Heard and heard. It works just as I need. Thank you for such a clean fix!

Hi!
I am having a very similar issue. Followed along with Mr.Noseman from this tutorial.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYP8oJUDTQ]

Couldn't get my rebuild to work so i grabbed his example files.
The setup works on my personal machine which is using Redshift 2025.2.0 but it fails on my office machine which is using Redshift 2025.3.0
My office machine only outputs black specular spheres.

Bonus weirdness: using Optimized Sphere in the Redshift Render tag, as used in the tutorial, provided no color channel information in the render, only a black specular ball shows up. Using Sphere Instances in the Redshift Render Tag gives me the image i want, but it is mapped ON EACH individual particle/sphere instead of OVER the whole field of particles. I include this to say I don't think it has to do with file linkage, at least not completely.

Here is a link to Noseman's files:
https://maxonvfx.com/4i6CygT

i am looking for an alternative method to inherit/transfer an object's color to the particles emitted from it from the same UVW location. I like how Noseman's works, just wish it worked on the latest versions of Redshift or c4d so any pointers or insight will help me understand the whole system better.
Best,
Loren