The New 2024.1.0 Update Changes Everything for C4D Dynamic Simulations

[@effectatron]

Join the Discord Community - discord.gg/gJgvQmgdyD Let me know if you want an in depth tutorial on some satisfying grain/sand dynamics! Mind + Motion: An Interactive Workshop for C4D and Redshift - effectatron-c4d-redshift.teachable.com/p/mind-and-motion

[@kylewatson1611]

Love your teaching style. Straightforward. No Fluff. Perfect.

[@effectatron]

Thanks!

[@michaelkablitzeditor]

That trick with Constant Shading is literally saving me! Thanks for this great tip 🔥

[@JonathanWinbush]

Nice just updated today but didnt get a chance to check out the update log so thanks for putting this together 🤙🏿

[@effectatron]

no prob! It's pretty fun

[@ivanprokounin4029]

First time i liked the video before the end - and you didnt even ask for this upfront (which i hate:)))! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! Also love how you show the raw process of artistic research, particulaly how you dont know which values to input - that's exactly how i do it everytime, like do i put a hundred? no, ok, then 0.1? Yes, that works!

[@raupe-designstudio]

Thank you for this tutorial and your work! The "Set initial state" tip is really helpful.

[@effectatron]

thanks!

[@anthonythorne8708]

Amazing, I get the feeling more cool dynamic and simulation stuff is now on the horizon soon as Maxon have finally sorted all this stuff out. Thanks for this video, you always do great work.

[@effectatron]

Thanks! I hope so!

[@CreativityFromTheFuture]

This was amazing, instant sub! Looking foward to learning more from you.

[@Gromic2k]

13:30 if it´s "2 seconds" flat, does that mean that we could simply set the framerate to ~5 or so for the simulation?

[@tim_tim_tim]

Excellent video - really helpful, thank you

[@giadacanu1192]

Thank you, Derek!

[@effectatron]

thank you

[@effectatron]

Looking back at this I realize that I said to use constant shading. Then proceeded to use the slowest option instead😅 and it was still pretty fast

[@StylishGaz]

So which is the fastest?

[@effectatron]

Constant Shading 100%@@StylishGaz

[@muger4ik]

Hi! Thanks for the video. Can You Please check, do the Stage Object working in this update? Or is it me...

[@ExpressoMechanicTV]

We're certainly heading in the direction of particle based water and viscous fluids now. Now, I must get the update... ** Edit **. Just downloaded my update and set up a dynamic sim with a thousand cubes. If you want your objects to stop jiggling about, set the Collision Shapes to Convex Hulls. Works great!

[@effectatron]

Niiice

[@marimar5279]

Can you explain this? how do you use convex hulls?

[@fixable]

Thanks for the video! That's probably not right about car example, when you count polygons. The default of Collision shape in new Rigid body is "Auto". If it is not Box of Sphere - it would be Convex Hull (according to documentation). So original geometry is not used. You may enable drawing of simulating mesh in project settings -> simulation -> draw -> Rigid Body Shapes. But it is good that in rigid body collision settings you may crank up Geometry Accuracy - so it would be almost original geometry!

[@effectatron]

Oh nice. Ok cool thanks! Good to know. But there is definitely a speed difference with polygon count 100%

[@kr00ked1]

Can you apply the new rigid body to a null object and have the children get the same effect? You could in Bullet rigid body. Trying to cache Bullet rigid body physics just crashes my c4d now

[@Miladismaeelzadeh]

@effectatron Hi. amazing review and tutorial. thanks man. BUT I have a question. my pc specs are 4070 ti/ intel i9 13900k/128 GB RAM but i can not get a smooth simulation like you and everytime c4d crashes or freezes. any tip to fix it?

[@effectatron]

it has more to do with VRAM than anything. Checkout my tutorial on these settings which should help you out kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKvRmmagfc2ki7s

[@Miladismaeelzadeh]

I did it and it helped a lot. Scene became workable and cached. thanks@@effectatron

[@effectatron]

Awesome! @@Miladismaeelzadeh

[@AB-mv1mb]

if you disable wireframe shading it will work a bit more quicker in viewport

[@effectatron]

Yes I mention that Constant Shading without lines is the fastest. then i forgot my own advice lol

[@leszekmielczarski]

Ok but how to trigger dynamics, I dont see ghost objects in c4d 2024 only in old bullet system.

[@yaldagashas3027]

I have a very important problem with dynamics. I made an hourglass using Cloner, Rigid Body Dynamics and Collider Body. My problem is that when I set the shape part to moving mesh, the playback speed in the viewport becomes very slow and I can't do anything at all. what is the problem? my system has these particulars: Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

[@BrandynQuigley]

I know this post is old but I wanna say that I feel 16gb ram is simply not enough.

[@Mavverixx]

Great tut. is there a specific workflow to convert from Blender to C4d models, especially with materials?

[@effectatron]

I have an old video on it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKaQinZraN1pasU&ab_channel=Effectatron but there are new nicer ways too but its about the same. easier now with the standard material

[@effectatron]

true. I did it all manually with texture files one at a time :)@@proceduralcoffee

[@mikevandernoordt4507]

Good stuff! How does the default rigidbody compare to the bullet solver?

[@effectatron]

So much better

[@AlessandroNardi_DA]

Hi, I've got all content of simulation tag greyed out, how I fix this? Thanks.

[@coeroathere]

I'm really confused)) bro, in the beginning of the clip you said that in constant shading the calculation of geometry collision is 5x faster, and then in the rest of the clip you are torturing with lines on the balls slowing down the process several times, maybe dozens of times))))

[@effectatron]

Oh i know. that's kinda what happens when I'm on the fifth attempt of recording it. I started at 9am. finish at 2pm. crashes, errors, camtasia issues, redos etc. it happens ha

[@coeroathere]

@@effectatron I got it, bro! Thanks for the reviews.

[@Ace5Studios]

​@@effectatronI've switched from camtasia to mirillis action, much much nicer :)

[@muger4ik]

There is OBS, no, we want ad-suited bloeatware.@@Ace5Studios

[@kamazooliy]

Got a long way to go C4D.

[@effectatron]

soon... i hope

[@STUDIOSTEPS_motion]

It’s cool Maxon is finally not relying on xparticles. Still a way to go until it’s on a Houdini level though.

[@coldarone]

cool video! Seems I don't have the same performance in 2024, can you tell me your pc specs? I have 2xRTX4090 and an i9 9920x - 12 core 3,5ghz

[@effectatron]

lol my pc is no where near as good as yours. I have a ryzen 4900x and a 3090

[@wonkaytry]

Tyflow

[@Mati_Motion]

Looks nice, But still i like Houdini more. And ahd same things before c4d get

[@etherhealingvibes]

Ok, let´s look those game changers updates. IMHO AI will kill all DC apps. Gaussian splatters are the future. No joke, just check it. As a begginer, I´m almost ready to make top level VFX with no effort at all.

[@effectatron]

guassian splatter is crazy cool

[@theloniuspoon]

i think this is finally gonna put xparticles out of business theyre trying to own all their own infrastructure at this point, octane too is gonna take a hit

[@dderham_ra]

:)

[@effectatron]

:)

[@stemfourvisual]

Could it be time for a particle system update?!

[@effectatron]

maybe!

[@stemfourvisual]

Cool, but top tip - maybe don’t start a "check out this cool update!" Video with the laggiest demo ever as your first example.

[@effectatron]

but it was worth it cuz i got to use godzilla lol