You should not use a network folder as a plugin location, especially on a mac.Be sure you are not loading any plugin twice, as Cinema 4D is easily confused.you can include the entire folder, or point specifically to an individual plugin folder, which I recommend.Then go to your Cinema4d preferences/plugins list and add each plugin, or point it at your version specific folder.Then extract your plugins to that version specific folder.Make a folder for each version of cinema 4D.If you don't already have your own plugins folder, simply make a "plugins" folder yourself, anywhere.The old plugins folders should no longer be used.Since R20 there is a a new feature, which allows you to place a plugins anywhere.
Its a bit of a mess, but that is how Maxon seems to like it now, so we have to deal with this new reality.
- An R23 plugin will only work in R23, but might work ins S23, or might not.
- An R21 plugin, will work in R21, but also in S22 (21.207).
- An R20 plugin, will only work in R20 (20.059).
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Unfortunately, c4d now needs a new build of each plugin, for every version of Cinema 4D. Most Cinema 4D plugins come as a simple zip file, which contains everything the plugin needs.