FL is the ONLY DAW that CANNOT find and open Serum 2 FX (SOLVED)

EDIT: Just tried the FL 25 beta. Problem solved. Not only did it find Serum 2 FX, it now retroactively works in FL 24. Other issue mentioned at the end still stands and would be nice to see resolved.

This is bugging me so much. When I look through my plugins in Reaper or Ableton Live, they both easily see both Serum 2 VST3i as well as Serum 2 FX VST3. And from what I can tell, it should be installed in the same location as the usual VST3i version.

Serum 2 in Reaper.png

But when I go to my VST3 install location, I only see the Serum2.vst3.

Serum 2 install location.png

But I know the FX version is there and is working. This is what it looks like when I load it in. Notice the FX in the logo and the audio in noise mode, exclusive to the FX version of Serum 1 and 2.

Serum 2 FX loaded interface.png

This leads me to the conclusion that Serum2.vst3 contains both the instrument and FX versions of Serum 2. The problem is, FL doesn't know this. It's only capable of loading this one file in its instrument form.

Now despite this, I am able to technically load the instrument version of Serum 2 onto a mixer track as an effect. But it doesn't give me the FX version of the plugin that has the exclusive features, it gives me the instrument version. As you can see here.

Serum 2 in FL loaded to mixer.png

It's worth noting that this isn't the only issue I've had with VST3 plugins in FL. Any time I search for a plugin, no matter what plugin it is, at least two results pop up. This is because for every VST and VST3 plugin I own, FL is incapable of distinguishing whether they are effects or instruments. As such, they pop up under both the effects and generator tabs of my installed plugins. Note this is not a problem for CLAP plugins. It's also not a problem for the original Serum or Serum FX. But with every other plugin I own, Reaper and Ableton are able to distinguish what is and isn't an instrument, and FL is not. Which leads me to believe this problem is most likely on FL's side, not Serum's.

And I know I'm not the only one experiencing this problem, because other FL users on Twitter were initially disappointed that there was no Serum 2 FX, because it didn't show up in FL for them. Only for users of other DAWs to tell them it does exist. https://x.com/MACKYdubzz/status/1901749770391060619 https://x.com/AyyBoaty/status/1901792380476662026 https://x.com/selasiii/status/1901771754579845127

Please look into this and cleanup your integration of VST3 plugins. And if there's any known workaround to load the TRUE FX version of Serum 2 inside FL, please let me know ASAP.

I'm doing this all on Windows 11 using FL Studio 24.2.2 build 4597 64 bit. Serum 2 version 2.0.16 (tried installing twice)

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