DCS: F-14 Tomcat: Jester AI LANTIRN Tutorial

A complete guide to Heatblur's upcoming Jester AI LANTIRN Upgrades! Fly Solo and operate the targeting pod to drop bombs with Jester's Help in the next open beta update!
Human Pilot/Rio LANTIRN Tutorial:
• DCS F-14b Tomcat LANTI...
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Controls bindings
00:28 Jester Menu Control recap
00:48 LANTIRN Setup
02:05 Changing The Laser Code
03:23 QWP Cue to waypoint
04:01 Using Jester to Find Targets
05:12 Talk on to target
06:30 QHUD Cue to Hud
06:54 QSNO Cue snowplow
07:03 QDES Cue to designation
07:19 QMap Cue to Map Marker
07:50 QEYEBALLS Cue to your eyes.
08:14 Direct Head Control of LANTIRN
09:24 Outro
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[@FalconMasters]

That is impressive. So many ways of telling jester where to look at. Awesome job heatblur! Thanks for the video RedKite!

[@haackhaack4217]

Agree - impressive work by HB

[@chrismoeller4517]

Seeing Heatblur flesh out my beloved Tomcat so well is making me equally, if not more, excited for the Intruder.

[@cooldad100]

And this solution for Jester is clearly how they intend to get their A-6 "jester" ("Tiger" Cole) to work. Impressed

[@alext5980]

It's going to be one hell of an AI model!

[@redbat5084]

@@alext5980 😂

[@hellcat611]

Heatblur continues to impress with the F-14. Best module in the game by a long shot, and constantly getting better. I'd love to see a modernized 2002-era B model Tomcat with a Sparrow Hawk HUD, and the big MFD in the back seat. Excellent video, and really impressive work from HB.

[@joshuagarcia874]

I'd rather just get a full-fidelity D model!

[@murphnturph2664]

This is incredible. Perfect. All I could have asked for. A fully functional and intuitive LANTIRN control AND a peep at CV-59

[@davidmason3680]

Oh damn I didn't even realize. Been waiting for the Forrestal

[@ChuckOwl]

Great work, as always!

[@deividdi5779]

You're the great, thanks Chuck

[@pierrelofinusound3020]

Are you his majesty Chuck from the guides ? If yes, i owe you thousands hours of intense fun and Impresssive knowledge !

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Thanks for the great tutorial RedKite, the whole Lantirn thing looked too complicated to me, but now that you explained so clearly I should give it a go. It's awesome how many different options HB gave us to ensure functionality.

[@egrikomrade]

Hey Reflected, just out of context quickly wanna say, that I recently completed your 'Fear the Bones' campaign and I really enjoyed it! looking forward for more awesome content from you! Love from Hungary

[@RedKiteRender]

Can't wait to see what you come up with for Jester / LANTIRN in a campaign sometime!

[@ReflectedSimulations]

@@egrikomrade Köszi szépen! :)

[@ReflectedSimulations]

@@RedKiteRender Thanks, hopefully in my upcoming Tomcat campaign.

[@hexpulatwork]

Wow.. this is truly impressive I have been wondering how they would do this. Yet again Heatblur raises the bar.

[@CoyoteOne]

This is freaking incredible. Eyeball Q'ing, almost like having an HMCS mark point. The viper doesnt even have that yet :D This is awesome

[@ernestwinslow7316]

Great tutorial. The Heatblur F-14 is so deeply developed I do not know when I will be able to fully explore all the features in there. Kudos to them also.

[@fear2218]

Very exciting development for us ground pounders - thank you Heatblur. Looking forward to seeing similar functionality in the Intruder down the road

[@ilejovcevski79]

Hey, if we can command Jester to target next, maybe we can finally get prioritize next target in TWS as well!

[@haackhaack4217]

Exactly - 100%

[@deividdi5779]

+1.000

[@sloppy-1-1]

The sole reason i don't play the tomcat in fox 3 servers with jester. This and track hold

[@haackhaack4217]

I did hear a rumor that this is next

[@ilejovcevski79]

@@haackhaack4217 that would be awesome!

[@grizzworld]

Once again Heatblur and RedKite are Raising the Bar to new levels inkluding a sneak peek at "Old Zippo" and the "Snort" livery.....I'm so stoked :)

[@Antares2]

Finally! This will be fun to play with. So happy that you can look at a target and have him scan there. Looks very promising.

[@TOMCATnbr]

What an awesome news!! Our beloved Tomcat just got better 😍 Thanks for the tutorial Red kite!

[@tinuzz88]

That is really nicely done. Great job by HB as always.

[@paulbrooks4395]

As always, the gold standard in tutorials.

[@etcher6841]

You consistently deliver absolutely outstanding content, thank you for all the work you put in the videos mate

[@youraveragejoe9298]

Thank you so much redkite! I have had the tomcat since day one and couldn't find a clear tutorial on this topic. as always, redkite delivers!

[@simonhouel1984]

As a mudmover, CAS just got awesome with that beast ! And thanks for the clear and concize tutorial Sir !

[@deividdi5779]

Curious and great work Heatblur, thank you for making our dreams and passions come true. Any time baby!

[@sterlingarcher4989]

So, so good, brilliantly done - thanks Redkite and thanks Heatblur.

[@RedKiteRender]

Thank you too!

[@reyco1987]

Great tutorial, RedKite! I must admit these features are WAY more robust and useful than I thought they would be. Wow!

[@kasperv967]

Wow this looks phenomenal! Everything I wanted from the system.

[@wannaloginnow]

This looks brilliant! A big Thank You to Heatblur for putting that much effort into the Jester AI. Great job!

[@alcmann]

Awesome video thanks ! Can’t wait for your Apache assessments

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Very nice. HBS have done some quality work here, it'll bring the jet up to what it was really capable of in the latter stages of it's illustrious career for solo players.

[@LuftManu]

Looks like the wait was worth it. Excellenet, HB and Redkite as always!

[@Isimus]

Another great tutorial. Many thanks RedKite!

[@sloppydog4831]

Phenomenal system. Great tutorial and great job by Heatblur.

[@ChrisV25]

Super bad ass. Thank you Heatblur and Red Kite.

[@bitboydcs9825]

Great video, very anxious to see this in action when the update is released. The Tomcat is an impressive weapons platform.

[@ghostdog688]

Im Very impressed with the way that HB set up JESTER to work. And thank you on our behalves for giving you an advance sneak peek!

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

This is just... unbelievably cool

[@wilbuzllf5057]

A superb tutorial as per usual, well done! Also, superb work from Heatblur, excellent implementation it seems like which will add more function to what it already the best module (with the Viggen!) :-D

[@jared9191]

Awesome work! That Forestall is going to look even better when we have A-6's on her!

[@RedKiteRender]

Can't wait to hook up with a KA-6 tanker some time!

[@RAF33Strike]

Great tutorial, great new features!

[@n4d3m4n]

I've been looking forwards to this update!

[@g.skouras2599]

thanks redkite for doing this great work by heatblur

[@urgentsiesta7606]

Excellent explanation of an excellent new feature (and Forrestal is lookin' FINE)!

[@danvercillo]

Simple yet hugely effective. Love heat blurs approach to AI multi crew. Great preview, can't wait.

[@RedKiteRender]

They really set the bar for DCS!

[@ghostskills]

Redkite, still the only viewable DCS KZbinr delivering straight out of the box. Great vid, well done.

[@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog]

Thanks for the thorough explanation. This is going to to be great! Cheers,

[@pierrelofinusound3020]

Most major improvment ofr solo player since a long time ! So much fun to come with this next beta !

[@EaglefireflyGaming]

Great video mate! Cant wait for this! That new carrier easter egg too!

[@Jay-tq1es]

I love the Forestall tease at the end

[@alexpitts7634]

Brilliant work by heatblur yet again

[@skilgannon5069]

Nice tutorial and a great new feature. 👍

[@macdirty869]

Wow. Even the laser brevity is era-specific. Heatblur has done their home work.

[@realQuiGon]

Looks good! I will still keep working the LANTIRN myself though :)

[@davannagle450]

Another > EPIC tutorial < from you.

[@timothysmith7364]

Really impressive! We’ll done Heatblur!

[@IkeThe9th]

Incredibly informative, Redkite. I also noticed you used “Snort’s” jet in the beginning. Nice touch! 👌

[@RedKiteRender]

Glad you noticed :)

[@b0bl00i]

Wow! I'm seldom impressed these days but dang, one hell of a job Heatblur! This exceeds my expectations!

[@Zatracenec]

Still the best DCS study channel.

[@lankypilot778]

Wow a lot more detail than expected. Only thing I probably would add is along side manual head slew, have an option for manual axis or manual key slew too which will allow lantirn movement that way. Thanks for vid :)

[@psyph3rscollection288]

Great video, as always! I used to use the Solo Pilot Lantirn Mod; which was fun, but Jester doing alot of it really takes the workload off! :D

[@pwoolrich]

This is going to be a game changer!

[@flavnet]

Very very good!!! Perfect tutorial!!!!

[@evolgenius1150]

After watching this, I realize that I need to setup my custom snap views and bind them to hat or thumbstick on my throttle. TRACK IR is great but these crazy closeup angles you got are better and will save me from doing the weird slide-over neckscrunch thing I'm constantly doing.

[@King2Stone]

Excited for the Forrestal too.

[@Saucebrunette]

wow that's really impressive!

[@aeroRCmodels]

Great tutorial!

[@danijelkraljev]

Great tutorial,thx

[@Spudknocker]

Very cool, I can't wait to try this out!

[@tituslaronius]

This is so good!

[@lukasschworer840]

Nice!! Im excited!

[@skywarp2180]

This video helped me a lot, tks man!!!

[@surroundsoundsolutionsptyl782]

This is AWESOME.

[@greaselitenin]

Thanks for a great tutorial. Just to add, for F-14 LGBs, you don't take any line-up and release cues from the HUD but from the LANTIRN/Jester because the HUD and LANTIRN work independently of each other unlike in newer aircraft such as the F-18. Hence, you have to use bombing modes CMP/PLT (CCIP) or MAN (Manual) which let you drop the bomb anytime you pickle. The LGBs won't drop if you use CMP/PLT (CCRP) or CMP/IP as those require designating a ground target from the HUD using the diamond from the bomb fall line which is a bombing procedure that is totally independent of the LANTIRN.

[@ricardobornman1698]

This is pretty sweet!

[@arvidbraes3684]

nobody going to talk about that sneaky CVN-59 tease in the intro?

[@bartbroekhuizen5617]

Some impressive coding for this Jester AI. Awesome job Heatblur! Hopefully this AI wil also be implemented for the A6 Intruder :).

[@prichardgs]

RedKite you are my Tom Cat Sensei

[@Pekins]

heatblur nailed this so well

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

And now I want to main the Tomcat for a while.

[@ChrisV25]

Thanks!

[@darker_240]

This is fantastic, now the F14 is a valid attack plane option for solo F14 pilots. Wow!

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

0:11 Hope he also has the line "Impact, BOOM, Oh yes!" - kinda reminded me of that. 0:22 Commands still heavily classified. Looks great

[@arkady86]

EA's US Navy Fighters by chance?

[@WilliamBrothers]

I made am effort to learn the LANTIRN so now I feel like this will be a cakewalk now

[@Rhinozherous]

This. Is. Awesome.

[@danieldorn2927]

Wait a minute, they are still working on the F14? Unlike other third party developers, they truly care about giving us a satisfying product!

[@Aviation-xl2em]

Am I the only who noticed the 59 on the carrier superstructure and the different design on it? Also RedKite keep up the good vids I love them can’t wait to use the Forestall and the Jester AI Lantirn feature

[@Enigma89]

RIOs on suicide watch

[@Parabueto]

Oh man. That's a lot of menu additions to keep track of but it all looks pretty intuitive and my god is it comprehensive on how to find targets. I like moving mud and love flying the tomcat, but a lot of the servers I play on are riddled with lethal short range air defences so unless you're playing in a coordinated group it's tricky to get anything done. Well, not any more! I can see myself flying the Tomcat almost exclusively in fixed wing stuff for a while.

[@leonskevington]

Very nicely done, credit to both the design and presentation!

[@IRoNCLaW]

Man, it is always GREAT to see your videos, Redkite. Great stuff. Glad to see DCS finally recognizing and giving you the inside line on these upcoming updates and features. Well deserved.

[@TechGaming45]

Awesome.

[@Uselessnoobcow]

That is so incredibly cool! Cannot wait to obliterate targets with my 14 :D

[@quackgarage9551]

Glad we got this now, thanks! But cmon guys, we need a Sparrow Hawk HUD, badly.

[@NachoLopezba]

time to re-learn the tomcat

[@wrmay80]

Freaking brillany

[@Lb8068]

In retrospect, I wonder how many people noticed that Redkite was taking off from, and landing on the Forrestal in this video🤔

[@jasonhayden5774]

Siiiiick... And I almost skipped over this video

[@kamraam1464]

peep the Forrestal 👀

[@AkiL-414]

It's Christmas before Christmas before Halloween : )

[@WhatsTheBiz]

Bombcat is now official like a whistle o7

[@RevFilmore]

I am so having *kittens* right now!

[@NVidea-yz1fg]

Why the blurred key bindings in the beginning? Is that an indicator for other new , yet undisclosed features? :)

[@stephengilmore2741]

Good question...

[@RedKiteRender]

Just blurred to highlight the relevant controls only.

[@SPFLDAngler]

Aww... I've never had him say "I'm firing my laser".. That would have been so funny. What an old internet reference.

[@SPFLDAngler]

Also omfg that map marker trick would have been SO useful in MP... I had to frigging QHUD and get it in the general area every time..

[@roderickval]

Yeah!