2024-09-30.2

Metadata Utilities v1.2

• Dimensions of the conditional action editor are now saved when closing it via the save button.
• Fixed critical bug that prevented games from being updated in some cases.

2024-09-30

Link Utilities v4.1

• Added option to remove specific links from selected games via a new dialog.
• Added support for Killer List Of Video Games
• Only run through games, that actually changed something in their links and still have any after game metadata was changed.
• Removed support for HowLongToBeat for the time being, since they made it even more difficult to access their not publicly available API. I'll maybe reintroduce it, once there is a public API available.
• Fixed linker for IsThereAnyDeal. Old links for non steam games already added unfortunately won't work anymore, since they changed their link structure some time ago.
• Rearranged game menu items to make often used ones more accessible.
• Small layout optimizations in dialogs
• Replaced github wiki links with my own website
• Cleaned up code
• updated localizations

2024-09-28

Wikipedia Metadata v1.7

• added support for definition lists in the descriptions. Will be converted to simple headlines and paragraphs since it looks better in the playnite HTML control.
• fixed missing description parts, when they are wrapped in a div-col container.
• optimized parsing of values in the info box, fixing several bugs fetching all the metadata fields from the box.
• modernized and cleaned up code.

2024-09-21

Metadata Utilities v1.1

• If more than one item is selected in the Metadata Editor grid, the game grid now shows all games that share the selected items and adding and removing games affects all selected items.
• Added search box to the merge rule grid in the addon settings. It has regex support and searches the names of rules and source items.
• Fixed multiplication of items in Metadata Editor when it's opened with multiple games selected.
• Several optimizations under the hood.

2024-09-17

Metadata Utilities v1.0

• Added Conditional Actions feature to further automate metadata in games. You can create conditions for most available metadata fields of a game and set up actions for metadata when the conditions are true.
• Added context menu entry to set the user score for a games in stars from 1 to 10.
• When adding a merge rule with an object in its source items, that already is a merge rule itself, it and its source items will be moved into the new rule.
• Items in the whitelist for unwanted items, quick add items and conditional actions will now optionally be renamed when the original items is renamed in Playnite.
• Added Merge Rename button to Metadata Editor to rename an item and add that as a merge rule.
• Added additional field types to Remove Unwanted and Quick Add functionality.
• Added column for hidden checkbox in the Metadata Editor game grid.
• lots of code rewrites and optimizations.
• optimized UI of some dialogs.
• added keyboard shortcuts to buttons in several dialogs.
• updated localizations.
• Further details and help will be added to the documentation shortly!

2024-07-03

Metadata Utilities v0.9.2

• Added support for age ratings
• Added support for regular expressions in the search fields in the metadata editor, merge rule editor and select metadata dialog.
• Added "add games" function to the metadata editor to quickly add games to the selected metadata item. The game search can be filtered by filter preset and uses the same fuzzy search logic as playnite itself.
• Added whitelist for items not to be removed when removing unused items.
• Added "add new item" button to the "remove unwanted" list to add items that aren't in the database.
• remodeled the dialog windows of the addon a bit to fit the playnite style a bit more.
• lots of code optimizations.
• fixed a bug that caused all items to be added to a list, when the select metadata dialog was closed without having items selected.
• updated localizations.

2024-03-17

Metadata Utilities v0.8

• Added option to open Metadata Editor from the game menu. It then only shows the metadata items present in the selected games
• Added help buttons to the settings tabs for merging, prefixes and quick add and removed the description texts
• Fixed wrong text for the rename merge rules check box
• updated localizations

2024-02-25

Metadata Utilities v0.7

• Merged QuickAdd addon into Metadata Utilities and expanded it to genres and series. QuickAdd is now obsolete, if you also use Metadata Utilities.
• Added option to remove unwanted metadata items via a blacklist either manually or on metadata updates
• Items will now be deleted from the database after they were removed from a game, if they aren't used in other games anymore. This affects merging and removing unwanted items.
• Added context menu to the grids in Metadata Editor providing the same functionality as the buttons below the grids
• Added option to hide columns in the game grid in Metadata Editor
• Added option to remove a metadata item from the selected games in the game grid in Metadata Editor
• Added option to hide unused items in Metadata Editor
• The OK button in the "add new" dialog will now also be triggered by hitting Enter in the text box
• Show removed unused items in dialog comma separated instead of new line, so the dialog doesn't get too huge so easily
• fixed strange row header behavior in some data grid rows
• fixed possible infinite loop when removing unused metadata
• fixed game grid not reloading after merging metadata in Metadata Editor
• updated localizations

2024-02-12

Metadata Utilities v0.6

• Added option to define prefixes. These will then show up in the Metadata Editor as a separate combobox and can be filtered and sorted separately.
• Added option to execute single merge rules in the game menu
• Added option to execute a merge rule in the addon settings
• Added platforms column to the game datagrid in Metadata Editor
• Default tags/categories will now automatically renamed, when the corresponding original item was renamed. Can be deactivated in the settings
• The target of merge rules will now automatically renamed, when the corresponding original item was renamed. Can be deactivated in the settings
• Field type comboboxes are now localized
• Performance optimizations for merging metadata in several games
• updated localizations

2024-02-07

Metadata Utilities v0.5

• Added option to filter matching items in the Metadata Editor. The grid will then only show matching items and group them. To determine a match he addon strips the item name of diactritics and special chars.
• When adding a new item in the Metadata or Merge Rule Editor the type in the add dialog will default to the type of the currently selected item
• After adding a new item, it will now automatically be selected in the grid
• Editing an existing merge rule will now automatically set the filter to the types of the items in the source item list
• Performance improvements in the Metadata Editor and Merge Rule Editor
• small optimizations in different places
• updated localizations