FWsim - Free Fireworks Simulator
FWsim is a freeware application for creating virtual firework displays with music.It includes a firework shell editor. You can combine components to build almost any pyrotechnic article.
You can create HD videos from your fireworks.
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Current Version: 1.1.4 (September 3rd, 2010) |
Video of a pyromusical created with FWsim:
Features
- High-Performance simulation of fireworks
- High-Quality rendering with smoke and glow
- Modular firework shell editor
- Firework Show Editor with Music, Automatic Steppers and Batteries
- Realistic Physics
- Real Recorded Sounds
- Graphics improvement: Better-looking stars and much better sparks
- Explosion performance improvements
- Effect Library: Preview images and filtering by type (e.g. mine, shell, ...)
- Faster video rendering
- Even less loading time
- Video rendering: XVid codec is automatically selected & configured (if it's installed)
- Ground with dynamic illumination
- Improved explosion performance
- Graphics Settings: High / Medium / Low. Use "Low" for better performance.
- Particle Motion Blur (only when quality is "High")
- 3D effect fronts
- Camera moves
- Cool stepper variations
- Semiautomatic Music Synchronization (beta). Just right-click on Music and select "Synchronize".
- Improved positioning
- Rockets
- Catherine Wheels
- Crossettes
- Heart Shells
- Ground Shells
- Small stars (Use them for consumer fireworks)
- More parameters and options for all effects
- More standard effects by LT, Pyrosamm and maximustheone
- Improved physics simulation
- Stereo sound
- Better matching sound volume
- Fixed camera distortion. It looked like mortars on the far left or right side were angled.
- Fixed interface problems with big system fonts
- 1.0.1: Reduced installer to 19MB by compressing the sounds
- Background Images
- Sparks and Tails look better
- Effect Editor: More options (e.g. strobe frequency)
- Explosion Time shown in Timeline
- Keyboard input for all numbers
- Bugfixes: Audio, "settings.xml not found"
- 0.5.1: fixed video rendering for long shows
- HD Video Export, ready for YouTube. (in 0.4.1: with sound)
- 0.4.1: New installer, which includes all necessary components.
- 0.4.1: Fixed "Download Failed" in Installer
- 0.4.2: Video Export Bugfixes.
- 0.4.3: Fixed "particle.png not found" error
- 0.4.4: New Effects by PYROSAMM and some small improvements
- Strobe Stars
- More Effects included
- Interface Improvements and bugfixes
- Realistic Shell flight (with correct mass and air resistance)
- Huge shells (up to 600mm) are now possible.
- Crackling
- Fountains and Vulcanos
- Invisible Stars
- Lots of small improvements
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98 or later. A graphics card from 2003 or newer with 64 MB RAM.