We Love VFR - Region 1 4.85/5

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. Here you'll find thousands of antennas, masts, smoke stacks, construction cranes, radar domes, sat dishes...

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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 version, you get communication, radio, and tv antennas, chimneys, cooling towers, radar domes, construction cranes, and satellite/radio telescope dishes. I have plans for many more.

What's new in this update?

Reworked handling of construction cranes. Now we include only sites older than one year, but not older than 4. Also, verified all cranes near runways.
Added more accurate data for Austria with verified all smokestacks and all other objects over 100 m.
Added some more crosses in the Alps.
Fixed one of the smaller chimneys' LOD issue.
Incorporated data correction requests made by users.

Looking for America? Download Region 2 here »

What does We Love VFR include?

Over 150 000 objects were placed in region 1.
Coverage of all Europe, Africa, and part of the Middle East.
In this version mobile communication, tv, and radio antennas, chimneys, cooling towers, flare stacks, large and mountain top crosses, radar domes, construction cranes, and satellite/radio telescope dishes.
Smoke and steam effects for chimneys and cooling towers - wide and temperature dependant
Puffin AI* - correct placement and appearance of objects**
Included detailed obstacle data from 30 countries (list below)
Over 100 custom models
Lower spec PC friendly
Much more planned

Need power lines and ski lifts?

Be sure to check out fantastic add-ons by mamu82 like the latest Powerlines and Solar Farms! With We Love VFR and his add-ons you basically get a full VFR package for a great price of $0 ;)

How to install it?

Find your „Community” directory and just copy "a-puf-we-love-vfr-region1" there. That’s it. 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.

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 the "no effects" version of this add-on.

Warning: To get satellite dishes/radio telescopes you need to have installed "USA Points of Interest" by Asobo, from the official World Update USA. It's available in the marketplace for free.

It's not a beta anymore but I don't have much time for testing 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, join our discord and report it there. I'll try to add/fix it for the next version. You can also join our beta testers team.

Countries with upgraded data (other countries use OSM data and manually added data from wiki or users):

Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauretania, Montenegro, Niger, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Togo

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). Same with office building in place of the demolished cooling tower. This is a case of mismatched data between Asobo and OSM and has to be fixed manually. Report it in comments or in discord.
most of my objects are switched off on photogrammetry to avoid conflicts. 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. If you find an object like this, just report it to me so I can switch it on.

*Not really AI. Just quite complex conditions, but AI sounds a lot better.
**Depends on data availability.

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Compatibilidade	Sim Update 9
Assinantes	2.1K
Categoria	Regional Bundles
Lançamento Inicial	November 01, 2020
Última Actualização	0.6.2 — May 29, 2022
Classificação	4.85/5.0 — Excelente!
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610 Comentários

onlyforbrian

17 day(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Love your addons, any chance of doing "we love vfr" including smoking stacks and powerlines for Australia/New Zealand?

PuffinFlight 17 day(s) ago

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It's in development. Unfortunately I had to focus on some other real life things recently, but I'll get back to work on it very soon. Too bad it's really hard to find quality data for this region.

PilotalexYYZ

1 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Man this brings so much realism to the game. Its so cool now to be on approach and see a tower where it would be in real life etc.

Steiny

1 month(s) ago

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Just reporting that there's two towercranes blocking the approach to Bremerhaven (EDWB) Runway 34 .. love the mod, first time i come across an incident like this.

Keep the love flowing!

PuffinFlight 1 month(s) ago

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And I thought that the current system is bulletproof. I'll check it out and get back to you.

Steiny 1 month(s) ago

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Well, i can also report that the approach screenshots in the DC-6 look stunning, just before the black screen as i hit the crane. 😉 Thanks for looking into it. Its my goal to visit as many airports as i can find on my flights, so i found that one at random, more or less.

legenyd

2 month(s) ago

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Hey!

I love this mod, it adds a lot of plus to the sim world. However I use a mod from HungaryVFR and they are duplicated. May I ask how can I delete the Deutsche Telekom tower in Szeged (46.270973, 20.145219)?

The other objects are well placed, but this one is modeled within the city scenery already so it appears duplicated and that's ugly.

Thanks!

MadMac388th

2 month(s) ago

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Love your work. Just donated $20.00

PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago

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Sorry for the late reply. Had a break from work and sitting in front of pc. Thank you for your generous donation, I really appreciate it.

fdm79

2 month(s) ago

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Little bug when using Payware GAYA Vienna (LOWW), where you can see 3 random fires on the top of nothing around the northwest Industrial area. Also one of the Chimneys in the same area has a misligned smoke.

PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago

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The fiery chimneys were placed correctly (if they spew flames at all IRL, they were marked as flare stacks in AIP data). Problem is that Bing photogrammetry sometimes doesn't pick up chimneys at all and you're left with effects attached to nothing. Usually, I switch such objects to ignore photogrammetry boundaries and be displayed as usual. This time I'll just switch off these few effects are there are already too many of them in that place.

In case of misaligned smoke... can you show me which one. When reporting such things the best way is to paste coordinates or a screenshot.

Oh and I doubt it has anything to do with the GAYA add-on 😊

Thanks for the report!

fdm79 2 month(s) ago

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Thanks for the quick response and explanation !! I'll try to give you the misaligned smoke location but it's quite easy..., it's at the same Petrochemical area. And in fact, the 3 "fires" are on top of nothing but the smoke is very close to an actual chimney. Depending on the angle you look, it seems to be aligned but it's not if you look from North/South Grid. I'll try to post a picture here in any case !

fdm79 2 month(s) ago

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Ok, already uploaded the screenshot.

Drebing

2 month(s) ago

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The german Power Plant is called "Frimmersdorf", not "Fimmersdorf"...

PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago

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I'll change it up with the next update if I still have the source file for that screenshot. Thanks.

Tobybton

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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I was taking off out of an Austrian airport today, setting my AP looked up and flow right between 2 towers burning of gas at a industrial area. It was such a exciting experence. I cant imagine this sim with out your hours of work, you bring it to life. Thank you for all of it! Best, Toby

GaryX1001

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Best add on! Makes flying so much better with all these things you add to the sim!

Thank you very much!

szcsongor

3 month(s) ago

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Hey, don't know if it's possible to remove default (AI placed) windmills, but there is one next to Budapest which does not exist IRL: 47.519185, 18.926891

Can you look at it?

paulhannover

3 month(s) ago

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User Request! Please make the Chimney on Heligoland/Helgoland Island appear thinner in your next update. The way it is now, it dominates the island too much.

this is how it looks in real: https://www.vbhelgoland.de/data/uploads/kraftwerksbilder/Abgasturm.jpg

height is 85m still.

Thanks in advance!

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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Yup, my system interpreted it as a wide chimney because of the area of the OSM object. I've updated data in my database so it should get closer to real-life on the next update. Still, I'd need to make new models to cover smaller metal chimneys with lattice construction. Currently, this type is only covered between 130-250m. Mostly for flare stacks at refineries.

Thank you for the report.

paulhannover 2 month(s) ago

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https://cdn.flightsim.to/images/15/MiksplHW.jpg?width=1400&auto_optimize=medium would be a pretty good outcome if you would combine 2 of these things from colinj's object library into each other at same height 😊)

PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago

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I have already made one like that. You can find it at some refineries. I just need a smaller version. I will probably add that while doing some model work for Region 3 as i needs quite specific and odd chimney models 😉

wackydude75 2 month(s) ago

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I found out what my prob was and changed my comment/review

maczeta

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Everytime I return to the sim, this is the first mod I'm checking for updates. Thank you, man.

dzt

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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great add-on, really making a difference ! a big thank you ! any plans to add the lighthouses one day ? even if only a generic model would add a lot to the coast line vfr experience !

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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Lighthouses are planned. I can't guarantee of they will be a part of this add-on or separate cheap payware (it would include more objects, otherwise it would be just a cash grab). Depends on some real life developments.

wackydude75

3 month(s) ago

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EDIT 06.03.2022

I found out what my stuttering problem was. The aerosoft tool simple traffic together with this mod caused my problems. I got the rid of it and everything turned into a smooth experience again. Sorry for bothering bro, and thanks again for your work!

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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I'm sad to hear that. That sim update made the sim worse for many users, no matter if playing with add-ons or not, but you say it's definitely We Love VFR fault. My models are optimized better than even some Asobo models and there is no other method to place them than what I use, so it's not much I can do to fix that. Hopefully, Asobo will fix the issues that came with SU9, and your experience will be back to normal. Do stutters occur only in specific places or anywhere?

There will be a new version of Region 1 this weekend, but I doubt it will fix anything for you.

Did you try to use the "no effects" version? Maybe that would help. Also, you can remove less significant objects like construction cranes or minor masts and chimneys and see if that helps with stutters.

wackydude75 3 month(s) ago

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I tried the version with no fx too, bur still have problems. I fly most over Germany and I have massive stutters and lags with the mod. Likewise, I know it is not your fault. Just wanted to advise someone else like me, who is driven crazy by the last SU.

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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At least I know that it's not an issue with the effects. I've uploaded the new version but I doubt it will change anything for you as nothing changed in SDK since the last time. Let's all hope SU10 will make thing better.

PuffinFlight 2 month(s) ago

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mamu82 made me aware that my construction crane models are not optimized enough. They got exported not the way they should be. Maybe try to remove them from the add-on and see if that helps. I'll try to optimize them for the next update.

KevinBrook

3 month(s) ago

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Heey Puffin. I know you probably get asked this a lot, but is there anything I can do to stop duplicates appearing with other sceneries? Specifically I use Orbx Great Britain Central and Great Britain North and I wish Orbx would F off with their masts and radomes. Do you know how I can edit them so I just have yours?

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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You want my objects over these from Orbx? That's unusual, but very flattering 😉 The only way to do this is to create a scenery with exclusion rectangles and then make sure that there is a proper load order in content.XML file. In this case it should be Orbx, them scenery with exclusions them We Love VFR.

Dougbarr22

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Thanks for this brilliant updated scenery love it, top marks

albarelys

3 month(s) ago

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Hello, your mod is beautiful, I've been using it for a long time but unfortunately now it has problems and collides with another beautiful mod (that of mamu82) https://flightsim.to/file/26186/powerlines-and-solar -farms is it possible to somehow remove the powerlines from your mod? at the moment using the two mods and the powerlines are double but those of Mamu82 are more varied and respect exactly their place.

Thanks for your mod that I love and I'm sorry that it collides with another one that I think is beautiful, it's not nice to take one off, I'd like to continue using both .

I hope I have not been misunderstood, yours is a great job and it is certainly among the best mods that can be found for this simulator and for this I thank you for the time you have and are dedicating to the community

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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No worries, my add-on doesn't add powerlines at all 😀 We coordinate with Mamu so our add-ons don't clash with each other.

Maybe you have 2 versions of Mamu's add-on installed? Or it's some odd place where power lines were marked as antennas in the data I use (I've removed thousands of these in California).

albarelys 3 month(s) ago

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Nice that there is coordination, at most I turn you coordinates of those that I see doubles so you can check, if I'm not mistaken this happened with your latest update, or at least from there that I noticed it.

Do I do further checks to be 100% sure and let you know?

in the meantime, thanks again for what you are and are doing

PuffinFlight 3 month(s) ago

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Yeah, just send me the coordinates and I'll check it out. It's most likely some data anomaly if it happens just in few places. Screenshot might be helpful too.

flash132

3 month(s) ago

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In the Hadera power station in Israel 3 out of 4 chimneys are working, but in the the real life only one is working (the norethern one). Amazing Work You Guys!

ak416

3 month(s) ago / Agradecido por PuffinFlight

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Essential.

GoUp

3 month(s) ago

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Hello tous

J'ai installé ....et je cherche désespérément qq chose sur ma SUISSE !!!!!

Qui n'est pas ,il est vrai ,dans la liste des pays concernés !!!

Au secours .....avant que je ne jette dans le lac !!!!!

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Version 0.6.2 May 29, 2022

Compatibility update for WU Italy.
Added user's requests.
Small adjustments around LOWI.
Version 0.6.1 April 22, 2022

Better handling of construction site data.
Added more accurate data for Austria.
Added more crosses in the Alps.
Fixed one of the smaller chimneys' LOD issue.
Incorporated data correction requests made by users.
Version 0.6 April 07, 2022

Hundreds of flare stacks with fire effects
Large and mountain peak crosses in 4 model variants
Reworked near airport objects handling. This led to a manual review of around 1200 objects
Obstacle data for over 20 countries
Manually verified all objects over 200 m tall
Added more accurate data for Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Gabon, Hungary, Netherlands, Niger, Poland, Portugal, and Spain
Slightly modified default height ranges for small antennas
Change objects handling on photogrammetry. Lattice towers and masts will be shown if they have known height. All other objects won't be displayed.
Changed effects generating script. In short - more smoking and steaming chimneys and cooling towers.
Small tweaks and fixes here and there.
Added users' requests and corrections.
Updated OSM data.
Version 0.5.2b November 27, 2021

Region expanded to Africa and part of the Middle East.
Added ~1700 cooling towers.
Model AutoGenerating System which gives over 100 variants for cooling towers to make them as close to real-life as possible
Added smoke and steam effects.
Rewritten exclusion handling.
Added obstacle data for 22 countries so far (Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauretania, Montenegro, Niger, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Togo).
Better airport detection and hundreds of manually verified objects around them.
Countless tweaks, upgrades, and data verifying.
Fixed 'jumping' effects bug for all effects.
Version 0.4.0b April 24, 2021

Added over 30000 chimneys! So far over 80 models, but there will be more.
Reworked workflow and code.
Added tv/radio towers models for a range of 170-250m height.
Added collisions to almost all models.
Rewritten airport detection.
Manually reviewed all chimneys over 280 m and masts over 250 m.
Manually reviewed all construction sites around airports.
Added country-specific code, so no more red/white masts in the UK for example.
Many more small fixes and tweaks.

DATA UPDATE: 06.04.2021
Version 0.3.0b December 31, 2020

Placed around 1500 radar domes and satellite dishes.
Added around 33000 tower cranes on bigger construction sites.
Fixes and tweaks all around. I don't remember the details.
DATA UPDATE: 29.12.2020

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Will this be compatible with xyz scenery?

Hard to tell. But it can be. My mod is more like autogen expansion, so authors of more local sceneries have to make their mods compatible. Unfortunately, I can't do that. But it's really easy.
The author just needs to add exclusion under his custom object and then you, as a user, need to make sure We Love VFR is higher on the list in the 'Content.xml' file. You'll find that file 2 directories above your community folder. This file tells the sim in which order it should load addons.

Mast/radome/chimney in xyz is not in your mod. Can you add it?

Most likely - yes. You can add it by yourself by editing OpenStrretMaps. More detailed instructions are available at www.puffinflight.com, or report in on our discord
You can also leave me a comment with coordinates and some more details (if it's a mast or chimney try to find out how tall is it).

Where America?

Here it is. We Love VFR Region 2 »

Why can’t I see obstacle lights from the distance? / Why there is a visible light but not on top of the antenna?

For now, MSFS SDK for lights is very limited. I can’t create a light that will have a source visible from a distance. On the other hand, I can’t remove those red, clearly visible lights that Asobo has put in place of antennas. As soon as they expand SDK, I’ll fix that.

Why do antennas look fuzzy from the distance?

That’s something in the sim graphics engine, that for now can’t be bypassed. Original sim objects act exactly the same. I try to prevent it a bit with LODs, but it won’t be perfect. Maybe the DX12 will fix it someday.

I don't like smoke effects. Can I remove them?

Sure you can. Just download the "no effects" version of this add-on,

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Join our discord for support and the latest updates »

What's new in this update?

Looking for America? Download Region 2 here »

What does We Love VFR include?

Need power lines and ski lifts?

How to install it?

It's not a beta anymore but I don't have much time for testing so...

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