Encountering Issues with Generating Hash Suffix for Preferences Directory in C4D

[moghurt]

Hello everyone,

I am experiencing some issues while generating the directory for the Cinema 4D preferences folder. I referenced the code from Maxon's official Github repository, 'cinema4d_py_sdk_extended/scripts/01_foundations/retrieves_temp_folder_r17.py'.
https://github.com/PluginCafe/cinema4d_py_sdk_extended/blob/ba0daf1711ef0065f6587bf08b8aaec6c48dc96f/scripts/01_foundations/retrieves_temp_folder_r17.py

When I use this method and input the directory 'C:\Program Files\MAXON\Cinema 4D 2023', the result I get is 'C:\Users\Mcyog\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\Cinema 4D 2023_76175CB', where the hash suffix is '76175CB', a 7-digit number. However, the correct result should be '076175CB'.

I have tried other directories and they all output the correct hash suffix. Only the directory 'C:\Program Files\MAXON\Cinema 4D 2023' has this issue.

Interestingly, when Cinema 4D automatically generates preferences, it creates the correct 8-digit hash suffix '076175CB' for this directory. I would like to know if the method from Github needs to be updated, and I need a way to retrieve the preferences without starting Cinema 4D, as this seems to be the only solution.

Any assistance or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[m_adam]

Hi @moghurt good, catch I fixed it on Github.

To fix it, edit line 64 from

return format(crc ^ 0xffffffff, 'x').upper()

To

return format(crc ^ 0xffffffff, '08x').upper()

Cheers,
Maxime.

[moghurt]

@m_adam m_adam resolved the issue perfectly. Thanks for the great support!