Playnite 8.0 is available

[Crow]

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Playnite 8 contains changes to protect itself from extensions crashing the application or causing other issues. This means that some extensions (mainly those using workarounds to inject new functionality) won't be loaded in Playnite 8 and will need to be updated by its author.

New
* Software tools menu and configuration
* Library statistics view
* Show selection dialog when downloading conflicting metadata
* PlayStation library integration
* Option to only display used fields on Explorer/Filter panels
* Discord Rich Presence support
* All game fields can now be edited in bulk
* Safe Mode startup support
* Various SDK improvements
* Option to shutdown Playnite instance from cmdline
* Option to prioritize PEGI or ESRB ratings
* Option to force application mode from cmdline
* Option to cancel game media downloads
* Support for Steam user reviews score
* Removed option to start games without Epic client
* Option to specify game manual path
* Option to specify custom command to open directory location
* Option to set number of recent games in Jump List and tray menu
* Option to not show hidden games in Jump List and tray menu
* Option to disable global script execution on per game basis
* Option to collapse/expand all groups
* Option to assign game script to execute after game is started
* Option to add game to import exclusion list when removing it
* Grouping by Name (Letter)
* Game variables can be used in game links
* Game menu item for changing completion status (by V0idhead)
* Better UI for management of installed extensions and themes
* Better support for games on removable disk drives (by MopsiMauser)
* Better prevention from extensions causing application crashes
* Age rating, Region, Series and Platform fields supported by metadata downloads
* Added notes game field #766
* .pthm and .pext extensions can be installed by executing them
* Include .lnk and .bat files when scanning directory for executables
* Ask before shutting down system from Fullscreen mode

Fixed
* Optimizations to application startup and library load times
* Various improvements to IGDB integration
* Window size is not saved when set to minimal allowed size
* Updated web view (CefSharp) component
* Some installed Xbox PC games not being imported properly
* Slow filtering of some game fields
* Playnite not detecting when Source mod games are running (by psychonic)
* Playnite is not opened properly after being minimized to tray
* Play time tracking not working properly if game is installed in path with unicode characters
* Play time is not recorded if game tracking is cancelled manually
* Official metadata for Epic games are not being downloaded properly
* Metadata download priority doesn't work if a plugin fails
* Installed Epic games not being detected on non-English Windows installations
* Increased maximum limits of various application settings
* Improved Humble game import
* Images in description field don't fit properly (by darklinkpower)
* IGDB game links have wrong descriptions
* Humble game import fails in some cases
* Game menu icons can't be changed via theme
* Game import fails on slower computers
* Freeze when removing unused companies
* Epic plugin is not loaded if Epic client installation is damaged
* Dialog boxes not accepting Enter and Esc keys properly
* Descriptions are not formatted properly for EGS games
* Category names are not displayed properly on category assignment window
* Battle.net authentication is invalidated very often
* Application window is off screen when using high DPI scaling with certain desktop resolutions
* Added date time is only accurate down to a day
* Clearing web cache doesn't work properly in some cases
* Adjusted min/max zoom values on Grid view
* Various fixes to Google Image seach download
* Update logic for checking if Humble games have keys for another service (by awbooze)
* Various crash fixes


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:

Glenn Nickols
Muad Jc
Jon Hulks
Gagrecco
Kevin Vdb
Gareth Bernard
Jag Talon
Steven Cope
Jack Healey
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Alex Haugland
SeeDborg
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Philippe Cadieux
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Josh Gunderson
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Mark
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Christian Boehme
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Scott Chase
Nina Shanafelt
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[DenalB]

Sounds great. Looking forward to the new version.

[SeeDborg]

I'm so glad I can test it.
I have a bug though : every of my games now appears 2 or more times in my library, is it a know issue ? For example : https://i.imgur.com/hR6CiOB.png

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Even stranger : in fullscreen mode, the games only appear once !

[Crow]

Probably this issue (not new in Playnite 8): https://github.com/JosefNemec/Playnite/issues/1929

Or you have grouping enabled, but we currently don't separate groups on Grid view (also not new in Playnite 8).

[SeeDborg]

Indeed, grouping activated automatically when I updated to v8... Thanks !

[Mellified]

Unfortunately PlayStation library support appears to be broken for me. I submitted the details via GitHub here. Basically, Playnite isn't storing the authenticated session for some reason - possibly due to multifactor authentication being enabled on the PSN account. Given Sony's poor track record with data security I don't think it's reasonable to disable MFA. I do hope Playnite can resolve this.

[steve-o]

Very exciting! Sounds like there's a lot of neat improvements and bug fixes in this release! I'm really looking forward to playing with it.

> Images in description field don't fit properly (by darklinkpower)

Always gives me warm fuzzy feeling to see plugins become part of the main code. This being a great example - it's such a samll thing, but so essential to navigating my games that I have a hard time remembering my life without it.

[ciscotn]

Unfortunately PlayStation library support appears to be broken for me. I submitted the details via GitHub here. Basically, Playnite isn't storing the authenticated session for some reason - possibly due to multifactor authentication being enabled on the PSN account. Given Sony's poor track record with data security I don't think it's reasonable to disable MFA. I do hope Playnite can resolve this.

I think I have the same issue

after insert email and password a popup windows connect to PSN but after this nothing.. if I close no connect in Playnite
Anyone can solve it?

[Mellified]

PlayStation recently changed their authentication API. Look for Playnite 8.1 to solve it.

[Crow]

I've already fixed the PSN plugin, the fix will be in 8.1.

[ciscotn]

I've already fixed the PSN plugin, the fix will be in 8.1.

Good 

[usernamist69]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the point of including PSN library integration? Is there a way to play them on PC? Or install Playnite on playstation?

[Mellified]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the point of including PSN library integration? Is there a way to play them on PC? Or install Playnite on playstation?

You can use Remote Play to stream PS4 and PS5 gameplay to a PC, but Playnite can’t launch the games that way. It is more for keeping track of your complete library of games. No sense buying a game on PC if you already own it for PS4 most of the time.