But since you can combine multiple plugin folder paths, this is not a big issue. Unfortunately those you will still have to install in your local plugin folder (e.g.

These licenses are stored in your workstation’s registry and are thus independent from the plugin folder location.Ī problem occurs when you are dealing with plugins that require license files. Using a shared folder works great for plugins that do not require a license to begin with or those that use the licensing system provided by Cinema itself (via its serial number). However, the big thing here (at least for me) is: the Search Paths also support UNC paths! Which means you can set up a shared network folder and have all your Cinema 4D R20 installations point to this folder and magically manage all your plugins through a single folder. Luckily you can still create your own Cinema 4D R20/plugins if you are so inclined. This works fine if you are the only person working on your Workstation. Instead you are told to use your AppData plugin folder instead. The latter does not exist any more by default.

Previously you had you AppData plugin path and the system-wide plugin path in the Cinema 4D Rxx/plugins folder. One of the lesser talked about features is the ability to set up multiple Plugin Search Paths. Maxon has released Release 20 of Cinema 4D and it comes with a bunch of new features (amongst them plugin breaking API changes, which is a bit of a bummer, but it needed to be done…).

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