A10C Autolase not working

So today I tried going for ground targets with the A10C. I set the mode to CCRP, Set the Auto Lase to ON and set the auto lase time to 15 seconds my altitude was about 13k feet and I dropped a GBU-10. The result was the text "TGP AUTOLASE FAIL"

I tried the same with the GBU-12 but it gives the similar resut. I noticed that when I pressed the nosewheel steering/autolase button it didn't flash the L on the TGP screen.

Maybe the obvious questions, but I ask anyway.

Was the LASER on, and with the correct code?

Yep

I have also experienced this problem recently. Autolase failed, even though I used it correctly, I've been using it for ages (laser on, correct codes, no mask, clean LOS, correct CCRP drop, 18k alt, 18 sec. autolase). And I also missed (maybe for the first time with GBU-12) because even though I pressed NWS the laser did not fire.

I have had autolase fail often when using keybinds or DX buttons to arm the laser instead of the mouse click in the cockpit. Almost sure this is a latent and very old bug. Autolase is 100% reliable when using the mouse click in the cockpit to arm the laser, provided all other parameters are met of course.

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Where can I press the laser inside the cockpit? I have always used the keybinds since I have had the A10C and it never caused a problem it happened yesterday and today

Where can I press the laser inside the cockpit? I have always used the keybinds since I have had the A10C and it never caused a problem it happened yesterday and today

I was referring to laser arm. Not the NWS switch.

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Yes it was up. I pressed it didnt use any keybind for the laser

This is another obvious question but since no one clarified it, I'll ask anyway.

Did you choose the weapons by cycling weapons program (DMS Up I believe?) or manually by using MFD buttons? Took me a while to figure out the autolase doesn't work if you choose the weapon station manually from the DSMS page.

Track or it didn't happen.

Just tired it and no issues.

I used thecmfd buttons

I used thecmfd buttons

Then that's normal. The values you enter in profile pages are saved in a program. And you have to select that program using the HOTAS DMS Up/Down while HUD is SOI (follow one of training mission). If you select the weapon stations manually, then the program profile you edited doesn't apply.

It makes sense once you realize it but when starting out, I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

Fixed. I had to flick the LASER switch off and on again idk if its a bug or me doing something wrong during the startup but still

I was using it on stream like an hour ago and it worked fine.

Dont trust autolase, i always have issues with it at some point. When i use the manual mode it works everytime..

Dont trust autolase, i always have issues with it at some point. When i use the manual mode it works everytime..

Autolase works for me EVERY time as well (unless I forgot to arm the laser or have my flaps still extended) and I'm using it for almost 10 years now...

I get autolase fail if I'm not in Point or Area track when I drop. You need to hit TMS up with TGP as SOI and make sure your're in Point or Area.

I get autolase fail if I'm not in Point or Area track when I drop. You need to hit TMS up with TGP as SOI and make sure your're in Point or Area.

That's odd, because I definitely do not have to press TMS UP for autolase to work. :huh:

Me too have no issue with Autolasing....

That's odd, because I definitely do not have to press TMS UP for autolase to work. :huh:

I think what happens for me is this - I spot several targets. I make each a markpoint. Then when I cycle back to MP A and slew sensors to it with China Long, for some reason the TGP is not in Point or Area track, but some other mode I'm not familiar with. In this mode it doesn't say anything at the bottom of the TGP display where it normally says Point or Area. If I don't TMS up to change the mode before dropping, the yellow Autolase Fail box comes up. As long as I TMS up before the LS time and acknowledge the fault, the warning goes away and the laser fires as it should.

I think what happens for me is this - I spot several targets. I make each a markpoint. Then when I cycle back to MP A and slew sensors to it with China Long, for some reason the TGP is not in Point or Area track, but some other mode I'm not familiar with. In this mode it doesn't say anything at the bottom of the TGP display where it normally says Point or Area. If I don't TMS up to change the mode before dropping, the yellow Autolase Fail box comes up. As long as I TMS up before the LS time and acknowledge the fault, the warning goes away and the laser fires as it should.

I see what you mean now. This "mode" is what I would call "slaved mode", as it is not area or point tracking, but slaved to the coordinates of the steepoint. Instead of pressing TMS UP you could just slightly "wiggle" the pod instead, to unslave it and become ground stabilized.

are you below the altitude which the autolase timing would be able to start from?

example: you set autolase to 10 secs

you fly at altitude in which time to impact would only be say, 7 secs?

I think if that's the case you would need to manually lase once the bomb leaves the jet. It's been a while so I'm not 100% on this being the issue but thought to put $0.02 in case I'm right or it sparks the right answer from someone else...