No no that’s fine, I appreciate the responses, it’s helped me get unstuck and move on.
I tried the upgrade before seeing your response, it definitely broke things. I downgraded and it fixed the parts I care about, I didn’t check everything and I don’t care to haha.
I got gpio pins working by modifying this code:
https://pastebin.com/NFNpvjEH
And running it at startup. Thanks again!