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Playnite 6 released - Crow - 11-22-2019
!!! Default metadata download settings will be reset after updating to Playnite 6. If you use non-default settings then make sure you reconfigure them after update.
!!! Web view component was updated in this release, which means that you may need to re-authenticate some account connections.
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Full changelog compared to Playnite 5.8:
New
- Ability to add new metadata providers via plugins
- Option to randomly pick a game to play
- Import of uninstalled Uplay games
- Ability to assign scripts to be executed before game is started and after it exists (globally and per each game)
- Option to assign default background image to a platform
- Support for background image download from IGDB (by default picks one randomly if more are available, but this can be configured in the settings)
- Option to use game cover as background image if none is available
- New game completion states
- Better indication that filter is being applied
- Option to choose different text rendering modes
- Option to toggle download of new vertical Steam cover images (enabled by default)
- Option to connect accounts without importing uninstalled games (by T-0pel)
- Lowered minimum allowed panel sizes
- Updated RetroArch emulator profiles
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare support for Battle.net integration
- IGDB metadata search dialog now accepts IGDB game URLs
- Ability to drag and drop images onto game edit dialog media tab (by Bobsans)
- Galaxy 2.0, IGDB, New Steam UI, EGS and Twitch Aspect ratio presets for Grid View (by darklinkpower)
- Removed option to sync GOG account via account name
- F11 switches from Fullscreen to Desktop mode (by bsinky)
- Improvements to game media assignment
- Option to add description to crash dialog
- RTL language support (by elisherer)
- Background artwork is now by default being downloaded immediately during metadata download process (can be changed in settings)
Fixed
- IGDB links being imported with wrong labels
- Crash when initializing tray icon
- Crash when importing BlueStacks game shortcut
- Game link descriptions are not localized
- IGDB integration is downloading game media in low quality
- Epic Store import is very slow
- Small fixes to Origin game import
- New metadata not being applied properly when editing game
- Failure in plugin settings load crashes the whole application
- Playnite window is offscreen if monitor disconnected
- Editing Twitch game has a noticeable delay
- Background image blur is slowing down UI when using Intel GPU
- Manual edits randomly not showing up until Playnite is restarted
- Play button icon is displayed on Grid View even if the game is not installed
- Renaming a string in the Library Manager doesn't work when only changing string capitalization
- Several text and description changes (by darklinkpower)
- Big performance improvements when using large background images
- Steam metadata description is in Russian
- Various performance issues with Grid view
- Main window dimming stops working when Playnite isn't the active window
Changelog compared to initial Patreon 6.0:
New
- Import of uninstalled Uplay games
- Improvements to game media assignment
- Option to add description to crash dialog
- RTL language support (by elisherer)
- Background artwork is now by default being downloaded immediately during metadata download process (can be changed in settings)
Fixed
- Big performance improvements when using large background images
- Steam metadata description is in Russian
- Various performance issues with Grid view
- The last item never selects on random game pick
- Main window dimming stops working when Playnite isn't the active window
Thanks goes to everyone who helped to test new release, everyone contributing patches and also people contributing localizations on our Crowdin project page.
Special thanks to Playnite patrons for supporting the project:
Aaron Walker
Adam Jagiełło
Adam Sunderman
Adrian Guerrero
Alan Romaine
Alex Krastel
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