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@Dr-Sassi thanks. I wil build it up in another way.
And sent a request to Support to add layer support for instances.

Hi Dutchbird,

You might check with Tech Support. I have no link that is alive for that.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

Sorry.

All the best

Hi figure-summer,

This Site Issue forum is for questions like, "Why can't I access the Q&A Forum?".

In the first year of version four of this forum, we handled that more loosely, but after that year, to keep the forum organized, that is no longer the case.

For questions, please share an example file with the problem.
If I see it correctly in you images, why do you have switched off Use Secondary Rays?
The shadow is colored to demo it.
CV4_2026_drs_25_RSsr_01.c4d

All the best

Hi Dutchbird,

Thank you for your reply. My personal take is that if a command or option specifies Geometry Only, I would expect only Geometry to be on. Materials are not Geometry. So your question was spot on, and not a problem on your side, IMHO. I have addressed this internally in my report. To get to that state should be one click, not two menus.

Thank you very much for your patience in that matter.

Have a great weekend.

Hi nopopoch,

Here is the 2025.3.3 version
CV4_2025_drs_25_PYsm_01.c4d

… and your version in 2025.3.3.
CV4_2025_drs_25_PYsm_11.c4d

Screenshot 2025-10-24 at 11.47.10 AM.jpg

As a side note
If dissolving is the target, perhaps this is an option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aS5cvt0_Fg

Enjoy your weekend

Thank you, entry-newspaper.

Cheers

Hi tie-version,

Here are two suggestions, whereby the first also creates the base for the second.

Create a Simulation, while the cube's start position is the final position, with some "obstacles" in the air, the fall becomes more interesting. The Gravity Force might be set twice to overcome the scene's Gravity.

Cache the Simulation Scene.
Then select the Cubes and Bake as Alembic.
Switch the Simulation Group off.
Now, create with the Retiming feature, where each cube has a reverse effect. This can be done for all at once in the same way (if all are selected) or for each cube individually.
Screenshot 2025-10-22 at 10.59.09 AM.jpg
Since they were lifted, they miss the bounce of a landing, that is the little curve on the right end. The long straight one is not physically plausible, but that is the part mostly out of the frame, I assume. After all we talk about visual expression here, correct?

The second version has harvested four positions of the group; the Rigid body is no longer needed here. With a Cloner and one Clone as outcome, while set to blend, the Palin Effector (position is off) can now, with the "Modify Clones" move the Cubes with a single slider.

Both are in the link below
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2025_PROJECTS_DRS/20251022_CV4_2026_drs_25_SIrv_01.zip

Please let me know if there are any questions.

All the best

You're very welcome, Pete!

Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback!

Yes, I was aware of your late hours, and I hope that the rest of the project will work out nicely without long evening hours.

I have left the Attribute Manager > Mode > Scene > Simulation> Scene Scale as you had it. (Many times "Scene", but that is the path) Since it was cached, I haven't made any changes. (Yes, I tested it with a 5cm scale, and got indistinguishable results compared to yours. So I left it as is.)

This is perhaps more for after the deadline to explore, but just in case:
There is a little bit of "jitter" in the spline. I have marked the three elements in Pale Blue (layer chips). Since the whole "group" moves. I was not able to place it inside (it would receive twice the motion), so it is on top.
The idea is to produce a copy of the spline, mainly to add the Delay Effector to it, and with Blend to limit the jitter. I'm not clear how that will affect the hand animation synchronization. But just in case things are needed.
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2025_PROJECTS_DRS/20251021_CV4_2025_drs_25_SIha_11.c4d.zip
Here is a simple version of it.
CV4_2026_drs_25_ANnt_01.c4d

My best wishes!

Thanks for sharing your experience, smckenzie.

Sounds good!

My best wishes for your Project

Thanks for the feedback, MaverickMongoose.

Yes it might look that way, but take that animation without the Cloner, switch on Motion Blur, and compare the results of frame 12 and 14. Use the Redshift Render, not the IPR.

Screenshot 2025-10-20 at 1.40.14 PM.jpg

My best wishes for your project

Hi selection-it,

Thank you very much. Very much appreciated.

Please let me know if you need something else for this setup.

Have a great start to your week.

Hi MaverickMongoose,

Currently, I'm not aware if that is a data conflict or a problem. I have filed a report. Which is the fastest way to get some insights, if it is an internal problem of the Rigid Body.

I replaced the Lipstick model with a simple Cylinder of a similar size. No Problems. When I move the Axis down for the editable version of the Cylinder, I can reproduce it.

What helps is to check the Ridge Body> Mass. Custom Center. (Which feels like a workaround)

Cheers

Hi Geocoy5,

Please allow access to the files.

All the best

Hi catch-place,

I invested some time into it. I can't pinpoint what is going on in the file. However, copying and pasting it into an empty file allowed me to cache the file.

I did some changes, instead of deactivating the Rigid Body, I have set the trigger to "On Collision" and used a little cube to push them out.

Next, I explored the idea of moving the keyframes to the start and cache from there, which worked as well.

In the folder below you will find the "pasted" file, cached, but also an Alembic file, merged into a C4D file, so you can test.

There is a "deactivating" mechanic in the Rigid Body, but I was not able to pinpoint it to this in a given time frame (I invested a few hours to test, as the caching of the whole file with higher sampling/step rates took quite a while with my little Mac here.

File:
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2025_PROJECTS_DRS/202610_16_CV4_2026_drs_25_MGcs_11.c4d.zip
(Textures not included)

I hope that helps.

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers

Hi ericsiegel,

Early on I read that Tahoe (unrelated to Maxon) had a lot of trouble. Hence, I have no updated, so I can't tell. If I can't reproduce it, I typically don't share things.

If you have a specific problem or question that is hardware or tech-related, that is a Tech Support Question.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

I haven't found any newer things to share about it:
https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/search?query=Tahoe

A FAQ is typically here:
https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/7464109638812-Troubleshooting-Capsules

All the best

Thank you very much for updating this, c4disstanky.

Very nice of you to take the time.

Yes, that makes sense, … memory.

My best wishes

I'm glad that fits to your current setup needs, Cit.

Thanks for the reply.

Enjoy your project!

Thank you for answering your own question, energy-slide.

Since I don't have a file here, I can't share anything extra, but so far, I can see that you are fine.

Enjoy your project.

Thank you very much, Z.G.,

I'm glad the Tech Support cleared that up, and thank you for sharing.
I checked it in 2026.0 and the previous version of Rope works as before.

For anyone interested, I have set up the project file, to get similar results with the new Rope Tag:
CV4_2026_drs_25_SIcs_21.c4d
Since the effect should be stronger on the end of the Spline the Formula is
id/count
The Vertex Tag goes into Mix Animation> Force.

Have a great day.

Thanks for the reply and information, c4disstanky.

Sounds like a corrupt project file. Sometimes it helps to copy the object manager content and paste it into a new file.
If something like that works, I would also check the hard drives.

Anyway, I'm not supposed to go into tech-support things here.

I hope you get a clear answer from the tech Support.

My best wishes