Issue caching 3x cloners

[robertvoy]

Hello Dr. Sassi,

I have a scene with a simple setup: 3x cloners shoot out papers and then fall being affected by cloth dynamics. All works well.

But, when I cache the scene, only 1 of the cloners seems to cache correctly but the other 2 caches in what appears to be a lower frame rate and then freeze.

This seems to have happened at some point when I was working with the scene. I've cached it before and it worked fine.

I tried creating a new project and copying everything over but I'm getting the same results.

Here is the project file: https://www.dropbox.com/t/ihtTplgjV86P71Ve

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Rob

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Rob,

Thank you very much for the file, and using Dropbox.

I have occasionally seen this when things get CMD dragged copied. I prefer to copy and paste, but I also use the shortcut route; it should work both ways these days.

When I copy the whole Object manager into a new file and set the scene accordingly (I missed only the fps; yours is 25, and mine is by default 24), the problem persists. If I replace the Cloner and set up the Cloth newly, things work here. Example:

CV4_2025_drs_24_MGfp_01.c4d

Please load this file into a new scene and check if that works similarly. Here, it shows up fluent.

I created three External abc files, via External and Cache Scene.

I loaded all three "abc" files into a new scene and exported them into a new single "abc" file. The one that is shared here.

https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20241221_CV4_2025_drs_24_MGpf_01.abc.zip

Is one or the other working for you?

Enjoy your project and your weekend!