I agree with the previous post that it is frustrating that Discourse doesn't link to related discussion threads. With the forced autoclosure and no possibility of re-opening, it is possible that people will find those old posts with no real solution and think that what they've read is the final answer.
I wish I would have come across Gregor Sturm's project 6 months ago. Would have saved me a lot of work! Based on the name, it appears @Gregor_Sturm is the same person here on this forum. Perhaps Gregor can help others as well.