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Hi reading-card,

I can't reproduce this here.

I took a plane and made it editable.
Use Fields - checked.
I placed a Sphere field in the list.
Unchecked the Filed option.
Deleted the Sphere Field (not needed)
The values stay the same.

Since you mentioned Deformed and Non-Deformed.
I can't tell you anything else without a Project file (reduced to the problem); only check with tech support.

All the best

You're very welcome, list departure.

My best wishes!

Thanks for the feedback, Mark.

I have different access here, so my experience is only partially valid, hence my question if it works for you.

If that is not a workable scenario, I will ask IT what can be done. They are typically very open-minded and supportive. (Yes, I'm a fan-boy of their work). But I can't promise anything.

I'm on vacation most of the time this week, so please allow some time with this if needed. Thanks for understanding. 🙂

Enjoy

Hi Mark,

That is the idea, and an Internet Browser is an interface.

Please run some small tests with it, it feels (at least from my first experience) a bit cryptic, but I believe it quickly becomes muscle memory.

I have used it with 2023.2.1 as the newest version, which makes me hopeful that you have no trouble.

I hope it works as you like to have it.

Happy Render Farming 😉

Cheers

Thanks for the feedback, rastermind!

I'm glad you had the idea to pull it as the first item and got a result! Very good!

Enjoy.

Hi confidence-devil,

Thanks for opening a new thread. I have moved your first post to this. Let me know if it is OK to delete the double post. I feel uncomfortable doing so without your OK.

I do not have your project here, so I can set one up here and guess your parameters and resulting shapes. In return, I produce something that might not work at all.

If you have "Square" set in the Generator, the number of Segments will change the outcome dramatically.

Yes, the Polygon Reduction shows only results when the geometry breaks apart.

Try the Remesher; At 10%, I get 30% fewer polygons with questionable results—no idea what you have on your end. Share on Polygon hair; I don't need the full project.
From there, I can do more.

Perhaps, a Volume based solution will work, but again, it depends on the shape of the overall result you like to create for export.

Let me know; I'm happy to look into it.

Enjoy your weekend

Hi history-growth,

Thanks a lot for the reply.

Yes, of course, you are correct, if the Refresh works for you, then please use it.
I had some trouble with it yesterday, so I shared the workaround, just in case.

Enjoy your project

Thanks for your feedback, deal-cake.

I'm glad it is useful for you.

Let me know if there is something else. Please for new themes, a new thread.

Enjoy your weekend

Thank you very much for the kind feedback, Adam; I love to do that.

If there is anything else, I'm happy to look in the morning into it. (midnight here)

My best wishes for your project.

Hi Mitch,

Thanks for the file.
I replaced the Floor Dynamics (Backdrop) with a Plane.
I have set the Wheel Dynamic Shape to a Cylinder Z
Increased the scale to 5 cm
Friction to 80% for all
I left the Bounce at 0% even though I think that is not how I would do it, but I guess that is your target.
I cached it, and it looks acceptable to me.

It runs fast; I placed (standard render) a checkerboard on the wheel.

What you might have used, but since I write in a forum:
Attribute Manager> Mode> Project> Bullet> Visualization

CV4_2023_drs_23_DYwp_01.c4d

I hope that works for you.

All the best

Hi charity-chance,

Which trees do you like to download?

The Asset Browser will show a lot, but access is mostly given to material based on subscription.

All the best

Thanks a lot, haniel1107. Very nice of you. Fingers crossed.

Yes, I love this city and everything that happens here; it is the Partner city of Berlin, by the way, where I lived before.

So, a feature request is made from my side as well.

Thanks again for starting this; it was requested before, but perhaps now is the time to complete it.

Enjoy

HI upstair-day,

Character animation and cloth are two things that build up on each other. No cloth will work properly without a good rig and character/rig-building skills.

I see character animation as a top-level skill, as it is based on many standard and advanced animation techniques. Nothing that is just done or based on a do this, do that tutorial. In other words, take your time, and let it grow. I assume you toss that advice, but I had to say it 😉

The primary skill is undoubtedly in directing and being an actor simultaneously. My definition of a director is that they direct the audience, only secondarily the actor or the character. I suggest taking acting classes, or at least some courses; I loved the acting classes at "Masterclass.com" to get better at it.

If you use a Motion Tracking Volume or a "Performance Capture suit", as we call it, some skills need to be acquired.

From my point of view, having natural-looking cloth on a character is a step above the character animation or acting skill set.

To answer your question, first of all, why are there wrinkles in the cloth, and how would they behave and change with the character?
Anything on a character supports expressing something to create information for the audience. This leads me to my question. To get there is not a "do this – do that" path.

If you like to use displacement for that, I would think (while answering a super general question here, without even a sketch received!) that you need to be able to connect it to the character's expression. Every wrinkle will flatten if that area is stretched. That can be done in many ways. It would fill a lot of space to explain all options; let's focus first on the next steps.

Here are two courses for the very first basics of character animation:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMeO87vDgOoNAIESE1YfgbUmKzxsg_e-9

The series is
Intro to Rigging in C4D: Part 1 - 6 Fundamentals of Rigging
and
ZBrush Character Creation, Cinema 4D, Redshift 3D 1-6

As a side note:
Since you already have a very defined idea, so far, I can tell; The easiest way to get into Cloth Simulation is to use tools that are 100% specialized in this. Please explore this, as it will give you many ideas and perhaps some answers.
https://marvelousdesigner.com/product/overview

All the best

Thanks for the kind feedback, ne.____.il !

Those things are like mosquitos. 😉 Small, but if not wanted, super annoying.

Cheers

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the update, very much appreciated. 🙂

Great that you found your workaround; I wonder if a custom build Capsule could help here. Brainstorming here: Placing the light under the Capsule, setting it up for different uses, and adjusting it. Perhaps allow for individual or global adjustments, light group-wise. If you think that would improve your workflow, please let me know, and I will discuss it internally.

My concerns with the dual light setup might not be yours, but Light Groups and Light Project settings need to be kept in sync. Otherwise, there might be a surprise at one point.

The option that tech support mentions is the Preview> Illumination Adjustment slider.
This has zero impact on rendering; it is just a preview.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2023/en-us/Default.htm#html/ORSLIGHT-REDSHIFT_LIGHT_GROUP_GENERAL.html#REDSHIFT_LIGHT_PREVIEW_INTENSITY_SCALE

Enjoy your weekend

Thanks for confirming this, entry-newspaper.

I would suggest this for any more artistic strokes and surfaces (Shading) anyway.

My best wishes

Hi MFVis,

I hope I get your target correctly.

What you like are two independent systems that work together anyway. Correct.

Here is a suggestion
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_PROJECTS_DRS/20230609_CV4_2023_drs_23_MGdy_01.zip

I baked the Voronoi Fracture setup into an Alembic and de-activated the initial Voronoi Fracture setup.
Voronoi Fracture Object selected: Object Manager> Object> Bake Alembic.

Since the motion of the sphere is short, I just traced it. While moving and matching the position, I keyframed the start and end of it, then one in the middle, and perhaps some more.
In the F-Curve Editor, you will see a specific Curve now. That should work already just fine.

In the example, I took an F-Curve. Snapshot, and deleted all keyframes except the first and the last, then called up the Snapshot and used only two keyframes to shape the F-Curve. It is smoother that way.

My best wishes for your project

Thanks a lot for your input, MaverickMongoose.

Yes, there are always many ways.

My best wishes for your project.

Thanks for the reply, cancel-currency.

If you like some beta testers, please let me know.

My best wishes for your application development; as I wrote, I would enjoy having it.

Cheers

You're very welcome, lift-supermarket.

Sorry that it didn't work for you.

I started with the same problem years ago and put a PCI box with a card on my laptop.
Today I might do it differently, but at least the Thunderbolt-PCI box can be used for something else in the future.

My best wishes.