Maxon has updated the latest version of its powerful 3D tool, Cinema 4D, and recommends this update for all 2024 users. In Cinema 4D 2024.2, new improvements featured in Simulation, Pyro, Animation, Exchange, Project Assets, Nodes and more.
Improvements
Simulation
- Set Deactivation parameters for Rigid Body objects in idle
- Damping override for Rigid Body, Soft Body, Cloth, Rope and Balloon tag
- Scaling Rigid Body objects
- Forces can be guided by a cloner
Pyro
- New emission type – Dynamic Surface
- Set Time Scale for Density, Color, Rest Grid, Temperature, and Fuel
- Fuel Contingent to support UpRes pyro simulation
- Dual Rest Grid adds ability to post process the volume with noise patterns
Animation
- Key Reducer to reduce the number of keyframes in the timeline
- Preserved locked keys won’t be affect by the Key Reducer
Exchange
- Adobe Substance 3D Nodes for Redshift Materials
- Color Mangement dropdown selection when importing
- Automatically adjust color space based on file name suffix
- glTF Animations support TRS (PRS)
- Multiple glTF animations will load into different Takes
Project Assets
- Project fonts are displayed in the Project Asset Inspector
- Missing Fonts can be identified and fixed
- Project assets are displayed in the Project Asset Inspector
- Missing assets can be identified and fixed
Nodes
- Node Asset Version Pinning
- Missing Asset Detection and Warning on load and on save
- Missing Assets Icon in the Objects Manager, Node Editor and Project Asset Inspector
- Thicken and Symmetry Nodes
- Memory Node supported in Capsules
- Resample Spline Node allows you to interactively adjust the spline resolution
- Pop Element Node, “Pops” the last element of the end input array
- Geometry Property Get and Set improvements
- Nodal Capsule improvements
