Ride height restrictions

Jaseypea · Nov 30, 2015

I haven't seen anything similar posted, but sorry if this has been raised before.

I think it would be interesting if based on the intensity of the ride the game generated height restrictions and/or you had to be a certain age to go on the ride. Given that the game has children of different ages as guests, it would be fun to make sections of the park that appeal to children, and it would actually encourage you to build low intensity coasters that still had high excitement, or as suggested in a recent Planet Coaster video, allow you to customize the intensity of flat rides to fit with what the guests want.

KnoxVegas · Nov 30, 2015

I do think this would be a neat idea but I don't know if this will already be pre-implemented with the types of people, kids, juniors/teens, adults. Not sure if those classes will have anything do do with it but I don't know if they have specific heights or not? Cool idea though to bring in that realism.

The Only Zgneto · Nov 30, 2015

Maybe as a setting you can toggle, but not as an automatic thing.

Xli · Dec 2, 2015

Personally, I love seeing my rides filled with guests of all ages. I think height restrictions should only be applied to certain rides. For ex. Stand Up Roller-coasters.

pwc1 · Dec 2, 2015

Good as an option, but not a big deal to me.

darknessblade · Mar 17, 2016

the ride heigh restriction should be as large as the tallest structure on the planet. (existing now) like 4.4KM high.

this way you can recreate the mount everest and still have a coaster runing over it

Coasterfan312 · Mar 18, 2016

Height restrictions are often due to a specific coaster type's restraints (i.e. small people don't fit in them properly), although some are to prevent children from riding very thrilling rides.

I was thinking this would be an interesting feature. Even being able to place the little height marker things at ride entrances would be enough realism for me.

PS. ^ That's not what he meant by height restriction, although it is very ambiguous so I understand

I agree that the height limit should be based on how far above the surface it is though, then you technically could do that (terraforming won't go anywhere near that high though).

inspectorgadget1 · Mar 18, 2016

Perhaps say if a family has a kid(s) too small to ride a ride they can wait by the entrance with a parent whilst parent #2 gets his/her adrenaline fix. Not sure how difficult that would be to implement.

Coasterfan312 · Mar 18, 2016

inspectorgadget said:
Perhaps say if a family has a kid(s) too small to ride a ride they can wait by the entrance with a parent whilst parent #2 gets his/her adrenaline fix. Not sure how difficult that would be to implement.

Probably very, depending on how they handle groups of guests.

Nemmie · Mar 18, 2016

I think it would be really good as it will make you plan your park more as you'd have to think of catering to all your guests.
It could be based on the restraints on the ride (over the shoulder restraints not being able to come down enough for small kids) for example. And the speed, height and intensity could be taken into account too.
It would be brilliant seeing small kids going to a ride entrance and standing against the "you must be this tall to ride" sign and then throwing a tantrum when they can't go on.
It always bugged me seeing small kids in B&M Inverts, for example, so this would be great.

Jaseypea · Mar 19, 2016

Sorry for any ambiguity I did mean the height of our little guests rather than the height of the roller coaster. I always thought that in previous theme park type games that whilst guests had a range of tolerance levels for ride intensity, you never felt compelled to have a mix of less intense coasters (the challenge being still trying to make it exciting) and more intense coaster, which I think is something you see more at a real theme park (so family areas for example). I think that by having smaller guests not be allowed to go on some of the more intense rides (safety reasons due to how the restraints are designed is likely the primary reason for this) would be a great visual way to convey the need for a more balanced park. An animation of a small guest on their tip toes trying to be taller than the 'you must be this tall to ride' sign would also add some charm.

I do understand that some people would like to see all guests on the roller coasters they design, so not everyone would want this feature.

Morria · Mar 19, 2016

+1 for the idea, but don't genetrated automaticly.... With interaction of guests who can't ride on it like sad's feeling

darknessblade · Mar 20, 2016

they should make the height limit for coasters someting like 400Meter high

for example max terain height= 1000 coaster = 400
total height is 1400meter
not 1000-400= 600 meter so the limit is terain+ coaster, so you can make structures while still keeping the terain + max coaster height.

this always was a glitch in RTC 1+2+3

the terain height should be maximum 4Km height
so we can recreate the mount everest, with a coaster runing over it.

RollecoasterPipeline · Mar 20, 2016

darknessblade said:
they should make the height limit for coasters someting like 400Meter high

for example max terain height= 1000 coaster = 400
total height is 1400meter
not 1000-400= 600 meter so the limit is terain+ coaster, so you can make structures while still keeping the terain + max coaster height.

this always was a glitch in RTC 1+2+3

the terain height should be maximum 4Km height
so we can recreate the mount everest, with a coaster runing over it.

It appears you still do not understand what the OP is suggesting.

On-Topic:
Yeah, height restrictions would be nice. They definitely aren't going to be able to fit in some harnesses or the ride may be too intense for a small body. I found it rather odd in RCT3 how I could make a coaster dive underground and then come back up and do a few loops and apparently small children could ride it perfectly fine.

Saskro · Mar 20, 2016

The Only Zgneto said:
Maybe as a setting you can toggle, but not as an automatic thing.

I like the idea! But I´d also prefer if this was an option that we can turn on for some rides to add more realism.
It´s always good to have more options and fewer restrictions in the game...

danplayer01 · Apr 21, 2016

I really hope we see height restrictions, seems like something that would easily be in the game. Love this idea!

simemo · Apr 21, 2016

Can anyone confirm whether this has indeed been implemented? I swear I have several times seen a family with small children walk all the way to a larger ride, only to turn away at the ticket barrier and return without going on it. I assumed this was exactly what was happening, they couldnt go on because of the younger kids.

Riddou · Apr 21, 2016

simemo said:
Can anyone confirm whether this has indeed been implemented? I swear I have several times seen a family with small children walk all the way to a larger ride, only to turn away at the ticket barrier and return without going on it. I assumed this was exactly what was happening, they couldnt go on because of the younger kids.

i build only extreme thrill rides in my park to try to confirm, and no group with children could enter any ride.

danplayer01 · Apr 21, 2016

So it is somewhat true! Hopefully they add height signs at the ride entrances, and when the peeps get on the coasters a ride operator could come around with a pole and kick anyone off who's not tall enough. He could also be checking restraints, and then all the staff could give a thumbs up and the ride departs.

simemo · Apr 21, 2016

Ah cool, thats a pretty decent amount of realism for an Alpha, hats off Frontier! Personally, I have started to build at least one kid friendly ride next each big one to avoid disappointment.