CINEVERSITY

Of course. 🙂
I have some node experience from Houdini, Substance designer and Fusion. But I also have a lot of coding experience, which come in handy when working with nodes.
I usually just find some basic tutorials like the one discussed here to learn the basic principles of the system. After/along with that understanding the datatypes that is send through and how to get the data from them i find important. Once I get that overall understanding I start to dive into the different nodes. The general idea with the different node systems are somewhat the same. But they always have some special ideas and tricks to make things easier for the user. It takes a bit of time to figure all that out by reading the manual, so any tutorials are very welcome. Maybe I'll do a few my self once I got it figured out.

OMG, embarassing, so dumb error. I deleted the rig at least 5 times, renamed the model , added the break thinking it's a must. No Clue why I had it that way. Thank you so much. Have great Holidays and a so great start in the New Year.

Thanks for the feedback, AlexC.,

You're very welcome.

Happy Holidays!

Hi Gabe Gonzales,

The User Data option is for convenience. Otherwise, you must open the XPresso Editor before your animation setup session and search for the right node. Doing that in a project after a month is not fun, and things get complex occasionally. The idea is always to work towards a setup that is not in the way of animating the scene. When one is in the flow, things must be simple to handle and able to focus on what is important, and that is never to search for a parameter somewhere.

Those User Data Entryries can be done all on one Object (or several), allowing for the creation of a mixer panel. From there, creating a HUD (Head Up Display) Copy in the editor window is also easier. Which can show up when the Object is active or permanent. Like in a car where no one would put the head-light switch into the trunk 😉

The Spline node is limited in this regard. If you like to have more, you can do it via Math. Example:
CV4_2025_drs_24_XPsp_01.c4d

Or just use a Helix and set the Height to zero, then increase the End Angle and perhaps the Interpolation. It looks like a circle, but it is so much more.

Cheers

Hi RH,

Thanks for your reply, not a problem with the access, but when I like to work on something, that blocks it. 🙂

The problem part is not the caps; it is the flat/straight part; here, you need to increase the segments/subdivisions so the influence is different.
The calculation is difficult if there is no subdivision, so the Phong shading is typically "Broken." You can Unbreak this edge. (It must be a Polygon Object by then.)
Main Menu> Mesh> Normals> Unbreak Phong Shading

Let's try a different route, for simplicity:
Create whatever you need and place it into a Remesh, then perhaps in Subdivision Surface.
CV4_2025_drs_24_TXps_11.c4d

Is that a way to go for you?

All the best

Hi staff-produce,

If it is not the web address of a specific site, then please check with tech-support.
(URL = A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a web address that provides a unique, specific location for a particular resource on the internet.)

I do not have a list with Adobe URL's, and as the mentioned in the thread you quoted, I can only repeat this:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center
As I do not keep track of what Adobe does in this area, and if they change I would provide wrong data here.

All the best

Hi let-fall,

Thanks for your time. The idea was just to describe what doesn't work and what makes it work—a few lines.
Just enough that the developers can reproduce the problem and solve it for anyone who needs to work in version 2024.

But, so far, I can't find any entry of a reported problem that would match your findings. Since it was with 2024.4.1, which was not the latest of 2024 releases, let's see if anyone has troubles with 2025, and it will soon be no problem for anyone.
You found a workaround, so let's close this thread. Thanks for your reply.

All the best

Thanks for the reply, Capprim,

Have you explored the Boolean in 2025.1.?
It should work better with UV and Textures.

While there is always something that might overlap, etc.

A good command over the UV workflow is a good thing to have.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers

Thanks for the reply, tie-version,

Please have a look here:
CV4_2025_drs_24_ANwr_11.c4d
The mask is smaller, so it can hide the ripple.
The Offset of the Spline Curve moves it then inwards.

Screenshot 2024-12-16 at 10.06.32 AM.jpg

Is that working for your shape?

All the best

Hi visual-summer,

Splines can be exported via Alembic. Please note: Bezier will be converted to Linear, for example. This means the interplate settings become important.

When you cache the new Particle System, it uses Alembic as a format. Have you tried this route?

If you have questions about Unity, that would be best in the Unity Forum, or as I did, I googled it, and it tells me that Unity can use Alembic Particle data to feed into their particle system. I have not done it, so please check with Unity Documentation or the usual forums, as I have not. When I answer, typically, I have done it with the current installations as things change, and answering from memory has not shown a winning strategy over the past decades. Hence, my suggestion is to ask artists who do this daily.

If we get more questions from more artists about Unity, I'm sure the tutorial content can be updated faster. There have been very few requests lately about Unity, even though we introduced the Cineware plug-in four years ago.
https://www.maxon.net/en/article/maxon-announces-cineware-by-maxon-plug-in-for-unity-technologies
The industry uses Unreal, especially since the strong rise of LED Studio productions.

You have an educational version; what is your department's support of this project?

All the best

This sounds exciting, entry newspaper.

Thank you so much for sharing your impressions! 🙂

Happy exploring and rendering!

Hi Adult-garden,

I have not all textures here. Is that object a "glass ball" with just the iris textured?

All the best

Hi ground-water,

Thanks for the file and the Google Cloud use; this is perfect.

Here is a little suggestion.
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20241213_CV4_2025_drs_24_SIbs_01c4d.zip
This file needs to be in your Project folder, unzipped.

Screenshot 2024-12-13 at 8.56.45 PM.jpg

The shirt was built with volume, which doesn't help, so I made a copy and took the inside out. The Cloth Surface will replace the thickness.
The mesh was rather dense, so I Remeshed it. Hence, the texture is off, but let us focus on the motion first. This is art direction, and I have no idea how you would like to have it.
The Puppet is a bad Collider, hence I smoothed it with the Volume workflow. Otherwise, the two shoulder "balls" shape the shirt. (or was that intentional?)

I have decreased the Gravity and the Mass of the shirt. With a Mass of 1, that shirt would be 1kg per 1000cc and normal Gravity. With the modeled initial double-sided. The typical air in the fabric is not acknowledged, etc.

Cache it first.

Let me know what you think about it.

Enjoy your weekend.

Thanks for the reply, department task,

Let me know if you have any questions; I'm happy to look into it.

All the best

Hi recipe-union.

Thanks for the file!

I can reduce it by subtracting it from the point shown in your picture.

My best guess is one or the other might lead to a problem:

Screenshot 2024-12-12 at 9.22.37 PM.jpg

1
If the point selected has no joint selected that carries anything that allows for subtraction (Wrist or index), nothing will happen.
2
Perhaps your intuition tells you to move the slider to the left, which feels subtractive and natural. But the slider needs to get to the right, as the value chosen must be positive. Otherwise, you have a double "negative".

Sorry, guessing might portray your question as if you didn't know what to do, which is not my intention. I can only assume, otherwise, I would just say, do this or that.

I hope all of that makes sense

Cheers

Thank you very much, Gabe Gonzales,

The file was over 1MB, which led to an error. Default settings: nothing that I can change. Sorry.

Thank you for the file and the extra work.
The noise circle had 14392 points and eight (2x4) segments, while the Circle had 8001 points and one segment.
What means 2x4? The noise spline had each segment twice in it. Besides that, each segment's point order was either clockwise or counterclockwise, or we take the Circle like a clock.
The Point order can be reversed in the
Main Menu> Spline> Point Order> Reverse Sequence.
This will not work with mixed directions of segments in one Spline object. Explode, fix, and then Connect would be a workflow.

Here is your file back.
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20241212_CV4_2025_drs_24_CAsp_01.c4d.zip

I suggest creating the base file for the Posemorph the same way as the next Pose object. This allows for a simple way to match.

Think of the point mode as an option to connect all POI IDs that match each other as the ideal setup.

All the best

Hi Antonio,

Thank you very much for the reply and feedback.

My best wishes for your project

Thanks for sharing, smckenzie, it look very "non procedural", i.e., great.

Seems like you enjoy the nodes.

Cheers

Thank you very much, Gabe Gonzales, for your reply.

My best wishes