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Hardware / Threadripper 7970X NEW SETUP (corona + vantage)

« on: 2025-07-21, 15:38:19 »

Hello
I'm thinking of a new setup. My primary engine is Corona (c4d) + Vantage for animations.
So I need CPU and GPU fairly equal distribution.

I'm willing to spend the money for, Threadripper 7970X (Threadripper 7980X seems too expensive).

But for the GPU I don't have enough experience to decide.
Should I go with NVIDIA RTX 5090 24–32GB ?
Should I for with 2 GPUs? Does Vantage make good use of multiple gpus?
Any suggestions would be helpful.

Best,
m

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: Render instances and Motion blur randomly change the position of the instances

« on: 2025-03-14, 16:31:55 »

I have similar issues with motion blur of objects. Usually IR works fine, but final render is totally scr*** with strange artefacts allover.
Best,
m

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: BUMP issues with Render instances

« on: 2025-03-11, 09:28:39 »

Only IR yes.
Thanks, I hope this will be fixed soon.

Best.
m

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: LightMix + Corona Denoiser = Crash

« on: 2025-03-11, 09:24:36 »

Thank you @burnin!
Save data for later seems to work great, no crashes.

Btw. how can I render via command line?

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / LightMix + Corona Denoiser = Crash

« on: 2025-03-10, 21:38:05 »

Hi,
I haven't been using LightMix in production until recently. But I have a huge problem on a current project where I get constant crashes when rendering Light mix.
I have just a few lights in the scene + hdri.
I'm rendering 4K. I'm using Takes. File is approx 1.2GB of size.

When I turn off the denoising everything works fine.
Any ideas on what could be the problem?
Could it be the ram? I only have 64GB.

Thanks.
Matej

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / BUMP issues with Render instances

« on: 2025-02-21, 17:41:28 »

Hi,
I've been getting this strange behavior where I would set the desired Bump value on an object's material. Then I would duplicate the object (Render Instances) and lose all the bump on the copied objects. As soon I changed the Render Instance to regular Instance, the bump returned.

Someone having same issue maybe?

Thank.
Matej

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[C4D] General Discussion / VR 360 panorama with VR glasses (Oculus) - 2024

« on: 2024-05-17, 10:54:46 »

Hello everybody,
my client wants to see 360 panoramas with their Oculus glasses. Which service to use?
I prefer an online service compared to a desktop app because it's just more convenient for updating.

1. theViewer
Very disappointed with their service!
Had a few technical issues (p.e. when I replaced an image in the control panel with a new one, the old one kept showing up). So I couldn't refresh the images at all, maybe deleting the whole project would work, but that's a lot fo work when you already have all the hotspots setup.
I contacted their helpdesk and till this day I got no response! Nothing.
I also asked for a refund because I had to switch to another service in the middle of the project. No answer.

Oh, also installing of the VR app didn't work.

2. LAPENTOR: https://lapentor.com/
Very happy with their service and responsiveness. Everything works great.
But can't seem to use VR glasses.
Now I found a way to use it with VR glasses.
But it seems it does not work with Oculus. Tried to configure but finally didn't manage to.
Worth trying for cardboard VR sets I think.

3. 3DVISTA https://www.3dvista.com/en/
Seems to offer everything I need, I haven't tried it though.
But it's a desktop app which is less convenient for updating the images (more uploading, more potential technical problems).

4. KUULA https://kuula.co/
Haven't tried it. I'm not sure they offer VR glasses support.

Their helpdesk sent me this:

At this moment the supported devices on Kuula include:

Oculus (Meta) Quest, Quest 2 and Quest 3
Android phones, using a cardboard headset
Apple iPhone, using a cardboard headset
VR is not supported on desktop computers, laptops and tablets. Kuula also doesn't support VR on headsets that do not offer a VR-capable web browser such as Pico or HTC.

I would appreciate your take on this.
Best,
Matej

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Tile Shader - Jagged Displacement and Bump

« on: 2024-03-11, 12:39:20 »

I've changed (Bengamins file) from UVW to Object and the bump is not visible anymore.
So I guess the bump is working only for UVW Tile projection.
Very annoying I must say.

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Tile Shader - Jagged Displacement and Bump

« on: 2024-03-07, 20:12:17 »

Hi, thanks dor the answer.
I'm attaching my scene:
Using last Corona update.
best,
m

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Tile Shader - Jagged Displacement and Bump

« on: 2024-03-07, 11:38:02 »

I can confrim Bump is not working when using Tile shader in Bump slor.
Using filter doesn't help.

Any news regarding this?

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Hardware / Re: Workstation configuration

« on: 2021-03-20, 09:37:15 »

Yes, crazy times indeed :) And they even go way higher on german ebay.
Considering times, I guess 1080ti isn't a bad buy then, for cinema4d viewport performance. Especially considering 1080ti has 11GB, which is a significant boost compared to my 1GB :)

thank you
m

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Hardware / Re: Workstation configuration

« on: 2021-03-19, 21:00:34 »

Hey peeps!
I'm very happy with my purchase, thanks again for all the help.
However I got a bit lazy with purchasing a new graphics card.

I have an offer for 1080ti (650€) on the table.
Or should I wait for the new rtx3080ti ?

I render ONLY on cpu, so I only need it for the best possible viewport efficiency.
Should I wait or get the 1080ti? What are your thoughts?!

Thanks
m

Asus TUF Gaming x570-PLUS, AMD 3950X, 64GB ram

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Hardware / Re: Workstation configuration

« on: 2019-11-22, 22:48:03 »

Thank you so much Juraj!

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Hardware / Re: Workstation configuration

« on: 2019-11-21, 21:29:28 »

Finally the wait for 3950X is over.
So here's is my setup at the moment, I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on it.

CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
900€

MB
ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/TUF-GAMING-X570-PLUS/
250€

Or should I go with PCie3 ASROCK Taichihttps://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470%20Taichi/index.asp ?
Since there is no obvious advantade over the PCie4 boards at the moment.

RAM
64GB (2x32GB) https://www.adata.com/us/orderinfo/483
This leaves to slots open for possible upgrade to 128GB
300€

GPU
Used 1080 ti
500€

HEATSINK
NOCTUA NH-D15 chromax.black https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15-chromax-black
100€


best,
matej

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Mtl override - include/exclude list

« on: 2019-08-02, 18:19:54 »

Thanks TomG.
My brain completely ignored the Include/Exclude tab. Still amazed by that:)

It's Friday! Brains do strange things on Friday :)

Indeed! :) tnx