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Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by y1n0 »

simondotau wrote: post #58
nomel wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2026 Steam hardware survey [1]: Windows: 94.10% Linux: 3.68% macOS: 2.21% [1] Click the "OS Version" row to expand the table, https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

Something of a self-reinforcing statistic. Steam is rarely installed on Mac because there’s hardly any point doing so.

Steam needs a statistic for Wine/crossover. I play tons of games on my mac via steam through crossover. It's crazy that multiple layers of translation work so well.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by ShinyLeftPad »

culi wrote: post #119

The dev is a person from Indonesia (Rizky Nova) who's device has 16GB of ram. Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome. This couldn't have happened 10 years ago.

> Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome

... and paying Epic 5% of all lifetime profit is a blessing too (if he makes money appropriate for "the best train sim ever made")

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by klntsky »

ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #142
culi wrote: post #119

The dev is a person from Indonesia (Rizky Nova) who's device has 16GB of ram. Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome. This couldn't have happened 10 years ago.

> Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome ... and paying Epic 5% of all lifetime profit is a blessing too (if he makes money appropriate for "the best train sim ever made")

That is fair for something that makes the game possible in the first place.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by ColdStream »

culi wrote: post #119

The dev is a person from Indonesia (Rizky Nova) who's device has 16GB of ram. Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome. This couldn't have happened 10 years ago.

I have said it for a few years now. If Epic ever decided to go public on the stock market, I would throw a significant amount of my savings at them. Their technology is astounding.

Yes, some games have some issues but it really seems like that is a problem of developers not knowing when to say 'No!' to the giant tool kit they have been provided.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by mouse-5346 »

ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #142
culi wrote: post #119

The dev is a person from Indonesia (Rizky Nova) who's device has 16GB of ram. Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome. This couldn't have happened 10 years ago.

> Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome ... and paying Epic 5% of all lifetime profit is a blessing too (if he makes money appropriate for "the best train sim ever made")

I mean, if he makes a boatload of money then it's fine if a fraction of it goes to the engine. When his immediate needs are met, he can choose to either stay with unreal or move to an alternative later on without cost pressures.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by ColdStream »

denkmoon wrote: post #44
Insanity wrote: post #14

I never got the appeal for these sim games. From the screenshots, it looks like a beautiful game and I guess I could enjoy the visuals for an hour or 2. But I don't see how it'd entertain me for hours on end. If someone here is into these sim games, what's the reason you keep going back to them?

The simple pleasure of a job well done, even if the job is completely imaginary, because my real job is complex and stupid. Driving the train is a little technical, but not overwhelmingly so. You need to pay attention to the gradient, speed, train weight and rail slipperiness to brake with perfect accuracy every time you come to a station. Signalling is not overly complex but you can benefit from tabbing over to a re…

It hits that mid point between complexity and simplicity. You can kind of chill out but without the process becoming too mundane.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by ColdStream »

youngNed wrote: post #21
Insanity wrote: post #14

I never got the appeal for these sim games. From the screenshots, it looks like a beautiful game and I guess I could enjoy the visuals for an hour or 2. But I don't see how it'd entertain me for hours on end. If someone here is into these sim games, what's the reason you keep going back to them?

for me its the abilty to 'switch off' I play Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ets) and its my happy place, its just zen, Sometimes i will have a plugin that will get me local radio stations and i will cruise through italy and greece listening to talk shows in languages i don't understand, sometimes i will do it listening to the rumble of the truck, and i switch off, and allow my thoughts to run free. I've recently started get…

I never thought of mixing that with local radio. That sounds wonderful.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by pjmlp »

ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #142
culi wrote: post #119

The dev is a person from Indonesia (Rizky Nova) who's device has 16GB of ram. Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome. This couldn't have happened 10 years ago.

> Being able to use the Unreal Engine for free to develop this is awesome ... and paying Epic 5% of all lifetime profit is a blessing too (if he makes money appropriate for "the best train sim ever made")

Unreal devs have bills to pay as well.

We already know what happens in Nebraska.

Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

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Post by ColdStream »

wccrawford wrote: post #68
Insanity wrote: post #14

I never got the appeal for these sim games. From the screenshots, it looks like a beautiful game and I guess I could enjoy the visuals for an hour or 2. But I don't see how it'd entertain me for hours on end. If someone here is into these sim games, what's the reason you keep going back to them?

I started playing Farm Simulator 2025 recently because a friend wanted me to. Even now, I really long for a proper game with progression, etc. But it's really just a way to drive machines. And I find myself wanting to do that, even without the progression I crave from a game. But then I also feel like I'm massively wasting my time, and I could be playing other games, getting stuff done around the house, or just readi…

Maybe that is the lesson. No matter how much we wish to progress, we just have to accept the stasis of the world. There will always be more to do.
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