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Playnite Changelog

What's new in Playnite 5.6

Aug 19, 2019
  • Fixed:
  • Epic account authentication fails with 404 error
  • Crash when resizing Grid view
  • Crash when updating game metadata

New in Playnite 5.5 (Jul 31, 2019)

  • Attempting to log in on Battle.net freezes Playnite

New in Playnite 5.4 (Jul 30, 2019)

  • New:
  • Option to configure width of panels
  • Option to disable Grid view item backgrounds
  • Fixed:
  • Crash when opening empty game links
  • Crash when changing game's platform
  • Crash if Playnite doesn't have rights to write to library folder
  • Selection border is not rendered properly on Grid view in some cases
  • Download progress is not visible on update dialog
  • Fullscreen mode doesn't render properly when using non-100% DPI scaling
  • Option to close application after starting game not working in Fullscreen mode
  • "Completion status" filter doesn't behave properly
  • Sorting by ascending and descending in desktop mode is inverted
  • Wrong default sorting options for some quick filters in Fullscreen mode
  • "Set category" window doesn't remember size and position
  • Battle.net login doesn't work properly if 2FA is enabled
  • Fullscreen mode loosing controller input in some scenarios

New in Playnite 5.3 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Database upgrade can fail in rare cases

New in Playnite 4.74 (Feb 26, 2019)

  • Metadata download for GOG games not working properly
  • Crash when using Fullscreen mode
  • Crash when opening web links
  • Crash when multiple application instances are started in quick succession
  • Crash when editing game details
  • Crash on startup if plugin fails to load

New in Playnite 4.73 (Feb 15, 2019)

  • New:
  • Option to show grouped items count #989 (by @stnzbass)
  • Fixed:
  • Not all itch.io games being imported
  • Background only shows up with the infobox in Grid view #977
  • Source not being set for games from Epic Games Launcher #1010
  • Crash when importing installed Steam games #997
  • Crash on startup due to bad Itch client detection #1004

New in Playnite 4.72 (Feb 11, 2019)

  • Wrong error message is shown if old itch.io client is installed #983
  • Unreal Engine installations being imported by Epic library plugin
  • Import of large installed itch.io games fails #982
  • Import of itch.io library fails #984
  • Apex Legends not starting properly

New in Playnite 4.71 (Feb 8, 2019)

  • New:
  • Percentage popup to the zoom slider #899 (by @Mates1500)
  • Fixed:
  • Play time counting not working properly for Windows Store apps
  • Updated background in fullscreen mode #584 (by @ClearStrelok)
  • Time tracking doesn't work for Origin games using EasyAntiCheat (Apex Legends) #965
  • Import of installed Twitch games fails #963
  • GOG's public account option doesn't work
  • Crash when launching Origin game #946
  • Crash when assigning icon to a platform #949
  • Added .pbp extension to ePSXe emulator settings #940

New in Playnite 4.67 (Jan 12, 2019)

  • New: Ukrainian localization (by @Yamaha373) #892
  • Fix: Crash on startup #930

New in Playnite 4.66 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Fix: Updated extensions SDK (plugins need to be rebuilt)
  • Fix: Updated localizations

New in Playnite 4.65 (Jan 9, 2019)

  • New: Polish localization (by @Falsen123) #905
  • New: Flash Projector as an Adobe Flash emulator (by @bburky) #893
  • Fix: Updated web view component (should fix login issues to Twitch accounts)
  • Fix: Various UI improvements (by @romgerman) #904
  • Fix: Improved UI interactions in game edit and category windows (by @bburky) #920
  • Fix: Unable to re-download game names for uninstalled Origin games #907
  • Fix: The size of the text box for a string is not sufficient #890
  • Fix: Play time detection not working properly for some Uplay games #886
  • Fix: Loading images in descriptions may freeze everything else #894
  • Fix: Installation of Steam games doesn't work properly #885
  • Fix: Game running detection does not work when using junction points or symlinks #913
  • Fix: Various crashes

New in Playnite 4.64 (Dec 19, 2018)

  • New: Option to always sync play time from remote library #810
  • Fix: Some GOG games being imported with broken "Play" action #867
  • Fix: Search/Filter boxes behaving incorrectly #861 #779
  • Fix: Play time counting doesn't work properly for some Steam games #864
  • Fix: Import of Battle.net games fails if beta games are installed #868
  • Fix: Filter menu not appearing after going into application settings #858
  • Fix: Various crashes

New in Playnite 4.63 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Fix: Battle.net account sync not working properly
  • Fix: Desktop shortcut creation fails in some cases (by @TheCakeIsNaOH)
  • Fix: Various crash fixes

New in Playnite 4.62 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • New: Option to disable DPI scaling (use when experiencing rendering issues in Fullscreen mode) #785 #831
  • Fix: Controller stops working after exiting game in Fullscreen mode
  • Fix: Start Minimized not working #808
  • Fix: Missing localization strings #830
  • Fix: GOG account sync fails for some accounts
  • Fix: Cover view name title using sorting name #730

New in Playnite 4.61 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • Fix: Battle.net games not starting properly on some non-English Windows #829
  • Fix: Reload of script extensions doesn't work
  • Fix: Fullscreen view not loading properly
  • Fix: Various crashes

New in Playnite 4.60 (Nov 14, 2018)

  • Fix:
  • Crash when editing game media
  • Crash when assigning icon or cover image to a platform

New in Playnite 4.58 (Oct 26, 2018)

  • Fix: Platform and emulator settings are not being saved properly
  • Fix: Some descriptions are broken
  • Fix: Updated localizations

New in Playnite 4.40 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • New: Major improvements to metadata download from IGDB #391 #571
  • New: Automatically download metadata when importing custom and emulated games #302
  • New: Option to filter installed games in Fullscreen view #702
  • New: Show ask dialog when closing Playnite and background task is in progress #572
  • Fix: Wrong name matching when importing emulated games #460
  • Fix: Wikipedia metadata scrapper not downloading release dates properly
  • Fix: Updated RetroArch profiles
  • Fix: Unable to start Battle.net game if PTR version is installed #685 #687
  • Fix: Handling apostrophes in game names when downloading metadata
  • Fix: First time wizard triggers download of metadata for existing database #694
  • Fix: Crash when closing Playnite
  • Fix: Crash when assigning icon to a game

New in Playnite 4.31 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • Fix: Battle.net games not launching properly #692

New in Playnite 4.30 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • Breaking change: Scripts and plugins must be placed inside subfolders
  • New: Avarage update size reduced from 60MB to 2MB #363
  • New: Updates are not downloaded in background anymore, only after user confirms installation
  • New: VC++ Redistributable is installed during update only if needed
  • New: Added button to check for new updates #585
  • New: Playnite will close gracefully when Windows is shutting down #577
  • New: Added GameStarting event to extension API #574
  • New: "Modern" color profile for "Classic" theme
  • Fix: UI polish by spektor56
  • Fix: Team Fortress 2 not showing on Playnite #656
  • Fix: Some Steam games not tracking time/detecting game closure #648
  • Fix: Retroarch not getting focus properly when launched #652
  • Fix: Newly installed games not launching #526
  • Fix: Missing localizable strings #618
  • Fix: Install watcher not working properly for Origin games
  • Fix: Game scan failing on folders with ".exe" in their name #631
  • Fix: Game list not aligned properly in fullscreen mode #608
  • Fix: FullScreen user interface only responds to player 1 controller #650
  • Fix: Crash on Inaccessible Database #654

New in Playnite 4.21 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • New: Super Nintendo and Wii U/Switch Pro Controller fullscreen buttons #592
  • New: Menu option to install scripts extensions #610
  • New: Added definition for D-Fend Reloaded #542
  • Fix: Updated RetroArch profiles #607
  • Fix: Some non-EA Origin games have invalid Play action
  • Fix: Metadata download fails sometimes
  • Fix: Game selection highlighting not working properly in Fullscreen mode
  • Fix: Detection if the game is running not working properly sometimes
  • Fix: Crash when switching to fullscreen while downloading metadata #586
  • Fix: Crash related to gamepad handling #588

New in Playnite 4.2 (May 12, 2018)

  • New: Option to show game names on Cover view
  • New: Option to choose number of displayed items in Fullscreen mode
  • New: Multiple games can be selected on Covers view #553
  • New: Modern theme is the default theme
  • New: Lithuanian translation (thanks to Wargzax) #550
  • New: Hungarian translation (thanks to Ratox00) #564
  • New: Default extension directories are created if not found
  • New: Added ScummVM emulator profile #556
  • New: Added PCSXR-PGXP emulator profile #576
  • New: Added initial set of keyboard shortcuts
  • New: Added {Name} and {InstallDirName} dynamic variables
  • New: Ability to manually set installation state for custom games #546
  • New: Don't update library in fullscreen mode when started from desktop mode
  • Fix: Wrong display of (un)installation progress
  • Fix: Updated localizations
  • Fix: Time tracking for Windows Store games not working #567 (games need to be reimported for it work)
  • Fix: New lines not being formated properly for IGDB metadata descriptions
  • Fix: IronPython working directory is not set to Playnite program folder
  • Fix: Games added via drag'n'drop are not reported as installed
  • Fix: Crash when starting game #554
  • Fix: AuthorizationManager error when loading scripts