I'm following Ferdinands Implementation of a plugin Module on Windows and have made it to the debug stage but on trying to debug I have this issue "c4d_base.pdb" and am unable to locate this file or not sure how to avoid it.

I am using the extended SDK zip and followed all the instructions, have all programs updated with correct packs installed and I'm running this on Cinema4D 2025.3 with the latest SDK.

If you have a solution, work around or any ideas for me to get even an example plugin running please let me know.

Thanks.

Hi @ferdinand, yes i Just deleted the previous post which had my personal email in it after I found a solution.

For those following, I'm not quite sure what the problem was with my original email as I never received any emails in spam or anywhere and was unable to use that log in to generate an ID, but I used another email address to register and instantly was able to create an ID.

Problem solved, partially. Thanks Ferdinand

Hi @ferdinand could you please email it again?

Hi Ferdinand, this simply does not work, I have registered on the first site and then entered the embedded site but it does not recognize my login details and does not give me a confirmation after creating one. please help me

Hi Ferdinand thanks for replying.

The issue is the 2 links you have sent me do not work
the first link does not accept my login details, and when i register for a new account it says this: Login Unsuccessful
Invalid login credentials

the second link does the exact same thing.

therefore... both are broken, can someone just help me out?

It's been a while since I created a plugin and now everything on the maxon site is broken sending me from broken link to broken link.

I just want to generate a plugin id for testing.

Anyone can help?

Thanks Ricardo,

So I came across the solution of locking my Xpresso set up, protecting it and hiding it with layers but the last part of hiding user data may have been explained the wrong way,

Here is a screenshot of what I would like to hide from the "users" side:
On the right hand side is the User Data menu accesable from the Attributes manager with my whole interface built in there, what I would like to do is hide all of that data from the "user"

I understand that this might need to be re-built in python using the correct string layout.

also from my research I would need to write some python to be able to add an Icon to my Null object in place of the C4D Icons: I would like to know if its possible to change the icons which appear on the left so that my object rig will appear with its own custom icon in the object manager.

Are there any step by step tutorials on here which can give me a basic tutorial on writing a plugin that has similar properties? for example a "hello world" script which include a few lines of user data in the attributes manager with buttons and sliders as well as basic folder structure and must haves for a c4d plugin?

Thanks, Shir

Hi Ricardo,

Thanks for your speedy reply!

at a most basic level I would like to have the Xpresso rig exist as a file which can be loaded
and then have my user data controls available for people to use, but I'm interested to know how I could completely replace the tag and user data with a script as well

I essentially just want to hide my Xpresso and user data so that people have the functionality of my rig without being able to edit the input fields.

The final intention of my rig is a downloadable object creator which contains custom controls.

Thanks,
Shir

Hi Everyone,

I've managed to build a complex Xpresso rig which I'd like to turn into a plugin,

I have no scripting knowledge besides copying and pasting or finding where the files should go so bare with me.

I would like to:

Hide my user data or transfer it to a script? it's currently on a null object and connected to an Xpresso tag

Add an Icon

convert my object plugin into a script or one file that people can download.

Sorry if I'm not specific but I'm having trouble figuring out what files should be in my folder structure and whats important or not.

Thanks!