How do you get VIP to view fireworks?

How the hell do you get the VIP to view a fireworks show? I tried setting a waypoint on the objects themselves, and that didn't work. Then I tried to put them on a bunch of paths where he'd see it, but he left immediately.

I wasn't sure how it'd work.

I stuck a waypoint on the fireworks and crossed my fingers.

The V.I.P. came in and had something like 6 game hours before the fireworks started.

He got to a spot on the path a few squares from the fireworks and next to a queue entry for a coaster. He did this high speed spastic 'dance' looking like he wanted to enter the queue but kept being pulled back to that spot on the main pathway. (I think the AI was fighting itself - like he wanted to ride the coaster, but had to stand around for the fireworks.

At any rate, when the fireworks started, he stopped his 'dance' rode the coaster and left.

I have no idea why it worked, but it did. All I did was put the waypoint directly on the little fireworks pieces.

How's that for a non-answer?

I've not fooled around with the mixmaster yet(going to probably on my off days this week, as a matter of fact), but what is a waypoint?

I think Jeff has stumbled upon a serious peice of the game, considered flaw? hmm...I've never heard anything from the VIP about fireworks either now that I think about it.

Well, I don't think it's a flaw because it's entirely possible to do.

I think it is just another cryptic, not thought out, half-assed piece of the game.

I just did as I described above and got the credit for showing the V.I.P. the fireworks in that scenario.

How do you do a fireworks show? I tried it once, and I got totally lost.

Load it and plop it down. I sure as hell don't have the time or desire to mess with it (and being similar to After Effects, Flash, or general video editing, I actually get it).

Yeah, I have to agree. It's about as mundane as "entertainment" can get. If I want to work in that sort of NLE-styled enviroment, I'll put some music together or try to remix something in Acid/Cakewalk or edit some home movies in Vegas.

I messed with it when the game first came out for about a half hour, got roughly 9 seconds (literally, 9 seconds) of fireworks show looking pretty cool and realized it isn't worth the trouble.

Haven't stuck a fireowrks display in a park yet (except for that one scenario that requires it) and haven't opened up the fireworks editor since.

Sad that they waste time on crap like that when the rest of the game is like it is.

Its really not that hard to do a fireworks show, just load a bunch of differant effects, load firework type, click where to launch firework with what effect, and viola! after a while its pretty cool, I built a firework show to compliment Gonch's creation of Rouge. I really dislike the VIP at times.

Well, it's not hard to slap different effects haphazardly onto the timeline.

Choosing music, syncing the blasts to it in a coherent manner, and choosing firework combos that are interesting and look nice for those blasts (in other words, creating an actual show) - is a time consuming, mind numbing task that has no business in this game...

...especially with so much else that could've used the additional nurturing.

true,...i've only built that one good fireworks show! but the game is crippling enough....

You don't even need to use waypoints for completing the fireworks objective.

Just pick up the VIP and put him on the path near the fireworks. He'll spin around and walk back and forth a few times, but will eventually turn towards the fireworks, stop, and watch.

Then he becomes real moody with comments like "This fireworks show is lame" then towards the end of the show "That was awesome"

Fireworks show 3 is very good value.