Simulation : Particles, Fluids, Dynamics, Fracturing

X-Particles : alternative particle system based on parametric principles unlike native C4D particles requiring knowledge of Xpresso. Use C4D effectors to colour, size, distort particles ($)	Turbulence FD : voxel-based fluid dynamics simulation system focused on simulation of fire and smoke ($)	RealFlow : connection between C4D and Realflow fluid simulation software, focused on simulation of liquids ($)	Effex : framework for physics-based simulations, with its own particle system, able to create fire, smoke and fluids also combing these effects with rigid body dynamics (free 2.8 version) (free)	Storm Tracer : volumetric placard rendering system for particles, supporting shadows, and functions for plants growth simulation (particles cloning, L-System) info ($)
FlockModifier : modifier object for C4D standard particle system allowing to create flocking/swarming simulation. video (free)	Magic Snow : covers objects with thick snow cover (free)	EasyCloth : helps with cloth simulation ($)	UniFlex : GPU simulation engine for Roper, Soft-Bodies, Cloth, Semi Rigid Bodies ($)	Silver Bullet 4D - Rigid Body Dynamics system, now obsolete, replaced by C4D simulation system.	GeoTools : set of various tools : GeoBreaker multi-threaded fracturing and destruction, Voronoi N-gon Mesh generation, MetaThing., SmoothMesh, TopologyInfoTag ($)
Thrausi 1 : mesh fracturing with spline control for cuts (free)	Thrausi 1.36 : fracturing in a voronoi pattern, using splines to control the cuts Faster, Dynamic Tag, Tool Tag ($)	Catastrophe : automatically fractures and breaks meshes according to dynamics + pyrocluster dust ($)	NitroBlast 2 : automatic collision driven fracturing staring at impact point. The best fracturing from NitroMan ($)	NitroMoFracture : fracturing limited to painted regions + dust effects ($)	PolyBreaker : fractures mesh objects. It can be combined with C4D dynamics to create awesome effects ($)	Xplode : Fragments mesh based on Voronoi diagram ($)

TIP : MoGraph effectors can be used to simulate some physical effects like aggregation. Effector plugins are described at the end of the Procedural plugins section

Ocean waves

ct-ocean-waves : deformer creates large ocean waves. video (free)

hot4D : deforms a surface so it looks like a deep ocean (free)

aaOcean Suite : consists of a deformer and a shader allowing to create Amaan Akram’s ocean surface (free)

Add-the-Sea : wave deformer and foam shader for creation of realistic water interacting with shoreline ($)

Environments, terrains, scattering, plants

DEM Earth : downloads DEM data to build landscapes models and various maps options are available for material. It can also populate maps with buildings. ($)	TexTerrain : transforms a surface by applying materials with polygons transition between them ($)	XStream : e-on software Vue inside C4D (creation of terrains : height map + sculpting and procedural, skies, 3D clouds, plants, rocks, objects scattering, particles) ($)	Carbon scatter : e-on EcoSystem scattering from Vue, for C4D (including plants). Manual scattering by painting objects with a brush or procedural ($)	Forester : creates procedural vegetation and rocks and uses Multicloner tool for scattering those objects ($)	Surface spreead : populate (scatter) large amount of object's clones on surfaces + terrain generator + shaders for terrains and roads ($)	GrassPainter : paint-scattering plugin - allows to paint grass, flowers or any custom objects instances ($)
x-frog : parametric plant creation, procedural modeling, cloning ($)	P-Tree : creates simple parametric trees with adjustable parameters ($)	IvyGrower : creates an ivy plant creeping to objects (alternative) (free)	Easy Ivy : creates creeper plants ($)	Easy Hedge : create hedges of any form by covering any mesh with leaves and flowers ($)	Forkroot : generates from main spline soft joints branching for roots, lightnings, tree branches ($)	SplineToGrass : creates grass leafs ($)

TIP : SpeedTree and TPF exports plant models directly to C4D format, including wind animation

HDR, Sky, Atmosphere, Lighting

pyDome : Smart IBL loader for efficient HDRI image based lighting (free)	smart IBL loader : allows to load smart IBL HDRI lighting sets and apply them to C4D scene (free)	Streetview4D : allows to create lightning panoramas using Google Street View. (Beware : Google Street View images are 8bit - so you won't get proper HDRI for GI lighgting) (free alternative) ($)	Atmosphere Shader : Physical atmosphere material for orbital views (free)	Cloud Factory-ozone : Procedural sky/atmosphere/volumetric clouds generator from e-on software Vue ($)	Easy Cloud : helps to create and animate PyroCluster clouds ($)	Extended Starfield : Very customizable 2d starfield shader (free)
Easy Light : 5 scripts helping with setting of directional and area lights : reverse light Z axis, create light at camera position etc... (free)	My IES Designer : lets create realistic IES lights in C4D by tweaking a few parameters/curves ($)	Photometric IES & LDT Shader : placed on a point lightsource acts as a GOBO - determining the angledependent light distribution.($)	Octane Lighting Essentials : 10 customizable lighting studios. ($)	IlluLight : create global lighting ($) NeoSoftbox : Studio lighting ($)	ct-lightning-generator : generator for creating lightnings (free)	Splinetricity : helps to create and animate electric special effects like electric shocks, bolts, plasma spheres, voltaic arcs etc... ($)

Objects Cloning

Tip: notice that scattering of any objects is possible with vegetation scattering plugins like mentioned above Carbon scatter, Forester , Surface spreead , GrassPainter

Objects arrangement

PaintOnSurface : populate object with instances of other objects by painting them. (variation, painting along a line etc..) Also includes Polygon Paint Tool for retopology ($)	Target 4D : help to place objects on other objects : move or copy selected objects +simple cloning/scattering (random brush, along a line, along a grid) ($)	PrimitiveSketch ♥ allows not only sketching objects on other objects surface, but also placing or paint-scattering any custom objects on a flat surface (free)	Place Object : helps to place objects within scene on other objects. Especialy suited for architectural use (modes to place objects on floor, walls celling) ($)	HB Paste ♥ from HB ModellingBundle provides the easiest way of placing objects on other objects using cut/copy and pasting clones under mouse pointer ($)	Shuffler : allows to shuffle objects in the scene, by placing different objects in other objects positions, exchanging their materials etc... (free)	TIP 3: UV Deformer / Magic Projector allows to project an object on target object surface using its UV's ( object is deformed and "glued" to target object, in the same way as texture is)
Magic Gravity : uses C4D dynamics to drop objects in natural way e.g. a tall object can fall to its side, a bunch of objects become scattered etc... Can be very slow on complex objects (free)	DropIt! Pro : drops objects on surface of target object. Even high polygon objects can be dropped. Unfortunately the interface is overcomplicated as for such a simple operation ($)	DropIt! : Similar to DropIt! Pro plugin, but much slower, so only a small number of simple meshes can be droped efficiently. (free)	Drop To Floor : drops an object to the floor (making its minimum Y point equal 0) (free)	Drop Tag : Tag places object onto the surface of a target mesh, object remains on the surface even if underlying mesh is modified (free)	Ground Tag : restrain object's axis to y=0 level in world coordinates (when moved, object's axis remains locked to y=0 even if object is rotated) (free)	xsYLock : the same as the free Ground Tag - locks or transfers objects on the floor level y=0 ($)
Magnets : Selective Object Snapping Plugin: Use magnet points or lines in your own 3D Objects to snap object together at defined snapping points or lines (video 1, 2) ($)	xsAlign : ads an arrangement tag to a group of objects and dynamicaly aligns objects in between the first and last object (free)	Al'em : aligns selected objects to a specified objects using various criteria (free)	Align & Distribute : aligns or evenly distributes the children of the selected object (free)	Aligner : alignment, distribution and adjustment of objects positions, considering their geometry and/or axis ($)	CD Transfer Tools : set of tools helping in transferring objects around in the scene (video) ($)

Tip : it is possible to paint object's instances on target objects and even sweep painted instances using only C4D tools - see tutorial.

Architectural / Stage / Film Scenes Setting

NitroRoom : helps to model apartments and populate them with objects ($)	TuileGenerator : creates tiles on roofs ($)	Window Generator & PlacementTool : creation and placement of windows for architectural visualizations ($)	Win4Door :creates windows and doors (for architects) ($)	PersianaGen : helps to create, customize, position and rig shutters (e.g. for architectural modeling) ($)	Baluster4D + Stairs 4D : creates fences and stairs (for architects) ($)	Arkos : architectural plugin for creating all kind of handrails (and of course other structures, eg. fences or grids) ($)
Interior Builder : helps to create furniture ($)	NitroBookCase : place book object in shelves and randomizes them + flip page animation ($)	Easy Chesterfield : helps to create Chesterfield effects for pillows, couches, sofas and similar (free)	Sidewalk : generates parametric euro-style sidewalks (free)	Neon Deluxe : creates neon lights and tubing from splines	Stage : provides a toolkit to organize and control a large number of light fixtures. Useage of presets for all functions of lights gives a fast way to generate different looks. Create your own library of fixtures and connect them to presets. ($)	CineDesigner : allows to visualize real world camerawork and lighting scenarios

Other plugins of interest for architects :

Picture 2 Plane - assists in creation of billboards from libraries of images ($)
Image 2 Plane - assists in creation of billboards from libraries of images ($)
People in Motion helps to create animated crowds

Creators & funny stuff :

Chain Generator : helps to create and animate mechanical chains (e.g. for bike, tank, chainsaw...) ($)	FuV Screw Generator : Xpresso setup generating screws (free)	Easy Net : creates nets and grids ($)	Spider Web : py generator creates customisable spline in form of spider web. Web is stretched between user defined objects or automatically using ray-cast (free)	SpiderwebGen : generates a spider's web object (sweep nurb or spline) between user defined anchor points ($)	Teatime : creates the famous Newell teapot as a parametric object (free)	Egg-object : generates a procedural egg primitive object Including the shell, white and yold (free)
XMAS Lights : Creates strings of Christmas Lights from splines	Magic Xtree : creator of Christmas trees (free)	Magic Snowman : creator of snowmen (free)	PumpkinGen : creates pumpkins (free)	Magic Eye : helps to create eyes (free)	Magic Feather : creates feathers from splines (free)
Magic Book : helps to create a book from scanned images and animate its pages (free)	Magic Puzzle : helps to create parametric puzzle objects from images (free)	Magic Snake Ladder : a game inside C4D - just for fun (free)	2048 : game in C4D for fun (free)