SDK Change Notes for Cinema 4D 2024.4¶

Summarizes the API and API documentation changes made between Cinema 4D version 2024.3.0 and 2024.4.0.

Documentation Changes¶

Added c4d.ParticleGroupObject to access low-level particle data for the 2024.4 particles.
Added the Particle Group Object example which explain how to read particle data from a c4d.ParticleGroupObject.
Added maxon.neutron.MSG_GET_ASSET_WITH_VERSION to get the identifier of the node asset from which this capsule originates.
Added c4d.MSG_GETCUSTOM_NAME_ADDITION to retrieve a custom name addition in the Object Manager.
Added MoData.GetArrayValue() method, improving Parameter Control Mode performance in Python Effector, with test scene frame rates increasing from 4 fps to 19 fps.

Fixed a possible crash with Reload Python Plugins.
Fixed Python Script Log not working when analytics were disabled.
Fixed parameter access of GeListNode.__getitem__() and GeListNode.__setitem__() not working on c4d.DescId for capsules.
Fixed an issue where loading of non pyp files was possible in source protector.

Fixed an issue that prevented setting and retrieving maxon.CString within a maxon.DataDictionary or nodes.
Fixed an issue that prevented setting and retrieving maxon.DataType within a maxon.DataDictionary or nodes.
Fixed an issue where, in some cases, maxon.GraphNode.SetValue() could corrupt the passed value.
Fixed FieldList.InsertLayer(), which could corrupt the given layer for later usage.

Fixed maxon.GraphModelInterface.Merge() returning a wrong value.
Fixed maxon.GraphNode.GetValues() returning a wrong value.
Fixed maxon.GraphNode.GetConnectionValue() not deducing type automatically when the expected type was None.

Added MAXON_DECLARATION support to the symbol parser which fixed some missing maxon.AssetTypes.
Fixed symbol parser where in some condition MAXON_ATTRIBUTE where not parsed and therefor not available in Python.

Fixed documentation of the argument idOrNodeKind in maxon.GraphNode.FindChild().
Fixed documentation of the argument relativePath in maxon.GraphNode.FindInnerNode().

Added windowScale value within the returned dictionary of BaseDraw.GetFrameScreen().