Entries above 200 in the "favorites" list get deleted if you generate a default cfg.
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Description
Description
The default number of maximum items in the favorites list is 200. You can change this to a bigger number, which i did. I currently have 247/250 items. But one day i needed to load a fresh, default cfg file for troubleshooting something unrelated. This caused the last 47 entries in the playlist file to get deleted, something i only noticed after a while when i saw all the games after a certain letter missing.
Expected behavior
Not sure but modifying the file itself like that, without any warning, shouldn't be the way i think. Maybe RA could just show the first 200 entries in the menu by default, even if there are more and not delete the excess ones from the actual file? Depending on how big the playlist file is it can be a ton of entries lost if you are not aware of this and not make a backup. I assume this applies to other playlists as well.
Version/Commit
1.18.0
Environment information
Windows 10
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with a favorites or playlist file containing more than 200 entries, then generate a default cfg and compare the file before and after. Investigate the interaction between the configured maximum and playlist persistence. Done means generating a default cfg no longer silently deletes excess entries, or clearly warns before changing them.
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- c
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- frontend
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- Bug
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