From aa361e8600aa2e3f83133aff9a12264128f7927c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lizzie <lizzie@eden-emu.dev>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:13:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bring back evil strings

---
 src/common/settings_setting.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/settings_setting.h b/src/common/settings_setting.h
index a6fc88c0a3..0a9243cc0d 100644
--- a/src/common/settings_setting.h
+++ b/src/common/settings_setting.h
@@ -195,16 +195,22 @@ public:
             this->SetValue(this->GetDefault());
             return;
         }
-        if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, std::string>) {
-            this->SetValue(input);
-        } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, std::optional<u32>>) {
-            this->SetValue(u32(std::strtoul(input.c_str(), nullptr, 10)));
-        } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, bool>) {
-            this->SetValue(input == "true");
-        } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, float>) {
-            this->SetValue(std::strtof(input.c_str(), nullptr));
-        } else {
-            this->SetValue(Type(std::strtoll(input.c_str(), nullptr, 10)));
+        try {
+            if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, std::string>) {
+                this->SetValue(input);
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, std::optional<u32>>) {
+                this->SetValue(u32(std::stoul(input)));
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, bool>) {
+                this->SetValue(input == "true");
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, float>) {
+                this->SetValue(std::stof(input));
+            } else {
+                this->SetValue(Type(std::stoll(input)));
+            }
+        } catch (std::invalid_argument&) {
+            this->SetValue(this->GetDefault());
+        } catch (std::out_of_range&) {
+            this->SetValue(this->GetDefault());
         }
     }