
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
- 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
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 ;)
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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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.
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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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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
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11 months ago
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.
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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!
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As for your wife, if I remember I'll take a flight over Poland to celebrate your work. ; )
Good stuff. Thank you.
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