Cloner Time offset not working

[Pitchi]

Hi i have an animation with a rigged object, i want to clone it and add some variations on the animation. I used the time offest with a ranfom effector but it not working. The Null controller have the offset but not the mesh.test.c4d

how can i fix it?

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Pitchi,

Thanks for the file

The Joints and with them the Skin are "generated as Clones before the IK takes place. At least that is my observation.

CV4_2026_drs_25_CAac_01.c4d

The easiest way to solve this is to select the Root Null, and the
Main Menu> Animation> Add Motion Clip.

Then switch the IK off, meaning IK> Basic> Enable: uncheck

Now the Joints are run by the Animation Clip, and the Random Effector Time offset works.

Please let me know if there are any questions about the Motion-Clip, animation clip system.

If you explore it, you might find some interesting ways to change the clip's data.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2026/en-us/Default.htm#html/MT_TAG.html?TocPath=Object%2520Manager%257CTags%2520Menu%257CAnimation%2520Tags%257CMotions%257C_____0

All the best

[Pitchi]

Nice ! thanks you it works !!

[Dr. Sassi]

Thank you very much for the reply, Pitchi.

My best wishes for your project!