RICOCHET HELP PAGE

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Training videos
Ricochet Icon Interface Breakdown
FAQ
Contact Support

RICOCHET TRAINING VIDEOS

In these training videos, you’ll see step-by-step details on how to use Ricochet as well as a lot of use-cases!

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Ricochet Quickstart & Use-Cases

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Installing Mac & PC

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Ricochet Basics Part 1

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Ricochet Basics Part 2

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The Modify Tab

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Terminator Object

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Direction Force

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Multiplier Field

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Spline Tab

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RICOCHET INTERFACE BREAKDOWN

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• What versions of Cinema 4D does Ricochet work on?
  • Ricochet works with Cinema 4D R20 and above.
  • Ricochet is compatible with Mac & PC.
• How many computers can I install Ricochet on?
  • One license of Ricochet entitles you to one install on a tower and one on a laptop. Looking for a group License? Contact us.
• I’ve correctly installed Ricochet but it’s not showing up in my Extention/Plugin Dropdown.
  • The most likely cause is your C4D is not fully up-to-date. Newer compiles of C4D often break older plugins. Update your C4D, and Ricochet will likely pop into the Extention/Plugin dropdown right after.
• Does Ricochet work with other plugins? X-Particles? Octane? Redshift? Arnold? Etc?
  • Yes! It generates a spline, so as long as another plugin can see a spline, it should see Ricochet.
  • 3rd party renders see splines differently from eachother. Often times they require a tag applied onto the spline to have it be seen by the render engine.
• What happens if I send a file to someone who doesn’t have Ricochet?
  • C4D will pop up a warning that there is a missing plugin, and the Ricochet objects in the Object Manager will show as question marks. If a scene file is saved on a machine that doesn’t have Ricochet, but the question marks, once it is returned to a machine that has Ricochet installed it will automatically work again (assuming the Ricochets weren’t deleted by the user).
  • A Ricochet can be made editable if it is not animated, then the resulting spline could be sent. Otherwise baking to Alembic will be necessary.
• Can I send a file with Ricochet to render farm?
  • The render farm will require Ricochet to be installed. If a 3rd party farm does not have Ricochet, have the vendor contact Rocket Lasso.
  • If all else fails, a Ricochet spline can be baked out to Alembic for maximum compatibility.
• Why isn’t Ricochet showing up in my R23?
  • Maxon changed some things in an R23 update, so make sure your R23 is fully updated to Service Pack 1. Mesh To Spline is compatible with the most up-to-date version of C4D.
• Find a bug?
  • Please contact us and let us know so we can fix it!
    

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CONTACT TECH SUPPORT

Don’t see the answer to your question above in the FAQ? Then contact us here.

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