After update: could not load game. error reading file (psp specific), then black screen

[guitarman2030]

Hello,

I had this working on v11 way back but hadn't used launchbox/bigbox in a while. it prompted me for a few updates and updated to v13.15 but then when trying to launch psp games using ppsspp v1.7.1 it will open up ppsspp and say "could not load game. error reading file". I know the games work because i can open them directly from the standalone emulator, but i cant open them from launchbox or big box. i updated the emulator to v1.17.1 and now it just launches into a black screen. i tried changing the graphics backend on ppsspp to dx11 and opengl and it works on standalone, just not with launchbox/bigbox.

Troubleshooting attempts:

-deleted the games from the sony psp side menu and re-imported them from their folder and that did nothing.

 

-checked that the file path for the emulator was looking where the games are

 

-checked the file path for the emulator itself was correct

 

At this point i am out of ideas.

[JoeViking245]

36 minutes ago, guitarman2030 said:

At this point i am out of ideas.

My cab's shut down for the night so can't look... but should box: be in the command-line parameters?  I do recognize --escape-exit though.

[guitarman2030]

 @JoeViking245 That ended up being it. Great catch! I have no idea how that even ended up there. Only thing I can assume is it was either needed at some point in the past and added automagically or I added it years ago for something specific and after the updates it became unnecessary/redundant. But changing it to  " --escape-exit " was the solution.

Thanks again! hope this helps anyone else that comes across something similar.