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ouch.. without sounding like a boomer, back in the day a major production release (2026.0.0) would include a host of new features and some fixes. That being said this feels very underwhelming. At least SideFX crushed it with their major release.

hahah all about timing

https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/8658038724124-Cinema-4D-2026-0-September-10-2025 Bugfix Release

been a couple months since the last update.. .anything impending? 😛

so is Ktibash now part of GSG? I know it says merger but kb3d just has 3d model kits for sale. GSG has more to offer.

An announcement that is long on promise and extremely short on information. From the Founders: A New Chapter for KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla Maybe it is so early that there isn't much to tell but honestly, to say that they are joining and that nothing is changing does beg the question "then why are you joining if everything is staying the same?" Overall, kind of a "meh" announcement. Dave

I wonder how Igor could manage the burden of this server. Or wasn't he alone ? I don't even know why he left (not as admin). Did the forum belong to him in the first place at all ? My awareness of who's what is close to 0. I don't even remember how I got here.

What’s the issue with disclosing costs ? If this is all going to be said and done in a few weeks time, does it really matter at this point ? More members maybe willing to contribute if they were privy to financial requirements to keep everything going. Giving one part time employee salary as an example gives no scope or context what so ever. That number could be anywhere from 1 to a 1000 +

Please do not use this forum brand name and graphics for your own personal discord channel that has nothing to do with it. Same for any content that is not yours specifically, this is copyright infringement - thank you!

https://discord.gg/wtbBftuQeg - Vector's Discord Server (Poly Rocket) https://discord.gg/RCDPYvhR - HappyPolygon's Discord Server (the Core4D Refuge I guess)

* Dedicated server with a lot of bandwidth and disk space * Forum software + plugins * Security, spam defense * Back end administration (a person versed in web & server stuff, at least part time) * Daily moderation (mails, communication, part time person) While I can't disclose the exact numbers, one can get a sense of the cost. Not something an individual could bear. For a company it would roughly represent an expense equal to one employee (part time).

What are the costs per month?

Discord isn’t the best but I think it’s a good option for now at least, mine is open to anyone and everyone who wants to join or Happy polygons

Anyone else thinking about how to stay in contact with certain members of this forum after it closes? For some, this forum was the only way to reach them. I was just going to go through my message folder and send private IM's but just wondering if there is a better way (apart from broadcasting your personal information indiscriminately). Unfortunately, your InBox only goes back so far. Personally, not a fan of Discord but I would go there if that is the best solution. If not, maybe setting up another gmail account and post it here might work. Dave

I haven't been very active this last months ... or rather years. Nor on the forum, nor 3D wise. I am still using R20 for some 3D printing projects, but am more and more focusing on CAD for that matter. Not having a GPU (old laptop here), and with all the 3D render engines being subscription based, my 3D modeling and rendering activities have slowly come to an end. Every now and again I log on to this site ... The news I just read didn't come as a surprise, but still feels like a punch in the face (or stomach). Sad news indeed. Sad to see all that knowledge provided by so many people over so many years disappear. Bye bye, C4DCafe! Bye bye, Core4D! Thank you to all whom contributed to the forum and community. The site will fade away, but not the memories.

I guess we're getting old 🙂 . But it was nice to be part of this era. Join to great community, meet great people, perhaps may help sometimes somebody, learn a lot of new things.

1st of October I believe

Wow. The end of an era. What a gut punch! I feel like I did when Cinefex closed its doors after 40 years or 32Ten (the old ILM) finally closed its doors after 49 years. Nothing is permanent. So when exactly is the site going off-line? How much time is left to say goodbye? Dave

We really should try saving this knowledge somehow. If this site goes down without some kind of backup of this insane amount of knowledge and workarounds that piled up over the years it's going to tear a giant hole into the community. Honestly, just saving the Threads + a shitty "low res" (1080p?) compressed version of every image would suffice. We don't need uncompressed PNGs and stuff.

This is horrid news, I have loved being part of this forum for so many years... I know that this might sound like a daft question but why don't Maxon buy the site since it would be in their interest? Mind you you have competing software here… So maybe not…

This is the only real C4D forum, there is nothing like it. The amount of data just from me is pretty big, I managed to spam the forum in hundreds of Mb : ) Trying to collect all the scene files so it is not lost but can see a giant backup file is being generated @Corebot I know I already asked privately, but indulge me, why not sell the forum, maybe there would be interested parties...?

Truly terrible news, if not entirely unexpected. I'm over on the discord servers now too, but like @hrvoje, this doesn't hold quite the same level of appeal. Still needs must, so off I go... Thank you to the Core, and the Cafe before it for decades of brilliant help and advice ! You will be missed ! CBR

C4Dzone is still going but I’m not sure the English part of the forum is that active

This might be kind an insensitive question, but I don't know where else to post it: Is there even an alternative to core4d anymore? I know Redshift has a dedicated forum, but as far as I know there is NOTHING like this for C4D, right? Plus official forums are always so stuck up 😕 Polycount.com is way too focused on game art / realtime. CG Society is dead as well. I simply prefer forums to Discord servers for asking questions and looking for answers because they're actually searchable.

I feared this day would come. This is really sad to hear, but not unexpected if I'm honest. I'm not good at this stuff, but I still want to try: Thank you to everyone who has been running this forum in some form or another, be it via moderation or paying the servers out of their own pockets. Thank you for the invaluable help on the many questions over the years, as dumb as they sometimes maybe were. I would NOT be in the same position as I am right now if it wasn't for this forum. Not even close. And I am sure I am not the only one with this experience. This forum always was a positive energy in my life and I am sad to see it go. I came back here regularly even when I switched to Blender for two years, that should tell you everything you need to know about this community. The internet as we know it is unfortunately changing, and has been for years. And it is not for the better. Corporate got it's greedy grip around it at this point, and way too tightly. Everything is centralized now. Giant tech companies are able to build userbases with free access to their services while bleeding out competition, until they suddenly remove free tiers and / or increase pricing after years and years of running on a loss. This will happen to all these AI tools too, the moment investor money dries up (and it's already drying up, after the devastating news about AI investments recently). Comparatively small ventures like this forum are simply not able to do that, and I fear the time of forums in general is just over. They were already down years ago, and then Discord arrived started kicking the corpse. How ANYONE can think Discord is a legit replacement for old-style forums really has no idea what they're getting into. Just to make it clear, I think creating a Core4D Discord just to keep in contact with each other is a really cool idea that I support. So I'm not specifically talking about the people here with this post. But 10-15 years from now people will mourn "the great loss of information" because Discord WILL shut down / restrict access at some point and all that knowledge collected on these Discord servers will vanish. Not to mention the many people we will simply "lose in translation", especially probably many of the old guard how simply can't be bothered to switch to yet another platform. Discord servers can't really be found via Search Engines either. I'm not even sure Discord is even going to make it another 10 years, judging by how much it has already been enshittifed in the last year. As far as I know, they're prepping to go public. We all know what that means in the long term.