Launchbox keeps auto importing games.

[Blackstar00]

I updated to the latest beta version and now launchbox is auto importing games for windows platform, including DLC's.
Auto import roms is not checked and these are not steam games.
How do i disable this?
 

Edited January 2 by Blackstar00

[JoeViking245]

Disabling Auto Imports should be able to be accomplished via Tools < Options < General < Automated Imports

Windows may be unique in this regard.  (I don't know for certain on the behind-the-scenes activities)  You can [also] disable it on a per platform basis by right-clicking the platform and selecting Edit (or Tools < Manage < Platforms...,  Edit) then checking Disable ROM Auto-Import.

[Blackstar00]

<Options<General<Automated Imports is not enabled
Tools<Manage<Platforms<Windows is disabled
I also disabled auto importing in storefront (was steam only, should not matter anyway)

If it did not import dlc's it would be great.
I should have posted this in the beta thread 13.25

 

 

Edited January 3 by Blackstar00

[JoeViking245]

5 minutes ago, Blackstar00 said:

I also disabled auto importing in storefront (was steam only, should not matter anyway)

I indicated Windows (Steam) importing is different from other platforms.  What I do know is for Steam, LaunchBox will search for a Steam install on your system (via registry?) and add "games" that Steam says it has installed on your PC.  This is an-aside to using your Steam credentials to parse Steam for what games you "own".

 

12 minutes ago, Blackstar00 said:

If it did not import dlc's it would be great.

Did the 2nd Disable ROM Auto-Import fix the issue?  Granted newly added games [now] won't get imported.

 

After thought:  Look in Tools > Manage > Storefronts.  Check that None is selected for Steam. En leu of the above, that "should" stop the auto-import.  (Sorry. I should have thought of this before.)

 

Another after-thought is, instead of one or the other (or both?) of the above, delete the DLC's that got imported, from your LaunchBox collection.  These should then get added to a "blacklist" so they won't auto-import again.  

You can read more about Storefront management here:  Managing Storefront Games in LaunchBox - LaunchBox

Note the section about blacklisted games under the section Re-Importing Deleted / Blacklisted Storefront Games in the above link.

 

35 minutes ago, Blackstar00 said:

I should have posted this in the beta thread 13.25

With how LaunchBox uses your installed Steam app to import "installed" games, I don't know if there's a way to distinguish between an installed "game" or "DLC" (that's beyond my knowledge).  With that, I'd say it's not a beta issue. But rather a "bug" in general.  Again, assuming the distinguishment can be made between the 2.

It may be better suited in a bug report (or a feature request to "ignore DLCs when auto importing"?).  (top of this page under Help & Support)  However, the blacklist feature may be the answer.

[Blackstar00]

I have done everything that i can to disable for auto importing, still imports games and dlc too.
I had already set anything in storefront to none.
These are not steam games anyway, just games for windows, i set import to none in storefront just too rule that out.

Between storefront, platform and general options,
i do not see anywhere else to disable auto import.

Im sure it will get fixed sooner or later.

Thanks
 

 

[JoeViking245]

57 minutes ago, Blackstar00 said:

These are not steam games anyway

Apologies. I totally missed you previously stating that.  I've always associated DLC's to Steam games and so went the wrong route. My bad.

 

1 hour ago, Blackstar00 said:

Im sure it will get fixed sooner or later.

Hopefully the developers are already aware of this or someone else has already filed a bug report for it (making them aware).