Thanks for the update Frank. Looking at your "resolutions" I think that the actions you took were responsible, in the first case, to clean the existing derived data for the R20 project, whilst in the second, to refresh the DerivedData subfolder where the newly re-created R21 project was supposed to store intermediate files. Please keep us updated and for the mean time I'm going to set this thread as solved. Cheers

I think we are talking past each other. You can of course build any project any way you like. An then make sure that your plugins link to the build result using the link options defined in projectdefinition.txt. But I think you want to include an already existing (non-plugin) project in the solution created by the Project Tool, right? And I think that is not possible. I guess you could add the project manually to the solution created by the Project Tool.

OK, thank you!

Hi Daniel, for the time being I see three options: run Cinema with its own menu bar; drag out the menù containing your CommandData in order to make the cogwheel appear use keyboard modifiers: Alt + LMB -> lunches CommandData::Execute() LMB -> lunches CommandData::ExecuteOptionID() Best, Riccardo

Hey zipit, thanks for the answer! Exactly what I needed! Best Regards, Florian

Hello Sebastian, thanks for this quick response! I dind't know about this. But this solved my issue! Best Regards, Florian

Thank you again, @m_adam! I ended up using the C++ method, and it worked like a charm. Also, I appreciate the link to the *args and **kwargs at pythontips.com. It was very helpful to understand those concepts. I do have (many) more questions, but I'll start new posts since they're not related to this topic. My Best, Eric

Thanks Sebastian! Looking forward for a fix. ;) Meanwhile I'll take care of your recommendation. Best, Robert

HI Andreas, no worries, this question was not exclusively targeted at Maxon, the opposite is the case. I was hoping for some information by other users here, like @kbar or even @m_adam (back in the days Maxime was not associated with Maxon. ;)) Meanwhile, I'm going to build a toolchain and see what works for me. I'll report back here if I have something to show. That may help someone else.

Hi Roger, thanks for following up. Although I've run a few tests here trying to mix-up STL data-types and Cinema API ones, I wasn't able to reproduce the issue on Xcode 9.4.1 and Cinema R20.057. That said, where possible, we encourage sticking to Cinema 4D API related data-types in order to grant better performance and superior stability. In your specific case I would go for maxon::BaseArray rather than std::vector and I would have switched from std::vector<std::string> to maxon::BaseArray<maxon::String> Would this be an option? Would you like to share a portion of code to reproduce the issue? Best, Riccardo

Hi Franck, backward and upward compatibility for the current major release is something we really consider and try our best to not break. Unfortunately, for R20 plugins, they need to be recompiled to make them compatible with R20 SP1. See C++ Index or either in the R20.026 changelog. You may encounter an issue with plugin compiled with R20.011 (see the R20.026 changelog) since you may override maxon dedicated IDs which will break for sure some C4D/plugin stuff. Cheers, Maxime.

using the CheckDirty function seem to be the solution. void Spherify::CheckDirty(BaseObject* op, BaseDocument* doc) { if (falloff) { BaseContainer *data = op->GetDataInstance(); Int32 dirty = falloff->GetDirty(doc, data); if (dirty == lastFalloffDirtyCheck) return; op->SetDirty(DIRTYFLAGS::DATA); lastFalloffDirtyCheck = dirty; } } the full code for the spherify deformer : // deformer object example #include "c4d.h" #include "c4d_symbols.h" #include "main.h" #include "ospherifydeformer.h" #include "c4d_falloffdata.h" #define HANDLE_CNT 2 class Spherify : public ObjectData { public: virtual Bool Init(GeListNode* node); virtual Bool Message (GeListNode* node, Int32 type, void* data); virtual void GetDimension (BaseObject* op, Vector* mp, Vector* rad); virtual DRAWRESULT Draw (BaseObject* op, DRAWPASS type, BaseDraw* bd, BaseDrawHelp* bh); virtual void GetHandle (BaseObject* op, Int32 i, HandleInfo& info); virtual Int32 DetectHandle (BaseObject* op, BaseDraw* bd, Int32 x, Int32 y, QUALIFIER qualifier); virtual Bool MoveHandle (BaseObject* op, BaseObject* undo, const Vector& mouse_pos, Int32 hit_id, QUALIFIER qualifier, BaseDraw* bd); virtual Bool ModifyObject (BaseObject* op, BaseDocument* doc, BaseObject* mod, const Matrix& op_mg, const Matrix& mod_mg, Float lod, Int32 flags, BaseThread* thread); AutoAlloc<C4D_Falloff> falloff; Int32 lastFalloffDirtyCheck; virtual Int32 GetHandleCount(BaseObject *op); virtual void SetHandle(BaseObject *op, Int32 i, Vector p, const HandleInfo &info); virtual Bool CopyTo(NodeData *dest, GeListNode *snode, GeListNode *dnode, COPYFLAGS flags, AliasTrans *trn); virtual Bool GetDDescription(GeListNode *node, Description *description, DESCFLAGS_DESC &flags); virtual Bool AddToExecution(BaseObject *op, PriorityList *list); virtual EXECUTIONRESULT Execute(BaseObject *op, BaseDocument *doc, BaseThread *bt, Int32 priority, EXECUTIONFLAGS flags); virtual void CheckDirty(BaseObject* op, BaseDocument* doc); static NodeData* Alloc() { return NewObjClear(Spherify); } }; Int32 Spherify::GetHandleCount(BaseObject *op) { BaseContainer *bc = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!bc) return 0; if (falloff) return falloff->GetHandleCount(bc) + HANDLE_CNT; return 0; } void Spherify::SetHandle(BaseObject *op, Int32 i, Vector p, const HandleInfo &info) { BaseContainer *bc = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!bc) return; if (falloff) falloff->SetHandle(i, p, bc, info); } Bool Spherify::CopyTo(NodeData *dest, GeListNode *snode, GeListNode *dnode, COPYFLAGS flags, AliasTrans *trn) { Spherify *df = (Spherify*)dest; if (!df) return false; if (falloff && df->falloff) if (!falloff->CopyTo(df->falloff)) return false; return ObjectData::CopyTo(dest, snode, dnode, flags, trn); } Bool Spherify::GetDDescription(GeListNode *node, Description *description, DESCFLAGS_DESC &flags) { BaseObject *op = (BaseObject*)node; if (!op) return false; BaseContainer *data = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!data) return false; if (!description->LoadDescription(op->GetType())) return false; //--------------------------------- // Add the falloff interface if (falloff) { if (!falloff->SetMode(FIELDS, data)) // The falloff parameters have to have been setup before it can be added to the description, this like makes sure of that return false; if (!falloff->AddFalloffToDescription(description, data, DESCFLAGS_DESC::NONE)) return false; } flags |= DESCFLAGS_DESC::LOADED; return true; } void Spherify::CheckDirty(BaseObject* op, BaseDocument* doc) { if (falloff) { BaseContainer *data = op->GetDataInstance(); Int32 dirty = falloff->GetDirty(doc, data); if (dirty == lastFalloffDirtyCheck) return; op->SetDirty(DIRTYFLAGS::DATA); lastFalloffDirtyCheck = dirty; } } Bool Spherify::AddToExecution(BaseObject *op, PriorityList *list) { list->Add(op, EXECUTIONPRIORITY_INITIAL, EXECUTIONFLAGS::NONE); return TRUE; } EXECUTIONRESULT Spherify::Execute(BaseObject *op, BaseDocument *doc, BaseThread *bt, Int32 priority, EXECUTIONFLAGS flags) { BaseContainer *data = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!data) return EXECUTIONRESULT::USERBREAK; if (falloff) if (!falloff->InitFalloff(data, doc, op)) return EXECUTIONRESULT::OUTOFMEMORY; return EXECUTIONRESULT::OK; } Bool Spherify::Message(GeListNode* node, Int32 type, void* data) { if (type == MSG_MENUPREPARE) { ((BaseObject*)node)->SetDeformMode(true); } return true; } Bool Spherify::ModifyObject(BaseObject* mod, BaseDocument* doc, BaseObject* op, const Matrix& op_mg, const Matrix& mod_mg, Float lod, Int32 flags, BaseThread* thread) { BaseContainer* data = mod->GetDataInstance(); Vector p, *padr = nullptr; Matrix m, im; Int32 i, pcnt; Float rad = data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS), strength = data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_STRENGTH); Float s; Float32* weight = nullptr; if (!op->IsInstanceOf(Opoint)) return true; padr = ToPoint(op)->GetPointW(); pcnt = ToPoint(op)->GetPointCount(); if (!pcnt) return true; FieldInput inputs(padr, pcnt, op_mg); Bool outputsOK = falloff->PreSample(doc, mod, inputs, FIELDSAMPLE_FLAG::VALUE); Float fallOffSampleValue(1.0); weight = ToPoint(op)->CalcVertexMap(mod); m = (~mod_mg) * op_mg; // op -> world -> modifier im = ~m; for (i = 0; i < pcnt; i++) { if (thread && !(i & 63) && thread->TestBreak()) break; p = m * padr[i]; s = strength; if (weight) s *= weight[i]; if (outputsOK) falloff->Sample(p, &fallOffSampleValue, true, 0.0, nullptr, i); s *= fallOffSampleValue; p = s * (!p * rad) + (1.0 - s) * p; padr[i] = im * p; } DeleteMem(weight); op->Message(MSG_UPDATE); return true; } void Spherify::GetDimension(BaseObject* op, Vector* mp, Vector* rad) { BaseContainer* data = op->GetDataInstance(); *mp = Vector(0.0); *rad = Vector(data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS)); } DRAWRESULT Spherify::Draw(BaseObject* op, DRAWPASS drawpass, BaseDraw* bd, BaseDrawHelp* bh) { if (!op->GetDeformMode()) return DRAWRESULT::SKIP; BaseContainer *bc = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!bc) return DRAWRESULT::FAILURE; if (falloff) falloff->Draw(bd, bh, drawpass, bc); if (drawpass == DRAWPASS::OBJECT) { BaseContainer* data = op->GetDataInstance(); Float rad = data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS); Matrix m = bh->GetMg(); m.sqmat *= rad; bd->SetMatrix_Matrix(nullptr, Matrix()); bd->SetPen(bd->GetObjectColor(bh, op)); bd->DrawCircle(m); maxon::Swap(m.sqmat.v2, m.sqmat.v3); bd->DrawCircle(m); maxon::Swap(m.sqmat.v1, m.sqmat.v3); bd->DrawCircle(m); } else if (drawpass == DRAWPASS::HANDLES) { Int32 i; Int32 hitid = op->GetHighlightHandle(bd); HandleInfo info; bd->SetPen(GetViewColor(VIEWCOLOR_ACTIVEPOINT)); bd->SetMatrix_Matrix(op, bh->GetMg()); for (i = 0; i < HANDLE_CNT; i++) { GetHandle(op, i, info); if (hitid == i) bd->SetPen(GetViewColor(VIEWCOLOR_SELECTION_PREVIEW)); else bd->SetPen(GetViewColor(VIEWCOLOR_ACTIVEPOINT)); bd->DrawHandle(info.position, DRAWHANDLE::BIG, 0); } GetHandle(op, 1, info); bd->SetPen(GetViewColor(VIEWCOLOR_ACTIVEPOINT)); bd->DrawLine(info.position, Vector(0.0), 0); } return DRAWRESULT::OK; } void Spherify::GetHandle(BaseObject* op, Int32 i, HandleInfo& info) { BaseContainer* data = op->GetDataInstance(); if (!data) return; if (falloff) falloff->GetHandle(i, data, info); switch (i) { case 0: info.position.x = data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS); info.direction.x = 1.0; info.type = HANDLECONSTRAINTTYPE::LINEAR; break; case 1: info.position.x = data->GetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_STRENGTH) * 1000.0; info.direction.x = 1.0; info.type = HANDLECONSTRAINTTYPE::LINEAR; break; default: break; } } Int32 Spherify::DetectHandle(BaseObject* op, BaseDraw* bd, Int32 x, Int32 y, QUALIFIER qualifier) { if (qualifier & QUALIFIER::CTRL) return NOTOK; HandleInfo info; Matrix mg = op->GetMg(); Int32 i, ret = NOTOK; Vector p; for (i = 0; i < HANDLE_CNT; i++) { GetHandle(op, i, info); if (bd->PointInRange(mg * info.position, x, y)) { ret = i; if (!(qualifier & QUALIFIER::SHIFT)) break; } } return ret; } Bool Spherify::MoveHandle(BaseObject* op, BaseObject* undo, const Vector& mouse_pos, Int32 hit_id, QUALIFIER qualifier, BaseDraw* bd) { BaseContainer* dst = op->GetDataInstance(); HandleInfo info; Float val = mouse_pos.x; GetHandle(op, hit_id, info); if (bd) { Matrix mg = op->GetUpMg() * undo->GetMl(); Vector pos = bd->ProjectPointOnLine(mg * info.position, mg.sqmat * info.direction, mouse_pos.x, mouse_pos.y); val = Dot(~mg * pos, info.direction); } switch (hit_id) { case 0: dst->SetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS, ClampValue(val, 0.0_f, (Float) MAXRANGE)); break; case 1: dst->SetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_STRENGTH, Clamp01(val * 0.001)); break; default: break; } return true; } Bool Spherify::Init(GeListNode* node) { BaseObject* op = (BaseObject*)node; BaseContainer* data = op->GetDataInstance(); data->SetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_RADIUS, 200.0); data->SetFloat(SPHERIFYDEFORMER_STRENGTH, 0.5); if (falloff) { if (!falloff->InitFalloff(nullptr, nullptr, op)) return false; lastFalloffDirtyCheck = -1; } return true; } // be sure to use a unique ID obtained from www.plugincafe.com #define ID_SPHERIFYOBJECT 1001158 Bool RegisterSpherify() { return RegisterObjectPlugin(ID_SPHERIFYOBJECT, GeLoadString(IDS_SPHERIZE), OBJECT_MODIFIER | OBJECT_CALL_ADDEXECUTION, Spherify::Alloc, "Ospherifydeformer"_s, AutoBitmap("spherify.tif"_s), 0); }

Good news. And... more good news. The best news are that, after creating a Debug version and running Cinema 4D R20 from XCode, all of a sudden, the plugin started working!!! I then created a simple build (not a Debug one) and it is still working fine :-) The other good news is that I now know how to create a Debug version :-)

This is really weird but after getting this error (and everything all being Ok), the way that I found to get rid of this error is to delete the xcodeproj, the props, the vcxproj and the vcxproj.filters files from the project folder, leaving just the projectdefinition.txt file there, and running the Project Tool again. Then, opening the newly created xcodeproj file, I no longer get this error and it compiles fine.

I found the culprit. My cmyk.cpp file was inside of a folder. When I got it out and placed it alongside the main.cpp file, the project file created by the Project Tool finally opened in XCode. Now I'm getting other errors, but at least the problem reported in this post is solved.

Hey that was it! Thanks

Thank you so much, that's exactly what I needed! Dan

Hi Steve, having the USE_MAXON_API being defined - actually using C4D=true in projectdefinition.txt - is required in order to be sure that all the cinema.framework classes are properly compiled. Although there could be situations where some cinema.framework classes can work without that define, we highly discourage this approach since you can end up in situations where the code compiles until you include that specific class which indeed needs that define (which it's already happening in that case). If specifying C4D=true actually brings too much pain, please open a new thread and let's proactively discuss the issues your code is facing and let's get rid of them. Best, Riccardo

Hi Ricardo, I can't do that, unfortunately. There are several reasons why I cannot update my machine to a later OSX version than El Capitan, at the moment. I did not encounter any problems so far that could be tracked down to the XCode version. Btw, I solved the problem. For some reason, after running the Project Tool again in a fuzzy "F*** it, it has has to work!" moment, things started working. I am stumped, as I don't know the reason, but anyway, the problem's gone. Cheers, Frank

Thanks @r_gigante that's what I thought.