This update is highly recommended for all 2024 users.
Important Notes
By default, Cinema 4D 2024.3.1 will install to the folder “Maxon Cinema 4D 2024” and will replace any installation already there, including Cinema 4D 2024.2. This is intentional in order to minimize the number of builds customers need to manage, minimize migration of prefs and plugins, reduce overall disk usage and help ensure you’re always on the latest release. You can of course customize the installation path if you’d like to maintain a separate installation of each dot release. If you need a prior release installer, contact support.
New Features
MoGraph
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Matrix Object Draw Size
Modeling
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Interruptible Modeling Commands
Asset Browser
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Asset Animated Previews on Mouse-Over
Exchange
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glTF Import/Export Improvements
- glTF Export Character Animations
- glTF Export Skin Animation
- glTF USD Export PSR Animation
- GoZ Dynamic Subdivision Support
- GoZ Matcap Support
Scene Nodes
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Improved Debugging for Missing Assets
- Geometry Property Get/Set Improvements
- Get Last Element Node
- Pop Element Node
General Notes
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Removed the term "Projects" when creating, opening, closing, and saving scenes in the File Menu.
Bug Fixes
Animation
- Fixed an issue with the Track Modifier tag not working correctly if a Track was defined for only one axis
- Fixed an issue with the Align to Spline expression where the Tangential alignment was not correct for the X axis
- Fixed an issue with Pose Morph where deleting polygons in Edit mode would destroy the mesh
- Fixed an issue with the Key Reducer window which was too small and could not be resized
- Fixed an issue with the Key Reducer where closing the Reduction window instead of clicking OK would immediately start the function anyway
- Fixed an issue with the Key Reducer function not refreshing the Viewport after performing the reduction
- Fixed an issue with the Track Modifier tag producing an incorrect Motion Blur result
- Fixed a stability issue where scrubbing through the Timeline with a custom layout caused a crash
Asset Browser
- Fixed an issue with the Asset Browser where renaming an asset with a special prefix did not move it to the top of the list
- Fixed an issue with the Asset Browser where it was not possible to load Maxon One exclusive assets with an RLM license
Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with the Material tag where no input was possible in the Selection field if more than one Material tag was selected
BodyPaint 3D
C++ API
- Fixed an issue with file handling of files with pathnames longer than 260 characters would not load
- Fixed an issue with plugin compatibility
Character Animation
- Fixed an issue with the Connect Objects + Delete command where the weights of multiple Weight tags in the connected objects were not properly merged
Fixed an issue with Joints where the falloff of their influence was not correctly affected by the associated Fields - Fixed an issue with the Align to Spline tag where the alignment did not work properly when a Spline Instance was used as the Rail Path
- Fixed a stability issue when activating a Skin deformer
- Fixed an issue with the Weight Manager where locking a joint in the tree view would cause another joint to be locked at the same time
Color Management
- Fixed an issue with color management where using Render Marked Takes did not respect the selected Transform
- Fixed an issue with color management where view transforms were not baked into animation results saved from the Picture Viewer
- Fixed a stability issue with objects being added as Child object on scene hooks
Deformer
- Fixed an issue with the FFD deformer where the orange selection color of the cage lines in Point mode made it difficult to distinguish selected points in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Displacer deformer not working with Fields inside a folder
- Fixed an issue with the Collision deformer being ignored after caching
- Fixed an issue with the Morph deformer not working correctly with Splines
Exchange
- Fixed an issue with the Substance Asset Manager where the File menu incorrectly contained a Close Manager command
- Fixed a stability issue when importing OBJ sequences
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where the mesh of Character objects was distorted
- Fixed an issue with Go ZBrush where imported textures were not visible in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with Go ZBrush where re-importing an edited ZBrush project broke the Node Editor layout and created redundant Vertex Attribute Nodes
- Fixed an issue with Redshift and rendering on the Render Queue
- Fixed some issues with glTF export where the created file was missing the animation
- Fixed an issue with glTF export not working when Bake Animation was enabled
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where the Flip Z option incorrectly affected the output coordinates
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where the size of the Export Settings window was not adequate
- Fixed an issue with USD export where Redshift Area Lights were re-imported as Bi-Directional
- Fixed a stability issue with Substance Assets on AMD graphics cards
- Fixed an issue with Go ZBrush where importing a ZBrush scene caused an offset of the active camera
- Fixed an issue with the UV scaling when importing GBL files
- Fixed an issue with USD import where textures for Redshift materials could not be found
- Fixed an issue with SVG import where the Vector Import result was distorted
- Fixed an issue with the Substance Material Node missing the Lock Ratio parameter
- Fixed an issue with OBJ import from ZBrush for the Standard and Physical renderer where the imported material had no Color channel enabled
- Fixed an issue with Cineware where separate preference folders were not created for different host application versions on macOS
- Fixed the issue where the RS Substance materials were not displayed in the After Effects viewport
Forger Plugin
- Fixed an issue with the Camera Target tag where the Target Object was not used as the target for the Depth of Field option in Forger
Interface
- Fixed an issue with Interface Preferences where the hierarchy position in the Object Manager defined for Ctrl+Drag copies of objects was not respected
- Fixed an issue with the Thinking Particles settings window where the display color for a particle group was different between the overview and its individual Settings panel
- Fixed an issue with the Calculate FPS tool where the Anim Test result window did not display the Cinema 4D version number in its title bar
- Fixed an issue with the [Alt]+C Create menu missing the Projection deformer
Modeling
- Fixed an issue with the Create Point tool where the positioning accuracy was not sufficient at high zoom factors in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Scale tool where using the tool in both Object and Model modes caused the object points to shift along their axis
- Fixed an issue with the main Edit menu where the Paste command was disabled when the clipboard contained elements instead of objects
- Fixed an issue with the Paint tool where the tool cursor was displayed in all Viewport panels, but in the wrong position in inactive panels
- Fixed an issue with the Fill Selection tool where there was a noticeable delay in the mouse-over highlighting of possible selections
- Fixed an issue with the FFD deformer whose mesh points were visible not only in Points mode, but also in the Edge and Polygon modes
- Fixed a performance issue when moving points with Snap enabled
- Fixed an issue with the Bevel deformer breaking the Phong shading along the edges even with the Use Edge Breaks option disabled
- Fixed some issues with the Hide Selection feature where hidden elements were affected by selection tools
- Fixed an issue with the Reset Scale function not working properly with Soft Selection enabled
- Fixed a performance issue with the Path Selection tool when used in combination with the Correction deformer
- Fixed an issue with the visibility of highlighted edges when Mesh Checking was enabled
- Fixed an issue with some modeling tools where mouse control was too coarse for precision work when an element was only partially visible
- Fixed a stability issue when opening a scene containing Booleans
- Fixed an issue with the Edge Trim tool where moving its Scale slider caused a small decimal offset in the numeric input field
- Fixed an issue with the Symmetry Hub providing a meaningless Set Driver option in its context menu
- Fixed an issue with the Coordinates Manager not updating position values correctly after moving components
- Fixed a stability issue when moving component selections of large mesh objects
- Fixed an issue with the Edge Slide tool where the resulting offset values were too big in Proportional mode
- Fixed an issue with the Projection deformer not working with Target objects whose Viewport or Render visibility was disabled
- Fixed an issue with the Symmetry Hub where symmetric components were not automatically recognized and selected after moving them into position
- Fixed an issue with the Remesh object not initializing on load
- Fixed an issue with the Equal Spacing tool not behaving as expected unless at least one edge loop was fixed
- Fixed an issue with certain Selection tools where edges and polygons could not be selected with Tolerant Selection disabled if their points were hidden
- Fixed an issue with the Bevel deformer creating artefacts on some outline edges
- Fixed an issue with the Line Cut tool applying the selected Slice mode inconsistently
- Fixed an issue with stacked Bevel deformers causing an non-permissible state
- Fixed an issue with the Reverse Normals command working inconsistently on multiple selected polygons
- Fixed an issue with Vertex Maps not working properly when used in the Rope tag as a map for Mix Animation
- Fixed a performance issue with Viewport navigation responding very slowly in Polygon mode with an active selection
- Fixed an issue with the Brush Selection tool skipping some points
- Fixed an issue with the Selection tag causing an Out of Bounds error when changing tools
- Fixed an issue with the Invert Selection command not working for Polygon selections on multiple selected objects
- Fixed an issue with Symmetry mode where transformations of selected polygons distorted the mesh when the Along Normals option was active
- Fixed a stability issue with Phong Break Selection where applying the selection inside a Subdivision Surface object with Symmetry enabled would cause a crash
- Fixed an issue with the Brush modeling tool missing modifier keys for Smooth and Relax
- Fixed an issue with the Extrude tool not always producing uniform results in Edge mode
- Fixed a stability issue with some Selection tools where changing the Modeling Axis Position to Selected Points while elements of multiple objects were selected would cause a freeze
- Fixed an issue with the Normal tag where duplicating the tag on the same object would delete the original and Undo would completely remove it
- Fixed an issue with the Preset system where component selections of Text objects did not appear properly in the Object Manager when retrieved as a preset
- Fixed a stability issue when opening a particular project
- Fixed an issue with the Brush tool not working in Parallel projection
- Fixed an issue with the Loop/Path Cut tool where the GUI in the Attributes Manager remained active even after exiting component mode
- Fixed an issue with duplicating objects via [Ctrl]+Drag where new objects would appear at the same hierarchy level regardless of the Preferences setting for Paste objects at
- Fixed an issue with the Scale tool where the size of some Child objects changed unevenly when quantization was active
- Fixed an issue with the Fill Selection tool selecting the entire object instead of the enclosed area
- Fixed an issue with the Polygon Groups tag causing a Boole generator result to disappear from the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Bridge tool where the new bridge polygon would not always start from the edge that was highlighted in the preview
MoGraph
- Fixed an issue with the Plain effector not producing the correct falloff
- Fixed an issue with spline graphs in the Attribute Manager which could not be opened in a separate window
- Fixed an issue with the Volume Mesher object causing unnecessary Viewport refreshes
- Fixed an issue with MoGraph Cloners and color management
- Fixed an issue with MoGraph Cache not creating any bake files on disk
- Fixed an issue with the Cloner object where no clones were created when Axis distribution was selected and Render Instances or Multi Instances were used as the source
- Fixed an issue with the Cloner object where clones in Render Instance mode were flipped when increasing the Count
- Fixed a performance issue when applying a duplicated Field to a MoGraph effector
- Fixed a stability issue with the Sound effector when changing parameters during playback
- Fixed an issue with the Cloner object getting stuck in a fixed state
- Fixed an issue with the Cloner object where animating the Offset with negative values caused the Cloner to use only one Clone object
- Fixed an issue with the Cloner object not working properly in Object mode with Spline Instances as the object
- Fixed an issue with the Collision deformer not working correctly with the Fracture object
- Fixed a refresh issue with the Tracer object not working correctly when a trace link was part of a hierarchy
- Fixed an issue with the distribution of clones over splines in Step mode
- Fixed a stability issue with the Mandelbrot Node when setting the Count parameter to 0
Navigation
- Fixed an issue with Symmetry where Cursor mode navigation in the Viewport did not work properly when Symmetry was active
Nodes
- Fixed an issue with changing the group type of a Node capsule caused the spline output to disappear
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the context menu of scaffolds was missing some commands
- Fixed an issue with the Command Manager missing some commands available in the context menu for scaffolds
- Fixed an issue with notes in the Node Editor not synchronizing between two Node Editor windows
Fixed an issue with Node capsules where the clones of animated capsules were not animated - Fixed an issue with the Vertex map in the effector field losing connection when changing the Count value of the Grid distribution op Node
- Fixed an issue with Node capsules where tags in the Object Manager disappeared when changing parameters in the Node Editor
- Fixed some issues with the Resample Spline Node in Count mode where the Keep Points option was not respected
- Fixed an issue with scene Nodes where tags were not referenced correctly when used in the scene graph context
- Fixed an issue with the Resample Spline Node in Insert mode creating artefacts on the original shape
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the numbering of asset versions after editing and saving was not consistent
- Fixed an issue with the scene graph where no results were displayed in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the scene graph where renaming Selection tags in the Object Manager was not reflected in the Scene Nodes
- Fixed an issue with the Connect Node rounding all input splines
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the breadcrumbs of a Node path hierarchy changed when saving the scene
- Fixed an issue with a false warning for the Geometry Property Set Node in Set Tangents mode
- Fixed an issue with the Delete Node that affected the function of the Geometry Axis modifier
- Fixed an issue with scene Nodes where the Delete Node would not work with the Selection input of the Index Array Node if the Selection String input field was empty
- Fixed an issue with some Geometry Modifier Nodes not refreshing the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where a Node group could not be opened because a "/ character was not supported in the group name
- Fixed an issue with the Build Array Node displaying the internal numbering prefix of elements
- Fixed an issue with the Geometry Property Get and Geometry Property Set Nodes not working properly
- Fixed a stability issue with the Edge Break Node capsule and the Text object
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the brightness of a scaffold would change when hovering over its elements
- Fixed a stability issue with Scene Nodes when floating-point numbers became too large to calculate
- Fixed some issues with the Node Editor where it was possible to open hardcoded Nodes for editing as Node groups.
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where using the Shrink to Fit command on a scaffold did not initiate a proper refresh of the graph
- Fixed an issue with the Nodes Editor where the Tesselate Spline node could not be connected with the Clone onto Points Node
- Fixed an issue with the Delete Node not working with an empty Selection String field
- Fixed an issue with the Resample Spline Node not displaying an error when connected to non-spline objects
Node Editor
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the prompt to choose between localized or absolute filename was missing when adding an image texture
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the Decompose Container Node would not automatically connect when dropped on a Distribution Node
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where newly added I/O ports were not automatically selected
- Fixed an issue with the Text Node where the Variable Font parameter ignored the search paths
- Fixed a stability issue when trying to create an asset from an empty scaffold, a note, or no nodes at all
Object Manager
- Fixed an issue with the Annotation tag where the tag would be deleted from the Attribute Manager instead of the elements selected in the Viewport
Objects
- Fixed an issue with the Lathe object creating artefacts in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Null object where the Object Properties parameters were not grayed out when the Dot shape was selected
- Fixed an issue with Solo mode not working properly when generators had multiple Child objects
Other
- Fixed a stability issue with the Magnet tool when used on a spline
- Fixed a performance issue when converting selections between component modes
- Fixed a file saving issue where a file would double in size when saved
Picture Viewer
- Fixed a performance issue with the Picture Viewer not responding while rendering
Project Asset Inspector
- Fixed a stability issue when quitting the Project Asset Inspector
Redshift
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift camera corrupting animation data of an existing Standard camera
Renderer
- Fixed an issue with a Missing plugins warning when saving and loading a scene with certain Render presets
Simulation
- Fixed an issue with the display color of simulated Rope splines under a Cloner, Connect and Fracture hierarchy
- Fixed an issue with the Viewport Solo mode not working with Pyro simulations
- Fixed an issue with Cloth simulation where the Cancel button would not respond while caching
- Fixed an issue with Soft Body simulation of a sphere where the Render Perfect option caused a second sphere to appear in the render result
- Fixed an issue with the Scope labeling in the Commander where the Collider tag for Simulation was labeled “Cloth"
- Fixed an issue with Rigid Body collision shapes for simulation where the automatic selection gave the hemisphere an offset sphere shape
- Fixed an issue with Soft Body simulation where the Mix Animation parameter With Force did not work with Include/Exclude Forces
- Fixed an issue with Pyro Simulation where Vertex maps from an Alembic file would not function properly
- Fixed an issue with setting the initial state of Rigid Bodies when interacting with Cloner objects
- Fixed a stability issue with Render Instances referencing themselves
- Fixed an issue with the Bake Particle tag in a Rigid Body simulation where the baked particles were not in sync when scrubbing the Timeline with the Redshift renderer active
- Fixed a performance issue with MoSpline in Turtle mode when it was used as an object in the Fields list of the Field Force object
- Fixed an issue with cached Pyro Output not updating when it was a Child object under a Volume Builder
Take System
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift camera where changing the Sensor Size in Auto Take mode created an Unnamed parameter in the Object Properties
Team Render Server
- Fixed an issue with the CPU specification in the Team Render Server overview pane on macOS
Timeline
- Fixed a problem with the Solo icon for tracks in the Timeline that did not show that it was enabled, preventing the animation keys from being evaluated
- Fixed an issue with key selections in the F-Curve timeline being removed when right-clicking in the window
- Fixed an issue with the F-Curve Timeline where the keyframe precision of two decimal places was insufficient to display very small value changes
- Fixed an issue with the F-Curve timeline where double-clicking a key would open it in an edit window with its value divided by 100
- Fixed an issue with the numeric Current Frame display not syncing with the actual Powerslider position
UV Tools
- Fixed an issue with the UV Texture Editor where double-clicking a UV island with the Move tool would select all UVs instead of just the island
- Fixed a stability issue in UV Edit mode when adding a UVW tag that was saved as a preset to an object
- Fixed an issue with the Texture UV Editor where the Align UV Islands command affected all edges instead of just the selected ones
Viewport
- Fixed a performance issue with the Viewport when toggling Use as Render View for each Viewport panel with a high-polygon scene
- Fixed an issue with the Outlines option in the Preferences that prevented splines from being displayed as gradients
- Fixed an issue with the Brush Selection tool that caused significant lag in the Viewport when selecting multiple objects in one of the component modes
- Fixed a performance issue when rearranging the Filter pane within the Object Manager
- Fixed an issue with texture mapping on a perfect sphere under a Null object
- Fixed an issue with the Viewport displaying artefacts while selections were highlighted
Volumes
- Fixed an issue with the Volume Builder where changing the geometry of the defining field would move the resulting volume out of position
Fixed a stability issue with the Volume Builder when changing the scale of a defining spline
XPresso
- Fixed an issue with the XPresso Vertex Map Node not working with procedural Vertex Maps
XRef
- Fixed a stability issue when referencing an exchange file in a XRef object
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