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title: "PyroCluster"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/PYROSHADER.html"
section_path: "Advanced Render > PyroCluster > PyroCluster"
element_id: "PYROSHADER"
description: "A few simple steps must be taken before PyroCluster scenes can be used in a Cinema 4D scene."
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# PyroCluster

A few simple steps must be taken before PyroCluster scenes can be used in a Cinema 4D scene.

This is how an atmospheric PyroCluster effect is created in Cinema 4D:

1. Create an environment object.
2. Create a particle emitter (either Cinema 4D or Thinking Particles)
3. Create a new shader **PyroCluster - Volume Tracer** (Material Manger: Create / Material / New PyroCluster - Volume-Tracer Material).
4. Create a new shader **PyroCluster** (Material Manger: Create / Material / New PyroCluster Material).
5. Assign the Volume Tracer to the Environment Object.
6. Assign the PyroCluster material to the corresponding particle system (if using Thinking Particles, this would be the **TP geometry object**).

If you select the PyroCluster icon (cloud icon) in the **Material Manager** you will see an impressive list of options displayed in the **Attribute Manager** (as well as in the **Material Manager**).