Hello,

you can set the command line argument

g_disableConsoleOutput=true

to hide any output or interaction with the Project Tool.

See Project Tool.

For questions no longer related to the threads original topic, please open a new thread. Thanks.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

just for your information: you find more about CTracks in the CTrack Manual and more information on DescIDs and DescLevels in the DescID Manual.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

the libmmd.dll is part of the Intel runtime redistributables. This DLL is typically installed on a system by the Cinema 4D installer.

The proper redistributables should be these: https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/d6/c2/ww_icl_redist_msi_2019.2.190.zip (But I haven't tested that).

Alternatively one can - as you have discovered - move the DLLs from the libs/win64 folder to the executable folder.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

CAWeightMgr is a static class; all member functions are static functions:

It should be something like this:

c4d.modules.character.CAWeightMgr.SetParameter(doc, c4d.ID_CA_WEIGHT_MGR_ENABLE_DISPLAY, True)

Some simple example would be:

# This example creates and adds a weight tag and a skin object
# to the given polygon object. The joints stored in the given list
# are linked in the weight tag. The weight manager is updated
# and used to create auto-weights.

# add weight tag and skin object

weightTag = c4d.modules.character.CAWeightTag()
if weightTag is None:
		return

skinObject = c4d.BaseObject(c4d.Oskin)
if skinObject is None:
		return

polyObject.InsertTag(weightTag)
doc.InsertObject(skinObject, polyObject, None)

# add joints

for joint in joints:
    weightTag.AddJoint(joint)
		
# select tag
doc.SetActiveTag(weightTag, c4d.SELECTION_NEW)

# update weight manager
c4d.modules.character.CAWeightMgr.Update(doc)

# select all joints
c4d.modules.character.CAWeightMgr.SelectAllJoints(doc)

# auto weight
c4d.modules.character.CAWeightMgr.AutoWeight(doc, False)

c4d.EventAdd()

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

I don't think you have to do anything else in Write(). WriteObject() should only write the nodes that you inserted into the list head. If you don't add outdated nodes to your list head, they are not written into the file.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

maybe it would make sense to create a single thread for each question. This makes it easier to have a separate discussion on each topic.

There is no point cloud data in Cinema 4D. But to store arbitrary space positions (or matrices with colors) one can use the multi instance object. See c4d.InstanceObject and InstanceObject Manual.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

I'm not aware of a way so sample really a single channel. But you can sample the whole material using the BaseMaterial class.

You find example code on how to use BaseMaterial in the BaseMaterial Manual.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

yes, having dummy plugins seems necessary.

Hello,

you could try to filter the unneeded nodes after reading (as far as I understand you don't have any use for these nodes anyway). This would still requires at least some dummy nodes to avoid issues.

After filtering, you could write the GeListHead as it is in Write().

Why do you need the order of the nodes? You could get the type of the nodes to check if it is still a needed node or not.

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hello,

I also don't see any other way then to have at least some dummy plugins to avoid that message.

Would it make sense to have some kind of converter that handles a scene with with the old elements and removes them correctly?

How are your scene hook and the other plugins related? Do you store the NodeData based plugins within your scene hook?

best wishes,
Sebastian