PC Games Not Importing - Asking For Emulator Configuration

[Drakkorcia]

I have a collection of installed PC Games, non Steam/Gog, etc. They only have exe's and launch outside of LB without issue. I tried dragging the exe into LB, choosing none of the above, selecting metadata, finish, but when I try to start the game it says "Cannot play the game until you configure an emulator". Every tutorial suggested from the community states this method but it is not working for me.

[AstroBob]

Hi Folks,

Thanks for reporting this, this is a known issue in 13.18 as the Use Emulator to paly this game is incorrectly being checked when doing these types of imports. I just wanted to let you know that we’ve confirmed this behaviour, and it is indeed a bug. We’ve address it internally and it will be available in our upcoming beta.

In the meantime, for storefront games, it’s recommended to use storefront importers. For standalone .exe files, you can uncheck the Use emulator to play this game option after importing.

I understand this is far from an ideal solution in the short term, and I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. I’ll keep you updated as soon as the fix is available.

Cheers,

[Drakkorcia]

On 1/13/2025 at 11:18 PM, AstroBob said:

Hi Folks,

Thanks for reporting this, this is a known issue in 13.18 as the Use Emulator to paly this game is incorrectly being checked when doing these types of imports. I just wanted to let you know that we’ve confirmed this behaviour, and it is indeed a bug. We’ve address it internally and it will be available in our upcoming beta.

In the meantime, for storefront games, it’s recommended to use storefront importers. For standalone .exe files, you can uncheck the Use emulator to play this game option after importing.

I understand this is far from an ideal solution in the short term, and I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. I’ll keep you updated as soon as the fix is available.

Cheers,

I wasn't able to find this option, "For standalone .exe files, you can uncheck the Use emulator to play this game option after importing." Unfortunately, I have no idea what you are trying to do here. I add the game, it finishes, and I get the error when I try to play it. I looked around for said workaround but couldn't find anything resembling what you described.

Thank you for adding this bug to the list of things to be done.

[Retro808]

12 minutes ago, Drakkorcia said:

I wasn't able to find this option, "For standalone .exe files, you can uncheck the Use emulator to play this game option after importing." Unfortunately, I have no idea what you are trying to do here. I add the game, it finishes, and I get the error when I try to play it. I looked around for said workaround but couldn't find anything resembling what you described.

Thank you for adding this bug to the list of things to be done.

In LB find the game then >Right Click >Edit >Edit Metadata and Media. Go to the "Emulation" tab and uncheck the box there. 

[Drakkorcia]

Thanks. Not a big deal at all to uncheck a box,

[AstroBob]

Hello, 

Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release:

🔗 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/89019-launchbox-1319-beta-thread/

You can download the latest beta or wait until 13.19 when it will be available to everyone.

Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted.

Cheers,