How do I set up Playnite so that it looks exactly like the first preview image? Mine looks quite different from the screenshots. Is there a complete setup guide for configuring the (u)biquity Fullscreen theme to match the preview, especially the sidebar with games grouped or filtered by library/sour

Im building my library out and theres a game logo on top of the background art. I only get this with overwatch dbd and vrchat, none of the other games. Why? and how do i disable it.

View showcase screenshots here: WinBox Image Gallery

I wanted to go way beyond a basic visual reskin. To get that truly authentic feel, I ended up combining standard layout code with web tools and a true 3D graphics engine. I’m really happy with how it’s coming together, so I wanted to share the progress to date!

Main Dash: You can scroll through the classic vertical tabs exactly how you remember them. My WinBox, My Games, Game Marketplace, and Movies & TV.

No more only having a single main view cover grid, filter presets are now dash tiles, so everything is cleanly organized and flows like a real console!

Nostalgic Backgrounds: I fully recreated the animated floating rings and the glossy floor stage that reacts dynamically as you navigate around.

You can also change the background, stage floor and coverflow style at any time from the theme preferences sub menu of the system settings menu.

Working Lockscreen: Just like the real console, there’s a sign in screen where you choose your profile. Selecting your account loads up your specific PFP and your personal avatar.

Real 3D Avatars & Coverflow:

Instead of just showing flat images, the theme uses a 3D engine utilising Three.js through a WebView2 virtual host mapping overlay to render your game boxes in a true 3D cover flow.

And the best part, there is zero performance tax.

I even built a custom "Edit Avatar" window where you can easily swap out 3D character models and props, spinning them around to see how they look before saving.

The Guide: Pressing the Guide button (Home button on controller) slides out the iconic four blade menu right over whatever you're doing.

Console Settings: I built a fully functional settings menu where you can check your hard drive space, test your network speed, switch which monitor you're using, or shut down your PC directly from the couch.

Seamless Web & Flash Integration: I integrated a Flash player directly into the theme, meaning you can launch classic SWF games (like old school arcades or vintage web games) natively right from the dash.

Couch Friendly Browsing: To make sure you never need to reach for a mouse, the theme reads your inputs and turns your controller thumbsticks into a virtual mouse whenever you have a web menu open.

Grand Scale 3D Solar System App: As a bonus i also integrated my own custom built 3D model solar system as an app into the 'My Apps' grid built entirely in javascript using Three.js.

I used 8K/4K planet and moon textures from NASA and high resolution NASA space station models to create a beautiful grand scale solar system in Three.js, complete with 3D ship models from various sources with full six degrees flight on controller makes it practically a triple AAA sim. Some ships feature first person view as well as third person, such as the X-Wing and Tie fighter, and all feature hyper speed boosts with animations except for the Tardis, the Tardis has its own custom worm hole animation.

The solar system also features a full navigation system so you don't get lost in space due to the scale, as you can travel all the way out of the solar system and outside of the milky way galaxy. You can also interact with planets if you are in close proximity to them by pressing X on controller, this will let you drive a NASA ground vehicle around the planet or moon's surface while your ship remains docked in orbit.

It's been a long month getting all of this to work and play nicely together, but seeing it come to life makes it so worth it. Made by a gamer, for gamers. Let me know what you think!

I hope to have a first test build release ready soon.

I use solaris theme which by default uses 1920x620 as a background aspect ratio and i want to assign this mp4 file matching the same aspect ratio as a BG any help?

I've been working on a Windows 11 setup that makes my PC feel much more like a traditional console when using a controller.

The goal is to have the PC boot into a fullscreen gaming environment instead of dropping straight into the normal Windows desktop.

What I'm using

• Playnite as the game library/frontend
• Aniki Remake as the fullscreen theme
• Extra Metadata Loader for game videos and metadata
• Playnite Achievements for achievement information
• XFSET to enable/configure the Xbox Full Screen Experience
• AnyFSE to automatically launch the fullscreen experience
• Steam running silently in the background

The basic setup

1. Install and configure Playnite and your game library integrations.
2. Install Aniki Remake and the extensions needed for the fullscreen experience.
3. Configure Extra Metadata Loader to download Steam game videos.
4. Configure Playnite Achievements.
5. Switch Playnite to Aniki Remake in fullscreen mode.
6. Customize Aniki's colors, game details and background/trailer settings.
7. Configure Windows power-button behavior.
8. Set up AnyFSE to launch Playnite Fullscreen and Steam automatically.
9. Enable AnyFSE through Windows Xbox Mode.
10. Restart Windows.

The result is a controller-first interface where I can turn on the PC, enter my PIN and go straight into Playnite instead of manually opening everything.

I'm still working on the setup and would love to hear from other Playnite users:

What extensions, themes or tweaks would you add to this kind of setup?

I also put the whole process into a step-by-step interactive guide for anyone who wants to follow the setup:

https://timeconsolize.github.io/ConsolizeENG/

It's mainly intended as a reference/checklist for building a similar setup.

(No piracy or ROM-related stuff involved — this is purely about Playnite, Windows and the frontend experience.)

*PREVIEW LINKS* https://imgur.com/a/kw4h2EE

Basically windows does not support DS4 controller or DS5 out the box so you have to use DS4 windows for that .

Now using this script you can automate launching DS4 Windows, and exit it on playnite's Exit it seems very cool so i thought i would share it you guys.

Place you ds4 windows install in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ or change the script path.

Do these settings in DS4 windows:

Hide Controller so you don't get double input.

Tick> Start minimized

Close Minimizes.

Then go to playnite > Setting > Scripts > Application scripts>
paste this in the "Execute on application start"

if (-not (Get-Process "DS4Windows" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
    Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\DS4Windows\DS4Windows.exe"
}

Paste this in the "Execute on application close"

Stop-Process -Name "DS4Windows" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Now when ever you start Playnite it will launch DS4 windows with itself saving you extra step.

and when you close the Playnite it will kill the ds4 windows.

Hiding DS4 controller option needs the Ds4 windows to be ran as administrator, for that either run playnite as an admin or Accept the ds4 UAC prompt.

I might have a better wording for the title, but whatever.

I'm not sure if this should have the Addon Release tag or not since I only have it on GitHub so far.

Recently I wanted to make a few game-related folders to store random stuff like edited highlights, guides, mod links, notes, etc. Basically anything related to a specific game that I want to keep somewhere

I got tired of constantly creating folders just to temporarily store something, only to completely lose track of it 2 days later (yes I understand almost not everyone store their file in download folder and forgot to bring it somewhere else before get it drifted away)

So I decided to make a Playnite addon for it. Since all my games are already organized in Playnite anyway, I figured I might as well use that to save myself a bunch of clicks creating and organizing folders manually

The addon is called CustomFolder

Basically, you can right-click any game in Playnite and instantly create/open a dedicated folder for that game. now support preset tag

By default, it uses Playnite's built-in {PlayniteDir} variable, so the folders can stay relative to your Playnite installation and work with both normal and portable installations

The default format is:

{PlayniteDir}\CustomFolder\ + Game Name

So for example:

%localappdata%\Playnite\CustomFolder\The First Berserker Khazan

or with a portable installation:

D:\Playnite\CustomFolder\The First Berserker Khazan

The base directory is configurable too, so you don't actually have to store everything inside the Playnite folder if you don't want to

The addon can both create AND navigate. The first time you use it on a game, it'll create the folder and open it. After that, using it again simply opens the existing folder

It doesn't move, modify, or delete anything inside those folders. It just creates the directory when needed and gives you a quick way to get back to it directly from Playnite

I originally made this entirely for personal use, but I figured it might be useful to someone else too, or at least give someone an idea for something better

It's still pretty simple right now, but I might expand it later. One thing I'm thinking about is allowing multiple folders/presets per game, so you could have separate locations for things like Highlights, Guides, Mods, etc. and create/open them directly from Playnite. (If anyone actually uses this lol)

Update v1.1

Added presets*, so you can set up different directory structures depending on what you're storing*

I also changed the default base directory to:

{PlayniteDir}\CustomFolder

so CustomFolder won't accidentally merge game folders with existing folders inside your Playnite installation unless you specifically configure it that way

I'm also working on getting the addon into the Playnite Add-ons database so it can eventually be installed directly through Playnite instead of manually downloading it from GitHub

#UPDATE: now available on Playnite database

I’ve released Steam Alike, a controller-focused Fullscreen theme for Playnite.

It uses a single horizontal row of equal-size game covers, selected-game background artwork, a compact bottom action bar, and PlayStation/Xbox button prompts.

The theme is currently built for Playnite 10 and Fullscreen Theme API 2.9.0.

Screenshots, installation instructions, source code, and the .pthm download are available here:

https://github.com/M-Essa11/steam-alike-playnite

Use SteamGridDB Meta Data for Best Use.

https://imgur.com/a/NrpiBkM

I'm running Heroic 2.22.1, in Windows 10, and I launched Otxo, from the Epic Store (Actually launched it from Playnite, which launched Heroic, etc etc). After passing through a login page in my Browser, I got this alert.

Opening Heroic shows and empty game list and me not logged into any shop (I was logged in the Epic store, and maybe in Amazon), Playnite is telling me now that I don't have Legendary installed (!).

Does anyone knows what could be happening? I'm going to crosspost this to the playnite subreddit because I don't know if the issue is on Heroic or in Playnite's plugin (as both are failing me now).

Edit: Quick update after reading the feedback here: I’ve decided to make CouchMode completely free.
No feature tiers. Patreon will just be optional support for anyone who wants to help with development.

I’m working this into the next release now. Thanks for the push on this, genuinely useful feedback.

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Hey everyone,

I built this entirely to solve a personal frustration, and I figured a lot of people in this community probably have the exact same need.

I use my PC at a desk for work, but I also play games using a controller. I always hated the friction of switching between the two. The existing solutions (like AHK scripts that randomly crash, or extensions that require Playnite to constantly run in the background) just weren't cutting it for me. I wanted my PC to feel like a real console from a cold boot.

So I developed a lightweight tool called CouchMode. The logic is simple: Controller on = Couch mode on.

When you power on your controller, the app launches Playnite Fullscreen (or Xbox FSE, Steam BP etc.) directly.

And automatically minimizes or gracefully closes your background desktop clutter or run some session tweaks (HDR, Power scheme, notifications, sound output etc. - selectible / optional).

When your session is over and you turn the controller off, it restores your desktop exactly the way you left it.

It's designed to be completely out of the way. I just wanted to share it with other Playnite users who might be looking for a friction-free setup. If you end up trying it, I’d love to hear your feedback 🙏

(Current build: 0.4.10-beta 191 still has the old Free/Pro split; this change is coming with the next release.)

I've tried many Playnite themes, but I always end up coming back to Solaris and FusionX. Huge thanks for creating these sleek themes, and a big thank you to the entire community and developers for all the extensions, themes, and frequent Playnite updates!

it lags if banner is loaded, just downloaded palybite a few hours ago, i dont know how to fix
upd. fixed