Rhino 8 Datasmith plugin not connecting

Hi Community,
I just downloaded the latest version (Dec 10) of the Datasmith Connector for Rhino 6-8, but it appears I’m still having an issue getting Twinmotion and Rhino 8 to speak to one another. I’ve seen other posts from as far back as March of this year, and it still doesn’t seem to be addressed in this latest version. My Rhino 8 is also updated to the most recent version (updated today, 8.15.24352.13001).

I know the DotNetRuntime has been an issue for other plugins (like Speckle) in Rhino 8, but I’ve tried both DotNetCore (Rh8 default) and DotNetFramework (Rh7 and earlier) and neither addresses my issue.

Is anyone else having issues with this, or is there something wrong with my setup that I’m overlooking? Hoping for any insights that might resolve this issue.

Thanks,
Alex