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« on: September 25, 2017, 14:02:41 »
.......make sure you follow the instructions given in the i button link in the top RHS of the screen and that you have the sound on.  Enjoy..... Wink

http://alexanderperrin.com.au/paper/shorttrip/

....and don't forget to stop at the stations......
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2017, 14:15:54 »
Fantastic! That's some gradient for a non-rack and pinion  Cheesy

Who knew cats were so talented?
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2017, 20:39:44 »
Have you noticed the attention to the details such as the pantograph maintaining contact with the wire, passengers lurching as the car is accelerating or decelerating and the station clock displaying 'real time'?
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2017, 21:55:39 »
Loved it.  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2017, 22:50:33 »
Brilliant!  Grin
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2017, 23:54:25 »
Me too!
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2017, 09:04:18 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on September 25, 2017, 20:39:44
Have you noticed the attention to the details such as the pantograph maintaining contact with the wire, passengers lurching as the car is accelerating or decelerating and the station clock displaying 'real time'?

But the pantograph isn't turned each time it reverses.....
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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2017, 09:32:22 »
I am addicted already.
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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2017, 09:56:55 »
The illustration is lovely. The buildings don't look like my idea of Australia, but then I've never actually been there.
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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2017, 13:07:02 »
Quote from: Alan Pettitt on September 26, 2017, 09:32:22
I am addicted already.

Yes, it's amazing how much difference it makes just giving you two buttons to play with! (Compare his similar pure animation "Noirmittens".) Clearly he is a man whose mind moves in mysterious ways, as indeed do the cats he draws.

Sadly it didn't run on my tablet; no doubt it (or its Android) now rates as "old", and this is one of the "few known issues particularly relating to Android support" he refers to.
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2017, 14:17:06 »
It certainly runs fine on Android Nougat (version 7.1.2).
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