Thanks for confirming this Arne - this is what I thought.
The request was from a SW user who doesn’t like to see my vector-joystick X and Y parameters appear as a pair of sliders on the default (host-supplied) GUI. And I replied to him with the same answer that removing the Parameter object instantiations to try to hide them would mess up automation, and presets, and the VST3 GUI which is tightly bound to the parameter objects. In addition the operation of the vector-joystick - think Prophet VS or Korg Wavestation - can only really be useful and appreciated on a Custom GUI with a CXYPad, so the default GUI really doesn’t matter here.
Thanks again,
-Will