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[BenTheMiner]

4 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

Sadly, not all other routes use R143 because of missing characters on the displays...

The , ,  and  ran them, some were signed as  Shuttle... but they've rarely been on the since the used R160s and R179s often, and back then it used R110B, but I don't think I was able to upload the R110B Side and/or overhead for it, so the R110B displays are not available unless I upload those first. 

R143 never ran on the C, nor did it have any reason to. For route characters, I've been able to get A, J, L, M, S, V, and Z. I'm missing just a few destination font characters.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

Not even once, sorry to say, it would have been probably too rare to even think about it. Mostly, the destinations were often missing a bit of letters or numbers, but not the route...

Edited June 27, 2021 by K Train 8 Av-Fulton

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

R179 Side Exterior:

BEDFORD PARK BLVD

8 AV LOCAL

VIA CONCOURSE

Note: The "via" was actually thinner.

 

R179 Overhead:

TO BEDFORD PK BLVD

THE NEXT STOP IS

23 ST

 11:05 AM

[BenTheMiner]

3 hours ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

R179 Side Exterior:

BEDFORD PARK BLVD

8 AV LOCAL

VIA CONCOURSE

Note: The "via" was actually thinner.

 

R179 Overhead:

TO BEDFORD PK BLVD

THE NEXT STOP IS

23 ST

 11:05 AM

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

If R143 trains did exist, then I would have suggested that, too, but I'll wait until later.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

I wonder what R143 Train signs would look like... if that depends...

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

For the R143 fonts, I think it was missing the  for the route... if that was there, I'd suggest that too...

I think it was displaying a route for some reason.

Edited June 29, 2021 by K Train 8 Av-Fulton

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

To be fair, I found the fonts myself in FontStruct, all the letters for the routes and destinations are there for the R143/R160/R179 exteriors and interiors, but were made by another account.

Edited June 29, 2021 by K Train 8 Av-Fulton

[BenTheMiner]

9 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

For the R143 fonts, I think it was missing the  for the route... if that was there, I'd suggest that too...

I think it was displaying a route for some reason.

What do you mean?

[BenTheMiner]

2 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

To be fair, I found the fonts myself in FontStruct, all the letters for the routes and destinations are there for the R143/R160/R179 exteriors and interiors, but were made by another account.

Those fonts are not accurate and the route characters that haven't been seen were likely guessed.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

I already know the R143s never ran the  for any reason either, but the display seemed unexpected, and I think I would suggest the displays for the car on that route later today...

[BenTheMiner]

Just now, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

I already know the R143s never ran the  for any reason either, but the display seemed unexpected, and I think I would suggest the displays for the car on that route later today...

If possible, I'd like to see someone codebreak the R143 to get the side sign fonts. Someone already has; I'm just hoping that the remaining characters and routes are displayed.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

I hope so, as well... there was someone who did a code-break for the route on the R160, which I would like to see on an R143 as well, if necessary:

 

R143 Exterior:

 CHURCH AV

CROSSTOWN LOCAL

Note: I would consider leaving "QUEENS BLVD LOCAL" out of this since the no longer runs that line.

 

R143 Overhead:

 TO CHURCH AV

 THE NEXT STOP IS

 FLUSHING AV

 8:53 PM

 

Another note: I'm not having confusion with this: The number of cars the has was very short, yet it doesn't carry enough passengers. If only that line had a fleet with more cars, maybe then more passengers would board the train on that line. Ignore why I asked for this, I wouldn't want anyone else knowing.

[BenTheMiner]

1 minute ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

I hope so, as well... there was someone who did a code-break for the route on the R160, which I would like to see on an R143 as well, if necessary:

 

R143 Exterior:

 CHURCH AV

CROSSTOWN LOCAL

Note: I would consider leaving "QUEENS BLVD LOCAL" out of this since the no longer runs that line.

 

R143 Overhead:

 TO CHURCH AV

 THE NEXT STOP IS

 FLUSHING AV

 8:53 PM

 

Another note: I'm not having confusion with this: The number of cars the has was very short, yet it doesn't carry enough passengers. If only that line had a fleet with more cars, maybe then more passengers would board the train on that line. Ignore why I asked for this, I wouldn't want anyone else knowing.

That's a cool codebreak. I haven't seen it, though. For now, I'll make the overhead.

[BenTheMiner]

2 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

I hope so, as well... there was someone who did a code-break for the route on the R160, which I would like to see on an R143 as well, if necessary:

 

R143 Exterior:

 CHURCH AV

CROSSTOWN LOCAL

Note: I would consider leaving "QUEENS BLVD LOCAL" out of this since the no longer runs that line.

 

R143 Overhead:

 TO CHURCH AV

 THE NEXT STOP IS

 FLUSHING AV

 8:53 PM

 

Another note: I'm not having confusion with this: The number of cars the has was very short, yet it doesn't carry enough passengers. If only that line had a fleet with more cars, maybe then more passengers would board the train on that line. Ignore why I asked for this, I wouldn't want anyone else knowing.

Found the video, turns it out was an April Fools video, lol. The overhead seems to be real, though. So I unfortunately won't be able to make the side sign but I can still make the overhead since my R143 overhead is complete. I'll be sending it here soon.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

To consider it possible, nyctrman came up with the R143 Train video in the OpenBVE version.

This will be the link for it just to get that display:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8byZdUchog

 

[BenTheMiner]

1 minute ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

To consider it possible, nyctrman came up with the R143 Train video in the OpenBVE version.

This will be the link for it just to get that display:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8byZdUchog

 

The signs are from an R160, so that won't work.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

Alright, so I found the R160 exterior and it looks like this:

 

And I found the R160 overhead, which looks like this:

[BenTheMiner]

Just now, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

Alright, so I found the R160 exterior and it looks like this:

 

And I found the R160 overhead, which looks like this:

Yes... what's your point?

[BenTheMiner]

13 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

R143 Overhead:

 TO CHURCH AV

 THE NEXT STOP IS

 FLUSHING AV

 8:53 PM

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

Let's try something else:

R143 Template:

 FOREST HILLS-71 AV

 6 AV LOCAL/63 ST

 QUEENS BLVD LOCAL

 

R143 Overhead:

TO FOREST HILLS-71 AV

THE NEXT STOP IS

21 ST-QUEENSBRIDGE

9:51 AM

 

Note: I would suggest you should do the overhead of this first. If I suggested the Brown M version for it, then I would've picked a different destination for it, now would I?

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

If I remember correctly, several YouTubers caught R143  trains within the past years, which was a very rare sight.

It would have been cool if the R143 was common since it became common for the  , and  lines.

[BenTheMiner]

36 minutes ago, K Train 8 Av-Fulton said:

R143 Template:

 FOREST HILLS-71 AV

 6 AV LOCAL/63 ST

 QUEENS BLVD LOCAL

 

R143 Overhead:

TO FOREST HILLS-71 AV

THE NEXT STOP IS

21 ST-QUEENSBRIDGE

9:51 AM

I had to shorten the R143 side text a bit since it wouldn't fit:

Edited June 29, 2021 by BenTheMiner

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

I think I'll let you get to work on the R160 overhead and exterior, for now... good luck.

[K Train 8 Av-Fulton]

R179 Exterior:

 ASTORIA-DITMARS

 BROADWAY LOCAL

 ASTORIA LOCAL

 

R179 Overhead:

TO DITMARS BLVD

THE NEXT STOP IS

CITY HALL

7:37 AM