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Auto-Regenerate Auto-Generated Playlists When Games Change

LaunchBox for Windows

📋 Summary

Currently, LaunchBox allows you to auto-generate Playlists (e.g., by Genre, Region, etc.) when right-clicking on a Platform. However, if you later add or remove games, these Playlists don’t update automatically. This request proposes an option for LaunchBox to dynamically regenerate auto-generated Playlists whenever the game library changes.

🎯 Feature Overview

  • Add a setting to enable auto-regeneration of auto-generated Playlists.

  • When games are added or removed, LaunchBox would update Playlists accordingly (e.g., new Genres or Regions).

  • Optionally prompt users for confirmation before creating or removing Playlists.

  • Could be toggled per-platform or globally.

🛠 Example Use Case

  • A user generates Genre Playlists for their SNES library. Later, they add several new SNES ROMs, some with Genres that weren’t previously represented. With auto-regeneration enabled, LaunchBox automatically creates new Genre Playlists for those games.

  • If a user deletes a game and that Genre no longer exists in the library, LaunchBox could remove the corresponding Playlist automatically.

📦 Benefits

  • Keeps auto-generated Playlists up-to-date automatically.

  • Saves users from manually regenerating Playlists every time they update their libraries.

  • Ensures new games are immediately discoverable via Playlists.

  • Improves usability for users with large or frequently updated collections.

Posted by VodkaParalyzer ·
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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Oct 1, 2025

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • VodkaParalyzer

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    Oct 1, 2025

    Auto-Regenerate Auto-Generated Playlists, when the available games change

    In LaunchBox, you have the ability to right click on a Platform and auto-generate a few different sets of Playlists. But if you add more games afterwards, games of which would have resulted in other Playlists being created, things like Genre or Region, you have to regenerate the Playlists. It would be nice to have the ability to auto-auto-generate these Playlists, each time the available games change. Whether that be adding or removing games. Have LB create or remove these Playlists automatically. You could make this a feature that you enable, and prompt the user for confirmation before doing anything.