DCS A-10C Ground Attack With The Targeting Pod

[MustNotRead]

immah firin' mah lazooorz!

[Ochjooej]

Great tutorial. Waiting for more to come. Thanks!

[Scarecrowman27]

Great tutorial I echo McMike6060. I just have a few questions. When you pickle the Jdam after already designating with LOS and LZR do you have to have the lazer still fired so many seconds before impact or is it already a done deal? I couldn't see the Lzr L blinking before impact. I'm just beginning last comment I left you I asked you what Auto Pilot was. But I'm coming along and I'm just trying to get this straightened out. Ty

[Donx2Pac]

Great tutorial thx

[AdenFlorian08]

Great guide, thanks.



[Imaslipper]

Why do you point out that you're trying to mark the roof of the bunker? If you're in line of sight mode wouldn't it be more accurate lower down because it's a higher angle?

[AdenFlorian08]

@Imaslipper I think he was just wanted to exaggerate the difference between LOS and the laser for the example.

[mattbike1]

i dont have this game, but that looked like a really well thought through and detailed sim. great content of vid too :) thanks for the insight

[toonsis]

Well done and a big help to me

[Battery9876]

Shit you're transparent!

[HikingForSpirit]

What do you mean "Turn laser on"? How do you turn it on?

[doenerbudenking]

@HikingForSpirit NWS Button, also used for engaging your steering wheel when on the ground and for resetting your refueling boom in case of a disconnect.

[assassinofthedark1]

what game and what system

[rddaos]

Headspace didn't explain how he turned the laser on/off.

[Frosttty]

@rddaos "Insert" on the keyboard will do it.

[BashProductions123]

@Braeden123698745 If you can get past armed sentries and high-tech security systems and get in unseen. Maybe.

[Braeden123698745]

Do you think you could hop into an A-10c and operate it? 

[wiesenbefeuchter]

May I also aquire a tgt by entering its coordinates?

[wiesenbefeuchter]

Are you an A-10C pilot?

[commandosolo2009]

OH SHIIITT!!!! NOW BLACKSHARK HAS TO GO TO THE TOILET>FLIR BABY YEAAAHHH!!!!

[ANGELxMICHALxPIXY]

00:49~00:52　The method???　Is the keyboard used???

[killerhaircut]

Awesome Video. TY

[NBGZerO]

"Ahh lets go ahead and drop ourselves a JDAM on this thing."

-> THAT made my day :-D

[toby23]

Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial.

Really helped me understand why even with locking targets, my bombs were still falling short. Now I know that I have to laser mark targets, nothing will be safe....

Thanks for your hard work.

[Sofokleousma]

I just order this game today.Iam totaly noob in this kind of simulation games.Is it difficult to learn the game?Are there any in game tutorials for takeoff,landing ,using weapons etc?

[amby1234567890]

hay r u using a head tracker ???



[yony120]

How do I turn on the TGP? :)

[toonsis]

Well done and a big help

[DubstepAV8R]

does this game have good frames per second? Looks very complicated

[SVPrelude]

@DubstepAV8R The game has great FPS if your computer can handle it, and it is a very complicated game. Its a simulator, its suppose to be as real as it gets. The days of NovaLogic's jump in and fly F-16/F-22 "simulators" are long gone :)

[TheA10FAN]

Great stuff man  your vids are awesome

[Hoobee26]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you.

[Stupidusernamesful]

Great vid, thanks! But how do you manage to have such smooth and stable head movement in game? I use trackIR 4 PRO which works great to look around but when I look at instruments I really have to keep my head frozen or I cannot click the buttons due to movement. Lower the sensitivity of trackIR you would say I guess but when I do that I have to twist my head 90° to look left and my eyeballs will pop out when trying to look at my screen lolz

[4cGrom]

Great tutorials helped me so much. All I kept them on my HDD. I admire the sharpness of your picture. Would you like to explain to us how you made so high-quality video? I tried with FRAPS, but the picture is quite blurry

[planelander]

i think you should say what keyboard shortcut keys you are using its allot easier to understand, but thank you for making video



[Arishtat]

What do you use for view control?

[G1N0L4T1N0]

"Awesome little device with frickin' laser beams in it"

LOVE IT!

[1977Rainbo]

Hi thanks for posting these tutorial vids theyve been a real help, ive only had the Hog for about a week now and just started dropping ordinance after familiarising myself with basic ops of the aircraft. ok my question is about the tgt marking ive found that targetting with the laser on,at around 3-5 thousand feet my bombs are still way off by mayby 20-30 mtrs then other times at the same alt there bang-on?do i just need to fly higher? im using beta 4 incidentally.

[EinsteinEP]

Great vid!

[Thesupermachine2000]

First of all, LOVE your vids. DCS makes beautifull games too bad I don't have the time to play it, nore the pc.. Nore the skill... (video tutorials don't really help... liked the falcon 4 approach of learning more)

But about the vid... At 1:07 you can see the laser in infrared.. I never tought about this but if the targeting pod is switched on it emits a laser right ? Does that mean that The a-10 is very clearly visible as a large line of light in the darkness while wearing night goggles ?

[hreich]

Thanks...this finally made me understand how to use markpoints easilly!!!

[m00shim]

EH amazing stuff!

One Q.

Why use boatswitch mid for Charge Coupled Device TV? ...That is, do I need to use CCD at all?

THANKS!

[docehrenhoefer]

Heyho, thanks for this vid... now it´s clear why I am always off the target. Very logical...

Thumbs up!!

[weltensegLA]

Agreed cant express my appreciation enough! Great work and huge favor to many many of us I belive!

[Slambog]

Ok Im a noob here, but when you say "TMS, Right Short" what do you mean when, I got TMS, but what does "Short" mean?

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@Slambog That just means that you press it for a short amount of time (don't hold it down).

[fredheimer]

@Slambog

It would be helpful when you describe what TMS -right or -up is and how to engage it ? I have the game but cannot set targets because I don't have a clue what kind of key I have to press on the keyboard to desingate targets. I don't have a HOTAS Joystick, only a Saitek Cyborg Evo ?

[m00shim]

When switching to Narrow Field of view: "China Hat FWD Short." Does that mean when this MFCD is the SOI? --I'm having lots of trouble understanding the switchology in this sim.

Thanks very helpful.

[kylania]

@m00shim Yup! China Hat FWD Short changes it's meaning based on SOI. TAD = FOV EXP toggle, TGP/MAV = FOV toggle, HUD = Set Mav as SOI. You can see this chart on page 88 of the beta 3 manual.

[m00shim]

@kylania rgr that, THX

[CaptainMorgan32]

Thanks Headspace!

[coolts]

Another great vid my man. Between Wags, Tiger and yourself we are getting really good instruction as some of us, (me included), learn quicker by example and not so much from written instruction.

<DSPHIL - yes, set as SPI. JDAMS need that.

[DSPhil]

Very nice Video. I do the whole procedure like you did in this video. But my JDAM are ALLWAYS off the target. They hit the mark point exactly, but these mark points are off the target. I knoe the difference of area and point mode, and I allways used the laser ranging to set the mark points. Do you set the mark point as SPI before pickle the GBU? Do you use Singleplayer, or MP?

[TigersharkBAS]

Headspace...awesome work. Really!

[mcmike606060]

Just want to let you know how much your work is appreciated. Your instructions help people understand concepts that are buried in the manual that would otherwise take days to figure out. Thanks.

If you are ever looking for suggestions on other topics to cover, I along with others struggle with locating targets. Any techniques you might have for searching would be great.

Thx again.

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@mcmike606060 Thanks for your feedback! To be honest, the best advice I can give is to scan with the pod and scan visually (using a zoomed in view). That is, if you're not using labels. Don't expect to be able to see guys running around on the ground from up high. The FLIR mode on the POD is good for vehicle spotting.

[ruggbutt]

@mcmike606060 I second what you said. Fantastic work, concise and to the point. You're much appreciated.

[megalibra82]

@mcmike606060 god bless such comments...."pay it forward" is the best formula existed

[BellumPara]

Excellent, thanks a lot!



[406Monaro]

A most excellent vid. Good demo of the Mark-point mode of the CDU as well.

[ZorgDK]

that was really helpful. well done.

[Zacho5]

Very Cool! Thanks a lot!

[mckseal]

subbed.

A-mazing

[sniperwolfpk5]

I like your video very much. Very nice tutorial and your voice is very clear. Great Job :)

[scheffchen]

masterpiece!

[Hardmetal1993]

amazing video, i diddnt know the laser could be used for ranging aswell :P

[Martr0x]

00:55

Yay, we got laser weapons now :D

[Mybadffs]

Very good vid ! Helped me a lot ;)

[wagmatt]

Nice job.

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@wagmatt Thanks!

[coolts]

much appreciated headspace. I had no idea why my LBB's were so off target.

[QuakePhil]

He definitely mad.

[mckseal]

@QuakePhil

I aint even mad...

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

Yes, the nosewheel steering button is used to trigger the laser.

[kylania]

You turn the laser on via the NWS button on the stick, right?  Also, Water, u mad. :)

[WaterIsPoison18]

@kylania I'm not mad, I just find that the simulation's representation of the flight mechanics of the Fairchild-Republic A-10C weapon system to be inaccurate at best.

[kylania]

@WaterIsPoison18 You were playing in Sim mode right? You need to disable the Game Flight Mode and Game Avionics mode under Options -> Gameplay otherwise it defaults to arcade style. If you'd already done that then hopefully the flight model will be adjusted during the rest of beta so you can enjoy it more.

[Tracer2k]

@WaterIsPoison18 hehe nice try with the trolling

[andysim232]

awsome video.  especialy the mark points example. This sim is coming on leaps and bounds.

[WaterIsPoison18]

This game is too "arcadey" for me. Hopefully they will improve the realism before the full release.

[mckseal]

@WaterIsPoison18

i damn well hope that was sarcasm.

[Ninetysixdelta]

A golf-clap for the "frickin' laser beams" at 00:43, sir. :)