{"id":1330,"date":"2023-01-27T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2023-01-27T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:22:44","slug":"disneyland-railroad-steam-simulator-turns-5-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/disneyland-railroad-steam-simulator-turns-5-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland Railroad Steam Simulator turns 5 years old!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Released in December 2017, the Steam Simulator officially turned 5 years old in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &#8220;mostly&#8221; photorealistic&#8230;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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-12-10-00_08_04-Greenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photorealistic cab of the EP Ripley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To celebrate its big milestone birthday, the Simulator is now available at only $19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not have any updates planned for the Simulator at the moment, and porting the Sim into a new engine is only a daydream for now. This new price also reflects its legacy status. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelandweb.com\/dlrr\/images\/nos\/50s\/LgBWNeg55_7_N12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"445\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CK Holliday at Frontierland Station, 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-12-09-22_22_38-Greenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steam Simulator&#8217;s recreation of the above photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Maybe one day I will get back into rebuilding it &#8220;from the ground up&#8221; with the newest tech. But, at least now that it&#8217;s an older game, it should run pretty on most modern hardware!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-12-09-19_08_48-Greenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It may be old, but where else can you fire and pull the original Disneyland Railroad engines, other than getting a job at the park?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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