{"id":809,"date":"2014-10-02T21:27:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T05:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.wordpress.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2015-06-18T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T20:33:19","slug":"a-whole-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/a-whole-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":"a whole new world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make a steam engine from scratch, like baking an apple pie, first you must first invent the universe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7s664NsLeFM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So in addition to writing my own physics for the steam engine, I&#8217;ve also created a model of the world, because presumably you&#8217;ll want to see the world outside from the cab windows.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, it&#8217;s quite a bit like building a table top model railroad! Place the tracks, plant some trees, shape the hills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/2014-10-02-08_26_06-greenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-810\" src=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/2014-10-02-08_26_06-greenshot.png?w=500\" alt=\"2014-10-02 08_26_06-Greenshot\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The track is about 2.5 miles long&#8212;quite a bit longer than the Disneyland tracks. This gives me plenty of room to stretch the Holliday&#8217;s legs and run tests.<\/p>\n<p>I plan on including this test track with the simulator, so you can have some variety and try running her in a different environment (like experiencing <em>left<\/em> turns!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/2014-10-02-08_26_52-greenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-811\" src=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/2014-10-02-08_26_52-greenshot.png?w=500\" alt=\"2014-10-02 08_26_52-Greenshot\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that the sim&#8217;s focus is <em>inside<\/em> the cab and the engine. The world view is only meant to give you a basic idea of how the engine is traveling, so it won&#8217;t be elaborate set pieces nor external views of the train. For that, there are other train &#8220;sims&#8221; that fulfill that role.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make a steam engine from scratch, like baking an apple pie, first you must first invent the universe. So in addition to writing my own physics for the steam engine, I&#8217;ve also created a model of the world, because &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/a-whole-new-world\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-simulator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}