Rope Simulations in Cinema 4D S26

Hey everyone today we are going to look at rope simulations at Cinema 4D S26. There is a new simulation system and tags to go with it. I will show you my settings and a couple more extras. We will also look at my upcoming texture pack as I am interested in your feedback.
I have followed the tutorial from GreyscaleGorilla which got me started on this one. We will focus on the basics you will need to create the artwork in the thumbnail.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Building the scene
01:00 Bringing in spline
01:41 Spline setting
02:10 Sweep Object
04:00 Cloner use
05:10 100 Ropes - Interesting
06:05 Fixed points on Ropes
07:30 Texturing Ropes
09:05 Simulate - Forces - Rotation
10:00 Simulation Tab
10:40 Texture Pack announcement
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[@jonathanlavanant]

Thanks for this tuts bro, nicely done like always 👌

[@StepanHKA]

hey Jonathan, Thanks for this comment 🙇 that makes it worth it so much more 🙌

[@MilezAwxy]

Thank you, very straight forward tutorial, no extra talking just actual information

[@StepanHKA]

Thanks so much 🙌

[@AnasAlZoubi]

SMALL HINT FOR YOU..YOU CAN PUT THE ROPE SIM TAG ON CLONER IT SELF AND PUT CLONER IN CONNECT . THEN SWEEP CLONER AND SHAPE,AND YOU DONE, YOU DON'T NEED MAKE CLONER EDITABLE

[@StepanHKA]

OMG thank you so much!

[@StepanHKA]

I am glad you took time and helped me to make this better need to try soon

[@AnasAlZoubi]

​@@StepanHKA it's my pleasure bro, i also love your tutorials

[@edwardhoare7617]

Can you explain this in more detail please

[@piotrbaran3856]

So happy I found your channel 💪🔥Great job, Stepan!

[@StepanHKA]

Oh my 😱thanks so much Piotr 🙌🙌🙌

[@kasperrubin9078]

To do a straight spline, go to Point mode and Ctrl+drag one point out. Very simple and easy.

[@StepanHKA]

Thanks so much

[@bil_chamberlin]

Thanks, really cool and Love the materials!

[@StepanHKA]

hey Bil Thanks for your comment ❤️🙌 You can get these materials on my Gumroad if you want.

[@liamori2097]

Cool detailed tutorial! Thank you for sharing!

[@StepanHKA]

Thanks for watching!🙌

[@alexffm8147]

Great tips, thank you so much!

[@StepanHKA]

Thank you 🙌

[@steilvorlageDE]

Great stuff!!

[@StepanHKA]

Thank you

[@MRasey22]

Great tut

[@StepanHKA]

Thank you 🙌

[@sasmarian9627]

hello what plugins you used ? and where can I download them? Thank you very much!

[@justdr7223]

Hey Stepan, you got new sub! Where I can find your textures?

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

Did you find a way to keep the rope from stretching? I find that it can stretch like a bungie cord no matter what settings are used.

[@StepanHKA]

I didn't touch ropes.for a while but there is now a tutorial from Lukas.Thorup which I want to check and play again with ropes

[@wilbermolina8863]

The textures look very good and it is true that there are hardly any to download

[@StepanHKA]

I will send you pack to test once I am back from Holidays 🙌🙌

[@wilbermolina8863]

@@StepanHKA Heeey Stephan, as we say in Colombia, eres un Bacan, thank you very much and enjoy your vacations a lot

[@StepanHKA]

@@wilbermolina8863 muchas gracias amigito 🙌😆

[@paulkennedy6126]

What if I don't have "Segment" spline option. A regular spline doesn't have the same attributes so I can't move forward.

[@StepanHKA]

Hey Paul Thanks for the comment. I would try to draw a spline with the Spline pen and that spline will have settings for point distribution like uniform etc. I would start there

[@ScottGelber]

anyone know how to "Set initial state" with rope dynamics... the option is absent.

[@StepanHKA]

Hey SG did you manage to figure that out?

[@ScottGelber]

@@StepanHKA someone on Core4D suggested caching a sequence and then using "current state to object" and deleting the tag.

[@emiliolopez9304]

Any reason why I am unable to drag a segment from asset browser into the project?

[@StepanHKA]

Hey that's weird, but it happened to me every now and then. I try to restart C4D or even the whole computer

[@emiliowav97]

@@StepanHKA will try and report back :)

[@emiliowav97]

@@StepanHKA yeah, it’s knows I’m trying to drag the segment but it has that red cancel icon over it if I try to drop it anywhere into the layers or the viewport

[@TheAmbassadorOfQuan]

no tutorial talks about stiffness of the rope, e.g usb cable vs string

[@StepanHKA]

Good point

[@TheAmbassadorOfQuan]

@@StepanHKA I'm trying to simulate coax cables but they just turn out like silly string. Gave up in the end.

[@artbyallan284]

Hey man, nice tutorial
How can we get those textures!?

[@StepanHKA]

Hey Allan, Thank you 🙇I have made these textures these will be available next week on my gumroad.