Hey @mrittman, i cant find the id names in documentation but i think CID_SOUND_START would be the timecode of when the audio starts (notice you are assigning a BaseTime object to it) CID_SOUND_NAME which i'm using is the audio file path. My application is taking the audio file path and the image sequence output (as defined by the render output settings) and combining them via a subprocess using ffmpeg. If there was a way i could do it straight through c4d id prefer that! Mainly cos ffmpeg is a mission! especially when you need to shift/delay audio and what not.

Ok, something to think about and to consider.

Thanks Sebastian, I will try that! /Filip

Hi Riccardo, I think the issue is solved because there is no any issue. Some not good methods of software distribution just confused us. Btw, what benefits different parameters of SetPluginPriority() give to us? For example the xdll has several plugins like materials, shader, tags and renderer. Even some icons with plugin ids. What priority is better to use in this case? I see https://developers.maxon.net/docs/cpp/2023_2/page_manual_module_functions.html For example, what is C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER: Does it give higher thread priority during some PV rendering task? Or does it just load the plugin before other renderers and give the chance to lock system resources before others?

Yes it is! Thank you very much!

Works as expected. Thank you @m_adam for getting back to me. Have a great day ahead!

Thanks. Pim

Shouldn't STEP be used to set this precision? Or is there a limit for STEP?

@mp5gosu @m_adam I'll test out these options and see how it works out. Thanks for the information guys, I appreciate it!

It builds, and the source processor does not complain. Thank you!

Hi @Ogers, unfortunately, there is no direct way to do so. The only working solution is to retrieves the host of the shader (using BaseList2D.GetMain) Then iterates the description of this element and all its children to see where the shader is used. Cheers, Maxime.

Solved. There is TREEVIEW_OUTSIDE_DROP option.

Hi @pim, In Python, SpecialEventAdd can only pass integer value, so the sender part can store the data into the document BaseContainer send the SpecialEventAdd/ Process this event read back the data from the active document BaseContainer. You can find valuable information on this topic https://developers.maxon.net/forum/topic/8219/10712_pluginmessage-and-pycobject-solved/5. Cheers, Maxime.

@C4DS said in Send message to tooldata: PrepareData Your first answer works great! Thank you.

Yes - dragging session only occurs in a 2D space - I thought so. Thanks.

Thanks for the answer. I just started with a command plugin. New requirements emerged and yes, perhaps I now change over to a tool plugin.

Hi Bentraje, thanks for following up and sorry for coming late here. I've checked your geometry and the issue is not with the algorithm, but in both cases with the geometries you're using to compute the area who don't shown vertexes being properly "ordered". The algorithm I've briefly presented requires the vertexes to be ordered as if you're visiting them by walking on the outer edge of your n-gon or polygon in CCW or CW. It is then mandatory to generate an ordered list of vertexes before passing the data to the function to get the correct result. [image: 1553532189426-62d2c929-154a-4c85-b558-af1536d3153d-image.png] In order to come out with such an ordered list I warmly recommend you to visit the following old-threads: Get all ngons PolygonObject.GetPolygonTranslationMap() Get outer edges of each Ngon Best, Riccardo

Hi, I'm glad you found something working for you. I just want to mention, this way of using the deform cache directly will only work for very specific setups, for arbitrary object configurations you will most likely need to iterate through the cache. So, I think, it's worth to give those manuals another read. Also Maxime has posted some snippets in Getting a polygonal version of an animated mesh, which might be useful for you. Cheers, Andreas

What the customer failed to mention was that the Team Render Client he used is on the same physical machine as his main Cinema 4D. Since both share the same plugins folder, the plugins were obviously installed manually for the main Cinema 4D, and thus also available for the local Team Render Client. Case closed.