I've always been curious to know what that software that theme parks use to announce roller coasters Like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKbEEpDI4Aw

A game engine or Maya is my bet.

^ maybe it's rollercoaster tycoon?

Edited October 20, 201411 yr by bladex

Definitely not a game engine, they are animations. I recall an article years and years ago that was possibly linked through TPR - if I remember correctly they are (or were, may have changed now) done by a single animator.

Game engines (mainly Unity) are actually quite commonly used to create animations like this. However, that's mainly when you want some sort of interactive component. So it'll most likely be some kind of complex animation software.

3D Studio max.

I heard somewhere it's NoLimits Pro, which is a version only distributed to theme park companies.

You mean the pro version that you can buy directly from their site?

http://www.nolimitscoaster.com/buynow.php

Possibly. I'm not sure about that but they do give it to theme park companies.

Impact Multimedia created the animated Storm coaster for Sea World's advertising campaign.