Thank you, Dr. Sassi.
I had no time to investigate since there was a deadline to pre-render the scene, so I used C4D 2024 to render it as it was.
The rig was made 2-3 years ago by another person, so I had no idea how to fix it.
Anyway, I got the answers from the devs on how to fix it:

"We fixed that the "Rest Hold" does not work in <=2025.1.
It just does nothing and was always like 0.0.
With that fixed the rest hold actually holds and 0.5 is a lot.
Lowing that to 0.0 will give the old result that you previoulsy got with it being broken."

Hello,
I got to prerender (new logos/textures, etc.) some scenes I worked on earlier this year.
When rendering, I noticed that Spline Dynamics does not work in newer versions of C4D.
Here is the info screengrab of the last version os the scene that worked/rendered OK:

Luckily, I have the 2024 version installed and a simplified scene (I deleted all from the scene except one of the problematic characters), and here Spline Dynamics works OK.

Here is the simplified scene for inspection of the problem:

TENTICLES.c4d

Notice the teniticles movement, they are dynamic in 2024 and rigid in newer versions of C4D:

Here is the video preview of how character tentacles should move:

https://youtu.be/0gE5SDUVC34

Any idea how to make it work in newer versions of C4D?
Thank you.

Best regards,

ZG

Hello,
I'm trying to make some melting cheese with a volume builder/mesher (simplified scene attached), and I'm having an issue with texturing.
When applying some noise to the bump, of course, it does not stick to the surface since every frame is a different mesh with no UVs (you can see mp4 demo of the problem on the link below):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sd12rdtbmsoylz7lapens/test_Sir.mp4?rlkey=0ugbt05tsuk9zu4llx4ze11tu&dl=0

Any idea how to approach this kind of problem?
I know there is some sort of reference space in the tri-planar node and RS obj tag, but I did not figure out how to use it.
Thank you.

SIR.c4d

Hello,
I'm wondering if there is a way to render an exact background solid color for scenes that for example use GOBO light to light the products and floor around those products.

It's somewhat easy if I use just the dome light, enter a solid color value in the camera background, and use a shadow cache on the floor.

Render with Dome light and shadow cacher
https://ibb.co/nN09QX18

When I use RS material on the floor it caches diffuse and defined color is different.
Render with GOBO light and RS material on the floor
https://ibb.co/dwg3fMqW

If I use shadow cacher on the floor I loose GOBO light on the floor.
Render with GOBO light and Shadow Cacher material on the floor
https://ibb.co/DP1bRD16

One way is to play with floor edges opacity, but wondering is there another way to get exact same defined color on the floor and background?
Thank you.

Link to example C4D Scene (for some reason can't upload scene or 720p images to this post):
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ylhzlsaj6b8i224njib20/solid_color_test.c4d?rlkey=y5v44ovbl6pch488gr087rte4&dl=0

Joke aside, thank you guys for putting so much effort, covering and helping in every aspect od C4D/RS.

All the best!

@Dr-Sassi said in [Help] Simulation Scene Settings & Point Density:

The Part "17" was never recorded.

Do you sleep peacefully Athanasios Pozantzis!?

Hello,
This lesson ends with "in the next video..." but there is no next video in this series.

Thank you Dr. Sassi, great tip.
As I understand, tearing happens on value transitions at the vertex map, so it's better to give sharp transitions between points, right?

I want to make a torn hole on top of the cardboard box, like one in the picture:

Well, maybe I could make it "by hand" but I think it would be nice to try to use Cloth Sym to get an organic feel.
I have to make sure that torn edges look good.

The test scene is on the link below and I think I'm pretty close to getting the hole shape (static mesh) and fixing edges (stitch and saw) on the baked object.
The only problem I have is to prevent some polygons from detaching from the base mesh during the tearing simulation.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bfh957fcrqtadrx1s1qye/BOX_tearing_01.c4d?rlkey=k867foisco0nob2hzljge2y9k&dl=0

yeah, with the new assets database system, there are some glitches and I think it's hard to recreate glitches, especially if we use more than one release of C4D.
Thank you.