, 2024 by Zahnatom

[Nivek990]

Absolutely yes.
Under 25K
Laser Switch, controlled by the WSO station, set to ARM, but the light does not turn on (visible from the pilot station)

Bombs set correctly, but the laser always stays in SAFE, never goes into ARM

 

Default code laser 1688

Edited August 16, 2024 by Nivek990

[Zahnatom]

On 8/16/2024 at 10:47 PM, Nivek990 said:

Absolutely yes.
Under 25K
Laser Switch, controlled by the WSO station, set to ARM, but the light does not turn on (visible from the pilot station)

Bombs set correctly, but the laser always stays in SAFE, never goes into ARM

 

Default code laser 1688

 

can you send a track file?

try repairing your game maybe that could help

Edited August 18, 2024 by Zahnatom

[ilikepie]

try switching the tpod off, then on again. 

[Nivek990]

I don't know what happened, but in these days I tested it 3 times and 3 times it worked correctly.
Laser ON and Laser light from the pilot's seat. And GBU correctly on target

 

LOL

[RealDCSpilot]

The problem is back again, seems to be brought back by the latest patch. Was trying to work with GBU-12s yesterday on 4YA with hot start spawn. No chance of getting the laser to work.

[draconus]

On 3/3/2025 at 7:43 AM, RealDCSpilot said:

The problem is back again, seems to be brought back by the latest patch. Was trying to work with GBU-12s yesterday on 4YA with hot start spawn. No chance of getting the laser to work.

The pod works just fine. Tested last night 4 GBU-12s, all on target. You have to be more specific. Test in SP first. Read post #2.

[RealDCSpilot]

It's somehow working again. One very strange issue was also that all codes started with "0" and there was no way to change it. I can only hope that RAZBAM is soon getting back to it and continue to work on this impressive module.

[Tholozor]

On 3/18/2025 at 6:43 AM, RealDCSpilot said:

One very strange issue was also that all codes started with "0" and there was no way to change it.

This will happen if you try to change the laser code for "All" stations (just opening the "All" option bugs it out, but you can recover from this state by re-arming the aircraft).

The current workaround is to change the laser code per-station instead (e.g. Left CFT, Right CFT, etc), this will not bug out the codes.