Hellfire in LOAL requires ORIDE mode?

[GrEaSeLiTeNiN]

As in title. I can't ever fire a hellfire in LOAL mode even when within minimum range parameters unless I select ORIDE first. Is this correct? (With ORIDE, I can launch them in DIR/LO/HI and then fire the laser and they will guide to the target just fine.) 

Update: Launching a HF in LOAL with the small dotted box finally worked. I realised it's supposed to be used with DIR or PREPT target locations (PC manual pg 228). Point the MMS to the selected DIR or PREPT target area and the small box will turn solid and you can fire when within parameters. Without DIR or PREPT, the small box will be dotted and the HF can't be fired unless ORIDE is selected. [Just seems a little strange that the LOAL mode would become LOBL as soon as it detected an external laser beam (of the same code) such as from an AFAC. That did not happen with the Apache. So if I wanted to stay in LOAL in the Kiowa, I had to point the crosshairs quite a distance away from the target.]
 

Edited August 30, 2024 by GrEaSeLiTeNiN