This is a tutorial on how to drop GBU's on targets which are being laser designated, in this demonstration we're using the a10 Wipeout and dropping GBU's from over 4km away from the targets.
If you go up to a higher altitude of about 3.5 - 4000m it's incredibly easy to defeat AA missiles. Just leave the flares on single at that altitude and on burst when you're at a lower altitude i.e. taking off/landing. In multiplayer enemies with AA won't even be able to see you. Even other jets, people rarely fly that high.
AWeebleWobble thank you for that advice. I'll definitely try that. One thing I'm considering at the moment but haven't tested (bearing in mind this new radar system) is whether notching now works. This flare advice could also plays into it nicely if it does? Thank you.
Could you do a video on the arma 3 Orca DAGM system? somehow i find my missles going down after pushing the 'target lock' keybound and no way to actualy lock on to any target or reset the missles to go straight again!?
i hope you are still answering some questions: i am doing the showcase mission right now and i have to bomb the artillery, so thats how i proceed: 1. I get up at roundabout 2km 2. i switch to my targeting camera with ctrl+right click 3. i find the targets and lock on them with ctrl+t. after that i laser them with left click. then i mark them with t. 4. i switch to the gbus with f and then my "t"-lock disappears and i dont get the locking anymore.... can you help me?
Klemicha once you establish the lock - on the camera with the laser; you need to use your t key to target lock. I’m unsure as to why it might unlock other than altitude/airspeed or gimbal lock issues.
boondog76 i honestly dont know what i am doing wrong because i tried so many different ways. Everything works perfectly with the Macers, but i just dont know why i cant get a full lock-on with the GBUs
I have had the same problem in this mission and it drove me mad for hours. I may have found the solution but I only tried it in a scenario I created for this purpose. Instead of actually locking the target with the diamond, it seems to be enough to just lase it and have a box around the target. That's enough for point target, area targets won't be tracked. No need to lock, just drop the bomb and it just tracks.
Hi. I can’t seem to get this to work for me. I’ve tried reasonably close range and I’ve tried it out to 2000 meters. Camera is looking at a target. I’ve locked it by pressing T. I get the box but I don’t know how to get the other triangle, like you have. Any suggestions anyone? 😢
So I'm new to flying CAS. Does the laser targeting module track, lock onto a position once you laser? So you can fly all over with it staying fixed on that position?
No "left ctl & right click of mouse" for the camera view. Select laser with "F" key if that's what you use default? "Ctl + t" to "fix" Laser camera in position (on the target preferably) "T" to lock target :i.e. Target reticule appears. When ready & locked press fire... Hope this helps?
Do me a favor. Go on steam, download Digital Combat Simulator, buy the A-10C warthog module. Play that for at least 30 hours. Go back to Arma 3, PROFIT!???
Yes if you press Ctrl+T the laser will “lock” onto a target and stay locked whether or not you maintain LOS, if switching to GBU you will need to manually lock the GBU to the laser marker and stay locked on until the GBU strikes the target.
How can i be a zeus and switch into the game as a jet pilot after having placed targets? I would love to do this for practice but i dont know how :( New to Arma 3 sorry if this is something obvious! I would really appreciate some help !
i altered my look and feel in the UI settings in Arma Options. That why my UI for AFM & Radar are all in the different places too. Its easy to have a play, then save the profile you like. if not cancel and return to default. Kind Regards
I understand that since this video was released there was an update to the GBU-12 bomb, it now locks on after launch. However, when the bomb is falling, if I fly over the bomb target, it will lose the lockon, does anyone know why / how to prevent it? Because most of the time you do tend to fly over the target you bomb. I could drop it and peel off but it can be tricky.
billy bob the update didn’t change how it locks on. Use the laser , target the object, in normal flight mode fly towards it once you have the box around it (you don’t need the diamond) you’d Be good good to drop. However you can wait for diamond to lock but that reduces your distance and makes you vulnerable. My advice. Be at least 2k up and drop 2-3k away. The bomb will follow your “Target locked” laser. Just practise until you find the technique. I might remake a redo this video updated with answers to the questions posed thus far.
so when u see a target, u allign urself with the target and turn on laser designator and then point the target? then how do you get the diamond/square over the target, and when do you release the bomb? thanks
I believe in the latest vanilla version of Arma3 the laser bombs lock after launch. Some AG missiles require a lock before launch but although they should be lock and forget they are not and can be guided
Is there a new way of doing this? I followed your steps but I can't seem to get a lock on with my GBU-12 when I round back to hit them. This also works with the A-164 right? I don't have the A-10 mod I just have the vanilla one.
Vanilla plane doesn't have the laser pointer. It has the video camera but no laser. When using vanilla plane you need somebody else to paint the target for you.
I figured out how to do it but it confused me a lot, you aren't able to use T lock it and come back around to do it, you have to do it all in one run. ALSO the laser designator is much harder to see, there is no arrows showing your laser is locked on it and the only sort of indicator is if your square is whole or dotted, but half the time that doesn't even work
Maniacs_Shootings if you go In to settings and change the layout, you can move all the screen dialogue boxes around. I also changed the key binds in my key bind settings also to enable quicker quicker cycling or closure/opening as required. It requires being out of game for about 5 mins whilst you set this up. It can take longer to tinker if you're a tinkerer like me? Regards Boondog
berretta92fs9 looks as though you can target lock as part of an update. My advice at this point is use as much altitude as you do distance then drop using LGB. 9/10 it’ll hit at 500kts. So for example 2k distance + 2k altitude and 500kts.
Keystone Response Group my settings were about 10k. And 4K for objects. With few AI and plenty of water it’s impact is low on my system. I’m running i5 2500k @4.5k with IO cooler. GTX660ti running stock. So not a great modern system but one which is capable. Happy flying my friend.
Keystone Response Group 10k view distance and 4K object distance, key thing here; in order to view objects (tanks,buildings etc) objects have to be higher than 2k on average. Like when using drones or these targeting pods. Hope that helps?
And how do I lock on and do I just click then the gbu will do the rest and hit the target because I’m not the best at flying I’m getting better. because I don’t no how to keep on a the same speed.
Take a look at the Bomb type you used?. To be honest I’ve not flown much, lately, so there may have been a code change. But no mods used here. Vanilla.
@@boondog76 definitely laser guided in the load out. I set up a simple scenario in editor and still cannot get the bomb to lock from outside 1 klick. I do believe that in the later vanilla version the Opfor Wipeout laser bombs are lock after launch not lock before launch. How the pilot knows there is a lock I have no idea but I think that’s the issue. It might be interesting if you did the same exercise with a Nephrone to see if the versions differ. I get better results with that plane.
@@boondog76 so I have found that the bomb has to “see” the laser lock after launch. In 3 person view this means that the laser dotted circle has to be within the external aiming circle on launch. In first person view that is really hard at high altitude as the aiming reticule does not project through the flight panel. BTW this is worse on some servers. Try the fighter pilot role on the NAK Tanoa servers. Other jets such as the nephrone etc have much better aiming systems.
@@Bigtbuilder will do. Thanks for the update. It’s interesting how since this video was recorded many years ago, how the mechanics of the game have continuously evolved.
Gimbat left ctl - right click of mouse for the camera view. Select laser with F key if that's what you use default? Ctl + t to lock Laser camera in position T to lock target :i.e. Target reticule appears. Hope this helps?
Either there is a serious bug thats new or there is some buttfuckery afoot with the drawing distances on stratis. Doesn't matter what weather settings I change, draw/view distance in the performance tab under attributes, all rain and overcast weather removed, everything, and for some reason my game will not render further than roughly 1km. This makes using the a10 absolutely useless on this map because the tigris I placed down has 4 AA missiles on the way and opening up with the cannon before the game has even physically drawn it in. I can not for the life of me find anyone whos had the same issue and am waiting on help from hopefully the bohemia support team. Its infuriating because as a noob in the editor it took literal hours to setup a basic CAS training mission and a rearm/refuel/repair station and all of that. Get to the skies and run into this crap, the only way I've been able to desroy my objective is to sit at the airfield with an MLRS/M4 Scorcher and spam the area from 3-5km away. (Stratis is small) Got any suggestions man?
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It’s so confusing nobody says what buttons to press
Thanks for the tutorial. Much appreciated.
If you go up to a higher altitude of about 3.5 - 4000m it's incredibly easy to defeat AA missiles. Just leave the flares on single at that altitude and on burst when you're at a lower altitude i.e. taking off/landing. In multiplayer enemies with AA won't even be able to see you. Even other jets, people rarely fly that high.
AWeebleWobble thank you for that advice. I'll definitely try that.
One thing I'm considering at the moment but haven't tested (bearing in mind this new radar system) is whether notching now works. This flare advice could also plays into it nicely if it does?
Thank you.
How do you set whether flares areas semi or burst?
Thanks for the good video, you earned your like and sub
Yarden Nissan thank you.
great tutorial
Could you do a video on the arma 3 Orca DAGM system? somehow i find my missles going down after pushing the 'target lock' keybound and no way to actualy lock on to any target or reset the missles to go straight again!?
Can you do a tutorial on evading missiles please?
What are the buttons to zoom and lock the area, lastly what’s the key to lock the actual target
i hope you are still answering some questions:
i am doing the showcase mission right now and i have to bomb the artillery, so thats how i proceed:
1. I get up at roundabout 2km
2. i switch to my targeting camera with ctrl+right click
3. i find the targets and lock on them with ctrl+t. after that i laser them with left click. then i mark them with t.
4. i switch to the gbus with f and then my "t"-lock disappears and i dont get the locking anymore....
can you help me?
Klemicha once you establish the lock - on the camera with the laser; you need to use your t key to target lock.
I’m unsure as to why it might unlock other than altitude/airspeed or gimbal lock issues.
boondog76 i honestly dont know what i am doing wrong because i tried so many different ways. Everything works perfectly with the Macers, but i just dont know why i cant get a full lock-on with the GBUs
So just to be precise, i dont get the diamond shaped marker, like at all. It doesnt appear
Klemicha do as I did; set up a scenario (non-lethal) in the editor practise that way. Good luck.
I have had the same problem in this mission and it drove me mad for hours. I may have found the solution but I only tried it in a scenario I created for this purpose.
Instead of actually locking the target with the diamond, it seems to be enough to just lase it and have a box around the target. That's enough for point target, area targets won't be tracked. No need to lock, just drop the bomb and it just tracks.
Hi. I can’t seem to get this to work for me. I’ve tried reasonably close range and I’ve tried it out to 2000 meters. Camera is looking at a target. I’ve locked it by pressing T. I get the box but I don’t know how to get the other triangle, like you have. Any suggestions anyone? 😢
So I'm new to flying CAS. Does the laser targeting module track, lock onto a position once you laser? So you can fly all over with it staying fixed on that position?
No "left ctl & right click of mouse" for the camera view.
Select laser with "F" key if that's what you use default?
"Ctl + t" to "fix" Laser camera in position (on the target preferably)
"T" to lock target :i.e. Target reticule appears. When ready & locked press fire...
Hope this helps?
Control +t
Do me a favor. Go on steam, download Digital Combat Simulator, buy the A-10C warthog module. Play that for at least 30 hours.
Go back to Arma 3, PROFIT!???
Yes if you press Ctrl+T the laser will “lock” onto a target and stay locked whether or not you maintain LOS, if switching to GBU you will need to manually lock the GBU to the laser marker and stay locked on until the GBU strikes the target.
@@boondog76 i love you
How can i be a zeus and switch into the game as a jet pilot after having placed targets? I would love to do this for practice but i dont know how :( New to Arma 3 sorry if this is something obvious! I would really appreciate some help !
Anthonypepers no problem; it’s a fine question. I’ll make a video on it. Within the next few hours.
I’ll make easy to follow.
Kind regards.
how do you know when to drop the bombs
what mods did you have installed for this video?
how is your wipe out HUD green where as mine is white , how did you change that?
i altered my look and feel in the UI settings in Arma Options. That why my UI for AFM & Radar are all in the different places too. Its easy to have a play, then save the profile you like. if not cancel and return to default. Kind Regards
I understand that since this video was released there was an update to the GBU-12 bomb, it now locks on after launch.
However, when the bomb is falling, if I fly over the bomb target, it will lose the lockon, does anyone know why / how to prevent it? Because most of the time you do tend to fly over the target you bomb. I could drop it and peel off but it can be tricky.
billy bob the update didn’t change how it locks on.
Use the laser , target the object, in normal flight mode fly towards it once you have the box around it (you don’t need the diamond) you’d Be good good to drop.
However you can wait for diamond to lock but that reduces your distance and makes you vulnerable.
My advice. Be at least 2k up and drop 2-3k away. The bomb will follow your “Target locked” laser.
Just practise until you find the technique. I might remake a redo this video updated with answers to the questions posed thus far.
Thanks for the reply. Gonna play around in the A3 Editor when I get home.
i still dont get how you designate a target, whenever i click it just turns off the lazer designator
so when u see a target, u allign urself with the target and turn on laser designator and then point the target? then how do you get the diamond/square over the target, and when do you release the bomb? thanks
T is lock-on. But i dont know if thats how you do it
I believe in the latest vanilla version of Arma3 the laser bombs lock after launch. Some AG missiles require a lock before launch but although they should be lock and forget they are not and can be guided
Hi! let me ast you a question real quick. How do you do your settings? would you tell me how to adjust the range on the radar please?
Marco my keys “ shift+ [ “ for range setting adjustment it cycles through 16/8/4/2....etc... .
@@boondog76 right control [ ] is default now in 2022
Is there a new way of doing this? I followed your steps but I can't seem to get a lock on with my GBU-12 when I round back to hit them. This also works with the A-164 right? I don't have the A-10 mod I just have the vanilla one.
Scatter Rock that’s fair, it has changed and I could do with dating to a new video. Thanks.
Vanilla plane doesn't have the laser pointer. It has the video camera but no laser. When using vanilla plane you need somebody else to paint the target for you.
日猫 this is the vanilla jet and yes it does have s laser. Just cycle the weapons ordinance.
I figured out how to do it but it confused me a lot, you aren't able to use T lock it and come back around to do it, you have to do it all in one run. ALSO the laser designator is much harder to see, there is no arrows showing your laser is locked on it and the only sort of indicator is if your square is whole or dotted, but half the time that doesn't even work
Scatter Rock I’ll be creating an update this weekend.
How you lock the camera pod into a place to no move?
Control + T.
How are you locking your small 2 maps on top?
Maniacs_Shootings if you go In to settings and change the layout, you can move all the screen dialogue boxes around. I also changed the key binds in my key bind settings also to enable quicker quicker cycling or closure/opening as required. It requires being out of game for about 5 mins whilst you set this up. It can take longer to tinker if you're a tinkerer like me?
Regards
Boondog
how do you get target lock? i hit T or R i get reticle but won't lock...
berretta92fs9 looks as though you can target lock as part of an update. My advice at this point is use as much altitude as you do distance then drop using LGB. 9/10 it’ll hit at 500kts. So for example 2k distance + 2k altitude and 500kts.
What are your settings at to see so far? I can only see about 2300 meters.
Keystone Response Group my settings were about 10k. And 4K for objects.
With few AI and plenty of water it’s impact is low on my system.
I’m running i5 2500k @4.5k with IO cooler. GTX660ti running stock.
So not a great modern system but one which is capable.
Happy flying my friend.
@@boondog76 10k for what setting? Thank you for such a quick response.
Keystone Response Group 10k view distance and 4K object distance, key thing here; in order to view objects (tanks,buildings etc) objects have to be higher than 2k on average. Like when using drones or these targeting pods.
Hope that helps?
@@boondog76 perfect! Thank you!
16:27 How is your Locking Sound so loud? When i flying a Plane, the Engine is sound is so high so i nearly can´t hear the Locking Sound
I agree, mines the same
How do you turn the laser designator on?
570 TacPat cycle through the weapons list, but remember you turn it off the same way! ;)
How to use that screen what button do I press?
DEK DOI ctl & right mouse click.
Check these comments section out as these questions have been answered before.
Best regards.
boondog76 Thanks, I was out of time so I didn't look for the answer thanks man
DEK DOI no problem.
I’m new at arma so 1 how do u get out the laser marker in the jet
Una Sampson
1. Cycle through your ordinance using F till you find laser..
2. CTL & RIGHT MOUSE CLICK for camera
,....
boondog76 thank u so much good sir new sub and like this vid
And how do I use flares
And how do I lock on and do I just click then the gbu will do the rest and hit the target because I’m not the best at flying I’m getting better. because I don’t no how to keep on a the same speed.
@@unasampson8052 Press C, RCtrl+C to cycle between burst flare or single flare
What version or mod is this please? I tried this on my editor and I can’t get the bombs to lock
Take a look at the Bomb type you used?. To be honest I’ve not flown much, lately, so there may have been a code change. But no mods used here. Vanilla.
@@boondog76 definitely laser guided in the load out. I set up a simple scenario in editor and still cannot get the bomb to lock from outside 1 klick. I do believe that in the later vanilla version the Opfor Wipeout laser bombs are lock after launch not lock before launch. How the pilot knows there is a lock I have no idea but I think that’s the issue. It might be interesting if you did the same exercise with a Nephrone to see if the versions differ. I get better results with that plane.
@@Bigtbuilder i love a good experiment.. The learning never stops.
@@boondog76 so I have found that the bomb has to “see” the laser lock after launch. In 3 person view this means that the laser dotted circle has to be within the external aiming circle on launch. In first person view that is really hard at high altitude as the aiming reticule does not project through the flight panel. BTW this is worse on some servers. Try the fighter pilot role on the NAK Tanoa servers. Other jets such as the nephrone etc have much better aiming systems.
@@Bigtbuilder will do. Thanks for the update. It’s interesting how since this video was recorded many years ago, how the mechanics of the game have continuously evolved.
How are you locking your laser designator onto AREA or TARGET?
Gimbat left ctl - right click of mouse for the camera view.
Select laser with F key if that's what you use default?
Ctl + t to lock Laser camera in position
T to lock target :i.e. Target reticule appears.
Hope this helps?
It helps. Thanks.
No problem.
You need a better mic or to speak louder not trying to be rude just trying to help you improve
Hope yall like mouth clicks and breathing sounds. The audio is atrocious
Name of map please
Tanoa.
Either there is a serious bug thats new or there is some buttfuckery afoot with the drawing distances on stratis. Doesn't matter what weather settings I change, draw/view distance in the performance tab under attributes, all rain and overcast weather removed, everything, and for some reason my game will not render further than roughly 1km. This makes using the a10 absolutely useless on this map because the tigris I placed down has 4 AA missiles on the way and opening up with the cannon before the game has even physically drawn it in. I can not for the life of me find anyone whos had the same issue and am waiting on help from hopefully the bohemia support team. Its infuriating because as a noob in the editor it took literal hours to setup a basic CAS training mission and a rearm/refuel/repair station and all of that. Get to the skies and run into this crap, the only way I've been able to desroy my objective is to sit at the airfield with an MLRS/M4 Scorcher and spam the area from 3-5km away. (Stratis is small) Got any suggestions man?
you are so quite
i dosen't work it
Talk louder