We're knee-deep in this Rigid Body Simulation for a commercial gig. The excitement's buzzing, the simulations are chugging along, and then bam! The client pulls the plug. But instead of tossing it all aside, we figured, "Why not finish this thing up on our own time?" So, during our downtime, we got down to business. RBD, smoke, debris sims – you name it, we tackled it. Houdini and Redshift became our trusty sidekicks, guiding us through the ups and downs of this DIY journey. Every step of the way, we were learning something new, from tweaking scenes to optimizing those pesky cache files. But here's the kicker: despite the setbacks, we had a blast putting it all together. There's just something about salvaging a project and making it our own that's incredibly rewarding, you know?