NakedSquirrel Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Is there an quick and efficient way to use TOO mode to mark multiple target waypoints with the TGP? Coming from the A-10C, I'm spoiled with the ability to easily create mark points. I will fly outside of a target area, place mark points at enemy target locations and points of interest. This way I can drop most of my ordinance in one quick run, kill high priority targets, and keep track of targets to share with wingmen. I realize the F18 doesn't have mark points, but is there a way to achieve a similar workflow and use the TGP to create new waypoints on the fly? Modules: A10C, AV8, M2000C, AJS-37, MiG-21, MiG-19, MiG-15, F86F, F5E, F14A/B, F16C, F18C, P51, P47, Spitfire IX, Bf109K, Fw190-D, UH-1, Ka-50, SA342 Gazelle, Mi8, Christian Eagle II, CA, FC3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Until DCS F-18 gets mark points the most "shooting form the hip" FLIR-to-JDAM pipline is: Step away to the next station (or release) while constantly delivering constant target designation by FLIR. So I would slew to first target, step to next JDAM, slew to second target, step to next JDAM, etc. until I got to the point that stepping to the next JDAM is the first one and would overwrite the coordinates I had prepared. At that point press undesignate button to stop the flow of coordinates then drop-drop-drop-drop. Each JDAM will remember the coordinates supplied when it was last active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I realize the F18 doesn't have mark points, but is there a way to achieve a similar workflow and use the TGP to create new waypoints on the fly? F18 does have them IRL, and will in DCS 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisy_lightning Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 F18 does have them IRL, and will in DCSI think the OP meant it doesn't have them in dcs at the moment. Rather than at all in RL. Mark Points is by far the biggest thing I want added to the F18 at the moment to improve cockpit work flow. I flew the A10c recently again and it's so much better, I know it has a different design philosophy but even with the F18 systems, mark points will be a huge improvement in quality of life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Kazansky Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Good news! Wags announced mark points in today's Hornet mini updates. :thumbup: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4495639&postcount=192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathAngel1 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Good news! Wags announced mark points in today's Hornet mini updates. :thumbup: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4495639&postcount=192 Yes, and mr. Wags also mentioned that next weapon will be SLAM-ER. But will we get both (H and K) versions of SLAM-ER? ..:NAVY PILOTS ARE THE THE BEST PILOTS:.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yes, and mr. Wags also mentioned that next weapon will be SLAM-ER. But will we get both (H and K) versions of SLAM-ER? What actually is the difference, I just know the H was until 2002 and the K is post 2002 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathAngel1 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 What actually is the difference, I just know the H was until 2002 and the K is post 2002 Yes, thats the difference - the K model is a newer model. And it has ATA i think... ..:NAVY PILOTS ARE THE THE BEST PILOTS:.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yes, thats the difference - the K model is a newer model. And it has ATA i think... I dont think the K is synonymous with ATA, K was 2002, ATA was 2016+ 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NakedSquirrel Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 LoL The irony that Wags would announce mark points the day after I ask! Oh well. Thanks for the tips. I thought I could somehow use TOO on a JDAM to make new waypoints. The coordinates on the TGP will update a weapon station's coordinate data, but I wasn't sure if you could take that coordinate and feed it back as a waypoint without manually entering it. Modules: A10C, AV8, M2000C, AJS-37, MiG-21, MiG-19, MiG-15, F86F, F5E, F14A/B, F16C, F18C, P51, P47, Spitfire IX, Bf109K, Fw190-D, UH-1, Ka-50, SA342 Gazelle, Mi8, Christian Eagle II, CA, FC3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 There's no way to use PP without typing in coordinates. Any method which transfers location data from anything else (airplane waypoints, TGP, etc.) is necessarily a TOO mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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