Hi,

There is an update due to be released but you can download it from here.

https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=VS_ARDUINO_EXT_RELEASES

If that doesn't help then please follow the guide in yellow above.

Thanks

It would be useful to see the arduino ide verbose output but I suspect the issue is related to an out of date board manager arduino avr package. The avr is also installed below the arduino ide and I guess arduino is using that when visual micro is using the one you have in board manager. 

I see you have a custom board.txt and there is a non-arduino hood platform with a modified platform.txt that relies on a later avr toolchain than the one in board mnager.

Solutions

One solution is to use board manager to update your downloaded arduino tool chains. 

Another solution is to dump the downloaded arduino board manager package by deleting "C:\Users\monke\AppData\Local\arduino15\packages\arduino". This would mean using board manager to re-download any arduino 32 bit packages that you use but this time don't download the Arduino AVR package.

Restarting Visual Studio or click the Rescan option should then build okay.

Please delete this folder and restart Visual Studio C:\Users\monke\AppData\Local\arduino15\packages\arduino

If you have a problem after that please provide the build output in yellow above again so we can see the config has changed.

What is in your board.txt?

There appears to be an entry for vm.ctags=false. Can you remove this entry and try building again?

Thanks. Please switch off debugging and submit the report again. It's easier to diagnose without debug.

Would it be possible to attach or email over a copy of the sketch in use in this scenario?

I am having trouble replicating this reliably at present (as not ofay with the HoodLoader2 bundle), and not sure which example is best to replicate (from HID Library, or Hoodloader2 Package)

Thanks for the solution, and I have managed to repro this, but only with what appears to be the wrong board (from the output given in compilation).

Using: Arduino 1.8.12, HID Library v1.0 (from Arduino IDE) , and v2.0.5 of the Hoodloader board package, with HID-master lib 2.6.1, which all seems to be the same.
It builds for me on the HoodLoader216u2 board in both Arduino IDE and Visual Micro.
It fails on the Hoodloader2 Uno board in both Arduino IDE and Visual Micro for the same reason, though this is not clear from the output in vMicro at present.

libraries\HID-master\src/HID-Project.h:35:2: error: #error HID Project can only be used with an USB MCU. 

Could you attach the log from the Arduino IDE as well, with the Preferences > Show Versbose Output > Compilation option checked, and confirm which board is selected, and IDE version?

Thanks for the update and thought. It helps other users to know about these issues and to understand how to resolve.

I am sure Simon will have some questions or observations for you early next week. 

One point of note is that it is possible you were previously using an older hood package in Board Manager. You could try using Arduino IDE Board Manager to install an older version. Then restart Visual Micro.