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Do you like flying VFR and watching the World below you? Do you sometimes feel that something is missing? We Love VFR is here to help you. We Love VFR is a free add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator that adds thousands of new VFR-friendly objects. In this beta version, you get communication, radio, and tv antennas, chimneys, radar domes, construction cranes, and satellite/radio telescope dishes. I have plans for many, many more.
I spend countless hours developing this, so donations are very appreciated, but not mandatory ;)
If you don't like smoke effects, or they somehow kill your fps, first of all, report it here or on discord, but then you can download "no effects" version of this add-on.
Region 1 (Europe and North Africa) is here »
- Almost 200 000 objects were placed in region 2
- Coverage of North and South America and part of Oceania
- In this version, mobile communication, tv and radio antennas, chimneys, flare stacks, cooling towers, radar domes, construction cranes, satellite/radio telescope dishes, large and mountain peak crosses, and T.A.R.S. - Tethered Aerostat Radar System
- Probably the first use of visual effects in scenery add-on. Yup, we have smoking chimneys and cooling towers (still experimental). And yes, they do react to wind and even temperature.
- Puffin AI* - correct placement and appearance of objects**
- Incorporated data from FAA, NOAA, and other national authorities
- Over 100 custom models
- Lower spec PC friendly
- Much more planned
How to install?
Find your „Community” directory and just copy "a-puf-we-love-vfr-region2" folder there. That’s it. If you’re updating my addon, remove the old version before installing the new one.
If you have a conflicting addon refer to the included ReadMe file.
Warning: To get satellite dishes/radio telescopes you need "USA Points of Interest" by Asobo, from the official World Update USA installed. It's available in the marketplace for free.
I'm working on this alone and data in this region is far from perfect, so don't be mad if you see any errors, just report them to me so I can fix them ;) If you see an object that you know but its appearance is wrong, join our discord and report it there. I'll try to add/fix it for the next version.
Known Issues:
- In very rare cases there might be an office building instead of a chimney (I don't mean cooling towers, these are not implemented in the mod at all... yet). This is a case of mismatched data between Asobo and OSM and has to be fixed manually. Report it in comments or in our discord.
- My objects are switched off on photogrammetry to avoid conflicts (except mast and antennas). Unfortunately, photogrammetry boundaries are sometimes different than real photogrammetry coverage. Because of that, objects that are close to photogrammetry areas might not appear at all. I'm trying to figure out what to do with this. If you find a place like this, report it to me so I can fix it.
- Sometimes the steam effect can be on the ground instead of on top of the cooling tower and go up and down depending on camera position. It's a bug in the sim and it was reported to Asobo. A workaround will be available in the next main version of We Love VFR.
*Not really AI. Just quite complex conditions and a lot of code, but AI sounds a lot better.
**Depends on data availability.
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littlest_viking
All tower locations within the South Florida area are dead on accurate. I noticed that any of the monopoles are not listed. I could care less, this was my only observation. I am still very grateful with this add-on. Thank you!
PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago
I'm glad you like it. In case of monopoles do you mean that my monopoles are not there in real life or that there are some missing in the add-on? If it's the second case it's probably because they are too small to be listed in FAA database and not present in OSM data. I considered adding FCC data but combining them with FAA data would be extremely hard as they have different coordinates for the same objects. Sometimes off by hundreds feet.
littlest_viking 2 month(s) ago
The monopoles don't show up, I know they are there in real life. Sorry for the weird explanation. They are typically under 200 feet and do not have to be lighted per FAA requirements, which is why they aren't listed with the FCC. I like the add-on as it, I feel like combining that data would be too much. Thank you again for this awesome add-on.
Doum066
Dumb question, can we on our side desactivate one item, for exemple, i'm in MTL in Canada, so using your Region 2 pack, though, on the Mont-Royal, there is a cross, sadly, this cross is overlapping the cross from the Canada World Update.
PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago
That's not up to you to remove it 😊 My add-ons are supposed to be compatible with World Updates. I will remove that cross in the next update as well as the smokestacks in Sudbury. Should have done it already, but I have a very tight schedule till the end of this month. Thanks for that report. I wasn't aware of a conflicting cross.
Doum066 3 month(s) ago
Lol how in hell can you be aware of every single object conflicting dude, give yourself a chance 😋 Thanks for the reply and thanks for future updates, amazing work on the Crane though, lots of them in Montreal, i guess they still find room to build skyscrappers, go figure lol, but they do make a huge difference versus appocalyptic auto gens ones 😊
PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago
I check the POI list in every update and usually can tell which ones might conflict with my objects. I also have to draw newly added photogrammetry areas as I exclude some of my objects within them (and Asobos' "exclude on photogrammetry" parameter is unreliable).
so I'm one of the few that when new WU is released, goes "oh no, this again" 😊
Doum066 3 month(s) ago
Well your hardwork is pretty appreciated from all of us, will have to check the Donate thing to you 😉
Doum066 3 month(s) ago
Another question, by curiosity, when the new upcoming patch for November hits, will you be supporting your two We Love VFR packs if needed yp be updated? Also, the donate button at the button for Paypal donation, does it go directly to you or to this site and they take a share?
FinalLight
I just realized i never gave this a rating, really appreciate the VFR addons you made for both regions!
So far I did not notice any weird hickups in SU10.
Are there any nice improvements planned for the future?
PuffinFlight 4 month(s) ago
There are, but I had to put all my projects on hold because of real-life issues. But I will be back. Quite soon, as I've lost my job recently and will have a bit more time 😉
FinalLight 4 month(s) ago
ah sorry to hear that mate, hope you'll find something soon!
PuffinFlight 4 month(s) ago
Nah. It might be better for my mental state. I'm burned out and it was not worth working like that. Maybe I'll find the time to somehow monetise my ability to make add-ons. But no worries. We Love VFR will be free as it was before 😉
FinalLight 4 month(s) ago
you have a knack for it, if you love doing this then it's definitely a great thing to make a living out of it.
wish you lots of luck on your feature endeavors mate.
syntclear
Wonderful add-on! Thank you.
Nevertheless, after using it for some time with no problems, yesterday I couldn't land in Eilat - LLET, because of a high pilon blocking runway 03. Is this a known problem? Thank you
Marco
PuffinFlight 5 month(s) ago
Thank you.
Pylon? Like power line pylon? Those are not added by me. Probably by base sim or Mamu powerlines add-on (but looking at OSM data it looks like there should be no powerlines in the area).
I don't see any gsm antennas placed by me in that area, so it has to be something else, but I can't confirm it in the sim right now.
syntclear 5 month(s) ago
Sorry, my mistake: they are not pilons, but two tall cranes, one of which is just at the start of runway 02 (or 03) I can't remember. Thank you
Marco
PilotalexYYZ
As soon as i saw those antennas i knew it was the foothills in yuma. I used to fly to yuma all the time so seeing it finally was awesome. along with the drone near key west
bofhlusr
I like your app. A quick question. How does one exclude an item from your app? Specifically, a radome (someone called it 'balls' in one of the comments posted below) in Pillar Point (picture 7/18) in KHAF, California. The radome is duplicated when We Love VFR - Region 2 is installed with the payware scenery from MP Scenery's KHAF. Thank you.
PuffinFlight 7 month(s) ago
When scenery authors put their objects they can always add an exclusion rectangle that will remove all objects below theirs. Then if the scenery is installed after mine, my object will no longer be visible. Sadly some devs, especially payware devs are not aware of add-ons like mine or just don't care.
Unfortunately, I can't detect if anything loads on top of my scenery and remove it myself. I could make compatibility add-ons. The problem is there are tons of payware sceneries and I'd need to bye all that have conflicts and resolve them.
You can do it yourself by creating an exclusion rectangle in a new scenery if you know the basics of scenery editor. Or maybe reach out to the dev of your payware add-on? For them, it's just a few clicks to add something like that.
bofhlusr 7 month(s) ago
Thank you for the quick reply. I might end up having to learn the basics of scenery editing and do it myself. How would you suggest I start learning basic scenery editing and what tools would you recommend that I use?
I know a little programming (unfortunately the wrong kind, the database kind) and I'm willing to learn something new if it's not too involved.
ravenn22 7 month(s) ago
so, if we reinstalled KHAF with We Love VFR installed, it should display correctly?
nevermind - both are drag and drop, no way to order them.... I'll try my own exclusion rectangle 😉
rivereveal
Is this compatible with WUX?
PuffinFlight 8 month(s) ago
It mostly should be. There might be some small conflicts in new photogrammetry areas, but nothing major. There will be an update but it will have to wait for two weeks as I'm currently on vacation.
Despite that you can report any issues that might have popped up.
GISMIKE
Awesome stuff!! can't wait for region 3...... OZ & NZ. Do you have an estimated release date?
PuffinFlight 7 month(s) ago
Sadly not yet. I have a lot going on in RL, but I'll try to push it.
Greazer
Really great man. Be good if other developer sceneries could be included too. One download!
ryanbatc
So silly I haven't reviewed this yet - amazing! Thank you. I am listening to the Asobo Q&A and someone asked about getting physical VOR's on the ground (IE the models of different VORs, tacans, dme , adsb etc) - it sounds like Asobo likely won't do this but I'm wondering if that's something you might be able to do?
PuffinFlight 9 month(s) ago
Thank you. I have it on my to do list but it has low priority. But there is an add-on like that already. Search for World Navaids.
Claviateur
I updated Region 1 and 2 and the other day and as usual, fantastic work!!! I was flying in Canada here and I saw the cables between the Pylons. Are they the result of this update or default MSFS?
PuffinFlight 9 month(s) ago
I think you've also updated Power lines and Solar Farms by mamu. I don't put power lines in the sim 😉
Claviateur 9 month(s) ago
Oh maybe! I forgot how many addons I installed and updated here 😉
raybaudi
Do we get anything special for Venezuela? perhaps the refineries?
PuffinFlight 10 month(s) ago
There are already many objects in Venezuela. I see that refinery near Maracaibo has a flare stack. Same for Rafineria Amuay. If you have any specific suggestions just give me coordinates and objects' heights and I'll take care of it.
muchojamone
Wonderful. Thanks a lot for this one!
levels
Hi any coverage for the Caribbean here?
PuffinFlight 10 month(s) ago
Yup. Everything between -180 and -25.
levels 10 month(s) ago
Great tnx
Ginete
Second time: Great work! TXXXXX
armageddon51
Unbeleivable amount of work. Great job my friend. Now I have a request, if that's possible, the port cranes for most of the "beside water" cities are horribly disfigured by PG. It will be a great make up if you can make some models to replace the ones they have.. Even some generic ones will be better then what the game show. Thanks.
PuffinFlight 10 month(s) ago
Thank you for all your kind words.
I've seen the buzz around this topic, so I've done some research. It would be great to add such cranes to the game. Unfortunately, it's an extremely hard task. There is data on these in OSM, but it's all over the place. Some are marked as points, so you don't have any info on rotation. Some are marked as lines, so you have info about rails these cranes move, but no idea how many cranes are actually there. Also, no idea how big they are. This leads to the conclusion that they should be reviewed one by one.
So what's the problem? I do it already with hundreds of radar domes and 1500 sat dishes. Yeah, the problem is there are 9000 harbor cranes just in Region 1.
I don't scratch that off my list, but with the amount of time I'd need to invest in this task, I don't see it as possible freeware. Manually verifying data is a chore and this one would be the biggest yet.
armageddon51 10 month(s) ago
Got it. I was just asking. As a note, only the major cities will be enough. Tx (by the way, i am the one who initiate a thread on the MS forums. It create a lot of attention but they do are ugly and your cranes are lovely 😉 )
armageddon51 10 month(s) ago
I was thinking just for fun, why don't you drop a bomb in the Microsoft forum and fix the cranes in Lisbon, Portugal for that thread. P.s I will pay if you fix them in each region. Like I said only the large cities near water ways require it. There shouldn't be that many.
bierchen
Hello all,
I have been using We Love VFR for quite a while now and I would like to tell you: I am absolutely thrilled! For me it is the scenery addon or addon pack (VFR Region 1 I have of course also installed. 😊 ) at all.
Especially for helicopter flying or flights with the Optica, We Love VFR is irreplaceable. Thanks for the great work!
PUA687
Great work; thanks!
Sonosusto
Had this in the past and always loved the extra visuals but I was noticing this may conflict with all the other ridiculous amount of scenery I have so I have taken it out for now. Maybe it has something to do with photogrammetry, addons etc all combined? I had a few CTD's around Miami FL heading towards Hilton Head. They happened about 20 miles NE in the middle of the Ocean.
Probably me.
You keep the stars because its amazing work!
PuffinFlight 11 month(s) ago
It really hard to tell what may cause conflicts. Maybe it's a conflict between add-ons, maybe just overloaded sim.
The best way is to test add-ons one at a time. Otherwise, you may try the "no effects" version to lower the overall load. But with a massive amount of add-ons, it's hard to pinpoint where the problem is.
PuffinFlight 11 month(s) ago
@pilotguy27 I didn't blame other add-ons just like that. It might be mine, but it's hard to diagnose it if you have many add-ons. For example around SU5 there was a problem with a freeze on load. Removing We Love VFR seemed to fix the issue. It turned out it was a bug by Asobo which was connected to... Drzewiecki Designs' sceneries that affected add-ons on the other half of the World. Makes sense? No? You're right! But sometimes bugs are this weird.
There was also an issue for a few players that had a horrible performance with effects. Turned out it was their unique setup with specific GPU drivers. That was when I've made the "no effects" version for such weird cases.
Did you try the "no effects" version? Maybe that will fix it for you. And if We Love VFR is causing you CTDs I'd love to fix it. But first I need to have way more details. Which airport causes it. If you have only one or both regions installed. Which add-ons you use, freeware and payware. And if it still occurs with ONLY We Love VFR installed. The first thing is to be able to replicate the bug, then I can try to fix it. Without detailed info, I'm lost.
Sonosusto 11 month(s) ago
I think with photogammetry + this addon i think it might be a lot when you have a ridiculous amount of addons already. Gonna hold off on it for a while.
PuffinFlight 11 month(s) ago
Photogrammetry shouldn't affect it that much. Especially that some objects like chimneys don't even show up in photogrammetry areas. I hope you'll find the source of your issues. I'll be on the lookout for other reports like yours.
Sonosusto 11 month(s) ago
No worries. Keep up the good work and I will test as much as I can. Unfortunately, some people are plagued with the possibility of CTD and no warning etc. It rarely happens to me.