<![CDATA[How do I attach strings to balloons that are in a baked particle group?]]>I have a simulation of these balloons but no strings. its a particle emitter emitting and then I have a cloner with the balloons inside using the particle group. similar to nosemans set up in this video: https://youtu.be/qNyNbmCtImA?is=nzAEzyQLMcyaZ_f4

The strings weren‘t behaving properly within the cloner.

so I baked the scene, particles and cloner, thinking all the balloons would be separate and then I’ll just zero the strings out and simulate that. but its one baked cloner object with all these balloons and none of them are separated.

so how do I attach strings to this setup? Do I do something different? or do I have to hand place every string?

yes I have tried baking as alembic, baking object, baking scene, etc., and nothing is working.

]]>https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/topic/2411/how-do-i-attach-strings-to-balloons-that-are-in-a-baked-particle-groupRSS for NodeThu, 13 Aug 2026 11:07:51 GMTThu, 06 Aug 2026 14:58:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How do I attach strings to balloons that are in a baked particle group? on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:36:09 GMT]]>Wow! I am going to test this setup up in my other scene. I kinda found a work around as well. I ended up Caching the particle sim, then baked the cloner that had a null under the balloons into an alembic. Then I placed the strings under those nulls then did the rope and connector tag. They follow, but wondering if your set up will be even faster and look better. Thanks noseman... Crazy getting help from a celebrity in the C4D community!

]]>https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9415https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9415Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I attach strings to balloons that are in a baked particle group? on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:20:23 GMT]]>so, this was harder than I thought... maybe there's a simpler way but I need tome to think about it.

The general idea is to cache the RBDs (balloons) and the particles to separate Alembic files, use the particle alembic ONLY ON FRAME 1 to clone the Splines and make them Ropes and add a Connector Tag, NOT a Rope Belt.
Put the Balloon Alembics into a Connect Object and make it a cloth with Mix Animation 100%.
Make the Rope Spline Connector Tag search until the ropes find the Balloons.

Here's the final file and the RBD alembic:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hug88hs5ubq3rwdqa2m0b/balloons-final-with-Strings-01A.c4d?rlkey=5274a024islzj8sc7smkmrukg&dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7x7y1dk862azezkskbl72/balloons-final_Rigid-Body_v0.abc?rlkey=za6mv95rnkosv9zxxpyqu18bv&dl=0

]]>https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9413https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9413Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:20:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I attach strings to balloons that are in a baked particle group? on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:20:50 GMT]]>@noseman Here is a rough setup. This is before I took the string out of the cloner and tried baked stuff to then add the string in later. The goal is/was to have everything work inside the particle simulation. NosemanExample.c4d

]]>https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9411https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9411Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:20:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I attach strings to balloons that are in a baked particle group? on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:54:50 GMT]]>can you please create a very simple scene 3-4 balloons (Spheres) and show me what you're trying to do and show me "The strings weren‘t behaving properly within the cloner"...
thanks

]]>https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9408https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/post/9408Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:54:50 GMT