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iRunTrains is a new 3D model railroad simulation application for Macintosh. You can think of iRunTrains as a virtual train set on your Mac, allowing you to control the speed and direction of multiple trains in real-time on a virtual train table. You can view your trains in a variety of fun ways and easily choose between the six included layouts.
What's New
Version 0.6:
- 3D Sound! Speed-dependent positional "choo-choo" and car sounds from each train.
- Train whistle, bell, helicopter, and other sound effects.
- Zoom
most
views in/out like a telephoto lens.
Ride the front/sides of the engine or the sides/back of the caboose.
- A seventh bundled layout called "Roundabout".
- One-key spin of your viewing angle by 180 degrees. Great for seeing what's behind you.
- Toggle focus between engine and caboose. Great for following a train in/out of sidings.
- Improved SLIF import of new terrain options introduced in RailModeller v4.0.2.
- Detailed engine wheels with moving side/coupling rods.
- Better looking terrain. Five ground textures, each in one of five colors.
- Internal optimizations to improve frame-rate performance
Version 0.6:
- 3D Sound! Speed-dependent positional "choo-choo" and car sounds from each train.
- Train whistle, bell, helicopter, and other sound effects.
- Zoom
most
views in/out like a telephoto lens.
Ride the front/sides of the engine or the sides/back of the caboose.
- A seventh bundled layout called "Roundabout".
- One-key spin of your viewing angle by 180 more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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iRunTrains User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:5,267 |
| Version Downloads:1,042 |
| Type:Games : Simulation |
| License:Free |
| Date:12 Apr 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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iRunTrains is a new 3D model railroad simulation application for Macintosh. You can think of iRunTrains as a virtual train set on your Mac, allowing you to control the speed and direction of multiple trains in real-time on a virtual train table. You can view your trains in a variety of fun ways and easily choose between the six included layouts.
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Jadco reviewed on 24 Jul 2011
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Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 06 Nov 2010
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Two problems though. When running the game my fan goes up. It uses very much CPU power! Why is that? It's just a very simple game! Is it PPC and does it use Rosetta? Another minor glitch is zooming. When I press "-" it zooms in and "+" it zooms out. It should be the opposite! The same with "arrow left" and "arrow right". The landscape always turns in the wrong direction! However: This is a great game!
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It's normal for iRunTrains to load the CPU and fan, but the extent will vary by machine. Despite its (still) relatively simple appearance, a lot of vertices are being pushed through the video card at up to 30 frames/second which creates a lot of load. Fortunately, there is some room for optimization and much of that will be implemented in the next release. iRunTrains is already PPC/Intel native and does not use Rosetta.
The +/- keys are actually controlling your viewing distance/height, not zoom ... hence the functionality. For the next release, we will add an optional preference to reverse these (as well as the mouse and arrow inputs) to better suit each user's preference.
Glad you like iRunTrains, despite these growing pains. All are invited to submit their questions and feedback on our main blog that's linked from http://iRunTrains.com. We check it frequently than we check MacUpdate.
Thanks!
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How's about a proper interface. Don't call me, I'll call you (next century).
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piccobello rated on 14 Apr 2011
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Iruntrains rated on 18 Dec 2010