Poly count of a PC ride

[davaze]

Just wondering how much the poly count of an pre-existing ride in PC is (for example the Rocktopus). Currently the limit is at 8000 if i'm correct but i cannot imagine a ride being under this value. I know rides are not possible due to its complexity and i can imagine that. However it would still be possible to model rides as a stand alone animated scenery piece, though with the current limit of poly count i wonder if it is even possible to do. That's the reason i'm curious about the poly count of existing rides in PC. I would love to try to model a ride or even convert some of my rides created for TPS (Theme Park Studio) and import it into PC.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Inspector G.]

Most of the details are made with normal maps eg. faked impression of a 3D feature.
I normally create a high poly model and bake the details via normal map on a low poly version of the model.
In this case, you need just basic shapes at the end. I think a ride would be totally possible within the 8k limit, but the 8x8 meter restricting is the bottleneck. There are not many rides, except kiddie rides which are inside such a small space.

 

[FunrirWoulfe]

With the 8x8x8 limit you'd have to make a "faux" ride in parts, think along the lines of a traveling fair, where they have to take apart a ride to fit in a simi trailer or on a simi flatbed, then put it back together in a new location, I'm sure someone can figure out how to make it doable, just be a long complex build this way

 

[RedHair]

With the 8x8x8 limit you'd have to make a "faux" ride in parts, think along the lines of a traveling fair, where they have to take apart a ride to fit in a simi trailer or on a simi flatbed, then put it back together in a new location, I'm sure someone can figure out how to make it doable, just be a long complex build this way

Hopefully I'm not thinking too simple:
Create model, it's too big...
Delete parts of the model,
Reload model, delete other parts,
Reload model, delete other parts,

Until it fits, 3-4 models should be enough, right?

 

[FunrirWoulfe]

Lets say you want to make a mini-golf course... make it in sections, like 18 parts, like a giant puzzle, this hole goes this way, that hole goes the other way, that way you don't have to worry about how big it is...

Or you want to make a big merry go round, cut it into 1/4th, see what I mean now ?

 

[davaze]

Doing a ride in multiple parts would be a problem as you will not be able to animate it. I still have doubts being able to model a complete ride in just 8k limit. Also the dimension limit is a problem. Just imagine modeling one car then multiply that with the total amount of cars on a ride. Then you still need to model the ride itself. I really wonder what the polycount of a in game ride really is. Just curious

 

[Asgaurd]

This 8x8x8 Limit makes no sense at all, if it was a triangle based limit then fine that makes sense , but seeing that planet coaster does not let you scale assets, its pointless. All game engines work on the number of polys or tris in a viewable scene, The thing is if you have a massive building that the camera s looking at with rides behind it , that massive low poly building actually saves render times. it seems to be a artificial limit for some reason. unless they are trying to gentle nudge us in to making small assets. (I was nearly on topic