Lasing

SharpShooter13971 · 2010-01-22, 04:52

Okay so spotting for Helos and Jets nad JDAMs :P. I need to know the basics, What happens when you lase a target? Can you only have one lase at a time? How do you request a JDAM with a GLTD? Help me with anything you can on lasing and the help will be much appreciated.

War-Saw-M249 · 2010-01-22, 05:01

Yeah you can only have one lase at a time, which lasts about 30 seconds. You just left click while zoomed in with the GLTD and then a green box should appear. If you are targeting a vehicle, the further away it is the trickier it will be to lase it because of the time taken for the laser to reach the vehicle, and it will be harder if its moving. To call a JDAM, you must be a squadleader. Hold the T button (default) and select "request area attack." The commander must accept the order before the JDAM can be dropped. When you are lasing and the green box does not appear, check your location, a cement wall may be blocking your lase so check to make sure that there is plenty of room in front of you. And when you are spotting for the jets/attack helicopters always give co-ordinates. Put an attack marker on the laser, then hit caps lock and check which grid location the laser landed, then relay that information to the jet/helicopter squad. That is all.

SharpShooter13971 · 2010-01-22, 08:19

thanks, i thought once you lased a vehicle it just stuck on it until someone destroyed it. If you lase a moving vehicle will it follow the vehicle until the lase wears off?

PLODDITHANLEY · 2010-01-22, 08:37

Tricky but if you laze the ground before the tracks or wheels they can pick up the laze.
Your best bet would be to go to a vehicle training server and have a play.

SharpShooter13971 · 2010-01-22, 08:41

thanks for the help guys thats all i needed to know much appreciated

Myru · 2010-01-22, 08:48

the actual lasermarker can be seen as a bullet the gltd fires away when leftklicking. This "bullet" sticks on ground, objects and vehicles when it hits them, marking them for your team's jets and helicopters until it automatically disappears after ~30sec.

As far as I remeber, the lasermaker was guided like a HAT missle when it was introduced but this feature has been removed, so you have to estimate where a moving vehicle will have moved within the time the lasermarker needs travel the distance between you and the target to hit it, making the laser stick.

SharpShooter13971 · 2010-01-22, 18:53

Well a while ago on a training server I was lasing stationary tanks on kashan but when I lased a tank it would stick to the tank for a couple seconds then move behind the tank, while lasing other armor it would stick right in the middle of the tank

is this because my lase hit somthing on the way to the tank?

or is it just a visual thing and pilots still see the lase normally?

goguapsy · 2010-01-25, 14:50

Here you go!

= win

Zulnex · 2010-01-26, 01:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by goguapsy

Here you go!

= win

Very useful and informative video. Thank you very much.

Spuz36 · 2010-01-26, 02:24

*cough

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f13...your-gltd.html

Made by yours truly

Most of it is the same, just the laser boxes look different for Chopper views now.

2010-01-22, 04:52	#1
SharpShooter13971 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 96 United States of America Location: United States of America	Lasing Okay so spotting for Helos and Jets nad JDAMs :P. I need to know the basics, What happens when you lase a target? Can you only have one lase at a time? How do you request a JDAM with a GLTD? Help me with anything you can on lasing and the help will be much appreciated.

2010-01-22, 05:01	#2
War-Saw-M249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 121 Canada Location: E	Re: Lasing Yeah you can only have one lase at a time, which lasts about 30 seconds. You just left click while zoomed in with the GLTD and then a green box should appear. If you are targeting a vehicle, the further away it is the trickier it will be to lase it because of the time taken for the laser to reach the vehicle, and it will be harder if its moving. To call a JDAM, you must be a squadleader. Hold the T button (default) and select "request area attack." The commander must accept the order before the JDAM can be dropped. When you are lasing and the green box does not appear, check your location, a cement wall may be blocking your lase so check to make sure that there is plenty of room in front of you. And when you are spotting for the jets/attack helicopters always give co-ordinates. Put an attack marker on the laser, then hit caps lock and check which grid location the laser landed, then relay that information to the jet/helicopter squad. That is all.

2010-01-22, 08:19	#3
SharpShooter13971 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 96 United States of America Location: United States of America	Re: Lasing thanks, i thought once you lased a vehicle it just stuck on it until someone destroyed it. If you lase a moving vehicle will it follow the vehicle until the lase wears off?

2010-01-22, 08:37	#4
PLODDITHANLEY Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,566 New Caledonia	Re: Lasing Tricky but if you laze the ground before the tracks or wheels they can pick up the laze. Your best bet would be to go to a vehicle training server and have a play.

2010-01-22, 08:41	#5
SharpShooter13971 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 96 United States of America Location: United States of America	Re: Lasing thanks for the help guys thats all i needed to know much appreciated

2010-01-22, 08:48	#6
Myru Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 136 Germany	Re: Lasing the actual lasermarker can be seen as a bullet the gltd fires away when leftklicking. This "bullet" sticks on ground, objects and vehicles when it hits them, marking them for your team's jets and helicopters until it automatically disappears after ~30sec. As far as I remeber, the lasermaker was guided like a HAT missle when it was introduced but this feature has been removed, so you have to estimate where a moving vehicle will have moved within the time the lasermarker needs travel the distance between you and the target to hit it, making the laser stick.
Myru Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 136 Germany

2010-01-22, 18:53	#7
SharpShooter13971 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 96 United States of America Location: United States of America	Re: Lasing Well a while ago on a training server I was lasing stationary tanks on kashan but when I lased a tank it would stick to the tank for a couple seconds then move behind the tank, while lasing other armor it would stick right in the middle of the tank is this because my lase hit somthing on the way to the tank? or is it just a visual thing and pilots still see the lase normally?

2010-01-25, 14:50	#8
goguapsy Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,665 United States of America Location: Sao Paulo	Re: Lasing Here you go! = win

2010-01-26, 02:24	#10
Spuz36 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 521 United States of America Location: Michigan	Re: Lasing *cough https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f13...your-gltd.html Made by yours truly Most of it is the same, just the laser boxes look different for Chopper views now.