BlueStacks

Follow the full BlueStacks setup and installation guide here:

https://botsauce.org/forum/articles.html/installation-instructions/setup-installation-guide-bluestacks-r3/

If your BlueStacks instance is not recognized by BotSauce, try the following troubleshooting steps. 

Common Problem 1

In BotSauce, make sure to enable "Show USB & Other Devices" on top

Common Problem 2

Make sure "ADB" is enabled on your BlueStacks instance. Open Settings, and then go to Preferences. Make sure to select "Enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB)".

NOTE: For BlueStacks version 5.7 or higher: this setting can now be found under the "advanced" tab instead of "preferences". 

Common Problem 3

Make sure that your BlueStacks instance is using "Nougat 32-bit". If you are not sure what Android version you are using, open BlueStacks multi-instance manager. You can see the Android version for every instance listed like below. 

If your instance is not using Nougat 32-bit, create a fresh instance, and make sure to select "Nougat 32-bit" as the Android version. 

Common Problem 4

If the above steps were already correct, and did not resolve your issue then try the following:

• Restart BlueStacks and wait for it to completely load
• Open the game that you want to bot in BlueStacks
• Restart BotSauce
• Give it a minute to detect your BlueStacks instance. BlueStacks specifically is a little slow to broadcast itself and become discoverable.

BlueStacks should be set to use

• Landscape
• 1280x720
• 240 DPI

An example of the correct settings can be seen below.

This can happen if you chose the wrong Android version when creating a new instance. Make sure to select the correct Android version in BlueStacks. See the troubleshooting steps mentioned here: https://botsauce.org/forum/faq/question/9-why-isnt-bluestacks-recognized-by bot/

Make sure to run BotSauce as admin otherwise it can indeed fail to interact with your emulator.