Playnite 10 is now available (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

Playnite 10 is now available for download:

Installer 

Portable 

This release doesn't have any breaking changes. Existing plugins and themes are compatible with this version.

Public release is currently planned on 20th. I will have some information about Playnite 11's development for you soon after that.

As always, thank you very much for continued support!

Josef

New:

Global search view

Library backup and restore

Smooth scrolling for game lists

Ability to auto-fill the Sorting Name field when importing games (by Jeshibu)

New options to control play time sync behavior (by darklinkpower)

Option to define startup and shutdown application scripts

Option to go to game details from random game selection dialog

Option to create new completion status from game edit window

Option to exclude hidden games on statistics view

Library update on startup is automatically skipped if Internet connection is not available

Options to control update check behavior

Option to hide game name from details panels

Option to override installation status on automatically imported games

Quality of life improvements to metadata download configuration views

Added game tracking mode option that only tracks originally started process

Option to start on boot closed to tray

Option to start interactive PowerShell console with loaded Playnite SDK

Font preview when selecting application fonts

Fullscreen mode:

Allow for more space between game covers in Fullscreen mode

Option to assign game fields in Fullscreen mode

Option to open filter preset selection via Left Stick button or R key

Option to restart in safe mode from Fullscreen mode

Option for Xbox / Guide controller button to restore Fullscreen mode into focus

Option to only accept inputs from primary controller

Option to invert A/B button bindings (for confirmation and cancellation actions)

Smooth scrolling of the game list

Emulation:

"Choose on startup" option for emulator play actions also available on emulator level

Option to override platform assignment on emulation scanner

Exclusion list support for emulation scanners

Option to disable scan of archives during emulation import

Option to exclude subfolders from emulation scan

Option to import emulated games under related file paths (enabled by default)

Import emulators using relative paths if possible

Fixed (only most noteworthy fixes mentioned):

Filter panel in Fullscreen mode doesn't scroll properly when using big font size

Filter presets are not scrolled into view when switching them in Fullscreen mode

Some Fullscreen views can't be closed using Backspace key

Saved window position is not properly constrained to connected displays if DPI changes

TGA metadata files are not properly converted on import

Grid View items disappear before they are fully out of view while scrolling

Game list doesn't update properly after switching filter preset in Fullscreen mode

Details view scroll position doesn't reset on game selection change

{EmulatorDir} variable not expanded in emulator scripts

Some game menu actions are very slow on large number of selected games

Better visual indicator of selected item on filter preset panel in Fullscreen mode

Ignore config, redistributables and game engine executables during executables scan

Fullscreen mode doesn't adjust properly to screen resolution changes

Sidebar doesn't update properly without re-launching Playnite

{InstallDirName} variable is not expanded properly in some cases

Grid view rendering glitches when grouping is enabled

Performance optimization to library filter

Better handling of m3u files when scanning emulated games

Better handling of emulated game files stored in long paths (260+ chars)

Restoring existing Fullscreen instance by starting its executable doesn't properly focus on opened views

Better keyboard input support on Fullscreen mode's text input dialog

Better handling of multi-disk emulated games

Importing emulated games from UNC shares doesn't work properly

Some game variables are not expanded properly in emulator configuration strings

Launching a game via random selection dialog can lead to wrong game being shown as running

Scrolling performance in Fullscreen mode slows down after opening game details for the first time

Games show wrong background image when scrolling through game list quickly

Clicking in the empty area of the zoom moves the bar but doesn't change zoom

Clicking empty part of horizontal scrollbar moves view vertically

No "Select Sound" is played when selecting a game with the mouse in Fullscreen mode

List view columns can be accidentally hidden by resizing

Play actions keep reappearing after being removed from already imported games

Emulator scanner does not pick up ROM files with double extensions

Missed inputs when multiple controllers are connected in Fullscreen mode