Hi Motion_Shane,

I have created a little example; while the time slider sits on frame 55, I hope I got the best balance. Perhaps frame 48? Your idea might vary; please have a look between frames 0 and 96 at what could fit your scene. The key to fine-tuning it might be in the Fog-Curve and the light inside the Sphere> Details> Volume adjustment.

CV4_2025_drs_24_RSea_01.c4d

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I got the scene, but it gives me a lot of error messages. Are you not getting any of these? If you don't mind, if there is a problem in the future, reduce the file to the core problem, which helps a lot. You might be familiar with your scene. Thank you.
You might have a different setup.

Please check with tech support if you get those error messages:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

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Enjoy your project

Hi Motion_Shane,

Thanks for the videos, but that does not give me much to work with. I can't see what is set up (Yes, I see a few objects, but how and what is set up is rather hidden); to see the Object Manager doesn't show me a lot of what goes where.

I could write a long list of guesses here, but typically, that is not working either.
Instead of -1, try to work with visibility. Anyway, shut off all effectors, then switch them on in the way they affect the Clones as you have listed them inside the Cloner. The Delay might be it or the Wind, but the jumping feels like a chain reaction of the things before it. At the same time, perhaps the position of object manager alone causes priority problems (I can't see anything of that in the videos, so please don't invest time in another video). I work with files, reduced to the problem, standard practice.

Perhaps Cache the file, and see if it persist. Guessing, I know, not really the way…

If you share more than 1MB, the ".c4d" file will not load here, so please only use Dropbox, Google, Adobe, Apple, or Wetransfer for cloud services. Please do not use zipped files or Tiny URLs. Thank you. It is just a safety measure, and I will not move away. Thanks for understanding.

I hope we can find the problem or a better way to produce the animation.

Cheers