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One more thing 🙂

Perhaps this works better for you and stays adjustable.

CV4_2024_drs_23_ANct_41.c4d

(If some care is given, it might be useable with the Collision Deformer for the "tube".)

Here is the FAQ Entry for Cinema 4D from the Director of Tech-Support.

https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/11311545984924

Hi second-prior,

Please have a look below (link), the part about the "Pole".
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2023/en-us/Default.htm#html/TCAIK-ID_TAGPROPERTIES.html?TocPath=Object%2520Manager%257CTags%2520Menu%257CRigging%2520Tags%257CIK%257C_____2
I'm sure adjusting the poles a little bit might help. The little Pyramids behind the "character."

If that doesn't help, perhaps share the file, reduced to the Character setup. 9Here as C4D file or Cloud services (Adobe, Apple, Google, Dropbox, Wetransfer)

Enjoy your weekend

Hi dnaphish,

Thanks for the file, and for using Google Cloud.

The Simulation System is not working with Connectors, AFAIK.

Here is currently the best I have found, animated the Stickiness. Yes, my value is here over the top, just to be on the safe side.
It helps when the friction is zero to avoid early fractions.

CV4_2024_drs_23_SIfs_01.c4d

Is it perfect, perhaps visually, with Motion-blur…

All the best

Thanks for the follow-up, leininger609.

Please have a look here:
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2024/en-us/Default.htm#html/68600.html

The entries for your XRef will show up here. When you right-mouse-click on an entry, you can change the path.

You mentioned placing the linked file on your drive; that wouldn't work with just a relative path.

Relative paths are in use when you "Save with assets." for example, the textures in the tex folder have relative path names, as Cinema 4D is supposed to look into those.

I have tried so far not to waste your time and asked to check with the Support directly. But let me ask you this: will it work when you use:

Preferences> Files> File Assets, and link the folder with the project files there.

Any luck?

All the best

Hi Simon,

Select the object and paste it into a new project file; you might need to use the RS Asset Manager to reconnect all Textures.
Save with Assets with a new Project name.

Since I have no idea what you got and what you have deleted/turned off (e.g., Tags or render settings, Vray specific objects) from it, it isn't easy to say.

All the best

Hi Gabe Gonzales,

I have no idea about your set up. So, please let me know what is working or what is not.

CV4_2024_drs_23_RSps_01.c4d

All the best

Thanks for the feedback, David.

My best wishes for your project

Hi kariomart,

Thank you very much for the kind feedback. You're very welcome!

Going by your scene description, Action, Static, Action, I explored the setup from a different "angle.
To showcase that, I created two similar scenes. The one on the right is different. I explored the Scene Time here. Instead of sucking all the energy out of the simulation, I just dropped the time for a moment. Then, when the wind starts to blow, it is set back to 1.0

Please have a look here.
CV4_2034_drs_23_SIts_01.c4d

Screen Shot 2023-11-14 at 7.47.44 PM.jpg

In the F-Curve Manager, you can fine-tune the settling of the spheres.

Let me know what you think about it, as I have never used it this way in the relative "young" Simualtion-Scene options!

Please cache the scenes to see it working without the delays. Around frame 100-150, the one on the left shows movement, the one on the right is still.

Cheers

All the best

Thanks a lot for the kind feedback, RemoGambacciani.

My best wishes for your project

Hi kariomart,

Thanks for the file. Which shows up here as a 2023 file.
The Connector can't be alone; it must be a Simulation object.

Anyway, I would suggest caching Cloth and using the Surface Deformer here.
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_PROJECTS_DRS/20231114_CV4_2024_drs_23_CLtsb_01.c4d.zip

Often, a Constraint is suggested for Buttons, but I have not found a stable setup with Simulation with it. I.e. I assume there is something, but I need to explore it more.

Let me know if that works.

Here is an example done in 2024
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_Clips_DRS/20231115_2024_Button_01.mp4

All the best

Hi second-prior,

If you can strip the file down to the problem, please share the c4d file.

The video has a password; I can't see it.

Cheers

Hi kariomart.

Typically, any Dynamic system, to my knowledge, is based on the idea that Dynamics take over, except you have forces enabled, then it mixes the data.

While not having a file here, I would suggest that you eventually cache the dynamic solution you have, then use a Current State to Object.

With a non-dynamic copy of your object, use the Pose Morph and drag the "Current State to Object" results inside. Relative should work fine.

Please note that the Pose Morph can't replicate the complexity of the movement from start to finish; it will be a straight line between the "same" points.

CV4_2024_drs_23_CLtc_01.c4d

All the best

Hi Dan,

Please go to the Collision Tab of the Simulation Tag (Attribute Manager).
Here, the Hierarchy Level needs something other than zero to get there. (I say "something" as I have no idea about your setup.)

All the best

Hi Bruce,

I need a file to say anything with certainty; perhaps my setup here is different.

When you like to work on UV Data, select only the UV tag, not the object itself – is that working for you?

Typically, you go to Attribute Manager>Mode>View Settings> Deformed Editing.

I have set up a file, and at one point, it wouldn't stay deformed. I have no idea if I reproduced your problems here, but the only way to get it back to work was with the Connect Object on top of it. After that worked, the Connect object was no longer needed with the setting mentioned above.

So, for anything else, please share the file, stripped to the bare minimum, to see the problem or share an example setup. I will have a look into it. (For the forum, it needs to be a c4d file and below 1MB; if you use a cloud service, please use Dropbox, Adobe, Apple, Wetransfer, or Google. If there is anything else I don't touch, thanks a lot.

All the best

Hi second-prior,

You're very welcome. 🙂

This was not a big deal at all, and I don't mind the little "housekeeping". I try to keep things easy to find for the forum's visitors, and everyone deserves as many Q&A threads as needed.

If you have any questions about your own IK rig, please never hesitate to ask.

Have a great weekend.

@Dutchbird said in R19 issues after new OS:

@second-prior your question is off topic. Maybe you can post a new question. My question was about R19 and the new macOS.

Yes, Dutchbird, you are correct. We don't mix questions to keep each thread readable, and we do not encourage jumping into someone's thread with a new theme.

Thanks for the support while it was night here.

I will take care of it. Thank you

Thanks for the feedback, Ricardo!

I will file a report that this needs some attention.

My best wishes for your project

Thanks a lot, for the feedback, act-vast!

My best wishes for your project