"Cannot find any instruments" Installing VST Plugins

[tru19xc]

I'm pretty new to LMMS and ran into some difficulties trying to install Room Piano v3. I followed all the steps, putting the .dll file in a folder in my computers program(x86) folder and setting the VST plugin directory to that folder. I tried opening the plugin on Vestige and after some loading, a "cannot find any instruments" appeared. Did I miss a step or is Room Piano just not compatible with LMMS?

[musikbear]

I'm pretty new to LMMS

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difficulties trying to install Room Piano v3. I followed all the steps, putting the .dll file in a folder in my computers program(x86) folder and setting the VST plugin directory to that folder. I tried opening the plugin on Vestige and after some loading, a "cannot find any instruments" appeared.

LMMS has a folder for VST-effects, but none for VST-instruments.
It because some wants it that way, since they have VSTs instruments on external drives
Oddly LMMS expect VST-instrument dll's to be in your samples-folder in your user.library. You can use a subfolder.

Weather that specific vst is compatible can best be tested if you try out MDA-Piano http://mda.smartelectronix.com/synths.htm
It is very small in size, and you can just copy its dll to your VST-folder. Further its a quite good piano-instrument, so it is a win win
Lets know the outcome :)
If that works, but the other does not, there is a problem with Room Piano v3