Hi, not sure what I'm doing wrong (this feature worked before for me on another project) but now, when I try to put a simple breakpoint in the main .ino file, execution doesn't pause (Actions = set, Continue execution = not set).  Is there some setting or way of compiling (or whatever) that causes these breakpoints to quit functioning?

Also, could I expect a breakpoint to function if I place it inside a library file (.cpp file included in the project)? I haven't seen that work as I would have expected. 

Environment is Visual Studio + vMicro, board is NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).

Thanks!

Breakpoint is on a simple line of code. I had noticed before that that line is executed before the break occurs. Debug is hopefully enabled: under vMicro-->Debugger, Automatic Debugging (Release/Debug) is set. Nothing else set in that area except "In Break Live View" and "Performance Statistics."

Serial port is working for debug messages (Serial.print stuff), at 9600 bps.

What are trace messages for breakpoints?  In Micro Build output window (where the compile/upload messages are), i don't see anything about breakpoints. When it had been working before, it would say "paused at ...." when the breakpoint was hit. Thanks.

Hi Tim, if the "Micro Build" window is supposed to indicate that a debug build is being made, then that's the problem, because i don't see that. I only see "Compiling <sketch name> for <board name>": 

Compiling 'NodeMCUStepperTest1' for 'NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)'
Program size: 254,995 bytes (used 24% of a 1,044,464 byte maximum) (7.67 secs)
Minimum Memory Usage: 33504 bytes (41% of a 81920 byte maximum)
 
Uploading 'NodeMCUStepperTest1' to 'NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)' using 'COM5'
Uploading 259136 bytes from N to flash at 0x00000000

Thanks, is the configuration on the tool bar set to Debug or Release?