FL Studio reads RetroPlug as an error.

tommitytom / RetroPlug

A frontend for the SameBoy GameBoy emulator, with a focus on music creation. It runs standalone and can be used as an audio plugin (VST) in your favourite DAW!

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FL Studio reads RetroPlug as an error. #22

Closed allforthefuturefree closed 3 years ago

allforthefuturefree commented 3 years ago

Hello. I've recently downloaded RetroPlug and put it in my VST2 folder, but it won't work and it's detected by FL Studio as an error. Know that I haven't downloaded or done anything else aside from downloading and placing this .DLL file in my VST2 folder. I hope someone can help me. Sorry for any inconvenience.

tommitytom commented 3 years ago

Hi there! Sorry to hear you're having issues. I use FL Studio myself and it's my main testing platform so I know it works for sure, so let's try and figure out whats going on here. First thing to check is that you're using the 64bit version of FL Studio - you can find this about by going to Help -> About in the menu, and it should say 64bit after the version number. If you are using the 64bit version, can you confirm the name of the file that you put in your VST folder?

allforthefuturefree commented 3 years ago

hi! thanks so much for replying! yes, i confirm that the FL Studio version I'm using is 64bit! and the name of the VST file I put in the VST2 folder is "RetroPlug v0.3.0 (64bit).dll".

tommitytom commented 3 years ago

Well that all seems correct! Does FL Studio give any error information as to why it doesnt load? Could you possibly screenshot the error for me?

allforthefuturefree commented 3 years ago

yeah, absolutely! here are the screenshots

tommitytom commented 3 years ago

Ahh, a very useful error message from FL I see :sweat_smile: OK so next things to try

Check if an error log has been written. This will be written to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\RetroPlug\log.txt (where USERNAME is your current Windows username)
A few people have described issues when ASIO is set as the audio driver - could you maybe try selecting a different audio driver?
Does the VST run in any other DAWs on your system?
Does the standalone build work for you?

allforthefuturefree commented 3 years ago

hi, thanks for replying back!

-- an error log hasn't been written. there was also no such directory or folder called RetroPlug or any log TXT file at Roaming, unfortunately. -- i tried switching the audio driver, but the problem still persists. i think it might not be related in my case. -- the VST isn't even recognized or read by another DAW i have installed in my PC called Studio One 5. -- the standalone version doesn't work either, it displays a message that says that a .DLL file is missing called like this:

perhaps i had to install something? i haven't installed anything at all aside from this plugin by putting it in the VST2 folder. perhaps i have to download or install something else?

tommitytom commented 3 years ago

Aha! Looks like you need the latest Visual C++ redistributable from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0

Direct link: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

allforthefuturefree commented 3 years ago

OMG, YES! IT WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DUDE! YOU'RE THE BEST! I'm glad you helped me! thank you for your time, dude! everything's working as it should now! have a good one!

tommitytom commented 3 years ago

Glad I could help. And thanks for taking the time to make a bug request! I've added this info to the readme file. Enjoy :)