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    We Love VFR Xtra - Fireworks - Image 2

    Description

    Let's celebrate this flight simming year with some fireworks!

    To thank you all for your support and feedback on We Love VFR add-ons throughout last year I wanted to give you something special. This add-on gives fireworks effects around the World on various occasions. Experience fireworks displays on New Year's Eve in the air. See celebrations of the 4th of July in the USA, Diwali in India, and many more.

    All towns and cities with over 50000 population (where data was available) have fireworks effects on New Year's Eve. All places marked in OpenStreetMap as "cities" are also included even when no population number is specified. Cities over 250000 have additional, bigger fireworks displays. In cities over 1 million, they are even bigger. Over 28000 locations overall.

    Remember that the date panel in MSFS shows the date at UTC, not a local one, so it might get a bit confusing to set it.

    Note to creators:
    Because of fs.to ToS BS (so many abbreviations!), and me modifying files with every update I've removed consent on using my assets in other add-ons. This doesn't mean I don't want you to use them! Just contact me and I will provide you with source files and assistance :)

    To install just drag and drop "puf-welovevfr-xtra-fireworks" folder into your community folder. That's it.
    Oh, and it doesn't need any of the other We Love VFR add-ons installed. It's standalone. The name is just for marketing :D

    Here is a list of all fireworks occasions:
    • 31 Dec - New Year's Eve - All around the World. Starts after dark around 20.00. Main displays from 22.00 till 1.30
    • Everyday - Disney World/Land, Florida, and California - 21.30-21.45
    • 26 Jan - Australia Day - official displays - 20.00-22.00
    • 01 Feb (2022) - Chinese New Year - China - 0:00-6:00
    • 16 May - My wife's birthday - Somewhere in Poland ;) - 20.00-22.30
    • 04 Jul - USA Independence Day - USA - 20.00-0.00
    • 14 Jul - Bastille Day - official displays in France - 22.00-0.00
    • 01 Aug - Swiss National Day - Switzerland - 22.00-0.00
    • 18 Aug - MSFS anniversary - Asobo HQ - 20.00-22.30
    • 20 Aug - St. Stephen's Day - bigger cities in Hungary - 21.00-23.00
    • 24 Oct (2022) - Diwali - India - 20.00-0.00
    • 05 Nov - Guy Fawkes Day - United Kingdom - 19.00-22.00
    • 11 Nov - Polish Independence Day - bigger cities in Poland - 20.00-22.00 
    • 30 Nov - St. Andrews Day - Scotland - 19.30-21.00
    • 24 Dec - Christmas Eve - Peru - 22.00-2.00
    • Canada and Lithuania celebrations will be added in the next version
    Will this affect your FPS?

    When there are no fireworks - no it shouldn't. I check conditions for fireworks every few seconds instead of every frame so it should have no impact on FPS.
    During fireworks? Yeah, it can. In most cases, it takes 1FPS from me (i7 9700K, 1660Ti), so no biggie. But there might be places with a high density of cities that are more demanding like Tokyo (this one takes me 6FPS) - but it looks awesome, worth it. As it is just for special occasions it shouldn't be a problem ;)

    Closing notes

    I spend countless hours developing my add-ons, so donations are very appreciated, but not mandatory ;)
    If you have any questions, feedback, or bug reports just comment here or visit my Discord »

    PS: Happy New Year :)

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    5 months ago

    Can confirm that this DOES work in MSFS2024

    5 months ago

    for me it didnt work in 2024 unfortunately

    5 months ago

    Work this in MSFS 2024 ?

    6 months ago

    MS2020 still works Thank you

    8 months ago

    Would be nice to update to cover Saudi National Day Fireworks (September 21 to 27 of this year 2025)!

    8 months ago

    Just updating everyone and the mod is still going strong in September of 2025! The whole time thing is fixed as well and seems to be running smoothly. Now if only we can get lights on radio towers at night, that would be icing on the cake! :)

    10 months ago

    That hasn't been updated since 2021 I'm sure the technology has evolved in MSFS to make the fireworks more realistic and add more events such as...

    VATSIM Events:
    VATSIM Cross the Pond Events – Fireworks over departure and arrival airports

    Air Show Days – Include popular shows like Oshkosh (USA), Farnborough (UK), Paris Air Show (France)

    Theme Parks & Events
    Tokyo Disneyland / DisneySea – Nightly fireworks like in the US parks

    Universal Studios (Orlando, Hollywood, Osaka) – They have firework shows on select nights

    Europe
    Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) – May 8 – Celebrated with fireworks in France and others

    San Juan Night (Spain/Portugal) – June 23–24 – Fireworks along beaches (Barcelona, Porto)

    Fête de la Musique (France) – June 21 – Often concludes with fireworks in larger cities

    Midsummer (Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia) – Around June 21–24 – Fireworks in some areas

    Oceania
    New Year's in Sydney – Could be made extra special – one of the first and biggest global shows

    Latin America
    Grito de Dolores / Mexican Independence Day – September 15–16 – Fireworks nationwide

    Brazil Independence Day – September 7 – Especially big in Rio and Brasília

    Carnival (Brazil) – Not typically fireworks-heavy but ends with celebrations that can include pyrotechnics

    10 months ago

    in these airshow days leszno and radom airshows would be great to have fireworks in as there were fireworks in leszno at around 22:00 to 22:45 local time

    11 months ago

    I had a idea that you could possibly use to get around the UTC time issue that occurs in FS24. Would you be able/willing to code the Leap-year of February 29 2028 to have fire works for the entire day?
    That way people could set to see fireworks to be seen at any time if they wanted to see them during the day time. Feb 29 2024 was also a leap year if you wanted to back date.

    over 1 year ago

    Looks great, also your other add-ons!!

    over 1 year ago

    wow its nice i try it

    over 1 year ago

    Rio de Janeiro looking really great! Thanks for the add-on and happy new year!

    over 1 year ago

    This mod still works great in MSFS 2024! The only issue is that the times are accurate to UTC time only which is pointless.

    For instance, in MSFS 2020, Disneyland would accurately display a fireworks show at 9:30pm in my local time. Now, they only show up at 9:30pm UTC time which is daytime, locally 1:30pm here. So they show in the daytime which is not good!

    If this mod could be in local time again like in 2020, it would be perfect!

    over 1 year ago

    Good to know it works :) The time issue is a bug on Asobo side, and it should be resolved soon.

    11 months ago

    any chance you still have this installed and the time bug has been fixed? I want to install it on 24, but haven't seen any updates that would suggest it's been addressed..

    7 months ago

    does it still work in su3 or if ur in su4b?

    over 1 year ago

    does this still work

    almost 2 years ago

    Amazing thank you. Without this mod installed, right after this last July 4th (In real life it was july 5th) I tried to see the fireworks but there weren't any in sim. I knew it was about 12 hours late so I tried setting the date to July 4th in sim and on my desktop, but still no fireworks. They pushed an update that morning so I figure that update removed them from the sim. Quite a disappointment and I kicked myself for updating. It annoys me that this isn't built into the sim and only done via updates by Aboso then removed after the event is over. Thank you for adding something that should be there every time I set the date to July 4th or Dec 31st.

    As for your wife, if I remember I'll take a flight over Poland to celebrate your work. ; )

    Good stuff. Thank you.

    almost 2 years ago

    i download this only for poland

    almost 2 years ago

    COOL THANK YOU
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    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    We Love VFR Xtra - Fireworks

    Experience festive fireworks displays from around the world with the We Love VFR Xtra - Fireworks add-on. Celebrate occasions like New Years Eve, the 4th of July, Diwali in India, and more with over 28,000 locations included. Enjoy special displays in cities based on population size and various global events, enhancing your flight simming experience. Keep track of FPS impact during fireworks and enjoy this standalone add-on for special occasions.

    Downloads20K
    Version1.1
    File Size3.01 MB
    Published4 years ago
    Updated4 years ago

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    Sub-CategoryRegional Bundles
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    Version History

    Added Australia Day (26 Jan) celebrations. Change Ney Year's Eve official shows start to midnight instead 10 PM. Change effects drawing distance to prevent effects from freezing.

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