Highball Sim

Released in December 2017, the Steam Simulator officially turned 5 years old in December 2022. A retrospective: computers and tech move fast, and a lot happened in 5 years. Apple released four iPhones since then, and game engines improved too. The Simulator was built on Unity 5, which was the latest at the time, and the Sim did look “mostly” photorealistic…for 2017. So, while I do think it looked good for its time, it is definitely showing its age when compared to the latest game engines. To celebrate its big milestone birthday, the Simulator is now available at only $19. […]

I’ve been getting increasingly more requests for news on the sim, and that’s totally justifiable because the last news was over a year ago! The simple answer to why there’s been no news is because: there’s no news. I haven’t worked on the sim since last year, and honestly, I don’t even have the development computer at the moment. The research of the historical Disneyland is daunting, as well as not having any free time, basically leaves the sim as is. I’ve looked into hiring outside help for modeling, but there really is no interests. Sorry for the not so […]

We demo the new fireman feature, both the expert and the novice guys, by taking a quick trip between the roundhouse and Main Street Station. We also cover tips and tricks, such as when to order commands, and why you might want to use the override commands:

Enjoy listening to me ramble on about configuring the new interactive fireman! In the next video, we’ll actually take a quick trip with the fireman and see how well we do!

This is a non-mandatory update 1.0.2a to fix minor issues found in the 1.0.2 release: Fixed conductor and cab bell not resetting Fixed heat effect setting not being applied on ranch map Moved animated people away from tracks on ranch map The update is now available, and you can get the latest version by re-downloading the Simulator as always.

The Simulator’s 1.0.2 update has been released! You can get it by re-downloading the program using the same link found in your original purchase email. For Windows, the installer will replace and update all the files necessary. For macOS, simply replace the old version with the new one. Take a look at the release notes here for a list of updates and changes (there’s also been a couple of additions to the list since the original post). Don’t forget that the manual has been updated as well to address the new features. From today, if you order the printed Sim […]

The test builds of update 1.0.2 are running well so far. Only one or two bugs were identified and are being hunted down this weekend. I’m finishing up with the packaging of both Windows installer and macOS images, and updating the manual, then we’re good to go! When the update is uploaded and live, it will be announced here on this blog. So now that we’re code freezing the update, here’s the final list of new features and changes: VERSION 1.0.2, released 2019-06 NEW! Added interactive fireman feature. Active by pressing the F4 key NEW! Added hydrostatic lubricator oil metering droplet […]