@David-Healey i originally mad the project on my old laptop that i sold, then i moved to a windows laptop, did the ritual of installing hise (MUCH easier on windows) and vs code. it just exported out of the box, and that was what i uploaded as my first vst. then when i installed kubuntu on that laptop, and downloaded the linux vst i made, it wouldn't play sounds (but my other audio effect plugin worked fine) also, i don't know why this laptop misses my keystrokes so much.