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BVE => NYCTA Projects => Topic started by: trainbrain on May 24, 2013, 06:42:39 pm

Title: (WIP) JFK Express Development thread
Post by: trainbrain on May 24, 2013, 06:42:39 pm
I am announcing another of my projects starting now:

While I test ATO plugin systems and build the train for my (T) line, I will be starting

the JFK Express
(a.k.a Train to the Plane)

I thought this route would be a welcome addition to the BVE routes we have.

Anybody willing to assist is welcome, simply drop me a PM or email trainbrain@outlook.com.

My estimated release date is mid- to late-summer, however it may be released before or after that date depending on how long it takes and how much time I have.

Station textures for the 8th Ave Line south of West 4th Street and the Fulton Street line between High Street and Rockaway Blvd would be appreciated.

Screenshots will be posted here as work progresses.

-trainbrain
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Failsafe on May 24, 2013, 11:06:11 pm
Yes, yes , yes! Im sorry to sound like a foamer right now, but thank god your doing this route!, Ive been looking foward to this route for a long time.

(BTW The JFK Express skips many stops, the biggest is From Jay street to Howard Beach) Heres a map to help you out: http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1987.gif (http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1987.gif)

Good Luck!
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Failsafe on May 24, 2013, 11:13:28 pm
You Can Also Use This Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_Express
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Mr Railfan on May 25, 2013, 02:19:15 pm
For you to make this, you're going to need a hell of a lot of experience coding and a lot of time. Now i'm not doubting you, but i can't even create a route like this (i would have made one if i could).  You would basically have to merge the new Q via 6 av Scenario(will be released with Q v8), run it local after W4 (on the F) , code all the way to jay street from w4 (knowing the correct distances and signaling), and then merge it with the A line file to Howard beach.
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: bigbellymon4 on May 25, 2013, 08:05:08 pm
Good luck but like Mr. Railfan said, it gonna take alot of your time, Especially the junction between west 4 and spring street. Although these track maps are not official, you can use to help you complete the area:  http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/trackmap/detail-w4.png (http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/trackmap/detail-w4.png)
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Threxx1 on May 27, 2013, 10:05:40 am
I am announcing another of my projects starting now:

While I test ATO plugin systems and build the train for my (T) line, I will be starting

the JFK Express
(a.k.a Train to the Plane)

I thought this route would be a welcome addition to the BVE routes we have.

Anybody willing to assist is welcome, simply drop me a PM or email trainbrain@outlook.com.

My estimated release date is mid- to late-summer, however it may be released before or after that date depending on how long it takes and how much time I have.

Station textures for the 8th Ave Line south of West 4th Street and the Fulton Street line between High Street and Rockaway Blvd would be appreciated.

Screenshots will be posted here as work progresses.

-trainbrain

The updated (A) and (C) lines are in development, it may help to wait for those to get the textures.
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: trainbrain on May 29, 2013, 12:39:29 pm
For you to make this, you're going to need a hell of a lot of experience coding and a lot of time. Now i'm not doubting you, but i can't even create a route like this (i would have made one if i could).  You would basically have to merge the new Q via 6 av Scenario(will be released with Q v8), run it local after W4 (on the F) , code all the way to jay street from w4 (knowing the correct distances and signaling), and then merge it with the A line file to Howard beach.

Yea I know, that was my plan. (here goes nothing) lol
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: trainbrain on May 29, 2013, 04:41:49 pm
For you to make this, you're going to need a hell of a lot of experience coding and a lot of time. Now i'm not doubting you, but i can't even create a route like this (i would have made one if i could).  You would basically have to merge the new Q via 6 av Scenario(will be released with Q v8), run it local after W4 (on the F) , code all the way to jay street from w4 (knowing the correct distances and signaling), and then merge it with the A line file to Howard beach.

I have to merge the (Q) with the (C) at West 4, which involves coding AB1 track, the connection between 6th and 8th. Then I switch to the (A) at Jay and use that track to Howard Beach-JFK.

The updated (A) and (C) lines are in development, it may help to wait for those to get the textures.

Who is developing those routes? Maybe they have textures and I will PM them. I got the Bway Junction textures last weekend, as I was forced to go there because the (L) was shut down.
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Also, since the JFK Express used R46s before GOH, perhaps we can update the R46 to make it a pre-GOH model and give it THIS look. I know error46146 said something about this in early Spring when the Bicentennial R46 was released.

(http://images.nycsubway.org/i62000/img_62416.jpg)

(http://images.nycsubway.org/i5000/img_5708.jpg)

(http://images.nycsubway.org/i115000/img_115464.jpg)

Just a thought.

Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Threxx1 on June 02, 2013, 05:27:19 pm
Who is developing those routes? Maybe they have textures and I will PM them. I got the Bway Junction textures last weekend, as I was forced to go there because the (L) was shut down.

Blue18 was one of the developers on that project.
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: trainbrain on June 04, 2013, 07:38:40 pm
The first screenshots are out...I will, as you can see, be updating the route with brand new HQ objects.
All these shots are of Broadway Junction East NY station and contain new track, photoreal stations and new station platform forms.

(http://oi43.tinypic.com/a5jn9i.jpg)

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/ddm64w.jpg)

(http://oi40.tinypic.com/aka592.jpg)

More eye candy on the way soon.
--Trainbrain
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: Mr Railfan on June 04, 2013, 10:34:28 pm
Nice, but you should try and make the wall textures nearly equivalent on both sides, so they blend into each other like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/oDUluE3.png)
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: bigbellymon4 on June 05, 2013, 07:02:11 am
to make them blend, they would have to be straight shots. Your shots @trainbrain were taken at an angle without you realizing.
Title: Re: JFK Express: Official development thread
Post by: trainbrain on June 05, 2013, 03:24:09 pm
to make them blend, they would have to be straight shots. Your shots @trainbrain were taken at an angle without you realizing.

Well actually bigbellymon4 I do, and did realize that those shots were at an angle. They are simply BETA placeholders. Soon they will be replaced with HQ shots, with no angle.