Cineware for Unreal Engine 2025.2 - April 2, 2025

Doug Y
Doug Y
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General Notes

Supported UE versions:

  • Unreal Engine 5.3 (Supports only Cineware for Unreal - Datasmith)
  • Unreal Engine 5.4 (Supports only Cineware for Unreal - Datasmith)
  • Unreal Engine 5.5 (Supports Cineware for Unreal - Datasmith and Interchange)

Supported C4D versions: 2025.2

Previous versions of Cinema 4D may not work as expected with Cineware for Unreal Engine 2025.2, it is recommended to update to Cinema 4D 2025.2.

Installer: Cineware for Unreal Engine 2025.2 Installer includes:

  • Datasmith 2025.0.16
  • Interchange 2025.1.0

Datasmith and Interchange can be used together

New Features

Character Animation

  • Ability to import character animations both rigged and skinned
  • Create and manages skeleton data
  • Support for handling multiple skeletal trees

General

  • Drag And Drop or Import asset into the content browser is supported in Interchange

Interchange Framework

The Interchange framework is a new exchange-framework from Epic Games. Cineware for Unreal Engine has started to implement this framework, giving users much more power in customizing their pipelines while working with Cinema 4D files.

Current comparisons between Datasmith and Interchange:

Scene Element Datasmith Interchange
Camera RS / Legacy RS camera import supported but without any parameters
Point Light RS / Legacy Only RS light import supported
Spot Light RS / Legacy Only RS light import supported
Area Light RS / Legacy Only RS light import supported
Infinite Light RS / Legacy Only RS light import supported
AES Light RS / Legacy Not yet supported
Materials RS / Legacy Only RS material import supported
Animation PSR and Geometry Cache PSR and Geometry Cache
Drag & Drop or Import into the content browser Not supported by Datasmith Supported
Import multiple files Supported Supported
Multiple Material per object RS / Legacy Only RS material import supported
Exposing object parameters in the Unreal Engine using the C4D Take system Supported Not yet supported
Character animation Not supported by Datasmith Supported

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