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Title: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on May 31, 2013, 09:09:50 pm
This is the update thread for the (R) to Forest Hills.

I am the official developer of this line along with my contributing developers, JayJay85, Mr Railfan, ipaclansite, Phantom909, and Imanuel.

Before I start flooding you guys with screenshots, I just want to get this message out to everyone:
These screenshots are BETA screenshots. They do NOT represent our final build. There will be mistakes in here. And some of these mistakes are put in here intentionally for testing purposes.

[EDIT] For those of you thinking "?? who are you?" - I am Lashrathius, a Head Admin at OpenBVE Connection. I was given this project to finish by Imanuel and Mr Railfan back in Feb. and am currently working on retexturing the skeleton.

With that said, on with the preview !


These tunnels features custom objects using textures I have made from scratch. Here is one of them:

(http://i.imgur.com/Fha8Usk.png)

This is Whitehall Street South Ferry Station:

(http://i.imgur.com/JJxFSMF.jpg)

And finally, an R46 standing by at 95th Street Station ready to depart for Forest Hills.

(http://i.imgur.com/IZCLaFV.jpg)


That is all for now. I will keep this thread updated from time to time. Expect updates a few times a week.

Enjoy !

~ Lash
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: R42Awesome44 on May 31, 2013, 09:54:14 pm
Ok.....
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Haven on May 31, 2013, 10:31:23 pm
Great job man. Keep it up!!
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: bnjypov on June 02, 2013, 10:14:01 am
Looks great!  Just a suggestion- NYCTA is changing the lights in the tunnels to CFL's to save energy, maybe make the tunnel lights whiter to resemble them?
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: BStyles on June 02, 2013, 11:13:40 am
A lightbulb is a lightbulb. That is a really small and unnecessary move, considering the bigger picture of things, which is the overall development of the line. Great job on the R so far, Lash.

BStyles
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Dj Hammers on June 02, 2013, 11:45:18 am
Looks great!  Just a suggestion- NYCTA is changing the lights in the tunnels to CFL's to save energy, maybe make the tunnel lights whiter to resemble them?
Recently, the MTA has actually been installing LED fixtures instead of CFLs.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on June 02, 2013, 11:57:53 am
Recently, the MTA has actually been installing LED fixtures instead of CFLs.

LED lightbulbs are actually part of the custom textures I am making. The line will feature rectangular, small, white LED lights for the Manhattan borough.

[ Edit : This is one of the pictures I am using as a guide:
http://clearvulighting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Clear-Vu-LED-lighting-NYCT-Tunnel.jpg (http://clearvulighting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Clear-Vu-LED-lighting-NYCT-Tunnel.jpg) ]
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Mr Railfan on June 02, 2013, 01:16:32 pm
Those are construction lights and not permanent fixtures.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on June 02, 2013, 02:01:17 pm
Those are construction lights and not permanent fixtures.

I know - I'm basing the white rectangular LED lights off of those (unless it's already in LisaRaye2). The permanent placement of the lights will be way further apart than those construction lights.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Dj Hammers on June 02, 2013, 03:32:27 pm
Wait I understand what you are talking about.

Permanent horizontal tunnel lights like in this video at 0:06  are actually florescent tubes, not LED arrays:
R42 Z Train RFW Footage - Jamaica Center-Broad Street (2013) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2qDYWyVYok#ws)
If you pause and look closely, you can see the mounting hardware for the tubes. It juts out from the tunnel wall pretty prominently.

Bulb-style tunnel lights used in the NYC Subway can be either LED, CFL, or Incandescent. Incandescent lights are a warm yellow, and CFL and LED lights are white with a slight yellow tint (Because of steel dust).
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on June 02, 2013, 03:52:35 pm
Oh understood. My mistake. I think I'm going to use the incandescent lights for the boroughs that are not using florescent lights then.

I'm assuming these are incandescent lights?
(http://mta.info/nyct/facts/images/tunnel_lighting.jpg)
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Dj Hammers on June 02, 2013, 07:08:49 pm
Yes. Those orange lights are all incandescent tunnel lights. Keep in mind that these lights have shrouds on them in some sections of tunnel. Those blue lights are also incandescent, they are emergency telephone indicator lights.

The type of lighting varies even along a single trunk line. See if you can find RFW footage on YouTube that shows the tunnel you are aiming to model.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: bnjypov on June 03, 2013, 09:04:11 pm
Oh understood. My mistake. I think I'm going to use the incandescent lights for the boroughs that are not using florescent lights then.

I'm assuming these are incandescent lights?
(http://mta.info/nyct/facts/images/tunnel_lighting.jpg)

Yep but like I said they're all for the most part CFLs or LEDs now.  The lights on the current D line (Not sure what object folder that is offhand) resemble today's tunnel lights pretty well.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: trainbrain on June 04, 2013, 06:57:33 am
Great job with this Lashrathorus. Can't wait to drive this route!
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on June 10, 2013, 05:11:55 pm
Update:

1. Fixed the orange lights to white lights.

2. Made an upside down blue exit light to replace the blue box.

3. Updated station form to a photo bitmap for max realism.

4. Overall bug fixes.

Screenshots coming soon.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on June 16, 2013, 12:31:15 am
A bit of eye candy for a Sunday morning....

(http://i.imgur.com/K5BpTbC.jpg)
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: ghosttarin on June 24, 2013, 11:50:08 pm
this route is going to come out nice
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on July 07, 2013, 02:31:33 pm
While in Manhattan, I took exactly 449 photos of the (R) and (N), including the smallest details such as how clean the yellow platform edges look at each station. Another example is the "wear and tear" of each of the stations. This will all be included in the final release of the (R).

Yes - I am saying the (R) I am developing will feature a custom object pack that contains some of the textures I took myself. One example is the screenshot posted above with the custom yellow station edge.

Screenshots / video coming soon !


~ Lash
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on July 09, 2013, 01:28:27 am
Extensive preview of the Queens-bound (R). I'll set an official release date when I head further towards the completion of this route.


Welcome to Whitehall Street

(http://i.imgur.com/vcHXI4i.jpg)

23rd Street. Note: I am currently working on this station. It is NOT this empty...

(http://i.imgur.com/M0X2eXH.jpg)

Here are some HD floor textures of 95th Street:

(http://i.imgur.com/BciyNFo.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/TNwTIBy.jpg)

More screenshots coming! I'll keep covering this thread with screenshots as I go along.
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Lashrathorus on August 08, 2013, 02:38:15 pm
Giving you some updates to the N/B (R) via Montague Tunnel (the original non-fastrack route)


Stations: COMPLETELY redone to 5th Gen Objects

(http://i.imgur.com/1wX3kf6.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/2b74NBy.jpg)
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: Mkoyf on August 08, 2013, 03:09:58 pm
This is really cool!! keep up the awesome work
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: PSR46 on June 23, 2016, 01:20:29 pm
when is this project gonna be done?
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: SimCentral on June 23, 2016, 05:10:58 pm
I Dont think its being developed by this person anymore
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: ProjectAce on March 15, 2017, 04:29:25 pm
I Dont think its being developed by this person anymore

Can BStyles confirm this? Thanks
Title: Re: (WIP) NYCT-R to Forest Hills Official Update Thread
Post by: BStyles on March 17, 2017, 01:20:01 pm
The R is being worked on by ARome, and the BVEStation staff. Please refrain from commenting on topics over 120 days old.

BStyles